THE BATTLE OF BEECHER'S ISLAND (PT 1): FORSYTH'S DILEMMA

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

August, 1868 General Phil Sheridan offers a special commission to his top officer Col. Forsyth to hire 50 good, tough men to bring the fight to the Indians that have been marauding throughout the central and northern West. Armed with Spencer repreating carbines and fast horses, they take the fight to Cheyenne Chief Roman Nose, who has gathered 600 warriors under his command. They meet at Beecher's Island on the Arikara River on Sept. 17th, 1868, in one of the biggest battles of the Indian wars.

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0:00.0	And the Oh, And the The My love my love I left was sleeping in her bed.
0:47.0	My love I left to sleep in her bed.
0:52.0	I turned my back on my bed. I'll turn my back on my true love when fighting Johnny Red. I left my love a
0:57.0	letter in the horror of a tree.
1:07.0	I told her she would find me in the Uyndest cavalry.
1:12.0	I hope down they go, there's no such word as cabs.
1:18.0	We'll ride we down to hell and back
1:22.0	foruleously since a grand.
1:25.0	By old down, big gold, there's no such word as well.
1:30.0	We'll ride me down to hell.
1:32.0	And back for your less its Simpson brand.
1:37.0	Welcome back everyone to 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories and Mysteries Podcast.
1:45.6	This is your host, John Haggadorn.
1:47.9	Today, I'm taking you back to 1868, to a tiny place on the map in eastern Colorado called Beecher's Island, named after US
1:56.6	cavalryman, Lieutenant Fred Beecher, who was killed while defending his unit of 50 men
2:01.8	against an Indian seas led by Roman nose and his combined force of about 600 Cheyenne, Rappahoe, and Sioux warriors.
2:10.0	The battle is remembered for the tough resistance offered by the few men in the face of a much larger force.
2:16.0	The U.S. cavalry held up for an incredible seven days against ten to one odds.
2:22.0	Every now and then I check out a favorite blog of mine called The Sundown Trail.
2:27.0	If you're a fan of the Old West, and our podcast 1,001 stories from the Old West,
2:31.0	you'll enjoy this blog as well.
2:33.2	It's written by a true son of the West named Walt Ryan,
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