One idea in particular, that many of Custer's men committed suicide when the situation became hopeless, proved to be highly controversial. Marquis developed his own theories regarding the history of the Cheyenne. Marquis' work is thus both unique and unrepeatable. Marquis carried out this research at a time when few were interested in the Indian version of events, even though no American soldiers survived the Custer fight. Marquis' body of work is valued by historians for his recording of the life stories of several Plains Indians and his writing on their way of life, particularly those involved in the Custer fight, notably Wooden Leg in A Warrior Who Fought Custer. He had a special interest in the destruction of George Armstrong Custer's battalion at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, which became his lifelong obsession. Thomas Bailey Marquis (Decem– March 22, 1935) was an American self-taught historian and ethnographer who wrote about the Plains Indians and other subjects of the American frontier.
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