, 1879-01-28

| VT " Hot-ne afn NOT Know. tic uftiHt SEQ
Gaps. Moylan u A. IN the fight, and :" eoalda't
itaTe seen him talking With Rcun. While In the
timber those two toslra he it'd not sec t3irard.
~ 10 where Clfstcr left Reno's trail he did
apiasitc at point No. j. Wien e tis sSirmss %
Inc was formed. then at the tnc Reno left tho
timber the Rray.hnrto column would have fad
time to 80 milo easily. From Reno's point
Weir's hill, near point M. a. Witness did not
think there waa my fighting At tho juwcr ford
"B," hts1 thought tho firing flc heard during
the ttnc he was tn tho timber WIS further down
The scout said be did not know ms to the
troops having ratsons with i!,c1n. lie thought
each rnnn bad 100 rntanda of ammunition before
Reno while in The timber; in fact, about al he
! anW of him was wien he Eavc thUse two orders.
'tnteen was tho srntor officer. but might hsvc
been second IN command.
have given an order to Reno for Custer without
his having heard II. In response to the Ko-
eo1des's qucstion, he sgatn, described the
Topography of the country, and told Of his hay
purpose Of discovering, Il possible, any dead
bodies thai bad not tllen brcn found.
The. re~ctoss was exceedingly hrtcf, and
brought out nothing new or Important.
Cot- MERRITT
had Bornc questions tn put regarding The lar Of
| the land, particularly the ford "B.b The wlt.
ness WIS aBkett why lie concluded there HBs
no fighting there's md replied TINT II there had
been he would havs heard It, because ho was
From y,n,r n % knowlctjru az tbc conntrv. >,
u.kc Col. Mcrrltt, %whnt do you III link VAS 'bc
Probahls route Of thc cotnll'and lei! by Gen.
lna place III or stsko tI1u river lower jownt',
~ should think" replied the scuut. "they
would come to thc river 20 get around essy.
There VA swaIe Of to ths crook And they
~ Ahr RvtfNnfA fftnf t1Inf fhr mil t1,nt$
Custer cnn,tno,,I took !" >''' '''"> '"'
III dlln't Go over II until The next scar, on,
W" iii vnv III Ind INV sot1t.r., bo,,.. IN III. H.
| dim yil.arei'' :" '''' '"7
1No, sif.,'
Th. scnut xas ol,o1cf1 IN fo1low ttc +rof, ,o,,-
luz down ia tia Paimcr iouso r"tnnJs mi eAo'
CAPT: :. SCOTT rArsx,
Of the fllth cavalry. now on lcaso Of absence
OIL neeonht oi s'ek1ese, Has the next Witneka,
testified 70 having measured IN August last, Tie
dastnncc from me paint e" where Custer is
1a1sea t. nsTs besn ,;a Killed t9 The point Of
! mere were ssiaeness OF hnrd struERles-the
bones u dena bodlcs scattetcd around. Thy
aseeita'neu om1anco was lollr fsilles AMI I6O
Yatas' saa @ a! tse neh,a moasafement, made by TIC
measured was practically straight llne, alal
wonla have beeh pfaetleaole ~ q route: The
!of0 WIN "tt VII INC inns EneasHFcQf anu
be- bad made no reference to this polnt.
un the cF9ssc1auilnatson, witness said hc
wasFea ~, hs e no1se ~ a we.e the banks
bank or neither side presented any seriou. OBJ
staclc 70 tofd1hG. l!tc place, III aflort, was
peaetlcablc lofo. thouRa not oy any ncaps
very good one'
Beng askcn as TO the character OF the coun-
=, aGoa. "'nesa IT, emscrea mo pfetty
luIl ocecs1pt!on ol tne topoGFapn5+ II was
&nOuE LAE If&HtAL III tHG ltfl1uEuInk9 YlElnlfft
but be would hardly call II rood dcltnsihto
pos'''on a9a,"st to"'as' ~ eon.aana o. ING
snr. linn lnninns. vnuld harc stnr,i
vcIv ittt]e chunro whntnycr. tbl. chornctrr
liz troons. M Without uuy danger Of tlrtne upon
cnrh otitss. Al Tia pnnt III iHthnrn WI. nlsn
no cover for t,e troops, nor was there any cover
hrtwrrn Il II Il and HE.,, ' -~'s'
'ssISs s.. ro,, knox Wv whcijr anv onns v.ro or.a
at ~, wills YOU were or ihs nranni At thc
no,ut tE'Ti ' ~ 0'S @1''1 ~ '''
'"onIy from hearsay."
vo rsrsi,S ,tnt thers IA ecH e ,!n o .as
1r almtf tfst nn;nt. wht1n vo,, rcrc ~ Gs,u'
aWhat retrrrsd To ty1s mt a. t}ot mint
hut willis WA dcscenl1lnr fron tho i'm af in,
I ~ Tsnt into tI.e es,np hrani sono Of IL men
falling "l,ont sn,n.shnts na,.inT i,oen f,rnd nror
~, ti,c bntiio.6 6ci,i. henri nnrc ,nr.rIfn = >'
..f!Ianr'' '"s '">s - '''o "''oNP''e's
hWhat direction vus tia wind blovtnc7r
asked Lieut.. Lee on the re-I{rcyt.
II don't reulcnbcr POSITIVELY, but think thcro
was littlc or no wiud.s'
'tpo yuu mean to say that tBs was alxava n
practicable ford. or tint It was such onty nt ihe
time you we're .l,cret',
II si,npIy indiyate my optniou that cavalry
column, could have crossed there iuet rs wo
cross ooou many other streame on tha ntnina
that wu hayo never crusBeI before.r
"You stote tluf 100 men ct,l.t1 mt lonr- rra}.t
alareo number Of Indians on thot hiil fsEH
uo,x !, tA.n ~ vo,,u cn,v,ox
a..,a IN ~, ~. ~
aa hn oiiifers eota4u W. men Wlth iuo rounds q
9uimanitlon PET man successfully resist i,ooo
!ouana i, ppa.spn s1,..asat 1o tnat you ila9e
a..Ss i"H ~. su,s monta sney Keep 4p tle
ngnt! "ou,u tney hcccssh1ng ~ uo"h IN tch
minutes, al hour or two hourst"
that Ho"'u uei'ehu On 'ho encMy n'lu mol
On !'.g mem; ~ ~ .hc @ enemy p0snGn them'
think u Monia ue a Ieiy aiott TINE
A. = tHeIo appcarea 70 70 no protection
or cover, aIl, tnsraloiG, tl!o ~, ~ men could not