Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1905-10-08

cate matter There were thousands OF
Sioux there, all ready to break out in
open warfare, the very thing the gov
eminent did not want. Capt. Custer
took but a small force, not large
enough to arouse suspicion, and with
few men went into the post traders
store. There they waited around until
a tall spare young man, with Turk
ing devil in his eye" came in and was
pointed out by a friendly Indian as
Rain-in- the-FaCe. There was a quick
rush, the Indian was overpoWered and
disarmed. the handouts were slipped
on his wrists and he was a prisoner
Capt. Custer took his prisoner to Fort
Lincoln, where he was confined in the
military prison, a rude structure of
logs. Crafty as fox, Rain-in-the-Face
preserved a quiet demeanor and grad
ually the strict watch kept upon him
was relaxed. Taking advantage of re-
Taxed vigilance Rain-in-t he-F Face and
a deserter from the regiment managed
to break from the prison and escape.
The Indian returned to his tribe, keep
ing himself in hiding and thenceforth
his hatred for the white man was all
the more bitter and his vow of VEN
geance was not forgotten.
1t was not long until the opportunity
came. The Sioux and Cheyennes, joined
by the dregs of other tribes, took the
ship of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gall,
Iron Star, Two Moons. Rain-in-the-
Face and many other chiefs, went up
into the valley of the Little Big Horn.
In May, 1876. three expeditions were
sent against them. The result may be
briefly told. Crook, marching north,
struck the Indians first and was so
badly discounted he had to fall back
sixty miles. Gbbon and Terry, with
the latter of whom was Custer and
his Seventh cavalry met on the banks
of the Yellowstone, and Custer was
sent south to find out where the In
dams were, for no communication was
possible between Terry and Crook.
On the forenoon of June 25, 1876.
Clusters command struck the Indians
who were encamped in the valley of
the Little Big Horn. What happened
is only tradition-no white man lived
to record the events of that bloody
day. Five members of the Custer fam
lily fell-George A. Custer. Tom Gus
ter, Boston Custer, Lieut.. Calhoun,
brother-in-law, and "Auntie" Reed,
nephew. Truly, Rain-in- theFa had
reaped his revenge.
Rain-in-the-Face fled with many Of
the Sioux to Canada where they took
refuge under the British flag at Fort
Walsh, in what is now the province of
Alberta. They were there for some
time, the subject of negotiations be-
tween the United States and Canada,
but finally they came to the boundary.
surrendered and were taken to the
Standing Rock reservation. Sitting
Bull met a tragic death in December.
1890, during the "Ghost dance out
break; Crazy Horse was killed by his
guards in an attempt 10 escape; Gall
died a few years ago and now Rain
in-the-Face has answered the last roll
call of the chiefs who fought the last
fight of the Indians against the white
man.
Rain-in-the-Face was only sixty-two
years old, but for years, as though in
eXpiation of his crimes, had been feeble
and decrepit He lived on Porcupine
creek, and affluent of the Cannonball
rived, a dependent upon the govern
ment he had long detied. Not since
Gen. Arthur st. Clair's defeat had the
Indians inflicted so crushing a disaster
upon United States soldiers as that
which took place on the rounded hills
which line the Little Big Horn river
in Southern Montana. 1.-THE Custer
massacre" it is usually called, although
incorrectly, since 1t was a stand-up
fight between brave foes.