Charles A. Eastman, M. D., a full-blooded Sioux, a graduate of Dartmouth and the Boston University School of Medicine, who has published an interesting account of the battle from his investigations among the Sioux. See _The Chautauquan_, Vol. XXXI., No. 4, July, 1900. Footnote 79: Killed with Custer at the Little Big Horn Footnote 80: General G. A. Forsyth. Footnote 81: The unanimous testimony of the Indians who have discussed the battle subsequently is that they were panic-stricken by Reno’s approach, and would have fled if his attack had been pressed home. This is about the only statement upon which the Indians all agree. Footnote 82: This statement is elsewhere denied. Footnote 83: DeRudio and one other man joined the command on the night of June 26th; the others succeeded in crossing the river to Reno’s position late in the afternoon. Footnote 84: “The splendid officers of the Seventh, who had followed Custer so faithfully, begged Major Reno to let them try to join the general. They cried like women, they swore, they showed their contempt of that coward, but the discipline of their lives as soldiers prevented them disobeying until it was too late. You know Colonel Weir and Lieutenant Edgerly tried.”—Private letter to me from the wife of an officer who was killed in the battle. Footnote 85: Not the Reno’s Creek referred to above, down which Reno marched to the Little Big Horn. This Reno’s Creek may be seen in the largest map between Reno’s final position and the Custer Hill, where the general’s battalion was overwhelmed. Footnote 86: It is believed that this man, who was named Curley, secreted himself in a ravine, before the fighting began, and stole away at nightfall. Footnote 87: Captain Keogh’s horse “Comanche,” badly wounded, was found on the field the second day after the battle. His life was saved, and for many years he was the particular pet of the regiment. Footnote 88: Killed with Custer. Footnote 89: 20th Infantry, attached to Custer’s command. Killed. Footnote 90: Killed with Reno. Footnote 91: It is possible that if Custer had kept the regiment together, he would have won the battle; but this is by no means certain, and authorities differ. I think he would have been forced eventually on the defensive. CHAPTER SIX One of the Last Men to See Custer Alive