The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-25

feathers. a. Sioux blanket and a part
of war bonnet, that he wore in his
escape. and which he got from a dead
Sioux medicine man who was killed
near him in the first attack The
blanket had some blood on 1t. His own
horse was killed and he appropriated
the medicine mans property, and in
stead of trying to run the gauntlet he
moved along with the enemy, trusting
to his disguise to deceive them When
he saw an opportunity he dropped out
of his bad company and escaped. When
l last saw him with Custer he had his
Crow clothes on and had his own
pony, and he had no other chance to
get the outfit. Had he been a white
man he would not have had any
chance of escape even with that rig.
He does not claim to have tried to
fight, but only to escape, and his first
account of the affair is no doubt the
correct one, as any one acquainted
with the Indians and their mode of
fighting will admit its feasibility.
/ understand that there was an ex-
soldier at the worlds fair in Chicago,
who posed as a soldier in the Seventh
cavalry who escaped from the fatal
field. He was an imposter, for none
but Curley left the ground alive He
may have dreamed it and believed in
dreams.
When the 7th cavalry rode away from
Fort Lincoln with the White Horse
company, the band belonging to it
played one of Clusters favorites, The
Girl j Left Behind Me" Ever after
that, when heard the familiar tune on
the plains, my mind was carried back
to the parting scene at the fort, and in
the foreground of memorys picture
stands, with tear-dimmed eyes, a sad,
brave woman. Well might her heart
nigh break, for she knew, as no one else
did, that her brave husband was going
on an expedition fraught with untold.
hidden dangers, and not upon summer
outing.*
Crazy Horse and Goose, each with
bany of Cheyennes, fought against Gus
ter. In fact, the former was looked
upon as the head war chief Sitting Bull
being more of medicine man and cof-
fee cooler. The prevalent belief is that
Sitting Bull was the worst Indian and
head war chief. This is a mistake.
There were several worse than he and
more treacherous, but as most of them
are dead and good Indians l will not
take the trouble to name them or to re-
count their good co deeds Gall was
the head man among those who fought
Reno and Benteen, and would have got
away with them only for the personal
bravery of the latter, before mentioned.
When General Terry left the field and
General Miles took command all Ter
rvs and Clusters scouts who were alive
went to work for the new commander,
except George MullGan and Jimmy
from Cork. But there We're only five
of us left-Bob and Bill Jackson, Wick
Smith, Gaddy and myself. However,
Miles reinforced us with several 9TH
ers. / hope that when we all cross the
great divide our former commander will
keep his vigilant eye on the grub pile
as he always has, giving us the white
buffalo and reserving the emba lined
beef for Sitting Bull. which will either
cause him to give his familiar war
whoop or his weird death chant.
WAMA-DEE-NOPA.
Scout Billy jackson was with Gus
ter ON the morning of the 25th, but left
before the engagement to join Reno.
and knew nothing of the terrible con-
f1ict until the next day. On the 9th
they came to the battlefield and Jack
son, with four other scouts. identified
the remains of General Custer and
Scout Reynolds. Although the remains
We're showing the effects of decompo-
sition, jackson could not be mistaken,
for he knew every particle of their
clothing as well as he did his own. His
report of the battlefield may be vouch-