Community

June 22

As Recorded By Edward S. Curtis

We travelled all night from the Yellowstone up Rosebud Creek, and came to the old Sioux camping place [almost] about daylight and slept a little until daybreak. [At noon we came to (2). We rested there.] Then we traveled until noon and rested until evening and started again, passing several old Sioux camping sites. Just as the sun was rising we saw the Sioux. When the sun was fairly high we came to another old Sioux camp and halted. Then we went back to Custer. He asked, "Did you see the new trail?" We said "We saw people." Below the little creek we halted [at (3)] and we Crow scouts were given fresh horses and followed the creek. This was about half afternoon. We scouts returned to Custer and told him: "The Sioux have moved West over the divide and must now be towards the Little [Big] Horn." The sun was very low, and Custer moved. We five Crows with Mitch Boyer went ahead of the army. We followed the Rosebud until we came to a small creek going up to Wolf Mountains. We slept a little on top of the mountains. While the others were asleep Boyer and I climbed to the top and saw the Sioux. Custer's army was moving all this time, and halted at the foot of the mountains [at] before sunrise. Boyer went down and told Custer he had seen the village and Custer climbed to the top of the mountains to see for himself.