The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1873-09-24
TheTrooper General In
terviewed--What
He Said.
Boots and Saddles
AN Episode Of
the Fight.
The Outward March--The Fiyht-Ihe
Return-Rapid Neutrality-suspicious.
thing Of the Countrywide Jose
phine-The Horse Mystery
Lieut. Barden-The Cen
erals Menagerie-

"Custer has arrived" was passed from
lip to lip on the street on Monday even:
ing and the subject at once became the
theme Of general conversation. II the
General is as successful in taking his
enemies by surprise as he was in sur
prising his friends on this occasion, ne
must often catch them asleep. We knew
the General in the army, and knew him
to be a man in whom sloth took no de-
light. and as an officer the hero of more
rapid marches and harder fights than al
most any other noted in history and
that for the last few months he had al
most literally kept moving circle OF
troopers around the working force and
infantry Of the great Yellowstone
Expedition; but for all this we were not
prepared to witness quite so much en-
ercy as was shown in this, the diving
kick of the whole transaction. We
were waiting and watching for the
steamer Josephine and its load Of "dough
boys" That the cavalry would out
march a steamboat, and that down
stream on a rapid river, was not even
thought Of. So when the news was first
circulated upon the street, the question
asked was. "Why, how did-he come %
"Marched, Of course "But that ISM
possible !" "Nonsensc, nothing is i'm
possible with Custer And so it proved;
the cavalry had certainly arrived and
with it the necessary train Of supplies.
TUT TRIBUNE ON HAND.
Bright and early the following morn
ing our reporter was astlr The IRI-
BuNE man never sleeps; only one OF h''n
at time, at all events. Kindly placed
under obligations By Commodore
Kountz, the reporter accompanied an
excursion party under the guidance of
that gentleman, stepped on board an ex
ira and soon arrived at the landing,
where the steamer May Lowry trans.
ferred all hands to the opposite shore,
from whence an incursion upon the
General and his command was planned
The encampment was easily found, just
below Camp Groncwald, the proposed
winter quarters Of the expedition. The
symmetrically arranged "dog tents, y
the long lines Of horses, the lolllng, list
less, clustering, swearing, good natnrco
and Jolly crowds Of men, carried US back
| in imagination TO the days when we, too
'slept on the tented field" land, P. s.
don't want to do it any more.)
Quickly finding his way to the Gener
ais tent, our reporter stepped in, dot'ee
| his beaver, done his level best in The
regulation military salute, presented hi:
credentials and received hearty greet
| ing. We are no Jenkins; bnt nothing
| in tho panorama outside so viyidly re
called old times as did the dress Of Tho
| man before us. 1t was the very same
uniform, in style, the appearance o
which, clothing the same dashing caval
ryman, has so often startled the corn
fed Johnnics by the yells Of welcome i
called out from the boys in blue. Custer
had arrived the night previous, *o1
course, in the frontier regulation buck
skin, but this had been doffed, and ir
its place donned the well remembered
plain blue pants, with their yellow
stripe, the blue flannel shirt, with it
wide collar and cuffs, loose at the throat
the black slouch hat, and tho iinglin;
spurs. The same long curling hair ant
the accompanying m moustahce make ul
in brief the Generals personnel, and j
will be all sufficient for those who hav
once seen it. We were directed to
seat, and after further greeting and
little general conversation opened NJ
our batteries as follows: Gsgs.. n
Reporter.-Youa are of course aware
General, that one Of the first duties of
man who has finished I'D some grea