The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-11-25

when the second vas leaving he mOtioned to
Chief Rain-in the-Face to come. They made their
escape soon after taps had blown and all lghts
were then out Mt the post.
Raininthe-Fac started towards Standing
Rock. keeping away from the trail and travelling
by night. When he reached his old camp the In
dams started him for the hills for fear the sold es
would come and get him. A small party accom-
p:nfed him and they later became known as Rene
gade Sioux. Their hand increased until their num-
her ran up in the thousands. The next time Rain
in-the-Face met Captain Custer was June 25. 1876,
on the Little Pig Horn river, in Clusters fight.
Contrary to reports Chief Rainin-the- Face did not
hate General Custer, hut liked him and his wife.
They often talked with him while ne was In the
guar0-house. However. the chief did hate the
generals brother and sought vengeance against
him.
AT one time l asked the chief II he had seen
Captain Custer and he remarked that he had
looted for md mad found him. TIL Indians told
me that the CHER had mutilated the captain after
the big battle. Tom Clusters heart was not cut
out as the reports have It. General Benteen stated
In a letter to me. that he would make an affidavit
to that eject. General Benteen and Doctor Porter
were the two men who identified him. Captain
Clusters body was horribly mutilated."
''There was no blizzard tn n'ght Rain-in-the-
Face made his escape Mr.. Barry declares fur.
Their. II hesitate to comment. knowing Mr.. ShieldS
WHY NClI. JuV VIZ kAAD ma 49,
his and pass 1t on as authentic.
Dcane Robinson. secretary and superintendent
II the department Of history of the State OF South
Dakota. writes to the Literary Digest:
.When Rain-in-the-Face lay dying at his home
N Grand river. South Dakota. he was constantly
attended by Miss Mary c. Collins, the very notable
lnissi. nary, who was a doctor OF medicine as well
rs OF souls. He protested great remorse for the
sins af his life. particularly his sins Of mendacity.
80 ri a thut ~ had h0an n great satisfaction
in his sinful career to invent whoppers for the
adifcation Of the whites.
~. There is no record that Rain-in-the-Face
Oiled two men at Standing Rock agency in 1874.
The offense which got him in bad with the mill
tary was the killing OF Holzinger. the veterina-
rian. and Haliran. the sutler Of General d. s. Stan
ley's expedition 20 the Yellowstone. This occurred
N August 4. 1873.
"2 The next winter Rain-in -the-Fac appeared
It Standing Rock agency and boasteI OF the muir
dArs he had committed. Word was sent to Fort
A. Lincoln. and Captain Tom Custer. brother Of
General George A.. went down to Standing Rock
to apprehend the tulprtt. He found him trading
n the suffers store. and slipping up behind him
threw a blanket over the Indians head and leap
Ing upon him soon had him securely bound and
took him a prisoner to Fort A. Lincoln. Whatever
vengeance Rain-in-the-Face was harboring at this
time was against Captain Tom and not against the
general. {
"a. Rain-in-,he4Face escaped from the prison. r
am not informed Of hts whereabouts during his
freedom he may have taken himself to Woody
Mountain. II 10. It was not nearly three hun.
dred miles an the crow hies.'
-. Ran-in-rhe-Face took no part In the Battl>
az the Little Big Horn. on June ., 1915. He was
away during the entire day. hut returned that
evening
Is. The body Of General Custer was not mutt
lated. nor was that Of Captain Tom. whose heart
Rain-inthe-Fa !, had vowed to eat. II he ate any
body's heart that night. It was rot that Of either
Custer"