into one edge of the village, assuming that Custer would reinforce them. They were soon outnumbered and Reno ordered a retreat. The soldiers were falling into the village, just as Sitting Bull's vision had predicted. More warriors swarmed out of the village, but still Custer did not come. Instead of following Reno, he had led his five companies of 210 men toward a ridge, convinced the Indians were fleeing and that by charging down into the village from there, he could cut them off. ?He sent some of his scouts to go look over the hill. And they came back and told him, Well, they're still there, so he decided to go look himself. He went over there and pretty soon he beat it back. He was all shook up, as they say, you know. My grandfather used to say, Custer looked whiter than ever.? Joe Medicine Crow Custer was outnumbered more than four-to-one, but he led his troops down toward the village, firing as they came. Cheyenne warriors led by Lame White Man, Hunkpapa Lakotas under Gall , and Oglalas under Crazy Horse rode out to turn Custer back. Stunned at the sight of hundreds of warriors headed right at them, Custer and his men stopped short and began a headlong retreat toward the summit of a long, high ridge. Some of the Indians remembered later that the legs of the men and the horses trembled as they scrambled up the slope. I called to my men: ?This is