New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-10
LOW DOCS ACCOUNT or yUE cUsTrp ,,,o y,

- LITTER rom Fort Yates 10 Tae Cincinnati c,,,,,.t,
Tndin meI n lts 2een u great desire To hear the
TnFG n IT, Captain Howe, who highly REGARDED %
las and recognized by the Indians as ree 9' wr
t , ~ 1o eve nm an account Of the fight and in
H rue 10 htaI H. took pencil and paper and with ou,
DOG consent noted it down have ID almost wori i S
M"W aS tanslated by the Interpreter but re.rrt cy
ccoGngY that the Interpreter did not g1ye me IL
1,aa 'ansi3oh AZ the Indians great many c ~
ey hcult TO do more than give the substance of what
ave we're in camp near Little Big Horn River We
ian ''i s"'s horses AMI an Indian back on the
Iall 20 look Tor them We did know that the vbte
warriors were coming after Some scouts or men n
o 0 me Warriors saw the Indian looking for the
i r anu ran aItef MN and tried tn Kill him to Keen
nm from bringing us word, but he faster than thew
We're coming. was asleep in my lodge at the time rhe
heard the a aar b b% P2% na Min his nger
u Was a raise alarm ala not think possible that any
hnd IN our camp the Cheyennes, Arrapahoes and seven
Hrret , tri2es OF the Teton souXa countless nun bee
a., 'u ho p4ieVe was true alarm lost no
une est1,ing ready when got my gun and came ont
where sitting Bull aud the Uncanappas We're The camp
dams ned their ground to give tho and children
were driving in the horses and as was ne@r t th
their horses and mount orI Bnt there y men to catch
confusion; The women and children were tryng
men were hurrying to and help those that We're h
drsn were safe fno they @ b saw tnat the women and chill
went to help them and the less warriors and h
to XIX b party back and that party retreaed
FEAR Of s9 9Gps nta aG an to s TiSre too
this time all the warriors in our camp We're rnonD4
on tie %hr SIDE SqGeE party %'E Tne n'a Sama
s ain us s nSe ohunderb3lt I never before nor
those white warriors We rereated until i oST sr as
men, This is good voc df" Gny to npon t them called
@ Hul men ana mat no man should fan back eveiy
upon them AS we rushed upon them the white warriSr
They held he On one af y wh SGF t SSeoons
Id gu, nnc,r horses were 80 frightened that they
shots went up in the air and us no harm The h,
a few OF them Were Siag OF Set awaA After all but |
horses Then the wise men and ebefs G two OF their
G o no c%r people not TO- nutate the dead white chief
his remains sbona b %rrl0r ana died brave man and
whr ,rneG r9qnd and went to help fight the other
Gas SIDE OF the river This was Ronos command Ud '"2
were taken prisoners When r ,ep bach Si Clusters force
tney Mere re- AZ dead Everything confusion All h
know who killed him. We ala not know Nm thc no not
tbe white Wa Mls s we chief We had idea that
ana t4a ns. do not say that Reno Was coward io In
men and children and drove them Sas tn "a wo-
S ' ns warriors S had fought Custer and
been against us No white man or Indian evS ht have
forces again n9' and IKE GsHl day we fought
men the chiefs said these hal been nnn 1n
them go Then we heard that another force u we let
we Started TO ~ hgIt u lGensrai Terys commando and
;tolseeu that we had fought enough and liz, ",sn
TOOK our women aud children ana went AWAY "'cA ana
ins ehG'o Low Dog : narration, given i'm the boario
- nan do~e oulcers some OF the l7th Inntrv nj
one OF Inc Ith Cayalry-Custer's regimen n W. ana
nG felng, tne sun mad set and the twilight was ee,
hs oihcers were there who were at Biz m"rp uaep,
oenteel senior captain OF the 9TH who ,isnaiI, WIN
seu collhilu as held officer, and who viii ~, ,
aion Joined Reno on the day Of the qbt ns Dat
3 wa ana stro Mere IN he second days dgnt'
men Low Dog began his narratlyc an v o,ttS scene
ne interpreter and myself present hi as om o.
ressed me officers satnered around steninS S ne pro
oii, nhu an were impressed that the Indian chief ~
nv a die according TO hs Wedge sone
nc hsAeu pow many Indians wero Killed m h ,n
@w Dog answered. Thirty eight who died thn n ihh
i. many - can tell the nutnber-who wer,. ~ q
iid u'ad atterward never saw Hight I'm wbih "eu
aay ~ poportion TO the Killed wounded ami 40
"o Another ask cd who 4