Michael P. Madden] the wounded man I had just left, watched me with great interest. We knew our duty, but to do it was beyond our power. Fortunately I was not armed or I would have committed an act that I would have been sorry for afterwards. Weir. We felt we were discovered. 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"). It was a foolish undertaking for, a short distance below us, the bluffs came close to the river and the water washing at the base for so long a time, had caused the bluff to cave in and for the distance of a hundred feet up was so steep that even a goat could not climb it. At the other end of the rope, straining and tugging to get away, was a Sioux squaw. 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). 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. It was not a question of days but of hours. He must have gone thence directly to his command. After we had climbed nearly half way up the bluff, the Indians commenced to fire at us, but that did not trouble us, because we knew that the Indians when excited were very poor shots; and in our case the bullets went wide of the mark. They have also lived in Nashua, NH and Burlington, MA. John Fitzgerald], Brennan [Pvt. He was initially sentenced to a 30-year jail term for a murder committed during the robbery of a security van in 1997. He said, "the Indians greatly outnumber the soldiers; while we have been here, we have seen more Indians, twice over the combined strength of the Seventh." By this time the Indians were pouring a shower of lead into us that was galling in the extreme. But if we were not wounded in our bodies we were in our feelings. Pictures are on Fotki.com. Newspapers reported that Dillinger had escaped using a fake gun made from wood, blackened and shined with shoe polish. I had made haste to fill the canteens and started on my way to camp bidding Mike Madden to be of good cheer and he made a cheerful reply. He escaped two times with a helicopter. On June 7, 2014, Serge Pomerleau, 49, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and Yves Denis, 35, escaped from a Quebec detention center with help from a helicopter. Can this be true? DURING THE SUMMER OF 2004. After the volley was past, it was a wonder to me how I had escaped. He had managed to make his way under cover of the ravine to the place where I found him. We were now undecided which way to go. When I fell I managed to roll over on my face and place my carbine under me. 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. About a half a mile further on we came in sight of the Indian village and it was truly an imposing sight to anyone who had not seen anything like it before. Although the Indians denied it, there are several eye-witness accounts that suggest that there were one or more whites fighting on the Indians' side at the Little Bighorn, although not with the Sioux. Benteen seemed to be aware of the impending danger, and was forming all the men he possibly could into line at the point where it was expected that the Indians would attack us. Our means of defense were very poor. While I looked at them, one rose to his feet and beckoned for us in the most friendly manner to advance. We reached the fording place as soon as possible, but all signs of Custer were gone. He was one of the most wanted criminals in the. In 1976, sex cult leader and convicted rapist. He was one of 12 convicts who escaped the institution through a tunnel. A time may come when he stands for Movies in the way Attila the Hun bestrides the Dark Ages or . The well formed ranks of the cavalry did fearful execution, for every time the soldiers fired I could see ponies and riders tumbling in the dust, I could also see riderless ponies racing away in every direction as if anxious to get away from such a frightful scene. I finished putting on my spurs, mounted my horse again, and rode on after my company, but my progress was very slow. Again, what Thompson described was just the way Custer did business -- and the flat by the river where Thompson said he saw Custer and the Crow scout with a Sioux squaw on a tether is barely 1,000 feet from the mouth of Medicine Tail Coulee, thus EASILY within Custer's accustomed solo reconnaissance range. Looking to see where the water was deepest, I made a few leaps which landed me in the water with a loud splash. The trail we had followed had been made by buffalo, when going to and from the river. My next trip to the river was taken with more courage. The other two offenders (one serving a life sentence for murder, the other for rape and kidnapping) were at large for several days before being apprehended in a small town approximately 40 miles (64km) from the prison. He released my hand and seemed satisfied and then I began to realize what the promise I had made meant. I knew it was useless for me to try to avoid being seen so I depended on my ability to escape the bullets of the Indians. The escape happened with the help of his wife, and they later went on a month-long crime spree across . On looking him over I could see the reason for his sitting and watching as he did. Great to see the way the Ocean's been brought into so many aspects of WEF's Annual Meeting in Davos this year. But to attempt to get water by that route was too risky. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The ping of the bullets and the groaning and struggling of the wounded horses was oppressive. But he never moved. Passing the ford on the run, we came to some underbrush; when we slowed down to a walk. One of the Seventh Cavalry's Arikara scouts, who watched part of Thompson and fellow straggler Watson's encounter with the five Sioux from the distance, was amazed to learn later that they survived.]. I slept so soundly that I heard and knew nothing until I felt someone kicking the soles of my boots. Watson took hold of the sleeve of my coat and pulled me down urging me to be careful, as the Indians might see me and called my attention to the village which was in a perfect state of turmoil. In a short time I secured two canteens and a coffee kettle. The escape allegedly cost Guzmn $2.5 million. Authors always mention pets, so he has one dog and at least two possums. View the profiles of professionals named "Peter Thomson" on LinkedIn. Before we reached the foot of the bluff we came upon an opening in the timber and brush with several large cottonwood trees lying upon the ground, stripped of their bark. I was not sure but that the Indians might take a notion to follow me. Being very thirsty I forgot everything else, and stooping down, began to dip water from the river in my hands and drink. The . I had left nearly a hundred rounds in my saddle bags, but owing to the incomplete condition of my prairie belt I was unable to carry more with me. Ladies and Gentlemen, In these days of virtual communication, it is often difficult to know whom one is addressing and how you are all faring as we work our way out of this global . A more miserable looking wretch it would be difficult to find. So I would not have to make so many trips. We managed to secret ourselves in a bend of the river, which turned like the letter S, and gave us running water on three sides of us. -- Bruce Brown "Heritage and Horizon: American Painting, 1776-1976," May 5, 1976-June 13, 1976. The eye-witness record of the battle says there were actually four more survivors who left Custer's command after Curley. Then Jackson informed him Custer had shot at him cutting away the strap that connected his stirrup to the saddle, and in order to save his life he had ridden away. John Brennan], and Watson [Pvt. We did not retreat very far, for that was impossible. There was a noise in the village which increased as night advanced. Where we made our stand there was nothing but sand, gravel, and a little sagebrush. said he, "Let's move." But I knew he was a hostile and we stood no show whatever on foot with such a number against us. It seemed to be the desire of each to utterly exterminate. The. After meeting Thompson and the Crow scout with the roped enemy squaw on the banks of the Little Bighorn -- and finding no better alternative crossing places -- the eye-witness record says Custer then returned to the ford at Medicine Tail Coulee in this scenario, tried to cross there, got shot by White Cow Bull, and died "in the water of the Little Bighorn." But we ourselves were no better off. Another young man was going around in a most helpful manner. The questioner belonged to my own company and I naturally expected him to sympathize with me in my errand of mercy. I could see that his days were numbered. Sumas, WA 98295 Being in our present predicament, we were utterly powerless to help as we wished we could. On March 3, 1934, Dillinger escaped from the "escape-proof" (as it was dubbed by local authorities at the time) Crown Point, Indiana county jail, which was guarded by many police officers and national guardsmen. This was actually an extremely BAD idea, but while they were cruising the banks of the river looking for a ford (see Peter Thompson Detail Map, #13), Thompson said he and Watson stumbled upon Custer and one of Custer's Crow scouts in the midst of some kinky business with a Sioux woman on a tether. As I went down the ravine, I found it got narrower and deeper, and became more lonesome and naturally more depressing. When I was handing his back to him I noticed that the three Indians had discovered us and were watching our every movement. After they had driven Major Reno across the river we noticed that the village was beginning to teem with life. The Indians let fly with their rifles with the usual result. This caused me some surprise, as I knew he had lost a great deal of blood which is almost invariably followed by great thirst. I laid down my canteens and took my kettle in my left hand and made several long leaps which landed me close to the water's edge. We knew we were surrounded by Indians and we would be very fortunate if we escaped at all. I had lost sight of Watson and thinking that I could make my horse go faster by mounting, I did so. Drive For Freedom. He shook his head and said he did not know. Had it not been for the watchfulness of our men, they certainly would have got the best o f us. Wesoon gained the top of the bluffs where a view of the surrounding country was obtained. Assigned to Co. C, 7th Cavalry, under Capt. I came up to him and saw that he had two camp kettles completely riddled with bullets. I told him I would get him some if I lived. Benteen was busily hunting up all the men he could to go to the same point, in order to keep the Indians in check and if possible to drive the Indians out of the ravine. Likewise, it was certainly not unusual for Custer to ride alone ahead of his men when scouting. He had begged in vain to have Reno advance to Custer's relief. So we left our retreat and moved down as far as we could for the cut in the bank. If he was as thirsty as I was before he dismounted, I will guarantee that he was in that condition no longer. Cavalry men dismount and fight on foot except when a charge is made, but when a dismount is ordered, number four remains on his horse, numbers, one, two, and three dismount and hand their bridle reins to number four who holds the horses, while they deploy as skirmishers or as otherwise directed. So leaving the trail I ran down the hill at full speed and came to a place where there was a deep cut with steep sides that I would not have dared to face had I been able to check myself in time. By his own word, he was watching through binoculars when Custer attacked at Medicine Tail Coulee. Looking to my right, I saw a ravine and at the bottom of it a small clump of wild cherry bushes. When we came to the fording place, we found that the water was rushing very rapidly. The men only fired where they thought they were going to do execution. Linebaugh, Ch.1. But I could not; so I gave a leap which landed me many feet below, and strange to say, I did not lose my balance. He was a trumpeter, belonging to either Company I or L and I am very sorry that I have forgotten his name. While I was wondering what it could be, I saw a small party of Indians, about thirty in number driving a small bunch of ponies and mules, coming toward us. The Eye-witness Chronology Peter Thompson at the Little Bighorn Map. There's even a fairly reasonable -- or at least plausible -- explanation for the story of Custer taking a shot at Jackson. A large-scale search was made of the surrounding area, but he was never found. He was kept very busy for some time. I began to make tracks once more in a lively manner, and in a short time reached the point I had started for. Thompson was a genuine everyman sort of hero who was wounded in Benteen's desperate, do-or-die charge to clear the head of the ravine on the night of June 25, 1876. It was just the way Custer and his mercinary scouts did business. We saw that our horses and mules were beginning to drop quite fast, for they were in a more exposed position. I began to think they had seen me and crouched as close to the tree as possible. See Mysteries of the Little Bighorn for more info.] When we looked into the village we could see the guidon fluttering in the breeze. In addition to describing the valiant actions he participated in, Thompson's account contains a lot of significant detail, such as the fatigue of Custer's men and their horses as they rode into battle (Thompson got separated from Custer because his mount gave out). Thompson's exhausted horse "entirely played out" near the bottom of Medicine Tail Coulee and James Watson's horse went down too. On looking around, I saw a white man and what I supposed to be a Crow Indian. One of the men began to kick him and yelled for him to get up. He was found very close to our position which goes to show how closely we were confined. The loss of blood and the lack of water made me so dizzy that I reeled and f ell and lay unheeded. I peeped over the fallen tree and saw a group of mounted Indians gesticulating, grunting out their words, and pointing towards the advancing cavalry. He told me he had gone to the river for water and when he was coming up from the bed of the river with two kettles filled with water, a volley had been fired at him, one of the bullets hitting him and breaking his leg below the knee, the others riddling his kettles. Fifeshire, Scotland. He died two months later. March 1, 2023. So, jumping from the bank, I landed at the edge of the water and I just saw that the water tasted good. Faulkner was not far behind after shooting 71 in his first round, with Scotland's Jimmy Adams and Australian Norman Von Nida leading the way on four under. True, my revolver was loaded, but I was not fool enough to take my chances, one against five. So it turns out that there's actually an abundance of reasonable suspects among Custer's Crow scouts! I then told him as it was now my turn I would proceed to the business. Madden, [Pvt. And thus we were brought to the fording place near the center of the village. Peter Thompson's Story of the Battle Watson still being some distance ahead of me. Custer was mounted on his sorrel horse and it being a very hot day he was in his shirt sleeves; his buckskin pants tucked into his boots; his buckskin shirt fastened to the rear of his saddle; and a broad brimmed cream colored hat on his head, the brim of which was turned up on the right side and fastened by a small hook and eye to its crown. Wherever duty called him, whatever the danger might be, he was always at his post. On hearing me, he checked up his horse and looked around. No one was more hostile to Thompson, though, than Walter Mason Camp, the most rigidly wrong-headed of the early American collectors of eye-witness accounts of the battle. What Mockery! I soon turned the bend of the ravine, but no signs of them did I see. Five days later, police officers found him brandishing an ax handle in his brother's apartment. [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. The only hope f or us to accomplish our purpose was to make the effort after night came on. The commotion in the village had subsided; the signs of life were few; it appeared to me that it was deserted, so quiet and deathlike was the stillness. In fact, however, there is far, far more truth in Thompson's tale than Camp or conventional wisdom has been willing to accept. He replied, "Have you seen Custer?" There we sat aiming at one another; the Indians did not fire and I couldn't. After completing my inventory, I sat down and began to reflect on my chances for my life, if I remained where I was. To see them, please click on the underlined portion at the right side below. The way that I had to go to my post was up a short hill towards the edge of the bluff and the head of the ravine. He pointed down the stream, put spurs to his horse and disappeared at the ford, never uttering a word. 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We kept very close to the underbrush, which lined the bank of the river. John J. Mahoney] of our Company and I had no fear but that he would be well cared for. "Small Illusions: Children's Costume 1710-1920," June 20-September 9, 1990. Going in the direction of the horses, I saw what suffering the poor brutes were enduring from thirst and hunger. On coming to Bennett, I placed a canteen in his hand, but he was too weak to lift it to his lips. I made my way as rapidly as possible toward the bank of the river. I do not know how long I lay there, but I have a faint recollection of being turned and my gun taken from me. Looking in the direction of the battle, I saw that the cavalry were being driven towards the foot of a small hill; their number greatly reduced. The fire of the Indians seemed to come from three different directions and all exposed places were pretty well riddled. We had men with us who seemed utterly fearless in the face of danger. The detail of Company F which was sent to investigate the teepee, now passed by us on their way to the front with the report that it contained a dead Indian and such articles as were deemed necessary for him on his journey to the "Happy Hunting Ground.". She must have noticed the movement for she made a short circle around us, ran over the bank, crossed the river, and disappeared in the village. For his valor at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Thompson was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He would not budge. This is very trying to a cavalry man, for next to himself, he loves his horse, especially on a campaign of this kind. On 19 January 2001, Francisco "El Chito" Camberos Rivera, a prison guard, opened Guzmn's electronically operated cell door, and Guzmn got in a laundry cart that maintenance worker Javier Camberos rolled through several doors and eventually out the front door. The conversation with the Indian did not last long, and what the nature of it was I do not know, but the Crow released the Sioux woman, and she seemed glad to be free came running towards us in a half stooping posture and in her hand was a long bladed knife of ugly dimensions. I told him I was too good a runner for that. In November 1987 Peter Thomson aged 19 at the time escaped from Winchester Prison. After he joined me, we had a consultation as to the best course for us to pursue. Upon enlistment was assigned to Jefferson Barracks, St . Thomson is the U.N. Secretary-General's special envoy for the ocean. I began to get very angry and climbed to the top of the bank in no dignified manner. Beyond the village was a black mass of ponies grazing on the short green grass. George A. Finckle] of our company sitting calmly on his horse looking on and making no effort to help Watson in his difficulty. Then it would almost die out until some more dead or wounded were brought in, this would put fresh vigor into their lungs. "The Common Discourse of the Whole Nation: Jack Sheppard and the Art of Escape", in. 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. The question may be asked why we attempted to join our commands after two hours and a half. And what are you going to do?" I jerked it from his grasp and passed it on to the next. At this time a detail of five men from Company F was sent ahead to reconoiter and from this point I was gradually left behind in spite of all I could do to keep up with my company. Pausing for a moment I looked cautiously around the bend and there before me was running water, the Little Horn River, on the opposite side was a thick cover of cottonwood timber, the sight of which made me hesitate for a moment. On March 17, 1995, in Sublette, Kansas Dawn Amos, Douglas Winter and David Spain escaped in the early morning hours after shooting Sheriff Deputy, Irvin Powell twice. 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. 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. Their ammunition was limited. He was convicted for a jewelry robbery and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in 1953. Here's the sequence: you start with the little hill on the lower Medicine Tail Coulee Trail where his horse played out; then there's the ravine he jumped into; then there's the pilar of rock he climbed to; then there's the badly eroded trail he followed to the river; then there's the flat beside the river where he saw Custer and the Crow scout with a tethered Sioux squaw; then there's the ford at the lower end of the flat where he tried to cross the river; then there's the bend where the river runs hard against the bluffs he tried to climb; then there's the oxbow he hid in; then there's the flat where he saw the Indians in some sort of council; then there are the bluffs he saw Reno's men retreating up, etc. I was astonished at seeing a soldier sitting on a bank of earth facing the river with his back towards me. The numbered items below are in chronological order, and correspond to the numbers on the "Peter Thompson at the Little Bighorn Map," shown above. The Indians had been pouring in volleys upon us long before I had been awakened and they were still at it. He cast fearful glances around him as in mortal terror. As far as getting water was concerned, it was a matter of greatest difficulty. James Watson's experiences along the banks of the Little Bighorn on the afternoon of June 25th. They went on a crime spree through Louisiana and Florida that included multiple robberies and thefts, and all three participated in the kidnap and murder of Florida State University grad student, Vincent Binder. The offers of money by the wounded for a drink of water was painful to hear. Capt. In 2005, he succeeded to escape by hiding in a container, with the complicity of workers from the waste collection services. It may seem hard to take human life, but he had been trying to take mine, and self preservation is the first law of nature. Some of the men, seeing his action, begged him to stay telling him that it would go hard with the command if anything should go wrong with him and to enforce their arguments a wounded man was brought in who needed his immediate attention. This made me determined to make another trip and to take a larger number of canteens. ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA . We found that we had made a mistake and had taken a wrong trail. The Indian threw up his hands and fell with his head between the legs of his pony. By this time it was quite dark; I could plainly see several large fires which the Indians had built. It does not take very long to expend that amount of ammunition especially when fighting against great odds. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Original multiverse The rope was tied around both her hands, but, struggle as she might, she could not break away. On coming close, I saw they were our Ree scouts and two Crow Indians, one of whom was Half Yellow Face or Two Bloody Hands. He was then transported in the trunk of a car driven by Camberos out of the town. Knowing that in my condition I was useless, I looked around to see if I could find anyone who could direct me to a surgeon. Finckle had already missed the chance to carry Custer's last order -- and live -- because his mount was giving out.]. The poor brutes were tired and hungry. While meditating upon the combination of circumstances which had brought me into this unhappy condition, I looked ahead and saw Watson, but was unable to overtake him slow as he was going. McDougal [Capt. But finally the poor animal gained his feet with a groan, and Finkle passed on with a rush to overtake our company. IN THE MORNING before mounting the companies form in single lines. Only a few scattering shots now and then. We followed the trail for several hundred feet, then forced our way through the brush and with our revolvers cocked, lying at our feet and our guns in our hands we waited and watched for their appearance. 19h. When he saw my maneauvers, he took aim at me and shot. The man was almost frightened to death. The Sargeant told me of the hopelessness of the undertaking telling me if I should ever attempt to make the trip I would never get back alive. The firing was continuous, I removed my hat so that I would not attract attention, and looked over the panorama, as it was spread out before me. The ball plowed through his body, and buried itself in the ground under the horse, throwing the dirt in every direction. "Get out of here," he cried, And do your duty!". Peter Thomson, in full Peter William Thomson, (born August 23, 1929, Brunswick, Victoria, Australiadied June 20, 2018, Melbourne, Victoria), Australian golfer who won the British Open five times and who was the first Australian to win that tournament. Suddenly a small band of Indians came up towards us on a jog trot, which made us seek cover. Standing on the opposite bank of the river and at the very point we wished to gain were three Indians, with their smoking rifles in their hands. They must have suspected our intentions. Peter Thomson works as a Permanent Representative, President of the Executive Board at United Nations ESCAP, which is a Non-Profit & Charitable Org anizations company with an estimated 470 employees. The trail I was on led directly to the river and thence into the village. We wondered why none of his staff were with him. We had scarcely got clear of the underbrush before we became aware of the fact that we had run into a hot place. For about three miles on the left bank of the river the teepees were stretched, the white canvas gleaming in the sunlight. I was glad to see him safe, it gave me renewed courage, and we hoped that we would soon be entirely safe. The term was interrupted when Matt, taking advantage of a guard's mistake, slipped out of his cell, scaled a 9-foot brick and metal wall topped with razor wire and hopped a freight train to his brother's house in Tonawanda. While wondering as to my next move, I was suddenly brought to myself with the question, "Where are you going? Here is An Anonymous Ree's account of what he thought were Thompson's last mintues on this planet. Watson kept himself during the time of our concealment buried in deep thought. The cartridge was very dirty, a nice predicament for a man to be in when at close quarters with an enemy. James Bennett. Just then the order was given to retreat and Reno's command began to march slowly to the rear. But this was getting to be a common sight. 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