Show l r s y 8 r. r lAST 1ST SURVIVOR OF-GUSTER OF RAm RAID GUES TO GRAVE Scout Under Un Un- Crow Serving t der Gibbon Command N It Itil il i 4 I Was First Man to Bring t ft put Out News of Massacre 1 BILLINGS ILLINGS l Mont ont May 24 B By Y P. P Sole P.-Sole Sole survivor of the Custer Cust Cus- Cus Jt t ter r massacre and tho the Indian who It Brought rOUght the first news of ot the tho r ragic battle of ot the Little Big Horn ev tho outside world orld In 1876 Curl Curly e Crow scout was WM buried burled at the I t fr Crow Craw w agency yesterday i i Curly died Tuesday oi ot a a. feti fever er 4 Ich failed to yield to his prImie prImi- prImi lve e e methods of treatment lIe He was r 11 years Sears old r Jilt Ceremonies were conducted from the Baptist n. chapel at Crow agency esterday afternoon the Rev W. W WA A A. superintendent of ot the Baptist missions officiating t 9 O FICI LS ATT ATTEND ND Government o officials and em- em attended the funeral in InA JL t body od and the Indian office was closed during tho the funeral hour if- if Members of oJ the American le legion lon of pJ Lodge Grass post acted as pallbearers pallbearer pall- pall bearers bearer CV 4 e Curly Is survived by a a. wife and andson t son who will inherit his estate of something over besides a pearly early annuity from the govern govern- 1 anent ment in recognition o of his services ser during the Indian wars of 1868 Curly was known knoon as the sole sur- sur n Ivor of ot the battle although it Is Claimed six of ot the tho Crow scouts before the massacre by various arious tricks One of these still remains alive White Man Runs x HIm Hm who lives at Lodge Grass at time this l SERVED SERVED AS SCOUT Curly at the of oJ Custer bat y j time tamp tle 7 tle was a scout under Lieutenant J Bradley In the command of ot Gib- Gib on and with his companions was assigned to the Seventh cavalry when Custer was detailed to leave the main force under Terry and I into the enemy nemy country their C enemies for generations On the morning of June 27 21 four forty hours after arter the Custer fight tIght Curly out of the brush atthe mouth of the Little Big Horn where the f Far West the supply steamer unk un- un t k der Captain Grant Marsh was wasI I t awaiting orders from Terr Terry Cap- Cap tarn Baker was In charge of ot the v 10 I military escort on board th the steamer Curly could not speak English but with signs and diagrams he detailed detailed detailed de de- tailed the disaster that had overtaken overtaken overtaken over over- taken Custer This was the first news of the fight to reach the outside world No further word was received of events at the battlefield less than fifteen miles milesa a away way until the morning of June 28 when Muggins Muggins' Taylor a white scout In the employ of General Gen Gen- General General eral Gibbon pursued by Indians Indian reached the Far West Vest He con confirmed coaL firmed the news |