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Respects Nothing's Story of the Battle
An Oglala Sioux's account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

RESPECTS NOTHING'S ACCOUNT

ON THE 17th of June they fought under Crazy Horse on the Rosebud and fell back and stayed in the first camp two nights; then fell back in one day to the Little Big Horn and stayed two nights on that river before crossing, and crossed above the mouth of Trail Creek; then they crossed and made camp in the Oglala camp with the other Indians. He says that all these five tribes or bands fell back to the Little Big Horn together, as all of these were in battle together against Crook, June 17th.

He says the Indians had no expectation that the soldiers would follow. After the fight with Crook, some of the Indian scouts went back to see what Crook's soldiers were doing, and they found that Crook was falling back, and so they did not expect any further fighting.

Respects Nothing and his wife, White Cow Robe, both tell me that Custer's advance was discovered in this way: Some Oglalas had...

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