George Armstrong Custer

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Here is more... Custer had a child by her...

Mo-nah-se-tah - Wikipedia

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According to Captain Frederick Benteen, chief of scouts Ben Clark, and Cheyenne oral history, Custer "cohabited" with teenage Mo-nah-se-tah during the winter and early spring of 1868–1869 after she and many other Southern Cheyenne women were captured by the US Army at Washita.[4][5] Mo-nah-se-tah gave birth to a child in January 1869, two months after Washita; Cheyenne oral history alleges that she later bore a second child, fathered by Custer, in late 1869. Custer, however, had apparently become sterile after contracting venereal disease at West Point, leading some historians to believe that the father was really his brother Thomas

 

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The Custer son died a little after adulthood...

George Armstrong Custer

From 1873 to 1876, Custer commanded the US Army post Fort Lincoln which was located 5 miles south of Mandan. Custer was one of the most significant historical residents of the area.

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According to Cheyenne oral history, Custer was joined with Monahsetah, daughter to the Cheyenne chief Little Rock in marriage, the purpose of the ceremony possibly unknown to Custer. While Custer returned with his troops after the conclusion of his battle, Monahsetah bore Custer's son, the only child credited to him. But the child died before reaching adulthood.

 

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Here is more... Custer had a child by her...

Mo-nah-se-tah - Wikipedia

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According to Captain Frederick Benteen, chief of scouts Ben Clark, and Cheyenne oral history, Custer "cohabited" with teenage Mo-nah-se-tah during the winter and early spring of 1868–1869 after she and many other Southern Cheyenne women were captured by the US Army at Washita.[4][5] Mo-nah-se-tah gave birth to a child in January 1869, two months after Washita; Cheyenne oral history alleges that she later bore a second child, fathered by Custer, in late 1869. Custer, however, had apparently become sterile after contracting venereal disease at West Point, leading some historians to believe that the father was really his brother Thomas

I think this is a true story. We have similar stories out here about Sheridan and a Takelma girl named Frances. These guys seemed to think any marriage vows they took applied only to white women and were dissolved altogether with a long separation! A very strange notion. O O Howard actually shocked the company he was dining with when he declared any white soldier who was married and having a dalliance with a Native woman was a bigamist. He said out loud what everybody knew, especially the ladies at the table!