Corey
11-26-2004, 02:13 AM
Joseph Marshall, III discusses his new biography of Crazy Horse, the Sioux warrior who defeated General George Custer in the battle of Little Bighorn only 8 days after having fought another top general (Crook) to a standstill. This video is a worthwhile watch, 2 hours. The underlying story is brilliant when you take it in context. Couple good jokes, decent one at 48:26. I also liked the core message about good leaders being unselfish and leading by example instead of authority.
http://www.booktv.org/publiclives/index.asp?schedid=310&segid=5092
Quite a character that Crazy Horse. He was in a no-win situation but played his cards well. I like the bit about him stopping within rifle range of pursuing soldiers to clean ice of his horse's hoof, just to make them angry... Thunder dreamer. :)
This story is intriguing to me. My great, great grandfather was a farmer turned Metis warrior in Manitoba. Jean Caron, fairly well documented, compatriot of Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont. Jean Caron's house had the very sad historical distinction of being the very first place where a machine gun was ever used on a human being. The house was blown to bits by the Northwest field force during the Battle of Batoche in 1885. He and three of his sons (my great grand-uncles) fought right in the epicenter of that battle and managed to scrap their way out. I'm strangely proud of that. He rebuilt the house seen below in 1895 to replace the original. Interestingly Riel's general Gabriel Dumont also managed to scrap his way out and was eventually pardoned by the government and permitted to live out his life in his little farmhouse in Batoche until his death in 1906. Dumont was not a large man but he was tougher than nails and had an uncanny knack for strategy. Here's the location plaque which briefs the story:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~sksaskat/batoche/batoche-letendre.html
Jean Caron's farmhouse:
http://www.piloninternational.ca/international/histoires/batoche/bat5.jpg
From the front:
http://library.usask.ca/northwest/background/batoche/caron.jpg
That little house was home to a fairly large family. :) Here's a few more photos related to the Battle of Batoche:
http://library.usask.ca/northwest/background/batoche/batoche.htm
Here is an account of the battle from the other side's perspective including a photo of Jean's farmhouse as seen from the potato field to the east where they dug in:
http://www.syscon.sk.ca/midlanders/chronol.htm
http://www.booktv.org/publiclives/index.asp?schedid=310&segid=5092
Quite a character that Crazy Horse. He was in a no-win situation but played his cards well. I like the bit about him stopping within rifle range of pursuing soldiers to clean ice of his horse's hoof, just to make them angry... Thunder dreamer. :)
This story is intriguing to me. My great, great grandfather was a farmer turned Metis warrior in Manitoba. Jean Caron, fairly well documented, compatriot of Louis Riel and Gabriel Dumont. Jean Caron's house had the very sad historical distinction of being the very first place where a machine gun was ever used on a human being. The house was blown to bits by the Northwest field force during the Battle of Batoche in 1885. He and three of his sons (my great grand-uncles) fought right in the epicenter of that battle and managed to scrap their way out. I'm strangely proud of that. He rebuilt the house seen below in 1895 to replace the original. Interestingly Riel's general Gabriel Dumont also managed to scrap his way out and was eventually pardoned by the government and permitted to live out his life in his little farmhouse in Batoche until his death in 1906. Dumont was not a large man but he was tougher than nails and had an uncanny knack for strategy. Here's the location plaque which briefs the story:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~sksaskat/batoche/batoche-letendre.html
Jean Caron's farmhouse:
http://www.piloninternational.ca/international/histoires/batoche/bat5.jpg
From the front:
http://library.usask.ca/northwest/background/batoche/caron.jpg
That little house was home to a fairly large family. :) Here's a few more photos related to the Battle of Batoche:
http://library.usask.ca/northwest/background/batoche/batoche.htm
Here is an account of the battle from the other side's perspective including a photo of Jean's farmhouse as seen from the potato field to the east where they dug in:
http://www.syscon.sk.ca/midlanders/chronol.htm