What to see in America . Montana 353. Mt. Cleveland far down among thesteep-sided coulees thatfurrow the rough slope,as if the men had madesorties in order to reachthe river. No water wasto be had nearer, and thelack of it was a serioushandicap. The last standwas made just under thewestern brow of the ex-treme north end of theridge where it rises high-est, a cool windy spotusually, but on a stillsummer day baking hot. Opposite this height, on the othershore of the river, the Indians had their encampmentsstraggling along for two miles or more. Each party was inplain view of the other, and at al
What to see in America . Montana 353. Mt. Cleveland far down among thesteep-sided coulees thatfurrow the rough slope,as if the men had madesorties in order to reachthe river. No water wasto be had nearer, and thelack of it was a serioushandicap. The last standwas made just under thewestern brow of the ex-treme north end of theridge where it rises high-est, a cool windy spotusually, but on a stillsummer day baking hot. Opposite this height, on the othershore of the river, the Indians had their encampmentsstraggling along for two miles or more. Each party was inplain view of the other, and at all times knew its opponentsmovements and condition. Custer fell in the midst of hismen, and a wooden cross marks the location where his bodywas found. Thisrude memorialseems not alto-gether appropri-ate, but nothingis safe from therapacity of therelic-hunters,and when theyhave destroyedone cross bycarrying it off asplinter at a2a
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