The Battle of the Little Big Horn (1991) - From "Son of the Morning Star" Custer Mini-Series

[Music] thank you Captain nice day to the front how far back is the packs right now two three miles you will take your Battalion and diverge at a left oblique of about 45 degrees sweep everything you see before you pitch into anything you might come across how do we got to keep the regiment together General but this Camp is as big as they say we're going to need every man we've got you have your orders general I'm not clear about this how much of an area do you want me to scout you heard me Captain sweep the area Battalion left oblique supplementary orders tell the captain that if we find nothing he used to go to the second line of plus also he is to keep at least one mounted officer with a command of five or six men well in advance of the detect all right no yes sir Scott's come across a fancy burial Lodge they say they won't go past it you better time for them oh yeah hey guys [Music] I told you to dance on and stuff for nothing you disobeyed me move to one side and let the soldiers pass you in the charge if any man of you is not brave I will take away his weapons and make a woman of him tell Jason [Laughter] foreign soldiers it's going to take a long time there go you engines General running like the devil foreign say the village is just above us from running away he used to cross the river move forward at his rapid again to see deems prudent you'll be supported by the whole command yes sir [Music] [Music] I go gather those ponies go with Reno friend today you and I go home by a road you do not know [Music] about them and so my husband divided his regiment major we know and his men were sent across the river Captain bentine led a reconnaissance to the southeast both failed him [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] forced night March men and horses exhausted nothing oh guys a waste of time if there are Indians in this Valley they're there foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] everybody bugler sound to charge the boys all right [Music] foreign nobody was thinking of any battle coming a few women were taken down their lodges just getting ready for the move on down the valley that day [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] ready [Music] it begins tell him to come on big Village bring ammunition [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Music] people gathered the old people and the women and the children you cry to us Warriors he said take courage this is a good day to die [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Music] anger was our best weapon that day good [Music] [Applause] General Custer rolled through the Civil War leading 11 charges he rode through the Plains and never called a retreat he never asked the soldier to do anything he would not do himself [Music] foreign [Music] thank you back [Applause] [Music] I said nothing [Applause] [Applause] you wish to make their escape follow me [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Applause] thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign and the hostiles the hostiles the Indians well the meal train has fallen behind if he wants me to hurry to him how does he expect that I bring Pax uh if I'm to be of any service to him I think I better wait for the packs [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] scare the horses [Music] [Music] oh God [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you last company [Music] one group of soldiers was trapped on top of a hill but most warriors were down river battling hayat sea come back there's your horse we expect immediate orders to advance sir we have wounded we will hold our position permission to go to the sound of the firing sir permission denied this is the crown dog chase man with his live or die big rifle pits now [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign oh my God [Music] my God to thee fear my God to thee fear to thee oh my God [Music] Darkness [Music] for steamer that returned from the Yellowstone had brought the letters from my husband [Applause] I was to join him for the 4th of July we were going to celebrate the 100th birthday of the United States [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] thank you [Applause] we recognized him even though his hair was short and his face dirty [Applause] colder Warrior came to cut in zip that I walk a Cheyenne women pleaded for Custer they said he was a relative the husband of mayotzi so the warrior only took a fingertip [Applause] the women they punctured his ears with their sowing arms they did this so that he would hear better he had promised never again to make war on the cheyennes and we had promised his death if he did he forgot his promise he did not remember all words in the next life he should hear us better [Music] [Music] my people traveled with Crazy Horse pushed into the Bighorn mountains and then down into the Powder River Country we froze we starved the white men kept coming thanks for watching if you'd like to help us produce more compelling historical content like this please like comment below and share this video with fellow history Buffs and of course be sure to subscribe to help keep history happening

Channel: LionHeart FilmWorks

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Keywords: son of the morning star, little bighorn, american indian wars (military conflict), crazy horse, united states, sitting bull, great sioux war, george armstrong custer, george custer, custers last stand, u.s. cavalry, plains indians, american civil war, little bighorn battle, little bighorn battlefield, little bighorn documentary, crazy horse documentary, sitting bull documentary, custers last stand documentary, great sioux war of 1876, george custer last stand, 1991 film

Id: -9kmYELJ35A

Length: 35min 2sec (2102 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 24 2023