, 1877-08-13

On tia nrrLyal II The 1lans. who arc,,,npn-
nEcL the military, they al, think, vistr' thr
field. ThIn Nh. lc!urc tl,c snl4llrsy trt'.s''l I"
thr Held; n"i Il Is .at' there was great
c1ulntiun an the Sioux, n,rt at tho
.r"t where tho l,Ie Chief felt. nnc Of whom,
siatrs tat he rrt,nrsl t., fire unt ttc cnasd get
| n shot. o. the Chief. War-Club, nn the tNca-
stnn Of tis yi.tt will us, behaved we'll, .esFnc!na
int tho sliGltcst cs,t1fcrn. lie ts rather we'll
drcstcl ln.lian, n,ul IN tits ueeason Ind nrray-
ell htnsclf In wrcatha Of fresh green leaycs,
shoulders. c'',leavore.l It, learn the sapcrst'
tfnn prompting this. but ic wns silent In rcspnso
Il, my qucatluhs. 1lfinC with d squad OF url-
vstc ull'crt, A. War;Ctut' told how t1vc al
h!lt wi,efo Custer fel, md fed IN the arcctlon
Of Rc'In's eoitsnand: how shcY had killed two
here, lftttc farther IN two more; and how tho
fifth, mounted on 4 swIft.fn1tet, enlall hay
sss e ID d;srs It 5 ,,sps 81, :;sst TO Il: liz S s;S
md inw, alter t!lcy, had turned back, hearing =
withdrew pi;tnt from hts cwI, heal, and is rscI
throuel, which I,c had pas8t,, hatl turned even
ILL., soldier, nrafn,-i say, riding, with these
}riyatea. l,carsl tllaHJ a tnnttcrcd curse nsnf
wish for nn opportunity to wFeak Terrible
II not been fur tho restraining prosecute Of tho
Officers. this Indian would hare been shut In
etuntlv.
Tho fatc Of .-....- ....-.....
THE B0MHHLrHQH8& EDNFAN1f
comnande.! h1 Lieut.. Hamilton, IL probably
near solution. II will bc remembered tint this
company were with ten. CHstcr. hut wcr.: not
tout'.l upon the Held Of hattie; neither, ! h. be.
sEs s's:. "fts sssnts es tSs!' c9s repo q sa3 s
about j{tccn miles from Tho sccnc vi ebattlc.
The skeletons Vt larEc ntl't'cr OF nlet.-fEufu
tnan twenty-five. i Is gct'ctni'y Thought that
WIN. either sent furwarA hcfhro Tho fatal mo-
mcnt br the ticncral. ur cutting thcIr way ont,
esrapr.i this distance bcfors being cut down.
Mai. Hart, commanding shc l'attaton Of t,o
Captai,, vi this company, was pFuii'otcd. nil1
lett tl,a company Just before tho Seventh left
on tho iatnl expedition.
Although tho cuzaKetncnt In "hfcli Cuatef
fell i4as tccn No m,lch written a'a,ut. yct tllc
blow ca1te ~ quickly, and was 50 terrible III IT.
results that tlink tho public mar he interest,"
cd ln II lew words descriptive of tl,c ground,
ana coticitslo,Is irawn traltt csrcittl etuy ~
tIle rr,rts Ut thu battle before my visit to tlIe
scenc, Atul these with tho best b0hsibte optl0T.
tuntty ot learning Just What touk t'lnec. iho
lnsiian villaEes. kGvcn III number. we're c,,sanIt
ell up,M the castcrls atde nf thu Little ig-ilosn
nurtlrr1y end, Tho Chcsen'ics Nrilpying the
ott.cr extremity, with thu Unepapas tsittsng
l.uIrs latld) ncAt. ten. Custcr'a approhgl! wsls
fru tue u,tpu*stc nEic of tile river; an,l iro,n
ullc ts,Iiu nsUvu Crazy -llosRc's v11aEc, tnoro
cmptics into tl.e river "n,a1l creek. It waa IN
thts creek, sums tlfstulce buck trom tao river,
that usn. Custer divided his force. scNliNE
iicno, with three companies, along this crcck to
ford tttu river, while tc, With tso cuinfancs.
was to PASS tl',Wn tho river tn the lower end of
thc villages, ford, and Charge, placing tbs
nErwEEx TWO CHARGING FORCES;
whiio Capt. buntecr, will the three retnatulnE
ct,tnp0nca, wuH sent III tiflrrent ai!u Iln!natc-
rlml direction. JuEt a'tuyu thu upper lntiinfi
| village Was n c1ump Of dcnho ynulst: timber,
In Ip,r ffltt cftrHnItfftA
llursrah0c, turninH lu tic CcntrG III OpG; pnrfs
Ut nbu,t tlrrU ucrcs. ltesltca tifs, tn tats rhi9
s'f tic lndtana the cnliiltry wAs smuoth, level
| ptuis, clrar afsuost entirely OF timber or otscr
| obstruction lv military operations, The uppo-
site si.le ot tho river WIS, however, vcry dllfcr-
c1t. There, ttu entire length Of tho Villages, n
tllhtantc oI t,rra}x twu ani OuC-lalt tck, wcrs,
s m,y % saS% rav"s'1tsn wsxa1 nrp nspFSs, a
nfrAiclce, proceeded town tllu llttertcek TUTORS
inefthnttl, fOructi tho rvcr tnuYcu asr,Iss ttlu
lcvri prAire 10 tho clltnp o1 timber i,car thu
ytllngu Ut CraxY.lioEsu; ubunt which tEnc, It Is
liver, gasu tbs Ilarn; 20 that, when the iortc
charged tho villages from behind tho timber,
they were inct by tic 1nlinlIs un1 rcpulsc.i,
iAilnE Llck II, confusion to tho hirltcr ol the
and whcrc, believe, t',u first tnrn Wcre Lost.
| THIS tEret Charge and light of Reno 'sccna to
| llaye been
/ ArkrnLE ONE.
forcc oppusitig Ililn atit, il, this connection, II
| should t,e remembered TINT tho chnrge wda
| upuA villages. In lrfcnsc Ut which II ts fafr tu
supuosc T. n'onf V. .gorous light would ne made.
sight ot thu i,II,ncnsu vilu3ts stretch.
luz lnlcs bcfDtu hill,, beea,ne d!at'carteed, aud
dll not ptist. als charge " IL. As I'o li.lsAt.
Acr estnE tho G,;,. FL, rstrsat Nus a's !.
u'ulc Ills iinal htand. 'rliis sclryat seesna u
l,ayo hccn an utter ruut. during which etbstatl-
| tiAllY nu rcstslAIIce WIS lilac t0 the !uc. w!u
swarnrd upon h's rear anu a'lKs. utmost Within
touching dalullec. Tic river was Eeael,cd ut Il
poI't where ttlero waa 10 lord. Wncre there WIS
sIccE lcaf, vi several fcct dnwn Into tlse water,
a,,i lhu sa.lu out, alter which WIS clint nj
thu hl!s WHICH, Mt ts pnlut, are 10 stcep t1sat
| II EceElss iMW,sslblc tMat MI animal could tnaku
ttIa asccnt. Nono but horses aid l,cn mud
tleled aIIl tcrrur.atrckon would 0yGr hnve lnatic
thu plunge Into tho river. could ever Lave
struEglcl sut md up tllcbc iltlEs Which AFe per-
brrt.l, tic fotre held out against tho tn'lla1'a
until rclcvest by tho infantry, which ca'nc w
two days tatcr. ....... ......-..
| MgAawH1t.n, WHERE Is cusrEat
Cant. benttol, with his tllscu Culnpanlcs, hat|
meanwhile 1ollIcd lteno.
Gci,. Cuslcr, quitting from Reno, hsd followed
ttiu tasnss, bssInd the hills anl Out u s[glt ol
tfs lMdlah villages, down thu river uboul two
and where thesu Is fard, although u very bud
onu (Rs y0ur correspondent learned by getting
thoroughly wct tn crusnnR}. This furd wut
about tho centrc OF tho line Ut IuAlau villages
aud terc Custer swung Ills column IN toward
a,l near to tae rIvor. and then his lima OF nnre
euTYcd back again Into tho low places hctwet.t
tl,st tnl!ls nd continued down .sfca.n evidently
might 10 upon tho llank Of tho villages, and not
aga1ust their cantre, whcsc hs would III
ssant!y l;aTe been surrounded lIayu NJ
doubt that. hc. approached tho riyeI
10 rloso that he could sec tho linz
OF villages stretching awuy IN citl,er si.!.; an,
pcrlsaps, too, Ut this p0It,t hc saw tho tasEl vi
| Rcu0's guns On tho lallla behind. wllluh would
havc told ln, II once OF Ills uufcat. Nv do ui,t,
as tsu appruarhsA tho ford at ths pofut. l,c WV
seen BY tito yllfuVcrs on the other ssloEu,
| WHO At ONCE r0UNED OUT
ac:oss thu river and low hiils to meet him.
striking hIin SUN after hc chxugel hts course
from tic ford. AZ q short distance IRON thi4
ang!u WIS fund the rclna!na VI hs tirst klitt4.
:. Whether from c!Iticc. ur lNcallse tho tayagea
held The hills, llo followed the ravino, which Il
Insignificant In depth, acFoss which one NM
r1I0 Ut any place. At iIrst tbs dead lAy one
and twh a. 4 tEmc, then thicker and
In cluInps. Tho arst oitleer, 1 believe,
who lell herc, was Lieut.. Crtttcn'
den, whose grave Is on the westerly side u the