Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-12-21

lie story of Curly, Another Scout.
Curly, another Custer scout, is
quoted I'm part, as follows:
I'VE heard that General Custer
wanted 10 see us. We went 10 him.
The first words that he uttered were.
| have some scouts here. but they are
worthless have heard that the
Grows are good scouts, and ] have
sent for you 10 como 10 my command;
have called you Indians here not to
fight but 10 trace the enemy You
find the Indians aud | Will do the
fighting
within two days We started on our
journey, and followed tho Sioux trail
When we got 10 the camp We found
that n battle had been fought for
we found tho scalps and the boards
OF white men These We took 10 GUS
ter lie then saii: This Is the main
p.int-thesc Sioux have been killing
"hitc people and ] have been sent
here by the Great Father to conquer
them and bring them back 10 their
reservation. l ann great chief but
Go not know whether / Will get
through this summer alive or dead. II
they massacre me, they will stlll sur
FER for they have d'suhcyod orders.
1--WE started just before daybreak
The next day we saw the Sioux camp.
Custer said: we viii charge upon
thcm nOw-that settles their journey.
Custer split up his command az Little
Reno creek and told Reno 10 follow
the creek down, ] came down with
Custer as FAR as the Creek Then he
save me a message TO take TO Reno
did not know the import of this mes
sage ! brought the answer back
from Reno to Custer. While was
delivering the message Reno was
fighting his battle, but II was not very
fierce, and when | got TO Custer with
his message he was fighting at the
mouth Of the creek.
Then Custer told me TO go and
save my life. l rode a circle around
and found my ammunition was get
ting low. ! found dead Sioux. !
took his ammunition and gun and
horse and got out. when ! got on
the high hiLl ! looked back and saw
that Custer was the last man to
stand"
Cnster'S Preparation for Death.
Goes-Ahead another Custer scout |
says of the fight;
General Custer dismounted and |
said prayers TO the Heavenly Father
Then he arose and shook hands with !
me and said: My scout, If we win |
the battle, you VIII be one Of the !
noted men Of the Crow nation In a |
moment or two he turned and said to |
me: I have forgotten to tell you |
that you are not TO fight in this battle, |
but TO go back and save your life
although Custer had given us the |
command TO do no fighting, it was
impossible to stand there on the bluff
and see the soldiers fight and not do
so we had to file.~
Reno took the battle. There was
SO much smoke and dust that | could
hardly tell. but Reno was driven back
by the Indians toward the bluff. In
all the valley and woods there was
nothing but Indians. Soon after Reno
opened fire, Custer began his fire.
prom there I cannot tell you.
"AhOut or 3 o'clock the pack train
cdIlle up anu llt llBuplG was down
there ! went back to the pack train
andhelped fight awhile and then !
took to the hills away over to the
east. When ] heard that Custer had
been killed. ! said: He is a man to
fight the enemy lie loved to fight |
but If he fights and is killed he will
have to be killed"
BY Those Who Fought custer.
Even more realistic is the story OF
the Sioux Indians who fought Custer
on that memorable day. Their own
justification of their conduct is most
Red Cloud, a Sioux chief says;
Suddenly we heard firing. and we
found out that the soldiers were on
us. The women and children were all |
and started to run across |
the hills, and we men mounted our
horses and started toward the enemy. |
l remember that we pushed Reno |
back until ne had TO cross the river, |
and go up against the bluffs, and then |
some of our Sioux rode around the |
hill to head him off, and we had him |
In n pocket.
after we had killed many of |