The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-07-13

attack which he knew would be resumed on
the next morning. Officers and men kept in
good heart. but all wondered what had become
Of Custer. There had been forty-eight hours
of fighting and word from their respected
commander.
Twenty-four hours more of fighting and sus
pense ensued, when the Indians abandoned
their village in great confusion. Then Reno.
knew that succor was near. Gen. Terry. with
Gibbons command. and his own infantry had
arrived, and rs the comrades in arms met,
strong men wept on the necks of each other
After congratulations to the gallant commando
er for his successful defense inquiries were
made for Custer, but none could tell where he
was. Soon an officer came rushing into the,
camp and related that he had found Custer dead
stripped naked, but not mutilated and near him
his two brothers, Col. Tom and Boston Ouster..
his brother-in-law. Col. Calhoun and nephew.
Col. Yates; Col. Keogh. Capt. Smith, Lieut.
Crittenden, son of Gen. Crittenden; Lieut.
| Sturgis, son of Gen. Sturgis; Col. Cooke,
! Lieut.. Porter, Lieut. Harrington, Dr. Lord
Mark Kellogg, the Bismarck Tribune reporter,
| the only correspondent with the expedition.
| andS190 men and scouts Custer went into,
/ the battle with companies G, L, T. F. and r,
of the 7rh cavalry, the staff and the non
commissioned staff of his regiment. and a
number of scouts, and only one Grow scout;
remains to tell the tale. All are dead.
| Custer was surrounded on every hand by In
dams, and his men and horses fell as they
| fought on the skirmish line or in the
line of battle. Custer was among the.
| last to fall, but when his cheering voice was
no longer to be heard the Indians made easy
work of the remainder. The todes OF all,
save the Tribune correspondent alone, were.
stripped and most of them horribly mutilated.
Clusters was not mutilated. He was shot
/ through the body and through the head. Kel--
| logg lay in the field as he fell, undsturbed.
The Indians lost heavily in the battle. When
Terry reached their village the camp was.
strewn with robes gandily painted, with
| finely dressed hides and interesting or valu--
able Indian trinkets. In a burial tent they
| left nine of their chiefs, whose spirits had
flown to the happy huntirg-ground ar
rayed most gorgecusly. In the ravines the.
dead were abandoned by the Indians,
! evidently in their solictude for the wounded.
Here was found the Grow scout who sur ived
the battle by hiding in ravine. He bel ewes,
their loss to have been greater than the loss.
| of the whites, for in the battle they were so
much more numerous and were the assaultng
party after the first dash Col Reno and his
officers agree with this estimate. The village,
numbered 1900 lodges, and many willow
tepees had been added within few days.
1t is believed by those who fought that the
warriors must have numbered 1000, The.
casualties foot up 261 killed, and 50 wounded.
Thirty-eight of the wounded were brought to
Fort Lincoln. and the remainder, excepting
the three who died, were cared for in the
field. Charley Reynolds was also killed.
Reynolds, with Kellogg, De Wolf, Reed Bos-
ton Custer, and Lord, were the only citizens
killed