The New York herald., 1876-11-30

River near the Antelope Hills. Indian Territory,
ss:sss S:a and r. Ii s s ss sss Black
me capture o. Az, three ssnaws and children ~
poanas ei lead 80 arrow 700 pounds Of oSses5
d s and ohr ~ne prSsons s"a
complete destruction q their village and Almost total an
The cs. 70 The % ssv,nt9 cavalry was was n two Officer, killed
MNo joel a. Elliot and Captain Louis Mel hsmiit9n ana
Liea,saan, Colonel Al6er. Barnt badly Liea,sa
March slightly, and eleven enlisted mon
that has this section country
ns sn p s shd the
reflect the highest credit upon both the officers and en
.9g While regret.ins The Of gallant officers
Major Elliot and Captain Hamilton who ieli while saany
officers in the battle of the washita and
guslsd commander Erevs, Major General George A. Gus
have ,h hn' a o s esmpsn against
hostile lna.n; south Of ;hs arEsass: sure,p.y
J. scHurLrn CROSBY Broset Lieutenant Colonel A. D. G..
a. A. \. General
General sheridan was so much pleased with tho
cess OF the expedition that ne personally honored the
regiment by reviewing it-a great condescension IN
military etiquette from major general to single
regiment
ENDORSEMENT FROM GENERAL srUR3is
When General Custer made formal application TO
headquarters requesting be assigned to duty at Fort
Hays else at Headquarters OF his regiment he
ceived tho following endorsements his application.
This Endorsement will show what at that time was
General siurgis' opinion Custer's merits In.
dian lighter, which he has since so strcnuously de-
ncd. IL runs thus
HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH CAVALRY.
CAMP sEAn Fonr HAYS, Kansas. August -, 1882
In iorw"rding his eomnnnieation approved woald re
would appear to be entitled not only view Of General
and services rendered 6s him aga ns he Indians
Of tins deparimen while in command Of the seventh cay
line who las worked faithfully the Indians.
g and Of Se naan e"ractsr f. h"waye should
ao" to @ as a s % n a
70 accompany the Headquarters OF the refmep' 'iecs
Colonel Seventh cavalry, Breyet Major General s. A.
commanding regiment.
Chapter third, ofihe Eighth book Captain Whitaker
dcvotes to The story OF Custers difficulties with Grant,
and gives many importan, details hitherto unknown =
While Custer was hard atwork preparing for his part
OF the Sioux expedition for work and orcsecing
further triumph, he received Il telegram from Mr..
Hester Clymcr. chairman OF a certain Congressional
committee, requiring his presence in Washington to
give testimony as 10 some alleged abuses IN the War
Departm' nt AZ the time Mr. Belknap. who had
lately resigned the Office OF Secretary OF War,
uader investigation in regard to an alleged sale by him
Of pos-tradersh'p 10 person called Marsh.
and some suggested thar General Custer knew
something on the subject. On this Custer telc.
graphcd Tor TO come TO Washington. Custer much
dsuustcd, says Captain Whitaker. He tecaraphed
at TO Terry know what he should do. stating
that MS own Information only hearsay aud devoid
OF value IN the case. In the same telegram, showing
his peculiarly sensitive honor, he asks Tor OF
inquiry on himself In regard 10 his conduct toward
discontinued officer OF his regiment, concerning
transfer from ono company TO another, which the
officer complained that injustice had been done MN.
Terry answer to this telegram was as follows-
HEApouARrrgs DlrARrMssr or DaxorAt
81 PAUL, % Mnn March 10 1915
Drspa ch received You need order beyond the sum
m hs ssn on @ & soa nrf' %
Your testimony = not as TO The facts themselves md win
e tae iacis your information might be communicated by
BE- rom "snx wtsu sss -
sell TO msconstructon However,, you must your
IN regard 10 the other don't think that
my eyes repetition to General Sheridan wouid doubtless
vndeae you in his court could not be convened until
TERsy Commanding Department.
Custer took Terry's advice and teegraphcd to CIy-
follows:-
FoRr LINCOLN, Dakota. March Ie 1875
While hold myself obey the summons of
your committee ,segsph 70 state ,hst am en- aged
the hostile indians. and expect take ht field early in
this would satisfactory icr you 10 forward
70 usH rspss s a be ]
''Io only one fact Custer able testify OF his
own knowledge This was that on one occasion the
contractor Fort Lincoln had over large
quantity OF grain in sacks which had the Indian
brand ard which he suspected hal been stolen from
tho Indian Department part OF the gigantic sys-
TEN Of by which The Indian Ring played into the
hands OF army contractors At Tho time this grain
was ssucd to Juscr he refused TO receive IT, and tec-
graphed 10 Department Headquarters the subject,
expressing his suspicious In due time, his
cation having been forwarded through regular channels
he received positive order to take the grain. This
der, he stated to the committee he believed to have
come down from the Secretary OF War This evidence
whio avowejiy only on information and bclie,
garded by Ciymer duplicating the Secretary
fresh fraud, and the things there ample
ground for Custer's honest suspicious OF The whole
business. 1t turned out aiterward that Custer was
mistaken to the origin OF tho peremptory order IL
really came from Terry alone, on the laters respons
biliiy."
President Grant refused believe that Custer was
unwilling to testify ''He made up hts mind,' says
Captain Whitaker, ''that Custer had turned against
him in his period oi trial. and he became bitterly and
nexoraoy incensed against him personally Custer
heard OF this, through private sources. and knew
that tho Presidents impression to his tcsti-
mony quite untounded. As soon, therefore.
as no was released from his attendance at tho
committee he called at tho White House 10 pay his
respects 10 The President hoping, by frank personal
statement to dissbuse his mind Of tho mistake For
the FIRST time his life Custer found himself treated
with 'enomny, compelled 10 wait Ia the anteroom Tor
hours, to see other persons getting audiences bcioro
HIM, while he himself was ieit perfectly unnotiecd,
although his card from Tho first. Ttrce
times ne called at the WhlIe House, and neither
casion was he even noticed Tacso visits we're made
NJ various times during his sojourD at Washington
while nc was day expecting his release and
Dakota. He bad lett the for expecting to be gone ten
days at furhcst; he had now been detained at WASH
ington Tor over month, unable 10 go anywhere, un-
certain OF his movements from day to day. lie was
only able to take one hurried trip to New
York on one occasion, to have little bust-
ness talk with his publishers about his War Memoirs
which be had commenced during the past winter ut
Fort Lincoln. This hurried visit was the occasion Of
the last glimpse of Custer caught by the writer Of ths
biography wne in the editorial rooms OF The Goiary.
Custer looked worn and thin ana somewhat worried,
hs har cut Short great change from the dsboHpaire
cavalier Of The Wayncsboro' hgaL His
veycd the impression oil n nervous man with his
all edge in state OF constant r"pressed pa
tencc He mad left his wife bchin at Fort Linccir,
aud knew that every day brought the OF
operations nearer, while he away. No wonder hc
looked worried. At last he released from his
tendance, May and went to tho White House with n
last almost Gespariug effort, get from
Grant and explain his action" The President did
him, he sat down and wrote the following notc,
which he sent ln:--
To Ills ExcrLLsScY PRESIDENT
To-day or the thra tne have sought interview with
the President solicit except
brief hearing but TO from his mind certain unjust
impressions ccnccrnin. myself viii. have
believe entertained against desire this npporu-
nifty simply matter of tice and that the
President has declined to submit
him brie statement. winch justice to hn well
demanded. Respectfully snsmitted. q. A. CUSTER,
Lieut.. Col Seventh Cavalry, Bvt. Major Gen. u 5. A.
This letter, we are positively told, read by tho
President who remarked 10 General Ingalls, when