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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Fascinating narrative of Custer's end from the viewpoint of a who was thereBy William L. CotterA well written narrative of the lives of the Cheyenne Indians and the battle with General Custer. The actual battle does not occupy too much of the book and was of no more significance at the time to the Native American tribes who were involved in the battle than any other skirmish with the soldiers of the US government. The story is told without hatred or bitterness. Even more interesting is the description of the trials of everyday life among these people. This includes such things as dealing with the harshness of the elements and the actions of warring tribes. Life was anything but peaceful for the Northern but, at the same time, their respect and love of nature demonstrates the inner peace they found. This book is an eye opener to the reader who is curious about the lives and trials of the Native American especially at a time when the "white man's " borders were encroaching on the lands they called home.15 of 15 people found the following review helpful. I enjoyed it so much I suggested it to my friendsBy Alva Glenn HodgesThe view of the Battle of the Big Horn as told by a Cheyenne warrior. I enjoyed it so much I suggested it to my friends. I was amazed at his remarks on how many of Custer's soldiers killed themselves in the battle. He admitted to the Indians cutting up the bodies of the dead enemy after the battle. He also said they couldn't find a long hair colonel. This is reported by Custer's wife who said he had quit wearing his hair long before he battle.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An Intriguing View From the Native Vantage PointBy June PriceWhile I found the book tremendously informative (I have some Sioux heritage), I also found myself getting lost in the details somewhat. Maybe too many names, names which Native custom seemed to change at times, or simply because this came across as a sometimes rambling rendering of his tale, with many changes in narrative focus? Hence only four stars. In any case, at times fascinating, then tedious, it detailed the live of Wooden Leg's tribe and its relationship to the different Native tribes that came together, seemingly accidental, in the right place, or wrong place, depending on one's viewpoint, to meet Custer at the Little Big Horn. Wooden Leg doesn't glorify the battle, in fact its story takes up only a small fraction of the book, nor the Native way of life other than the freedom to live their lives without interference as they clung to the old ways.One of the things that may turn some away from this book, however, is his almost casual acceptance of the brutality of life. Death and brutal beatings weren't presented as anything more than the norm. Then, in the blink of an eye, he's talking about helping an enemy who comes to them with, so to speak, a good heart and needs help. He details his own killing of a soldier as he attempted retreat across the river, most likely one who was part of the Reno division at the Little Big Horn in an almost emotionless fashion, just as another fact of life in the battle between Natives and the white man. Since Wooden Leg seems to have gone on to work for the soldiers later for many years, it's interesting to read his take on continued resistance after he'd surrendered and gone to the reservation. This, and the many, many details of Native life revealed make the book well worth a read for anyone with any interest in not just Custer but Native Americans and our frontier expansion, including his view of Wounded Knee near the books end.

Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer is a book by Thomas Bailey Marquis about the life of a Northern Cheyenne Indian, Wooden Leg, who fought in several historic battles between United States forces and the Plains Indians, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, where he faced the troops of . The book is of great value to historians, not only for its eye-witness accounts of battles, but also for its detailed description of the way of life of 19th-century Plains Indians.The book was dictated to Marquis by Wooden Leg in Indian Sign Language, their only common language. Marquis gathered the stories for the book from Wooden Leg and others while he was physician at the agency in Montana from 1922. They were reluctant to open up to him at first, but eventually Marquis gained their trust.Wooden Leg lived through some of the most turbulent times in Cheyenne history, but the book begins with his childhood and descriptions of Cheyenne customs. These include tribal organisation, the warrior societies, sport, religion and mythology, their friendship and cooperation with the Sioux, arrow recognition, warbonnet entitlement, and much more. Wooden Leg was introduced to warfare at a very young age via conflict with the Crow and joined the Elk warrior society at age 14.The book describes Wooden Leg's participation in the important battles of the war of 1876ndash;1877, when the Cheyenne, Sioux, and other plains tribes fought the United States. These included not only the Little Big Horn, but the preceding Battle of the Rosebud and the succeeding Dull Knife Fight. Following the Cheyenne surrender, the tribe was deported to Oklahoma, but eventually Wooden Leg was allowed to return. At he worked as a scout for the army and was later appointed a judge at the Indian Reservation. Wooden Leg describes in detail how he befriended the old chief towards the end of the latter's life. Little Wolf had been a great war leader but was now ostracised for having killed another Cheyenne while drunk.Wooden Leg's description of the Battle of the Little Bighorn caused controversy when the book was first published, particularly his claim that many of the US soldiers committed suicide. This claim is still discussed by scholars and has been investigated by archeologists, but no firm conclusions have been reached.

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