Eagle Elk's Story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

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Eagle Elk's Story of the Battle #1
An Oglala Sioux's account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

From an interview with John G. Neihardt, November 27, 1944.

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EAGLE ELK'S ACCOUNT

Oglala Sioux warrior Eagle Elk in his 93rd year in 1944 Pine Ridge Agency November 27, 1944

DIFFERENT BANDS were camped [together]. They had a victory dance all night. Next morning I came towards this camp. There was a battle on a creek called Rosebud. Some of them came back and had a victory dance. About four days later the Custer fight took place. When day came, it must have been about eight in the morning, when the people stopped dancing to eat. Just at that time, a Hunkpapa woman called me and said, "Attackers are approaching fast, they say." (Natan uskay.) While I was with the others, a second call from the same woman repeated the same thing: "Natan uskay." I said, "I am going home. There is something to that [warning]." Someone said, "Don't go. They are not going to kill us all at once."

I took my blanket and started [walking] and someone came along and said, "Friend, I am going home, too." It was Red Feather. We started together across...

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