The New York herald., 1877-11-16

..How many stood BY himi"
"A few.I
'.when aid he iall'"
sHe killed man when he fell He laughed"
"You mean he cried out"
SNo, he laughed he had fred his last shot"
"From a Gardner"
'sNo, a pistol"
Ibid he stand up after he nrst fe9"
"He rose up his hands and tried another shot.
but his pistol would not 60 oG.''
.'was any ono else standing up when he fell down :"
zone man was kneeling; that was all. But ne died
bluffs, far away from the Sioux encampments. did
not see II. 1t is told to me. But II is true"
NOT scALpED.
.The Long Hair was not scalpsdr
.No. My people did not want his scalp"
"whyar
al have said; he was great chief"
"Did you at any tmenI persisted, ''during tn .
progress OF the fight believe that your people would
got the worst OF itYn
cat one time as have told you, 1 started down to
my way up to the right end Of the camp. where the
first attack made But before reached
that end of the camp where the Minneconjou aud
Uncpapa squaws and children were and where some
gone. was overtaken by OF the young warriors,
who had just come down from the hight. He called
out to me. He said
"'No use TO leave camp every white man is killed.
SO stopped and went further. turned back, and
by and by met the warriors returning"
"But In the meantime, asked. "Were there no
warriors occupied up here At the right end Of the
camps Was nobody lett, except the squaws and the
children and the old men, to take OF that OF
the camp? Was nobody ready TO defend it against tho
soldiers those intrenchments up there?"
.'Oh." replied Sitting Bull again, ''there no
need TO waste that direction. There were
Only few soldiers there in those ntrenchments ana
we knew they wouldn't dare out"
POOR cusrER's ILL LUCK.
In face OF the facts this statement Of Sitting Bull
sounds like satire For all through that fierce after
noon. when General George A. Custer was advancing,
retreating fighting, until he fell with his glorious
comrades around him, he was lighting according to
plan OF battle which be had previously marked out,
aud part of which Rcno failed in Whatever may
be said of Custer's splendid rashness" whatever
liberty he may have taken in interpreting the orders
OF his superior officer this at least clear that
when he entered upon his last engagement he Tad a
concerted plan.
Having by the fury OF his own assaults drawn oil or
next TO all the warriors in Sitting Bulbs encampmcnt
TO bis front he awaited, lighting against fearful
odds three hours, the support tho attack in an
other direction OF the officer to whom he bad ntrusted
the guidance OF more than fourth OF his nmand
That officer. having at the outset received check was
restrained within his citadel during the two OF
those perilous three hours, although according to
litle Indian children in front OF him. BY renewed
assault time, whom the Indians believed that
the bluffs he occupied almost orsakeu he might
have swept through tho Sioux camp like hurricane
putting ts inmates to flight Tnen, by attacking in
their rear tho warriors who pursuing Custer he
would probably have saved his chief the battle ana
the day. The Indians would not have fought fifteen
minutes alter their camp had been taken. Their
affection for their squaws and children is almost in
conceivaby tender They would have orsaken victory
itsoi to rush and protect the inmates of their
nomadic homes.
But Rono stuck TO his strong position. Nor do l
wish TO be considered hero blaming him. One has
no right with this slight knowledge, to Judge Of
acer He had been singcd by nre early in the after
noon, and burned child dreads the fire. Moreover,
after Custer had been done Tor Rcno was again hard
pushed, as we know. sitting Bull supposcs that
somehow a remnant OF Custcr's command retrcated
back again to the bluffs occupied by Reno, and that
those men repellcd the Sioux tho 6ght which took
place later those bluffs
A uEno's DEATH
"whie the big aght going on" asked Sitting
Ball, "coud the sound OF the nrng have been heard
as tar as those intrcnchments on the rightY"
"Thc squaws who were gathered down In tho valley
OF the river heard them. the guns could have been
heard three miles more"
sitting Bull and his chiefs aid not think there we're
"any men" IN those intrenchments on the right OF
their camp while they overwhelming Custer
Tney LETT their squaws In their lodges, unprotected.
right IN sight ot Reno nnd his troops. And whiIc
Reno laid there, Custer, his brothers, his brothern
law his nepbow and the soldiers he could trust
stood surrounded, nghtng their last battle Every
moment one must believe, Custer expected 10 hear
down the valley, tho discharges OF Reuos carbincs
Every moment he must have expected 70 discern