The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-07-02

N" 1880
frUy each placed on the shaft q floral
wreath. Chanting their own funeral
dirge, the Indians left the spot mourn
ing the many warriors Of their own
race who fell before Clusters rifles.
Seventh In Battle Charge
Following the ceremonies at the
battle ground the Seventh was again
reviewed by General Godfrey and other
Indian war veterans. AS the troopers
rode down the marrow street Of the
little agency town, they passed be
tween two rows Of veterans, the white
men Including many members Of the
old Seventh on one side and the Sioux
and Cheyenne veterans In war paint
and feathers on the other.
AS a conclusion of It's parade, the
troop, for the benefit Of the motion
picture men, charged through the Lit
tie Big Horn river, just back Of the
town. The opposite bank was a little
steep and slippery, with the result that
several officers and men were dis
mounted when their horses tOppled
backward. None was hurt.
Indians Hold Campfire
Indians veterans Of the battle had
their innings Friday evening when
they gathered around the campfire in
the center of the plaza fronting the
agency buildings and talked over their
parts in the many campaigns in which
most OF them had participated, and
pledged again their allegiance to the
government.
Bury Unknown Trooper
AS a final tribute to General Custer.
and his five squads OF troopers the
program was brought to a close Sat
urday with the burial with full mill
tery honOrs Of the remains Of n Of
the soldiers who fell with his COM
mander. The first burial place Of the
trooper, on the bank Of the river, was
uncovered by men building a road
across a part Of the old battlefield.
/ Identification was impossible, but but
tons from an army uniform found
there made it certain that the grave
was that Of a trooper with Custer,
Preceded by his riderless horse, sad
died, bridled, bearing the boots and
cavalry sabre, reversed, the casket
containing the last mortal remains Of
the unknown trooper was borne to the
site of a proposed monument as the
Seventh cavalry band played a funeral
dirge.
The funeral was distinguished by
the fact that, IN addition to active pail
bearers from the new Seventh, eight
members of Clusters Seventh, who
were engaged in the battle where the
trooper was killed, accompanied the
casket to the grave.
Following the funeral, Gen. Godfrey
presided over the dedication Of a great
slab Of granite, which is to be q me
mortal to the unknown soldier.
TO be placed within the crypt, White
Buffalo, for the Sioux and Cheyenn'
warriors who came off the battlefield
victOrs 80 years ago, offered his tOma
hawk, explaining through an interpre
ter, that he wished to show in tina
way that enmity between the red ma
and the white was at an end.
Crows and Sioux at Peace
, Most significant is the fact that tn
r cOmmemOratiOn Of the Custer battl
= brought about a pledge Of friendshi
r between a Sioux and a Crow IndiaT
? the first in history, so far as is known
and certainly the first in 80 years.
White Man Runs Him, Crow scOu
attached to Clusters regiment, and Ii
= tie Wolf, Cheyenne warrior who helpe
annihilate the Seventies leader an
212 members of his immediate con
mand, in the manner of the white mai
made known to each other that old Ell
e mites are forgotten, with a clasping {
@ hands.
Y With Party Of Survivors
t Lone Wolf was at the head Of
l. party of nine Cheyenne participants
It the Custer fight. The others wei
Pine, a boy Of 10 camped with the no
/ tiles on the Little Big Horn when II
Is fight occurred; Hollow Wood, IS
IS young participant in the battle Limp
n 20; Sun Bear, 80; Kills Night, z.
Fast Walker, q; Dog Friend, 20, al
Beaver Hart, 20, all participants in Il
t. battle. White Man Runs Him can
n here from his nearby ranch.
le Among the distinguished Indi,
se fighters who attended the Custer c,
h ehlonies include:
"a John 9. Lockwood, a member
N Troop NJ, who first came into cOnta
he with the Seventh at YanktOn, Dako
= territory, in 1853.
David P. Smith, a member Of TrO
J. K, commanded by Lieutenant 3.
y Godfrey.
ln DOVelle Warner, 81, Of sunflo
Mich, a member OF Company b, Eil
teenth infantry.
Ia, Frank Cass, Of Fresno, Cal, q me
}. Der Of Company ii, Seventh CaVal
s. from 1880 to 1885.
G. c. Stierle, Of Sidney, Mont, So,
re- member Of Company I, Sixth y. s.
fantry, from 1875 to 1880. He part
pated in the Sitting Bull campaign
So 1S76-77.
W. b. White, rs, OF Columbus, no
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