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Princess Monahsetah, the Concealed Wife of General Custer. (Nonfiction)

by | Mar 3, 2009 | Western Books

Gail Kelly-Custer, Trafford Publishing, $23, Softcover.
Anything concerning George Armstrong Custer reeks of the legendary. This book about his alleged child by Monahsetah, a Cheyenne woman taken prisoner at the battle of the Washita in 1868, is no exception. Gossip spread by Custer’s enemies in the 7th Cavalry––notably, Capt. Frederick Benteen––and stories repeated in Indian circles have kept the Custer-Monahseta


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