, 1877-11-18

tired, When they got off from their horses they
| to and fro-so my young men hare told me--likc
the limbs of expresses in Il great wind Some OF
| them staggered Under the weight Of their guns.
hut they began to light at once: but by this lime.
Us i have said, our camps were aroused aud there
r sss sn Of asrors to e eft ra;,d s h Tscy
here Sitting Eull illustrated by pntting his
palms together with the rapidlty Of Q fusiliadc'
Our Young men rasncu lead across tile river ard
drove thu white braves back"
I '.And thcu:''
..Ana 9 @ tssn !, they rushed across themselves"
..And then they found that they had good
deal 70 do
issue Of the hatte, whether you wond whip the
There much doubt about it that start
ed down there there again pointing TO the nap> to
tell the squaws to pack up the lodges and get ready
,:.You were on that expedition, then, after the
hi: Z: tiSht Sht f'ad Il fairly Dcsun:''
..lou did not personally witness the rest of the
| BIC fight! ion were not engaged IN it,"
mo. have heard Of it from the warE1ors."
| HOW CUSTER WAS SCKEOUSDED.
when the great crowds Of your young men
crossed the river i'll front of Long Hair what did
| they do: Did thcy attempt to assault hlN directly
in h- 'front.'"
:. Al frs. they did, but afterward they found it
| better 70 Try nnG get round him. They formed
I themselves TIL all sides OF him except just ut his
back
| - How tOnC did IT take them TO put theuletlTeG
| around his lla1lss:"
- AZ Ion: it takes the sun to travel from here
tn here" Indicating, some marks npnn his arm
,.ss Of 1hr shadow Of bis lodge across his arm, und
| probably meantn. half an hour. An 1ndian has no
mare definite way than this ~ express the lapse Of
| time,.
.'rhe trouble was with the soldiers" he
! continued; They we're 60 exhausted and
ao"S no9 ss. then sooa so @ much o
| OF their horses broke away from them and
| left them to stand. ant. drop, and die. When the
Lon: l1a1r the General. fonnd that he was 30 out
numbered and threatened his fanks. he tooS the
! hest course he could have ta:seu. The hugle blew
w5 an orrr to fall back 7, All r,a the men fell fell
So, said Sitting Eu'1, and here he capped his
/ quicsness and continuance toc balls flew from, the
Henry and Winchester rifles welded by the 1ndi
ans Ther could not stand up under such
Were any military tactics showns Did the
Long 1iaircd Chief make any disposition Of its
together hcltcr skelter, lighting for their lives:'
| no coWAKps ON EITHER SIDE.
.sThey kept in pretty good order. Some great
| chicf must have commanded than aH the while.
! They would fall back across co"tse md make q
fresh stand beyond OH higher Erornd The nrap Is
| pretty nearly ri.ht- II shows where the white
men stopped and fought before they were all killed.
Think that is right down there 10 the left, Just
| above the Little ri. Horn. There was one party
e oaees s4e
on the man nre pretty nearly tile places where all
| were killed.
Did the whole command keep on fighting until
the l.st:''
There were no towards on either fiae."
DURATION OF THE FIGHT.
inquired Of Sitting Bull: ''1Iow long did this
big tigtt continnc:'
lite sun was there. y he answered, pointing to
% eao :G% the
Mai. Walsh. ''upon Sitting Bulls. or any other
Indians statement in regard to time or NUM-
bcss. But his answer. indeed al his an
ewers. exactly correspond with the replies
TO similar questions Of my own. II you
will proceed you will obtain from him in few mo-
men,> some important testimony"
lwent On to l',terroyate S1ttn. Ball:
This big fight. then. extended through three
sThropgh most of the going forward of the
::waerc was the Long Has the most Of the
II have talked with my people; / cannot find
ere G 1 sa the @t Lon }T h % n" |s h nefore .s 1e
Wear wear it. lis tH har WAS WIS ike eve Yours sud sitiins
Bull, nlasfnlly touching my forehead with bis
taper lin:ers 1T was short but 1t was OF the
Did he die on horseback
nv None Of them died on horseback"
'A1l were dismounted:
'.And Custer. the Long Hair:'
THE LAST TO DIE.
t'Wcl]. I have understood that there were a
grca1 many brave men in that fight, and that from
time to time, while it WAS going on. they were shot
down like pigs. They could not helm themselves.
t)nr nv the officers ie, believe the Ling
Hair rode across once from this place 'lown here
tnlcnnine the place where Tom Custer AM! Smiths
companies were killed, to this place up here tindi
cating the s1nt on the map whcr: Custer fell. but
am Ent e;ie about this. Any way it WIS said thai
M there where the tast fight tool. place. where the
la; stand made. the Long Hair stood like
shcAt Of corn with all the ears fnllen around
him.
=: Not wounieaf''
:.llo~ many stood by him''
''Whtn lid he fall:''
lie killed Il man when he fell. He lanshcd.'
''ieu mean he cried out.
No. ll'' 1au:hcd: lie bad fired his last shot,"
:" From carhine.'
- No. i pistol.
''Dlt he slant up after hc first fcli7''
- aG MP His hAn1:S and tried another shot,
hut his t'ts:u! would not "a Oil.
WAS any one else s.aad,ng up when he fell
down.
':Une man was kncc!ng; that was all. I;nt he
Gcd before the l.nn: Hair. All this was far up on
thc tlall* FAR away fr"nl The si"n% enc.r,p'nents
did no, see it II IL told to NE. But it is true
Nut stALrED.
''1he Long Hair w:ss 1It't sraipcd?'
IA; .Wnx> ~ pso''ls '''a not want his scalp
~ }ia:e saiN, he WI. 4 great Chief"
''nid you at any Hing, rers'strd ''durine the
prosrcs> oi The t:ht believe t!at your people would
al one ,imr as l,avc told ron. started down
to tell the snuaws III strike tnr lodges. WAS then
on way IN to tlr right en! Ut the camp. where
tte first attack made MS. Hut before |
reached thai end OF the camp where thu Minlecou- /
juu and tnciapa squaws AMI children were anil /
where some Of the other squaws-t,hcycnnes and =!
t'galia;as-had gone. was oycr1aken iy Of the
vonng warriors, whn had Just cnnc down from lhc !
ish!. lie called ont to me. }lc sa;d
No usr 10 leave camp; every white man is !
killed. 80 l stopped and went no further. l /
turned back, md by and by met the warriors |
lurniE@.'f
''i:ut in the meantime, - asked. ''werc there |
no warriors occupied here at tho right end Of |
t:r camp: Was nunody let. except The sq,awa t
and tho children and the OLD 10 take care OF
that cri Of the camps Was nob,dy ready tn de- |
fen'' It AGAINST the soldicrs thosc nEcnchmcnts
up tlrrc:
IN, :: replied Sitting Emil again, :'therc was
ncca to waste warriors in that direction. There
was uliy few soldiers i'll those lntrcuchmcnts,
and wt knew they wouldn't dare to come out.'
rOON CusTER's Ill. LrCK.
In face Of the lacss, this statement Of Sitting |
Bull snri,ds like satire. Fur all through thu, |
Gcrcc afternoon, when (icn. George \. Custer |
advancing. r,trcatlnG. fighting. until he fell with
bis glorious comrades oronnd him, he lighting
according to y pian Of battlc which had pre-
viouslY markell out, and part Of which Ncno mad |
failed in. Whatever may be said Of Clusters !
''sp1eSt,d r:shness" whatever liberty he may
have iakcn III interpreting the orders VI his superb
entered upon his last engagement he had 4 con-
ccrtcl ;ian.
Having ny the fury OF his own assaults, drawn
all, next 10 all the warrioss in Sitting Bulls
cncalnpuarnt to his own front: lie awaited. fighting
aainst fearful odds fur three hours. the supp0rt-