urrounded us. After the two Crows were
killed the leader of our band became scared. I jumped out of the fort and
led the way for my band. We ran the Sioux back to the Little Rockies, and
then I told my friends to escape. As we retreated the Sioux pursued us.
One Sioux was in advance and called upon me to stop, and as I stopped he
fired at me but missed me, and then I fired and killed him. The Sioux
then rushed on me so that I could not scalp the Sioux I had killed. We
ran on into the mountains and escaped into another fort. In this last
fort one of the Gros Ventres was shot and wounded. After we had rested a
while the Sioux surrounded us again, and I rushed out at the Sioux so that
my friends might escape again. While we were retreating again the Sioux
shot one of the Gros Ventres through the leg, and he had to crawl on his
hands and knees. I stayed with this wounded man, and the rest made their
escape. I took this man on my back and carried him to some water at the
head of a coulee. This Gros Ventre told me to go on and make my escape
and leave him alone to die. While we were resting in the weeds at the
washout the Sioux surrounded us again and waited for us to show ourselves.
While we were waiting my wounded friend gave me his knife and paint and
told me to tell his mother that she might have all his horses; then I
jumped out and ran to catch up with my friends. After I had left my
wounded friend about a quarter of a mile I looked back to see how the
Sioux would treat him. There was one shot fired, and they all jumped into
the washout, and then I made my escape. This gave me a great name in my
tribe and among the Sioux and the Crows."

[The Pause in the Journey]

The Pause in the Journey

"Once on Tongue River there was a white soldier of the United States
troops whom the Indians called Bear Shirt; he wore long hair like Custer.
I was with him scouting for him. We called him Bear Shirt because he used
to wear a bear coat. We came upon a band of Sioux, and there was a fight.
This was a long fight, and there were many killed on both sides. In this
fight when the Sioux got the best of the soldiers and the soldiers
retreated, I stayed behind to protect them. The soldiers were so tired
they could not run, and the Sioux killed off those who were too tired to
run. I remained in the rear to protect them until they came to the main
body of troops. When we