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Post by joewiggs on Apr 8, 2012 18:52:50 GMT -5
One officer of the fleeing [Reno] command aroused the highest admiration of the Indians. He emptied his revolver in a most effective way and had crossed the river when a gunshot brought him down.
There were three noted young warriors of three different [Warrior] lodges vying with one another for bravery. They all happen to pursue this officer;each one was intent upon knocking him off with a war club before the others. However, the officer dispatched everyone of them.
Who was he?
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Post by strange on Apr 8, 2012 23:43:33 GMT -5
One officer of the fleeing [Reno] command aroused the highest admiration of the Indians. He emptied his revolver in a most effective way and had crossed the river when a gunshot brought him down. There were three noted young warriors of three different [Warrior] lodges vying with one another for bravery. They all happen to pursue this officer;each one was intent upon knocking him off with a war club before the others. However, the officer dispatched everyone of them. Who was he? This is a weird area of things. It often regularly gets mixed up. The Reno emphasis is what throws me. If its the horse with four white feet, then Walt Cross would think this is Harrington. Cross is a good personal a professional friend so I haven't been very eager to challenge him on this. He sent me his book, and I glanced at certain parts of it but haven't had time to take it in thoroughly. He strings a few accounts together to paint the picture of the man he thinks was Harrington what those final moments were. To do so, he sorta had to look at these accounts put the together in the best way that made sense to him, just as we all have done. There is a small downside in that the process is not an exact or proven science, but thats kinda what we all have to do to try and make sense of these accounts. His educated guess is as good as or better than anyone else's. |
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Post by tbw on Apr 11, 2012 10:20:31 GMT -5
One officer of the fleeing [Reno] command aroused the highest admiration of the Indians. He emptied his revolver in a most effective way and had crossed the river when a gunshot brought him down. There were three noted young warriors of three different [Warrior] lodges vying with one another for bravery. They all happen to pursue this officer;each one was intent upon knocking him off with a war club before the others. However, the officer dispatched everyone of them. Who was he? Hmmm..... Tough choice here. "this officer" being a significant clue as there were only 3 ever reported by Reno as being killed down there. As recollection would have it Hodgson was killed, I believe in the river as he had grabbed a stirrup there, not sure if he made it to the other side or not, but haven't heard of his daring-do other than that episode. Acting Assistant Surgeon J. M. De Wolf would have been commissioned an officer and he ran and wouldn't have fought, so that leaves only one other whose exploits I've heard of.... Donald McIntosh  ka pau |
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Post by stumblingbear on Apr 29, 2012 16:10:07 GMT -5
This will blow your minds as it did mine! I found it in "The Custer Battle Causalities 11, page 122:
Dr. Charles Eastman (The Story of the Little big horn, Chautauquan, July 1900.
'One officer of the fleeing (Reno) command aroused the highest admiration of the Indians. He emptied his revolvers in a most effective way and had crossed the river when a gunshot brought him down. There were three noted young warriors of three different (warrior) lodges vying with one another for bravery.
They all happened to pursue this officer;each one was intent upon knocking him off with a war club before the others, but the officer dispatched every one of them. the Indians told me of finding peculiar instruments on his person, from which i thought it likely this brave man was Dr. DeWolf who was killed.'
Wow! I would have placed my bet on Lt. Harrington! I wonder who the three Indians were that he killed?
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