General Terry moved his cavalry
forward and attempted to ford the Yellowstone River. The water was so
high that many of the men and horses were drowned, and the rest came back.
Then Terry asked the scouts to go forward again, and see if the camp was
still there. We found that the camp had moved from Tongue River up on the
Little Rosebud. After that we reported, and General Terry did not say
very much. General Terry then sent Bonnie Bravo and the two scouts back
to the camp to procure horses. They sent two other scouts and the army
wagons to Crow Agency for provisions. The soldiers did not leave the camp
very far for fear of attack by the Sioux, for they kept close watch on
them constantly, firing at any soldiers they saw. Then General Terry sent
me toward Crow Agency to meet the wagons and the men who were with the
horses. After we had met the wagons we stayed there all night and then
went on to camp. General Terry then moved his camp, following the
Yellowstone down. We were taken clear down to the mouth of the Powder
River. White-Man-Runs-Him and another scout did not have any horses, so
they got into the boat and went down the river, bringing a dispatch to
Terry. The dispatch told us to go back and follow the Yellowstone up
again. We went back and camped within ten or twelve miles of the mouth of
the Big Horn, near where we had camped before. We stayed there three or
four days, and then a steamboat arrived bringing Bouyer, the scout. He
told us all to break camp. There were six of us who did the most of the
scouting, and out of the six Terry told three of us to go and find the
enemy's camp. General Terry and the commander of the infantry were in the
ambulance, and Bouyer was there talking with them. Terry sent for Yellow
Shield, then Yellow Shield sent for me. Bouyer then asked me who among
the Crow scouts did the most scouting. I said White Swan, Hairy Moccasin,
and myself. These scouts then camp up and joined me. Yellow Shield then
told us that he wanted six men in all. Then we had a conference. We
thought of White-Man-Runs-Him, but he had no horse. Then Yellow Shield
said he would call White-Man-Runs-Him and Goes-Ahead to join us. After
they had called these men they put us on the steamboat and sent us down
the river, sending the other Crows home. We were taken down to the mouth
of the Little Rosebud by the Yellowstone. We were told after we had had
our dinner that we must dress ourselves