Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-27 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The idea of a heroic Indian fighter is out of fashion these days, for good reason. ? Not my my circles it isn't out of fasion at all. In fact the latest tribal newspaper has several stories on wariors who

Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-27 Thread Damon
? Not my my circles it isn't out of fasion at all. In fact the latest tribal newspaper has several stories on wariors who are serving in the middle east. What would the good reason be? Umm, an indian fighter is one who fights indians! Damon.

Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-27 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ? Not my my circles it isn't out of fasion at all. In fact the latest tribal newspaper has several stories on wariors who are serving in the middle east. What would the good reason be? Umm, an indian fighter is one who fights indians! Ha! Is an

Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:27 AM 6/27/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: --- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ? Not my my circles it isn't out of fasion at all. In fact the latest tribal newspaper has several stories on wariors who are serving in the middle east. What would the good reason be? Umm, an indian fighter

Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-26 Thread John Garcia
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 01:34 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a long time custer was considered by history to have been very brave and a good warior. As it turns out he wasn't. _ Jan

Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-26 Thread Damon
I think what Jan was referring to in his post about Custer was not the man's personal bravery nor his skills (or lack thereof) of a tactician. I think what he was referring to was the concept of the Last Stand as a heroic battle to the last. The reality, of course, is that Custer vastly

Re: Custer and Little Big Horn

2003-06-26 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think what Jan was referring to in his post about Custer was not the man's personal bravery nor his skills (or lack thereof) of a tactician. Well I was refering to both actualy. The last stand and the BS marketing that led up to it. Custer was not all his