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guish friend from foe. He denied hav-
ing killed the general.
If Rain-in-the-Fac killed Custer he
would undoubtedly have boosted of it.
The finding of the generals body un-
mutilated seems to prove his state
ment, though the story was readily be-
lieved at the time.
With regard to Tom Custer he said
that mutilating body was not wrong
providing it was done by an enemy,
and wanted to know why it was worse
to cut mans heart from his body
than to tear his scalp from his head.
Surely -in-the-Faces revenge was
complete.
Rain-in- the-Face did not escape this
battle unscathed He will carry to the
grave undoubted evidence that the men
of the gallant Seventh cavalry fought
we'll in their last engagement. While
charging over a PROSTATE soldier,
pinioned beneath his dead horse, the
chief received a wound from the bullet
or a 45-caliber revolver which bur-
rowed the flesh on the right thigh for
about four inches, running diagonally
upward, showing it to have been fired
from beneath him. Shortly after he re-
ceived another wound, the bullet en-
tering back of the left knee. Rain-in-
the-Face dismounted with difficulty,
and in order to remove the bullet from
the wound used his scalp knife; in do
ing so he severed the tendons of the
leg, which deprived him of its use for
ever.
After the massacre the Indians un-
der Sitting Bull, Rain-in-the-Face,
Spotted Eagle, Broad Tale, Kicking
Bear, etc, fled to Canada, where they
remained until the autumn of 1880,
when large and important surrenders
of all these leaders to General Miles
were made at Fort Keogh. These In
dians. and large numbers who had sur
rendered earlier, were sent in 1881 to
their respective agencies in Dakota.
Although the statement is not made
positively, the writer believes Rain
in-the- Face to have been the last OF
the hostile chiefs to surrender. 1t
seems a strange coincident that he
now lives but short distance from
where he was arrested for murder
thirty-one years ago-a murder which
to this day remains unpunished, like
many others he has no doubt COM
mitted.
Northumberland did not fight all
his battles upon the field. Some were
fought upon the hearth. He admits
having had seven wives, few of which
| lived either long or happily with him,
and the final chapter of his domestic
life, If domestic it can be called, closed
with the violent death of his last
spouse. The unfortunate seventh was
found dead in his tepee with her throat
cut from ear to ear. When asked
about the cause OF her death he de-
MED all knowledge of the matter, and
calmly went about his business. OF
course it would be unjust to ascribe
this sad ending of his seventh venture
to him without proof.
More strange still, and paradoxical
as 1t may appear, he is now an In
dian policeman. Cropped hair and felt
hat have replaced the scalp lock and
war bonnet. blue coat and war shirt,
but beneath his uniform the skin is
the same color-red.
The blood is unchanged and the fire
in his eye kindles now when he speaks
Of the wrongs of his people, and al
though seemingly friendly he is, and
always will be, an enemy of the white.
Civilization has not conquered him,
but a wholesome fear OF the great
government at Washington has. and
he remains crafty, scheming plotter
IA perfect example of the once dan
gerous. stIn unforgvins. warlike
Sioux