Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th!

Posted by Rich on June 25, 2001 at 09:33:00:

In Reply to: Re: My Own posted by Jeri on June 25, 2001 at 06:13:56:

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: Hi Rich,

: Given his history, the man was certainly a contradiction. It's difficult to think of him as someone who had emphathy for those he was trying to exterminate.

: Jeri

He was an Army officer ... following orders ... Our country had a vision, called Manifest Destiny. He served his country.

Times were different then.

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: : On this 125th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
: ...

: : For those of you who might be under the impression that General Custer was a one dimensional, genocidal Indian killer:

: : "If I were an Indian, I often think I would greatly prefer to cast my lot among those of my people adhered to the free open plains rather than submit to the confined limits of a reservation, there to be the recipient of the blessed benefits of civilization, with its vices thrown in without stint or measure." ... Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, 1839-1876 ... From "My Life On The Plains" (actually a series of articles written, from the field, for Harper's Magazine in the 1870s.)

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• Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th! Bill R 09:50:01 6/25/2001 (2)
  • Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th! Rich 09:57:51 6/25/2001 (1)
    • Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th! ros 18:23:32 6/25/2001 (0)

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: : Hi Rich,

: : Given his history, the man was certainly a contradiction.  It's difficult to think of him as someone who had emphathy for those he was trying to exterminate.

: : Jeri

: He was an Army officer ... following orders ... Our country had a vision, called Manifest Destiny. He served his country.

: Times were different then.

: : >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

: : : On this 125th Anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
: : ...

: : : For those of you who might be under the impression that General Custer was a one dimensional, genocidal Indian killer:

: : : "If I were an Indian, I often think I would greatly prefer to cast my lot among those of my people adhered to the free open plains rather than submit to the confined limits of a reservation, there to be the recipient of the blessed benefits of civilization, with its vices thrown in without stint or measure." ... Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, 1839-1876 ... From "My Life On The Plains" (actually a series of articles written, from the field, for Harper's Magazine in the 1870s.) 


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