The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-07-14

ful defense, inquiries were made for
Custer, bnt none could tell where he
was.
Soon an officer came rushing into
camp and related that he had found
Custer dead and stripped naked, but
not mutilated; and near him bis two
brothers, Coils. Tom and Boston Custer;
lns brother-in-law, Col Calhoun, and
nephew, Col. Yates. Col, Keogi, Capt.
Smith, Lieut.. Crittenden {son of Gen.
Crittenden1, Lieut.. Sturgis (soa of Gen.
Sturgisl, Col. Cooke, Lieut.. Porter,
Lieut.. Harrington, Dr. Lord, Mark
Kellogg, the Bismarck Tribune re-
porter (the only correspondent with the
expcditionl, and 100 men and scouts.
Custer went into the battle with Cos.
G, Z, 1, +, and E, of the Seventh cav
airy with the staff aud non-commissioned
staff of his regiment, and number of
scouts, and only one Grow Scout re-
mains to tell the tale.
Custer was surrounded on every side
by the Indians, and his men and horses
tell as they fought on the skirmish line
or in line OF battle. Custer was among
the last to fall; but when his cheering
voice was no longer heard the Indians
made comparatively easy work of the
remainder. The bodies of all save the
Tribune correspondent were stripped,
and most OF them horribly mutllated
Custer was not mutiiated Hewas shot
through the body and through the head
Kellogg lay in the field as lie fell, I'M
disturbed Perhaps even the Indians,
who had learned to fear aud respect
Caster, had also realized the power OF
lead pencil, and had come to respect
those who WELD it. The troops cared
for the wounded, buried the dead, and
returned to their base for supplies and
instructions from the General of the
army.
Col. Smith of Gen. Terry's staff, ar
rived last night with dispatches and the
wounded, 35 in number, aside from IS
who died on the way on board the Ety4.
Hest, which lei: tile mouth of the Big
Horn on the morning of Monday, arriy-
ing here. travelling 80 miles by steamer,
IN less than 36 hours.
The Indians lost heavily in battle.
When Terry reached their village the
camp was strewn with robes gaudily
painted. with finely dressed hides and
interesting or valuable Indian trinkets.
In burial tent they left nine of their
chiefs whose spirits had flown to the
happy hunting grounds, arrayed most
goT.seoilsly. IN the raVines the dead
were abandoned by the indians, evil
IDENTIFY in their solicitude for the wound
ed. There was found the Crow scout,
who survived the battle by hiding in a
raviDe. He believes their loss to have
been greater than the less of the whites.
for III the battle they were so much
more numerous and were the assaulting
party after the first dav. Col. Reno
and his officers agreed with tllis climate
The village numbered 1900 lodges,
and many willow tePees had been added
within few days. 1t is believed by
those who fought that the warriors
must have numbered 1000.
General Terry feels deeply the loss,
aid feels it the more keenly as Gen
Custer was directed to find and feel the
Indians, but not to fight them, unless
Terry arrived with the infantry. With
Gibbons column he had arranged to
reach the mouth OF Little Horn on the
evening of June 20th, when Custer was
to communicate with him and be gov
erned by his directions in the fight to
follow. Custer made the attack on the
25th, and after ole hours lighting. no
man of those who fought SO gallantly
was left to tell the story Gen Terry
has submitted, through Col. Smith, his
plan of campaign to Gen Sheridan, and
the action 10 lie taken will depend on
the answer given. Meanwhile Terry
viii await supplies, provisions and cloth
ing, of which his command are nearly
destitute. The names of all the officers
killed or wounded have been given.
The casualties foot up 261 killed and
So wounded. Thirty-eight of the
wounded were brought to Fort Lincoln,
and the remainder, excepting tie three
who died, were cared for on tho field.
Charley Reynolds was also ElIEetl.
Reynolds, with Kellogg, Volt,
Reed, Boston Gu ter and Lord were
the only citizens killed.