But the basic geography remains legible.

Standing on the ridge where Custer’s men made their last stand, you can look down toward the river and understand what the Lakota warriors saw when they pressed the attack — the angle of the ground, the cover provided by the ravines, the distance between the water and the ridge.

And you can understand, in a way that maps and diagrams cannot fully convey, what it would have taken to ride from the river up to the ridge while under fire.

Moving Robe Woman made that ride.