tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post4289367044282919511..comments2023-11-13T19:18:29.280-07:00Comments on Wargames and Stuff: Plains Indian Wars Battlefield VisitsBrenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13034997568862879687noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-54556191560122323012012-06-04T22:41:24.326-06:002012-06-04T22:41:24.326-06:00Yes one can easily see why Custer had NO idea what...Yes one can easily see why Custer had NO idea what was sitting in wait for him but one of the biggest encampments of Sioux Indians ever assembled.VolleyFireWargameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14558522852896871065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-35064544442448440162012-06-04T07:45:48.074-06:002012-06-04T07:45:48.074-06:00Got there a couple of years ago. Very much worth ...Got there a couple of years ago. Very much worth the trip. Almost impossible to understand the battle without seeing the terrain and the sight lines.<br /><br />Greatly improved interpretation from the Indian side since I was there as a boy, but they could use a new visitors center and film.Bill Hupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431005128546339908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-8847243484734648932012-06-04T06:53:20.656-06:002012-06-04T06:53:20.656-06:00Interesting looking country. You know, it looks v...Interesting looking country. You know, it looks very like cattle farmland in New Zealand's King Country...Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-32531953445188413972012-06-03T20:10:02.167-06:002012-06-03T20:10:02.167-06:00Amazing how the land can swallow up Buffalo (and e...Amazing how the land can swallow up Buffalo (and enemies). There one second, gone the next, reappearing elsewhere. It just looks so open but looks are deceiving.<br /><br />Nice photos!M. C. Monkey-Dewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752028120443879663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-31346911780114257332012-06-03T19:36:13.700-06:002012-06-03T19:36:13.700-06:00My ancestor, PVT Thomas Meador, died at LBH fighti...My ancestor, PVT Thomas Meador, died at LBH fighting with Reno. I need to get up there to check out the site.Castigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10513201836577848475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-16917722941069975012012-06-03T18:31:00.516-06:002012-06-03T18:31:00.516-06:00The battlefields are virtually identical to "...The battlefields are virtually identical to "back in the day". The great plains (in my experience, from Colorado northwards) are very sparsely populated with trees. If you see trees, there is water nearby. That means creeks, rivers, lakes. You really don't see wodded areas except in those areas on the plains. The covered approaches are all over the place - there are folds and undulations everywhere you turn and look. While in theory you could fire a thousand yards, there innumerable folds in the ground between there and you. I'll post more photos of the sites.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034997568862879687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-79333379122672575622012-06-03T18:20:25.621-06:002012-06-03T18:20:25.621-06:00Those photographs are not what I expected!
How di...Those photographs are not what I expected!<br /><br />How different and less wooded are the battlefields now than they were then? It looks rather difficult to get covered approaches on those hills, whether one's opponents had muzzle-loading or trapdoor Springfields.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046718381652470590.post-59716296705301332152012-06-03T17:28:02.853-06:002012-06-03T17:28:02.853-06:00I love the LBH battlefield...and the battle!I love the LBH battlefield...and the battle!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354526425526645291noreply@blogger.com