The New York herald., 1877-11-16
cusrER COMMANDED

"ins Long hair"
care you surer
-rhe Long Hair commanded"
"But you did no, see him,'
~ have said that nevcr say him."
"Did any OF tho chiefs see bim,n
"Sot here, but there" pointing TO the place where
Custer charged and epusod on tho north bank or
tho Lltlie Big Horn
"why DO you think was tho Long Hair who
nrst and charged you the rgh, side Of
the mapi"
"a chief leads his warriors."
"was there gooo light here, the right side OF
the map' Explain IL TO mo"
III vas 80. /" said sitting Buil raising his hands
IL was lying in my lodge. Some young ran into
me and said The Long Hair Is in the camp Get up
They aring into the camp said. ali right I
jumped up and stepped out OF my lodge"
"whcrs was your lodgcf"
"Hcrc, with nv pcople." answered Sitting Bull
pointing TO tho group OF Uncpaps lodges. designated
as abandoned lodges" on tho map
$50 tho nrs, attack Was made then. on the right
sdo OF the map, and upon the lodges OF tho Uncpa-
pasg"
eyes"
"Hcrc tho lodges arc said TO have been deserted ~
~rhe old men. tho squaws and the children we're
hurried away"
Toward the other end Of the campi"
'Ycs. Some OF the M,nnecopjou women and chill
dron also lef. their lodges tho attack bsgann
"Did you retreat Al nrst"
"Do you mean tho warriorsi"
"Yes, tho fighting men,"
NIsrAKiso yor cusrxR
"Oh. foil back, but not what warriors cali
rotreat; It was to gain time. 1t was the Long Hart
who rctrsatcd. Ny people fought him hero in the
brush designating tho timber behind which the In.
dians pressed Rcno) and he isll back across hsrs
pacing his finger tho line Of Reno's re.rca, 10 the
northern blun.L
$50 you think that was the Long Hair whom your
people fought In that timber and who foil back alter.
ward to those heightsi"
'Uf course"
.what aiterward occurred! Was thers any heavy
lighting acr the tho soldiers 70 tho blunsfn
"Not then; not there"
.'whero, then2"
'why, down ere;" and Sitting Bull Indicated With
his finger tho place whore Custer approached and
touched tho river. "That," said he, "wss whcre the
big night fought. little later. After tho Loaa
Hair driven back to tho bluffs he took this road
tracing with his nnger tho limo OF Custers march OF
she map). and down TO " no could NOT beat
us shore"
Here tho reader should pause TO discern tho extent
Of sitting Bulls error, and 10 anticipate what win
presently appear TO 90 Rcno's misconception or mis-
take. Sitting Bull not identifying Reno In tho whole
OF this engagement makes Il that It was Custer
who attacked whom Reno attacked in the nrst place,
and attcrward moved down TO resume tho assault
from position He thus invoiunsarily testines
70 tho fac. that Renos assault was oriei .neectual
enc before hts retreat 70 the buns and shas Reno,
after his rssseat ceased the blu from aggressive
Aghting.I
BULLS DEscRrPrToN or HELL.
"whon the nght commenced hsrs." asked, poins.
ing 70 tho spot whore Custer advanced beyond tho
Little Big Horn, "whas hsppenedf"
"Hsli"
"1ou moan, suppose, nerco UstUoF.
"I mean thousand devis"
"rhc village was BY this time thoroughy aroused -
.rhe squaws like flying birds; tho bullets wss
nkc humming bccs."
"You say that whom the nrst attack was made, oa
here on the right OF tho map, old men and squaws
and children ran down tho valley toward the len.
wha. did they do when this second attack came from
up here toward tho ienr"
.srhey ran back again the right, here aud here"
answered Sitting Bull, placing his swarthy nngcr
| the place where tho words abandoned Lodgess
ara
-And whore did tho warriors run r.
.Thsy ran 10 tho nght-the big nght
$50 that, In the afternoon, afcr the nrst nsht %
tho rgh. hand side OF tho map ovcr and acr the
big nsh. toward the ef, hand side began, you say
that the sauaws aud children all returned to the right
hand s,de and that tho warriors tho lighting OF
all Tho Indian camps, 10 tho place whero the BIZ
light was going on'"
sYcs."
| .why was that9 Wore not some Of tho warriors
len In iron, OF ,bcso inrenchmsnu on tho buns, meas
the sh, sdo OF tho mapf Did not you think II
essary-did not your chiefs think IT necessary-so
keep somo OF your young men .hcre to light the
troops who had re.rsated to those intrenehmsn,sr,
| "No"
"whyw
| "You have forgotten"
aHowf"
A CHARGE AGAINST Rsso
'you forget mat only few soldiers wore len ny
the Long Hair on those bluffs He took tho main
body OF his soldiers With him TO mako tho big night
down here on tho left"
80 thcro were no soldiers to make nght left n
| tho intrenchments tho right hand biursf"
| "I have spoken. II Is enough. Tho squaws couN