564 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
Little-Bighorn battlefield and adjacent territory, embracing part of 
Montana and the Dakotas, drawn at Cheyenne River agency, South 
Dakota, in 1881. The map as now presented is reduced to one-sixteenth 
from the original, which is drawn in colors on a sheet of manila paper. 
The letters were not on the original and are inserted only for reference 
from the descriptive text, as follows: 
a, Wind River mountains, called m, Little Missouri river. 
by the Sioux “the Enemies’ moun- n, Cheyenne river, called by the 
tains.” Sioux Good river. The North and 
b, Bighorn mountains. South Forks are drawn but not 
c, Missouri river. 
d, Yellowstone river. 
e, Bighorn river. 
lettered. 
o, Bear butte. 
p, Black hills. 
J, Little Bighorn river, called q, Cheyenne agency. 
by the Sioux Greasy Grass creek yr, Moreau or Owl creek. 
and Grass Greasy creek. s, Thin butte. 
g, Indian camp. t, Rainy butte. 
h, battlefield. u, White butte. 
i, Dry creek. v. Grand or Ree river. 
j, Rosebud river. w, Ree village. 
k, Tongue river. 
1, Powder river. 
a, White Earth river. 
y, Fort Buford. 
Five springs ago I, with many Sioux Indians, took down and packed up our tipis 
and moved from Cheyenne river to the Rosebud river, where we camped a few days; 
then took down and packed up our lodges and moved to the Little Bighorn river 
and pitched our lodges with the large camp of Sioux. 
The Sioux were camped on the Little Bighorn river as follows: The lodges of the 
Unepapas were pitched highest up the river under a bluff. The Santee lodges were 
pitched next. The Oylala’s lodges were pitched next. The Brulé lodges were 
pitched next. The Minneconjou lodges were pitched next. The Sans Ares’ lodges 
were pitched next. The Blackfeet lodges were pitched next. ‘The Cheyenne lodges 
were pitched next. A few Arikara Indians were among the Sioux (being without 
lodges of their own). ‘Two-Kettles, among the other Sioux (without lodges). [Pl. 
xL shows the Indian camp. ] 
I was a Sioux chief in the council lodge. My lodge was pitched in the center of 
the camp. The day of the attack I and four women were a short distance from the 
camp digging wild turnips. Suddenly one of the women attracted my attention to 
a cloud of dust rising a short distance from camp. I soon saw that the soldiers were 
charging the camp. [Pl. XLI shows the soldiers charging the Indian camp.] To 
the camp I and the women ran. When I arrived a person told me to hurry to the 
council lodge. The soldiers charged so quickly we could not talk (council). We 
came out of the council lodge and talked in all directions. The Sioux mount horses, 
take guns, and go fight the soldiers. Women and children mount horses and go, 
meaning to get out of the way. 
Among the soldiers was an officer who rode a horse with four white feet. [From 
Dr. MeChesney’s memoranda this officer was Capt. French, Seventh Cavalry.] The 
Sioux have for a long time fought many brave men of different people, but the Sioux 
say this officer was the bravest man they had ever fought. I don’t know whether 
this was Gen. Custer or not. Many of the Sioux men that I hear talking tell’me it 
was. I saw this officer in the fight many times, but did not see his body. It has 
