Accurate report, congrats! I walked the Battlefield some 44 years ago, myself and a friend. I will never forget that location and the beauty there and the history.
The rifles that the Cheyenne left behind or were lost in the battle were collected and thrown onto the fire of other Indian possessions after the battle according to the landowner who talked to our group when I visited the area on a tour many years ago. I believe she said either her father or grandfather took the remnants of the old weapons and with the help of a welder turned them into some sort of agricultural harrow.
In Wyoming, Nevada, and many other Western and Mid Western States , there are today in 2024, 150 years after this all happened, huge, hundreds of miles long tracts of basically empty, unused, unoccupied lands. No farming, no ranching, nothing.All once Indian Lands, but no more, they were driven off it. And it is clear that it was NOT because anyone "needed" the Land ,as 150 years after the fact, it is still not being used for anything.I think this reality is a very sad commentary on what was done to the Indians .You can say whatever you want, but it simply doesnt hold water to say it was because anyone " needed" that land more than the Indians did.At least the Indians actually lived on it and used it - which is more than can be said for these huge expanses even today.
We should never have messed with the native Americans in the first place. Leave em alone ! But the history of the world is of one group of people not minding their own business but instead bothering their neighbors and waging war. Thus is the world.
I agree with your last statement. We live, however, in an unkind world. The indigenous people of North America or war with each other long before the Europeans showed up. Remember, the night before the attack the Cheyenne were celebrating and attack on a Shoni village. An item I did not mention, is that among the belongings of the seventh cavalry. Was a sack with a hands of about a half a dozen children. I don’t think these children were Cheyenne. As you say, “ Thus is the world.”
Great video again, thank you!
Thank you for the kind comment and watching the video.
Accurate report, congrats! I walked the Battlefield some 44 years ago, myself and a friend. I will never forget that location and the beauty there and the history.
Thank you for your kind comment, Johnson County Wyoming is full of history and beautiful landscapes.
Good video 👍🏼
Thanks, your comment is much appreciated.
The rifles that the Cheyenne left behind or were lost in the battle were collected and thrown onto the fire of other Indian possessions after the battle according to the landowner who talked to our group when I visited the area on a tour many years ago. I believe she said either her father or grandfather took the remnants of the old weapons and with the help of a welder turned them into some sort of agricultural harrow.
An interesting story, and probably right, early settlers did not let much go to waste.
When you show a photo of Dull knife use his photo and not Little Wolf
You are right, I apologize and will correct it in my next video featuring Dull Knife
EXCELENT PRESENTATION!I WONDER IF THE PAWNEE AND CHEYENE GOT TO KEEP THEIR CAPTURED HORSES.
Not sure, I am assuming they did. Thank you for your comments.
In Wyoming, Nevada, and many other Western and Mid Western States , there are today in 2024, 150 years after this all happened, huge, hundreds of miles long tracts of basically empty, unused, unoccupied lands. No farming, no ranching, nothing.All once Indian Lands, but no more, they were driven off it. And it is clear that it was NOT because anyone "needed" the Land ,as 150 years after the fact, it is still not being used for anything.I think this reality is a very sad commentary on what was done to the Indians .You can say whatever you want, but it simply doesnt hold water to say it was because anyone " needed" that land more than the Indians did.At least the Indians actually lived on it and used it - which is more than can be said for these huge expanses even today.
This would be an interesting debate topic.
Private land ,that really stinks. Do you have to own the land the people walk on?
That is the rule we live under today. If people were more considerate, maybe not so.
We should never have messed with the native Americans in the first place. Leave em alone ! But the history of the world is of one group of people not minding their own business but instead bothering their neighbors and waging war. Thus is the world.
I agree with your last statement. We live, however, in an unkind world. The indigenous people of North America or war with each other long before the Europeans showed up. Remember, the night before the attack the Cheyenne were celebrating and attack on a Shoni village. An item I did not mention, is that among the belongings of the seventh cavalry. Was a sack with a hands of about a half a dozen children. I don’t think these children were Cheyenne. As you say, “ Thus is the world.”