[Alberta's Child]

I've always found the final chapter of this story the most interesting of all. The Sioux fled north across the border after the Federal troops became more aggressive against them in the aftermath of the battle at the Little Bighorn. The warriors of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were eventually rounded up by -- count 'em -- six Royal Canadian Mounties and moved to a reservation somewhere out in what is now Alberta or Saskatchewan.

[brownsfan]

"The warriors of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were eventually rounded up by -- count 'em -- six Royal Canadian Mounties and moved to a reservation somewhere out in what is now Alberta or Saskatchewan."

Ahem... Let me get this straight: The implication is that 6 Canadian Mounties are better than 260 members of the U.S. 7th Cavalry?
I'm a big fan of plain speech. So, correct me if I'm wrong in my interpretation of your message?

[fish hawk]

Only because they wanted to be rounded up. Cold and hunger has a way of doing that. Otherwise there would have been six less Mounties.

[junta]

They were very brave, but they had an advantage in that the Indians already regarded them as being representatives of the "Great Mother."

[frogandtoad]

That's because they had more respect for the Great White Mother than the Great White Father!