Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-11-23
NOVEMBER %. 1877.
aud died, his parents being too drunk to rem

aud died, his parents being too drunk to rem
der any relief.
Rev DR.. William Alvin Bartlett, of
Indianapolis, who was on intimate terms
with Senator Morton and visited him often
during his last illness, says that the Senator
uniformly declined to hold religious CONVEX
saton with any one, and that he died with
out any change of mind on that subject.
A few weeks ago fragment of meteorite
fell in the garden of Joseph Clark, at
Monticello, Jones county, Iowa. 1t was
hlssing-h hot when first discovered, 1t is
covered with an ash-colored capitalization
like grayish moss, closely resembling to the
eye vegetable growth. The fragmen.
seems to he slate mixed with iron.
Babes are catching the clipping mania out
West. Two couples from leading families
of Carthage, Mo aged from Is to Is years,
ran away together few nights ago and
took to the woods One of the boys came
back to town after provisions, a chum told
Of his whereabouts, and the youthful ad-
venturers were finally found snugly ensconc-
ed in haystack. The girls were caught
and returned to their anxious mammas.
Tue CUSTER FIGHr.-Sitting Bull, in a
interview with correspondent of the New
York World, at Fort Walsh, gave the fol-
lowing account of the Custer fight, which it
will be observed differs in important partic-
ulars from that previously given to the
Herald correspondent. Sitting Bull said in
response to a remark in which the fight was
alluded to as a massacre 'If Custer had
killed all my people the Americans would
have said he bad won a great fight. | did
not massacre Custer. lie was brave man,
but he had no caution. Custer was brave
but he was careless lie rushed upon us
We were strong had five times as many
warriors as he. We were posted well. If he
had had as many soldiers as had braves, and
had had only ~ many braves rs he soldiers,
| could have beaten him all the same. I
was posted well. had the ground lie
rushed upon US lie came with loud
shout into the ravine | expected it
knew what he would do had heard of
him. Little Current there knew him well
We were ready for him. As soon as he
rushed in We closed up the rayine. We
shut him in. What can you do when you
are shut in all round lie rode very fast all
over, shouting He wanted to ride through
US. At last one of my braves, ManeekOli-
konuah 1.-THE Grass EATER shot him. When
he fell the soldiers kept on fighting, but
they could not see their way out. Ii was
Custer fault WHY did he take them into
such place? He was too brave. 1t i.
better to be afraid than too brave, like Gus
ter. | did not murder them. We thought
Reno was with Custer at first and when Reno
came along after we thought it was the
chief (Terry), and made away because We
were tired. Reno stopped. Then we went
of. My braves did not touch the dead
soldiers. We went away and left them.
Miles is like Custer. | think he is his
brother. | mean that he has no caution.
1t is not Just to say that We murdered Gus
ter. lie murdered himself. That is all.
One of Sitting Bulls companions added
that Cluster was good fighter, but a bad
chief. Howard was a good chief. lie was
very careful. lie did not throw away
soldiers. He was careful. He did not try
to do too much"