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American History

Bayard

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2. The 7th Calvary seems to have always been led by crazy bastards

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 02:19 PM

Jan 1

“I heard him, call to the people not to be afraid, that the soldiers would not hurt them; then the troops opened fire from two sides of the camp.” (Witness of Big Foot's death, as he stood under an American flag of truce)
― Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West

One page summary:
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm

Better yet, read, "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee."

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On December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 1 OP

Shame shame shame! 1WorldHope Jan 1 #1

The 7th Calvary seems to have always been led by crazy bastards Bayard Jan 1 #2