"After what seemed an interminable time, the ashes of a fire lately extinguished were discovered; then farther on a dog...

"After what seemed an interminable time, the ashes of a fire lately extinguished were discovered; then farther on a dog barked, and finally the long-looked-for Indian village was discovered by the cry of a baby. General Custer in his accounts stops to say how keen were his regrets, even with the memory fresh in mind of the atrocities committed by Indians, where white infants' brains had been dashed out to stop their crying, that war must be brought to the fireside of even a savage."

📜 Following The Guidon, Elizabeth B. Custer, 1890
🎨 Charles Stewart Stobie, Shoshone Hunting Camp, 1903