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any of them, but satisfied themselves with 

 frightening them nearly to death. They 

 thumped and banged them about, and made 

 as if they would tomahawk them, and pulled 

 their hair and laughed when the frightened 

 girls begged for their lives. Three young 

 ladies of the school were stripped entirely 

 naked and told to go home in that condition. 

 After they had satisfied themselves with the 

 pupils they started off, but the people had risen, 

 and not half of those devils ever saw Sitting 

 Bull again. But they stole a great many 

 horses and cattle, and the cow-boys joined in 

 pnrsuit. The cow-boys were more than a 

 match for the reds, and took especial delight 

 in fighting them. The troops finally came to 

 the reHef ofthe people, but they nearly alA^ays 

 move too slow to catch Indians. 



In this raid, however. Col. Lewis did good 

 work, but was killed with several of his men, 

 in an engagement on White Woman Creek. 

 When this happened I was hunting on th€ 

 same creek, but did not take much part in the 

 fighting, as I thought that if the government 



