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The 1874 Black Heels (Blackfeet) Expedition or Custers Last Stand

An event occurred in 1874 which reeks of a possible conspiracy. According to historians, Colonel Custer was instructed to lead 1,200 American soldiers and scores of their Dakota allies, from Fort Lincoln, North Dakota, down to the Black Hills of South Dakota, to build a fort, search for the excrement (gold and silver) of the cowardly gods, and find a route to the southwest. Exactly what was to the southwest of the Black Hills the whites were attracted to? The Mulland Road War was still being fought in Montana, between the Rocky Mountains west of Great Falls, to western North Dakota, at the time. It was a bad war in which 5 to 10 times as many Indians were killed. The whites had the superior weapons. They be the machine gun, repeating rifle, and revolver. However, the Anishinabe Military was determined to fight the white invaders.



I have read a book in which the writer clearly tells in his own way on how Fort Shaw was established. He said 12 Crow Indians (the were really Anishinabe soldiers) came to an irrigation ditch from probably the Great Falls region some 24 miles to the east, and demanded to know from the six white men working in the ditch, where was the Peigan camp? They really meant where is the new white fort? After walking up a 200 foot hill the white man told them there is the Peigan camp below. In the book the writer says Fort Shaw. That occurred in 1874. The Anishinabek were outraged about the illicit actions of the white invaders. Future historians will have to carefully research the events which occurred in 1874. They will have the better tools to learn exactly what happened. It is no coincidence that Colonel Custer commenced the Black Hills Expedition of 1874, and the possible establishment of Fort Shaw in 1874. Historians claim Fort Shaw was established in 1867 but there may be a cover-up. Something occurred here in the Great Falls region which white historians are not being honest about. During the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition, the white invaders may have built a fort at what is now the Lincoln, Montana region, or Fort Shaw. They did build Fort Baker in 1873 and renamed it Fort Logan in 1878, so a fort at Lincoln is likely out of the question.



During the so called 1876-1877 Black Hills War, the Americans sent several thousand American soldiers from American forts in North Dakota (Fort Lincoln which is now Bismarck, North Dakota), South Dakota, and Fort Benton, Montana, and Fort Ellis which is now Bozeman, Montana, and from forts in northern Wyoming, to what is now the Great Falls, Montana region and not the Little Big Horn River. Colonel Custer and General Terry, loaded their supplies and troops onto steam boats at Fort Lincoln, North Dakota, and sailed to Fort Benton, Montana, to join with the American soldiers already stationed there. From Fort Shaw, an unknown (it was not Colonel John Gibbon who commanded Fort Shaw) American military commander, supposedly led American soldiers to Fort Shaw from Fort Ellis, who numbered about 1,500 or more, eastwards towards what is now the Great Falls, Montana region. Another large force of possibly 1,000 or more white soldiers left Fort Baker to march towards what is now the Great Falls, Montana region which was directly to their north.



General Crook instructed Colonel Custer to wait for his 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers to arrive from southeastern Montana, but Anishinabe soldiers were forcing the white soldiers under Crooks command, to hold their ground in southeastern Montana. Including their Dakota allies, the white military force numbered close to 4,000 or more. That is not including the white soldiers under Crooks command. If they had somehow managed to break through the Anishinabe defensive lines, the total number of white soldiers at Custers Last Stand may have reached near 6,000.



They were going to attempt to defeat the remaining Anishinabek in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Canada. The whites didn't need to raise 10,000s of soldiers to fight this war because they knew they had superior weapons and would win the war. This war may have been fought in 1874-1875. According to the writer mentioned earlier, General Sherman visited Montana in 1875, to inspect Fort Benton and Fort Shaw, and was grief stricken about the death of a white man earlier at the hands of Anishinabe soldiers. The Great Falls, Montana region was singled out by the white invaders to attack because the location was the capital of the Anishinabe Nation.



In 1875, Montana was an extremely dangerous place. However, if the United States actually launched the Black Hills War in 1874, it means by 1875 they had brought most of Montana under their control. It is well known that Custer was warned about the number of Indians in the village he wanted to attack. They claim at least 15,000 Indians were in the village when the Battle of the Little Big Horn was fought. One scout said it was the largest Indian village he ever heard of. The Anishinabe city was 3 miles in length (it actually extended along the south shore of the Missouri River, very near Black Eagle Falls, to Rainbow Falls) and one mile in width. It was located next to Giant Springs. That is about half the size of present day Great Falls, Montana which has a population of 58,000. It was not the only Anishinabe city in the Great Falls region. North of the Missouri River where Black Eagle Falls is, was another fortified Anishinabe city. That be the one Custer attacked from the north. It was directly across from the other fortified Anishinabe city on the south shores of the Missouri River. Another Anishinabe fortified settlement was located about 3 miles west of the Black Eagle settlement where Hill 57 is now located. That location today has two strange mound shaped hills with an indent in between them.



Here in Great Falls, there are ruins just north of Black Eagle Falls Dam and at Giant Springs which they claim are the remnants of the smelters. However, they are the ruins of ancient Anishinabe civilized settlements. Read Lewis and Clarks Journals. On June 13, 1805 they reached the Great Falls region and stayed here for 31 days. Lewis described the region as having insulated hills and emence fortifications. Most believe he was describing the buttes located around Great Falls but he was really describing the Anishinabe civilized settlements in the Great Falls region. Read the Seven Fires Prophecy. Anishinabe people have lived here in the Great Falls, Montana region for at least 1,300 years. They knew a people from the east would invade and attempt to destroy them. Thus, they constructed large fortified settlements in the Great Falls region and elsewhere, particularly along the Missouri River, from South Dakota to Montana. They may have resembled the ruins at Machu Picchu in Peru. Their fortifications probably had terraces on which they grew food. They were a terrified people by the time Lewis and Clark stopped here in the Great Falls region in 1805. They knew long before 1805, from the Anishinabek who lived around the Great Lakes, that the people mentioned in the Seven Fires Prophecy, had invaded and were actually going to try and exterminate them.



Custer was over confident (that is according to historians) when he led the 1,500 soldiers to Fort Benton from Fort Lincoln, North Dakota on steam boats, and having 100s of more white soldiers stationed at Fort Benton, join his 1,500 soldiers at Fort Benton, and the 40 or more Crow Indian soldiers who allied with the whites. He knew his soldiers had the revolver, repeating rifle, and machine gun (historians claim Custer refused to bring the gatlin gun with his troops which is an outright lie), as well as numerous howitzers. Custer obviously thought his 1,500 (it was really near 4,000 white soldiers - another 2,500 or more American soldiers from Fort Baker and Fort Shaw also fought in this battle) soldiers would quickly subdue the civilized Anishinabe settlements in the Great Falls region, after leaving Fort Baker, Fort Shaw and Fort Benton. It did not turn out that way. Once Custer reached the Great Falls region and glimpsed the large fortified Anishinabe city, he knew he was history.



After sailing the Missouri River from Fort Benton on steam boats, Custer's 1,500 or so soldiers made landfall before reaching what is now Morony Dam. Before reaching Rainbow Falls, Custer instructed two of his officers to separate. He instructed them to head for the eastern part of the large fortified Anishinabe city with 100s of white soldiers. That happened in what is now the Morony Dam area. Custer stayed north of the Missouri River. He led his soldiers to the northern part of the large Anishinabe fortified city (a little north of Black Eagle Falls) and attacked once he learned of the approach of the 2,500 or so American soldiers who made the trek from Fort Baker and Fort Shaw, to the western and southern part of the large fortified Anishinabe city.



Around 1,500 American soldiers marched towards the western part of the large fortified Anishinabe city with an unknown American commander, from Fort Shaw. They had intentions of attacking the west side of the fortified Anishinabe city. The white soldiers from Fort Baker, attacked the southern part of the city. They did attack from all four directions. Their goal was to concentrate on one part of the city's walls, by bombarding the one single area each detachment was to attack. They thought they could use their howitzers to break into the large fortified city. The most difficult part of the city was probably the northern part. The ruins there today indicate a strong fortified settlement once existed there.



Historians claim that as many as 1,800 Indian soldiers were in the village at the time Custer ordered his near 4,000 soldiers to attack. Custer or any other military commander well educated in warfare tactics, know better than to fool around with any fortified settlement which has 10,000s of people. It is ridiculous to even think Custer was stupid enough to attack a fortified village or even a non fortified village which has 10,000s of people, with less than 700 soldiers. To be realistic, the number of Anishinabe soldiers in the settlements may have been between 5,000 and 10,000. That means as many as 20,000 to 40,000 Anishinabek lived in the civilized settlements here in the Great Falls region.



Though the whites had the superior weapons, the Anishinabe soldiers were the more numerous and defeated the near 4,000 soldiers under Custers command, within 30 minutes after the battle commenced. All of the near 4,000 American soldiers and their Indian allies, who fought in this battle, were killed. During the battle, Custer attempted to send a message to either Fort Baker, Fort Shaw, or Fort Benton, or possibly to backup at what is now Morony Dam, requesting for backup help. The man sent to relay the message was killed. Anishinabe ogimak instructed their soldiers to not destroy anything of value carried by the white soldiers. This battle will have to be carefully researched in the future because an obvious cover-up is in place.



And more American soldiers left Fort Lincoln, North Dakota to launch military offensives against the Anishinabek of western North Dakota, eastern Montana, northwestern South Dakota, and northeastern Wyoming. And there had to have been a major battle where the so called Battle of the Little Big Horn occurred, which was near Crow Agency, Montana. The Battle of the Rosebud was fought near where the Battle of the Little Big Horn was fought. After the government of the United States learned about Custers Massacre, they obviously reacted with intense hostility. They then forged a plan to launch a winter military campaign against the Anishinabek still refusing to surrender.



They knew from prophecy exactly what the intentions of the evil white race were. The Black Hills had nothing to do with this battle. Through an 1868 treaty the United States set aside the Black Hills to be Anishinabe land. Black Hills is another word for Blackfeet or Black Heels. It was the Blackfeet Anishinabek who were singled out by the whites to war upon. That includes the Blackfeet of the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Reservation. Custers Last Stand was a major battle in which as many as 15,000 soldiers fought in. Most people do believe all the American soldiers with Colonel Custer were killed. When you read about the details of the battle, however, white historians always claim most of Custers soldiers survived. That is not true. There is a reason for why most people believe every American soldier under Custers command were killed. It is because all of them were in fact killed. A cover-up is in place.







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