Custer's 7th: Bloody Knife, The Indian Warrior Who Fought and Died for Custer

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Bloody Knife was an enemy to his father's people, the Hunkpapa Sioux, and a friend to the U.S. Army and George Custer.
Why?
We pick up where we left off in Part I, just before the Black Hill's Expedition of 1874, and explore how that summer campaign paved the way to Custer's Last Stand...
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Suggested reading:
Bloody Knife: Custer’s Favorite Scout, Ben Innis, edited by Richard Collin
Exploring with Custer: The 1874 Black Hills expedition, Ernest Grafe & Paul Horsted
Kaleidoscopic Lives: A Companion Book to Frontier and Indian life, by Joseph Henry Taylor
Kaleidoscopic lives; a companion book to Frontier and Indian life : Taylor, Joseph Henry, 1845- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War, Jerome Greene
Where the Rivers Ran Red, Michael Donahue
The Arikara Narrative of Custer’s Campaign, Orin Libby
Jay Cooke’s Gamble, M. John Lubetkin
Gall: Lakota Warrior Chief, Robert W. Larson
The Custer Reader, Paul Andrew Hutton
Boots and Saddles, Elizabeth Custer
The Strategy of Defeat at the Little Big Horn, Frederic C. Wagner III
The Custer Companion, Thom Hatch
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If you too have a passion for the 7th Cavalry, please consider joining:
Little Bighorn Associates
www.thelbha.com
Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association
custerbattlefield.org
Custer Association of Great Britain
www.english-westerners-society.org.uk
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@anulfadventures 2 месяца назад

With your videos you put a human face on these almost mythical historical figures. Your research is so extensive and presented so well. Thanks for all you do.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Oh thank you!!! They lived such incredible lives, I feel so lucky to be able to learn about them 🙏

@Gene-kl1br Месяц назад

Hi Siobhan 👋 What is your research say how many of Indians were at Greasy Grass ?

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@Gene-kl1br Hi there. Numbers vary greatly depending on the eyewitness. I tend to think about 2000 warriors, with maybe 8 to 9000 total including family members etc.

@seanwhelan879 2 месяца назад

Great work, Siobhan . I love these native American history segments, which are very enjoyable, and I love your narration. Love and respect from Dublin Ireland ☘️🇮🇪🫶. Thank you.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you, Sean! Funny, I was just thinking to myself I probably won't have Irish viewers anymore and then I got this lovely message from you! Have a wonderful weekend 🍀 Slainte from Cyprus 🇨🇾 !

@seanwhelan879 2 месяца назад

Cypress Siobhan, beautiful. Why did you think you would have no Irish viewers??. 😂😂😂 🇮🇪☘️🫶

@davec4224 Месяц назад

You are truly gifted bringing these stories alive

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

That's the loveliest message. Thank you, Dave. You have brightened my day! 🙏

@josephcreaden6281 2 месяца назад

Great job Siobhan, these are the human stories that make history so interesting.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

You are so right, Joe!

@pigmanobvious 2 месяца назад

There are more Sioux than bullets in the belts of the soldiers. Oh I guess we will get through them all in a day. Today my friend we will both go home by a road we do not know. Custer should have heeded the advice of his chief scout.

@josephstabile9154 2 месяца назад

Or...not assigned two passive-aggressive, anti-custer officers as his battalions' commanders, thus giving his plan a chance for success. Also, thus not having to report to General Terry: "All the scouts were for attacking, but Bloody Knife said he had heap big doubts, so we decided to pass on disturbing the village until all the signs were favorable." Yep. That would have worked for the Army. 😊

@chriswalter7419 2 месяца назад

Excellent! I learned alot. Thank you. ❤

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

So good of you to say, Chris! Thank you 🙏

@arthurenglish1286 2 месяца назад

This story is fascinating. I have enjoyed all your narration and research and find it interesting that you too are caught up with this incredible mystery. As I wrote in my of my articles about Custer and the Little Big Horn and perhaps this applies to Bloody Knife as well, “we all make a last stand in life.”

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

I love that quote, Arthur!! SO TRUE! 🙌

@arthurenglish1286 2 месяца назад

I am a retired political science professor but have long found Custer and the Little Big Horn fascinating for the insights shed on human history and behavior. While the two articles I have written for our state newspaper are hardly revelatory they might point to the iorny of this iconic moment in history. I would be happy to send them to you should you wish. All the best, Art

@keithabsey6612 Месяц назад

I've studied Gall and lakota history for 50 years and I must say you have told Gall and Bloody knifes story in great detail . Thank you.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Wow, Keith, I got a little nervous there that you were going to lambast me! Whew! So happy you found this a fair telling! 🙏 Hope to hear from you again!

@walterbrown9651 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much Siobhan! I really enjoyed hearing about Bloody Knife and his time in the 7th Cav! Excellent!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you, Walter!!

@Robo67-24 Месяц назад

Just excellent Siobhan. The story of Bloody knife and Gall is very interesting, something you dont see on other docos. Just on custer he was very popular in the public eye and a national hero so if he did get to run for President he probably would have won. 👌

@oneida41859 2 месяца назад

Thank you Siobhan ! You really outdid yourself with this series. Take care and keep them coming.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

I did! I'm exhausted! 🤣🤣🤣 this was hard work as there was so much new material for me, but I loved it.

@byrd-is-the-word 2 месяца назад

Me' tal-wlein [how are you] .. still a little slanted in Bloody Knife's favour over Gall .. in my opinion .. but a vast improvement over first part .. I was pleasantly surprised and pleased by your mention of the episode involving Bloody Knife's 'Hunkpapa" nieces and sister who married a 'Hunkpapa" warrior .. and at least touching on Oglala and Cheyenne traditions that it was Gall .. who had the option .. that shot Bloody Knife instead of Reno .. also .. I thank you for a fair summary of Gall .. wela'lin [thank you] ..

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thanks! Much of my sources were about Bloody Knife, so of course, would flesh out his side of the issues more than Gall. But Gall is such an amazing human and force of nature himself. The Larson biography on Gall is superb. You have probably read it? I'm glad parts of this video resonated with you. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and share your insights with me!! 🙏

@vonsprague7913 2 месяца назад

Ms. Fallon, wow! Excellent work! The perfect way to start my Saturday morning. Thank you. 🇬🇧

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you!! And reading that kind message from you was the perfect way to start my Saturday! 🤗

@robertkramer8133 2 месяца назад

As always an outstanding presentation.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you, Robert!

@bougeac 2 месяца назад

Superlative storytelling as usual Siobhan!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you! Whew, that was a lot of new material here for me!

@bougeac 2 месяца назад

Btw, have you been to the battlefield? I’ve heard there’s quite an atmosphere there…

@neilpk70 2 месяца назад

Gall seemed like a better guy to have on your side than angry at you. Thanks for another superb episode, Siobhan!

@michaelhart6318 2 месяца назад

Gall and the Cheyenne warrior Roman Nose (Woqini) of the Crooked Lance/Bone Scrapers society, supposedly had quite the wrestling match when they were in their teens. Gall reportedly won.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Yes indeed!

@RailfanDownunder 2 месяца назад

Superb .... Once again a great documentary, Siobhan 😊

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thanks so very much 🙏

@maeveevans 2 месяца назад

What a fascinating story! Great job!!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much, Maeve 💕📖💕

@maeveevans 2 месяца назад

What an incredible video ❤

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

You're the best!!

@alemrich177 2 месяца назад

Very good, I'm very pleased that you addressed Bloddy Knife, not enough has been made known about him. I'm looking forward to watching more, Miles Keogh is next on my list. Keep up the good work!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Why thank you!! Please let me know what you think of the Keoghs and other videos. 🍀 Much appreciated! 🙏🎉

@keithagn 2 месяца назад

Excellent video and story! Thank you for keeping this history alive. Best Regards from Canada 🇨🇦

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you, Keith!! Regards from Cyprus!!

@user-ys9mf8sx7p Месяц назад

I really enjoy your videos. I too enjoy old West history and your videos are very detailed and informative. Thank you for your extensive and accurate work.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Oh, Steven, I appreciate hearing that so much! Please let me know which ones resonate the most with you!

@nealostman1162 2 месяца назад

Great series! I enjoy seeing the charts and pictures. Cudos on your research. As a CBHMA speaker and published on the LBH battle, I especially commend your display of sources and balanced reporting - best of luck and keep it coming!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I love CBHMA!!!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Please let me know what other videos of mine resonate with you! Hope to hear from you again 🙏

@freeesolo Месяц назад

Wow! I can’t believe I found your incredible channel! I’ve never commented on a channel before but I just had to on yours. Custer has been my hero all my life. I always find myself defending his honor among friends and family. Now I have new ammunition from you so thank you so much for all the hard work you do! I’ve only watched a few of your videos so far, so I am so happy and excited to watch them ALL! Thanks again Siobhan!!!! Chris from Montesano, Washington.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you so much, Chris!! I came to this game rather late and had previously believed all the negative things people assume about Custer. But once I started to do some research-- wow! I realized how utterly wrong these assumptions are, and so this is my way to try to mend things the tiniest bit, or at least create discussions that show both sides of the equation here. Lots of gray areas, sure, but Custer does not deserve all the blame that gets heaped on his shoulders. I'm so glad you found my videos and are getting something out of them! Thank you for reaching out and please keep up the good fight 😉

@hugonarvaez2944 2 месяца назад

Bloody Knive was himself a larger than life character! Hollywood could easily make a movie about him and it would worth something to see! To bad he wasn't by Custer's side it would have made his death more a movie ending instead he had to die next too ..... To find out that answer who he died next to,, you got watch more of these fantastic videos!!! To you my fair lady I tip my hat to you on another well done job! 🌹

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Ha! I love that as a teaser!!!!! 🙌🤣 Thank you, Hugo!!

@maeveevans 2 месяца назад

So much research and effort! Well done! 🙌

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you, Maeve!! 💕💕💕🙏

@barbaraanneneale3674 2 месяца назад

As always, magnificently researched and presented. Herindine and McLaughlin both provide The basis for my opinion of Reno's actions in the wood. I absolutely adore. Your ability to humanize thes In a way, I have not found anywhere else. The talk of bring. First peoples to Washington. Brought a smile to my face. I remember a story about Indians being brought to Washington and shown some huge cabins to demonstrate the wait overwhelming supremacy in arms. They looked at the cannon. And asked what was it good for? In their experience of warfare on the plains, they could not envision a practical use for such a ridiculous weapon. This always struck me as being very funny. I wish I could remember the source. At any rate, thank you once again. Pray truly first clash, brilliant video. I will not. Make any suggestions. I have been very, very happy with what you come up with. On your own. I apologize for my auto correct. It has been particularly surely today. I should have said stupid .

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

🤣 auto correct is a poltergeist!! Thank you, Barbara, I love the stories about Indian delegations to DC too-- maybe I will do a video in them sometime! Illustrates the impossible position the tribal leaders were in

@josephstabile9154 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much, Siobhan, for your comprehensive and detailed videos on Bloody Knife. Since I have most of the old, published references, I especially appreciated your use of later researchers' material. Red Star's account of Custer's conversation at Crow's Nest has been overlooked by me; I find it thought-provoking, shedding perhaps fresh insight into the accepted claim/allegation/myth that Custer was rash, unreasonable, and driven by lust for power and glory to throw all caution to the wind. Red Star's account would seem to suggest the answer to that charge may well be, quoting Georgio Tsoukalos: "I think not!" 😊

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you!! The Arikara Narratives are too often over looked. I think they flesh out a whole different side of Indian/ US relations, and show a side of Custer we don't often get to see. This is part of why I love doing these videos. They make me look at the writings in a new way myself. So very glad the videos resonate with you, Joseph! It's always great to hear from you and get your feedback and insights 🙏

@striperking6083 2 месяца назад

Awesome maps with important locations

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you!!

@alwaysfourfun1671 Месяц назад

You always find new details! Much impressed and very enjoyable to listen to you.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

So lovely of you to say! Tom Custer is coming soon!

@richanglin7994 2 месяца назад

Another great video. Thanks for all the work. You might consider doing something, in the future, about the Wounded Knee Massacre. The defeat of the 7th at LBH certainly factored into that later, terrible event

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you, Rich! I will put it on my list! 🙏

@Avalanchelodge 2 месяца назад

Another superb installment in your series of videos! The perspectives you presented, gathered from so many sources, really presents a good profile of Bloody Knife and his life.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thanks so very much! And thank you for your insights into Arikara life 🙏

@kcevans4321 2 месяца назад

Thanks for bringing this fascinating character to life! I continue to enjoy learning about these nooks and crannies of American history.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you, KC! I love these smaller tangents of history, too 💕

@TyZaTube 2 месяца назад

Great video!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much! 🎉

@johnlawson2984 2 месяца назад

👍Excellent work. So much information and detail. Can’t wait for the next one!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you, John. Tom Custer is next, I think...

@johnlawson2984 2 месяца назад

A Colt Single Action Army Little Bighorn battlefield pickup going up for auction this week. See Freeman’s/Hindman Auctions, Arms, Armour Militaria auction lot #79. Thought to be from D or I company.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

@@johnlawson2984 oh my!!

@nimitz1739 17 дней назад

This stuff is so good. Love your channel.

@SiobhanFallon7 13 дней назад

Thank you so much!

@Jay_Hall 2 месяца назад

Great delivery and information as always, keep "Bringing it"! :)

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you, Jay!!

@Bocajef134 2 месяца назад

With some exception, "Hollywood" western story tellers could take a lesson from you. Your presentations show detail that is otherwise not told or flat out wrong. Not only is your work entertaining, it is educational. I have always enjoyed history and I will continue to look forward to what you bring. Thank you for all you do.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you so very much. I love digging up these details! Makes me see everything in a new way myself!

@artisaprimus6306 2 месяца назад

Great job. I just found your page.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Yay! Thank you! Please let me know what you think of my other videos too! 🙏

@johnashton485 2 месяца назад

Another excellent presentation. Great graphics and maps and the depth of your research is truly amazing. Well done!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Oh yay!! Thank you so much, John!

@stevengamble2956 2 месяца назад

Thank you Siobhan for yet another excellent story line, once again you bring so much to their lives. It begs the question as to what the outcome would have been if Bloody Knife had not been killed. Would Benteen have been successful?, and would it have altered the outcome of the LBH??

@keithagn 2 месяца назад

Probably not...

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

I don't know, Steven, great question. We know that Bloody Knife was worried about this fight, but he was also a tenacious fighter. Would he have advised Reno to stay put in the timber a little longer? And would that have kept the 7th more intact (centralized in the valley with Benteen coming down to Reno while Custer continued to attack the village in flank and thereby surround it in more simultaneous fashion and force the warriors to fight on two fronts) rather than disintegrating (Reno fleeing to bluffs, staying there with Benteen, and all the warriors being able to turn on Custer). From what we know of Bloody Knife's behavior during skirmishes, it is hard to imagine him advising that the troops out to retreat in the way they did. But Reno might not have listened to him any way 🤔 Sadly we will never know.

@tudyk21 2 месяца назад

Another good one! Thanks!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thanks! I always love getting a good word from you. You know your stuff.

@tudyk21 2 месяца назад

@@SiobhanFallon7, well I've watched a lot of TV!🤣 Thanks for the kind words.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

@tudyk21 🤣 I'm glad you are watching me! And I found Bloody Knife's war song thanks to your suggestion! But couldn't find a copyright free one to download so used another Arikara war song in vid.

@tudyk21 2 месяца назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 I was glad to have some input.

@jimmymacias6335 Месяц назад

Amazing historical information from a beautiful woman. What more could you ask for ❤❤🎉

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you, Jimmy!!!

@zingwilder9989 2 месяца назад

That was captivating, Siobhan. Bloody Knife's signaling to the sun was prophetic, "I shall not see you go down behind the hills tonight." He clearly realized that the Regiment was facing an exceptionally large group of enemy warriors. Moreover, without question, being immediately present when Bloody Knife was killed, had to rattle Major Reno. However, I have wondered if the cold relations between Custer and his Battalion Commanders, Reno and Benteen, damaged the mission of the 7th Cavalry? It just seems rational that a meeting should have taken place between the three, where a question would be entertained: "What happens if we encounter an overwhelming force...what is the contingency plan?" Was the lack of communication a stumbling block here?

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Great question about the communication between the three highest ranking officers... I think so much of this was decided on the fly that there wasn't the ability to confer before they all went their separate ways. But yes, you'd think backup plans would have been reviewed! It's such a shame that Custer relied so heavily on Bloody Knife in the past, but on June 25th, he over rode the wisdom of his most trusted scout.

@zingwilder9989 2 месяца назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 Well, Custer was clearly one of the most confident and fearless US Army officers of the 19th Century; hence, his brevet promotion to Major General at the age of 25. To me, it's exceptionally difficult to understand the dynamics of the Army in that period, as it evolved into a very, very different organization when I put my time in.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

@zingwilder9989 yes, very true

@karlrohrbaugh4708 Месяц назад

❤ excellent prduction🎉

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you so much, Karl!!! I just put up a new video on Thomas Custer right now this minute, whew 🎉

@keddieverbanick9850 Месяц назад

Thank you for bringing so many unsung heroes to light. They were just as brave as Custer and not near as glory seeking or foolish for that matter. Just horse soldiers living and dying in the saddle and paying the ultimate price.

@laudace1764 Месяц назад

Whatever you may say of Custer--he was no coward. He wrongly assumed that the Sioux would run when attacked, so he divided his forces in an effort to prevent an escape. I highly doubt he made this decision due to an effort to achieve individual glory, but instead because he believed it was the best tactical move to defeat and/or round up the Sioux. He had no knowledge of Crook's unsuccessful, full scale battle with the Sioux at the Rosebud a week earlier. Nevertheless, Custer's decision likely sealed the fate of his command. If Benteen had come on when ordered, it is possible that some of the command may have been saved, but it is also possible that they too would have been entirely destroyed. It can be debated as to whether his decision was foolish--in retrospect it was certainly the wrong one. But, it's easy to Monday morning quarterback. Custer had achieved huge success in the past by audacious tactics, and it should come as no surprise that he acted consistently with his past at the Little Big Horn.

@JohnAllison-wr1cr 2 месяца назад

That…was exceptional! The details described in your story really brought it to life. I’m a big fan now. Keep telling old west stories!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

YAY! Thank you, John! Please let me know what other videos of mine resonate with you. Hope to hear from you again! 🙏

@Freedomfred939 2 месяца назад

Another great video, thx for your hard work.

@nthenwhat8912 2 месяца назад

More thoughtful, high quality content about this important history, thanks!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much! 🙏

@gianniraffaele926 Месяц назад

I Dear Say Probably The Best Video On The Subject , It Took A Woman To Make It ! Infinite Credit To To You !

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Oh, Gianni, that it the loveliest thing!! I appreciate it so much. Please let me know if there are other videos you like. Hope to hear from you again 🙏

@gianniraffaele926 Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 Will Do Pretty Soon And For Answering The Comment !

@gianniraffaele926 Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 Dare

@murrayterry834 2 месяца назад

great followup. if you come out this way there are a few people around , including myself who are now retired or retiring who willing to help you in your searches of museums locations. let us know. you will be accommidated as needed.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

I will! That's so lovely of you, Murray!!

@tscully1504 2 месяца назад

Just a footnote. Marine First Sergeant Custer (a distant relation) would be killed in an infamous event on Guadalcanal called the Goettge Patrol. He even has a resemblance to General Custer. Uncanny.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

I will look this up! Thank you!

@zingwilder9989 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

WHOO HOOO! Thank you, Bing!! 🎉🙏 As always, you are the best!!

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

*Zing 😂

@zingwilder9989 2 месяца назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 That's fine, Siobhan: Zing, Bing or Kevin all work.

@shonaokane7321 15 дней назад

Siobhan, you are such a good story teller! Have you listened to " The Rest is History" series about Custer? Worth a listen.

@SiobhanFallon7 15 дней назад

Oh, I must watch! Thank you for the suggestion, and thanks for the kind words!

@laudace1764 Месяц назад

I have enjoyed your accounts of the personalities and details related to the Custer campaign a great deal. Your background on the individuals not only humanizes them, but provides insight as to possible explanations for what happened on the battlefield. Your information on Bloody Knife was extremely interesting--Custer ignored the scouts' advice (including Mitch Bouyer--I read a book about him and you should do a segment on him) to his and his men's detriment. Unfortunately for Custer, Reno was neither a high quality man nor commander, and Benteen had little incentive to come to Custer's aid (and likely purposely did not--although that can be debated) and Reno's request for assistance gave Benteen the needed excuse. There seems little doubt that Benteen and Reno coordinated their stories prior to the inquiry after the battle, and both perjured themselves by testifying that they did not hear the volleys fired by Custer's men. Although Benteen saved the rest of the men through his actions on Reno Hill, he is far from exculpated for his failure to timely respond to Custer's order to "come quick." His dilatory response removed any hope that Custer and his men had of avoiding their fate. I knew most of the information you provided about Gall, who was a charismatic figure. I was surprised to learn, however, that he became a Christian and believed assimilation to be the best policy for his people. Thanks for your efforts.

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Thank you so much. I will put Mitch Bouyer on my list! Great insights there, and I agree with you about the complicated (and potentially complicit) interplay between Reno and Benteen.

@cash14587 2 месяца назад

Very well done! I enjoy all your work and look forward to each new video. Have you done one on Tom Custer?

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

TOM CUSTER IS NEXT!!! 🎉 Just starting to work on that now! Yay! You are a prophet 😉

@cash14587 2 месяца назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 Outstanding! I have a book on Tom called "In His Brother's Shadow: The Life of Thomas Ward Custer". You probably already have it.

@npc77107 2 месяца назад

Hi Siobhan! WOW!! talk about a thorough video of a historic battle and the heroic Indian scouts!. One question if you have a moment, the picture of Bloody knife on his horse holding his rifle: does he have 2 chevrons on his sleeve?,bc I know he was promoted to corporal, they just appear very thin. Thank so much for another very cool video!!😊

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you so much!! Traveling now but I will check the photo as soon as I can. Your comments are so appreciated 🙏

@npc77107 2 месяца назад

@SiobhanFallon7 Np! Be safe in your travels, Siobhan 😊

@zingwilder9989 2 месяца назад

Yes. That is the Cavalry rank of Corporal (circa 1873). There are two chevrons present that were separated by a nearly indistinguishable break. However, from the US Army information on him that I can find, his actual rank was "Scout." Even though, he wore the NCO insignia, he would not be in a command position over soldiers in the unit. He would have been an adviser/tracker to/for the Officers. In addition, I'm not certain how the rank and file system worked within the Native American Scout groups; as enlistment periods were commonly only for 3 months at a time.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

@@zingwilder9989 thanks so much, Kevin!!

@zingwilder9989 2 месяца назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 My pleasure, ma'am. You're the one that has done all the work. I'm just finding that period in Army history to be very interesting.

@scaredy-cat Месяц назад

Custer was a brave man, but he had poor judgement on many occasions

@gemellodipriapo 2 месяца назад

Thank you for uploading. I wonder if Bloody Knife's head is in somebodies private collection? This isn't facetious it's always fascinated me. Despite some of the scalps were left behind and pinned to trees others were taken home. I wonder were they all went. Imagine having William Cooke's moustache framed in the front room! That's something to talk about at a dinner party!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Ha! 😬 There is an anecdote about a white man asking the Arikara scouts about Bloody Knife's scalp. The Arikara did not want it as it was one of their own, so this man (maybe an interpreter or scout with Gibbon ? The Arikara don't name him) asks if he can have it and bring it to his father, who was a friend of Bloody Knife's. So you are right. It very well be in someone's collection today. They supposedly knew it was Bloody Knife's scalp because of the gray streaks of hair.

@tscully1504 2 месяца назад

Families slaughtered, heads on poles, what a grisly blood enemy story! I have always wondered about the many scouts that accompanied the 7th and particularly the Arikara that went in with Reno. Their movements were sketchy to me. They seem to have acted as indepentent agents once the fighting started, which appears to be the standard native american fighting style, and were not expected to be in the ranks. I also had read that they went after the pony heard but wonder how that went since quickly a whole lot of Sioux were heading there too. But what always perplexed me most was the unusually large number of fatalities in Gall's immediate family. I wondered if Bloody Knife and/or other Arikaras specifically targeted them (which seemed unlikely because how would they know where they were, and it would mean penetrating into the village which the 7th were soon firing into) or... was Gall's family just in the wrong place at the wrong time caught exposed outside the camp. From your research the later seems more supported. My only question would be if the Arikara/Bloody Knife knew who they had caught in the open and pursued them specifically in an act of vengence. Would they have easily recognized Gall's wives? Would they have killed children without some specific vengence motive? Great study Siobhan! Love a serious, deep diving and honest historian.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you! I don't think they deliberately targeted them because they were Gall's relations, but they did not distinguish between killing women/ children in the same way as whites. If I'm not mistaken, I think Crazy Horse's first kill was a woman.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the kind words about my work! Hope to hear from you again soon!

@31terikennedy Месяц назад

It was supposed to be a simultaneous four prong attack like the Washita.

@31terikennedy Месяц назад

Actually the Indians were surprised. You left out Custer being notified that Indians had found a lost Army bread box which jeopardized the crucial element of surprise, this forced Custer to attack right away. It made no sense for Custer to order Reno to attack alone because that threw the crucial element of surprise away. It also didn't make any sense to send Benteen on a scout to the left because Custer knew where his point of attack was going to be, where the horse herd met the village. It was imperative to keep the Indians away from their horses. The Army would destroy the horses and the scouts would capture what they wanted. It was the Washita fight all over again.

@michaelhart6318 2 месяца назад

Gall had issues with Sitting Bull, and reportedly referred to Sitting Bull as a coward.

@SiobhanFallon7 2 месяца назад

Yes, I've heard they had a falling out. The Larson book on Gall is terrific!

@microsofty5778 6 дней назад

And was a traitor to all that is good and decent... He was a victim of history and cirumstance...

@freeesolo Месяц назад

Thanks!

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

Oh my goodness THANK YOU! Wow!!

@freeesolo Месяц назад

You’re very welcome! 😉

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@freeesolo I'm still speechless. You are very generous and kind 🙏 This is going right into a little fund for new equipment that I hope to get this summer. I want to get rid of my constant sound issues 🤦🏼‍♀️😬 And please let me know if you have any suggestions or subjects you'd like me to cover. I'm working on a Tom Custer series now (Part I and II are already up!). I have a couple other irons going but would love to know what you'd find interesting!

@freeesolo Месяц назад

@@SiobhanFallon7 I'm glad to be able to help. I am going to read your book too. The one held up by Dana Perino! Wow, impressive! I'm thinking of another interesting character, like Jean Laffite, the pirate who helped Andrew Jackson win the Battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812. I was born and raised near New Orleans. Probably quite difficult to find information on him. Whatever you write about is good. You have such a pleasant voice and storytelling skills. I read Libbie Custer's book, "Tenting on the Plains". I know you must have too of course. Time to go watch another of your videos. I love them! Oh, and one more thing. I didn't know Custer fired 2 volleys and Reno and Benteen still didn't ride to the sound of the guns. 🌹

@SiobhanFallon7 Месяц назад

@freeesolo ah, Jean Lafitte!! I remember reading about him when I was in New Orleans on a trip years ago!! I'll add him to my list 😉 Godfrey mentions the volleys in his article about the fight-- let me see if I can find a link to it in it's entirety. It's great and doesn't get read enough by Little Bighorn students...