The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-01-22

INDIAN SCOUTS TELL OF CUSTEl
MASSACRE AT LITTLE BIG HORN.
At the Last Great Council Chiefs VIII
Participated Told Their Own Story
Of the Fight s. The Vanishing
Race Latest Book About the In
dians.
For the first time the Indians
who participated in it have told
their own story of the Custer fight
in 1876, which resulted in the utter
annihilation of Gen Custer and his
troops. Standing on the Custer
field, in the Little Big Horn valley
mountains, facing the monuments in
honor of Custer and his men, the In
dams recounted the tragedy with the
simplicity and Dathos of their race
in words having the ring of truth.
The story is told in the latest book
on the North America Indian, The
Vanishing Race" written and illus
trated by DR.. Joseph Kossuth Dixon
and published by Doubleday, Page
& Co.
The book is a large, artistically
printed volume of several hundred
pages, illustrated with 80 superb
photogravures selected from the
thousands of photographs made by
the Rodman Wanamaker expedition
sent out under the leadership of DR..
Dixon, to perpetuate the life story
of the first Americans and to
strengthen in their hearts the feel
ing of allegiance and friendship to
their country The dedication is
TO my brother, the Indian
ITO the man of mystery
The earth his mother
The sun his father
"A child of the mountains and the
plains
"A faithful worshipper in the great
word cathedral
Nov a tragic soul haunting the
shores OF the western ocean,.
The title of the book, The Van
ishing Race is justified, according
tt. the author, by the records of the
bureau of ethnology at Washington,
which show that the population of
North America Indians north of
Mexico has decreased SIS per cent
since the coming of the white man.
Clusters surviving scouts-Crow
Indians and a number of Sioux,
who fought Custer, first tell the
story. Here is in part the account
of White-Man-Runs-Him, a Custer
scout:
The Great White Father of Wash.
ington sent representatives out to
our country. The Indians met them
and held a council. The Sioux were
hereditary enemies of the Crows.
The head man sent by the Great
Father said to the Crows: We
must get together and fight and get
this land from the Sioux. We must
win it by conquest
Il stood faithfully by the soldiers.
They did not know the country. 1
did. They wanted me for their eye
they could not see. The soldiers
and were fighting in friendship.
What they said | did. What |
said they did, So helped my tribe.
I'VE heard that Gen. Custer was
coming and ] and 80 soldiers went
down the river in boats. | was the
first one of the Crows to shake
hands with Custer. He gripped me
tight aid said: You are the one
want to see, and am glad that you
are first
L directed Custer up to No-Hip
Bone. We always travelled at night,
climbing the mountains and wading
the rivers. During the day we made
a concealed camp. When we
reached the top of the Wolf Noun
tain we saw the enemy's camp near
where the Custer field is at the pre-
sent time Custer was rejoiced and
anxious to 60 ahead and make the
battle.
Custer sent me to high knoll.
60 and look for me- he said and
see where can make success He
left it to me. When was up there
| looked around and the troops were
very close upon me | motioned to
them to come on and we passed up
the ridge.
The Indian scouts stood in front
Of Custer aud led his men. The
Sioux fired at us. We looked over
the river and saw Reno in his en-,
gagement with the Sioux.
Finally they wiped out Reno and
he retreate1 to the hills.
Custer and all of us got off our