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Old June 19th, 2008, 05:28 PM
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Default Re: Custer's Last Stand

Falcon Jun;
Custer also underestimated Crazy Horse. The Lakota Chief had lured US Calvalry into vulnerable positions and ambushed them before-when he was a minor Chief during the Red Cloud War with the Fetterman party. By Little Bighorn Crazy Horse's warriors were all armed with firearms, he was in perfect ambush position, and he had an overconfident opponant, and he had learned much. I think that even if Custer had come with all his forces they too would have died-or at least been bloodily repulsed- on that "perfect shooting gallery" of a hillside rolling downwards towards the Little Bighorn River.
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