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History remembers Custer’s Last Stand as a tale of heroism and defeat — but few have heard it through the eyes of the warriors who were truly there. Among them stood Chief Gall, a fearless Hunkpapa Sioux leader whose firsthand account challenges everything we thought we knew about that fateful day.
The Forgotten Voice of the Battlefield
On June 25, 1876, the rolling hills of Montana echoed with gunfire as Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and his men clashed with a force far greater than they anticipated. But while many history books immortalized Custer’s downfall as a tragic military blunder, Chief Gall’s recollections tell a very different story — one of strategy, survival, and justice.
Gall was no ordinary warrior. A trusted ally of Chief Sitting Bull, he led with precision and purpose. When the U.S. cavalry descended upon the Sioux and Cheyenne camps, Gall stood not as a rebel — but as a defender of his people’s freedom and way of life.
A Battle for the Right to Exist
In Gall’s account, the Battle of the Little Bighorn wasn’t simply a clash between soldiers and warriors — it was a desperate struggle for sovereignty. He described the initial chaos as the soldiers charged in, only to be met by a tide of resistance unlike anything they’d expected.
The Sioux fighters, armed with deep knowledge of the land and unbreakable resolve, surrounded Custer’s troops with tactical brilliance. What followed was not the “massacre” often described in textbooks, but a fight for survival — a fight to defend their homes, families, and honor.
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