, 1883-07-07

htAo saw, NneA ne got INTO II, no% large
5he Indian village wss and vas seized with
pane greater than thar among the In
llans themselves.
CUSTER CONES TIP
The Reno retreat ami is consequent
Slaughter vas scarcely ended before the
5!are Of Clusters trumpets told the Sioux
II his approach. Bu. they we're prepared
ior him. The men quickly crossed the
liver, and BY hundreds gsl'oPei 70 his
rear, ont of rang AZ first, but taking ad-
cantaze Of coo.is au3 mound soon hem
njng hin ia constantly narrowing circles.
AIrs. T2jaEsa mounted hey pony and rode
90 the drzt bench behind her camp, where
she could get a good view Of the hills be-
yoad. Sic cav the troops come up, dis
mount, each fourth man seiza the brides
Of three horses beside his own, The rest
aep}oy and aii..nce on the run toward
The river. She saw the terrible eject O;
ne with, ring fire which greeted The ap-
proash i-om the willows, IN II. Indian
side OF tho stream, aud laughed as she
said.
"Oar people, hoys and all, had plenty
q guns aai ammunition 30 Iii the ne~
soldiers. Those who ran away left them
behind
Slowly trotting north, aioug tie out
-kir.s Of the encsmpmeni, she noted the
Indians who had Crossed, getting closer U
tle troops. Sac watchsd the iatter-Lhose
sho vera Ieft Of them-r,'raa, to thsir
horses and usouut; she heard the ysis Of
hlr kildre3 and the shouts Il the whites;
but soon, as the former greE plsn,,ec aan
,hs latter fewer, she could distinguish
E,tle. save here and there an animated
c!aster oi men and horses Slowly her
pony legged down the stream, aud when
size reached tire Minneconjoux camp on
the extreme left-uot an hours riie-she
said that not one white soldier was visible
N the field. OF horses there were
p!ertr. These the Indians spared OF
course. Ta'anEa himself, describing the
animals, said they w=rs fat and good look
Ins, but (inaking SLOW motion up and
down with both hands, could only can'er
slowly. while the Iadisn ponies, I'll g
birds" fitted in and through aud about
The troopers broken lines. L=a1 than
ffty minutes ana more than five i.Tes 10
tie minute
he NIGHT HAVE LT:Ep.
From the husband was learned one IN
c;ieEt Of the day Oae man, he thought
an officer. vas the last to I've He was
mounted On SPLENDID horse he color
vas forso,ter) aad seeing ali his comrades
dead started up the savine marEed l n
the diagram. Two 0-alialas. Two inca
papas and a Bcule. all well mounted
started after him. he gained on then
an. and one oy oae dropped OF nntii the
I-,eanana. Who vas uusrmed, as It turned
ont. alone pursued, The latter MS about
to ave up the chase, when the snIcisr
,uraed. saw his pursUsr, noted that his
own ho-se was fagsing, drew revolver
from the holster at his hip, and 0le~ his
own brains out.
.Hs had a good horse, concluded Ia
,,nEa, ~aad the Sioux ('aentisning his
Indian nane) rode him fer years atte'
that
The Sfoux thought the distance ridden
~ rursuer and pursued sas about seven
miles from the battlefield, but IL misa;
haze been mare. Lieut.. Harrington s
BODY vas never found, or al leas; neveF
-acr.grfzsd. and this sad suicide might
have been he
AFTER EEE BATTLE
Custer and his command killed the
Sioux again turned their attention to the
,,,ors on tos hill, and the woman, resuD-
IN, her story, laughed sieefully rs she
-old what fun the bucss had shooting a.
The soldiers as they ran thzf terrible
gsun,iet. down the hill 70 the river for
water. The Custer men were soon
.,ripped, Of caurse, and the only way the
Tndia1. knew they had killed the long
haired chef was BY his 5uck-kln coat
trimmed vith beaver, which they found
on his person. The Sioux lost twenty
ti,jad and more than tElce as many
wounded. Among the killed we're boys
~ tvelye and fourteen, who, In the ar