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 uni ted 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 ii how it was I 1 was there with a bunch of friendly indians on our way t to ci an idaho reservation er we passed through that country co the battlefield and talked to custer and sitting bull sitting sitt ing bull was a big shot medicine m man an and a great general you know this is not peace I 1 said to sitting bull and he h e said to me 1 I 1 know it is not peace they are after my hide 0 to custer I 1 said they will get your it hide ide brother if you ou go in there say brother I 1 know you yon are a grad aate of west point but dont go in there he would not listen there were indians there and not a man of custers Ou force was left general custer with a fore force e of men assumed he was attacking m party 0 of f 1200 pawnee pawnees s whom he be lieveld marching to join sitting 9 buu bull ile he and all his men were killed |