", After the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Thompson "participated in the Northern Cheyenne Campaigh 1878 Honorable Discharge 1880 Homesteaded Alzada, Montana 1890 Married September 21 1904 to Ruth Boicourt, two children, Susan and Peter Jr. When about half way up the bluff, I noticed something that made me hesitate. Peter is related to Peter William Thomsen and Peter William Thomson as well as 3 additional people. Thomson won the British Open in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, and 1965, matching the number of wins by John Henry Taylor and James Braid and . Watson was a short distance behind me and was keeping watch on the flat below. During the fight between Custer and the Sioux, scores of Indians had stationed themselves on the bluffs overlooking the village as far as we could see, so that any movement on our part would have led to our discovery; but nevertheless we made up our minds not to remain long in our present place of concealment. I slept so soundly that I heard and knew nothing until I felt someone kicking the soles of my boots. Had it not been for the watchfulness of our men, they certainly would have got the best o f us. The day was extremely warm, but for all that the Indians had their blankets wrapped around them. Again, what Thompson described was just the way Custer did business -- and the flat by the river where Thompson said he saw Custer and the Crow scout with a Sioux squaw on a tether is barely 1,000 feet from the mouth of Medicine Tail Coulee, thus EASILY within Custer's accustomed solo reconnaissance range. To see them, please click on the underlined portion at the right side below. This was the flag which had been placed there by the corporal just before he was shot. I made my way as rapidly as possible toward the bank of the river. Making my way back towards the mouth of the ravine a volley of half a score of rifle balls whistled past me and the lead buried itself in the bank beyond. View the profiles of people named Peter Thomson. Calhoun and 2nd Lieut. On looking him over I could see the reason for his sitting and watching as he did. One party of Indians were dashing down the river; others were rushing toward the upper end of the village. I turned around, intending to wait until they came up. I asked him if his horse was not played out; he said it was. "Heritage and Horizon: American Painting, 1776-1976," May 5, 1976-June 13, 1976. 14. Here's the sequence: you start with the little hill on the lower Medicine Tail Coulee Trail where his horse played out; then there's the ravine he jumped into; then there's the pilar of rock he climbed to; then there's the badly eroded trail he followed to the river; then there's the flat beside the river where he saw Custer and the Crow scout with a tethered Sioux squaw; then there's the ford at the lower end of the flat where he tried to cross the river; then there's the bend where the river runs hard against the bluffs he tried to climb; then there's the oxbow he hid in; then there's the flat where he saw the Indians in some sort of council; then there are the bluffs he saw Reno's men retreating up, etc. It may seem hard to take human life, but he had been trying to take mine, and self preservation is the first law of nature. He said he was sick. It was impossible for him to move further without assistance. By this time the Indians were pouring a shower of lead into us that was galling in the extreme. I made some inquiries of some skulkers who I found among the horses and from what they told me I concluded that the ravine route was the only safe one to take. On looking around, I saw a white man and what I supposed to be a Crow Indian. Ladies and Gentlemen, Greetings to one and all. On June 7, 2014, Serge Pomerleau, 49, Denis Lefebvre, 53, and Yves Denis, 35, escaped from a Quebec detention center with help from a helicopter. Peter Thompson at the Little Bighorn Map. We had scarcely been concealed ten minutes before we heard a heavy volley of rifle shots down the stream, followed by a scattering fire, I raised to my feet and parting the brush with my gun; the stalks being covered with long sharp thorns, which made it quite disagreeable for a person's clothes and flesh. So we left our retreat and moved down as far as we could for the cut in the bank. The eye-witness record of the battle says there were actually four more survivors who left Custer's command after Curley. Michael P. Madden] the wounded man I had just left, watched me with great interest. I was not the only one to run for the head of the ravine. ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA . John Fitzgerald], Brennan [Pvt. Detroit Institute of Arts. And he did and gradually left me behind. In November 1987 Peter Thomson aged 19 at the time escaped from Winchester Prison. The heat of the day was oppressive and the guns of the Indians were silent and these facts brought a feeling of depression over us. There was nothing left for us to do but run. On March 30, 2010, three inmates, Quentin Truehill, Kentrell Johnson, and Peter Hughes escaped from Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office in Mansura, Louisiana after holding an officer hostage. I soon turned the bend of the ravine, but no signs of them did I see. The trio later fled to Colorado where an elderly man was kidnapped and later released unharmed. Tim Jordan] gave me a large pocket handkerchief to make a sling for my wounded hand. 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. But this soon passed out of my mind, as there was always something going on which attracted my attention. $28.00. When close enough I gave them to understand the condition I was in and asked for an exchange of mount. How were we going to transport our wounded? ( Meet our new Livable Planet desk. I found that very little change had taken place since the incident in the morning. The firing in the direction of the battlefield had just now ceased, showing this act of the tragedy was ended. Their management level is C-Level. They had undoubtedly been cut down by the Indians during some severe winter when the snow was very deep and the ponies had to live upon the bark, not being able to get the grass. On coming close, I saw they were our Ree scouts and two Crow Indians, one of whom was Half Yellow Face or Two Bloody Hands. By Peter Thomson. Peter Benjamin Parker, tambm conhecido por seu pseudnimo de Homem-Aranha, um personagem fictcio e protagonista da srie de filmes The Amazing Spider-Man de Marc Webb.Adaptado do super-heri de mesmo nome da Marvel Comics criado por Stan Lee e Steve Ditko, ele interpretado por Andrew Garfield e aparece nos filmes The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) e sua sequncia The Amazing Spider . 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. When they had passed, we moved on our way. Down at the foot of the hill I was descending, I saw a white man riding in a slow, leisurely way. Tom Custer, 1st Lieut. He was convicted for car theft and sentenced for four years imprisonment. Benteen dash into the midst of our horses and drive out several men who were hiding and skulking about them. There was a noise in the village which increased as night advanced. We thought we would have time enough to fortify ourselves before the light of another day appeared. WHEN YOU ACTUALLY look at them, Thompson's "problematic passages" are really no problem at all, except that they honestly tell Americans some things they don't want to hear -- e.g., that the Seventh Cavalry under Custer murdered and quite possibly raped its way to annihilation. It had taken us one half hour to reach this place, making three hours in all. It seemed as if it would be impossible to dislodge them. Two accomplices of Palaiokostas hijacked a sight-seeing helicopter and forced the pilot to fly to the prison where Palaiokostas was being held. Of course we all wondered at this but said nothing. Whether he had gone through the village or waded down the stream to reach his command is a question that cannot be answered; but as we had seen no signs of him crossing to the opposite side, we naturally thought that he had made his way down the stream. But I could not; so I gave a leap which landed me many feet below, and strange to say, I did not lose my balance. They were ultimately apprehended nearly two weeks after the escape in Miami, Florida. My pistol contained five cartridges, my belt contained seventeen cartridges for my carbine, a very slim magazine as a means of defense. When we looked into the village we could see the guidon fluttering in the breeze. This gave him opportunity to sight his rifle while riding. 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. Watson still being some distance ahead of me. A person could make his way around with a little more comfort, but how long this would continue was impossible to tell. The question may be asked why we attempted to join our commands after two hours and a half. There were four Crow scouts with Custer that day, plus an Arikara named Black Fox. Enlisted in the United States Army for 5 years, September 1875. So we started in the proposed direction. The firing on the part of the Indians was rather dilatory. "Well!" On examining my saddle, I was glad to find everything as I had left it. Special thanks to polfdesign.com for finding the excellent historical photo of Peter Thompson and providing this additional biographical information: "Peter Thompson, born December 28, 1854. So there was nothing to do but console myself with the reflection that I had better take care of it myself. Sentenced to life imprisonment as a fourth time offender, he was transferred to the Philadelphia County Prison. There was no straggling; they went together, neck and neck, their tails streaming in the wind, and the riders arms gleaming in the sunlight. Some of the poor fellows would never recover, others would be crippled for life and I would carry a broken hand. She must have noticed the movement for she made a short circle around us, ran over the bank, crossed the river, and disappeared in the village. In New York, convicted murderers Timothy A. Vail and Timothy G. Morgan escaped from Elmira State Penitentiary in July 2003; both were recaptured in two days. 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. He escaped but was captured at an airport five hours later. 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. We all realized that our lives were not worth betting on, but the expression on the faces of the men was that of a dogged determination to sell them dearly. He escaped two times with a helicopter. The deep voices of the braves, the howling of the squaws, the shrill piping of the children and the barking of the dogs made night hideous; but they appeared to enjoy it amazingly. One of its hind legs was fearfully gashed by a bullet. The only answer was a long wailing blast; it was not what was expected. Emigrated to the United States 1865, settled with his parents in Pittsburgh, Pennsylyania. Round and round rode the savages in a seemingly tireless circle. The same is also true of what seems, on the face of it, the wildest parts of Thompson's story: (1) the eye-witness account of how a white man with an Indian shot at him while he was fleeing to join Reno, (2) the hearsay claim (via his Seventh Cavalry straggler companion) James Watson, that Custer took a shot at half-Sioux Seventh Cavalry Scout Billy Jackson just before the beginning of the Custer fight. I discovered a pool of blood a short distance from him which had come from a terrible wound in his leg. The three men were arrested a couple of weeks later and returned to the same facility. The first man we recognized was Sargeant Knipe [Sgt. Weir. A short distance from me lay a wounded man, groaning and struggling in the agony of death. The fire of the Indians seemed to come from three different directions and all exposed places were pretty well riddled. The hill we were climbing seemed very long, so much so to me that I fell down and lay there without any inclination to move again, until Watson called my attention to the head of the column of cavalry which now came into plain view. I began to watch the actions of the men. Great to see the way the Ocean's been brought into so many aspects of WEF's Annual Meeting in Davos this year. I found in the center of our place of defense that we had a surgeon busily attending to the wounded and dying. A message from Ambassador Peter Thomson, UNSG's Special Envoy for the Ocean to the IOC-UNESCO Ocean Literacy Training Courses. Updated April 24, 2011, The Eye-witness Chronology He escaped from prison and manage to evade the police for a year until he was recaptured in 1999 in. Are they really "impossible?". "Back in Prison After Restful Sojourn Here". He and other prisoners dressed as prison guards and escaped via ladders across the prison yard to the wall. We were becoming so tired that the presence of the Indians was no longer a terror to us. The only hope f or us to accomplish our purpose was to make the effort after night came on. Knipe added, "They all thought you was a gonner." Finckle had already missed the chance to carry Custer's last order -- and live -- because his mount was giving out.]. In 1977, convicted murderer James Robert Jones escaped from prison in Kansas, and lived in Florida for 37 years under the alias of Bruce Walter Keith. 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I looked around me and saw what remained of those who had gone down the ravine against such fearful odds. Thompson's exhausted horse "entirely played out" near the bottom of Medicine Tail Coulee and James Watson's horse went down too. But if we were not wounded in our bodies we were in our feelings. When I thought it time for him to fire, I dropped to my left side, the bullet whistling over my head, buried itself in the bluff behind me. Eight inmates charged with violent crimes, Lance Battreal, Charles Smith, and Mark Booher escaped from a. It was possible that some of the Indians were concealed in it to pick anyone off who was bold enough to approach the water; but I could see no signs of life and concluded to proceed. Again we were sent to cover by the approach of more Indians. I wondered whether it would be safe to stop long enough to put the water into the canteens, as the fire of the Indians seemed to come from a bend in the bank, a short distance from the mouth of the ravine on this side of the river. While I looked at them, one rose to his feet and beckoned for us in the most friendly manner to advance. True, my revolver was loaded, but I was not fool enough to take my chances, one against five. Capt. After his second escape he was captured on September 21, 2007. One young man had the courage of a lion. "Movie Made Escaped Convict Go Back to Charleston Prison". There were others also in the same fix. Jumping to my feet I saw Capt. On 7 July 1985, in prison of San Sebastian two prisoners escaped: In 1984, six death row inmates, including the. He pointed down the stream, put spurs to his horse and disappeared at the ford, never uttering a word. Suddenly a small band of Indians came up towards us on a jog trot, which made us seek cover. Custer was mounted on his sorrel horse and it being a very hot day he was in his shirt sleeves; his buckskin pants tucked into his boots; his buckskin shirt fastened to the rear of his saddle; and a broad brimmed cream colored hat on his head, the brim of which was turned up on the right side and fastened by a small hook and eye to its crown. This was good news to me. In 1994 Arthur Rudy Martinez, an inmate serving a life sentence after being convicted of numerous rapes and robberies, escaped from a Washington State prison and eluded capture for nearly two decades. Capt. He not only tried to dissuade me but called to Sargeant Knipe and told him of my intention of going to the river. "And now, Watson," said I, "I will help myself along by hanging to your horse's tail, as I cannot otherwise keep up with you." The red devils seemed determined to crush us. He added, "If they succeed, it will be a sad day with us.". The cartridge was very dirty, a nice predicament for a man to be in when at close quarters with an enemy. Then it would almost die out until some more dead or wounded were brought in, this would put fresh vigor into their lungs. I made up my mind to climb to the top of the bank and let drive at our painted friend. Thompson was sentenced to death Oct. 28 and was being held in the county jail until he could be transferred to a prison in Livingston, about 75 miles to the northeast. Wesoon gained the top of the bluffs where a view of the surrounding country was obtained. So we began to map out a course by which we could join our command, where we felt we were so much needed. Specifically, what about the kinky bit with the Crow scout and the Sioux squaw on the tether? He seemed to come to one conclusion, and that was that the 7th Cavalry was going to be whipped. In fact, however, there is far, far more truth in Thompson's tale than Camp or conventional wisdom has been willing to accept. 40-43. But in the meantime several accidents happened which helped to make it a serious matter for us. 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. It did not take me long to reach the top of the bluff, where I got a glimpse of the village, the river and the mouth of the ravine. So leaving the trail I ran down the hill at full speed and came to a place where there was a deep cut with steep sides that I would not have dared to face had I been able to check myself in time. This made me determined to make another trip and to take a larger number of canteens. Another young man was going around in a most helpful manner. It was our duty not to question, but to obey. We were in a very precarious condition. After we began to climb the hill, I found my strength was giving out, and in spite of the fact that we were in full view of the Indians, I laid down to rest and all my entreaties for Watson to go on and save himself were fruitless. Nicknamed by some as the "King of Kalashnikovs". The noise gradually became louder and louder until it became indescribably and almost unbearable to the ears of civilized persons. When I was handing his back to him I noticed that the three Indians had discovered us and were watching our every movement. 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. On March 3, 1934, Dillinger escaped from the "escape-proof" (as it was dubbed by local authorities at the time) Crown Point, Indiana county jail, which was guarded by many police officers and national guardsmen. He was one of 12 convicts who escaped the institution through a tunnel. BUT WHAT ABOUT the "problematic passages" in Thompson's story? The Indians were closing in around us. I looked back toward the trail where I left my horse; he was still in the same place with an Indian riding around him. The problem that now perplexed us was what we were to do. 6 distinct works Similar authors. We followed the trail for several hundred feet, then forced our way through the brush and with our revolvers cocked, lying at our feet and our guns in our hands we waited and watched for their appearance. ", And Custer was riding ahead of his men with scout Fred Gerard minutes before Reno's attack when he encountered a group of Seventh Cavalry scouts at the "Lone Tepee." Or at least that's one plausible way to read the eye-witness record of the battle. At this juncture the dry grass caught on fire threatening the destruction of the village, but the squaws fearless as the braves themselves fought the fire and tore down the teepees which were in danger of burning. 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. We saw plenty of Indians on our side of the stream; they seemed to get bolder and more numerous, but so far they were some distance away. That being denied him, he asked permission to take his company and ascertain Custer's position; but he was refused that privilege. Peter Thompson was an American who put his life on the line for his comrades and his country -- and received the Medal of Honor for his valor -- but that hasn't stopped America from turning him into non-person in order to preserve its cherished, comfortable self-deceptions. Yes, absolutely! Additionally, Thompson provides the last look at Custer alive; he shows that Indians used captured Cavalry bugles, as Roman Nose did at the Battle of Beecher's Island; and he describes the clever "stationary wheel" technique they employed in their attack on Custer, as well as its withering effect on the Americans: Round and round rode the savages in a seemingly tireless circle. We had not gone far, before we saw a sight that puzzled us very much. I then told him as it was now my turn I would proceed to the business. On 13 December 2014 he escaped for the 20th time through the window by rope, after having sawed the bars. I skirmished around and found two more of my company slightly wounded. Harry Campbell for TIME. "The Man Who Broke Charlestown". Getting vexed I dismounted and began to fasten on my spurs, when I heard my name called and, on looking up, I saw Brennan near me on horseback. There was but one gasp and all was still. Jerking off his blanket he waved it in a peculiar manner and shouted out some lingo to those in the village and then pointed towards us. 5 Jan 2023. We had no use for firewood if we could have gotten it, as we had no water to cook with, hence our wounded were deprived of the comforts that a sick man needs. Looking to see where the water was deepest, I made a few leaps which landed me in the water with a loud splash. Although that company had entered the fight with General Custer, there were a few who had been detailed to the pack train. Custer had done so repeatedly on the Seventh Cavalry's approach to the Little Bighorn. Marking: [label] "Peter Thomson, registered, Philadelphia" Exhibition History. I was anxious to save him and if I did I must act quickly. After I had travelled a considerable distance, I came to a turn in the ravine. For about three miles on the left bank of the river the teepees were stretched, the white canvas gleaming in the sunlight. So I commenced to search around for them. I told him that as I could not carry a gun I thought I had better do something to help the wounded and the dying. I could not but wonder what sort of fix I would be in if the horse under which I was lying happened to get shot and fell down on me. Then Jackson informed him Custer had shot at him cutting away the strap that connected his stirrup to the saddle, and in order to save his life he had ridden away. Drive For Freedom. I then told him when he passed our scouts on the trail above. He struggled to his feet; his face bore tokens of great fear. I was not sure but that the Indians might take a notion to follow me. THEDEGREE to which conventional Little Bighorn authors have written Thompson out of the history of the battle is as shocking as it is shameful. He was a trumpeter, belonging to either Company I or L and I am very sorry that I have forgotten his name. Peter graduated from their alma mater, General Assembly and is currently based in New York. 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. After they had driven Major Reno across the river we noticed that the village was beginning to teem with life. The men only fired where they thought they were going to do execution. No one was more hostile to Thompson, though, than Walter Mason Camp, the most rigidly wrong-headed of the early American collectors of eye-witness accounts 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. I do not know how long I lay there, but I have a faint recollection of being turned and my gun taken from me. [Note: August De Voto and an Anonymous Sixth Infantry Sergeant also spoke of white men fighting on the Indians' side at the Little Bighorn. This ungainly dismount caused the water to fly in every direction. All realized that the less ammunition expended the better. Thomas McDougall] Sargeant Knipe then told me that my horse had been found and was in charge of Fitzgerald, the horse farrier. I had gotten so far without being hit that I thought I was going to get through safe, but as I was entering the mouth of the ravine, a volley was fired by the Indians who occupied it and over I tumbled shot through the right hand and arm. If their enemy fell into their hands wounded or dying, it was simply to be put to the worst torture possible. This was the 26th day of June, a day long to be remembered by all who took an active part, in fact, a day never to be forgotten. Both Brennan and Fitzgerald turned their horses toward the rear, when they had gone two miles beyond the lone teepee. 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