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  • Vern Humphrey
    Administrator - OFC
    • Aug 2009
    • 15875

    #1

    A history lesson

    During Red Cloud's War on December 21, 1866, there was a fight between a confederation of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and a detachment of the United States Army, based at Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming. The U.S. military mission was intended to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail. A group of ten warriors, including Crazy Horse, acted to lure a detachment of U.S. soldiers into an ambush. All 81 men under the command of Captain William J. Fetterman were then killed by the Native American warriors. At the time, it was the worst military disaster ever suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains.

    In Army history, this is called the Fetterman Disaster. Be Warned!
  • dogtag
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 14985

    #2
    They say it will take several days before the winner of Oz v Fetterman is known.
    This is because they have to determine how many votes Fetterman will need in order to win.

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    • Allen
      Moderator
      • Sep 2009
      • 10583

      #3
      Originally posted by dogtag
      They say it will take several days before the winner of Oz v Fetterman is known.
      This is because they have to determine how many votes Fetterman will need in order to win.
      You talking about those cases of ballots that just happened to be laying on the ground behind the dumpster that didn't get counted?

      That's the case with all elections.

      Hopefully they aren't letting Fetterman do any of the counting. It could take many decades.

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