There were others also in the same fix. I knew then they were some of the hostiles we were after. Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The day was extremely warm, but for all that the Indians had their blankets wrapped around them. Peter Thomson holds his third Open Championship trophy in 1956 In addition to his playing achievements, he went on to be president of the Australian PGA for 32 years and helped establish the. It was equipped with artificial light, air conditioning, and high-quality construction materials. Kneeling down beside him I asked, "Can I do you any service?" The poor brute had fallen and was struggling to gain an upright position. 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The herd of ponies which had been grazing at quite a distance were now rounded up close to the teepees; so that the Indians had available mounts. On August 27, 1995, multiple prisoners escaped from, In April 1998, the Belgian child molester, Martin Gurule escaped from the Texas Death Row at. It was no wonder that the Indians were in great commotion when they beheld the bold front presented by the cavalry. One of the men began to kick him and yelled for him to get up. So intent were we in our endeavor to escape the attention of the Indians by the river, that we did not perceive another party which was in the road we wished to take until the gutteral language of the savages called our attention to them. He was lying on his face so still that I thought he was dead. But I could not see any, and this puzzled me very much, but on looking down to the lower end of the bluffs I could see a body of men on horseback mounting slowly up the trail on top of the bluffs. This was the appearance of Custer on the day that he entered his last battle, and just one half hour before the fight commenced between him and the Sioux. Both Watson and myself had failed to notice the trail made by the cavalry in making their efforts to reach the lower end of the village. McNair was captured in October 2007 in Canada and is now held at the. Knipe added, "They all thought you was a gonner." The ping of the bullets and the groaning and struggling of the wounded horses was oppressive. I gave them the other canteen and told them that if they should not require all the water that I would like it to be passed around to some other wounded ones lying close by, which was so done. As far as getting water was concerned, it was a matter of greatest difficulty. He walked a few steps and fell to the ground heedless to the heat of the sun or anything else going on around him. I had left nearly a hundred rounds in my saddle bags, but owing to the incomplete condition of my prairie belt I was unable to carry more with me. "All American: A Sportswear Tradition," April 4, 1985-June 29, 1985. And, the pop star's son Junior Andre, 17, took to Instagram on Monday, where he shared shirtless snap of the duo with just towels around their waists. He soon bandaged up my wounds and told me the only thing that could be done was to apply plenty of water. I made my way to the head of the ravine which ran down to the river. He had received this latter name from the fact that on the back of his buckskin shirt the print of two human hands was visible, either put there by red ink or blood. Two men came towards him dragging a piece of canvas with which they were going to construct a shelter for the steadily increasing numbers of wounded men. Kinging things off is our founder, Peter Thomson. Ooops! the other. Although the Indians denied it, there are several eye-witness accounts that suggest that there were one or more whites fighting on the Indians' side at the Little Bighorn, although not with the Sioux. He answered, "To our scouts, of course." But I knew he was a hostile and we stood no show whatever on foot with such a number against us. The trail I was on led directly to the river and thence into the village. I looked on while the doctor attended the wounded that were brought in. THEDEGREE to which conventional Little Bighorn authors have written Thompson out of the history of the battle is as shocking as it is shameful. During a 2 hour window of opportunity, Peter Thomson broke out from the education wing onto the grounds and promptly made his way over the prison wall. If it had not been for the terrible position we were in we could have had a panorama view of the snowcapped hills of the Big Horn Mountains, which forms the fountain heads of the Little and Big Horn Rivers. While meditating on the uncertainty of life, a bullet struck the box behind which I lay, and as I heard the lead crashing through its contents, I wondered if the time had come for me to wear a pair of wings. I found that very little change had taken place since the incident in the morning. While I was meditating on the meanness of human nature, I saw Capt. I turned around and made my way through the midst of several citizen packers who accompanied us on our expedition. We were quite willing to change our location if we could, but we hesitated for several reasons; we were separated from our leader and our forces were divided. However, there's also another, equally plausible but much, much darker read on the scene with Custer and the roped squaw, namely that Curley was Custer's procurer and they were both there to rape and murder the Sioux woman. Fifeshire, Scotland. My pistol contained five cartridges, my belt contained seventeen cartridges for my carbine, a very slim magazine as a means of defense. He studied for a moment and then waded out of the stream leaving his horse with everything on it as I had done. This ungainly dismount caused the water to fly in every direction. He was found very close to our position which goes to show how closely we were confined. The poor brutes were tired and hungry. Facebook gives people the power to. That was the last I ever saw of Custer alive. History hardly records a predicament such as we were in. But now they were beginning to recover themselves. Watson still being some distance ahead of me. Peter Thompson at the Little Bighorn Map. The question may be asked why we attempted to join our commands after two hours and a half. A short distance from me was a man belonging to Company A. And with a cheer, away they dashed, their revolvers in one hand and their carbines in the other. I now struggled to my feet and found that I was weak and dizzy from the loss of blood. The way that I had to go to my post was up a short hill towards the edge of the bluff and the head of the ravine. Marking: [label] Peter Thomson, Philadelphia - New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Looking through this opening down the stream, I could see Custer's command drawn up in battle line, two men deep in a half circle facing the Indians who were crossing the river both above and below them. All routes to the river were cut off by the Indians. Two accomplices of Palaiokostas hijacked a sight-seeing helicopter and forced the pilot to fly to the prison where Palaiokostas was being held. There was nothing left for us to do but run. [Note: Custer apparently didn't like the looks of the ford at Medicine Tail Coulee (it required his men to cross four abreast) and so he quickly rode off for a quick "scout" while his men dismounted on the river bank, as White Shield and and Goes Ahead witnessed. We knew we were surrounded by Indians and we would be very fortunate if we escaped at all. Peter Thomson has been covering the broad swath of issues related to the environment and global sustainability for more than 25 years and signed on as The World's environment editor in 2008. Going in the direction of the horses, I saw what suffering the poor brutes were enduring from thirst and hunger. The term was interrupted when Matt, taking advantage of a guard's mistake, slipped out of his cell, scaled a 9-foot brick and metal wall topped with razor wire and hopped a freight train to his brother's house in Tonawanda. He later turned himself in to authorities after being diagnosed with cancer in an attempt to take advantage of free medical care he would receive in prison. Or at least that's one plausible way to read the eye-witness record of the battle. I could see that the fight was well under way; hordes of savages had gained a footing on the right bank of the river and had driven the soldiers back a short distance. However, Supergirl convinced Peter to help her foil Rick's plan. One party of Indians were dashing down the river; others were rushing toward the upper end of the village. On examining my saddle, I was glad to find everything as I had left it. When the Crow scout left him, he wheeled around and made for the same point in the river where we had first seen him. Do Rzeczy Historia, no 8(66)/2018, September 2018, pp. Again we were sent to cover by the approach of more Indians. Peter Thompson 96K views 3 years ago. But my duty was plain. I was astonished at seeing a soldier sitting on a bank of earth facing the river with his back towards me. We had not gone far, before we saw a sight that puzzled us very much. Our new feature, Training Rides Unpacked, will give you an insight into the cycling habits and character of our Ride Leaders through their favourite training rides. One of the Seventh Cavalry's Arikara scouts, who watched part of Thompson and fellow straggler Watson's encounter with the five Sioux from the distance, was amazed to learn later that they survived.]. He was one of the most wanted criminals in the. The firing on the part of the Indians was rather dilatory. Want to Read. He replied, "Have you seen Custer?" In a clump of red berry bushes we found a log which made quite a comfortable seat for us. The other two brought their guns to their shoulders and aimed at me. Although that company had entered the fight with General Custer, there were a few who had been detailed to the pack train. This is even true of Kingsley Bray's generally admirable 2006 Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life. Watson said he saw that the stirrup strap was broken off and Jackson without any hat, presented a wild appearance. Join Facebook to connect with Peter Thomson and others you may know. We did not retreat very far, for that was impossible. Calhoun and 2nd Lieut. I peeped over the fallen tree and saw a group of mounted Indians gesticulating, grunting out their words, and pointing towards the advancing cavalry. I then asked Watson if that did not account for Custer's presence away from his command. They have also lived in Nashua, NH and Burlington, MA. Tom Custer and other Seventh Cavalry troopers riding across the river in the moonlight, but it turned out to be Indians in captured Army uniforms.]. Actually, these aren't "impossible" either. He escaped by crawling through a ventilation duct. This animated Bible story is based on Acts 12:1-17.We tell the story through Slapstick Theater - a popsicle stick theater. A peculiar accident happened to a man lying next to me, sheltered by a cracker box and talking in a cheerful manner about the probabilities of us getting out of our present difficulty, when a ball came crashing through the box hitting him and killing him instantly. Thompson was a genuine everyman sort of hero who was wounded in Benteen's desperate, do-or-die charge to clear the head of the ravine on the night of June 25, 1876. I knew that there were two with General Custer, but I was not sure whether we had one with us here or not. "Well," said he, "Let us keep together." On hearing me, he checked up his horse and looked around. While I was making calculations as to leaving my horse and trying my luck on foot, I thought I was seeing something familiar in their appearance. So, jumping from the bank, I landed at the edge of the water and I just saw that the water tasted good. I did not want to get under the canvas where the wounded were as that was already overcrowded, so I crawled under one of the horses which was standing in a group with the others. After the disappearance of Custer and his men, I felt that I was in a terrible predicament to be left practically alone in an enemy's country, leading a horse practically useless. We discovered each other about the same time. . This was actually an extremely BAD idea, but while they were cruising the banks of the river looking for a ford (see Peter Thompson Detail Map, #13), Thompson said he and Watson stumbled upon Custer and one of Custer's Crow scouts in the midst of some kinky business with a Sioux woman on a tether. I answered, "If you don't get off your horse at once, you will get shot." Looking to see where the water was deepest, I made a few leaps which landed me in the water with a loud splash. Capt. Although the Indians outnumbered us many times, they lacked the courage and determination of the day previous when they fought Custer; they no doubt had been taught a bitter lesson. I straightened myself up and said, "I will tell you what I will do." I now turned around and made my way to the place where my dead horse lay and stripped the saddle of everything, then went and made my bed behind my cracker box. On 13 December 2014 he escaped for the 20th time through the window by rope, after having sawed the bars. Madden, [Pvt. "The Common Discourse of the Whole Nation: Jack Sheppard and the Art of Escape", in. In 1976, sex cult leader and convicted rapist. The stench would become so great that it would drive us from our present position and where were we to go? Benteen standing by my side. The firing on the part of the Indians was very brisk at intervals. The three men were arrested a couple of weeks later and returned to the same facility. Only a few scattering shots now and then. I slept so soundly that I heard and knew nothing until I felt someone kicking the soles of my boots. As this duel had been one-sided so far, I determined to try my hand. On looking around, I saw a white man and what I supposed to be a Crow Indian. Crow scout Running Wolf described how "Custer went ahead to look for a trail for the wagons" in the Bad Lands, and both Daniel Kanipe and John Ryan described how Custer left his command and rode ahead with just Chief Trumpeter Henry Voss and a few scouts on the morning of June 25. But if we were not wounded in our bodies we were in our feelings. Two years later he was arrested after being stopped in an unregistered car. He told me he had gone to the river for water and when he was coming up from the bed of the river with two kettles filled with water, a volley had been fired at him, one of the bullets hitting him and breaking his leg below the knee, the others riddling his kettles. I was determined to make the eff ort nevertheless, and looked around for a canteen. Review by Dr. Kirk Bane, Central Texas Historical Association. John Brennan], and Watson [Pvt. Watson cast a last fond look at his horse and then we started on our perilous journey. Thomson and Watson eventually found each other, banded together, and survived with Reno. Louis, MS. Thomson is the U.N. Secretary-General's special envoy for the ocean. While making these observations, I also made a pleasant discovery. See Mysteries of the Little Bighorn for more info.] I finished putting on my spurs, mounted my horse again, and rode on after my company, but my progress was very slow. It was clear that the Indians still held the village, and it would be foolish for us to again attempt to enter it. It is assumed that he used someone else's identity. Even as secure a place as where we had formed our breastwork was no longer safe. Authored the narrative, "Custer's Last Fight, The Experience of a Private in the Custer Massacre" Died December 3, 1928, Veterans Home, Hot Springs, SD, buried at Lead, SD.". Wesoon gained the top of the bluffs where a view of the surrounding country was obtained. "Well," said he, "Who are those ahead of us?" I was curious to know who he was. The sight of this increased our courage. The Indians who seemed to be detailed to bring in the dead and the wounded were continually coming into the village with double burdens showing that the soldiers though greatly decreased in numbers were still doing eff ective work. We could in all probability bury our unfortunate comrades who had fallen in battle, but it would be impossible for us to dispose of dead horses and mules. Assigned to Co. C, 7th Cavalry, under Capt. While the hottest of the fight was going on and the tide of battle seemed to be against us, our doctor dropped his bandages, and grasping a gun started toward the skirmish line. Tim Jordan] gave me a large pocket handkerchief to make a sling for my wounded hand. [Note: this is an interesting observation -- the first description I know of by a white of the "stationary wheel" technique which allowed the mounted, circling Indian cavalry to (1) maximize the concentration of their firepower, and (2) minimize their exposure to American soldiers's fire. 2. I was not sure but that the Indians might take a notion to follow me. View the profiles of professionals named "Peter Thomson" on LinkedIn. Here, there, and everywhere he thought he was needed. I soon turned the bend of the ravine, but no signs of them did I see. Indians for their families, property, and glory. See Mysteries of the Little Bighorn for more info.]. However, the most likely is Curley, who was at the river alone -- as Thompson described -- and he was always fundimentally evasive about what happened there. I began to watch the actions of the men. On September 11, 2014, T.J. Lane, 19, serving three life sentences for, In June 2015, two convicts escaped maximum security in the, On November 3, 2019, Samuel Fonseka, 21, and Jonathan Salazar, 20, both convicted murderers, escaped from the Monterey County Jail, located in, On April 16, 2020, James Newman and Thomas Deering escaped the, On December 1, 2021, a group of gangsters, On April 29, 2022, Alabama murder suspect, On January 1, 2023, gunmen stormed a prison in, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 04:51. He was kept very busy for some time. In 2005, he succeeded to escape by hiding in a container, with the complicity of workers from the waste collection services. I turned around, intending to wait until they came up. On our part we never expended a cartridge unless we were sure that the body of an Indian was in sight. When he was passing us he slightly checked his horse and waved his right hand twice for us to follow him. It does not take very long to expend that amount of ammunition especially when fighting against great odds. The noise in the village was as great as ever, which told us that the Indians still held it. When he saw that I was fully awake, he told me I would have to render some assistance at the head of the ravine up which the Indians were trying to sneak. He escaped from prison and manage to evade the police for a year until he was recaptured in 1999 in. The "problematic passages" in Thompson's first-person account of the battle center on Thompson and fellow straggler Pvt. Coming out of the river was one of our Crow scouts, mounted on his horse with the end of a rawhide rope over his shoulder, which he held firmly in his right hand. From his decorations of paint and feathers, I judged he was a chief. Tony, for that was the man's name, was lying in the place best suited for the shelter and the men called to him to get out of the way. The commotion in the village had subsided; the signs of life were few; it appeared to me that it was deserted, so quiet and deathlike was the stillness. In spring 2017, Rick tried to have Supergirl free Peter by threatening Alex Danvers ' life. "Sporting Life," July 12, 1972-February 1, 1973. I was still tugging away at the spurs, when Watson came up and asked what the trouble was and then passed on in the trail of the soldiers. Another young man was going around in a most helpful manner. Are they really "impossible?". ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA . The noise they made resembled the howling of a coyote and the squealing of a cat. The Indians were closing in around us. Emigrated to the United States 1865, settled with his parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylyania. Peter's a public radio "lifer" who first got hooked on radio journalism in high school, while listening to and then interning with Danny Schechter the News Dissector at Boston's legendary WBCN. OUR GREAT ESCAPE. The episode described by Thompson is fleeting, but because of it most conventional scholars of the battle have dismissed much or all of what Thompson had to say. In November 1987 Peter Thomson aged 19 at the time escaped from Winchester Prison. While looking on and wondering where the Crow was going we were further astonished by seeing General Custer dash out of the fording place and ride rapidly up to the Crow and commence to talk to him. Most wanted criminal in France in 2013. We were becoming so tired that the presence of the Indians was no longer a terror to us. By this time, the last of the companies had disappeared over the crest of the hill. I made up my mind that all but one shot should be fired at the Indians, and that one would go into my head, for I had determined never to be taken alive. But this soon passed out of my mind, as there was always something going on which attracted my attention. He escaped from Chelmsford Prison less than a year later. 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