The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-07-21
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NARRATIVES Of 4 stVttf.
ueurge Hef~nlen. 4 scout fs.nt Nv
Iirn. Terry with dci,. Custsf'~ column, |
tAr following ~ bis experience
In the recent Rattle. lie WAS ssnt lsy
tsen. Terry from III. mouth of the Itose.
bud, with Them. Clusters command, 10
carry dispatches frum Custer ~ IT,. ~
We ieh the Rosebud on the 22d Of
June At u o'cloek marched mp tho
Rosebud about twelve miles and ri.
cAmnd for The night. On the morning
III the I'D ~ broke camp NJ 3 o'clock and
continued MP the Rosebud until y
o'clock, when ~ struck q large lodge
pole tnil about tcn days old and followed
Il along tle NoseirAd until toward even.
ing, when N went Into ramp on tho
trad. On The morning of tho oath VIZ
pulled out ut o o'clock and followed tho
trail i've or six miles, when We met six
Grow Indian scouts. who had been scnt
ont the hight previous by Ucn. Custer
10 look Tor tho Indian village. They
Naid they had found fresh pony tracks,
and that ten miles ahead the trail WINS
frcsher. 0en. Custer hal the officers
call blown, and they assembled around
him. but / did not hear what he said 10
them. The scouts were again sent ahead
aud moved along NJ \ fast walk. We
moved u | o'clock, and, while the Of
tlcern were eating their lunch, the scout.
came hack aud reported that they Ind
found where the village had lncil quite
recently. T1cy moved again, with
flAnkcrs will mt 10 wntch tho trnil and
sen that II did not divide. About I
o'clock ~ came 10 tho place whore Tho
villnge hAd been apparently only Il few
days lnfOre, aud went into camp twn
miles below the forks III the Rosebud.
The scouts MI again pushed ont ~ look
for the village, aud vt IL o'clock Ut night
Custer lad everything packed up ind
followe. tho scouts up tho right hand
fork III tia NoArbud.
About daylight ~ went into camp,
nnd0 coffee, and A0on after II wns light
the scouts brought Custer word that
they had ssti the village from the top of
Il divide that separates tho Rosebud
from Little Horn river. W. moved up
thc creek until near its head, and con-
cv'alctl ourselves In Il Fnvinc. II war
about three miles from the head III
thu creek where ~ then were ~ tho
top u tho divide where tho Indian
scouts sAid tho village could bn seen,
and after hiding his command ten.
Custer, will, i few o~rlefiies, gailopcd
forward 10 look II the Indian camp. I'm
about m hour Ouster returned, and nAitl
he could not rce tho Indian village. but
tho scouts and = hall. breed guide, "Nuch
BAyer,' raid thGy could distinctly .eo IL
sonlc iilteen miles oil. While uen.
Custer waA looking for tho Indiaf. VII.
lnge tho scouts came In and reported
TINT le had lAen discovered, and i!imi
news Va then ON iis way to tho village
that he waa coming. Another scout
Maid two bioux war parties hal stolen
up and esssl tho command aud TN look.
ing In n ravinc hear hy, nare enough.
fresh lvoliy tracks were found. Custcr
hal "oflcsrs' call" blown, gave his
orders, aud thu command VIVA put in
fighting order. The scouts wero ordered
forward and thu regiment moved nth walk.
After going about three miles the scouts
reported Indians Ahead, and tho com
mand tl,cn took the trail. Our way lMy
down \ little creek, q branch II Iii.
Little Horn, aud after going N,lsse Nj
milcn ~ discovered m 1ndisn loLgc
ahead, and Custer bore down on il nj d
stir trot. In coming 10 II We found our.
sslvsA in q freshly abandOnnd ludian
camp, MI tho lolHen NJ which were gone
except the unc va MaN, aud on cntnsfua
il W found II contained a dead Indinn,
From this point W. could ssn into thu
Little Horn valley, and observed heavy
clouds III dust fising about live lullon
distant. Many thought tlo Ia .lins were
moving away, and | think uen. Custer
believed ~, Tor In NJ III word ~ Col.
Runo, WIN was AlnAi with three com
pAuies of the Seventh Regiment. 70 push
on thc scouts rapidly AMI head Tor ~
dust. Reno look 4 stn.dy gllop down ~
creek bottom three miles III where II 0lun.
tod into tho Little Horn, md found l
natural ford ACROSS LATHE Horn rivnr.
He started ~ crows, when thD scouts
same hack aud called nut 10 him 70 ~
On, tlAt tho Sioux were coning III lorcr
numbers b mcet him. liz GrCGnsd Ovsr,
however, formed his comlAnies on IN
prairie In line of battle, o~1 moved NJ.
ward II ! trot, but soon tnok IN,
Tho valley ~as about 1&rno-loor(lae u I
mile wide. On tho Ia = u lou.
round hills, and 9 ~ NIT 10 rive.
bottom, covered With ARSoW1h III COTTON.
wood trooo and bunhcA After scxtt1e-
Ing allot6 1870 Ard from thu hin. and n
few from the river bottom and Hauo's
skifmtaheFs returned tho ahOt.. liz "a.
vanced about D nils from tho ford to |
line of tinheF On tho right and din.
mounted IL IN q fjRhk On 6,0t. Tn