LITTLE BUCK-ELK.



  "It was notto the Indians a bloodless victory. Fourteen had
fallen in front of Reno, thirty-nine went down with Custer, and
fourteen were dead in camp. Horses and travoises were laden
with their wounded on every hand and in countless numbers.
One band alone of Ogallallas had twenty-seven wounded on
travoises, and thirty-eight thrown across horses. There were no
white men in the fight or on the field. The bugle calls were
sounded by an Indian. No prisoners were taken. The troops
were all killed on the east side; none crossed the river."
  Little Buck-Elk, an lncapapa chief who came into
Fort Peck in September, said that he was present at
the fight with Custer, and that eleven different tribes
were engaged in it.  "The Indians were as thick as
bees at the fight, and there were so many of them
that they could not all take part in it. The soldiers
were all brave men and fought well; some of them,
when they found themselves surrounded and over-
powered, broke through the lines and tried to make
their escape, but were pursued and killed miles from
the battle ground. "Vhe Indians captured six battle
flags. No soldiers were taken alive, but after the
fight the women went among the dead bodies and
robbed and mutilated them. There were plenty of
watches and money taken, which the young warriors
are wearing in their shirts and belts."



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