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    #16
    Originally posted by geopop71 View Post
    A few year's ago, some western archeologist's decided to scrape up some stuff from Custers Last Stand battlefield. Hoping to find out what really happened there. They got permission from the natl Park service. There had a recent brush fire and lowered the tall prairy grass down to working levels.
    They excavated just six inches down at every grave marker, and all over the battlefield. Using modern computer system's, they were able to put together a complete battle scene as to what really happened. They dug up hundred's of cartridge cases, bone fragment's, buttons, buckles and other artifact's.
    Every marker revealed some thing interesting from the original burial site.
    Knowing that the Army had only two kind's of cartriges, 45/70 and 45 Colt.
    The indian's had many differant kind's of ammunition. They even compared
    firing pin mark's to find out that some came from the same weapon. One such
    case mark was found to have gone completely around to the back of the troop's last stand, by the same indian on foot! It was fired from a Henry repeater, a lever action rifle.
    In conclusion, they figured out that custer had crossed the river, but faced with huge amount's of indian warriors, was pushed back, finaly ending up on the last stand hill. Some were ordered to dismount and then counter ordered to mount up. After ending up on the hill, the indian's mostly on foot
    simply using the tall grass for cover, picked them off untill all were dead!
    The 45/70 carbine heated up very rapidly when firing at high speed, this caused many rifles to jamb, leaving the case stuck in the chamber. Some soldier's killed themselves, some shot each other. Some were found far away, trying to escape. Very interesting story. I will see if i can research it.
    Geopop
    I saw this episode back in the day. It was very interesting.

    When I went to the Rock Island Arsenal Museum in the Quad Cities, I saw in the superb collection a couple of Trapdoor Springfield Carbines that were reportadly at Little Big Horn.

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      #17
      I am also very intrested these "wild days", because I am studuying archaeology in the university. You can try to find this document on internet: History Channel Battlefield Detectives: Custers Last Stand

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