The St. Charles herald., 1921-12-17

when the second leaving he motoned to
Chief Rain-in- n-the-Face to come They made their
escape soon after taps had blown and all lights
were then out at the post.
"Rain-in-the-Face started towards Standing
Rock keeping away from the trail and travelling
by night. When he reached his old camp the In
dians started him for the hills for fear the soldiers
would come md get him. small party accom-
panied him and they later became known as Rene
gade Sioux Their band increased until their num-
ber ran up in the thousands. The next time Rain
in-the-Face met Captain Custer was June %. 1876.
on the Little Big Horn river. in Clusters fight.
Contrary to reports Chief Ran-in-the-Face did not
hate General Custer. but liked him and his wife.
They often talked with him while he was in the
guard-house. However the chief did hate the
generals brother and sought vengeance against
him.
"At one time l asked the chief If he had seen
CAPTAIN Custer and he remarked that he had
looked for and had found him. The Indians told
me that the chief 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 effect. General Benteen and Doctor Porter
were the two men who identified him. Captain
Clusters body was horribly mutilated"
.There was no blizzard the night Rain-in-the-
Face made his escape" Mr.. Barry declares fur
ther. 81 hesitate to comment, knowing Mr. Shields
very WELL but historians will grab such stuff as
this and pass 1t authentic.
Doane Robinson. secretary and superintendent
Of 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
on Grand river South Dakota, he was constantly
attended by Miss Mary c. Collins. the very notable
missionary, who was doctor OF medicine as well
as Of souls He professed great remorse for the
ifo nrfic
and confessed that it had been great satisfaction
In h,s sinful career to invent whOppers for the
edification of the whites.
~ There is no record that Rain-in-the-Fa
killed two men at Standing Rock agency In 1S73-4
The offense which got him I'm bad with the mill
tary was the killing of Hozinger the veterina-
rian md Balran the sntler of General D. S. Stan
ley's expedition to the ieio"stohe. Ahis occurfeu
on August 4. 1873.
.o The next winter Rain-in-the-Face appeared
at Standing Rock agency and boasted of the MUIR
ders he had committed. Word was sent to Fort
4. Lincoln and Captain Tom Custer. brother OF
General George A.. went down to Standing Rock
TO apprehend the dulprit. He found him trading
IN the suffers store. and slipping up behind him
threw q blanket over the Indians head and leap
mo mon him soon had him securely bound and
toot him 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.
80 Rain-in- -rhe-Face escaped from the prison.
an not informed of his whereabouts during his
freedom; he may have taken himself TO Woody
Mountain II so. 1t WAS not nearly three hun
dred niles as the crow flies.
"a Rain-in-rhe-Face took no part in the Battle
80 ,he Lite Big Horn, on June 25, 1875. He was
away during the entire day. but returned that
evening
..5 The Dody of General Custer was not mutt
lated nor was that of Captain Tom. whose heart
Rain-,n-the-Face had vowed to eat If he ate any.
bodys heart that night. IT was not that Of either
Custer :"