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Rain in the Face and the Custer Legend Examined
A critical look at Rain in the Face and the Little Big Horn saga. The piece recalls his jail time at Standing Rock, escape on snowshoes, and the contested claims about Custer’s death. It cites Colonel Shields, D. F. Berry, and Doane Robinson to challenge sensational tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman
Longfellow
General Custer
Colonel Shields
Northwest
Vechten Waring Company
New York
West
Custer
Little Big Horn River
South Dakota
Lizzard
Standing Rock
Bismarck
Comand
Fort Lincoln
Oster
Rain-in
Rainn-the-Face
Shields
Rock
Woody Mountain
Canada
D. F. Berry
Wisconsin Times
Seventh
United States Cavalry
Yellowstone
Holzinger
Balkan
Balian
Rain-in-the-Face
Charles Reynolds
Chief Rain-in-the- Face
Chief Rain-in-the-Face
United States
Lincoln
Fargo
Rain in-the-Face
Captain Custer
Tom Custer
General Benteen
Doctor Porter
Barry
Mr. Shields
Doane Robinson
Department of History of
State of
Literary Digest
Grand River
Mary C. Collins
Standing Rock Agency
Fort A. Lincoln
Tom
Little Big Horn
Captain Tom
Rain