Rain-in-the-Face Eyewitness Account Exposes Most Shocking Details Custer's Last Stand

Rain in the Face knew the truth about what happened at the Little Bighorn better than anyone. While the Americans told their heroic tales about Custer's Last Stand and the survival of the men on Reno Hill, he knew the gruesome reality that many of Custer's men died horrible deaths and the rest of the 7th

Cavalry could have easily suffered the same fate. He knew this because he was the most brutal warrior of them all with one of the most shocking details of what really happened during Custer's Last Stand. Rain in the Face was a member of the Hunkpapa band of the Sioux, the same band as Sitting Bull. For 10 years he'd

been fighting the Americans. A veteran of several raids and open battles with the white men, he was an accomplished warrior who had earned his respect entirely through his feats on the battlefield. He had also spent months in American captivity at Fort Abraham Lincoln where he had been tortured and abused personally by none other than

Captain Tom Custer. Rain in the Face's chance for revenge would come suddenly and violently. On the afternoon of June 25th, 1876, he was enjoying a feast at a friend's lodge when he heard the first signs of battle. "While I was eating my meat, we heard the war cry." he recounted many years later. Sioux

scouts had discovered Custer's approach several hours before he arrived, but they did not know when or where he'd strike. Panic was already spreading through the camp. The distant echo of gunfire from the south confirmed they were under attack. This, of course, was Major Marcus Reno's attack. With three companies of the 7th Cavalry, Reno's job

was to stage an initial attack on the southern edge of the camp to distract the Native Americans while Custer came around from the north. Unknown to the Americans, Reno's attack was aimed directly at the Hunkpapa camp where Sitting Bull and other important leaders were encamped. They were kicking the hornet's nest at its most vulnerable