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48: “I Fought With Custer”, How Ego can Kill You, Avoid the Slippery Slope

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Kuster's Luck Runs Out

Kuster may have made a mistake to divide his command that Sunday afternoon of June 25th, but the gods themselves were against him. It was the Indians day. From every direction hordes of crazed Indians must have attacked with the wild courage that their desperation and hate gave them. The following morning we went back to Kuster Hill and buried as well as we could the naked mutilated bodies of our comrades. After much reflection, I've concluded that several great blunders were the direct causes of the Custer massacre.

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