Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
thing IS known from those VINO WI.

thing is known from those WHO VII \
messed them, for no soldier or officer.
who accompanied him, has yet been
found alive. His trail hom the uoiut
whsre Repo crossed theetream p9sses
along and in til rear 0f'the creet of
bluffs on Nhe right bankfor nearIT or
quite thru b mil then + comes down
to The bank OF NE river, but etOnce
DIVORCES fromit as 1.-The had nnsuc-
cessfully attempted to cross, then
turns upon itself and almost COM
plctes circle and closes. 1t is marked
by the remains of his officers and men
and the bodies of his horses Some
of them dropped along the path, 9TH
ers ara sheaped where haits Appear.to
have been made. There is abundant
evidence that n gallant resistance was
offered by the troops, but they were
beset on all sides by overwhelming
numbers. The officers known to be
killed are Gen. Custer, Capt's Keogh,
Gates and Custer, Lieutenants Cook,
Smith, Mcintosh, Calhoon, Porter,
Hodgerson, Sturgis and Reilly, of the
cavalry; Lieut.. Crittenden, of the,
Goth Infantry, and acting Assistant
Surgeon DeWolf. Lieut.. Harring-
ton, Of the Cavalry, and Assistant
Surgeon Lord are missing. Captain
Benton and Liet. Varnum,of the Cav
airy, are slightly wounded,
Mr.. Bristol Custer, brother, and
Mr.. Reed, a nephew of Gen., Custer,
were with him and were killed. No
other officers than those whom have
named are among the killed, wound
ed and missing. 1t is impossible as
| vet to obtain reliable list of the en-
listed men who were killed and
wounded, but the number Of killed
including officers must. reach two
hundred and fifty. The number Of
wounded is fifty lone. At the mouth
of the Rosebud ]. informed Gen. Gus
ter that l should take the supply
steamer, Ear, West, up the Yellow
Stone to ferry Gen. Gibbons column
over the river, that ] shonld person.
ally accompany that column and that
it would in all probability reach the
mouth of the Little Big Horn OF,
the 26th. ,.,s, .t.ss.a4 a.
The steamer reached Gen. Gibbons
troops near the mouth of the Big
1 olth snI a. 4. n,o,nel ~ .hn f.ernann
81, NJ man ana ann;mais waro an.nss
the yellow Stone. At. 5 o'clock q
column consisting of 5 companies OF
the It'll Infantry, a companies of the
I'd Cavalry and a battery of three
Gattling guns, marched out to and
across Tullocks. creek, starting soon
; after five o'clock in the morning Of
Thn Infantry modoo march, nf %
m;los ovnr no meet I;a;c"i. na,,r,
which. + haTe avar saan tn ard.,
that Tho scnmis m;aht bo snnt into IN.
valley ~ ia. I;fiin ND iynrn IN
cavalry wifi tbn hattarSy wos tha,
nnshni IN th;rtaep or fo,,rteon no;lo
Further. reach;na camn al o;dn;aht
4 The scouts were sent out at half has
four on the morning of the 25th
: THE scouts discovered the Indians
who were at first supposed to b.
Sioux. but when overtaken the,
proved to be Grows, who ha,,
been with Gen. Custer. They brough
: the first intelligence Of the battle.
Their story was not credited. /
!, was supposed that some fighting
! pcrhaps severe figbting-had take,
place, but it was not believed tina
disaster could have overtaken SO larg
a force as twelve companies of cav
ahy. The infantry, which had bro
t ken camp very early, soon came ut
I and the whole column entered an,
: moved M the valley Of the Little Bi
3 Horn. si+' 'stt -F5H
T During the afternoon efforts wer
made to send scouts through to wha