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However daring the pen, it cannot but falter when atte to picture

the events of those hours of victorious defeat Out froe there crept forth no white survivor to recount the heroic deeds

of the Seventh Cavalry No voice can ever repeat the story in its

fulness, no eye penetrate into the heart of its mystery Only in

as they fell while

facing the foe; in e the prairie; in scattered,

of dauntless souls whose

lifeless forure of their stricken chief

on that slight ele--only in such tokens

can we trace the broken outlines of the historic picture The actors

in the great tragedy have passed beyond either the praise or the bla hearts, we vainly strive to

iine the whole scene This, at least, we know: no bolder, nobler

deed of arms was ever done

It was shortly after two o'clock in the afternoon when that compact

colu

coulée toward the round beyond Custer's plan was

surprise, the sudden se in the valley froe of his horsemen From man to er troopers greeting