The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-07-08

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horses fell as they fought, on the
skirmish line or in the line of battle.
Custer Was among the last to fall,
but when his cheering voice was no
longer 10 be heard the Indians made
easy work of the remainder. The
bodies of all save the Tribune cor
respondent alone were stripped, and
most of them horribly mutilated.
Clusters was not mutilated. He was
shot through the body and through
the head. Kellogg lay in the field,
as he fell, undisturbed. Perhaps
even the Indians, who had learned to
fear and respect Custer, had also re-
allied the power of the lead pencil
and had come to respect those who
welded it.
TERRY's PLANS AND MARCH.
Gen. Custer left the mouth of the
Rosebud with twelve companies to
follow the trail of a large band of hos
tile Sioux. They followed up in the
direction of the Big Horn. The In
dams We're making for the eastern
branch of the Little Big Horn.
Gen. Terry, with Gibbons COM
mand of five companies of infantry
and four OF cavalry, started to ascend
the Big Horn to attack the enemy in
the rear. On the morning of the
18th two Crow scouts brought intel
ligence of the battle of the previous
day. On receipt of the news the
command commenced to march in a
southerly direction toward where
smoke could be seen, which indica-
ted that Custer had fired the Indian
village. The next morning the head
of the column entered a plain border.
ing on the bank of the Little Big
Horn, where had recently stood an
immense Indian village, three miles
in length. The ground was strewn
with slaughtered horses, cavalry
equipments and the dead bodies Of
nine Indian chiefs. The clothing Of
Lieuts. Sturgis and Porter was also
found pierced with bullets. Furthe,
on was found the body of Lieut.. Nc
Intosf. just then a scout arrived
with the intelligence that Reno was
e~ntrenched with a remnant of the
18th cavalry on a bluff neal by
awaiting relief. The command push,
ed on and found hat Reno, with thu
remainder of the seven companies O.
his command had been fighting sine.
Sunday noon, the 25th, until relieved
by Terry on the night of the 26th
Terry's arrival caused the Indians t.
etire. Reno knew nothing of tn
fate of the other five companies
which had been separated from then
on the 18th to make an attack under
Clusters command, at a point about
four miles down the right bank o.
the stream. Custer had apparently
made an attack on the Indians and
was compelled to retreat but was cut
off from the main body. His com.
mand was forced into a narrow recess,
where horses and men lay slaughter.
ed. Here were found the bodies OF
Custer, his two brothers and his
nephew, MI. Read, Coils. Yates and
Cooke and Captain Smith, all lying
in a circle of a few yards, aud here
one after another Of Clusters brave
command fell.
Gen. Terry has submitted through
Col. Smith, his plan of campaign to
Gen. Sheridan, and the action to be
taken will depend on the answer Civ
en-. Meanwhile Terry will await
supplies of provisions and clothing,
of (which his command is nearly desti-
tute. General Terry feels deeply
the loss, and feels it the more keenly
as Gen. Custer was directed to find
and feel the Indians, but not to fight
them unless Gen. Terry arrived with
the infantry, and with Gen. Gibbons
column. He had arranged to reach
the mouth of Little Horn on the
evening of June 26th, where
Custer was to communicate with him
and be governed by his directions in
the fight to follow.
The names of all the officers kill
ed and wounded are given above.
The casualties foot up 261 killed and
SO wounded. Thirty-eight of the
wounded were brought to Fort Lin
coin and the remainder, excepting
the three who died, were cared for
in the field. Charley Reynolds
was also killed. Reynolds, with
Kellogg, DeWolf, Reed, Boston, Gus
ter and Lord we're the only citizens
killed.
The troops cared for the wounded,
buried the dead, and returned to
their base for supplies and instruc-
tons from the General of the army.
Col. Smith, of Gen. Terry's staff,
went to Fort Lincoln with dispatches
and with the wounded, 35 in num-
Der, aside from three who died or
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