“Crazy Horse Coming In. DEADWOOD, April 5.—Crazy Horse and 1,500 warriors encamped north of Bent Butte creek last night on their way to Spotted Tail agency. They are in a destitute condition and anxious for peace. They state that Sitting Bull will accept no terms of surrender and is making for the British possessions. The cold, spring breeze teased the loose waves of hair that surrounded Samantha’s pale, drawn face that early morning as she and her husband stood against the porch railing at the ...front of officers’ quarters. She wore a look he had come to recognize through so many farewells, so many painful partings. It hadn’t gotten any easier. That first time he and Sharp Grover reined away from the old scout’s homestead down on the Staked Plain,* he could understand why she might convince herself that he wasn’t ever coming back. But he had.* And he had given Sam a ring before he said goodbye the next time, marching off on Crook’s Powder River campaign† that cold winter of 1876.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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