Custer's Last Stand Hill

After Yellowstone the Ghost Herd Expedition headed north into Montana and visited ghosts of a different kind at the Little Bighorn Battlefield. Here Colonel George Armstrong Custer and a lot of his men met their end at the hands of mostly Sioux and Cheyenne Indians defending their people. The day was scorching hot and smoke from a plains fire shrouded the scene when the expedition rode up. A young park ranger gave a speech at the Visitor’s Center about the battle. He talked about how the people who fought here were complicated, how the forces gathered, how this fight was the last stand for the Indians too, and finally, about the power of peace. It was lucky about that range fire, though, because by the time the ranger finished a lot of full-grown adults were saying the smoke was making their eyes water like crazy …

Here’s a view of the memorial on Last Stand Hill from the memorial to the Indians who died here. The whole area is a sacred and solemn place; unfortunately there’s a road in the middle of the hill so you can drive right over it!