George Armstrong Custer closed in for the final attack and killed every man in Custer's command. As a result, the Battle of the Little Bighorn has come to be popularly known as "Custer's Last Stand". It is unlikely any American Indian recognized Custer during or after the battle. Michno summarizes: "Shave Elk said 'We did not suspect that we were fighting Custer and did not recognize him either alive or dead.' Wooden Leg said no one could recognize any enemy during the fight, for they were too far away. The Cheyennes did not even know a man named Custer was in the fight
Growltiger's Last Stand played Gus in the filmed version, as well as time restraints. Sadly, it seems that though he'd once played Growltiger, he was not, in fact, able to do it again. The song does not appear in the 2016 Broadway revival. It was replaced by "The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles". Stephen Nathan, Eddie Korbich, Bronson N. Murphy (US National Tour), Matt Bartlett, Christopher E. Sidoli, Stephen Hanan, Ryan Bailey, Sal Minstretta, Nathan Morgan, Kelly Robertson, Bill Remps, Ethan Jones, George Breynard, Christopher Scott Growltiger's Last Stand Growltiger is a fictional character appearing in both T.S. Elliot's "Old