Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-05-24

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BIG HORN EXPEDITION.
Tents Struck..Order OF March.
Custer to the Front.Terry's Char
acteristfcs and ExPectatt0ns.-
Camp on the Heart..Paying off,,
&c.
Special Correspondence Bismarck rRBuHE:
! CAxP OF TERRY's EXPEDITION, HEART
RIVER, May II, ls76.-At q. m. this
morning - 49,. 5.,s g
| & ~ REvILEE
sounded shrill and sharp through Gen.
Terry's camp two miles south of Fort
A. Lincoln and an our later tents were
struck, and at five a. m. the column
formed preliminary to the march.
Taking up the line of march the column
moved Northwards through the late
camp. and out over the coteaus. Two
miles west of Fort A. Lincoln q halt was
made line in the following !.
MARCHING ORDER
was made: l..l....s Z. ... !.
Gen. Custer, with two companies of
cavalry and forty scouts, filed in ahead,
Charley Reylolds, chief scout, and F. R.
Girard, Interpreter, accompanying.
Gen A. H. Terry and staff and the 7th
cavalry band followed and in the order
named the remainder Of the expedition:
Seventh Cavalry, Artillery, Ambulances,
Forage Wagons, with Infantry inter-
spersed here and there, and in the rear
and on the fanks Of the column q de-
tachment of cavalry was deployed as
skirmishers, the cavalry and infantry
marching in two columns. This was
the order of march for the day, and will
continue to be the order until circum'
stances demand change. a.
It was cheering and e
BRILLIANT SIGHT
I witnessed from the highest peaked
coteau west of Fort Lincoln, within a
few miles where your reporter took a
stand. ,FoggY and damp though the
morning, yet the inspi1iting strains of
martial music foated through the air.
The roads being heavy, and the wheel
ing difficult, ,sthe column moved slow and
halted frequently, yet at 2 p. m. the
main coIumn reached the camp ground
we now occupy which Gen. Custer, who
had arrived three hours ahead Of US, had
chosen. 1t is delightful spot for a
camp situated on the borders Of the
limpid waters of the Big heart. The
ground selected, basin Of 1000 or 1900
acres, is as level as barn floor with
coteaus surrounding it On all sides.
Clear and sweet water is abundant and
grass and timber plenty. The scouts
were stationed on the highest peaks for
observation, and the fighting material
of the column placed in position to be
ready at any moment to ward OFT or at.
tack an enemy. The
INCIDENT
Of to-day, with me, has been the antics
of Waggoner's pack mules. Some of
them are fresh in the work, and, mule
like, after becoming wearied with their
load, commenced bucking and kicking
to rid themselves Of it. 1t would make
stole show his molars to see "them
devilish critters" cut up. However,
Waggoner and his assistants brought
them to time and into camp in good
! order.
A wagon tongue or two was broken
but they were quickly replaced, but no
accidents worthy of notice has occurred
thus far. The
| PAYMASTER
is paying off the troops, this p. M, and
the "boys" will have ''stake' in their
pockets for much longer period than
they usually keep one there, and ye:
they are not happy, but think constantly
of the girl left behind or other pleasures.
| It is understood that the column will
take up it's line of march early in the
morning, and move towards where
dwells the hostile red man. }.i.5
| GENERAL A. II. TERRY
is in excellent health and spirits, and
hopes the Indians will gain sufficient
courage to make standa or before we
reach the Yellowstone River. His
equable temper and genial manner show
that the responsibilities risting on him,
although wei eighty, wear him not at all.
All Of our military acquaintance start
out fresh, hopeful and chuck full of en-
ergy for a melee with the "noble red
man" ~. There has been great cheer
fulness exhibited by the rank and file
during all Of the preparation for this
expedition, and now that camp with its
ennui is left behind, everybody is su-
premely happy. At least so. appears
| the social atmosphere. ~2