The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-20

of many a pioneer and many blue
coat says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
When he was killed Little Bat was on
his way to ST. Joseph. Mo-, to visit one
of his old friends, former scout, named
Frank Grouard.
Little Bat was one of the coolest and
the bravest men ever saw said Grou.
ard, when the news of his comrades
death brought to him. HE had many
miraculous escapes, and in times of
greatest peril he was always perfectly
fearless. Perhaps the closest place he
was ever in was directly after the Custer
massacre. when We went out with Lieut..
Sibley and twenty-five picl 6 men to
find out which way the Sioux were NOV
ing.
eve left camp on the evening of July
g. 1876, and went toward Tongue river,
along the foot of the mountains. We
travelled most of the night, and about
daylight the next morning Little Bat saw
an Indian looking over the hill at u.s.
We knew we were close to them and that
we might expect trouble. [ Went With
Little Bat at daylight to butte snort
distance away, and we looked over the
country with our glasses. A few miles
aWay we could see hundreds of Indians
moving in the direction of Tongue river,
and we knew it meant death to US if we
did not get away. We summoned the SOL
diers at once and made for the noun
tains.
"The Indians struck our trail in a
short time We knew it when one of
them began riding his horse in a circle
and waving his blanket. They came on
very fast after that. The party coming
towards us was a war party. And 1
learned afterward that Sitting Bull was
along. We struck into the trail that
leads up into the mountains from Dayton,
but before we reached the mountains the
Indians were within half a mile of us.
There must have been 400 of them, and
half of them made for the trail that
goes up from Twin Creek, to head us off
there should we try to escape by that
route.
F'IittIe Bat went on ahead to watch the
Twin Creek trail, and I hurried the SOL
diers along. I Joined Bat after time,
leaving the soldiers behind. They did not
come up, and 1 went back to them, find
ing that they had stopped to eat. Bat
killed the first Indian that came up the
trail, and then came back to US He told
the soldiers it was probably the last meal
they would ever eat. Their stopping
there had caused us to be cut off by not
passing the Twin Creek trail before the
Indians got there. Just as the Indians
appeared we sent the soldiers into HIT
tie grove of trees nearby and had them
bunch their horses, locating the men a
considerable distance away.
John Finerty, a Chicago newspaper
correspondent, was with the scouting
party, and was thrown by his horse as
we were making for the timber. We
thought he was killed, but he was not
hurt, and Bat showed him into the trees.
We had to leave the horses there and
see them killed, for the Indians kept
firing at them all the time. We had in
structed the soldiers not to fire a shot,
and It was our intention not to fire, but
when we went to the edge Of the timber
little Bat made one of the best shots
ever made in the West. He killed two
Indians at one shot. saw him do It.
''fhe Indians were on their horses, cir
cling pretty close to the timber. AS We
d!d not return their fire. two of them
became very daring. One Of them was
Little Antelope. Sioux chief, who was
beginning to be known in the tribe. He
was a blood-tk.rsty devil. He was rid
Ing straight toward u.s. and the other
Indian was behind him, when Little Bat
fired It was such good shot that h.
could not resist It. The Indian that was