On June 25,1876, he accompanied the detachment of Major Marcus Reno in the valley fight, where he was pinned under his dead horse and left behind when Reno retired across the river to high bluffs.
On June 25,1876, he accompanied the detachment of Major Marcus Reno into the battle. In Evan Connel's 1985 "Son of the Morning Star" one witness is quoted, where he was pinned under his dead horse and left behind when Reno retired across the river to high bluffs.