On th' tenth annivers'ry of th' fight th' survivors held a reunion on th' battle-field, an' bein' as I was line-ridin' for Tracy's Tumble H outfit at th' time, I sneaked off an' went over.
"They'd done a wonderful thing; somethin' that'd never bin done before, an' most likely never'll be done ag'in.

Dave Barry--him as th' Injuns called 'th' Shadow Catcher'-- was a great friend o' Charlie Reynolds, Barry speakin' Injun talk, an' bein' adopted into th' tribe, an' savvyin' Injun ways just th' same as Charlie did.

An' Dave wanted t' get the real dope on th' fight on Charlie's account, an' him bein' also a close friend of old John Gall, th' chief what led th' Injuns in th' big fight.
"Now, Barry he persuaded--nobody knows how he done it--he persuaded John Gall t' go along t' this reunion.

An' then, as if one miracle wasn't enough, he pulled another.

By golly, he got th' old man t' make a talk.
Boys, it sure was some picture, on that June evenin', t' see that Injun when th' blanket fell off his shoulders, standin' like one o' them bronze statutes, with th' settin' sun a-hittin' him.