, 1879-01-30
Maj. RENO.
Examination Of Lieut.. Charles De-
Rudio.
u. senaration from the Command
Adventures In the TIM
ber,
. Mistake which Came Ncar Being Fatal
.-1.eno's ttoninct.
NJ, Whit to Oustar's Battlcheld-atrsngth
Of the Indians.

nj, Visit to 0ustar's Battlcaeld-atrangth
Of the Indians.
MI. peuo Investigation was resumed yestcr-
s,v morning at the usual hour, with tic average
s,tcndauee OF spectators. There appears to be
.,',,a nj. much interest manifested now rs there
W.. NJ t),c beginning OF the inquiry. Maj. Reno
,nd hfa COUNSEL sat and read the newspapers
while thc shorthand writer wns recalling over The
,r.t,n,ony Of the witnesses of the previous day.
Two or three ladies' came IN, anu were shown to
ecats t,y tic Sergcart-at. Arms.
The lrst witness called yesterday was
LETT. CHARLES DR. Ruuto,
of the Seventh Cavalry. stationed At present at
ror, Mead. On tho 18th Of June, 1916, hc was
viii his cou,,,an,l un,lcr Gen. Custer. About
1,or 1o o'clocl, on that day division Of tho
romn,an,l was ts,ailc, nu the witness repeated
fin description Of the disposition Of the sroops
=. uuhlished heretofore. ffa was to 20 with
Ms,. Reno, nnl that detachment tnoyed north
an The sj0ht.bantl bIde Of little stream. After
nrsectnc four Of five miles. they came 10 the
tenec. whcro Reno was ordered 70 cross the Lit
lie Big Ilorn nud charge upon the In
aaas. They crossed tttc river at the ford
"A": III passing through he was scry near
10 Mai. Reno; witness WIS mounted upo II q
Yery stubborn horse, ard IN going shrouRh lie
D,ale sonic trouble nt'tt smashed water upon
Reno lie first saw thc lnalana between the
sepce and where tile ford was made. As they
cleared the wood nn the other side Of the river,
III Rrno formed The battalion into Iino Of hattI,
oni ordered q cl,arrc. They gall1ped probably
two miles autf n lla!f across the plain, which got
them tn wo6d nr the rght-hAfAl sian Ut The
Inc Witness heard bullets wl,istling about,
n!ul saw nu n1enso cloud Of du.t In tl,e 'llree-
mind to dist,,Uunt aul1 deplpy IA
skirtnishere. The men pbcyed tina
order m viii, rrcat oiarrliy, and Witness was sir
mitca at their nctfons, as many Of them were
ioc been III ii, engagement heiure. The horses
ariei ysry badly. nid appeared rather excited:
most Of HEN lad meyer pcctl any service before,
liz heard no ttu,nnetenll III uoius down on tt,t.
os the indians through It, the latter appcurel
IL be simply riding an,ut and raising a dust.
Tbvv were running. backward md forward. but
we're nut moving ~ any talrtIeular direction.
TIuy were Ut tllat time aboit $40 or U00 yards
ness sa!d sat tllc labtual eait of .ie i,orscs ~,
tIle charge WIS enllop until they reached ,lS
wood where they werc left. lie should Judge
'",1i'"ns sito.i. Tia re,s,' s.'s oGso1c .ne
,,,rn,, Gsec.ir oftrr tint -~""1''''" " "a's "ae
,.ss,aaas ne was esHeo 10 acsef1be, from hls o1n
"A'",s'ss,
AZ hat oceohHEo FROM THAT TINE
up TO TN tina the command LETT The wpoda to
crofs ttIs river, anil to state wllat was tile COLI
duet Of Mai. lten0.
Httncss bald tlIe command was distuouutcd
and dep|oyea as sktrDtaheEs, with the gtcf1t rest
iug rear tile wood. I'hu llno wis formed pcurly
At right angles. with the left stretching cut
:cross the praiTfe several hundred yards, TlIu
troops ndsallecd GU this line seventY-five or orc
hundred yards. Then the Indians began to
come Out and fire at the solllicra,-tt,ree or four
u i've tDgeiher. They would fire while mount.
"a aHd then gal!op III around to tte left. This
they continued to do, their numbers ,rcreasinr
constantly, until the firing BECAME general, Ho
far as witness was able to acc, MoI Reno atood
bIs ground mud gayu Ills orders all fight.
pretty soon Lieut.. Wallace, who was near by.
eatirl the attention Of wttness to the fark that
The Indians wcro coming qrollnd to the I'M.
The Wooti Mns fu horseshoe sLnpc. and ti,,
tklrInlsl.Iinc was formed at right anEics tn ths.
faeiuE down strcam. toward the north anti
toward tic yi!fnge. Witness sc:7 the Indians
eenlnE up thr river from below. ani nrctIV
sooN q trumpcter brought witnras' hursn IN
hin. lie told him that he dill mt wont
lhr horse yct,-to keep him down In liz
buttorA. Witness waa nt fhis time stam,trr
u1nn q little rise, Where l1s co,,ld scc sw..r".
thing, l0okIn1 nrn,t,h Hin tr,,,r s.3s