The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-08-11

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l1s.t~ss Mhn Inv. rad the accounts III
the Disastrous hattie nn tn LATHE Zig
Ilofn Ar familiar with The name III
Lieut.. DE Rnlio, who was cnt uff from
his command and lost for thirty. six |
hours. The particulars 81 his adventures
while rndeas.finv 81 get 10 the fellows
III his command haa not yet been given
u the public, and. Int for the kindness
Ut a friend in this city, 10 whorn sc has
written q letter containing MI account Of
his adventures, The interesting story
given below might never have
reached beyond his own small circle II
army companions. Through the kind.
h.ss 81 Lieut.. Do Rudio'r friend We
srr,Ai before our readers Il story of
thrilling adventure and miraculous ~
calc equal ~ anything ever conceived In
the mind III a novelist. Ii contains NH
element of truth which makes il
stranger THAN fiction, and shows what Il
world vi Romano and interest may bc
concealed Ia a single line III telegram.
Every one knows TINT do lsudio Ind
bean cut on FROM his companions for
thirty SIX hours, Int tho story III how
that simn WAS spent las been reserved
Ion Inn u trll.
iiEtr. Dr Mrniu'S LATTER.
The letter IL dated "(alnp on tlr
north Siic &c tlr Yellowstone river, on
positr the lig Horn, July y, 1885, aud
referring ~ the disastrous battle of The
Little Big Horn, II says;
! Ind u narrow escape iii the haiti,
III the little Zig Horn nn the 18th and
18th of June, aud | will cnIdra,nr Ii
givo you my experience Of Indian fight
ing. Al alnn, To- il. IN. on the 25tI 81
june, after having marched MI night,
Gcil. Clusters scouts returned AMI r..
ported that they hal discovered MI III
slian village, about fifteen miles distant,
un thu Little Zig Horn, and That from
what they had n,yil they supposed I'll,
Indians IL IT, rtirtuting hti~r- uur MT
valce. W. continued our march two u,
three mli.s further, VIXEN Il lmit wus or
dcrcd. and tiri. Custer began prelsara-
tioIs Tor attacking the enemy. liz II.
tailed companies IL, ID and II, under th.
command IL Col. 4. w. Hrntcs ii, 10 tak,
tho left II our route, with orders, no
llcarl, 10 sweep everything In his way
Companies M, 4 and /; we're pnt undo,
the command II Col. Rrno, and, lrin,
temporarily attached Il Company a,
found mysrlf with tiia division. Con
Custer took companies Il, l. | l. and e
and occupied tho right ol tho line III nj
taek. Tie remaining company fB) VIA
left 10 guard the pack train. Ate
marching two or three miles, our CON
mand, tht crntsr. was ordered to tiu
aud hold the gait until W. reached Til,
river, six or seven mites distant. Iluy
ing reached the river, we iosacd, aud u,
reaching the plain beyond the apposit,
bank VIZ were ordered into limo uf bat
liz. Everything being ns war nrdsrc
W. started on a gallon, and fortwo mile
pursued close IN the verge of nj i'm
mei,se and binding cloud o. dust raise,
by the mnliy~ flying Hsi,ages alieai III ns
The dust selnld was No dense that ",
cnuld distinguish nothing, 30 Col. Zen,
halted the battalion, and, after distnonnt
ing, formed Il skirmiuh line the r,gh
flank resting ON the edge of il dry
thical, wooded creek. While the horse
were isslng Ill 10 shelter III the wood
the Indians opened IL CALLING lire on IN
which WAS immediately responded 10
the skirmtsh continuing for about bal
MI hour. Ii Wal now discovered that q,
the other side III tlle creek, IN II park
like clearing, there we're Il few lodges
u the whole line crossed the creek 1,
find the lodges deserted, aud lre receive,
by about 300 yelpina, yelling redskins
1lin fire from The numerically snper!o
force nccsssitated Il retreat, which wa
almost inipos sible, rs Vi we're now snr
rounded by warriors. When We .nteres
ths engagement ". were only l0lsirolp
aud tue iru Of tho enemy had mail
llass.c IN our little band.
THs DESERTED suipoN.
When ". were hall way over the croel
!. h.ing IN the rear, noticed Il guiiui
planted nn the side W. had lott, Mi,
returned H. take II. : When con.in,
through, I'll. Mepl the guido cntnnglc,
itseli III tin branches and slipped on, .
III, lana. ! ,lislaountca q pick IL ~
tnsl ls.l ~, horse mp tho south bank !.
thu creek. Al Was about 10 mount, III,
l.ers. WA struck with il bullet, And lo
coming frightened, hn rnn into III. H.
dlan+, leaving M Lt-mountcdi In TIN com
rtiis 81 about :pN sioux not more tia
ii.t.s yarda distant.
CT orr rsoM Ilis COMMAND.
They poured 4 ~histling vollsty III IA.
lll | MsIs not wounded, and mailnr, Il /
escape ~ thu thicket near nv, where
would have nj opportunity u defend
lng myself, aud selling MY life ~ i gu.
high figure. liz tho tllck.t | found Mr.
tsertrd, thu interpreter. Il llalf. brr,
lndiAr, and Private O'Nclil, u eomran.
4, Seventh G.sal.,. III" first iwn III IN
ustarttttc lnd their buIf,f. wlaill D'Nti.i
Ike inys.lf, wa- llsniMinhu. tuld Ill
Owls n III tho horses that The pi,v III,
II tho animals would lnatray III. aurs. VI,
ing ~ tho Nsnlr tim. .imt Tiny H. silii
peeled. They declined III srt III Iii
t.igssstion, nnI lift them anil rrawi.,
through thu thick underwood into Iii
deep, Try bottom ~ TIL creek, where
cp.ill not vi .~s~ily discovered. mud iron
whence ! hnlri n ~ allie. under .s,v.
VI darkness, III ntsai nut md rrjnin Til
command. | ial not l1pn n,his hiding
place more than ten minutes when
heard several pistol shots iir.Lin my i'm
metlAt. vicinity, and shortl, tlsrraftc
came tho ~silyrry, Int ~ inc dinbulical
voices III several "nQnaws." raisss
my head with great caution / d Hru wl,a
the wosne were ~, aud ID dircover thei
exact location.
sQrAws At AcALSik0.
found tho women u tho rcvoltinI
work III scalpinK d soldier who wa~ pes
hap& not yet dead. Two or Tho lxdie
we're cutting away, while two others p