n of the Powder and Rosebud rivers. When we got there one of our
party went on home ahead of us. He came rushing toward us with his horse
almost played out, with the report that the camp had been attacked by the
enemy while we were away, and they had stolen our horses, and were now
coming down the road on which we were travelling. We hid waiting for
them, but somehow they became aware of our presence, and went around, and
before we knew it they had escaped. Although they were a great ways off
our band made a charge on these horsemen. Most of our horses gave out
before we overtook the enemy, but thirteen of us rode on, overtaking them,
three in number we found, who had charge of the stolen horses. Our
thirteen horses that we were riding were nearly exhausted, but we found
that the enemy whom we were pursuing were also riding exhausted horses. I
rushed on ahead as fast as my horse could go. One of the enemy was riding
a horse that was so thoroughly given out that he stood still. The enemy
got off his horse, turned round, pulled his bow and arrow, and shot at me;
I was going to strike him, but I did not have time. The arrow was so near
my face that it made me dizzy. He fired at me and the arrow went right
through my hair, which was tied in a knot on top of my head. I jumped off
my horse and pulled my bow and arrow, and we were firing at each other as
we came closer. We jumped round like jack-rabbits trying to dodge the
arrows. One of the arrows struck me right across the ribs, but the wound
was not very deep. Just as we came together he fired his last arrow at
me; it passed through my arm, but it was only a skin wound. At that time
I struck him with my arrow through the wrist and that made him lame. As I
struck him he moved backward and I shot him twice through the breast, with
two arrows; then I threw away the arrows and struck him on the head with
my bow, knocking him senseless. After I knocked him down I took his bow
and threw it a long ways off so he could not get it. He was crawling on
his hands and knees and I took my war club and struck him until I killed
him. After I had killed this man, I gathered up my bow and arrows, and
went on after the other two. At this time they had got off their horses
and were defending themselves as best they could. I shot one of them
through the wrist with my arrow; he made a scream as I hit him and dodged
and went down the coulee, running as hard as he could go. He h