Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-12-28

s2t0uA w Iuns no lnGenGlO on OF making l
an 4 MN N ediate attack, but with the aim
70 get into the most Favorable posi-
stion sent hundreds OF their warriors
down the river, under cover, to cross
3alinpeTce y ceiEeds three miles below and fill
the ridges and high places Of the line
of bluffs fun OF a watch ful, cruel and
sSrrtey'engsful re 4 ghlting force Also, tln-
perceived, a number OF braves made
their way across the river a short way
down and secreted themselves under
the preici ipitous bank on Clusters side.
CUSTER q s: MAKES 4A FATAL CHANGE.
ssIshe Indians, undeT. cover and
watching the little column like i Il
Thousand Is q hawks, could see the white
leader showing signs of irnpatienee
and disquiet. He scanned the eoun-
try beyond the clllnp of timber
Through his glasses again and again.
! They could not know that he was
watching W and hopin g for some sign Of
approach of Reno, SO no Indication
would show he had talken up his posi-
tion on the other side.
This delay gave the Indians plenty
OF time for their, forces to deploy and
scatter over the most advantageous
positions in the high ground round
about. 4 s5sS5 5s 3i
81 Finally all we'll along in the after
noon, noe the white leader did a thing
for which the Indians could hardly
credit the evidence of their ewes.
l1Itt5 Either Tired Of wanting for Reno or.
I5bel1ng-sure tnat he must already have
taken his position unobserved, 1, on tfle5
fla TANKS q of ibhe Ind ians, Custer moved
out OF the protected hollow and nat
Eu1'ally fortified ravine into an open!
OF The exposed hillside and marched
\ down the river, the slope OF the bluffs.
rising ON his right, on his left at 4
/ distance OF but a few hundred yards
4 the Sprecipi itous bank of the river with
81 Wssrlltthing lt pack Of reds beneath, and
1 JUST beyond the water the camp Of
more, t'nan 5000 Indians in their war war
pal Int. Custeq's fate was sealed with
4 that command TO advance, and there
was not an Indian who did not know it.
and who did not exult ait the Thought
i OF the. grand killing in store for him
and his comrades. Z
There was no immediate attack
~
1 Custer 1 was marching right into the,
trap and the Indians lay low; and let
1 1+i1 him come on, but from the time the
i little force moved out of the bollow
until until the time when the last ma fell.
smriddled rid with bullets, there was not q
moment M when the troopers were NOT
covered BY the sights of Thousand
4 rifles and a Thousand Itching fingers
4 We're playing with the triggers. 5.
d VOLLEY AT THE TEPEEs.
alrently puzzled by the actions
OF the Indians, and for the purpose of
/ drawing them out, Custer halted. after
] marc hing 8 consdde derable distance down
1 The river, and fred a Volley across.
! into into the struggling lines of tepees. IN
stantly the Yolley was answered with
q deadly fire from the under side of
1 the river bank, taking the soldiers SO
by surprise that they fell back toward
i the peak OF. the Iidg the Indian con-
4 tinuingg their fire. Still without any;
intimation of the danger behind them,
1 the troopers mounted their horses.
/ leaving a number Of dead on the field.
With the Indians still under perfect
/ cover, the soldiers had no chance to
reply with effect. They reached the
jcrest of the hills and were headed
toward the protection Of the ridges
and gullies at q gallop, when the con-
cealed Indians opened a murderous
4 fire from directly in 'front.'. Nearly a
whole comp was moved down alt
the first fire, and the column fell back.
Las the Indians had planned once more
4 into the jaws Of the trap.
Now, right here is where one OF the
most startling parts of this Indian
version comes in ss GU recoliect the.
big bay thorou Inbred the Indians.
called Goslrard and raced all through
the northwest FOR years after the mas
ssacl's? Well, one of Clusters young.
l dlientenants was mounted on that horse
4 that da sEalens the column fell back
i under the iire the big bay took the bit.