"Baffled on every turn, the Government organized a formidable army of four grand divisions.
 Crook to advance from the south at Fort Laramie into the Powder River country, Gibbon to come from the west and Custer’s cavalry to join Terry’s division on the Yellowstone, and all to close in on the allied tribes who were believed to  be in the game country on the headwaters of the Rosebud and Big Horn Rivers.
 Crook had reached the head of Rosebud with his army mid-July when contact was made with the Indians.
 Here Crazy Horse turned on him and gave him such a fight that he turned back and his army never made the junction with Terry, Gibbon and Custer as he set out to do."

"From here Crazy Horse took his band over the divide to Little Big Horn to get with Sitting Bull’s camp and where they hoped to be let alone.
 But this was not to be for in the meantime Terry had received Custer’s troops and sent his cavalry division up the Rosebud Valley expecting to find the Indians somewhere near its head.
 They crossed to the Little Big Horn and discovered their camps along its west side.
 The other divisions were not there to help and Custer decided to go it alone.
 Reno was ordered to open attack on the camp upstream, while Custer himself followed down the east side to attack them where villages were more concentrated.
 He was not aware that Crazy Horse had stopped his expected aid from Crook a week before and that he was now here and ready to lead his warriors to his own army’s extermination."

"The Indians were camped along the west side of the Big Horn in a flat valley.
 We saw a dust but did not know what caused it.
Some Indians said it was the soldiers coming.
 The Chief saw a flag on a pole on a hill.
 The soldiers made a long line and fired into out tepees among our women and children.
 That was the first we knew of any trouble.
 The women got their children by the hand and caught up their babies and ran in every direction."

"The Indian men got their horses and guns as quick as they could and went after the soldiers.
 Kicking Bear and Crazy Horse were in the lead.
 There was the thick timber and when they got out of the timber there was where the first of the fight was."

"We got right among the soldiers and killed a lot with our bows and arrows and tomahawks.
 Crazy Horse was ahead of all, and he killed a lot of them with his war-club.
 He pulled them off their horses when they tried to get across the river where the bank was steep.
 Kicking Bear was right beside him and killed many too in the water."

"This fight was in the upper part of the valley where most of the Indians were camped.
 It was some of the Reno soldiers that came after us there.
 It was in the day just before dinner when the soldiers attacked us.
 When we went after them they tried to run into the timber and get over the water where they had left their wagons.
 The bank was about this high [twelve feet indicated] and steep, and they got off their horses and tried to climb out of the water on their hands and knees, but we killed nearly all of them when they were running through the woods and in the water.
 The ones that got across the river and up the hill dug holes and stayed in them."

"Crazy Horse and Flying Hawk were at the upper village when Reno’s troop formed a line after dismounting, and opened fire on the tepees where only women and children were.
It was the first intimation that these two Indians had that soldiers were in the vicinity."

"The Indians could have wiped out Reno’s and all the rest of the soldiers, just as they did Custer’s troops if they had been so disposed.
But as Reno had dug in and was willing to quit, the red folks decided to leave them there.
They went to look after their women, children and old people who had not been killed in the first assault when no one was with them to defend them and packed up their belongings and left the bloody scene."

"The soldiers on the hill with the pack-horses began to fire on us.
About this time all the Indians had got their horses and guns and bows and arrows and war-clubs and they charged the soldiers i
"Baffled on every turn, the Government organized a formidable army of four grand divisions.  Crook to advance from the south at Fort Laramie into the Powder River country, Gibbon to come from the west and Custer’s cavalry to join Terry’s division on the Yellowstone, and all to close in on the allied tribes who were believed to  be in the game country on the headwaters of the Rosebud and Big Horn Rivers.  Crook had reached the head of Rosebud with his army mid-July when contact was made with the Indians.  Here Crazy Horse turned on him and gave him such a fight that he turned back and his army never made the junction with Terry, Gibbon and Custer as he set out to do."
"From here Crazy Horse took his band over the divide to Little Big Horn to get with Sitting Bull’s camp and where they hoped to be let alone.  But this was not to be for in the meantime Terry had received Custer’s troops and sent his cavalry division up the Rosebud Valley expecting to find the Indians somewhere near its head.  They crossed to the Little Big Horn and discovered their camps along its west side.  The other divisions were not there to help and Custer decided to go it alone.  Reno was ordered to open attack on the camp upstream, while Custer himself followed down the east side to attack them where villages were more concentrated.  He was not aware that Crazy Horse had stopped his expected aid from Crook a week before and that he was now here and ready to lead his warriors to his own army’s extermination."
"The Indians were camped along the west side of the Big Horn in a flat valley.  We saw a dust but did not know what caused it. Some Indians said it was the soldiers coming.  The Chief saw a flag on a pole on a hill.  The soldiers made a long line and fired into out tepees among our women and children.  That was the first we knew of any trouble.  The women got their children by the hand and caught up their babies and ran in every direction."
"The Indian men got their horses and guns as quick as they could and went after the soldiers.  Kicking Bear and Crazy Horse were in the lead.  There was the thick timber and when they got out of the timber there was where the first of the fight was."
"We got right among the soldiers and killed a lot with our bows and arrows and tomahawks.  Crazy Horse was ahead of all, and he killed a lot of them with his war-club.  He pulled them off their horses when they tried to get across the river where the bank was steep.  Kicking Bear was right beside him and killed many too in the water."
"This fight was in the upper part of the valley where most of the Indians were camped.  It was some of the Reno soldiers that came after us there.  It was in the day just before dinner when the soldiers attacked us.  When we went after them they tried to run into the timber and get over the water where they had left their wagons.  The bank was about this high [twelve feet indicated] and steep, and they got off their horses and tried to climb out of the water on their hands and knees, but we killed nearly all of them when they were running through the woods and in the water.  The ones that got across the river and up the hill dug holes and stayed in them."
"Crazy Horse and Flying Hawk were at the upper village when Reno’s troop formed a line after dismounting, and opened fire on the tepees where only women and children were. It was the first intimation that these two Indians had that soldiers were in the vicinity."
"The Indians could have wiped out Reno’s and all the rest of the soldiers, just as they did Custer’s troops if they had been so disposed. But as Reno had dug in and was willing to quit, the red folks decided to leave them there. They went to look after their women, children and old people who had not been killed in the first assault when no one was with them to defend them and packed up their belongings and left the bloody scene."
"The soldiers on the hill with the pack-horses began to fire on us. About this time all the Indians had got their horses and guns and bows and arrows and war-clubs and they charged the soldiers i
Flying Hawk