The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12

heT was dealing with a force many
times his own in numbers, dismOunted
his men and sought setter in the tim.
Der, which fringed the river bank.
I: This position, however, appearing to
him untenable, he renaounted and cut
: his way to the river fQrded under a
I4urderous fire, and gained the bluff
q xnere he was subsequently found.
= Here he was afterward Joined by Col.
Benteen with three companies which
had Just reac led the field, and by Cap.
Il tain McDougall, with his company and
Il the pack mules. The position was i'm
kmediately after completely invested by
n tia Indians, who for more than twenty
4fonT hours allowed the garrison no
u Fest and inflicting severe loss. But
i Tor the timely arrival of relief the
command would have been cut off to
man.
Sin closing my hasty narrative of
this affair, in certain respects the most
hideOusly remarkable in modern his
tory; purposely refrain from COM
ment. The naked facts, so far as thew
are KNOWN must guide your readers
to conclusion as to the cause of the
calamity. Information derived from
many sources, including, of course,
the observations OF officers engaged in
the battle, leads to the conclusion that
$500 or 5000 Indians composed the
fighting force arrayed against Custer
and his six hundred. Still these were
odds which any officer of the Seventh
cavalry would have unhesitatingly &C.
cepted for his regiment under any or.
binary circumstances of Indian war
fare. The force under Gen. Terry's
immediate command was designed not
only to cut off the retreat of the
Indians but to afford support to Custer
it needed. Its march was made in &C.
curate accordance with the plan COM
municated to each of the subordinate
leaders before the movement com.
menced. 1t reached the point where
the battle was expected at the time
proposed, and had not the action been
| precipitated, for reasons which are
yet unknown, a force would have been
present on the field sufficient to re.
trieve any repulse of the attacking col
umn. General Gibbons cavalry fol-
lowed the Indians for about ten miles.
| and ascertained that they had moved
to the south and west by several trails.
A good deal of property had been
thrown away by them to tighten their
march, and was found scattered for
many miles over the prairie. Many of
their dead was also discovered secret
ed in ravlnes Il long distance from the
battlefield. Among them were Ara
pahoes and Cheyenne, as we'll as Sioux.
A LETTER FROM KAISER WILHELN.
On the Fourth Mr.. Cadwalader, act.
ing Secretary of State, presented Mr..
Schlozer, German Minister, to the
President for the purpose of delivering
an autograph letter of generalization
from the Emperor of Germany. Mr..
Schlozer in presenting the letter,
stated that he was instructed by his
Majesty to deliver upon the 18th day of
July to the President, in person, an
autographs letter of congratulation up
on the occasion of the Centennial an
niversary, and wished to add his per-
sonal good wishes for the United States. |
The President briefly replied, assuring
him of his satisfaction in receiving |
this evidence of good feeling on the |
part of his Majesty; that his kind ex-
fpressions for the United States were |
fully appreciated, and that the letter |
should be properly acknowledged. A |
translation of the letter is as follows :
William, by the Grace of God Emperor of |
Germany, King of Prussia, etc., To the |
i n President OF the United States of America
1 GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND 1t has been |
vouchsafed to you to celebrate the
Centennial festival of the day upon |
which the great Centennial festival of !
the day npon which the great Repub-
lie over which you preside entered the |
rank Of independent nations: The |
purpose Of it's founders have, by wise |
application ofthea teachings of the his
tory Of the foundation of nations, and |
with an insight into the distant future,
been realized by a development with
out parallel. TO congratulate you
and the American people upon this oc-
scasion affords me so much the greater
pleasure, because since the treaty of |
friendship which my ancestor of glo-
rious memory, King Frederick H.,
who row rests with God, concluded |
with the United States, undisturbed
friendship has continually existed be-
tween Germany and America, and has
been developed and strengthened by
the ever increasing Importance of their
mutual relations, and by an inter-
course, being more and more fruitful
in every domain Of commerce and
science. That the welfare of the
United States and the friendship of the |
two countries may continue to increase
is my sincere desire and confident |
hope. Accept renewed assurance of |
my unqualified esteem. ).
BERLIN, June 9, 1876. WILLIAM.
(Countersigned) VoN BISMARCK. ., !