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Post by ftpeckpabaksa on Nov 18, 2010 17:27:43 GMT -5
I was wondering if anyone out there has any informtion on him. I read that he was a Suicide Soldier, one of four Cheyenne that vowed to die fighting the soldiers at the Little Bighorn. I was wondering there were any experts or geneologists from the N. Cheyenne that would send me a message?
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Post by ann on Feb 27, 2018 18:24:33 GMT -5
Since you ask for a Cheyenne expert, (which I am not one) but since you ask this question over seven years ago I would like to share some things. In "Custer's Last Stand, Personal Accounts: ..... Little Whirlwind, about 16, died in a confrontation near the river with one of the Arikara Scouts recruited by Reno's boss, Lt. Col. George A. Custer .... Wooden Leg, A Cheyenne warrior who recounted his story to biographer, Thomas Marquis many years later. " Whirlwind, a Cheyenne charged after a war-bonnet Indian belonging with the whites. The enemy Indian bravely charged toward Whirlwind. The two men fired rifles at the same moment. Both of them fell dead. This was on the flat land just east of the river where the soldiers crossed." ..... Some of the Northern Cheyenne casualties are referred to as the "Suicide Boys". These young men vowed to fight to the death in attacking the soldiers. Thought to be among their number were Noisy Walking, about 18; Limber Bones (Limberhand), about 20; Closed Hand and Cut Belly, about 30. Wooden Leg believed that all were unmarried and had no children. ..... Some discrepancy may be chalked up to confusion over the interpreters translation of Cheyenne names ......Little Whirlwind and Swift Cloud may be the same person. Here is where the confusion is for me.  Little Whirlwind.docx (87.89 KB) Little Whirlwind with two arresting officers, 1897. Then read Little Whirlwind. docx |
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Post by grahamew on Mar 8, 2018 13:51:19 GMT -5
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