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Gen. George Armstrong Custer:
[after the Washita River Massacre in 1868]
Take a dispatch to General Sheridan. Despite overwhelming odds, a great victory was won here today. Factors contributing to our success were - One, the Indians were asleep, - Two, the women and children offered little resistance, - Three, the Indians are bewildered by our change of policy
[after the Washita River Massacre in 1868]
Take a dispatch to General Sheridan. Despite overwhelming odds, a great victory was won here today. Factors contributing to our success were - One, the Indians were asleep, - Two, the women and children offered little resistance, - Three, the Indians are bewildered by our change of policy
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Take a dispatch to General Sheridan
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Despite overwhelming odds
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a great victory was won here today
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Factors contributing to our success were
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First
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the Indians were asleep
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Second
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the women and children offered little resistance
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Third
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lndians have been winded
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by our change in policy
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Movie Summary
George Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.
