, 1876-07-15
INDIAN ATROCITIES,

uoHHORB or TUE HRcENT CONPLICrH.
L<ttsr to SsD FORK M4raid from Gibboa's tpm,nand
A survey ot tho Custer baitlc-auld Is horrible
In the cxtFcn,e. All but Custer himself aro
brutally nutilated IIo IL stripped only. Capt.
Kcogh had LEFT around llts neck n1l Ag1.lla Dci,
suspended by a gold chain, aud flud not, cvl-
lontly, Icon nutilated further adsGr thu dscov-
Here hand gone, here foot ora head, cllastly
Rasl,cs cut III al phrts OF tic body, eyes gouged
uut, nUscs and ears cut off,AIul skulls cruslein
On liz nSrns nsS 5iows e'E; to fSqu %St St noso
bud llills| Us the column was moving from the
place uf biyutac, there sudduuly arose nllonE
tic rcd allies sins1.!ar excitement. Ono Of
them had r!d.lcn up to dark object lying bc.dc
others laA Joined HIN, they I'LL clluttcd as Wild
~ together as the 8outh American nlonkuys
when theytliseoyer thy prvp!'!aulty Ut l anake:
Alter Gestures aud yeals they llsnountcd aud
held lying o., tlse fresh, dewy grass, Under tu
gentle shus.ow Of II slooplns willow, tlle luOst
horrible object that could nlvot The uya. A
duaky liuman form, nude ald blood- -beshearctl.
taiess y'ctors. Ihls object was u sloux
who, III tho latter pnrt Of tl,e aght, Ind been
Wo!''itle'l by SuaEr, scapcd. aul left for tcal.
III touring the tuft u raye. halr from Ills Aeatl
tho to,nahawk, hal cfung To tho 1esh, ind TIC
bratu was lalI barv. Aud yet, In tho n,UrllinR
tic sayuge was still alive, and hearing TIC
trump of !lurses and believing his trbc had
'bcatcn thu Whites, l,a had craWlcti out uf thu
gully IN which ,hn iny aud called, '4AllnneIn
(wutvr) 10 crtrx wllo llal l4lsseu, an.l Wllu .e
undoubtedly thought WAS i Htuux. This Grow
turnul, mud bis fare kintl1etl with frurful 10y.
six shuts wcru irGd Into tic prostrAta liulre,
Thr alcatl md Hubs Wero severed from tho
body, anAi thp lcah hacked and tho hocs hewn
until tl1rn was nUthsug about It recognizable ~
lunIul. lnlunle4 too shameful and disgusting
fot Eecorl completed tho shastly climax oi
llurrOr. It was iii illustration OF the 1eulsh
ferocity of all tho psntns Indians toward thctr
foes. Tho Sioux practice even nurc rctine,l bar
bnrittcs, turturlny their victims In the most TX
gMtsItu !nnnI'c1, anl making them anoru dread.
ful by dcferIlng, by every lrt IN their puWcr tho
welcome rclirf Of tlcQth.
Ettssr fo lSt.1 tork 1fns&s from Crooks Command,
One Of our dead, tho cQuartermAAtcr-Scrxeant
Of Company l.. Third Cavalry, having but one
morp fNonth TO serve, had been hacked into
snail pieces, which werc carefully gathered By
us III u BallIlcrbtaAket. Anotlcr dead soldier
was found with buwiG-kntfo buried Into his
skull up 10 the ht. Tho balauce Of our slain
heroes wcro recovered untuuel1ed, tho Sioux
having ilatl tip oceusiun to approach them. But
our Indiana, too, wcru baIlIsous. obaaryrd
lying tn tho lcll VI buttle the trunk of \ her
culuRh Sioux, who when alive must hays stood
between nnd I feet high. Ills heud was lniss-
Ing litj legs were cut OF at tho EucCs, hIs llMs
" tic clls1ws. Butt snutflatcl ~ It was, this
gigantic coFpeo still seemed TO rlt!lrule the
slendar-hullt pa!c-iaca Looking down on Liul.
ludtau WaF Ia terrible.
During tho prugrcsa of thu battle had tor tho