jamie: miller is born in 1918, and raised in ohio, his parents are artists they teach him to paint, at 16, he is obsessed with history in particular the battle of little bighorn he requests his parents to allow limb to travel alone to western plains and 7 out the native american survivors of the battle. david went on a unique journey, why do you think he did? he believed that some of these people were still alive. his parents trusted him david had to promise when it was time to come home and go to also he would. jamie: in 1935, with his parents parent s coup, and $100, he heads out. this is the first photo you can see how young he was.
his shot may have changed battle. the officer fell into little bighorn, they retrieved him and then turned and went up the hill and that seemed to change the whole tide of the battle from attack to retreat. jamie: did this young artist solve a 60-year-old mystery? who killed custer? david travels back and forth between south dakota and ohio, and learns 13 tribal languages and is adopted by a sioux warrior, he draws dozens of sketches and portraits of indians from numerous tribes, many confirm white bull s story. this is the indian side of the steer what they said happened that day you better pay attention to 2 because they were there.
i september kaying, but you have to see this you have to see this. this 2007 she is put in touch with a montana rancher state senator, and gallery owner who agrees with her brad hamlet. how did you find out about this collection? i got a call from a friend, who mentioned david humphreys miller i read that book, i thought it did a lot to resolve that happened at the battle. i was more intrigued when i found out there was sketches from life he did. he caught their soul, a moment in time that nobody else was bothering to do. that was one reasons that it is valuable. jamie: they start working with a new appraiser barbara stone a former museum curator who started her own art consulting firm in denver, declares the
gift it and there it will be for everybody to look at in the future. you think that the beneficiary of this collection will get their price? i think they will. they have to hold fast. and maybe for a while longer. so be it says sandy solomon who insists the real bottom line of her strange inhartance has less to do with money than an obligation to honor david humphries miller s legacy. that s the promise she says she made to his widow for benefactor jan miller and it s a promise she vows to fulfill. what do you think she s saying to you? she s telling me just to keep going. keep on keeping on. there are many questions about the battle of little big horn that may never be answered. even the slightest details were hotly debated from the start. let me give you an example. david miller s native american sources they all agreed the
the sun directly over head. but officials military accounts, said it started about 3:00 p.m., a 3 hour discrepe sansy miller didry each, the problem back in 1876 was there were still no uniform time zones across u.s. cities and states, they had different time standards so even though, the 7th cavalry was 1500 miles west of chicago it was fighting the battle of little bighorn on chicago time. one detail that is agreed on, is that battle was quick. and it was bloody. taking such little time, that one native american witness said, it lasted only as long as it takes a hungry plan to hung man on eat a meal, i am jamie colby for strange inheritance, thank you for joining us uremember, you