The daily gazette., 1876-07-07
Cen. Custer and Seventeen Oy7fcers
BNtchered.
Three Hnndved and Fifteen Men
Killed aad Thirty zone Wounded.

Other dispatches confirm the above,
and state that the battle was fought
June 25th. The Indian force num-
bered between 2, 800 and 4, 900 warriors.
After the fight Major Reno retired un-
der the protection of reserve of three
companies, which had been placed on
a hill adjoining the Indiar camp.
Lieut.. Crittenden, son of Gen. Crit
tenden, was amorg the killed.
Names of the Officers KILLED.
81. Louis, July Ga telegram from
General Ruggles, st. Paul. to Capt.
Green Hale commanding the arsenal
here gives the following as the names
of the officers killed in the fight be-
tween the Sioux and General Custer's
command:
Lieutenant Colonel g. A. Custer.
Captain Thomas W. Custer.
Captain George w. Yates.
Captain M. W. Keogh.
Lieutenant w. W. Cook.
Lieutenant Donald Mcintosh.
Lieutenant B. I'll. Hodgson.
Lieut.. ii. M. Harrington is missing
Lieutenant Algernon E. Smith.
Lieutenant James E. Porter.
Lieutenant James Calhoun.
Lieutenant B. Reilly
Lieutenant-Sturges.
General SherInan's Vietcs,
At the Army Reunion last night
General Sherman feelingly alluded to
the massacre of Custer and his men,
The intelligence had reached him
through the city papers, but it came in
the right direction by way of Montana
General Alfred Terry splendid COM
uander, had telegraphed him from
the Sioux battle ground that the brave
Custer was no more. He had probably
rushed into large band of Sioux,
brave savage and hostile. Like the
march of the six hundred into the
jawe of death, so Custer and his brave
men dashed into the gorge of hell. with
imps to the right of them and imps tc
the left of them. They were butcher
ed by the savages, and perhaps none
] will come back to tell the tale. The
I Indians, he remarked, from the days
of the friendly Quakers, had warred
against the whites-a war between
civilization and barbarIsm. Talk OF
the Indians as you will, they are
bloodthirsty and need watching They
must submit to the laws of civilization
or go under. Sheridan has charge Out
West, and he is equal to the demands
of the situation. He concluded: 81
do not say that Custer must be aveng-
ed, but the Indians must submit to the
laws of humanity-of civilization"
From the Phila. Telegraph.
The Failure of the Peace Policy.
In the midst of the general rejoicing
over the ending of the first century of
the Republic and the opening of new
one, comes news from the Far West
which cannot but stir the hearts of the
American people with the most pro-
found sorrow and indignation, In q
fierce fight with the savages in Mon
tana, on the 25th of June, General
Custer and fifteen officers, among
whom were included two brothers of
the General, his brother in law and
his nephew, and five entire companies
of soldiers, were killed. This horrible
occurrence, which will cause more in
tense grief than any event that has oc-
CURED since the termination of the
civil war, will give the people of the
nation aome new ideos about the real
character OF the onerous, perilous, and
thankless duty that the army has to
perform in keeping the Indians in
subsection, and it ought to put an end
to good deal of the mere sentimen.
talism that has of late ruled in the
conduct of our Indian affairs.
The Sad News Mt Custer's Home.
TOLEDO, July GA dispatch from
Monroe, Mich, the home of General
Custer, says the startling news of the
massacre of the General and his party
by Indians created the most intense
feeling of sorrow among all classes,
General Custer passed several years.
of his youth at school in Monroe, and
his parents have resided there many
years. The town is draped in morn.
ing, and a meeting, of the Common
Council and citizens was held this
evening to take measures for an ap-
propriate tribute to the gallant dead.