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his life to a slight incident. He had been leading the part}' all 

 day, but on coming to where the trail forked his companions 

 insisted on taking the road to the right, while he wished to 

 turn to the left. They started on without him and were some 

 distance ahead when the Indians fired upon them and the three 

 companions were killed. His horse was shot from under him, 

 and in falling on him crushed his left leg. He then crawled to 

 a rocky ledge and defended himself until dark, then crawled 

 to the road, and with the aid of a stick made his way back to 

 the ranch-house which he found in flames. He remained in 

 hiding for a time, then found eggs and potatoes for food. 

 Meantime the broken leg had swollen and become very painful. 

 The next morning he saw a cloud of dust and supposed a band 

 of Indians to be coming. He started toward the rocky ledge 

 lining the Yellowstone determined to sell his life as dearly as 

 possible, when he discovered the dust to be caused by a band 

 of soldiers under General Steptoe he was not quite positive 

 of this name but, wounded as he was, he was taken along to 

 guide the soldiers in the pursuit of the Indians, while an army 

 surgeon gave such relief as was possible. 



Mr. Reynolds also accompanied and aided Captain Drannan 

 in the recapture of Olive Oatman who had been captured by 

 the Mohave Indians. He was also one ef the party of English 

 and Americans who surveyed the northwest boundry of the 

 United States. At the time of the Custer massacre he and five 

 companions were prospecting on a mountain near the battle and 

 heard the firing. Next day he and a man named Clark came 

 down the mountain and found Custer and the dead soldiers. 

 He had known Custer and recognized him at once. He and 

 Clark then met Reno and guided him to the scene of Custer' s 

 death. 



Mr. Reynolds stated that in all his travels he has never 

 found an Indian tribe without its Catholic priest. He is now 

 almost seventy-six years old and feels that his usefulness is 

 past. In his own words, " he is too sore and stiff to travel as 

 he would like to do." When we left him on the following 

 morning he told us all about the country we expected to visit 

 and gave us explicit directions. On showing him a Rand- 



