Out tummies full after dinner at Humphery’s we continued northwest and spent the night camped along the Little Bighorn River. The next day we took a tour of the battlefield between General Custer’s 7th Battalion and a several Indian tribes led by Sitting Bull. It was sad to see the battlefield littered with markers. The Indians used their shear number, strong desire to preserve their way of life and knowledge of the terrain to overwhelm the U.S. Army. Our guide was a native Crow Indian who gave an emotional speech about tolerance and counting coup (receiving a feather for pushing an enemy down, taking his weapon, taking his horse and scalping him). Here is a picture of her at the Indian memorial.
General Custer could have saved many lives by not being so aggressive, not underestimating his opponent and having more patience. Instead, he left this.
Back in the car we continued to Billings, Montana where we had a wonderful lunch at Montana Rib and Chop House. Maggie, our hostess recommended the ribs, which Rangel described as a 20 on a scale of 1 to 10. Maggie was from our next destination, Gardner at the north entrance to Yellowstone so she gave us a ton of ideas, many of which we will describe in subsequent posts. Thanks Maggie!
Q-Daddy & Rangel