Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-07-12
The rzsssrre Of General tu>-
ter-The Military Situation


,stUS.ion Il the soeDe a the recent
uusyrt-ns,e bz.tis Eiih The lDiiaLs
rssr he Lii;is BIZ Horn River, re
rsyrod1ee ard group the following
fsc.s from tie later q our ooETas-
p.o.ie.t. Dr. V. 7. MeGiIic1ddy.
ssr-e,r with Gsss-1l Crooks con-
mad, dztsd June 2ls;, four days
before The battle, ard p1blisbed II
tie Free Pres l2si Sunday. Dr.
MeGlErsddy reports Gen Crooks
force a. consisting Of ] 20 soldiers
AID sbou; 20 Of the Crow, Sake
and SboabOos IDiizns, Cd bereits-
- enemies Of the Sioux, Tbo sc-
company the expedition A. sooEts-
General Crock EFF the permanent
suVrly camp, fifteen miles north
YES. Of Old Fort Kezrosy, On Goose
Greek, June l., making for the
Sioux, who have tEo very large
fortified villages nesr the mouth q
Rosebud Creek where il empiies
io.o TIE Yellowstone, IL had about
I2O miles 20 make, and has, 10 al
probability, before this rad seTcre
fgt., the results Of which We are
awaiting With much anxiety. In the
villages there are about 1900 H.
dams well armed and vel supplied
With ammunition, which they have
been accommodating for the past
three years. Intelligence was also
received that Lone Wolf was on his
way north 10 join the the Sioux
With 800 Of the northern Chey-
ennes. These Indians are doubt
less the same savages whom Custer
30 gallantly but, if the details OF the
dispatches are true, at the same
time 80 rashly attacked. General
Gibbons was encamped across from
them On the north shore of the
Yellowstone, and was reported a.
having frequent skirrnishes with
them. He sent two companies o.
infantry across the river the previ
Gus week, but the soldiers were re-
pulsed and had TO return.
At this time, June q, all Of The
= horses belonging to one compaD!
: Of cavalry were reported as drown
, ed In the Yellowstone, which is yer,
/, high at this season.
3 That the Indians were impressed
: with their strength and very boil
is evidenced by the fact, reporte'
b. by DIR. McGillicuddy, that they RAJ
off the last FIVE head Of beef iron
i General Crook on Friday, June IL
the same day the supply camp wa
known TO be surrounded. As thi
supply camp is between fifteen an
twenty miles south Of the reporte
scene of the battle, on the Littl
d Big Horn River, it is probable tina
General Custer was marching j
that direction at the time OF tn
unfortunate engagement, endeavoi
u ing either to form junction wit
a General Crook or to cut the retres
Is of the Indians from the Little Hor
u River in a northerly or westerly d
rection. This belief is strengthen
D ed by the fact that General Car
e with eight companies Of the FIT
> Cavalry, left Fort Laramie June Q
70 in the morning, to scout in th
&c country east of the Big Horn, an
y prevent the Sioux from going soutl
;. General Terry, accompanied b
al General Custer and General Oil
. bons, was TO prevent, if possibl
u the escape of the hostile Indiar
= across Dakota into British Anne
= lea.
10 Here, then, is a sketch Of the 81
- y uation as it undoubtedly was on Il
morning Of the 25th, the day of Il
10 battle which resulted SO disastrou
I'd " for General Custer and his cor
We mand. IL the battle took pla'
~ upon the Little Big Horn River Il
=. Indians bad left their fortified VI
lage on Rosebud Creek and we
encamped on the east side OF Il
he Little Big Horn, stream whiC
W empties into the Big Horn, a CO.
e. fluent OF the Yellowstone River
IS The Little Big Horn takes its rise
is the Big Horn Mountains, flows nor
of skirting the Rosebud Mountain
IL and unites with the Big Horn son
twelve or fifteen miles above Il
I'd confluence of the latter stream vii
rs the Yellowstone at Fort Pease'
y The savages had the Little b
= Horn rs n shelter in their front an
the Rosebud Mountains as a prote
is tioy, In THAR rear They had CIV