He was just sitting there.

[**The following is part of an excerpt of a contemporary account from the Battle of Little Bighorn. The witness was a Native American who later recalled the events.**] >While I was looking at the last fighting, I saw back along the ridge a living [**American**] soldier sitting on the ground, in plain view. He was just sitting there and rubbing his head, as if he did not know where he was or what was going on in the world. While I was watching him, three Sioux men ran to him and seized him. They stretched him out upon his back. They went at this slowly, and I wondered what they were going to do. >Pretty soon I found out. Two of them held his arms while the third man cut off his head with a sheath-knife. _________________________________________ **Source:** Stephens, John Richard. “Eyewitness Reports.” *Weird History 101: Tales of Intrigue, Mayhem, and Outrageous Behavior*. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2006. 7. Print. __________________________________________ **Further Reading:** [The Sioux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux) [Battle of the Little Bighorn / Battle of the Greasy Grass / Custer’s Last Stand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn)