Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-15
iNDIiN WAR.

DESPERATE ENCOUNTER-U.
5 FORCES BADLY WHIPPED
GEN. CtSrAR, His TWO
BROTHERS, His NEPHEW, &
BHOTUEN-IN-LAW, WITH
ABOUT 500 OTHERS, KILL
ED.
WasuIEc.-, July G.-Gcn. Han
cock arrived his morning, it is sup
posed, for co t~ultation over the terri
bic situation ,r affairs in the Indian
country.
I'll ere has been no official account
Of tie following disaster, which seems
wr,, confirmed: Gen. Custar found
the Indian camp Of go lodges, on the
L.,,'r Horn i..yCr, and Immediately
ar&.hcG them with five companies,
charging into tie thickcst Of the camp.
NU.h,uE Is known Of the operations
of this detachment after the charge, as
,lcy were only traced by their dead.
Major Reno attacked the lower part
Of the camp w.,h the seven remaining
companies. CuStar, lis two brothers,
his nephew, AID bro,hrr,in-law, with
about 300 oilers, We're Killed, and 81
were wounded; 2J7 n.ca were buried
in one place.
The Indians surrounded Eeno's
command of seven companies and
held them in the hills one day away
from water. Gen. Gibbon's command
then came in sight, when the Indians
broke camp and left in the night, the
remnant Of the Seventh Cavalry and
Gibbons command returning to the
mouth Of the Little Horn, where there
was a steamboat. The Indians got
the arms of the killed soldiers. Six
teen commissioned officers were killed.
The whole Cusiar family died at the
head Of the column.
Another account says the battle
was fought on the 25th, so or 40
miles below Little Horn.
Gen. Custar attacked 4 village of
$500 to 1000 warriors on one side,
Col. Reno on the other.
Gen. Custar, fifteen officers, and
every man Of five companies are killed.
Col. Reno retleated under the pro-
lection of the reserves. The whole
number killed, 3l5. Gen. Gibbons
joined Reno.
The dead are much mutilatcd.
Lieut.. Critteuden, son of Gen. Crit
tcndcn, was killed.
DAVENPORT, IA, July Ga storm
washed out the village Of Rockdale.
Forty-two persons were drowned, and
several bridges swept away. 1t will
take two weeks to repair the railroads.
CHICAGO, June Ga dispatch. con-
lirming the report Of Gen. Custar's
fight on the Little Horn, has just
been received at General Sheridan's
headquarters.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
ONE MAN LEFT 10 TELL THE SAD TALE.
WAsHINGToy, July There is
yet no oi,cia! report Of the the battle,
but Gen. Terry gives a detailed ac-
count Of events before the fight, and
the operations after the 2Sth of June
were mainly confined to bringing off
the wounded. Bismarck and Custar
eft Rosebud on the ed, with l2
companies of the 7th cavalry. On
the 9th the fresh trail was reported.
On the morning Of the 25th an Indian
village, three miles long and half
mile wide, was reported fifteen miles
off General Custar pushed for it.
They had made seventy-eight miles
in the twcnty-four hours preceding
the battle When near the village,
the Indians appeared to be moving in
hot haste, as if retreating. General
Reno, with seven companies, was or
dered to attack the right, and Custer,
with five companies, vigorously at
tackled the left of the camp. General
Reno felt them with his companies,
and was Immediately surrounded and
after an hours fight, With the loss Of
Lieu,cnants TIargroye and Mcintosh,
and twelve men aud several Indian
scouts killed, and many wounded, he
cut his way out and gained bluff
500 feet high, where he entrenched.-
He was soon joined by CoI Benton
with four companies. Here the In
dans made repeated assaults, but
were repulsed with much slaughter.
The Indians finally gained higher
ground than Reno, and with longer
range guns than the cavalry, kept up
a CALLING fire till night. The Indians
renewed the attack at daylight. Re
no had lost 40 killed before reaching
the bluff. Many hand to hand con-
Qicts occurred. The Indians ou;-