Wooden Leg & the Battle of Little Bighorn

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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“All around, the Indians began jumping up, running forward, dodging down, jumping up again, down again, all the time going toward the soldiers. Right away, all of the white men went crazy. Instead of fighting us, they turned their guns upon themselves. Almost before we could get to them, every one of them was dead. They killed themselves.” - Wooden Leg, a Northern Cheyenne who faced off against Custer and his 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn; a fight we will examine today from this young warrior’s point of view. But who was Wooden Leg? How credible of a source is he when it comes to Custer’s Last Stand? And what really kicked off the Great Sioux War of 1876? Also discussed are the battles of Powder River and the Rosebud. Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1539063747?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=1539063747&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin The Earth Is All That Lasts by Mark L. Gardner - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062669907?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=0062669907&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin Alias Soapy Smith: The Life of a Scoundrel by Jeff Smith - https://klondikeresearch.com/product/alias-soapy-smith-paperback/ The Reno-Benteen Defense Site | The Story Out West - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GKrZH6Qucs Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	All around, the Indians began jumping up, running forward, dodging down, jumping up again, down
0:35.9	again, all the time going toward the soldiers.
0:39.3	Right away, all of the white men went crazy. Instead of fighting us, they turned their guns upon
0:44.1	themselves. Almost before we could get to them, every one of them was dead. They killed themselves.
0:51.3	These are the words of wooden leg, a northern Cheyenne who faced off against Custer
0:56.1	and his 7th Cavalry at the Battle of Little Big Horn, a fight we will examine today from
1:01.2	this young warrior's point of view.
1:03.7	But who was Wooden Leg?
1:05.5	How credible of a source is he when it comes to Custer's last stand?
1:09.4	And what really kicked off the Great Sue War of 1876?
1:13.8	My name's Josh and you're listening to the Wild West extravaganza.
1:35.5	In the 1920s, Thomas Marquise, a physician, began interviewing Northern Cheyenne living on the reservation in Montana.
1:42.3	At that time, there were still 17 men alive who, as adults, had fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn,
1:44.4	wooden leg among them. That being the case, much of what you're about to hear originates from Dr. Marquis' interviews with
1:49.5	Wooden Leg, which were translated and compiled in the book Wooden Leg, a warrior who fought Custer.
1:55.7	Now, I'll spare you the pain of me attempted to pronounce Wooden Leg in the Cheyenne tongue,
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