Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-07
VAR ON THE PLAINS f!
U. s. TROOPS DEFEATED
General Custer and His Entire Com.
mand Slaughtered
The Indian War Fairly Inaugu-
rated
Latest Intelligence from the Front !
Latest Intelligence from the Front
From our Extra of Y%esterday.l

From our Extra of Yesterday.]
SENTINEL OFFICE, July 81 P. NJ.
We have just received the following
dispatch. Muggins Taylor, the
scout referred to, was formerly a resi-
dent of Austin, and is well known in
Eastern Nevada as q reliable person:
SALT LAKE, July 5.
A special correspondent of the Hele.
ma, Montana Herald, writes from Still
water, Montana, July End. Muggins
TAYLOR, a scout for General Gibbon,
arrived here last night direct from
Little Horn river. General Custer
found the Indian camps of about 1000
lodges on the Little Horn, and imme
diately attacked the camp. Custer took
five companies and charged the thickest
portion of the camp. Nothing is known
of the operations Of this detachment
only as they trace it by the dead. Ma
jor Reno commanded the other seven
companies and attacked the lower por-
ton of the camp. The Indians poured
in a mur,icrous fire from all direc-
lions. The greater portion of the In
dams fought on horseback. General
Custer, his two brothers nephews and
brother-in-law were all killed, and not
one of his detachment escaped. Two
hundred and seven men we're buried
in one place and the killed are esti.
mated at 200 with only 81 wounded. The
Indians surrounded Reno's command
and held them nj day in the
hills cut off from water, until General
Gibbons command came in sight,
when they broke camp in the night
and left. The Seventh cavalry fought
like tigers and were overcome by mere
brute force. The Indian loss can not
be estimated, as they bore off and con-
cealed most of their killed. The REM
nant of the cavalry and Gibbons COM
mand are returning to the mouth Of
the Little Horn, where a steamer lies.
The Indians got all the arms Of the
! killed soldiers. The whole Custer
family died at the head of their col
umn. The exact loss is not known, as
both Adjutants and the Sergeant Major
were killed. The Indian camp was
from three to four miles long and was
two miles up the Little Horn from its
mouth. The Indians actually pulled
the men off their horses in some in.
stances. There were II commissioned
officers killed.
give this as Taylor told me, as he
was over the field after the battle.
The above is confirmed by other let
ters, which say Custer met with a fear,
full disaster.
A Times extra, issued at Bozeman,
Montana, July Sd, says:
Mr.. Taylor, bearer of the dispatches
from Little Horn to Fort Ellis, arrived
this evening and reports the follow
ing: "The battle was fought on
the 18th of June, thirty o. forty
miles below the Little Horn. Custer
attacked an Indian village Of from $500
to 5000 warriors, on one side and Col.
Reno on the other. Three companies
we're placed on the hill as q reserve.
General Custer, fifteen officers, and
every man belonging to the five COM
panies were killed. Colonel Reno re-
treated under the protection of the re-
serves. The whole number Of killed
was 3l5. General Gibbons joined Col
onel Reno. When the Indians left tho
battle ground looked like a slaugh-
ter, pen, as the battle was fought
in a narrow ravine. The dead We're
very much mutilated. The situa-
alton now looks serious. General
Terry arrived at Gibbons camp on a
steamboat, and crossed the command
over, and accompanied it to join Gus
ter, who knew it was coming beforethe
fight occurred. Lieutenant C~rittenden,
son of General Crittenden, was killed.