, 1876-07-08

Tho correspondent Of the St. Faul Pioner-
Press, who WIS with tho rescuing column Of
Col. Hibbon, consisting Of i've companies OF
rilcmcn, four Of cavalry, aud tue Gatt1nE bat
terry, In all about 500 1neil, thus dcscribes how
Au found things when thu command reached the
battlefield between Custer and 1leno anl thu
Sioux I.diaus;
communicated by three hatl!y-friglitcncd Crow
scouts, of tlls battlo OF the previous tuy mud its
results The story WIS nut credltcd, becnusu 1t
WAS not expected that III attack would ba made
earlier thali tho 9Th, and chiefly because no one
tnaptlcd could luye mct with disaster. Still tho
rcpurt WAS in no way disrcgar1cd, All dny long
tl.o toIlsomo march was piled, and every
eye bent upon cloud ut hlnt'ke resting over
tl,e Southern horizon, which was lutled ~ o
stgn that Custer WIS successful and had fred
tile village. II wins only when rlght was falling
tl,ut thr weary troops lay down upon their
arms. The infantry liad marched 70 miles The
.nurch Of thu next morning rexealed Ut every
stup soiuo oyiaence OF the conflict which Lad
takcn place two days before. At an early hour
the l,ca4l Ut tho column entered plaIri half
mile wide, borleting the left bunk of the Littlo
Big Horn, where lnM recently becn an immense
stream, a,,l wlcfe wero Eth stanling funeral
lodges with hurses slaughtered around them
nnd containing tue bodies Of nEuo ciiiefa Tho
ground WIS atrcwn everywhere With curcasscs
of horses, ,cayalry equipments, bysllcs buffalo
utcuslls belonging to Indians. On th!e part Of
the liull was f0und the clothing Ut L!cuts.
Sturgls and Porter, pierced Will! bullets, and
.. b!ood-stalncd gauntlet brlonglng " Col.
Ss: xstSs d Fu1s1' .aor on Wiz om sena %4s er see
tixed Lieut.. Mcinsoal', the interpreter trum Fort
Kirr, A1.A Reynolds, tho guide. just then =
brcathless scout arrived With tho !ntelligencs
that Col. Reno, with remnant Ut tue Seventh
$ttrxtf4t hal II mn
waiting for relief. Tho communal pushed rnp-
Idly on, a1,d soon cametn sight of group sur
rounding u tz.y&lry guard upon lotty aminenee
On the right bank Of the river, Gen. Terry
t patty, aad ID roao to tic spot: Ali III wy ~ ill.,
sloprs werc dotted with tic bodles of mel! a1.u
hurscs. Tie 0ensrM approached. and tae men
swar.l.cd out ot the works and greeted him with
hearty and repeated s.sof M!tn wss 1ouna ny
tho regiment, With the following officers,
all of xhuHi arc nnhnrt: Coils. Denteen Anl
Wtcr; capts. FelLx Maylan aud McDougA;
1:lsuts, GHdfrsy, Mathey. Gibson, Deliaaid.
suriars lA which the wounded wese a.c!tercd,
covered with catiNas lseno's command
Ill., hi a sss9 AT; aStHEfh Efhs from nl. so9dty " * SS @
Wien VIE III Te!ry's % airvsl IL caused thc II iudtaas. t.
to retire. Up to this time lieno and thosv With
him were y, complete !shorauee ct tbs fate OF
tho other i've colApanica, which had been scpa-
mteti FROM them sArly Oil Tho 18th to make IN
attack un1er Custer On The Village Vt smother
}Ulnt+ While preparations wcrs being made fur
thu removal Of thu wounded, party. wus sent
Oil CusteE's trail To lopk for trascs VI bis eou,-
man1. They found waiting them sight 1T to
niles down tho right bank Of the stream, Custer
hnd evidently attempted to ford, antt sttark the
ytilsge from the ford. Tho trail was found to
lcad back up to the bl4Es ans1 to tbs northwart,
Us II the troops had been repulsed md COM
PEELED to retreat, and at tho suilu tlo had been
cut oil fro,n reHaintng thu iorres under Reno.
The blulis al0ng the right bank come ahaxp1y
down 10 ths waller, and asn intsfsporsad " nu~