The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.

The Indians kept increasing in numbers until it was estimated that we were fighting from 800 to 1,000 of them.

But the love of adventure was in father's blood.

General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.

If Wild Bill could have made his successful dash into our lines earlier in the day, the attuck would have been made sooner, and greater results might have been expected. The Confederates had suspected him of being a spy for two or three days, and had watched him too closely to allow an opportunity to get away from them sooner.

On reaching the place where the Indians had surprised us, we found the bodies of the three men whom they had killed and scalped, and literally cut into pieces.

The cholera had broken out at the post, and five or six men were dying daily.