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

Posted by Gayle on June 25, 2001 at 17:14:42:

In Reply to: My Own posted by Rich on June 25, 2001 at 03:01:32:

: 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.)

Rich,

Custer sounds like a man I would have respected.

Gayle

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• Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th! Bill R 17:56:43 6/25/2001 (5)
  • Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th! Rich 02:58:47 6/26/2001 (4)
    • Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th! Bill R 09:13:08 6/26/2001 (2)
      • Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th! Rich Federici 09:42:33 6/26/2001 (1)
        • Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th! Bill R 10:38:10 6/26/2001 (0)
    • Re: My Own "Thought For The Day" ... 125th! Marc 05:52:55 6/26/2001 (0)

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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.) 

: Rich,

: Custer sounds like a man I would have respected. 

: Gayle


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