Posted by Tony in Mass. on July 11, 2012 at 15:14:27 from (76.118.216.103):
In Reply to: O.T. Vacation advice. posted by Just Another Old Geezer on July 11, 2012 at 05:05:37:
What is the saying about little big horn? The Crow owned the land, Chyenne did all the fighting, Souix got all the glory? Now- this winter?- is the time you can sit back and study up what you saw. Lots of material on it out there. I was talking to a 'docent'? The guy discribing the weapons used there. I told him about my father's old neighbor when he was very young, in the late 20's and early 1930's. The old man told people he was a drummerboy in the civil war, and was still in the army in that area, a few miles away herding 'beef on the hoof'. He said when they safely got the cows and chuck wagons miles back to the east, another regiment's captain- who didn't hear the news, asked where they thought they were going. He said his sargent told the officer 'there is no one alive back there to feed, so the cattle can go back to Chicago if we can make it, and if the GD injuns keep chasing us, back to Massachusetts if the horses can make it! The ranger said that sounded quite reasonable and probably true, there were over 40 supply trains headed that way, and over 8000 people from all over the world in the area, and within a day, nearly everyone was either dug in or running away. Re enlistments of men on that campaign was nill, Washington was stumped, and if the western tribes had 'banned together' with organization and communications- and food- we would be a different looking country today. He told me to check out the Fedderman site back in Wyoming, that's a true story of the old west no one wants to talk about. I didn't stay there long. Immagine 100 degrees, wearing a dark wool uniform, single shot gun, with 500 screaming savages trying to kill you... and 14 rattlesnakes as big around as your leg on the path infront of you. What was the saying? Save the last bullet for yourself? Yeah. Big snakes. But it's only a few hundred feet off rt90. I would like to see some Louis and Clark sights next time in Montana. The saddest part is following the endless miles of abandoned 'Milwaukee Road' mainline, geezz.. Sounds like your ride deserves an oil change! Glad to hear the trip turned out well for you.
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