Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-30
VIVID STORY or LITTLE
BIC HORN BATTLE IS
RELATED

fh, ll0t FROM fHe opening aklm.sh
until Custer himself 'hc ias' 20 nl
fas slain
Chapman s o. native of California
having been BORN at NlrfH...u
March Q. 1880 Hs .pcak sctr1 In.
Iau nuuiF' aud ay. b" served
Custer as soor lld guide ior three
tear.
Mr. Custer mentioned mo ffIre
lu ber book Boots lu1 Saddles
Chapman says $500 nI mr fl'
Dltilru guide
Several seek. before tHD lI.f"
battle Chapman saws boz aas Hp.
fufod b.. tUe indiana aui InH %
prisoner for DFht'eer days 900 ono
little Missouri. Boo Dakota fwr.io.
ile eouuIteI fu escape and Ha .uI.
Intinf Du.pr aud.asDuF 90 uroil
n Command tHpu b.. .au, upoa
tb. memorable uar'. 900 tho ..".u
rF Horn
lHilitNH hIiu''N Viii.
Irlf Fort abraham Lincoln V'|
Custer aud Terry u April 1870
Chapman says FuH Lincoln fa
ou.t foe mlID from Himark $500
scouts ter. krgf boo tH, advance .Yn
f.uuau for Hp HDrr MOVING along
through U0si.I, country. and ta-
headed 600 b.. .om, s.Y. indian. 1000
dor oI1 Ou.. Iu cup aHl made 10
prisoner or Ono Little Missouri river
900 May .N 1870
Tho Indian. tools mt uu.so np.
nhou q escaped ai miduIfhf ou juno
IIth. 3 started back '1r Fort LIu
coin ou foot . reached the fort
june lNih tlt another horse aul
alton. 'pf foek and starred ou' 600
.Ho trail fhr command bad taken
uuld uoi follow 'h, Trail closely
.ur tho rouuir, Hbs luu OF indians
had fp mark ihr TRAIL and travel by
iIahi or thruueh fH' broken country
Boz to ono side OF b. under cover a,
much a possible SAYS Indians
.l,r, dap hui did NOT sor any large
bands OF them until got close to
usfDr
q was skriiua the head of tho
lraVs Boo tbc bluiis ou the eastorly
.i1e uf thp Little Hig Horn ou the
morning of june 1ath. when disco,
rod Custer command down Boo toe
ALLEY The troops Nrrc about three
miles away aud tho formation told
ne they Ncro not Indians. although .
h.ir movements made mo think F..
hpr was business ou hand
Horse II Concealed
lrt ms horse boo Douloo YOU
900 b. au arruyo n California and .
tN',j Geo ihr odr. Uf lh" bluffs 7
hDr0 4 studied the situation through F.
Ir eler. was to Ear away o. .
., H,rI 800 went back rot mY /
orso and rod, further up tho ridge /
..p.ur ouf of sight lcn wl horse I
SATIN md moved ou my stomach O. /
lr out GOA thr bluffs as could With .
untf could s,r a few Indians .
lshua across ihr valley ON their I
ora,s Th, ground between Wr and /
t.r Appeared open aud { fhuIght I.
could mak, o. Uuf before trying ]
uHp,l m ru. over it Several /
m. swept DO without seeing am, /
..r unusual
g could ud,nfI. custer and other
lN.ll- n.auN from whore I la 4
". umm.I nI halted 0ur few
.H.i.. IuI could Soc custer
NH..ut un. arm Then Uuo and
.,.f..u ANA their mem pull.I oll So
ls sI, lId Custer started straight
H.8H umlur almost Boo my diroc.
.. throw WE a.1.srs acruss the
round ahead nr him aud saw tho
..1 Hf 900 Indian rucrius above @
IashrHsH ai tHr approaching troops I
Ha' WJI, mp search on, uErbrush
bon. CLOSELY. .rI . could .,c hun
r.I. OFF indian. then q could see !
I,Ir mn..l.'oH TOO THoy were b- 1
I- .aMuH OBJ. sasnNrush and o. /.
aru,I fu m, that thor. Was au lu.
IaU fHr ...r sHe,..H.I over par /.
i.nH 1f land
Iuunu, Hattlr Hcgin,
IH.u il, Trims began AZ Hu I.
...r nDrr aHI} satfor.ug shots as
b, Indians .H front disphusrl their
uHs au1 began nIIIps back saw
.r.o aud Heufeeu as the, started
scr tbr ridge. and sae them beaten
ark sass Custer coming swing
IE 1p the side hI.I an The head of
81 men following q handful of u. /
.aus and saw tEe Indians ! had
cen counting iu tho sagohrush
rus out from their hiding place,
uI sweep boz behind and before nm.
De- firing became Furious fhoH aud
be- mOte sas heavy knew ho
ai been trapped .0r . could soo that
Do inequalities of tfo ground bad
iade 90 .mpossI0.. for hIm 90 soc
.efo Indians Then saw Indians
curing IF. from behind O. bon Iu.
ans tha had nor been able 20 |
1eior. and : rea.ized then that 7
.r trap va. aors. laan % h11 ap.
rcd even fu mo-
900 f..a Cuua. 'or fHe great.
Indian 5-Hter fH.f ever lived.