As others have said, Donovan’s “Terrible Trumpets”. It’s the book that introduced me to the LBH, and since then, my fascination with the subject has expanded my reading by a bunch.
Philbrick’s “Last Stand”, Evan’s “Son Of The Morning Star”, and Most recently “Custer’s Trials”, by CJ Stiles. Several others as well.
The Southern Cheyenne held Custer to be a relative through his “marriage” to Mahnatosee, a Cheyenne Princess after the Battle of Washita. They prevented the Sioux from desecrating his remains. That’s one story anyway. Could also be his premature balding and short cropped hair made his scalp uninteresting.
They tore his brother Tom to shreds. Rain In The Face claimed to have cut out his heart.
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