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Told with vigor and insight, this is the memorable story of Wooden Leg (1858–1940), one of sixteen hundred warriors of the Northern Cheyennes who fought with the Lakotas against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Wooden Leg remembers the world of the Cheyennes before they were forced onto reservations. He tells of growing up on the Great Plains and learning how to be a Cheyenne man. We hear from him about Cheyenne courtship, camp life, spirituality, and hunting; of skirmishes with Crows, Pawnees, and Shoshones; and of the Cheyennes’ valiant but doomed resistance against the army of the United States. In particular, Wooden Leg recalls the fight against Custer at the Little Bighorn, a controversial and arresting recollection that stands as the first published Native account of that battle.
As an old man in his seventies, Wooden Leg related the story of his life and the Little Bighorn battle in interviews with Thomas B. Marquis (1869–1935), formerly an agency physician for the Northern Cheyennes. Marquis checked and corroborated or corrected all points of importance with other Cheyennes. This edition features a new introduction by Richard Littlebear, president of Chief Dull Knife College and an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation of Montana.
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Mike Mayers
reviewed Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer on January 22, 2015
Wooden Leg: A Warrior Who Fought Custer
An excellent read! This book was one of the books recommended in Robert Bausch's recent novel "As Far As The Eye Can See". Wooden Leg (1858-1940) was one of the Cheyenne Indians who fought alongside other Indian Tribes against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. In this book, Wooden Leg (aged 70) relates the story of his life in interviews with the Author Thomas Marquis, a former Indian Agency physician to the Northern Cheyennes. Wooden Leg tells of his life on the plains during the 1800's. This is both an interesting and educational read and contains significant verifiable information regarding the Battle of the Little Bighorn of which I was totally unaware. Firstly, Custer, whose last stand often depicts him at the battle in his flowing long blond hair. The fact is, he had his hair cut very short prior to the battle, which was subsequently verified by his wife. The Indians also did not have any idea who Custer was nor was any Indian able to identify him after the battle. Although a significant number of Calvary were killed, only 32 Indians were killed. Also, of the Calvary soldiers killed, a large number of them had committed suicide or were killed by their own comrades (at the soldiers request). Most of the 1,600 Indians committed to the attack upon the Calvary only had bows and arrows; very few had any rifles.
I found this story to be extremely enlightening regarding the life of the Indians before and after they were forced to live on the reservations.
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