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Post by fred on Feb 27, 2015 19:25:55 GMT -6
Fred, to Europeans, it may have been superstion but to the NA wasn't it their religion? Beth, I would assume so, but I think "littlebigman," Dark Cloud, and "jf" know a lot more about this than I do. Best wishes, Fred. |
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Post by AZ Ranger on Feb 27, 2015 22:17:18 GMT -6
My thought would be fight as hard as you can and make them kill you to stop. I think that is what Tom Custer did and he was dead when most of the mutilation took place. The last bullet should be for the fool getting to close when you still have a bullet left. Then pull you Kabar.
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Post by crzhrs on Feb 28, 2015 9:50:10 GMT -6
My thought would be fight as hard as you can and make them kill you to stop. I think that is what Tom Custer did and he was dead when most of the mutilation took place. The last bullet should be for the fool getting to close when you still have a bullet left. Then pull you Kabar. Then there is the story of Cheyennes recognizing TC's body after the battle and took their revenge on him for his "abuse" of Cheyenne women on the Res. Then the other story of Rain-in-the-Face getting back at TC after TC snuck up on in on the Res and arrested him. Another story of why GAC was not touched was because the Cheyenne knew him as a relative and husband of Meoti (spelling?) In most of the mutilations at the LBH it seemed to have taken place after the battle mostly by women and younger Indians. Black Elk had a graphic description of what he and others did to dead and/or wounded soldiers. Fred hit a point about how some disfigurements were recognizable to other Indians to show that they were the ones to accomplish this and not to mess with them. The chasm between the two cultures was deep and wide and neither side, especially the more civilized ones (Whites) took the time to try to understand the other. What's right for one may be wrong for the other. I don't believe we have changed much since then. |
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Post by tubman13 on Mar 12, 2015 5:58:04 GMT -6
This is not Lakota treatment, it comes from AZ's home state. March 16, 1860 Larcena Page was kidnapped from her husbands lumber mill in Madera Canyon. She suffered 16 lance wounds and was beaten unconscious and left in a snow bank. Three days later after crawling 15 miles she returned to her husbands mill. "One tough lady!" From Arizona Sun.
Regards,
Tom
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