LITTLE BIGHORN: THE BACKSTORY PT 2 BENTEEN'S STAND

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Custer edges closer to Sitting Bull's village and splits his forces 3 ways- sending Capt. Benteen to the South, and Major Reno to the opposite side of the river. He orders Reno to attack- and that's where everything begins to go wrong. Benteen takes command in the deadliest siege in Western history. Support our show and checkout www.simplisafe.com/1001! Only 14.99/mo- no long contracts-no tools required. This is a great product- highly reviewed (40,000 Amazon reviews)- we recommend it. ENJOY The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle NOW at 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: (The story that inspired Jurassic Park) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 NEW Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Apple Devices here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-greatest-love-stories/id1485751552 Enjoy 1001 Greatest Love Stories on Android devices here: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=479022&refid=stpr. Get all of our shows at one website: www.1001storiespodcast.com HERE: (main website all 1001 shows) https://www.1001storiespodcast.com or HERE: at Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iwdojx2zx4jj2xj25fwupwrdcxq or HERE at Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-history-challenge/id1482436263 CALLING ALL FANS.. REVIEWS NEEDED FOR NEW SHOWS! REVIEWS NEEDED FOR NEW SHOWS! A SECOND NEW SHOW AT 1001- 1001 HISTORY'S BEST STORYTELLERS- OUR INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF TODAY'S BEST HISTORY AUTHORS ...LINKS BELOW... all shows available at www.1001storiespodcast.com The Apple Podcast Link for 1001 History's Best Storytellers: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-historys-best-storytellers/id1483649026 The Stitcher.com link for 1001 History's Best Storytellers is:: https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=474955&refid=stpr. SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Open these links to enjoy our shows! APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, June 25th, from the hollow of a high peak in the wolf mountains,
0:33.0	Lieutenant Varnam awaited the first light of dawn
0:36.0	to reveal the wide valley of the little bighorn below.
0:40.0	With him were several crow scouts,
0:42.0	the crows having their own acts to grind with the Sioux,
0:45.6	who were knowingly occupying Crow lands in this section of today's Montana,
0:50.0	known then as the greasy grass, prime hunting land for buffalo, deer, and elk.
0:56.5	Varnum's mission to determine the location and strength of the Sioux encampments in the valley.
1:03.0	Varnum squinted through his spyglass, but could make out little.
1:07.0	He landed on a lack of sleep and an overabundance of trail dust in his eyes.
1:12.0	All he could see was an empty green valley drained of
1:15.8	contour. The Crow Scouts saw much more. Speaking through his interpreter,
1:22.2	Mitch Boyer, they urged him to look for worms on the grass.
1:27.0	This would be the Indian pony herds.
1:29.8	They saw thousands of ponies, the sign of a very large encampment.
1:34.3	Barnum still couldn't see anything, but he would take their word for it.
1:39.8	What all of them could see was the columns of smoke now rising from the eastern side of the divide behind them.
1:45.1	Smoke being made by their own troops, starting fires for breakfast.
1:49.6	The Crow Scouts were outraged with the stupidity of this.
1:55.0	They asked Barnum if Custer wanted the Indians to know of their presence.
1:59.0	Barnum had no answer.
2:02.0	Around 5 a.m.
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