The New York herald., 1876-09-24
THE INDIAN BATTLES.
Kill Eagles Story Of His Stay
with the Hostiles.
THE INDIAN LOSS IN CROOKS FIGHT
Graphic Description Of the Battle on
the Little Big Horn
BISMARCK, D. T.. Sept. %. ls7e

BISMARCK, D. T., Sept %. ls76
Stan ding Rock letter Of the 2oth gives the follow
Ing OF intense interest in relation to Cusers battle
Kill Eagle, Of whose surrender al this station last
Friday you have already been informed, has given
quite lengthy account Of the operation OF Sitting
Bulls forces the past
KILL EAGLs's STORY.
He commences with the date at which no lett this
agency, last spring, with twenty-sx lodges for the
purpose Of hunting buffalo and trading with the hostile
Indians He speaks Of having heard reports that
troops going punish the hosties thought
he would have time to do his hunting trading and
get OF the way before battle occurred They
obliged to hunt, they starving at the agency
and from hts account they very successful killing
twenty and thirty buffalo days, and in herd
they killed all but two He details the progress and
incidents Of each march.
SITTING BULLS CAMP.
On tho seventh day they arrived at Sitting Bulbs
village, wherc feast and presents OF ponies
and robes given them. Efforts were made to in.
ducc Kin Eagle and his band to join In the contem
plated movements and hostilities, but evidently with
out much success They desirous Of getting back
again 10 the protecting OF their agency but wero
unable escape from the meshes OF tho willy Sitting
Bull They found too late, that for them there
and wounds and insults showsred upon them
from every side. In tho meantime tho Of
Crook were approaching and with his people KIN
Eagle succeeded u escaping temporarily from the hos
tiles He claims TO have been distant some iorty
nifty miles from the scene OF
rnR Ross FIGHT,
and relates many of the details and incidents which
no able subsequently TO gather from the partic-
pants Ho places the loss OF tho Indians in the Rose
Bud fight At four dead left the fold, and twelve
that brought to camp. He places the wounded
al high 400, and says they had $50 horses killed,
besides those that werc captured He next comes 10
the hight the Little Horn, aud describes tho Indian
village, which was miles long and one wide, and
the Indians swarmod there rs thick as maggots on
carcass, 80 numerous they.
cUsrER's FIGHT.
He then goes and speaks Of Custcr's approach
and fight with It's tragic details unwilling spccta-
tor rather than participant who, during It's progress
remained quietly his lodge In the centre Of the In
dian village The fight with Reno commenced about
noon, the Indians all rushing 10 oppose his advance,
until the approach Of Custer toward the lower end Of
the village announced when tho Widest confusion
prevailed throughout the camp. Lodges were struck
and preparations made for instant flight Vast numbers
Indians left Reno's front hastened tho assist
OF their red brethren engaged with Custer who
IOTCou OaCk
swept the field by tho repeated charges OF the In
dams If they had been carried eternity by the
irresistible
1oRcH OF HURRICANE
Hc described the nrng at this point simply terrific
and illustrated its forco by olapping his hands
gcther with great rapidty and regularity. Then
lu in the fearful storm Of iron hail and hts hands
still again. The storm beat fast and furious
the thought OF some loved nerved the of each
contendng trooper. Then the movement OF hts hands
slackened and gradually grew moro fccblo few
scattering shakes, like the RAIN upon window pane
and then the movement ceased the last OF Custers
band Of heroes vent down With tho setting sun. II
was dusk tbs successful combatants returned to
camp Uttered with their dead and wounded 1t not
been to them bloodless victory. Fourteen had fallen
in front of Reno thirty.nino went down with Custer
and fourteen dead in camp Horses and traverses
were laden with their wounded every hand and In
countless numbers One band aiono OF ogalalas had
twenty.scven wounded traverses and thirty eight
thrown across horses XIII Eagle says 1t seems as II
every ono wounded, and places the number high
as 600.
WHITE MEN WITH THE INDIANS
He is very positive, however, that prisoners
taken There white men in The fight on tho
neld Ono who had been with them had gone to
Spotted Tail Agency. The bugie calls so often spoken
Of were sounded by Indian. He speaks OF
as heavy muscular man, with largo head and light
hair hanging to his shoulders Ho is a white or
half breed He gives the Of the leading chiefs
present in the 1ght ana reports chief, High Elk as
being killed In front of Reno. He even goes on to
speak the approach Of General Gibbons column and
the immediate flight of the Indians and the subsequent
fight with Lieutenant Sibleys party, where chief Of
the Cheyenncs shot through the hoad and instantly
killed
His statement is quite lengthy, but have endeav-
ored give you such portions as arc OF particular In
serest and have not before been made public.