The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-06-27

10ree could do was 70 relleEi
those entrenshed in the hillside
The officers Were buried in shal
low graves, but the troopers wer.
to keep the sun from them unit
simply covered with sage brust
they could return aud bury them
| The pursuit of the Indians
however. took the whole force
away. and the bodies were lef,
where they had fallen until tie
next summer. Before the cam
Ipaign closed and the Indians
were suhdned. winter set in. and
1.-THE snow covered the ground, and
2hi men who had given theiI
Hives for the country became 8
feast for the wolves who soon
found and made their homes on
the battlefield
About six weeks after the mas
saere | went over the field with
another man and some Indians
During the summer nv regiment.
which had been doing patrol
duty around the Indian reServa
tionS. was ordered 10 reinforce
General Crook. aud we became
part OF the Big Horn and Yei-
lowstonc Expedition starting
from Goose Creek on the 9Th 81
August and winding up IN the
Black Hills IN November after
several fights with the Indians
where We captured much Of the
war material taken from Custer
hy the Indians
During the campaign ! had
hern assigned Is Signal duty and
accompanied Wm r. Cody. Buf
falo Bill. on his scouts IN order
rs signal to the main command
he discoveries he made This
and the fact that the Captain Of
my troop had found that ! was
, fair shot and good hunter and
could bring in some fresh meal
when allowed 10 90 out by my
self. made it possible for me %
take o Sidetrip for q Newspaper
reporter for Chicago paper. ~
order 70 get sketch OF the bat
tle field OF course this was
.trictly against the orders. and
Aad been caught / would prob
lhly have had to take II on foot
far the rest of the campaign Bu'
he offered my partner and me
5000 10 make the trim and We
eeloa the money We were
compelled to camp on the battle
'ield one night The indians
With is told rs that the White
nan : ghost was roaming over the
ield and We had better seek e
1lare away from there, but ! hsd
Secome 4 htrle leary Of tho IN
lians. and preferred the dead
mems ghost for company rather
han thar of the live Indians
The next summer ! again visit
"a the battlefield a. Orderly q
ieneral sheridan. who with .
lumber Of foreign Officers went
,ver the ground Many Of the
ZONES that had not been collected
" the parties who had inst iin
She'd burying the bodies, wers
found an over the battle groune
md the whole command was set
70 work gathering them and plae
ing them Ill que grave The bod
es of the Officers. had bern sen
o their homes. except that OF |
lieutenant Grittenden. volnn- |
eer. whose father asked that he |
,e buried where he fell in the line
,f his duty Two years before
hat time | had been assigned to
he seventh cavalry. but was
transferred 10 the fifth, but macy
,f those who were with me before
'oining the regiment were among
hose who fell with Custer. and |
lad I not been transferred. some
ne else would have had to tell
lbont the fight
Later in the summer, my com
dc. Nose Miner and ! were
ONE wild plums. and he left me /
uniting one morning. We found i
o fill nv saddle porkets while he t
vent to the Top OF hill to see
I any Indians were in sight II
leard some shots. but thought he
lad found some game and paid
title attention TO il. When IL