, 1877-08-01
CCSTEK'S Battlefield.
A Tribune Correspondent Visits the
Scene of the Awful
Massacre.
And Witnesses the f}nrial Of Men Slain
bJ Crazy llorse's Band In 1876.



CAwP on THE CUsTKn Battlefield, on the
Little Biz 1forn, July .1.-Ucf. Sheridan am!
t,arty, with fur companies Of tho Fifth Caval-
~, left camp Tn Tongue River tho 10,h Inst,
arriving In camp here this morning. Your tor
respondent arriving the evening previous,
pitched Ills solitary tent (t0nslstfnG OF rubber
coat and saddle. .blanktts) At the site Of Crazy
1iorses village, brfn1 the first reached OF the
scrics of fnllan villages as oT,c approaches going
dnwn stream; hence, being the village charged
ty Nal. ltcno With his detachment IT the 6cv-
enth Cavalry that memorable June day In 1876.
lcnvIng Tongue River tho trail led aung the
base Of tl,c mountain. until Little I}R tlosn KErcr
was reached. when tho river MAS followed to
1nx scExE or xscouxrEn.
Tic country eli route waa of tic satnc general
character ~ that from Clear Crrck to the
Tongue Tsivcs, being Of the finest description fur
stuck. Tue ais!anee was estimated at sixtY
miles. Most Ut the way the grass wRs fresh and
bright as In spring, nqd frotn two to four feet
high, This Ut cour}e VIA along tho valley
through which tho river runs. On the north
cfly side the plain was 5iaEY high and rolling,
whero the grass, a1shou9f, not 50 tall, WIS yet
better for stock, while further back. beyond this
high prairie, IL q strip between the Little Biz
fiorn and Tongue Rivers, much like the Bad
Lands. The country OF the southcrly side Tor
many nllea Ia Of the sane general description,
but better In quality. This country on both
sides of the river Is supcrbly watercd By nutncr-
Gus small strcaHls, tributaries Of
THE L1TrLK ZIG HORN.
Out Of these semi bad lands, on the northerlY
atdo OF tho river, rtse tho Wolf Mountains, about
the mineral character OF whrll 30 much has been
aals1. Tncse so-catied mountains arc unworthy
the name, being simply mills, from eay 800 to
Coo feet In height, the composition Of which Ia
generally Of the same character ~ tho
surrounding plain,-tilxt H., red earth, clay,
aud sandstone. Th1s formation Is gen
orally regarded ~ antagonstc to gold de-
posits, and It is entirely safe to ray that these
mountains arc no exception to the general rule.
1t will he remembered that It was to these
mountains (socallcti} that
THE FAMOUS sTAMrEDE
was made from Deadwood last winter, in which
80 many lost thc.r iiscs from exposure. In
truth, 1t is now fctslel that the reports Of gold
therein In circulation, aud which caused the
stampcdct originated With tho stock-dca1ers Of
Dcadwood City. Black Hills, there being re-
au!rcd for such purpusts much stock, and \ de-
mnnd, Of course, causing ready atd l,a. tuar-
kct. Th!s was especially desirable In tho Black
Hills at that time, "a stock was a drug OF, The
market, and rralu 10 cents per pound, and Inv
&l1u per ton.
I hare to-day gouc carefully oyer
THE SCENE or THE RENO pErsAr AND crsrEa
MASSACRE
In company with Sioux warrior who took an
active part In both. Through this Indian,
"War Club " by name, through an interpreter,
/ hayc cleaned muvh TINT has, heiicyc, not
appeared III print, Ut whirh shall speak In d
futuru letter.
Tho Indian villages attacked were scrcn IN
number with Crazy. Horse anil his Ennr IN tha
uppcr etdc OF Tic seml-cIrclc In which thcr
wcru playcl, and the Clcycnncs ou the loxer
aide. with tho Unk.uapas ucxt. then tnm.
lnr the saueAfcs and M,uncconIou.
ur4t In the r,w..-the sc,nt.c;r,]n of
| which conformcti tn the bend In
| the river at that mint. md being rlo4e
to the trunk of thu river. Il viii t,e bcr-
cd that Mai, Reno charged tic village q! Cray
Hor.c frnm ohovc. xhilo Gcu. Cn.trr va, II,
haya Charge, tha Chcyenuca at the otlrr end !: