when ye go to the torture to-night.

"We tackled too much; 'twas a desperate game—

I knowed we never could win it.

"Custer is dead—they're all of 'em dead an' I

shall be dead in a minute."

They're all of them down at the top of the ridge;

the sabre cross and 7

On many a breast, as it lies at rest, is turned to the

smoky heaven.

Three wounded men are up and away; they're