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join in three days on the Yellow
stone at the junction of the Big
Hom.
On that fateful Sunday morning
Custer, who had struck and followed
the main trail of the Indians, saw
an Indian village over the Little Big
Horn. He sent Major Reno with six
troops to cross the river below the
village. He left Capi. Benteen with
one troop to guard the pack train
and with five troops started across
country to strike the village at the
upper end. The attack of the two
commands was to have been mad >
simultaneously, which Custer expect
ed would stampede the Sioux.
Major Reno crossed the river as
directed, ran into yore Indians than
he had ever seen before and at once
retreated to the other bank, where,
on a high hill, he entrenched his
command.
Custer’s Last Stand.
Meanwhile Custer' surprised the
village and started the stampede.
The Indians did not know which way_
to turn. They fled in terror, but
soon were brought into action by
Gaul, who made them circle the
handful of men with Custer. It was
not long before the soldiers’ horses
stampeded or were killed to be used
as breastworks for the men fighting
valiantly and waiting momentarily
for Reno to attack from the other
side —waiting for an attack that nev
er came, waiting for assistance that
was needed and never given. One
by one the little command fell be
fore the merciless fire of the hordes
of fiends before them. At last, am
munition gone, hand-to-hand combat
resulted, the soldiers killing many
Indians with their sabres. The com
mand sold their lives dearly and at
such terrific cost to the Indians that
after the battle the squaws and chil
dren horribly mutilated each body,
except that of Custer, the last to
fall, the bravest Indian fighter of
them all.
The battlefield is today laid out
and marked by stones. Each stone
bears the wording:
“A U. S. soldier died here.”
On the four sides of a mammoth
shaft are cut the names of all the
officers and men who fell —262 vic
tims of more than 3,000 Sioux.
The stones indicate the perfect
discipline maintained in the face of
terrific odds. Each of the five troops
is distinctively marked, each man
almost in skirmish formation. The
shaft stands on the spot where Cus
ter fell, surrounded by the remnants
who made the “Last Stand” —it was
a heap of soldiers surrounded by a
fringe of Sioux, victims of soldiers
selling their lives dearly. Near the
high ground and not far from where
the monolith , is erected, the body of
Kellogg, special correspondent of a
New York newspaper, was found by
Gen. Terry and his command when
they came upon the scene, on the
twenty-seventh. He, too, has a head
stone to tell that he died as a hero.
In 1886, in conducting a commis
sion over the field, Chief Gaul said:
“Had Reno fought one-fourth as
hard from his side as did Cue! er
there would have been no massacre;
instead, victory?’
Custer has been criticised and
blamed. He has been charged with
disobeying orders and generally
blamed for leading his men into a
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trap, but Iron Tail disproves the
claim of an Indian ambush. —New
York World.
Leathersville, Ga., June 28, 1907.
Hon. T. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: I find from the label
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If you remember, five or six
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