The New York herald., 1876-07-26
WHERE THEY WERE BURiKD.

Total loss ao5
WHERE
The officers aud OF Custers command were
buried on the 2sth of June where they fell Colonel
Reno with the Survivors OF the seventh Cavalry regi
ment performing the last sad bodies Of
their dcad comrades The was sad in the ex-
tremc and many OF the shed tears while laying
away to rest beloved comradc
rHr CUSTER LIES
Custer was buried among his officers and many
crowded forward for long last look well known
form ana features Of the great cavalry leader He
seemed only sleeping and perfect calm was on the
face ana sml about the lips he we're bidding his
friends a pleasant goodby All the officers graves
were marked by hollow sticks, sunk deep In the
ground, containing the names of the dead. 1t was
known the Indians would remove any surface marks
placed over the graves but believed they vii
disturb the bodies they easily identified by
means OF the sticks any time friends may wish to
remove them East The Indian dead not dis
turbed and 1t is not at all likely they will molcst our
dead as they are superstitous about such things
and take great OF the dead.
pREsESriNESr
1t appears Captain Miles W. Keough Seventh cav
airy, had prcsentiment OF his approaching death.
Just b.forc the expedition started he came to an
officer who had once been lawyer, and asked HIM r
officer answering in the affirmative Captain Keough
said, 'I don't know what may happen 10 me- aud AS
have not disposed OF some things have want to
make a will" The will was drawn up, signed by
Keough, witnessed and sealed up in an envelope. II
then handed by Kcough TO the officer who had
drawn II up and the Captain said, ''If anything should
heiall me open the envelope and send the papers
my sister" Captain Keough owned . fine property in
the north OF Ireland and had So 600 his
life He unmarried but leaves brother and
ter in this country and brother Ireland Keough
fine soldier and of the handsomcst men In
the army.
SURVIVOR.
The Crow Indian Curly is believed to be the only
vivor OF the $50 who into action with Custer
HI is very In his knowledge of the fight and has
made statement lie says he with two
other Crows and went into action with Custer The
General he says, kept down the river on the north
bank tour miles after Reno had crossed the south
side above. Custers oblec, to OF the Indians
He thought Reno would drive down the valley and
the time attack the village sides, he be-
heving Reno would lake it the upper end, while he
lCusterl would 90 the lower end. Custer had to
further down the and further away from Reno
than he wished of the steep bank along the
north side but at last he found ford and dashed for
IL The Indians met him and poured a heavy fire
from across the river Custer Lismounted to
light oh toot but could not get hts skirmishers
the stream Meantime hundreds OF Indians, on
foot and on ponies poured over the river, which
only about three feet deep, and filed the ravlnes
each side Of Custer's Custer then fell back to
some high ground behind him and seized The ravines
IN hts immediate vicinity. Tho Indians completely sur
rounded Custer and poured in aterrblc fire all sides
They charged Custer foot vast numbers, but
again and again driven back. The fight began about
two O'Clock. and lasted Curly says almost until the
down the hills The fought des.
pcrateIy and after the ammunition 10 their belts
exhausted 10 their saddlcbaes, got and
unued the light Curly says more Indians werc killed
than Custer had He also says the big chief (Cus
teri lived until nearly all his had been killed
wounded and went about encouraging his soldiers TO
fight He got a shot the left sido and down.
with his pistol IN his hand. Another shot struck Gus
ter in the breast and he fell over The last ofnccr
Killed vas man who rode white horse believed to
be Lieutenant Cook Adjuant OF the Seventh, As Lieu
tenants Cook and Calhoun only officers who
rode white norses and Lieutenant Calhoun found
dead on tho ssrmsh hnc near the ford,
and probably fell early In tho action)
Curly says when he saw Custer hopcessIy sur
rounded he watched his opportunity, got Sioux
blanket put IL on and worked up ravme, and when
the Sioux charged he got among them they not
know him IRON their men. There were
some mounted Sioux and seeing fall Curly ran to
him, mounted his pony and gaopcd down, as II going
toward the white men, bu, went up ravinc aud got
away. He says he rode OF he saw. when nearly
mile from the battle Geld, dozen soldiers in
lighting with Sioux all them. He thinks
all we're killed, as they were outnumoered 1--WE TO one
and apparently dsmounted. These no doubt
part of the thirty ave missing men reported in the
oical dispatches of General Terry Curly says he
cavalry soldier who had got away He well
mountcd, but sho, through both hps. and Curly
thinks he died Of his wounds starved TO death in the
bad lands, likely his trail was followed and he
killed by the Sioux Curly did not leave Custer until
the battle nearly over, and he describes It as des-
perate 10 the extreme He 10 quite sure the Indians
had more killed snan Custer had white with ham,