Son of the Morning Star

Son of the Morning Star1991

Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Big Horn is a nonfiction account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876, by novelist Evan S. Connell, published in 1984 by North Point Press. The book features extensive portraits of the b… more »



Ulysses S. Grant:
[Grant shows Red Cloud a map of the Black Hills] This is your land.

Sioux Interpreter:
[Red Cloud observes the map, then speaks to the interpreter, who translates to Grant] He says, why these lines?

Ulysses S. Grant:
Boundaries, where the land ends.

Sioux Interpreter:
[Interpreter translates to Red Cloud, who replies to him] It is lies.

Red Cloud:
[Grant, outraged by his response, stands to his feet. Red Cloud also does the same and mutters a word of English] Lies.

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