I agree that "Killing Custer" was a great book.  It was nice to learn about Native Americans from the perspective of a native himself.  Welch also does a great job of telling the story of the Indian wars without sugar coating it.  Although I feel that he is opinionated at times, I think it works for the book because the emotion that he puts into his writing shows how passionate he is about the topic and allows the reader to feel more connected in a personal way.  

I like how all of our readings seem to tie together.  They all seem to be about extremely different subjects yet once you see how they tie together it makes perfect sense.  During the part in "Killing Custer" when Welch goes to find the bend in the Marias river where the Battle of the Marias occurred, I couldn't help but remember back to Tony Horowitz when he visited the battle sites of the Civil War (particularly Shiloh).  Both men seemed to put themselves back in time to the actual battles that occurred at the sites and also seemed to feel connected to the sites themselves because of their relatives.  

Another part I liked about the book was the pictures because I think that the illustrations/pictures allow the reader to get a good perspective of what the cultural ideals of that time were (eg the illustrations glorifying Custer and various other generals while making the indians look like savages).  On page 88 there are two pictures of Red Cloud, one in his traditional indian attire, and one where he is dressed in "white man" clothes.  These pictures deeply affected me because he looked so strikingly different.  I also knew that by changing his clothes he was not only changing his outward appearance, but also his way of life by assimilating to the white man's culture.

Another thing I found astonishing and almost comical was the fact that many of the generals who fought during the Indian Wars and the Civil War was that they were glorified both then and now, but a number of them were actually drunk during battle!  (such as Baker)  These generals were sometimes so drunk that they didn't even recognize that a battle was going on around them.  Just think about what a controversy it would be today if a military official or officer was drunk while fighting in battle.