Short Bull's Story of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

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Grant Short Bull's Story of the Battle
An Oglala Sioux warrior's account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

From an interview with Eleanor Hinman on July 13, 1930. Translated by John Colhoff.

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Sioux warrior Short Bull SIX DAYS after the Rosebud fight, Custer ran into us. In this Custer fight I was helping fight Reno and never noticed Custer coming. We had Reno's men on the run across the creek when Crazy Horse rode up with his men.

"Too late! You've missed the fight!" we called out to him. "Sorry to miss the fight!" he laughed, "But there's a good fight coming over the hill."

I looked where he pointed and saw Custer and his bluecoats pouring over the hill. I thought there were a million of them.

"That's where the big fight is going to be," said Crazy Horse. "We'll not miss that one."

He was not a bit excited, he made a joke of it. He wheeled and rode down the river and a little while later I saw him on his pinto pony leading his men across the ford. He was the first man to cross the river. I saw he had the business well in hand.

They rode up the draw and then there was too much dust, I could not...

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