, 1879-01-21

'ProbahIf dozen times" .-....
itnsht 1t becn q subject of frequent cohVcr-
satfon o1, ,n,'r partf"
With friends have discussed this thing
sevcyal times"
"iIayo yoa alxsys adhered T., (, to The fact that it
u took and matlo notes 1t sle time, or short
"r'ease answer my question. and then wIll
ALLOW you to make four explanatlons; l1avo
o'clock instead ot u, which was your MONDAYS
reco1icetfont!"
..0ne o'clock wl1crcl' .......
"When they were down here In this timber"
II n'ny hare said or2 satd about II
the way.'
"Gsa!a .Ss j sou ta7o said 1a'"
,ro,es' "cSp'i y9a havo said It was 1a w'e" ron
''!may have at eo,nc time or other su!i so.n
o1 laFs to-tlay altered your statenaent OF
not Ia your postcssIon Saturday. Where did
yoi! get those i'apcrs md Iettcrsfh
tnadc notea stott time attcrwaEds, at the
sltggcst!on Of MAI. llcno. md hnse hail them
cou'sln't and them,-hM.. mis,a!tl them su]'-
pose III Februn.y, 1871, received letter
lr3!n sertaln parties and hnn.h1 up those notcs.
refreshed : =, y ny mcmory an'l gayo detailed &C.
formation that the letters wefe tserc. applied
for that Information, seffcshcd ny memory, md
l,ave ny, ,, test'tled In accordance Herewith to
"Thcn whatever time you mav have fixed fpr
these different actions here on tho part ot Maj.
{cno was Incorrect, unless It waA At 3 o'clock u
- Fl1at part was incorrect"
alteration Of tImr.-tllat IA to tl,e cro.sfnr. ri
lie iorti,-and wjtness saiI a ione lima Ind
elapsed, aud hc had given tho hour n. !sia lss.-
t,ass or wien he rrossed 10 tic hilia Iio i,nn
altered the other movements to correspond viii,
tho time fixed for Rcpo't prcscncr In Tic t,u,-
Custer gave. >"S O'''s' ""'sA
In reriv to TIM n,cat}or. uWborc sroro%v,,,
wien tt,c 1rst man was sj,ot1,' witucs, sai.i thu
first rnau that tla knew Of ~ being shot was at
hie riuht. about ten feet awav. ieaInr IN,
horses.
Mr. hilbert at length rot down tn what bo
eyiIentlY rc9nrucd Ms
osu ~ nm ,,,ponr, ur o,uv,,ox.
;, =. o'A =. -" ~ =" - VoA'A. A.oSs
IN tne efossex!anlnnt.9.i sl w. ~ere tc Custer
reaehaa t9e top o. me III. AIter stuayinE the
map awhile y was asecrta'ocu thnt Custer at
rns ns , om tIto IT,, "ppnste . s.aG ., tsf rset ID
neafly aare1t lane ~lth the sE!rmtso-iinc, pro,
!on9su, a.!a ~ near'y a mlte dlstnnt @ 1rom &c"
., .e taEns .1.n enH M ~ ~ tne ssl''l1a hslns sot.
% ~ %tnts ."nlt; tae Cuus. ana asc1tnotdE clsc
.n9usns IT,: wen 70 uce.9nate u ~ GAZING y
~, t9; - 4.u ulstanee lttisl tio Folnt a. "h'ch
~ ,a nD9 n. tSo' e ~ n'taaa twn asi n .aT a u
Mia. wanld nrab"hiy t.ks . nan ~ so,,r ,a.,. Ill.,.
m."s r. ~ fra',n ,a ti,nI,sr ~ ~ t,1',f ~ i
II wnu, III" ~" t:msier ro1,.,un frnn ~ tnm ~ ~
!weYe H'nu.cs 70 2 Y! sIona -"netc IL vas
/ before and during itcno's Fctteat ~ the hill,
and witness thought i possthle for a culusnn on
te Hill to have heard the firing 10 the bo.torn.
Ia TACT, thc firing would hare beon Us audible to
. column thsrr rs tho IrinE OK column OIL
the till would have been anaibie column iu
tho bottom, and, eald wisness, even more ao.
| iiavine gained this po'nt,-on admtssion, prac-
ticaily, faoln ths Witness, tnas Cu:scrs column
| on tlu hllla could have hcarI aud must have
heard the Aftng IN sse oost9h;s, wi'ess Reno
was.-slr. Hilbert asked dirarl about tue duties
| III an Indian Interpreter, anti IN ING course OF
| wstHe5s' explanation hc corrected the coihsnon
Idea that lla had cVcr been sc41k by enotH2 he
hnta neser ecels Que. Ae HAD llecd thlsty-ane
yeafs In the lndian country; and l'ad bern mar
rte1 to NJ Indian woman. iEis. howeVer,"aa Ills
tlrat extedlt!o4 with thu troops;
fou said to Charley Ncynolus iti the tim"
bcr," pursued Als' ulinGrt, "'"hat Kind Of =
| d-A foul move y tAta :"
~ did," said tttfaru' ,..