Identifier: ourpioneerheroes01kels (find matches)
Title: Our pioneer heroes and their daring deeds
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Kelsey, D. M. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Pioneers Indians of North America
Publisher: Philadelphia, St. Louis, Scammell & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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^ of vengeance.But his dusky brethren, devilish as they were, htid yet somegerm of manliness remaining; a swordsman is in their eyesbraver than a man who tights with rifle or pistol, and one sobrave as Custer must be respected even in death. No one maycount coup upon so brave a foe, for though Eain-in-the-Face fired
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84 582 GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER. just before he fell, some other of the scores of bullets may havekilled him. Closing about Custers body, they would allow it tobe disfigured by no warrior, even though he were brave and dis-tinguished and deeply injured, as Rain-in-the-Face. Foiled of hispurpose, the savage turned to his arch-enemys double, the Col.Custer who had arrested him; and dug out the heart that hadnever known fear. Then the wounded Indians came streaming back into camp.Sitting Bull, fearful of the result, had given orders that thelodges should be struck; but now the messenger of victorybrought a different command. We have killed them all; put up your lodges where theyarc. There was no danger now to the Sioux ; Custer was dead. The story is told by the Indian and half-breed scouts that es-caped, and by the boasts of the victors. And the position of thebodies, as they were found on the battle-field, told more plainlythan words how each man had fought. Not until the night of the

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