Dewey Beard - Veteran of Little Bighorn & survivor of Wounded Knee

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This is a tale of two survivors. One, affectionately known as Comanche, was an 8-year veteran of the U.S. military. He was first wounded in battle against hostiles on the southern plains in 1868. And, when Custer led the charge at the Battle of Little Big Horn, our veteran was right there with him. Wounded an astonishing seven times, he somehow survived and spent the next year recuperating. And, as you can imagine, he was showered in respect for the rest of his life and, upon his death, was sent off with full military honors. The other survivor was Dewey Beard, also known as Iron Hail. A teenager during the Battle of the Greasy Grass. He fled to Canada with Sitting Bull but eventually returned to the U.S. and settled upon a reservation. Unfortunately, the Army came calling again. Once again it was the 7th Cavalry and once again, it was a massacre. This time on a little creek called Wounded Knee. Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Check out my website! https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest The Song of Dewey Beardy by Philip Burnham https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MVDSZOC?asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7 Comanche the Horse - https://biodiversity.ku.edu/exhibits/comanche Dewey Beard | Indian Country Today - https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/from-little-big-horn-to-wounded-knee-the-true-legend-of-dewey-beard Book & Gear Recommendations - https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7 The Brothers McCarty - https://www.wildwestextra.com/the-brothers-mccarty/ Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War - https://www.wildwestextra.com/joseph/ Can You Don’t - https://open.spotify.com/show/2H5vQIYhxLo3fWoDowAYf3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	When George Armstrong Custer went into battle for the last time he had under his command, 31 officers,
0:35.9	586 enlisted men, 33 American Indian scouts, and 20 civilian
0:40.6	employees. And when the dust finally settled on June 25, 1876, when the final war cry
0:47.5	was but a mere echo, over 260 of them were dead, including Custer. The opposition, a combined force of Lakota, Arapaho, and Cheyenne suffered far less
0:58.1	casualties, as few as 31 dead and possibly a little over 100 wounded.
1:02.8	It was a slaughter, a massacre, but there were survivors.
1:07.2	One such man that comes to mind went by the name of Frank Finkel.
1:10.6	He stated that early in the battle, both he and his horse were shot and that the wounded animal took flight with him still in the saddle.
1:16.8	A couple of days later, the sergeant of sea company continued on foot, leaving his dying horse behind before finding refuge at a cabin.
1:23.9	Nurse to health over the course of a few months, Finkel put the entire ordeal behind him,
1:28.3	only coming out and making his claims later in life.
1:31.7	Now, not everybody buys Finkel's story, myself included.
1:35.8	Truth is, I don't know enough about him either way to pass judgment.
1:38.9	But don't you worry, I do plan on doing a full episode solely on Frank Finkel soon.
1:44.1	Just not today.
1:45.3	Now, today I'm going to discuss two other veterans of the Battle of Little Bighorn, one from each side.
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