Curley and Kanipe both stated that Custer rode apart from his men to scout the countryside after the Battle of the Little Bighorn had started, and the Seventh Cavalry was charging to attack the Indian village at Medicine Tail Coulee, as did White Man Runs Him and Medal of Honor winner Fred Goldin. The night of June 25, Lt. Charles DeRudio thought he saw Capt. I was disappointed with my place of defense. Being afraid that the Indian would escape, I worked at it in a desperate manner and finally got it out far enough to use my thumb nail, which proved affective. Wymyka si milicji 29 razy! The tunnel was 1.7m (5.7ft) tall and 75cm (29.5in) in width. I made my way to the head of the ravine which ran down to the river. He walked a few steps and fell to the ground heedless to the heat of the sun or anything else going on around him. We finally concluded to enter the village by way of the trail. When I fired this shot, Watson jumped to his feet and began to lead his horse out of the stream toward me. My pistol contained five cartridges, my belt contained seventeen cartridges for my carbine, a very slim magazine as a means of defense. The numbered items below are in chronological order, and correspond to the numbers on the "Peter Thompson at the Little Bighorn Map," shown above. As I strolled around, I could see something of the horrors of our position. He was making his way towards a party Indians who were standing close to the river bank near a clump of underbrush. Being very thirsty I forgot everything else, and stooping down, began to dip water from the river in my hands and drink. Peter Thompson was the father of Rick Malverne. I began to make tracks once more in a lively manner, and in a short time reached the point I had started for. The poor brute had fallen and was struggling to gain an upright position. Emigrated to the United States 1865, settled with his parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylyania. Beside him, I saw Sergeant Finkle [Sgt. When I thought it time for him to fire, I dropped to my left side, the bullet whistling over my head, buried itself in the bluff behind me. He was a notorious bank robber who operated throughout the Midwest during the, Officials boasted that the Lake County Jail in. His rifle lay horizontally in front of him; when riding he leaned slightly forward. [Note: Curley also spoke memorably of the continuous roar of battle.] Benteen turned around and walked away to the extreme left, seemingly tireless and unconscious of the hail of lead that was flying around him. The "problematic passages" in Thompson's first-person account of the battle center on Thompson and fellow straggler Pvt. One party of Indians were dashing down the river; others were rushing toward the upper end of the village. A person could easily be mistaken, for the road over which they passed was rocky, sandy, and hard, consequently, the marks left by the horses' feet were very faint.20 Notwithstanding, this mistake left us in a very critical condition. But alas! I looked on while the doctor attended the wounded that were brought in. Indians were leaving the village in all speed to assist in the fight against the cavalry; others from the battlefield with double burdens of dead and wounded were arriving. The Indians had been pouring in volleys upon us long before I had been awakened and they were still at it. So here's a belated salute to a great American, Peter Thompson: he was courageous in battle, and courageous in telling America the truth about the battle afterwards. But the only result was that the lead lay buried in the red clay at my side. A man, by the name of McVey [Trumpeter David McVeigh], to whom I handed the canteen that he might drink seemed determined to keep it in his possession. I felt exceedingly thirsty and said to Watson that I proposed to have a drink. I had not gone far before I heard my name called and on looking around I saw Watson coming after me at full speed. But my duty was plain. Tom Custer, 1st Lieut. Assigned to Co. C, 7th Cavalry, under Capt. The. He must have gone thence directly to his command. Both banks were wet with the splashing made by the animals going to and from the village. I now looked around to see how I was going to make my escape, for I knew I could not retreat; with five I could not cope, and within the last few moments a few more Indians had gained the trail ahead of me; and to make my way down the face of the bluff, I knew was nearly impossible, as the Indians were climbing up to gain the trail. In 1976, sex cult leader and convicted rapist. During the fight between Custer and the Sioux, scores of Indians had stationed themselves on the bluffs overlooking the village as far as we could see, so that any movement on our part would have led to our discovery; but nevertheless we made up our minds not to remain long in our present place of concealment. But I knew he was a hostile and we stood no show whatever on foot with such a number against us. $28.00. . For his valor at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Thompson was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. WHEN YOU ACTUALLY look at them, Thompson's "problematic passages" are really no problem at all, except that they honestly tell Americans some things they don't want to hear -- e.g., that the Seventh Cavalry under Custer murdered and quite possibly raped its way to annihilation. This gave him opportunity to sight his rifle while riding. Wishing to have company, I was about to call for him to stop, but happily for me I did not, for I saw the reason why Watson, for such he proved to be, turned aside. Suddenly he put spurs to his horse and rode away, his long hair streaming in the wind and looking right and left as if expecting his enemy to appear at any moment. Not true. We did not retreat very far, for that was impossible. Palaiokostas once again escaped from prison by helicopter. But on going back to the man and asking for it he seemed to be confused and stated that he had lost it. I found that the pillar was barely eighteen inches through; it was about seven feet high with a piece of rotten cottonwood on top. He escaped from Chelmsford Prison less than a year later. I knew I could travel with greater ease if I left the kettle behind, so I placed it between my knees and soon transferred the water from it to the canteens. He was one of 12 convicts who escaped the institution through a tunnel. The water at this point ran very shallow over a sandbar. Slaper also questioned the timing of Thomspon's tale (he saw dark significance in the fact that Thompson's battlefield companion, Pvt. 19h. The day was extremely warm, but for all that the Indians had their blankets wrapped around them. Marshals 15 Most Wanted Fugitive's Skull Found by Family Dog", "Escapees in Canadian helicopter jailbreak captured", "Convicted killer T.J. Lane captured after escape", "Ohio town in shock after school shooter TJ Lane briefly escapes prison", "T.J. 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Wherever they attacked, our men were always ready. We concluded to seek some sheltered nook to cover ourselves from the extreme heat of the sun, and to wait until the Indians had quieted down for they were beginning to be like a swarm of bees. But before we could reach it, they fired at us but as usual missed; but the twigs and leaves were cut by the bullets and we came to the conclusion that we were not to be killed by the Indians. [Note: this is an interesting observation -- the first description I know of by a white of the "stationary wheel" technique which allowed the mounted, circling Indian cavalry to (1) maximize the concentration of their firepower, and (2) minimize their exposure to American soldiers's fire. When he saw my maneauvers, he took aim at me and shot. We are connected. Two years later Palaiokostas was captured and sent back to prison. 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After aiming at me for a few seconds, they slid off their ponies and sneaked after the other three. So with renewed energy we made our way up amid showers of lead. Although that company had entered the fight with General Custer, there were a few who had been detailed to the pack train. The heat at this time seemed to be intense, but it might have been on account of my exhausted condition. On the top of the bluff just where we desired to go there were seated three Indians with their ponies but a short distance behind them. He escaped from prison after serving only one month of his sentence. said he, "Let's move." They were coming from every direction; so unlike what they were a half an hour previous, when they were first surprised by the Seventh Cavalry for surprise it must have been to them. Tony, for that was the man's name, was lying in the place best suited for the shelter and the men called to him to get out of the way. 27 Feb 2023. Kneeling down beside him I asked, "Can I do you any service?" I straightened myself up and said, "I will tell you what I will do." George A. Finckle] of our company sitting calmly on his horse looking on and making no effort to help Watson in his difficulty. [Note: this may be when Spotted Calf killed an officer with his tomahawk, as Foolish Elk recounted.]. Ladies and Gentlemen, Greetings to one and all. We had scarcely got clear of the underbrush before we became aware of the fact that we had run into a hot place. Had it not been for the watchfulness of our men, they certainly would have got the best o f us. The supports that were used were short pieces of wood of any kind that we could procure without risk. Peering through the brush I thought I recognized the horse which Billy Jackson, our guide, had ridden. In a clump of red berry bushes we found a log which made quite a comfortable seat for us. As far as getting water was concerned, it was a matter of greatest difficulty. He released my hand and seemed satisfied and then I began to realize what the promise I had made meant. Curley, a young Crow scout, would leave the command within the next ten minutes to take news of the battle to General Terry." We thought we would have time enough to fortify ourselves before the light of another day appeared. I rushed up to him and asked him where he was going. Where we made our stand there was nothing but sand, gravel, and a little sagebrush. The trail we had followed had been made by buffalo, when going to and from the river. All urging on my part was useless. In all probability he had outrun them. [Curley and Foolish Elk also reported that Custer's men charged into a gallop when the Indian village came in sight.] Hughes and Johnson are currently serving life in prison for Binder's murder, and Truehill is sitting on Florida's death row for the same offense. Ooops! For his valor at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Thompson was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. With a cry of rage he drew his revolver from beneath his overcoat and taking aim at me he told me to skip or he would put a hole through me. He answered, "To our scouts, of course." I knew that there were two with General Custer, but I was not sure whether we had one with us here or not. Two years later he was arrested after being stopped in an unregistered car. In November 1987 Peter Thomson aged 19 at the time escaped from Winchester Prison. I made my way slowly over the small place in which we huddled together and was very pleased to see some of the men stretching canvas over the wounded and dying. Marking: [label] "Peter Thomson, registered, Philadelphia" Exhibition History. It was a sad, sad sight. The unexpected bonus in Thompson's tale is that he may reveal what Curley was up to when he vanished just before the start of the Custer fight -- and why he was always evasive about what happened at the river. If Peter Thompson's account of his experiences at the beginning of the Battle of the Little Bighorn was a treasure map, you could find the treasure with it -- it's that accurate and true to the actual landscape he's talking about. "And the strangest part of it," added Watson, "was that instead of taking the back trail, he struck straight from the river across the country and as far as he could see him, he was urging his pony to its utmost speed. After his arrest, he brought a lawsuit against authorities charging the prison commissioners with illegal arrest and used the incident to plan his next escape. I was anxious to save him and if I did I must act quickly. The three men were arrested a couple of weeks later and returned to the same facility. The men only fired where they thought they were going to do execution. Newspapers reported that Dillinger had escaped using a fake gun made from wood, blackened and shined with shoe polish. In November 1987 Peter Thomson aged 19 at the time escaped from Winchester Prison. Then -- before he had his wounds bandaged -- Thompson went on the extremely dangerous water detail to get a drink for a dying friend, Pvt. Leonard T. Fristoe was imprisoned for double murder in 1920 of a police Constable and a deputy Sherriff in Nevada. Some of them were so close to us that their fire was very affective. Woodbridge owns 67% of Thomson Reuters, according to a February 2022 filing. New York. P.O. From his decorations of paint and feathers, I judged he was a chief. He asked, "What is the matter?" This aroused me and I managed to struggle to a sitting posture, but the man and the gun were gone. I gave them the other canteen and told them that if they should not require all the water that I would like it to be passed around to some other wounded ones lying close by, which was so done. Sentenced to life imprisonment as a fourth time offender, he was transferred to the Philadelphia County Prison. Tim Jordan] gave me a large pocket handkerchief to make a sling for my wounded hand. I asked him to attend to me when he had time to do so. They answered, "Yes." That was the last I ever saw of Custer alive. There was but one gasp and all was still. THISEYE-WITNESS account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Seventh Cavalry Private Peter Thompson is one of the three great Lost Texts -- or perhaps I should say, Ignored Texts -- of the Little Bighorn eye-witness canon (the others are the accounts of White Cow Bull and Pretty Shield). By this time, the last of the companies had disappeared over the crest of the hill. I was still tugging away at the spurs, when Watson came up and asked what the trouble was and then passed on in the trail of the soldiers. Although America has ignored Peter Thompson for nearly 100 years, you really can't understand what happened at the Little Bighorn without listening closely to what Peter Thompson said. He suddenly turned aside from the trail as if he wished to avoid some threatening danger. "Well," said he, "Let us keep together." I began to get very angry and climbed to the top of the bank in no dignified manner. So we began to map out a course by which we could join our command, where we felt we were so much needed. Suddenly they broke up and advanced toward my place of concealment. Another young man was going around in a most helpful manner. Each man, commencing at the head of the company calls out in turn his number; one, two, three, four, and so these are repeated until the company is all numbered into sets of fours. AMONG SURVIVORS of the Little Bighorn, a few veterans like William Slaper dismissed Thompson's story out-of-hand, while others -- such as John McGuire, Daniel Kanipe, Curley, Goes Ahead and an Anonymous Ree -- corroborated parts of what Thompson said. I was careful to put in a clean one next time, and calling Watson to remain quiet for a moment, I fired when the Indian was within three feet of his horse. Major Reno moved to the left of the trail and went into a flat bottomed ravine. One thing we made up our minds to do, that was to kill the white man even if the Indian escaped. Thompson's exhausted horse "entirely played out" near the bottom of Medicine Tail Coulee and James Watson's horse went down too. So I commenced to search around for them. The ball plowed through his body, and buried itself in the ground under the horse, throwing the dirt in every direction. A sailor dress is a child's or woman's dress that follows the styling of the sailor suit, particularly the bodice and collar treatment.A sailor-collared blouse is called a middy blouse ("middy" derives from "midshipman"). We also know that Curley was there at the river too from what he described of the beginning of the Custer fight. Some of us unloaded the mules of the hard tack they were carrying and used the boxes for a breastwork. Are they really "impossible?". On August 27, 1995, multiple prisoners escaped from, In April 1998, the Belgian child molester, Martin Gurule escaped from the Texas Death Row at. No doubt they were coming this way in order to enter the village by the ford. I wondered whether it would be safe to stop long enough to put the water into the canteens, as the fire of the Indians seemed to come from a bend in the bank, a short distance from the mouth of the ravine on this side of the river. [Note: Thompson did not overplay the dramatically dangerous nature of his situation after he was left behind by his Seventh Cavarly comrades. They have also lived in Nashua, NH and Burlington, MA. The Indians were closing in around us. This was the appearance of Custer on the day that he entered his last battle, and just one half hour before the fight commenced between him and the Sioux. Calhoun and 2nd Lieut. They passed my hiding place without seeing me and made their way toward the river. He was kept very busy for some time. The Crow then left Custer and rode in a jog trot towards the river and disappeared. This was good news to me. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2004. It had been built by Indians for some purpose or other. What I discovered was several Indians peering at us over the edge of the bluff; in all I counted eight and concluded that they were too many for us, especially with an uphill pull on our side. It was a grand sight to see those men charging down upon the village of their enemies, who outnumbered them many times. In October 2013, Kevin Patrick Stoeser escaped from the Austin Transitional Center where he was serving the remainder of a 156-month sentence for four counts of child sexual assault and one count of possession of child pornography. I thought of the ravine which was cleared by eleven brave men and hoped that I might be able to make my way to the river by that route. Likewise, it was certainly not unusual for Custer to ride alone ahead of his men when scouting. See Mysteries of the Little Bighorn for more info.]. I thought that my time for acting had again arrived and that I had better seek other quarters, so I determined that I would try to reach the trail where it made a turn toward the river. He had managed to make his way under cover of the ravine to the place where I found him. Peter Thompson at the Little Bighorn Map. Most modern accounts of the Battle of the little Bighorn confidently state that Daniel Kanipe and John Martin -- or Curley, if they're being liberal enough to consider Indians human -- were the last Seventh Cavalry survivors to see Custer alive, even though Kanipe himself said that Thompson was the last one to see Custer alive. November 2, 2007 Special thanks to polfdesign.com for finding the excellent historical photo of Peter Thompson and providing this additional biographical information: "Peter Thompson, born December 28, 1854. He was the only captain who wished to go to the relief of Custer. The herd of ponies which had been grazing at quite a distance were now rounded up close to the teepees; so that the Indians had available mounts. The bank being very wet, my feet slipped from under me several times. Although the Indians outnumbered us many times, they lacked the courage and determination of the day previous when they fought Custer; they no doubt had been taught a bitter lesson. Pictures are on Fotki.com. World Ocean Summit speech by Ambassador Peter Thomson, UNSG's Special Envoy for the Ocean. Look where you would, you could see either dead or wounded soldiers and the end not yet. Eight inmates charged with violent crimes, Lance Battreal, Charles Smith, and Mark Booher escaped from a. For about three miles on the left bank of the river the teepees were stretched, the white canvas gleaming in the sunlight. In New York, convicted murderers Timothy A. Vail and Timothy G. Morgan escaped from Elmira State Penitentiary in July 2003; both were recaptured in two days. It was no wonder that the Indians were in great commotion when they beheld the bold front presented by the cavalry. A time may come when he stands for Movies in the way Attila the Hun bestrides the Dark Ages or . He had left his own in its place, but it was practically useless, the breech being broken. Or at least that's one plausible way to read the eye-witness record of the battle. It was equipped with artificial light, air conditioning, and high-quality construction materials. I then looked across the river at the Indian Village, it was all in commotion. I was determined to make the eff ort nevertheless, and looked around for a canteen. He tried to dissuade me, but as I would not go back without water and it was useless for me to remain where I was, I laid down my canteens and grasped the camp kettle which I had left on my previous trip. Drive For Freedom. He not only tried to dissuade me but called to Sargeant Knipe and told him of my intention of going to the river. He had his gun in his hand and his eyes fixed on the grove of timber across the river watching for the enemy. See Mysteries of the Little Bighorn for more info. 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