, 1877-11-03

They aIlnwcs1 him to wander through their
eauIp and examine their srauCs: f"rtttlcatipns
and places of ea'thent. !" Al last sat'l he,
tt'ry |nt inc Into ~ w1icrc there were about
!'iteGn Of them: The weather was BIT !eriy eoi,
a:d was glad was sheltered. had paiE Of
blanket. that niRtt and .cpt little.
"Wfat ! lid whilr was In the indian cann
was to 'ok ar',u1nl str The best places for Miles
10 put in fia shells. and to see how theIr ritlc-
t'i.s were arranged, anu whether II would bc
1.a*ihle Tor US to take them ny assault. hail
4, TIC wl'9ls thing ln ny mind ty .hs ns1t aay
ccivt,l n me.sa3e from Niles early In the lore
noon. Miles evidently wanted 10 keep Joseph,
but wanted me IN ese,pe. believe, now that II
'!a.l MT gone Into that camp under tl'e ten
ttun which I Rave him aftcrwar1. would have
wit!ulrawn-ioldtng Joseph As l!ls prI.onrr-
With bis force to the coyer Of tue distunl wttsls,
ami there fntfenchcd himself. Tile fact is he
le*t sitting Bull should come to the Nez ie1ccs'
assistance. ran testify that the Neg Feres
really expected that Sitting bull would ait
them, though, Of course, d"nt know how vel
RAMP scscrnl warriors epokc of this matter.
"for long .t'nc after ] reached their camp
the white aaG nnatcl over both er,catnnEncnts:
Hut suddenly. whtlc / wa* sitting In the pit
spoke II, a bullet came singing. overhead: 1t
wns followed by otlcFA. These slots were from
btlr own tnen. unu Was alarmed uild tlisyustcd.
In thc first place. didn't want to lie killed hy
!rlen!: En thc next instant 1t struck me tia. islc
Indians sutJeetcd treael,ery. Thai they did
sutncct II found soon afserwartl. a counic Of
wurrtprs. who lind been especially friendly to
mr., tonk me ont Of that pit into another one
warning the that the other in!ans were talking
about my 'fo5kcd tongue, and Of the proprlety
of killing me- then and there.
''During the day Gen, Miles decided to sur
render Joseph. 50 be was brought down under
tpset Of white faE 10 snace hall way be-
tween the Sez perres' position and our own.
Tie funeral hitn,cIf wci.t with Joseph. and
va. Ill ot1lpanicd by ono of his staH officers.
There were three tmlians alpnC with mr.. !
suppose that vas ~ interesting posttftr1. with
the suspicion of trcacl,ery on both sides,
thirteen II our men lay IL thelr trenches
scarccly forty rolls oil. with the rifles held at
dead rcst 0n Joseph and my three IssIian
gnar', Mo1s ' t,an t"tnty lnans mad an
1lenrys straight Ut ti:n. Miles and INC. I hare
fincc lcarncIi That Miles, stun officer held a
20. kcd revolver In his bosom reMly to fix
Joseph II I Should be harmesl The transfer
}asscd without trouble, and was restored 10
the command Vi tny company
awhile was In their pits" says Lieut..
jerome, "thc Indians behaved a. never saw
Indians bettare peforc. aonc Of their dead
enton a 70 te % anil IL did is ao. a III rresc se "yef
them, Onc Of the Indians would call n'lt whcn
dead bot1y arrived, 'lel!o! that fetuw wa<
shot yesterday" anil TINT w1s about al
Neither did The 1nlans appear to carc much
nsonytuicn:c Of tjaatI,,r or not fjchtinc as The The
rnsc nt,.iH h. tilt .1;.tnrhr.] t5,p,n' 1m : In
nnr,,nI ,x.n isft one on,rec,o .,; @ .a,;ns is
r. r'oIt Enrii.i, whtrl, tnnst ri thc,r sn1kr III
T. ,l"nst ~ rornnr than III. rcsI har. ~ ~ -,
nrItine n aratn. ''' was - ""'9 ~ s'''
"3 fc,,i i"rnrc o,yc. scvrral vtrariou. ,ne,.
,,cnt. ~ .hc f,att,c Erom thc 1r.t f.on uitrs
haI nrerci ~ r ri liz t,onns IT, n,. fo,mar ,h"r
~, ,rcnri,nsnt. ti'at n"t n ~ arcr r. ...t n.nrar
an' ,,c,qer tn thc Is enemyI Win In ~ .icr"m"s
;in" una vii lin 5ortr or f.ftv varis frnm t1,t ri
~. ~, isrrn". r. ~. " so a-ran,si h.,w,"n @ liz
i,Ii.rs an, II" n';or. mat i,her sc hei"c i"c
t,,,,i frnr, irimC a. mi i"ugf ~, thctr
bei,tos 4, tno n rsnc.n,ts mts,ht hr shu,s,n~
wl.ie ,i.1. ~. ",rcst Tho nr9n7' mi "rts,. mi
ttr 1ir,IM mi waiE IN a,t, frn ,y,ti,t,'
T1ti ~i"hi n cnr oti.r at tI,"t t1ralr ,iikta,rr
Imn Ir,,cn ,rft, uIi,c mrm n,, is,f, sI,ics t,e.