Seven (7) Custer Pamphlets: Sitting Bull and Gall, the Warrior / She Watched Custer's Last Battle / Two Days after the Custer Battle / Rain-in-the-Face and Curly, the Crow / Sketch Story of the Custer Battle and Which Indian Killed Custer? / Custer Soldiers Not Buried - Bonus: Enrichment Trail

Thomas B. Marquis

Published by None Noted, 1934

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6 Reprint pamphlets written by Thomas B. Marquis and originally published in 1933 & 1934. Recently reprinted. Bonus pamphlet: Entrenchment Trail included. All appear lightly read if at all. . . . . Included are the following titles: 1.) Sitting Bull and Gall, the Warrior (1934) A brief account of the friendship and leadership of Hunkpapa Sioux chiefs Sitting Bull and Gall, as seen by Marquis through interviews and Native recollections of the Little Bighorn period ---- 2.) She Watched Custer's Last Battle (1933) The personal story of Kate Bighead, a Cheyenne woman who witnessed the Battle of the Little Bighorn, interpreted by Marquis from her 1927 narrative ---- 3.) Two Days after the Custer Battle (1935) Marquis's reconstruction of the aftermath of the fight as survivors and scouts found the battlefield strewn with the fallen of Custer's command ---- 4.) Rain-in-the-Face and Curly, the Crow (ca.1934) A dual portrait contrasting the Sioux warrior Rain-in-the-Face, long rumored to have slain Custer, and Curly, the young Crow scout who escaped to tell the story ---- 5.) Sketch Story of the Custer Battle (1933) A succinct clashing of red and blue narrative chronicle of the Little Bighorn fight written for visitors to Marquis's Custer Battle Museum ---- 6.) Which Indian Killed Custer? / Custer Soldiers Not Buried (1933) Two companion essays in one pamphlet speculating on who dealt Custer's fatal blow and lamenting the neglect of proper burials for many Seventh Cavalry dead ---- 7.) Enrichment Trail (Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association) A later educational trail guide produced by the Association to interpret the battlefield's geography and deepen understanding of the Plains Indian War era.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Seven (7) Custer Pamphlets: Sitting Bull and Gall, the Warrior / She Watched Custer's Last Battle / Two Days after the Custer Battle / Rain-in-the-Face and Curly, the Crow / Sketch Story of the Custer Battle and Which Indian Killed Custer? / Custer Soldiers Not Buried - Bonus: Enrichment Trail
• Publisher: None Noted
• Publication Date: 1934
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
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  • History::Frontier