, 1879-02-04

u0LtsJfb HnHtt lHE flFCfs lit HElfn u very lllb-
tInctlv. anil II rcrtalulY cb,ld huye been hrarl
distinctly hy eyrty nBe arn,rml lin, lie re-.
marked to Capt. Weir that he thought they had
botter
no 1,owN AND fooK AFTER ctR5ER.
The Captain replied t,lt ho thought 40 too, anil
:'ort1y ste,Tarl hs on sook tG a'.
pan7 ms divided into p'attr,ns,. and Witness
was directed 10 60 nrouft! o,nf[ anl sco
That That be could and. shortly stterT,ar,,t ,,n1t
tio", saw VIII tie faino. 0sI cio.l"r " noo" N ri,e.ss
In farge numbers. fte notst,ne.l him arnund TO
tile right with htA haul: witness otcyed the
efgnaf, which brought hfs platoun around ulon
W. wtb M weF; s su cos
hcmn'ets in In tight place. Cnpt: French hal
looed to witness that The order llntl bern given
to fall bnck, but witness said he guessed nnt1 aa
had aFool postt'on, anil that they should re-
main. Capt. French said tic order Ind beGn
gtycn and he WAS going. Witness remained for
some time longer, when he saw Capt. Godfrey'a
run. Witness and Lieut.. Hair were coming up
the bill, closely pursued BY the Indians, when
Capt. Golfrey observed them and gave the or
der 10 his mpn to walk their horses, to halt,
'a va done 1ep ii sS very ;ssn Grave s"ues pes
He only saw two officers during the engage
ment, ulid These were Capt. Weir anil Capt.
Godfrey. They wcre walking up antl down tho
4Lu8 E1SQusuHtuE L1lstE usCut lllA HCl6 III Ill "a
posed condition.
Witness went to bed It about o'clock, after
the firing had ccased, q he had received urdtss
to get up before daylight nn'i pickot tic loracs.
got lp and had the horses picteted. About tho
time he finished the work tile firing was coNa-
menced again by the Indiana. When Witness
arosc lIo started down through tho camp, mud
he met Maj Reno, who asked him where he had
been.
Reno replied,
"aREAT GOD; pos'T ssH row rou CAN
sl.EEr.n
Witness was ARkctt by the Recorder whern
Reno was durEnE the engagement. lie said
thcy constructed the fjtc:pits alter fashion,
mand. He did not know whether 1tcho aupcr-
intended tho digging nf the ritieplts or NOT, hut
be Thought hr DID,. During 'l,e DAY Rcno was
{ pprGn OF s ill., ill., cn cp Senpses SSep st aea IT
upon the ridge with tta company aud charged
upuu the enemy nnI drove tl,cn pack. lie then
shouted to Reno: md told him tint
e e. 1ns 81 s@fss s @ .ad a'!i9 dsst Sasf
you do the same thlnga" Keno raised up ou
bis elbow Ia the treuc!, md snhl something,
alter which Hcntccn ordered another charge BY
s W.. s ao ~ :t sppepEsa e sSSS as ,sa se
toysl Charge, and Gt7e 'cu. hell.'' They
charged, and then got back Into their holts.
Reno went with the men OH the charge.
The Recorder askcl witness to stale what he
considered tt, be tEe conduct OF Mai, Rcuo dur
Ing The wiole time that hs saw him at tt,ut
time. ue replied tllat, when he first saw Nal.
Reno, he appeared to bo excited, but afterwards
the circumstances, There WA no occasion for
many orders at that ftrnc. perhapa II Mnt, iscno
had been around moro, be would hnvc tlseov-
cred some Of tic gaps which existed in Inc l[tIe,
which wero weak pouts aud liable TO bo CHARGED
by the indians, untl he p,fglt possibly lIavo In.
eo,reI bis ucn with more entlusIastl md rour-
age had ho exposed himself nlorc to the llfc on
thc line. Tic thought :Capt. Bc,,tccn's actions
iuspbrrt his men with confidence hv hts uunr
up5n the ridge, but ho thought the r,sk was Ell.
tIrcjy unnecessary,
Witness was asked to state the number of
indians In tic village, accordtlg 10 his julg-
Thought tlrfe could not 1luyu hcei, more ti1u
12,CO0 1r l5.O0O ali told Including wunap aid
children. He said the Sioux were rich mi..i
owned great many pou!cs, lie was asked to
tesrribe
cusrEa's pArrLr.ouopsD.
tn s,,a Il h.,l ,tA,rcn.o,onco ~, r,. to,r !,
regularly Iai,l.omt Eattie Inc. but liz oen eyi.
drnIly fn,trht In i1nn,is IGc nnInt nt With
,s, .oas tn,'n, ~ stoo lttt I .o's ~ "sn
WA tia hIrhcst notnt aro,.,.a "4s t,nsn ,ns"
/ mi haa sxticn,,y hu.n ."a,,n .'''tvt ~
ths eomtnan1er NJ nincc wI,cron5
~ mato n iinaI st,n1 r,1c ,,"i. ,v,dt,,"us t,s
es,irsnW nnnts wcrn vhcr,, f:"n i.,,",cr an, y!
scS msfo msrs ca rhc.s usser a
~ he ttc rrnrrai rn1,vinr unfmt. fnr M wnoIn
commsn,1 Knnxinr III. ..hnrnctor ~ Tho tnnn
enwor.1 -. will M hc .i1 w,tness hr,t.~", siut
thcy fo,9bt t,c,ne-atc,r S,r tnw ,nnirs ~ nns;i 1I
nvcrwhrI,ncd hy nnmhrr.. n wa. rs,,ai u".
thf,r fnr snl,3icrs r. max. t,uai ra.rnn nont
fs. iii rhcu nrrsseJ IN nr,ssr ~ ."vs thr",.
scjycs. This WIS prescribed Ly tactics.
I1S vo. ostcI H. t}'c linnUr.iar II st,.. NAV,
anv evi.5currs tint Enstrr nr ia atirrr. ~ j
a;o1.'tnneT ts.ir rnen ~ ti,ejr t1 ~ NV.
saVc tirm.eiycs or iat anvhodv in H.. .o,,'. ~
mani hsn scietl h a tnusrdlv ,',mner % ., ,In,
! yiuc, but hc thought they wsro wounded before
they went tu iheru.
.1 - msh tasEeIy castom nneDE lnutans to
Eied MI, ho tIIouett co,,Idcrsbr 'a az II III. ~ A.
inc ti,ut lie heard in yotleys Wills On 1he hI was