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1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

BEST OF (#40 of 511) LITTLE BIGHORN (PT 2): BENTEEN'S STAND

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

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. 

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slash bandwidth. In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, June 25th, from the hollow of a high peak in the Wolf Mountains,

1:30.6

Lieutenant Varnham awaited the first light of dawn to reveal the wide valley of the little bighorn below.

1:37.5

With him were several crow scouts, the crows having their own axe to grind with the Sioux,

1:42.7

who were knowingly occupying

1:44.6

crow lands in this section of today's Montana, known then as the greasy grass,

1:50.3

prime hunting land for buffalo, deer, and elk.

1:54.9

Varnham's mission?

1:56.3

To determine the location and strength of the Sioux encampments in the valley.

2:01.1

Barnum squinted through his spyglass, but could make out little. He blamed it on a lack of sleep

2:06.4

and an overabundance of trail dust in his eyes. All he could see was an empty green valley

2:12.4

drained of contour. The Crow Scouts saw much more. Speaking through his interpreter Mitch Boyer,

2:20.9

they urged him to look for worms on the grass. This would be the Indian pony herds.

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