Hokahey! A Good Day To

[joewiggs]

According to Richard Hardorf, the following list reflects the deaths of Lacota's slain on Reno Hill:

Breech Cloth (Lakota tribe Unk.)
east side of Reno Hill. 6/25

Long Road (Sans Arc)
south side of Reno Hill. 6/26

Dog's Back Bone (Minneconjou)
northeast of Reno Hill, 6/26

[joewiggs]

In regards to the opening phase of the Custer battle, Walter M. Camp was told by the Cheyenne, Little Wolf, that only one skirmish was deployed by the soldiers[I believe that this skirmish line originally faced south, toward the Henryville Sector, then faced west toward Calhoun Ridge], which rested upon Calhoun Ridge. Lame White Man had charged this line there and drove part of it along Custer ridge, to "Keogh," where he was killed.
[Micho is of the opinion that Lame White man led his charge further east along Custer Ridge.]

A map allegedly drawn by the Arapaho, Waterman depicts lame White Man moving from the south end of Custer Ridge to the north.

[whitebull]

Was this the line on Calhoun ridge? If this was the only "line" then what happened with Keogh and what happened along cemetery Coulee? If these lines were not line that what were they? It just doesn't make sense to me?

[joewiggs]

Actually WB, it was Calhoun Hill. My theory is that Custer position those troops there to create and maintain an "open corridor" for Benteen and Reno whilst he continued on the ridge with Headquarters staff to an area (Indian testimony) behind the "present monument" down to an area now now as Ford D. I believe his purpose for doing so was to make a precise identification of the whereabouts of the Indian Women and children while awaiting the arrival of Reno and Benteen.

Realizing at some point, that the other troops should have arrived he returned via cemetery Ridge to Custer Hill arriving close to the time of the Calhoun Hill collapse and the flight through the Keogh sector.

At this point, the last Stand had begun.

[whitebull]

This is my first time hearing about this episode. How about giving a little more infor. or a reference for me? Thanks!