The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-09

may have decided to strike sensa-
tional blow to restore himself to IA.
vor, With him was Col Reno.
In Sight Of Indian Village.
Trotting up hill one Sunday morn
ing he saw the big Indian village he
had been seeking. He estimated their
number at 5000. half OF whom we're
warriors. With him we're less than 500
men. He dispatched Col. Reno by a
circuitous route to head of their
fight, for the Indians we're racing
whole regiments of ponies and raising
| the impression they were running
| away.
The Indians first engaged Reno, but
| finding him 80 easily handled, they left
handful of warriors and lot OF
bowling squaws to keep him at bay,
while 1900 of them assailed Chief
Long Hair, as the Indians loved to
call Custer In token of his golden
ringlets and his dashing fighting quail.
tiles.
Then followed a massacre and exhi-
| bition of bravery that Mortified and
| astounded the world, and raised the
name of Custer, Michigan's soldier,
above the power of time to mutate.
Let the story of the battle be told
by two chiefs, for no white man save
\ he whose story Is given further along
| lived to tell the tale. Thus Rain-in-
the-Face-a chief who fought in the
battle: Two years before the battle
an Indian maiden dared him to ride
As miles to Fort Lincoln, kill a white
| soldier and bring her back his brass
buttons for her shawl. In spite of the
tremendous difficulties in the way
he did. and the next winter he was
arrested by Capt. Tom Custer. the
generals brother.
II told Little Hair (Capt. Tom Gus
teri that would get away, and wher
did would cut his heart out ant
eat It," Is the way Rain-in-the-Fact
perfaced his story.
(See Richard Roberts revision o
this.)
ugh, when we met. their gum
wouldn't work, So We saved our bull
lets and used war clubs. 1t was jus
like killing sneep. had a band o
Uncapapas. When the Long Sword
came In sight we knew their ponies
were tired out. We saw them trottinl
along, and let them come over thu
bluff. Then we showed our long lin
of young men and the Long Sword
charged. Our young men had crep
behind them and fired Then saw
the Long Sword chiefs talking an,
pointing. We heard the Rees scout
singing their death song--they knew
we had them
The Long Swords Dismount.
"All the Long Swords dismounte'
and every fourth man held the ponies
Then we closed around them. W.
shot the pony-holders and stampede,
the ponies by waving our blankets II
their faces. Our squaws caught then
for they were tired out. had SUM-
the war song. had smelt the pOwde
smoke, my heart was bad. ! was lik
one who had no mind. l took my wa
club and Drained the Long Swords
fiagman. His blood and brains splash
ed in my face. 1t felt hot and ran II
my mouth. | could taste it. l wa
mad.
"Just then I saw Little Hair. I re
membered my vow. / was crazy;
feared nothing. l knew nothing woul
hurt me, for l had my white wease
charm on. I don't know how many
killed trying to get at Little Hair. H
knew me. laughed at him and yelle
at him.
II saw his mouth move, but tn
noise did not let me hear him. H
was afraid. When I got near enough
| shot him with my revolver. | leape
from my pony and cut out his hear
bit a piece out of 1t and spit It Il
his face. Then | got sick of fight
ing"
This is only part Of the story @
Rain.in-the-Face, and he was only on
of the 1000 devils Custer and hi
handful of men met that blazing Sur
day noon.
Sitting Bull was the chief who mad
the medicine" for the big fight an
who directed the strategy of the bal
tie. The chief opened his discours
, with this tribute:
"Long Hair" a Great Chief.
"The Long Hair (Gen. Custer) h
was great chief He led his wal
riors.
What happened? He'll. l mean
thousand devils. The squaws wer
like flying birds. The bullets wer
like humming bees. But the Lon
! Hair braves were like trees tina
, tremble They trembled when they GO
off their ponies. They we're too tiret
, Some of them staggered under tn
! weight of their guns. They began t
l fight at once. They fought so bravel
thought We were beaten and OF
S dered the squaws to take down tn
g lodges. But my braves we're lik
g devils and began to run around ther
d in circles. Then | saw they wer
!. weak and half Of them killed.
o "No towards on other side-ugh
q All died on foot. Chief Long Hal
! was not on his pony. He stood like
!. sheaf of corn with all the ears falle
b around him. Only few stood wit