, 1877-11-18
His Story Of the Custer
Slaughter.
Ee Compares the Rosebud Fight to
Hell" and " a Thousand
Devils
Vindication Of Custer" Sheaf Of Corn
with All the Ears Fallen
About Him"
an Implied Charge Against Mal. Ieao-..yoao
but SquaTs and rapooses in
Front Of Him.

correspondence -Nkt l0Tk HtTd{l.
| FORT WALSH, Northwest Territory. Oct Il. =
| through the intetcess;on Of Mal. Walsh, Sittin
Bull was persuaded TO hold special confercnc
with me. lie uggced to come, after dark to til
| quarters which had been assigned to ne, OIL tn
! condition that nobody should be present cScep
| himself, his interlocutor+ Mai. Walsh, two inter
peters, and the stcnosrapher had employed 10
| Inc OCCASION II was al this 1uncturc thu
began 10 Question the great savage before me il
| regard to the most disastrous, most 1nysteriou
Indian battle OF the ccntu.y-Custcr's cncountc
| with the Sioux On the Zig Hora-tae ThcsmopylJ
! OF the Plains.
| 1--WE THOUGHT WE WERE WHIPPED"
t The testimony of Sitting Bull, Which | am abou
to give, is the convincing and important fsou
! the Tery fact OF the erroneous impression h
derived to the identity of tile officer conmAns
] OF the forces which asea1led his camp. lie con
| fonnds Keno with Custer. He suppose. that on.
and tic same General crossed the Little Rig hon
/ where Reno crossed. charged as lseno charged, rc
treated is Reno rcireated back over the river,
then pursued the line OF Clusters march, attacked
as Custer STACKED. aud fell ~ Custer fell.
| ''nid you know the Long Haired Ch'ef?'' aske,
Sitting Full.
! "What Had you never secn h,m."
| No. Many ot the Chiefs knew him."
! ''What did they think Of hung"
lie was great warrior"
| ''Wns he brase:"
Ne was mighty Chief
to know. Biz lies are told about the light in whicl
the Lonc-Ilalred Chief WIS killed. lie III.
friend; No one hes come back 70 til! the trut:
about him. abuut that tight. You were there
! you know. f"ur Chefs know. l want 10 hear
! something that forkcd tongues do not tcll-the
lit is we'll :...
Here drew forth the map Of the battlefield and
spread 1t out across Sitting Dn!rs knees and cS-
pln:nct to him the names and situations repre-
| scnted on it, and he smiled.
1--WE thought were whipped. - he sad.
''Ah: Did you think The soldiers we're 100 many
.sNot at first; but by and BY yes. Afterwards,
TEL me aoon, y: the s2!t1e Where was the In
..Here " pointing to Rcno's crossing on the
map,...
''lt wa. some 1wu hours past the time when the
sun is III the ceatre ol r.t sky.
CC-TEK C)MMASEED.
':What white Chief was it who came over there
acaiEst your warriors:''
1.-The Long llalr.''
''1he Long Hair commanded:
l!Et yoi did ,lUt hs1u,"
~ have said that never saw him."
ttDid any Of the Chiefs sec him."
'.Sot here. but there po:n1ine to ,thc place
where Custer charged and was Fcpulscd on the
north bank oi llr Little Biz l1orn.
'.Why do you think it was the Long Hair who
crossed first and caaE.cd you here at tile right side
Of the map
"A Chief leads his WARRIORS
WAS there good iisht here on the right side
of The nap: ES::n it e S,1,e ne Nun r,,s;n
hands. ~ was lying in my lod:e. Some soun;
men ran jntn me and said The Long Hair il III
camp. said. all right. Jumped up aud step
ped ont nf MY lodge.
where was Your 1odee:''
'4licrt, with my, people, answered Sitting
Bull. pointing 10 the s:roup of tncpapa lodges.
drsi.na,ea ads1,dos'cd lodges = on the map.
$50 the first aillck made then, Oh the ri:ht
side Of the mp, and upon the lodges OF the Inc
papx::'
<>llv5c the lodges are said to have been de-
The old, men, the squaws. and the children
were hurried away.
Toward the Otter end OF tltc camp"
'tIes. Some VI The Manccunuu women anu
children also lcf, their louscs When the attack he.
..Did you retreat at GFsI:"
''Io .ou natan thu warrors!''
Yes, t:c lighting men
M!S7ANlSG KE:,O FOR CUSTER.
''Oh, VI fell b#rI. oal ii WAS not whit warriors
call retreat; /, WIS to gain :1Eic 1t was ihr Lou:
isig wu 't,r"aie,l. Ny l~np]g fought hun hrrt'
i'll The brush tdesl.aat1n. the timber behind Which
the Indians PRESSED iennl ard tu fal! blk across
here tplacin:: il.> finger .hc line Of Rrn''s
trcai 10 the .oTilrrl b}GlS}.
So you trim; th.1 was the Long Hair whor,
YOUR people fou4lt Ill thai timber and who fell
back aiterSlst to those Ac'Shts:''
Whit af,crwarG ocrurred' Was there any
heavy ..ltiu. utter the scticat OF the soldiers tu
:. Not rnen; not there
.tWhfrt:. latuf
with hi- nncrr thc place where Custer Ap1'rnac:tti
and tD:Chrli tht river, That >aHs ht. - WIS
where thc :n= fight was t"u:Nt. Il little laisf A.
trr the Lam: Hair driven lack Ia tr hlf'1s he
tonk this road ttEei1,- with h- finGt! th' l:i'r III
Custer rlsc' I'll tie inap, aud went ao"u to rec
il h. could not hest IFS aeEe. -
Here the reader should pausc to discern Inc
cx1c!t us Sitting, EufIs error, atl 10 aH-
ticlpalc what w! p1csen'}y aptear t,,,!': TO- t.:
ishn Ell nut %'Se"a: i1s"ti:,is Hcuo in Inc wa"l:
Of this engagement, makes It seem i'It II n:s
Caster wan atiacEed. wccn Ecno itl"cAec III ill'
tlic assault FROM. ncw o"aitio1. liz shn> ;n|"l
uuIar.1y r=tts to the fac; that 1etnos aasAnit w-
u BRET lnctcctna! n11e bcIase s'1s retreat 10 tic
b,a, aud thai i:riln tfsrr hts sttrc:st cea=ed oa
the blutis fruu. ..s.Tu=s1'c n-allil:
Bulls DESCRIPTION OF HE'LL
"Whcn tnc i;oA. co'"nsncrd here. ! asked,
Do,ulI. i!,r S}st where Custer advanced oeyona
the Little By Hoe., whit h;sp'eiied;
'"Ie!t:'
..Yuu mean, suppose. = fierce hattlc:"
~ mean i.lDusaud devils.
..Tuc village wns BY This time thoroughly
eroustd>' ~. ,,,,,,.,.
..Iou -ay thai wEen the first attack wns made.
OF here The fl:ht Of 'hc nla i1!e on men. an;
4ouaw4 aud children ran uIWti the valley loWaIu
Tie left. What did they do wien this second AZ
tack came from up here toward the lrit:'
.-Y:ey ran back a"atn lu The right here anu
here suswcrcd Sitting fnll, placing ta'* swalthy
iiourr on the placc where tue wJTds - abandoned
lodges = arg ,.. -.
..rheF ran to tic tight-t.e oig h:lt.
$50 HAT, III the afternoon. after the ifst hsnt
IN the r;uhi- ln.. rue vi lli,: uap wAs over. AEu
after Inc nis :G1 tuwasd the left hsnd side began,
yuu say th4t Tile s.iuaWs aud children all returned
10 tho rshl -i1ad s:ds, ana that 1hc warrl"fr lhe
tc;,,ug .nrn of all tue lndian cau1ns. ran to The
MACE where the ing tight WAS eu1lg on!
'>ics.'' .....
left in front Of these int1cnellines On tie olans,
nrar III. right side Ut the map: Did moi Ec: think
II n,ce.sary-ih moi yUuy war Ch'cls think u nee"
cseatv--to keep ro1nc vi your Young men thcEe 10
Cch, the troops who had reiterated 10 thosc IN
trcrchn,cnts!'
.-Nn. -
stNhy:'
''lon have forgotten"
'.How.'
A CHARGE AGAINST RENO.
Lyon forget that unlv n few soldiers were lett
},,- the fpnu Hair on those nlnus. lie took the
main body uf hls sofuic:e with him to allc The u4
ficbt dew. here OIL the left.
$50 thc1;. were no soldiers to make 4 light LETT
in the antrcnchmcnts the right haad Iluds:'
II have spoken. II ie enough. The squaws
rou11 ucal with them. There were none but
snuaws and papooscs III iron, Of them that after
rhis startling assertion OF Sitting Bull involves
thc most tcrflb bic charge which has been brought
ngairst Reno. 1t amounts to an assertion that
3icuD having made his assault Dcen pcatcn anu
retrcatcd. stayed There on the hluds without re,
nev,in- the attack for which Gen. Custer, who had
-. .t,s r,r,o rp,nc dnWn with h0fsemru the