Post by joewiggs on Dec 22, 2013 20:47:00 GMT -5
Sitting bull is a ramrod for lightening comments as is Custer. Mention either name and all hell seems to break out. You either lean toward eulogizing the both of them or, claiming that both men received to much credit based upon too little credibility.
We,usually, suspect that Sitting bull did not engage in combat at the Little big Horn. Was he even a warrior one may ask. Was he more than a "mouth" that proclaimed his greatness and worth?
Personnaly, I think he was quite a warrior. For the first time in my life I've read information that leans toward Sitting bull being quite a warrior in his prime.
"Hokahe!" -meaning "Come on, let's go!" -was a traditional cry before battle. On a memorable day in 1856, as Sitting bull sprinted toward a Crow chief, he celebrated the violence and transience of the Lakota warrior by singing, "Through many trials/My life is short."
The Crow was the first to drop to one knee, swing his flintlock muzzle-loader into position, and fire. The bullet punctured the hide of Sitting Bull's shield and slammed into the sole of hid left foot, entering at the toe and exiting at the heel. It was now Sitting bull's turn to aim his rifle and fire. Amid a cloud of black powder smoke, the Crow chief tumbled to the ground."
Sitting bull than ran up to the prone chief and stabbed him to death.
Trust me, that dude was a warrior supreme!!
We,usually, suspect that Sitting bull did not engage in combat at the Little big Horn. Was he even a warrior one may ask. Was he more than a "mouth" that proclaimed his greatness and worth?
Personnaly, I think he was quite a warrior. For the first time in my life I've read information that leans toward Sitting bull being quite a warrior in his prime.
"Hokahe!" -meaning "Come on, let's go!" -was a traditional cry before battle. On a memorable day in 1856, as Sitting bull sprinted toward a Crow chief, he celebrated the violence and transience of the Lakota warrior by singing, "Through many trials/My life is short."
The Crow was the first to drop to one knee, swing his flintlock muzzle-loader into position, and fire. The bullet punctured the hide of Sitting Bull's shield and slammed into the sole of hid left foot, entering at the toe and exiting at the heel. It was now Sitting bull's turn to aim his rifle and fire. Amid a cloud of black powder smoke, the Crow chief tumbled to the ground."
Sitting bull than ran up to the prone chief and stabbed him to death.
Trust me, that dude was a warrior supreme!!