Custers Last Fight Told By Minneconjou Leader Red Horse
Red Horse, a Minneconjou councilman, recounts Custer’s last battle on Greasy Grass. He describes camp setup with Uncapapas Yanktonnites and Santees, the retreat, the charges and hand to hand fighting, heavy casualties on both sides, and the moment when troops appeared and turned the tide. The account notes unclear who among the officers was Custer and mentions a heroic lieutenant in buckskin.
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Custers
Red Horse
Greasy Grassy Creek
Myslf
Ue Council Lodge
General Custer
Dio
Ivin
Santee
Puis
Rosabad
Greasy Grass
Red Cloud Agency
Uat
Greasy Grass Creek
Tibutary
Terry
Blue Glass Belief Triggers Child Abuse Case in Ashtabula
A three month old boy, said to be weak, was repeatedly exposed to sunlight through blue glass windows as part of a local belief. After days of exposure the child allegedly harmed Mr Blimley and Mrs Blimley, who then smashed blue glass panes and restrained the child to an anvil.
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Bhintey
Tag & Boy Bavy
Mr Blimley
Blimley
Young Brimley
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt
Prinipal Fyure
Commodore
Corneel
New York “Sun
Not a Chicken in a Detroit Street Standoff
A Detroit officer chased a skulking man on Beaubien Street who claimed to hurry to catch a Toledo train. The African American man joked about a chicken head while the officer arrested him after he dropped a goose and tried to flee toward the woods. The tale ends with the man explaining the best way to get by policemen. A Burlington high school girl is noted for chewing guin in seven languages.
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Predgely
Beaubien Street
Toledo
Burlington High School
Virginia City Chronicle Wild Night In A Resturant
A Virginia City reader reports a chaotic scene at a local eatery where a man asked for a porterhouse with eggs and ale then faced a confrontation with a stranger wielding a six shooter. The incident ends with the restaurant owner noting a bill of $2.50 and the street pursuit fading into rumor.
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Billy Mick
White Pine
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Washington
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Dublin
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Alexander HI. Stevens
Lite
Myrtle Street
Myrtle
First Streets
Conrad Zimmer
Sidney, Neb
Primrose
Missouri
Kentucky
JH. Williams & CO
Miners Hotel
Second Street
Sidney Telegraph
J. A. Cumming
Black Hills Hotel
Second and
Chestnut Street
Wurm
Gla Prk
Ergy Tech
Sidney
C. T. Harrison
DRY Lumber
Chicago Lumber Company
Omaha, Nebraska
Ior
Parker & CO
Senate
Front Street
Nebraska
C. A. Morian
Cernar Pront
Myrtle Streets
Western Union Telegraph Office
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