The New York herald., 1877-11-16

moe, them. They fred with needle guns We ro-
piled with magazine guns-repcating raes Il vas
40 and here Sitting Bun illustrated by patting his
paims together with the rapdity OF fusiiadet Our
young mon lead the river and drove tho
white braves back"
.And then2n
"And then .hoy rushed across themselves
.And thenY"
..Apd then they found that they had good deal
10 do"
"was there at that time some doubt about tho issue
OF tho battle, whether you would whip the Long Hair
or notg"
..There was SO much doubt about It that started
down there (here again pointing 20 the map, to tell
The squaws 10 pack up tho lodges and get ready TO
move away"
"You were on that expedition then after the big
dght had fairly begunS"
.Yesn
.You did not personally witnes, the rest or the big
6ghtf You not engaged In ity"
.No have heard OF it from the warriors"
HOW CUSTER SURROUNDED
"when the great crowds of your young men crossed
the river in OF the Long Hair what did they dor
DID they attempt to assault him directly his front s
..At frs, they did but aiterward they found bet
Ter to try and got around him. They formed them
selves OF all oil HIM except just at his back.
"How long did It take them to put themselves
around his nanksf"
"As long II takes the TO travel from here TO
which apparently used gauge the progress OF
the shadow of his lodge his arm and probably
meaning halt hour An Indian has no more definite
way than this express the lapse Of nme)
.'The trouble with the soldiers" he continued
.abey we're 50 exhausted and their horses bothered
them much that they could not take good aim
Some of their horses broke away from them and left
them to stana and drop and die. When the Long
HAIR the General, found that he was SO outnumbered
and threatened his TANKS, he took the best
he could have taken. The bugle blew IL
order fall back. All the fell back hghtiug and
dropping They could not 6re fast enough, though.
But from our side 1t was so said sitting Bull, and
here he cappcd bis hands rapidly twice second to
express with what quickness and continuance the
balls few from the Henry and Winchester rifes
welded by the Indians "They could not stand up
under such a fire, (" he added
"werc any military tactics shown2 Did the Long
Haired Chief make any disposition Of his soldiers, or
did though they retreated all together helter
sketer. fighting Tor their livess'
NO cowARDs ON BirnER SIDE.
"They kept pretty good order. Some great chief
must have commanded them all the while. They
would fall back coutie and mako a fresh stand
beyond on higher ground The map is pretty nearly
right IL shows where the white men stopped and
fought before they were all killed think that is
rghtdown there 10 the left just above the Little Big
Horn. There party driven out there away
from the rest, and there great many men
Killed. The places marked the map pretty nearly
The places where all killed."
"Dd the whole command keep ON nghting until tho
last?r
'.Every man, far my people could There
were towards on either sde.'
Cowardsi One would think not. The best test-
moby from who has mined the battle Hcld and
the line OF Custer's retreat is follows
From this point (the north bank OF the Little Big
Horn, where Custer forced back by overpowering
numbers) ho driven back to make successive
stands on the higher ground. His line OF retreat
stretches from the river to the spot Indicated tho
map that where he fell On the limo Of retreat Cal
houn's company seems have been thrown across 1t
to check the Indians. AT distance OF about three
quarters OF mile from the river the whole OF Cal
bouns company lay dead in an irregular line, CAL
houn and Critenden in place in the rear. About a
mile beyond this on the ridge parallel to the stream
still following tho lire of retreat indicated the map
Kcogh's company slaughtered In position, his
right resting the hill where Custer tell and which
seems to been held by Yates company On
The most prominent part OF the ridge Custer made
his last desperate stand. Hero, with Captain
Yates, Colonel Cook, Captain Custer, Lieutenant
Riley and others and thriy-two men OF Yates
command, he went down, fighting herocaly to the
last against the tremendous odds which assaed them
pn all sides. It's believed by some that. finding the
yuation desperate one, they killed their horses Tor
barrcade From the point where Custer fell the
ine OF retreat again doubles back toward the river
through a ravine, and along this line IN the ravno
iwenty-ihrs bodies OF Smiths company were found
Where this line terminates near the river found
the dead and horses OF Captain Cuser's company
comminged with Smiths, and tho situation OF tho
dead indicates that desperate attempt made
10 make a stand the to gain the woods.
DURATION or rmK FIGHT
Inquired OF Sitting u--"How long did this big
eight continue"
nrnc sun was there,D no answered, pointing to
within two hours from the western horizon.
"You cannot certainly depend, " here observed Ma
,iov Walsh, "upon sitting BULBS or any other Indians
statement In regard to time or numbers But his
swer indeed all answers exactly correspond with