ladonna
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Gall
Jan 18, 2008 20:32:23 GMT -6
Post by ladonna on Jan 18, 2008 20:32:23 GMT -6
The Mother of Gall - Cajeotawin-Walks with Many Names is the sister to Inkpaduta
Inkpaduta lived in Gall's camp because he was his uncle.
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Post by Diane Merkel on May 30, 2021 12:21:05 GMT -6
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Gall
Jul 8, 2021 11:08:09 GMT -6
Post by "Hunk" Papa on Jul 8, 2021 11:08:09 GMT -6
I checked out my copy of "Lakota Noon" and discovered several issues about Gall: (Pg. 167-168) 1." Gall was not one of the first at the ford. He did not confront Custer there, nor did he chase at his heels, leading hundreds of warriors up Deep Coulee. " 2. "He did not participate in the Reno fight, and he was late to the Custer fight. He acknowledged that he was not in command of anyone." 3. He discovered his family (two wives and three children) dead near the Hunkpapa tipis between 4:40 and 4:50 P.M ! (Mitchno's times). 4." By the time he got to Calhoun Hill, two hours of fighting had passed, an assault had been made and broken, and much of the drama had been played. If he got to "hatchet" anyone, it was the flotsam left behind after the battle had swept on by. Gall was not the force behind Calhoun's destruction. He contributed almost nothing to the ultimate Indian victory." (pg. 168) Gall suffered a great loss that day, but his fabulous feats must have been only in his mind. ...Skip a rope, skip a rope a dope... The record shows that Gall's tall tales only started after the Indian Agent McCloughlan made him a chief in order to offset the defiance he faced from Sitting Bull. He initially put words into Gall's mouth which bigged up the latter's involvement at LBH. I think that Gall began to believe his own publicity and even embellished it once white people such as Godfrey took his stories at face value. "Hunk" Papa
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