#i understand Wikipedia still calls it a battle but hard disagree i think Washita Massacre is a more accurate reflection of the event

[beauzos]

i started reading A Terrible Glory and it said there was peace in the Northern Plains for a while bcs of a “stunning cavalry victory on the Washita River” and i had to put it down because. stunning victory at the Washita River? victory? at the fucking Washita Massacre? there was nothing to be victorious for, it wasn’t even a battle??!?!?? i mean i guess if you count the Cheyenne warriors fighting back after their camp got AMBUSHED then sure????

like i don’t think the book is presenting Custer’s “victory” as a good thing but i’m stunned you’d even refer to it as a victory considering it was a massacre, rather than a real battle imo. you wouldn’t call what the Colorado Cavalry did at Sand Creek a fucking victory now would we