The Bozeman courier., 1926-06-11

Dan r. Conway so Inundated the In
dian chief that he sent runners to
the Northern CheyennGs asking them
to join him at once on t he Little
Big Horn, whose waters were. already
rising from the melting SHOWS.
Sitting Bulls scouts had located
General Custer at the mouth Of the
Rosebud, on June %, on their way
to the Little Big Horn, and he imme-
diately concentrated every available
warrior to meet the yellOw-haired
chieftain.
Sitting Bull hated the white race.
He was determined to strike at all
of it's products or representatives in
his effort to stem the tide of an ad-
vancing white invasion. From his
camp he sent out braves, across the
plains and mountains to notify his
fellow chiefs that the soldiers were
coming to kill his people and confis-
cate their property. Ghost dances
were then kept up until the Sioux
nation was almost crazy with hate
and lust of war. Daily new arrivals
poured in to the aid of Sitting Bull.
Presently the river was fringed with
tepees for a space of six miles. Here
were the warriors of the Sioux, Chey-
ennes, Minne-COnjOues, OrgOlies,
UncapapIs, BloOds, Piegans, and
others, whose lodges numbered more
than eighteen hundred.
Generals Terry and Custer had
been sent by the war department to
subdue Sitting Bull and force him
and his followers onto a reservation
there to remain. The command OF
Terry halted at the mouth of the
Rosebud and held a council, with the
result that General Custer was sent
forward to strike the red warriors al
a certain point, while he would at
tack them by way of the Big HOrT
at the same time and follow up the
Little Big Horn. Custer arrived al
his point ahead of schedule. On June
25th, after sending Major Reno anC
part of the command to strike the
head of the camp, he made his attack
The remainder of the story is com
mon knowledge to all Americans.
To Bury the Hatchet
The thrOng that will amass on tn,
Little Big Horn this month will hav,
a different motive in view. The day
of 1876 were days Of misunderstood
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advanced civilization has brOugh
both white and red to common
ground with common ideals. And,
is fitting, indeed that the main fea
tUre of the Custer Memorial pagean
will be the "burying of the matchet.
Representatives of DO tn races vii
thus make manifest their cOnfidenc
one in the other and symbolic
their regret of the horrible inciden
of fifty years ago.
On Custer Hill
On two different occasions, it ha
been my privilege to visit the Custe
battle-ground, the latest Of thes
being at the time Of the exercise
and maneuvers which marked tn
fOrty-fifth anniversary of the bal
tie, in. June, 1921. On both trip
to the historical site, with others,
was guided over the contours {
the famous hill that rises from tn
banks of the Little Big Horn; ole
timers and aged Indian chiefs e.
planned the positions of the cOmba'
ing forces; the battle in all its grut
some detail was re-enacted
Giving full leash to imagination
a terrible picture of terrific actio
passed in panorama before my min,
I could vision this yellOw-haired heI
General George A. Custer-callin
his men together and telling them I
the hard fight ahead, at the san
time assuring them that IL each ma
would stand by his post, their effOr
would be crowned with victory. In
aginatiOn pictured absolute conf
dence on the cOuntenance Of th'
military leader. He had sent Maj,
Reno Co attack the Indian camp
the head Of the creek, and with q