Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-09-03

nOuS OF a country school near
He had left Bowman, N. D., with about
$40 in his possession. An extensive
search at the time revealed no further
trace of Ryland or of a man in over
alls who was last seen with him. Ry-
land was employed by the Auto Electric
company of Minneapolis.
His body was found in a depression
about 30 miles from the Yellowstone
trail, a quarter Of a mile inside the
Montana line, east of Baker.
An inquest was held last week.
which has been v%ariously reported from
1875 to 200 men. According to Under
mans account, they were led by Ali
gator-Stands-Up, but in Hebard's book,
Old Grow, Medicine Crow and Good
Heart are mentioned as the principal
Grow leaders. Old Grow and Medi-
cine Grow were both weI-known chiefs
Of the Crows.
Washable and his band of Shoshones
arrived from the Wind river district
or June IA, after a hurried march, and
councils were Immediately held and
preparations made to march north
ward. There was some differences Of
opinion at first as to whether the eX-
petition should go up the Rosebud
valley, which was almost directly north
of them, or to go northwest into the
valley of the Little Big Horn. Either
was to be reached by crossing a low
divide from Goose creek, which flowed
east into the Tongue river. Informal
ton from scouts finally led to the be-
lief that the hostile Indians would be
found on the Rosebud. AS a matter of
fact, the Sioux and Cheyennes were in
close touch with their movements and
were ready to oppose their advance
either way.
Early on the morning of June IT, the
advancing forces reached the extreme
headWaters of the Rosebud. The wagons
and all superfuous equipment had been
left behind at the Goose creek camp
near the present Sheridan, Wyo. The
men had four days rations of hard
tack, coffee and bacon. The companies
of cavalry we're mounted on mules.
The Shoshone and Grow scouts were
some 800 yards in advance as the troops
started down into the valley. Sud-
denly, the scouts came f1ocking back,
whipping their horses and shouting
Sioux! Sioux! Heap Sioux! Heap
Sioux The scouts had reached the
head of a large draw where they had
obtained a commanding view OF their
enemies whose numbers have been estl-
mated as three times that OF the OPP
posing forces.
A division of the soldier forces un-
der Colonel Mills had been sent to re-
connoiter the canyon of the Rosebud
a few miles below the point that the
troops had reached as it was reported
that the main camps of the hostlles
were below the canyon. Probably for
tunately for these troops, the Sioux
and Cheyennes were too busy with
their attacks on the main body TO FOL
low them with any large force. Mes
sengers from Crook recalled them when
they had gotten about half way down
the canyon. There was a break IN the
canyon wall by which they were able
to leave the canyon and by making a
detour rejoin the rest OF the troops.
According to some accounts, an am
buscade had been prepared 1or the
, troops at the mouth of the canyon,
and their recall together with their
ability to leave the canyon by the side
draw, saved them from disaster.
In the meantime, a s~angulnary Dat-
tie was raging as the Sioux and Chey-
enne horsemen followed back the In
dian scouts. Crazy Horse moved MS
, warriors under cover and then made q
bold dash into what was known as
Death Hollow. Crazy Horse had planned
2 On leading detachmentS in pursuit mto
: the hills and then turning upon them.
l The throwing out of the advance guard
of Indian scouts had, however, pre-
vented this.
- In the first onslaught Of the hostile
Indians. some OF the troops broke. But
on the left wing, the infantry WIN
. the support Of the Shoshones, drove
! back the wild rush of the Sioux forces
7 The Sioux rallied and there was a
: series of charges and counter-charges.
? The Indians on both sides INDUCED IN
the spectacular and individual displays
/ of bravery and bravado, characteristic
l of Indian fighting.
During one Of the Sioux charges,
Capt. Guy V. Henry was badly wound
ed in the face, while trying to rally a
band of ~retreating soldiers. Only the
intrepid conduct of some OF the Indian
scouts who charged to his rescue pre-
vented his falling into the n OF
;. the enemy and being scalped. After
l the battle, Captain Henry was carried
S on an improvised stretcher between two
mules back to the base camp. On the
way, he wa pitched from the stretcher
!, in going over a rough trail and he was