Post by biggordie on Jan 27, 2009 16:37:53 GMT -6
dc
Whatever.
desertthingme
The Darris/Duggan refers to a boot found with a foot in it, and the initials JD - found somewhere north or northwest from MTC, a couple of gullies over, or so. There is still some controversy about Butler's marker - it has been moved a couple of times. Foley might be correct, or not. Hard to say.
Weir wasn't fooled by the cross-dressers - he saw horsemen in the direction that Custer had taken, and thought they might be troops [it was a fair chunk], until he was asked to look at them through glasses, and saw that they were Indians. The victory parade took place sometime later, after all the troops were dead. The frightening of the women by these cross-dressers is from a story by Kate Bighead given to Thomas Marquis, in sign language perhaps, some fifty years after the fights, so if dc can let his admonition about post 1879 evidence slide, I can decide that some accounts are worth more than others, regardless of what he thinks or posts. So there. When Roe or whoever was almost fooled, it was twilight time in the OK corral, and the warriors were silhouetted against the sky. Gibbons guys were looking for troops, not Indians especially, and were taken in by the formation, not any uniforms. It was not uncommon for Indians to ride in a formation, although not so tight as that formed by the well-drilled troops on the plains, especially the elite Seventh Cavalry, who were tops in everything, except survival training.
Bustard in the village - Edgerly says not. Edgerly says he was with Keogh. Edgerly probably knew.
Nathan Short - Camp's favorite bogeyman. When all else fails, trot out Nathan Short to confuse the issue - everybody tends to talk about the horse and the rider, or has heard the tale; but nobody seems to have seen the body [the horse, maybe]. And if true, so what. It also could have been the dude who went over the hill at Powder River [Casey Stengel].
Voss and Dose - take your pick of locations. I think [at this moment] Voss near the river, near Kellogg. Bouyer on SSR. Dose in, or near, top of MTC with a few others. Subject to revision, once I decide which is an anecdotal account and which is anecdotal evidence,which depends upon which I believe and can substantiate more than another. Follow me?
Sturgis - no.
Harrington - no. But check out Walt Cross' book Custer's Missing Officer [which I have not]
Porter - no. Even if you didn't ask.
There is lots of evidence that they were all killed, but not much as to where they might have been found. Sturgis' marker is bogus; so is Porter's as far as I know. I have to do more work on the markers in 2010.
Oh yeah - Korn as survivor, He didn't survive the fight because he was not in it, ergo....... I don't believe that he ever claimed to have been in it. But that's just me.
I'm off for my afternoon nappie-doo. You got more, go crazy.
Gordie
Whatever.
desertthingme
The Darris/Duggan refers to a boot found with a foot in it, and the initials JD - found somewhere north or northwest from MTC, a couple of gullies over, or so. There is still some controversy about Butler's marker - it has been moved a couple of times. Foley might be correct, or not. Hard to say.
Weir wasn't fooled by the cross-dressers - he saw horsemen in the direction that Custer had taken, and thought they might be troops [it was a fair chunk], until he was asked to look at them through glasses, and saw that they were Indians. The victory parade took place sometime later, after all the troops were dead. The frightening of the women by these cross-dressers is from a story by Kate Bighead given to Thomas Marquis, in sign language perhaps, some fifty years after the fights, so if dc can let his admonition about post 1879 evidence slide, I can decide that some accounts are worth more than others, regardless of what he thinks or posts. So there. When Roe or whoever was almost fooled, it was twilight time in the OK corral, and the warriors were silhouetted against the sky. Gibbons guys were looking for troops, not Indians especially, and were taken in by the formation, not any uniforms. It was not uncommon for Indians to ride in a formation, although not so tight as that formed by the well-drilled troops on the plains, especially the elite Seventh Cavalry, who were tops in everything, except survival training.
Bustard in the village - Edgerly says not. Edgerly says he was with Keogh. Edgerly probably knew.
Nathan Short - Camp's favorite bogeyman. When all else fails, trot out Nathan Short to confuse the issue - everybody tends to talk about the horse and the rider, or has heard the tale; but nobody seems to have seen the body [the horse, maybe]. And if true, so what. It also could have been the dude who went over the hill at Powder River [Casey Stengel].
Voss and Dose - take your pick of locations. I think [at this moment] Voss near the river, near Kellogg. Bouyer on SSR. Dose in, or near, top of MTC with a few others. Subject to revision, once I decide which is an anecdotal account and which is anecdotal evidence,which depends upon which I believe and can substantiate more than another. Follow me?
Sturgis - no.
Harrington - no. But check out Walt Cross' book Custer's Missing Officer [which I have not]
Porter - no. Even if you didn't ask.
There is lots of evidence that they were all killed, but not much as to where they might have been found. Sturgis' marker is bogus; so is Porter's as far as I know. I have to do more work on the markers in 2010.
Oh yeah - Korn as survivor, He didn't survive the fight because he was not in it, ergo....... I don't believe that he ever claimed to have been in it. But that's just me.
I'm off for my afternoon nappie-doo. You got more, go crazy.
Gordie