Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-07-08
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
{ Special Dispatches 10 THE CITIZEN, by
United states Telegraph Lire.
PACIFIC COAST MATTERs.

IAAlEAO NC-A--
SAN FRANc1sco, July 4.-The whole
country is engaged in celebrating
The banks and public offices are clos
ed and all business suspended.
SAN DIEGO, July G.-The Unions
San Francisco special says Gen. Gus
tar with five companies Of Seventh
Cavalry, met about 2OOO Sioux Indian.
at Saltwater in Montana on the 2d in
slant. \ fight ensued, and the whole
command was either killed or woun
ded. including himself, two brothers
a brother-in-law and nephew. Th'
only trace of the command left is the
dead and about thirty wounded. The
command numbered three hundred
men.
SAN DIEGO July 6.-The Union:
special from Saltwater, Montana, July
.. saws: Maj. Taylor's scout for Gen
Gibbon arrived here last night direct
from Little Horn river He bring,
intelligence that Gen Custer found
Indians camped in about 1000 lodges
on Little Horn river and Immediately
attacked them. He took five com
panies and charged the thickest portion
Of the camps. Nothing is known Of
the operations of this detachment only
as they are traced by the dead. Maj
Reno commanded seven other compan
les and charged the lower portion OF
the camps. The Indians poured in a
murderous fire from all directions and
the greatest portion fought on horse
back. Gen. Gustav, his two brothers,
brother-in-law and nephew were all kill
ed and not one of his detachment es-
capped. Twenty were buried on the
place and the number of killed is est.
mated at 800, and only 81 wounded
The Indians surrounded Maj. Reno's
command and held them for one day
in the hills, cut off, until Gen. Glib
bons' command came in sight when
they broke camp at night and left.
The Seventh cavalry fought like tigers
but were overcome by brute force.
The loss of the Indians cannot be
estimated as they bore of and cached
the most of their killed. The rem
nant of the Seventh cavalry, with Gen.
Gibbons command are returning to
mouth of Little Horn where the steam
er lies. The Indians got all the arms
of the killed soldiers. There were
seventeen commissioned officers killed.
The whole of the Custar family died at
the head of their column.
Exact loss not known. Both adiu-
tant and sergeantmajOr were killed.
The Indian camp is from three to five
miles long and twenty miles up from
the mouth of the Little Horn. The
Indians actually pulled men from their
horses. In some instances the above
is confirmed. Other letters say Gustav
met fearful disaster.
The Bozeman Montana) Times Ex-
two confirms the renOrt and saws the
whole number killed is 31J. Gen Glib
bons joined the command at Reno.
When the Indians left, the battle field
looked like slaughter pen as it was
in a narrow ravine The dead were
horribly mutilated. The situation now
looks serious. Gen. Terry arrived at
Gen. Gibbons camp on the steamer
and crossed his command oyer to Join
Gen. Gustav, who knew he was coming
before the fight occurred. Lieut.. Crit
-enden was among the killed.
SAN DIEGO. July Nothing furth-
sr has been received from the fight in
which Gustav was killed.
MESMLA, June 22.-The California
Column held a reunion today and had
| grand Notification. W. L. Rynerson
vas president; John Martin and J. 5.
Crouch, vice-presidents, and W. Foun-
ain, secretary.