, 1879-01-28
MAI. RENO.
.,other Of the Scouts Put Through
His PAGES.
c.,t, Payne Examined as to the To-
biography, Etc.
,t.rt. Hair Commenced the Narration
OF 11ts Experiences.


oi Ill" ''AP'' 'e"~~
...
Thu Reno investigation continues TO draw
ali t1,r anuicnce yesterday morning being
.,,o,t IN 10 the acreage. Notwithstanding thu
rcner,l dissRrceabcncsa OF the weather and
,hfna,. Some iitt'o time WAS CONSUMED In
,s.lipa over Capt. Mo!lan'a tcst'monV' Tic tt,'
,ort,uce OF which, az remarkably la's, correct.
snL ttuIeht~forwsrd account of the battle OF
H. lJltlc Biz I1nrn, secrna to DO fully apprc-
s,,,ed BY tic three Colonels who constitute tho
court IS veil rs everybody else VINO has Kept
m v,sh The course OF the Investigation.
Al The conclusion Of the readug' BIT. Gilbert
GAIT. AotL"" -,
II be reeolltcted has'"e q coase'sa"oh WIN
Lieut.. Wallace aoont sehu1na oaek "o1a 10
Custer. The witness rep.ieo 1na' tne conVersa-
ton was with repsru 70 'no nu'nues ~ host.'e
lndluf. witness askeo nn".o.ssa IVY " ~
cou1d get back 70 Cas.et anu ae's n'n, @ 10 70 'aa
force, hut tic nal-pie.u .e'.a' io.'k ~, " -.
tbc Indians "ofkipR efoulo 10 'oo 'e'e' t''oe Il
vas impossible -
GEORGE HhaHpshN
tlon ~ "ruunipg tho prairic,n eAvo his resi-
..a.. ss :. no.cman, ", r., and said he MSS with
aeps' ~ 1"s os .na o. =. = .cort mi co,,,,or
Custer 'tD7 ~ a.,a 'a...s ~ ~ go "o
N. asth. but came out nl1 right. lie knew moth
Nv .J sh,,,, cofIrc.m,kIur that morning. for to
-, ,,ltoo Until the command commenced To
" =, .hcut DAYLIGHT. f,n as,rttno out. In
plg'.1 :trv f,r,. .co,t,nr. vhijo Cus,cr. t,,.h
rode up u.5 1''", s ps..ts . nn.s ,,,.,a .,a
BIZ hsll-oreeo seou', n'ut'ef' was so''o 'i.t.o
..Is. u''. M corianft mai, mt wi,., ~ ~.
uan,;.r # aopesrcd. saw Il too. md soon after.
0o1,N', ~. 1h.r t.tt.d .h,,,, 4, 49,,
xshs ea,uo W 49,. "..s - r.,,"A ,"a
Bou'ief oec'aFeo % u,A.' ,ns,eau . .. one .nu'sn,
th,m. and had evidently seen the camp. They
mn. nsn" ~, ornnl 1ono After ,,eInr dt.cnr.
uan n..,.. - ~. w.. ..,,
cred. Cusscfe ot"e1 ~ tseno "aa " pu'!
out take the scouts With him, nnd be tCuster)
xould b. with him. When crossing, the Grow
.o,ott rrtett out that the Sioux wcro coming
Noa's ..'s1 ".s ,.a..s, .s..s.s, .
up. luz eo',H'a"u .'eso.u, su,a"ee' "o"n
the rslley, af''l tho 'fes that had Deem kindled
In The timber sprapR up. On feaeliing the tim
II, n d,ov thc r,,,,ans, f5,c Re.chInr ~. tfr,.
oy ~ u'a" '"s 4',",a"n ,a "'o. 'esst'.s III" l"''
ttf' the eomna'la oisnoun1ed' on the way to
ths t!9ber S no lnaisns ~ ~ lat - no gould &C.
the troops hfcd into thc timber he didn't hear
sny Iesponse irom ttiat quarter, although be
Thought be would hafc heard or seen tile balls
u there had been ant. witness aiNl scouts dis
mounted at little swalc, and sat around q
Ha'c, ahe indians being too tar OF to hit. Rer-
no!dt and dlrarl wcre WITH him, nHd one OF tho
rood rlses OF. Witness didn't shoot at ralscd
sight but tia 1thers dlft,-at probably 100 or
80 Jsrdt. Tue lpdtnn wasn't hit, however. At
thts point they thought they didn't need their
hoTtes. and toaK them to the timber. whcre he,
Retnolds. and talrard scparated. On returning,
the Indians were working around. coming with
in Thirty " foIty steps OF btm. lie shot ae!eral
tines, received thrcr or four shuts from them,
M'rd no shots from the troops, atlA thought
bed better get out. llo got Ills horse aud did
the general courso Of the stream. Witness
sih he hso been H. Tie Indian country about
ten years, and had been tn aovcral heavy en-
gagemenss. At thu time the Indians wcre COM
Ing y At That ono point where he fired NJ them,
hs thought ten mcu could harc stopped them
and kept them out.
Wien ha got no to the company, Reno wnE
.ltttuk on Ills hoEsc. An Intlisn was nrar him.
!u!t then vulloy was fired bY the hosti!cs, tho
Indian fell, naMl a soldtcr was lift. Reno or
otfcd ne men to uts1lount, but they hadn't any
More than struck the cronnd than he ordered
ihem to mount, and then they began to run.
H. i'f laa;an Wlo wa S'llcd was blotdy-kn'Ee,
tn& Rtu4ts Ao SAW aHC cuuaINANu Start 10 lGAFH