What to see in America . 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
What to see in America . 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. Bowman Lake 354 What to Sec in America time, another can be set up in its place. Custer had todeal with nearly 3000 Sioux warriors, including boys whowere armed with bows and arrows. When he came to gripswith the enemy toward noon that June day he had abouttwo hundred and fifty men with him. The fight lasted onlya few hours, and then the Indians shouted and reveled onthe battlefield, scalping and plundering the dead soldiers;and the young men and boys rode about firing into thebodies. When darkness came they lighted bonfires in theirencampments, and all night long were engaged in franticrejoicing, beating drums, dancing, yelling, and dischargingfirearms.
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