The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-07-20


hair that almost reaches his waist,
and this he says is the pride of his
life.
Il stood it all when l lost my
money he said, but it would kill
me If l should lose my hair. 1t is
the only comfort l have"
Deadwood Dick tells a remark
able story of his experience with
General Custer. II was with him
during all the trouble on the Little
Big Horn" he said. "On the night
before the massacre I told Custer
there was only one way to get away
though there was but 1900 red
men. But instead of that there
were more than 5000. Most of
the men were under Sitting Bull.
Custer told the men that there was
no danger, and the best thing for
us to dc. was to stay right where we
were.
"A scout by the name of Texas
Jack and myself left the camp to
take lookout. This was on the
day before Custer and his men were
killed. Texas Jack and myself
rode for some distance up the river.
L felt sure that we were about to be
captured. So l told him l would
answer with coyote yell, for by
doing this all the Indians would
go in the direction of their chief.
1t worked out just as l thought it
would
All the Indians started in the
direction of the chief and we start
ed up the river, which was the on
ly means of escape. We ran across
one small group of Indians headed
In the direction we were going. We
made up our minds that the only
thing to do was to shoot until our
ammunition was gone and then run.
we did this and managed to get
through. On the next day the In
dians, under sitting Bull. killed
Custer and his men. We were the
only two who escaped. If General
Custer had taken my advice Gus
ters last fight would never have
taken place"
Morrison refers to many of the
warrior chiefs.
While Sitting Bull was the big
chief and the ruling spirit over all
the Indians. Crow King, Black
Moon, Low Dog and Crazy Horse,
along with many other, were to be
reared. These Indians which Nor
rison speaks of are all mentioned
In the history of Cnster's last
fight.
Morrison. Deadwood Dick and
Texas Jack stayed together for
sometime. They went into Mexico
In prairie schooner, which they
Iney got one, horse and a mule
with the schooner for their ponies.
The mule was a fast one" said
Deadwood Dick, "and l entered him
In 3. race. There was considerable
money up and when the mule
Icame out in the lead l cleaned ND
lot Of money. Texas Jack left
me soon after that and 1 don't
know what became of him. He
was much older than l was.
guess he must be dead.
II started to travel after he
ieft me and l have been all over
the country. l went back to Mon
tana and got a lot of sheep. 1 was
wealthy twice, was almost a million
alre once, and the second time
was worth more than 100000.
married and had one child, a
daughter. My wife died about a
year after we were married. After
my daughter was married | did not
see very much of her. She died
and l have some grandchildren liy-
ing in New York State.
Then l went to Deadwood. s.
D., where | went into the mining
business. l married again and my
wife and l worked in the mine.
She was killed by falling rock. l
was struck in the head by another
rock and badly hurt. Since that
time | have not been able to re-
member very we'll. cannot re-
member the dates of Clusters last
fight, or many other things that
We're very interesting to me. I
nave had two farms, one in Mon
tana and one in Dakota. I sold
both of them and everything else
had and started to follow the
races
My travel took me down into
Texas; l don't remember the name
or the place 1t was a little town.
went into a saloon to inquire the
shortest trail to certain place.
The place was filled with cowboys.
one or them, whom l recognized as
tenderfoot stepped up to me and
asked me to drink with him
told him that 1 had some
business to attend to and could not
take the time. He told me that IL
did not drink with him he would
Tx me. l was without arms, and I
told him that 1 did not want any
trouble. AS l talked with him 1
recognized him to be a man by the
name of Leave Leahy, 1 had known
MIN in the East, and I remembered
whipping him.
Il recalled The incident, and told
MIN If he could not come outside
until got my gun l would re-
peat what l gave him In the East.
BY this time his brother step
ped up and placed a gun at the
pack OF my head. / told the two
men that 1 would fight them a
duel. We got on our horses and
started. 1 killed Dave after the
second shot had been fired. l don't
o. he. L.. Il.