, 1879-01-22

% umn ticnt"Ylnw S " t,1n nr. T1c ramn,an nj ,noyci
forwant IN tino nul witness n.rl Tic scouts rolo
%, ffty yards OF 20, in front Of the troops Gn-
left md lscno's line towards the blut1s the In
dfaua coming closer and closer. md evidently
ctrc!ing around the commanl. When thcv got
s,pposlio The village they did not psss thcrs,E g.;
eom1nn,ul went on. possibly two miles, where
lie line hn,trtl aud dIsnoutited. Witness heard
no orders given. When they halted, witness
n,ui llalr rodo back towards isc line. ihc scouts
having cpuo lie knew not wncrc, lie reported
to Cppt. Wn1lnrc, who told lin be might stop
with hts COMPANY during tie fight. Tile line
was tteploycl perpendicular to tho general
skIslnisl, fro Immediately commenced between
tic Indians md the troops. lie was on The ii1s
perhaps tea or fifteen minutes when ho llrar,l
soncboIy say that q COMPANY was gnIng to
the woods. llc hadn't disn.ountcsl, and 10 rode
right down IntO the timber to 70 with the
company which was shout 10 charge tho timber.
the timber, AMI in fi,llny III ho could sec de-
tached portion Of The village on the othrr bank
Of the stEeaui. and Thought there was whcre i,c
company was going: lie had heard no orders.
nnt y wa ,T Tain9r ea. nc W. % !on%anG. ~ reno
~ ."ss: t. w.h -, G"s5 VI -t ~, -, pon,
na w. AS'o sa&Gu o'n aa. uan H., ~ n. nn.s
nio front. ne 1eEleu INV W hao' ,. mai.
amao ann xcs sSse1 how ""H s!nc. wr1o ~ r.do1
oa on. and To- 10 then snme bark md rcror. 10 hiin.
Mtnes oAeh, a'I w. i...o ,st'o
opemG MMen ~ ~ wv. r. =. Geu. ~. ~ ill., - , n.y
% @ ~ f,.,, r.. r. IIne ,,as ,"i In han mn,
!usL come 1fom !ne l,he VIZ .ola ~ nau' M INV M,t
ex III, srrt". ~ ~ rsnart In ow In,n,tcs
WNa, ~s ~ ~ y, ,nn IT, h snn..es', !" Inv.
MMcn nc Eos ~ ~, .s sai ,e ~ ~, !hc H. 'vy .aw
Gap M9y9in ts n sa. oer eae" AL GSs 9nc
iims ~ ~" icrt 1nnt nns ,,rIi4red aomo tnc fn
m ,ar n s ,, 1T III. s;,"r ~ ~" rr,ra a,n,tn'to
V,tnsss tid ni h,n n' na wouid bInv them Jack.
VA s, 'n H,,.r. ~, .hc In.t ~, ,c,I,.I for
9.a sooa ooW1 t no, 70 f n ia' a' al y. tb,,,,oht
GHPan5 5,nr ahn s'cn ~ fn,inw !" % ,"rt s}s"r
~ ~ n,e s omr .,,,, ,.mr'. @ Inr.s. rh+v csna m
RE rIebt in tSe tS rrnf of whers Moylan wus Is
~ ,.at;.1 n.,t ,at hi. man u.rc MI II nmm'
a , ansu @ arn., haa n t,t III .i,s,,,tn man .""
III ,,,ctt sro,n te ,,ns ami ~ tl,,ir an,n,,m
tiun @ out out or Of the he sai.,se.baEs. Witness sai.l
m..s. ~, thcn ,,',t ~" r., ,hr r,. n H., ,fnr
harn ba NV ,,ct i,i,sr,s .1,t cruoiis ,1 .;on,"
Mne.I Nv liz ,',nr. "r .,i,,t" ~. $50 nNnn IN
heard from he woods t''c .u wosd.
c"A"ohi cHAhosi
or "Goiug 10 charge" or kind Of confused
4ometl'tn9 about ch.rEe' aTTa W:, in the woWls.
sa s2 @ s Sssss IL sss t 'ss 81 IL III sss
life head, and overlook tne heal of the column.
uc did not $50 any otl!cers at the
started, that the first tna.t out 0f the Uootls hRi
str1Ick some Indians, aEl that the reat might II.
following. Ills horse was plunCtng about, anu
llo soon saw Reno and Moylan, a1!d followed
crossed. They went nboot onc-thtru thc way
up. The horses wcrc pretty well tlayed out, nilt'
wcre ali painting. Tho witness orderly was
shot md his horse was shot. n,nl witness hnr-
+1S,tf tn IN another Eafkn fOf him. At this
poIpt somebody sail, "No use atopp'nE here
We might rs well go 70 my tnp OIL tl1t hlIi. ar
tvhE at tne tol, nS 1nnnu ~ n'.osu: "v" "Tauu ~
cu'n.s"e,, r,tnntss " n.~,s"n c,,me M w,ti II.
cotMmns "e" Wi,su Keoo cams ur i,c spokc aboui
n,uus ,suh 80 tr,o h,,t thrn ,ror sn,,s ,,,,s
oluM s r. sdr r"' ~. tt,n" N"f,n%.,,.
cn%n,nv " viii III tbs nacks was mt In sirhi. os
~ an.s "s% r n fcr mIn,,t. n
!ne Wne9s p ,d s,ttu.s. -, III. .'"u ,io,on
, nlU " ~, NV T''s @ hurv HnSv.or.. I'D
nsn. n'u ~ hHs'.v it,n T." had n ,vait mil ihr
~ uaes. , ~ ~, ;ri.h H., t"nir,ucnts In dnCnn
nr.rc a,u, r. mint hays wnitci three.ni,ar
az ~ :" i,o,,1 II cn,ne I'm trn. nni he starte
to b,,ry tho BODY. Some cittxc,ls were t,len
,n,nin1 ant of fiIn ffmnrr. Lieut.. Wojlncc. hi
thouVEt. called him back, and nc returned. 'rllt
coa,mar1d had started to move down the strcam
oinnT the binif. with The exception Moy,
san,s s,s COMPANY. @ ' Witucss s.arssd With
"nmnsny ani tricd to got +,
| The hcad and to{o Cant. Wcjr's colupany
which whs on a fsr point along the rnngp oi hiEt
htWffs which ran n1n,if, tj,r rtght bnnk' Wclr,.
romnsny hari dismnrrte,l md was firing Al tht
indinn,. vim srer,,ei to be- coming Git on lii
nrairio rn,t thcn turulnp buck, A great lnapi
sho.a wcrn hejur tireI at Wcir. VIII, kent up
| sfnS Gr1ng In rctt,rn. Ajl tln iniiIans in fht
rnnntry sccn,etI To he eoinr a litttu dstance on
IL t'5 mt scr the trnons lcayn tLa farthc
nnint hnt n" rods hack r., MorInn. thcn ". n,
bssE 10 heip tlc wounded, n,ul tl.r troops rrud
.s nu'' s,o nrine ,xs. tcnt ~, III .ort mn
~. sam,a thsnD nontinncI thn ncxt INV. st'>
WIG '"a'' '0'"s .o'..es.n - ~. 49,. m,,a w ' '
40 to 1"a TINE ....
when Reuo separated from Custer to cross th
ford, witness said tint any attempt 70 tx tha
would bs nero g4css-work, tlb lad thought Q
1t great deal, huWeyeT, u1it 1t was pro6abl
somewhere In tho nctghhorhood OF o'clocis. al
though, not having looked at hs watch tint dn
s!ncs o'clock tn the lnoruinE, lle did not prc
tend to speak accurately. II took lseno abou
fifteen minutes to cross the ford. IIo nigh
have done moro riding than the communal did
| for no bad performed srveral long Journeys dur
jnr thu lnnt three tlaps was cotnpiUtuly cI sust