 | 1908 - 770 σελίδες
...the farthest point gained by the advance. On returning, when the advance fell back, I saw evidence of a most desperate encounter. In front of the house,...squaws of Sitting Bull, who were in a small house nearby, kept up a great wailing. I proceeded at once to investigate the causes which brought about... | |
 | Robert Lee - 1991 - 340 σελίδες
...village. There, the captain reported, he saw "evidence of a most desperate encounter." He later wrote: "In front of the house, and within a radius of fifty...squaws of Sitting Bull, who were in a small house nearby, kept up a great wailing."29 Lieutenant Bull Head and Sergeant Shave Head died from their wounds.... | |
 | Peter Cozzens - 2001 - 950 σελίδες
...noticed Sitting Bull's body on the ground. On returning, when the advance fell back, I saw the evidence of a most desperate encounter. In front of the house,...squaws of Sitting Bull, who were in a small house nearby, kept up a great wailing. I at once proceeded to investigate the causes which brought about... | |
 | Robert Marshall Utley - 2004 - 357 σελίδες
...dead horses. In the house were 4 dead policemen and 3 wounded, 2 mortally [Bull Head and Shave Head]. To add to the horror of the scene the squaws of Sitting Bull, who were in a small house nearby, kept up a great wailing."19 19. Fechet, p. 186. Some of Policeman John Strong Arm's relatives,... | |
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In front of the house, and within a radius of fifty yards, were the bodies of eight dead Indians, including that of Sitting Bull, and two dead horses. In the house were four dead policemen and three wounded, two mortally. To add to the horror of the scene,... 