| Show warned custer aged indian relates in description of terrible massacre if gen george A custer had listened to charles copeland he might be alive today though of course a very old man according to copeland a cherokee indian with the tribal name of white horse who says he is ninety three years old writes a colorado springs united press correspondent in the detroit free press copeland talks in a strange mixture of old time phraseology and modern slang he describes the custer massacre of june 26 1876 yea brother this is how it was I 1 was there with a bunch of friendly indians on our way to an idaho reservation er we passed through that country the battlefield battle Held and talked to custer and sitting bull sitting bull was a big shot medicine man and a great general you know this is not peace I 1 said to sitting bull and he said to me 1 I know it is not peace they are after my hide to custer I 1 said they will get your hide brother if you go in there say bi brother other I 1 know you are a grad aate of west point but dont go in therel there he would not listen there were indians th there ere and not a man of custers force was left general custer with a force of men assumed he was attacking a party of 1200 pawnees whom he believed marching to join sitting buu buil he and all his men were killed |
