The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-16

Their Examination md Removal by Col
Sheridan from the Battle Ground.


MOUTH OF THE LITTLE Bio Horn RIVER.
July Cool NJ. sheridan. with certain military
aud other friends Troop j. OF the seventh Cav
airy, Capt, Ngwlan rommqnding;, {; }. Barron
were with Custer; Half Yellow Face. who was
with Reno and several Crow, Indian scouts,
with u train of OK wagons. l"it here at noon Of
tine i-t inst. for Tho Custer field. They travelled
twelve mics up the west side ~ the river and
clmpcd. ElriN the next morning Barron"tt".
with MOST II the scouts. pressed rapidly up
Some five miles to the old village site then six
miles across II. over immense quantities OF
lodge poles. camp kettle pals. pots and other
camp ouu Ipngr-murh OF which WAS broken
and DESTROYED ly Gen. Terry alter the Indian
retreat and into Rrno's valley; thence they
filed sDme ton miles uhuv", returning aguin
along TIM lin' of the Indians retreat to Custer :
valley and his elevated hut silent resting place.
Meanwhile tue main party had marched 10 near
lons. ANA oamund at 10 NJ Thence i'm squads
they PASSED over Clusters valley. ON the W"st
sldn 81 the stream. and the now deep. rapid lord
ami lnrol retreat. and an un ted ut Custer =
gray. ut the cNtrfnc end and highest point of
u broken. 'trrcless ridge,
and then some feet down the western Slopcthcy
found partially uncnrihcd. all That rouains ~
the gallant Custer. j. sid" ana below him lay
his brother. Capt. Thomas Custer. aud other n
iirrrs and friends. SURROUNDED 10y the part nlly
exposed aud bleaching bones oi the soldiers
shursunJ Shul hpofs Of horses. Although the
remains at Cen. Gust ana most ol his friends
there ns elsewhere had evidently been dslg-
urrd 10y the coyotes or saNaisoA. and probably
both. ami many. If not the most Of ne skulls
there and throughout all tine fields were
smashed to fragments. manglrd or miss ing.
still what was decided to be- and probably were
the main portions of the homes ol Gen. Custer
ana his two brothers were secured Neither
Reed nor the officers who fell with him and
Reno were found. .
The remains were carefully and sorrowfully
gathered. wrapped. and then packed with grass
cut from Clusters valley. plnrcd in ten rough
boxes not unliks rough collins. ana brought
away. The remains of Lieut.. Porter and some
of his men have been found. Though the bodies
of Lieut.. VI ,luipsh and DR.. De Wolf were dis
covered and buried last year, little. ifnny. por-
tions Of their remains or Of Lieut.. llOdgsOn 5
could now be- found
BY request of his esteemed father, the gallant
Lieut.. Criitrndcn sleeps whore he fell. with his
boys about him. awaiting Gahricls rcveille. but
for the guidance of his friends his name. rank
g.. are rudrly carved upon a hrndppst, An.
other board shows where Capt. keogh fell and
whore his men slccp. There Is also a rude in.
: ription ut the head OF each Of the others hui
most of the soldiers. either -ingly or in groups
have n stake driven whore they rrSt
Alter the duty uf sprinkllng mother cartl
upon the fallen braves and ia" religious c"re
monies wtr" finished. the train and cOricg'
slowly AMI III ntly wendell it, way from the
lofty cactus desert tn Ia" deep valleys 81 cotton
wood and willow That irinEcd the rivers vi TIM
Indian battle land.