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Rain-in-the-Face legends and Custer battle disputed tale
A Longfellow verse and claims about Rain-in-the-Face are examined with notes from Colonel Shields and D. I. Berry. Sources recount Rain-in-the-Face escape, miles run on snowshoes, and alleged killings at Standing Rock, while historians dispute the heart-eating boast and Custer mutilation lore.
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John Dickinson Sherman
S Longfellow
General Custer
Colonel Shields
Northwest
Vechten Waring Company
New York
West
Custer
Little Big Horn River
South Dakota
Kain-in-the
Standing Rock
Bismarck
Fort Lincoln
Rain-in-the-Face
Rain in-the-Face
Shields
Onngway
Woody Mountain
Canada
D. I’. Berry
Rain
Wisconsin Times
United States Cavalry
Yellowstone
Flotzinger
Buallran
Holzinger
Balian
Charles Reynolds
United States
Lincoln
Farge
Tom Custer
General Benteen
Porter
Barry
Mr. Shields
Donne Robinson
Department of History
State of
Rain-in-thelace
Grand River
Mary C. Collins
Standing Rock Agency
Balban
Stanley
Fort A. Lincoln
Tom Gunter
George A
Tom
Little Big Horn
Cuyster
Gunter