It fell with a forward momentum, and the horse Cody was riding fell over it. Yellow Hand and the veteran of the plains were both afoot, and went at each other without a moment's delay, one with his tomahawk, and the other with his knife. With his left hand Cody caught the blow of the tomahawk, and plunged the knife into the heart of the Indian. Falling upon him as he went down, Buffalo Bill lifted his war bonnet, and seized his scalp-lock.

The Indians waited no longer, but plunged forward to avenge the death of their chief. Cody shook in the faces his bloody scalp, and shouted : "the first scalp for Custer." With war bonnets streaming, and brilliantly painted they were almost upon him, when the veteran

Fifth Cavalry in action, swept by. with their carbines cracking. The nerve of the Cheyennes broke and they fled. Time after time, they tried to recover, and make a stand ; but before there was any organization, the soldiers were again upon them, and finally they broke and ran, pell mell for the agency.

There was some apprehension that when they got among the five thousand friendlies they would excite them to violence. It was determined to make a show of courage, and the troops, in solid formation, ready for any emergency, rode straight through the agency, to Fort Robinson.

That ended the insurrection at the agency, and Sitting Bull, whom Custer was trying to prevent from going north, when the massacre occurred, got away after wiping out that portion of the advance. He was pursued, but reached the Canadian line in safety.