EPISODE 18 - The War For The Black Hills (Part 3): Last Stand (Patreon)

“If we’ve got to die, let’s die here like men."
— Lieutenant Luther Hare

"We were terribly alone on that dangerous hilltop. We were a million miles from nowhere. And death was all around us.”
— Charles Windolph

“Only Earth and the Heavens last long, Uncle. If we four can stop the soldiers from taking our camp, our lives will matter little.”
— Bobtail Horse 

“Hokahey, brother! This life will not last forever”
— White Bull addressing Crazy Horse

“I am a Fox. I am supposed to die. 
If there is anything difficult, 
If there is anything dangerous, 
It is mine to do.”
— Kit Fox warrior society song

To the Lakota people, the Black Hills of South Dakota were—and still are—‘the heart of everything that is.’ To the United States, they were a goldmine, and Manifest Destiny’s next target. It was for the Black Hills that the Lakota went to war against the United States for the last time.

In this episode:

• Reno’s attack
• Moving Robe Woman gets her revenge
• Bloody Knife and his nieces
• The Throwing-Them-Off-Their-Horses game 
• Equine sexual passion can’t be restrained by humans and their battles
• Benteen’s choices
• The long night
• A handful of Cheyenne warriors and the meaning of bravery 
• White Bull, Crazy Horse and the ‘suicide boys” 
• The one who (almost) got away 
• Cheyenne women helping Custer to improve his hearing 
• Custer’s smile 
• Setting up Custer 
• Defiant smile and raised middle finger