ad a
revolver in one hand, and I followed him, shooting with my arrows, he
shooting back at me with his revolver. This kept up until he got to the
end of the coulee, where there was a deep precipice. I looked over the
precipice and saw this man, who had jumped over, rolling down the side
like a rock. When he got down there he was knocked senseless. I looked
at him from over the hill, but could not get down to him. I walked back
and forth; as I looked down I saw a Sioux Indian trying to crawl up and
get the scalp of the Indian who had fallen down the precipice. I had a
war club in my teeth, and grabbed my bow and arrows, and tried to climb
down the hill slope in order that I might get near him. As I went down I
slid, and as I was going down the Crow regained consciousness and I saw
him pointing his gun at me as I was looking down. I then thought that
would be my last day. As I got there the Sioux got there just in time to
grab the revolver away from him, and as he pulled the revolver away I fell
right under the enemy. He pulled a knife out of my belt, for I was under
him, pushed up against a rock, and I could not move either way. He made a
strike at me and cut my clothing right across the abdomen, but did not cut
my stomach. The second strike he made, I got hold of the knife, and
wrested it from him. When I had taken the knife, the other Sioux pulled
him off, and I got up and took my club and finished him. I killed these
two Crows a little ways from the mouth of the Little Big Horn that flows
through the camp where we are now. This is one of the daring events of my
life. These two events occurred in one war party."

[The War Party]

The War Party

"Then, again, let me tell you about the battle that we had between the
Sioux and the Flatheads about twenty miles north of where Billings now
stands: In this battle the Sioux numbered about one hundred and fifty, and
the Flatheads consisted of the entire tribe. We sent three spies across
the Yellowstone, and they came back with the location of the Flatheads.
They reported that the entire tribe was camped there. We were afraid
because of their great numbers that they would beat us. We debated as to
whether we should go back home or make the attack. Finally the chiefs
selected thirty of the bravest men to go on ahead. The rest of the war
party remained in camp. I was numbered among the thirty who