The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-07-29

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threw out a skirmish line and in three
minutes the skirmish line was gone n
in the mex ten n all Of his men
would have been dead.
DeadwOOd Dick Speaks
Deadwood Dick-When Custer was
called INTO Washington, he was called in
on the Kansas City, Kan, deal and any
man that served in the service knows
that the articles Of war read that a de-
serter in the front Of the enemy is to be
killed. When they surrounded AntelOpe'S
band in Kansas, there were two men in
that company who, instead Of staying
with the colors, just turned their horses
and left the fight. After the scrap was
over, they were to tell him that if he
burned any more settlements they would
clean them out. They followed the de-
~serters. Here is where the call to Wash
ington came in. The men were brought
back-they couldn't go from here to
there and they were caught and they
had to shoot them. There was a court
martial held and Custer wasn't in it.
They pick the court like a jury. They
were b men who condemned them to
death. The men were shot. After a
little while Custer was called in on that
very question.
That was when they cut us scouts
pay from $125 to $3.50 and we quit in
a body at Fort Totten-the 21st infantry
I'VE quit in a body and we came Town
Word came if the white men won't, the
Indians will. They did. The expedition
started in the spring-the Indian agent
said there were only about $500 off the
reservation. There were close on to 49,
600 Indians.
DR.. Carver-Those Indians had fought
all their lives with muzzle leaders and
lows and arrows and I traded a lot of
weapons for them; When Custer came
amounts to 10000 Indians with muzzle
loaders@Custer's men were killed before
they knew what happened.
Thompson is one of the fellows that
claims he got lost from the command n
hid in the hills and got out-the only
man that got out of the fight was Curley
and he was on a bluff watching it. Com
anche is the only living thing that came
out of that fight; he died at Riley later.
A horse.
Lutte" NOrth's Version
Captain North-Reno had Just 112 men
when he went into the fight. Suppose
Reno came in on the flank-he lost 80
men before he was in there two minutes.
DR.. Carver-He had % men killed when
he crossed the creek.
Deadwood Dick-Before we go any
further with Reno. Plem, nothing but a
buck private-they wanted water, they
didn't have any and Plem took can
teens-16 Of them-and went down the
bluff, filled them and came back. When
he came back Reno was going to have
him cOurt-martialed.
DR.. Carver-That man care back with
out being hit-you might go through a
hail storm and not get hit.
Deadwood Dick-That is what he did.
Reno was going to a him court
martialed for d~isobeying orders. When
the thing was all over-Plem got a little
bronze medal-Reno didn't. When Plem
was discharged from Fit. Meade-befor
he stared riding with h Northwestern
!, tStage we named a butte 1oT
? | u iDo- l.aDo RTTffa uhiph Was q STAGE STA
, ton. The day Plem got his discharge,
: Plem turned around and asked if he was
: again a citizen-he could say what he
! pleased and he said Reno, o are q
dirty, cowardly son Of a dog'@and Reno
= stood it. Right there is what Plem done
/, and Reno ducked his head and walked
: to his quarters. I can prove every word
5 am saying. Plem got a bronze cross
: what we fight for. Reno was cashiered
French retired on half pay and Plem go
+ the medal.
= DR.. Carver-One man went for watel
!, and got shot in the leg-they had to Gu
: his leg off and before they did it the!
+ gave him a drink Of whisky.
DeadWood Dick-And he said to Civ
3 him another drink n u the other on
) Off
3 Captain North-I am Just as much
e friend of Custer as either of you. I hin
Custer was one of the very best men tina
. was ever sent out as an Indian fighter
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right idea Of fighting Indians, go to then
when you can ind them; don't wait
Custer was that kind Of a man, and l an
a friend OF his as much as you are. 1 an
going back years before this; You PROD
ably know,-will remembered abou
q the Relknap scandal in the Grant cabi
net. Custer knew about that and n
n knew what was being done. He kne'
7 that these traderships were being trade
- in through politics and knew that tn
~ lForo no oVoI rofiOnc fhof uTarn sent ont l.
the different posts weren't up to stand
# ard at all. He went to Washington vol
UNFAIRLY to 90 before the senate investi
eating committee that investigated Be
KNAPP. There was where he got in ba'
Sherman was at the head OF the army
Phil Sherman was in command OF tn
department-he would do anything the
10 told him to do. I was with custer l
IA when Custer went into the Blac
50 Hills. After that he went before tn
1T committee, and after he gave the test
mony, what ever it was, he didn't com
back to his regiment. His regiment We
" at FIT. Abe Lincoln. Custer was ser
~ home ostensibly on furlough, but h
10 was just sent there. He was nome
o9 year, wasn't even in charge OF the reg
- ment, let alone the division. He didn
- come back until TO-. When the exped
ton was outfitted in '76, Custer We
~ brought back n given command OF TT
av regiment. They put Terry in charge
ne 1AAC CARC0A1AOAs
DR.. Carver-Custer was sent IN the e.
~ pedition with only an hours time
~ chance to arrange things.
"Custer Wanted All the Glory"
IL Captain North-Custer started OF
y with his regiment to locate the Indian
in He didn't go five miles before he dire
up the men in a line and told the.
that If they located the Indians the q
cavalry was to have all h glory. T
at said then that he would disobey Il
re orders.
HeNdivided his regiment into three co
ID. umns. He v Reno-and Reno may
ut a 'coward-he CAV him three con1pani
re and he took the five companies himse
In the last order that Custer gave in b
a life, he said Go to the river and WHIT
ITO you find the village attack it," Reno di
All with 112 men he attacked the village
1000 warriors. He was licked in tv
minutes, lost 90 men. He lost his hea
ply the soldiers lost their heads and the 1
ne dams say when the men turned tn
as. staggered across the river; they SEEM
ng drunk; the Indians knocked them
tn their horses with the butts of their gun
MT Reno took his men onto the ridge. Re-
was to attack the upper end Of the v
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