Public-domain audiobook
Warrior Who Fought Custer (audiobook)
Free audiobook of Warrior Who Fought Custer by Wooden Leg: 8 h 45 min in 22 sections, read by LibriVox volunteers.
About this recording
This is the story of Wooden Leg, one of sixteen hundred warriors of the Northern Cheyennes who fought against Custer at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Wooden Leg tells of growing up on the Great Plains, Cheyenne courtship, camp life, spirituality, and hunting; of skirmishes with other Tribes; and of the Cheyennes’ valiant resistance against the army of the United States. Wooden Leg recalls the fight against Custer at the Little Bighorn, a recollection that stands as the first published Native account of that battle. Wooden Leg related the story in interviews with Thomas B. Marquis, formerly an agency physician for the Northern Cheyennes.
Sources & data
- From the LibriVox catalogue. Word count estimated at 9,300 words per hour of narration.