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Post by clw on Jan 31, 2008 9:06:24 GMT -6
I was at Slim Buttes just after Christmas and I thought you might like to see some pictures........ Two views of the battlefield monument. The actual battle took place in a coulee just off to the right of these pictures where the people were camped.   Facing the monument, this would be the view directly behind you. Crazy Horse was camped a few miles behind those hills when word reached him of the attack.  Taken about a mile west of the battlefield. Most bands journeyed to Slim Buttes to collect medicines and herbs as it was a fertile gathering ground. We hiked the area and had a winter picnic. It was a beautiful day!  |
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Post by BrokenSword on Jan 31, 2008 9:24:00 GMT -6
Really neat pictures clw - but BURRRRR!
My hat's off to a Floridian 'picnicking' in the snow.. out west ... on the open pararie... in December. What a woman!
M
The Weather Weenie
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Post by Dietmar on Jan 31, 2008 11:15:29 GMT -6
Thanks a lot clw,
since my visits in the U.S. are rare, I´m very thankful for those kind of pictures.
Best wishes
Dietmar
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Post by clw on Jan 31, 2008 11:31:29 GMT -6
Michael, it builds character..... and I was so bundled up I was the laughing stock of South Dakota. On the below zero days, I hibernated.
You're welcome Dietmar. My pleasure.
BTW, the close up of the markers is readable in the full size photo. If anyone would like it emailed, just let me know.
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Post by crawdaddo on Jan 31, 2008 23:06:44 GMT -6
I didn't realize how pretty Slim Buttes is till I saw your photo's.Thanks for that clw... anymore anytime...craw
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Post by conz on Feb 1, 2008 8:17:08 GMT -6
I didn't realize how pretty Slim Buttes is till I saw your photo's.Thanks for that clw... anymore anytime...craw Hence part of the allure of the Black Hills? Of course, being full of gold doesn't hurt, either... Clair |
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Post by clw on Feb 1, 2008 9:05:43 GMT -6
Slim Buttes isn't in the Black Hills. This is. They're like being in a cathedral.  |
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Post by conz on Feb 1, 2008 12:45:21 GMT -6
Beautiful and spiritual...but where's the gold?!
ConZ
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Post by clw on Feb 1, 2008 16:08:35 GMT -6
I'll send you a map and a couple of Lakota women to "help" you find it.
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Post by fred on Feb 1, 2008 18:10:53 GMT -6
clw--
Beautifully done! Thank you.
Best wishes,
Fred.
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Post by Treasuredude on Feb 2, 2008 8:00:37 GMT -6
Bravo! Great pictures. I am impressed. Not only with the photos but the fact that you had a winter picnic in South Dakota. I grew up in North Dakota and now live in South Dakota. I have NEVER had a picnic during the winter. That is unless you count eating a candy bar sitting in my car in a ditch full of snow waiting for a tow truck.
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Post by fred on Feb 2, 2008 8:10:50 GMT -6
Don't pay any attention to him, clw. The guy's just jealous because his maps don't show any way out of the state.
Best wishes,
Fred.
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Post by clw on Feb 2, 2008 9:12:05 GMT -6
Lest anyone think I'm some kind of frontier woman, we had the picnic to save money. Picture two women, one guy and two little boys sitting in a van with the doors open and passing food around. My solution to the cold was to visit eBay and buy a used, full length fur coat for next to nothing, and of course knee high fleece lined boots. I'll spare you the description of the head gear. I TOLD you I was the laughing stock of SD -- my friends were afraid I'd be shot for a varmint. The only complication was the two little boys always trying to be in the coat at the same time I was. Children are opportunists.
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Post by conz on Feb 8, 2008 8:02:31 GMT -6
Brings up images of Gen'l Miles' 5th Infantrymen trudging through the Montana/Wyoming snow with buffalo coats and fur busbys on!
So how did the Natives stay so warm in that weather? I assume they were also donned in heavy robes and headgear? How did Crazy Horse ever keep his men apart from the Soldiers in fights like Wolf Mtn?
Clair
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