[ansel12]

I hope the American POWs were treated well.

[Red Badger]

Left Hand said that as he came up on the ridge, one soldier, who was on the ground, handed him his gun. “I took the gun and did not kill him, but some Sioux who were behind me killed him,” Left Hand said. “I went back and took his belt, which had many cartridges in it.” McCoy said the soldier was wounded and handed Left Hand his gun to surrender. “They didn’t understand. You don’t surrender to an Indian — you either fight or you die,” McCoy said.