"It made my heart bad. After that, I killed my enemies with the hatchet.”

— Lakota leader Gall, upon finding out his family had been killed

“If we’ve got to die, let’s die here like men."

— Lieutenant Luther Hare

"We were terribly alone on that dangerous hilltop. We were a million miles from nowhere. And death was all around us.”

— Charles Windolph

“Only Earth and the Heavens last long, Uncle. If we four can stop the soldiers from taking our camp, our lives will matter little.”

— Bobtail Horse

“Hokahey, brother! This life will not last forever”

— White Bull addressing Crazy Horse

“I am a Fox. I am supposed to die.

If there is anything difficult,

If there is anything dangerous,

It is mine to do.”

— Kit Fox warrior society song

To the Lakota people, the Black Hills of South Dakota were—and still are—‘the heart of everything that is.’ To the United States, they were a goldmine, and Manifest Destiny’s next target. It was for the Black Hills that the Lakota went to war against the United States for the last time.

In this episode:

Reno’s attack

Moving Robe Woman gets her revenge

Bloody Knife and his nieces

The Throwing-Them-Off-Their-Horses game

Equine sexual passion can’t be restrained by humans and their battles

Benteen’s choices

The long night

A handful of Cheyenne warriors and the meaning of bravery

White Bull, Crazy Horse and the ‘suicide boys”

The one who (almost) got away

Cheyenne women helping Custer to improve his hearing

Custer’s smile

Setting up Custer

Defiant smile and raised middle finger

This summer I will be part of a tour of the Little Bighorn and relevant sites across Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota organized by www.geeknationtours.com Check out the details of the tour at http://geeknationtours.com/tours_post/signature-battlefield-series-the-battlefield-of-little-big-horn/

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