Horse-Lords of the Plains: Custer vs. Crazy Horse | Part 3

Of all the great characters entangled in the story of George A. Custer and the American Indian Wars, few are as captivating as Crazy Horse. A mighty warrior of the Lakota Sioux, and a tremendous military tactician, he was a charismatic but enigmatic figure. The Sioux, of which the Lakota are a subculture, are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains. Their way of life was transformed by the introduction of horses to North America, but their nomadic lifestyle and dependence upon buffalo hunting was severely threatened by the imposition of telegraph lines, forts and then railroads upon their lands. So it was that, reluctant to be confined to the reservations outlined for them by the U.S. Government, they decided to fight back, under the joint leadership of the politically savvy Red Cloud, and the fated, fearless, tactically brilliant, Crazy Horse…
Join Dominic and Tom as they plunge into the world of the Lakota Sioux, looking at the history of their people in the American plains, their rich, complex culture and often gory rituals, and the fascinating characters who would challenge George Custer and the U.S. Government.
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[@TheAnadromist]

An anecdote from Alaska, where I lived for 22 years. I lived in Southeast Alaska in Haines among the Tlingit Indians. A friend Dirk, now passed away, told me a story. He was a wry Christian Tlingit man. One of the more New Age inclined Tlingit men was telling a couple cruise ship tourists about native spirituality. My friend overheard him and was irked by the oozing spiritual smugness. So he leaned over and injected the following words into the conversation. "Don't forget to tell them how we used to bury our enemies up to their necks in sand at low tide."

[@suedaniels4722]

The photos add to the educative narrative so much and very appreciated. Would it be possible to leave them up for 10 seconds longer, that won't detract from the dialogue in any way.

[@paulh262]

"Deep down I know it's a dog" made me proper belly laugh 🤣

[@johnrohde5510]

It probably was no small part in the Lakota's enthusiasm for war that they had been winning wars for a while beforehand.

[@eshaibraheem4218]

So interesting; I could listen for hours. Thank you.

[@agharries]

I got really excited at the mention of Bozeman, Montana. Was also wondering if they are Star Trek fans as well.

[@the_tyler_vaughn]

Great series so far! Can wait for more!!

[@Johnconno]

We had a large community of Comanche Indians living on our street in 1970's Liverpool. They taught us many things...

[@tonykehoe123]

Where about in Liverpool my friend ?

[@Connorloom]

The Comanche were the most formidable mounted warriors since the Mongols

[@robertcottam8824]

@@Connorloom Hmmm. How would they have got on against Sobieski’s lot? Or Kellerman’s cuirassiers? Don’t you think your statement is a trifle hyperbolic?

[@Johnconno]

@@tonykehoe123 Kensington. 🤚

[@Johnconno]

@@robertcottam8824 Trifled Bolics, is that a Tartar dish?

[@Chadhogan111]

Looking forward to your 4-part on the Glorious Revolution

[@jeffreyhill4705]

I have visited Fort Robinson Nebraska where Crazy Horse was killed and the Little Bighorn. To me it looked like the high ground was a death trap. The Hill has a steep side on one side, that might be impossible for horses to go down, and trench like ravens, that allowed for a covered approach with supporting fields of fire. Once Custer was on that hill, there was no way off. There is a narrow valley some of that troop made it to, about half a mile away, it offered more cover, but no escape.

[@MrDerbyCounty]

Great episode!!

[@Chadhogan111]

That was quick........

[@MrDerbyCounty]

@@Chadhogan111 ha, already listened via Spotify the other day!

[@brek5]

It wasn't just the Native Americans using bear grease as a hair pomade. "Bear Grease" was still a product into the '30s (and I'm not sure if it made it much longer than that). I work in something film related, and I've had mentions of it in early talkies, and you can look up the song "Allegheny Al" for a mention of it as well, haha. Now, I don't know if this was whitey adopting that from the natives or what, but it's there. (For those who can't be bothered to search it, the lyric is "Bear grease on his hair makes him shine like candy, Allegheny Al.") Lol.

[@eshaibraheem4218]

Thanks for that.

[@nanavango9374]

Gentlemen, I highly recommend The Journey of Crazy Horse by Joseph Marshall III, an Oglala elder. Many questions will be answered.

[@Jaymark-gk4li]

All my lot back in '50s/'60s rooted for the Natives tbh..uk England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@_BirdOfGoodOmen]

50:53 you could use Männerbund but I think that terms a tad loaded. :p

[@alphasierramike2091]

On the breaches of treaties, could we say the same behaviour we observe today in Brazil. In Brazil the state tries to stop the deforestation of the Amazon. The fazendeiros, garimpeiros in the pursuit of earning a living continue to challenge and ignore the government ( there are other interest at play too.).

[@janeaustenist]

While the passenger pigeon is extinct, the buffalo, fortunately, are not. The amount remaining are a remnant of the great herds.

[@Jameszet1609]

‘Return of the horse’ 😂

[@tonykehoe123]

Dear Tom . I have a Gibson acoustic guitar made in bozeman . Just saying 👍

[@coldwar45]

Yep their plant has been there since the 80s

[@JJ_GoBlue]

Tom “I’m off to picking berries” Holland

[@bearhustler]

I'd love to hear an episode or two about the Mexican-American war, it gets nowhere near enough coverage.

[@triplecap4307]

you should consider doing something on the comanche

[@oliverjamito9902]

Remember thy conversations given? Indeed given 80-100 years. Now asked? Who ye are talking too unseen, unto thyself, nor unto one another? If ye can't recognize my own in front of thee? Can't recognize Who?

[@manchester.misfit6297]

8:46 😂😂😂

[@afwalker1921]

At 34:48, Crazy Horse is said to be androgynous. These are the people one should watch for. These are the people who can be most dangerous. The divine is both, is all. Anyone who can connect with this has power. He was a holy man.

[@jeffreyhill4705]

So many of the common names for Native American tribes are not from the question to a tribe members, what should we call you, but from an already contacted tribe answering the question, who are they? Often the answer was derogatory slang, like Sioux, or Anasazi.

[@hiervi]

+1

[@williambranch4283]

There still are real Native Americans. My best friend is a Lakota spirit warrior. He follows the Great Spirit. I respect him for that. Always on the edge Native culture but not in it ... I feel privileged.

[@Dru517]

I followed the great spirit once in Arizona with the Pimas. Peyote mixed with rattlesnake venom. Those spirits they see are real. I understood it once I was in it.

[@user-qn6ty1oc2z]

More visual media please🙏

[@alphasierramike2091]

You guys going to talk how California, New Mexico was taken over by the Gringos. Something not talk about in how Spanish legal ownership which existed suddenly was ignored? Given this how was a group of people who have different view of property are able to face up the avalanche.

[@michaelkennedy3372]

They won't now because you've spoiled it.

[@arden8290]

Almost nobody was insulted by "Washington Redskins"

[@robertcottam8824]

I dunno. Joe Theismann could be quite cutting on occasion; Art Monk was very sarcastic and John Riggins downright rude. Pip pip.

[@KeepingTheIronThroneWarm]

Indeed. And do you hear the Irish complaining about Notre Dame University's mascot? Do the Scandinavians complain about the Minnesota Vikings mascot? On and on.

[@afwalker1921]

I understand that after Crazy Horse's father gave the name to him, the father took the name Pull-my-Finger...

[@ToddSauve]

Actually, while Crazy Horse is a celebrated Lakota warrior and most people know who he is, Sitting Bull is the more well known Lakota because he was a chief and indeed the only Lakota who was ever chosen as the head chief of all the free Lakota in the history of the tribe. "Tatanka Iyotake," his Lakota name, was also a war chief and a "medicine man." I hope you two will rectify this in your next broadcast, though I suppose it is already in the can, as they say. The quotation you took from the newspaper interview with Sitting Bull took place at Fort Walsh, a North-West Mounted Police outpost in the Cypress Hills of what is now southwestern Saskatchewan, after an abortive peace council, so to speak, between the US government and the Lakota who had crossed over onto the great plains of western Canada following the Battle of the Little Bighorn. It was Charles Diehl of the Chicago Times who recorded the interview with Sitting Bull at Fort Walsh about 8:30 in the evening of October 17, 1877. My great grandfather, who came West in 1875, established a ranch just four miles south of Fort Walsh back in the 1800s and my cousins still own and run it to this day. 🤠

[@oliverjamito9902]

80-100 years given if luckily to live that long? For a true reason! Either or ye will see WHO? Fear come here in front! Remind unto all have exalted themselves above! Fear will say, instead FEAR HIM! Why? Fear will say, after HE KILLS THE BODY CAN KILL THY SOUL!

[@oliverjamito9902]

Some will say, who is that little child born "i"? Flip the old table with many innocents bloods stains and many abominations have done unto the old table!

[@oliverjamito9902]

Pop and my beloved, remember the meaning of the Meeks! Nor Keepers of my FOOTSTOOL! Why shared Feet without 1ST preserve a Permanent Foundation no one can uproot nor shaken but here to stay for good? What is time? Nor why WHO said come forth? Time will say, for the ACCUSERS little ones without fault! Vengeance knows? Who love with patience, mercy, and grace! Knows sitteth upon? Knows HIS VOICE?

[@tarquinbullocks1703]

You need to get back on your meds, mate.