Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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School Song Come, all good fellows, come with us today. Come to the school where you'll all wish to stay. Come join the throng that is carried along by the spirit there. Come where the friendships fill all heart’s desire. Come where the students to heights all aspire. Come now and hear in a song ringing clear on the blithesome air. Chorus: Oh Billings. Billings, we'll serve you every day Oh Billings. Billings, we'll drive your foes away. Oh Billings. Billings, our hearts are ever true. Oh Billings, our B. II. S. we will fight for you.

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maintain his defense and hope that Reno would appear in time to weaken the Indian lines with an attack. This was all in vain; Reno nev ?r appeared. Ammunition ran low and the rest of the horses stampeded with the extra supply. (]all and Crazx Horse now resolved to end the affair. According to Mrs. Spotted Horn Bull, famous widow of a Unkapapa chief who witnessed the battle from the village, •‘Then the men of the Sioux nation led by Crow King, Hump. Crazy Horse and many great chiefs rose up on all sides of the hill, and the last we could see from our side was the great number of grav horses. The smoke of the shooting and the dust of the horses shut out the hill, and the soldiers fired many shots. There were more than two hundred dead sold rs ‘‘n the hill, and the bo s of the village shot many who were already dead, for the blood of tin- people was hot, and their hearts bad and they took no prisoners that day . In shallow graves, dug with hands, knives, and cups, were buried the Custer dead. 1 lie soldiers of Terry. Reno, and Benteen drove a stake into the ground at the spot where each soldier fell. Into each stake was driven a cartridge shell containing the name of the soldier buried there. The wounded of Reno and Benteen were carried down the Little Horn to the Tar West.” which in turn carried them hack to their homes. Some years later, the remains of most of the officers were shipped east, while the re- mains of the other soldiers were all buried under one big monument, and a little white marker was placed on the spot where each of these brave soldiers gave his life for his country. In passing through the field, one may see these little white markers, each touching a spot where a brave soldier fell. Courageously they fought and heroically they died with sol- diers in line and officers in position, retaining to the last, the spirit of the grand old Seventh. In appreciation of the splendid stand made hv these brave men within the boundaries of our own beloved state, we of the Kyote Staff do dedicate this, our 1926 year hook to them. i4(Jn fume's eternal camping ground 'heir silent tents are spread .hid glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead. —Jack V. Hill ’26 The picture» used in th! section are copyrighted l»y F Barry, of Superior. Wisconsin ami W. VV. Wildschul. of Billin'.; . Montana. « ‘My Friend the Indian”—James McLaughlin.

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Godfrey’s Message June 2, 1926 The Billings High School Senior Class, Billings. Montana: It is a pleasure to note the interest of the younger generation in the epochal events of the fading frontier. I am gratified to be called upon for greetings and to know that you intend using material I have gathered for your year hook of 1926. To an intimate friend. General Custer revealed himself as he thought of himself. “It is said that I am impulsive and rash. 1 resent that. When an emergency arises there instantly flashes in my mind all my experiences and studies of analogous con- ditions and situations, and instantly my plans of actions are formed and acted upon In my studies of military history 1 al- ways endeavored to analize conditions, movements, actions and results.” These are not his exact words, but the substance of the conversation. Wishing you all success in your life endeavors. Sincerely yours, E. S. Godfrey Cookstown, New Jersey