Leonard Peltier provided numerous alibis to several people about his activities on the morning of the attacks.[30] In an interview with the author Peter Matthiessen (In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, 1983), Peltier described working on a car in Oglala, claiming to have driven back to the Jumping Bull Compound about an hour before the shooting started.[30] In an interview with Lee Hill, he described being awakened in the tent city at the ranch by the sound of gunshots.[30] To Harvey Arden, for Prison Writings, he described enjoying a beautiful morning before he heard the firing.[30]