[Tacis]

At reinactments, do the savage Indians still torture and murder all the enemy survivors of the fight? Name another battle in history where the winners butchered the losers, every last one. Rather than be proud of the Custer battle, Indians should be forever labeled as the dumb savages that they are.

[kms61]

Try Washita, Sand Creek, and the aforementioned Wounded Knee. The United States did not cover itself with glory in dealing with the aboriginal population of North America. No other way to spin it.

[Scoutmaster]

During the Indian Wars of this time, I think you'll find absolute slaughter (at least of all males) was practiced by the U.S. Cavalary against the Indians, just as it was practiced by the Indians against whites.

Although I have some Cherokee blood in me, one of my ancestors also served as one of Custer's scouts during the infamous attack on Black Kettle's band of women, children, and elderly camped on the Washita River.

As mentioned above, read "Son of the Morning Star," which was the nickname many Indians had for Custer during the nine or so years between the time he massacred literally hundreds of women and children under the light of Venus (the Morning Star) and Little Big Horn.

Colonel John M. Chivington, also responsible for the Black Kettle Massacre if I remember my history, told his men to kill all Indians, saying "...kill and scalp all, little and big... nits make lice."

I think both sides practiced "kill 'em all" for the most part.

[SevenDaysInMay]

Alamo.

That was when war was war.

Ahhhhhh. The inexperienced awe of martial pride. The drum beat of clashing weapons...the harmony of barritone moans of the mortal casualties and the tenor maimed with highlights from the sublime altos, sopranos, and boys in nearly or fatal gang rape... the perfume of burning all that cannot be carried away...war's booty...the soul reviving silence of the dead's putrification...such motivation.

Yes, we should miss those days when war was war. Now, we really can kill them all.

[satan]

Doesn't matter - if you ain't cav you still ain't shit.