, 1879-01-16

there they made a stand. Witness believed
they hnt seven men wounded and thrcn men
killed, tw0 Of wjlom he saw himself, and lc
llcar,l n. n third. Soon after this, Capt. Hen
tin thu tnorninr Of tho oosh they were fired
llpnn bY the lnIl1n1ls on TINT side OF Tho river.
Tn the 27th Terry's command came to tho res
cue. .
Tie rccor,lcr asked what was the time TINT
elapsed nftrr Reno ErcctyE1 Ms nr1ler to charge
upon the Indian. lHfrn tho charge was MALE
Witness rep1tett TINT lie did tos know. 1t Wna
the time consumcd In gallop Ut distance of
Abont two miles.
He vas aakel 10
nKsCnrnE THE GROUND
after crossing The ttrcan, 10 mako tho charge.
Witnesa raid that nftcr crotsinE tho river two
companies were formed In fnura, with tho In-
ltan scouts h1lcad. The other company was
formed In company front In the rear. The
etrentn was ot the right It was very rrookcd,
ant, is eoursc lay to the nortleAtt. The hor:cs
were left In nOd bel Of tho stream, and BE-
youd that was an open space Of country.
Witness wns nstct II Nal. Reno ordered his
command to charge ths enemy whcn he was
Within engaging distance. or whether he at any
tt,ne during the enga9ctnent uaye such aG OF.
der, md, II 60, whether II WINS obesct1.
Witness stated tllut the command wna moving
at gallon, and 1e knew of no sperIal orf1cr to
a sposn sns * tness ss e IL 'aw e eny S % o
ln.iians coming up out Of the rayinc.
lie Was questioned with reference to The
movements III Tie In1lanR,-whcther nt any
tt,ne during tilr engagement he tottcrd an lu-
crease nF 4 detrratc.
Witness said that nt tho time they went Into
the engagement there wcTc 100 or Hl0 Indians,
apparently, aud their htlfnlcts inrrcaAcd eun-
stantiv until the troops lett thy hottotn. They
aboltt nnd shooting.
Witness wis asked to give his opinfons IN tho
matter, antt. te counsel for Nal. ltcNu having
no objections to offer, he aAtd ttlat,
ttH CltpfH t1<
tho 5ndtans knew nll tl'o tnovcments OF the
troops after they lcft the mouth uf the R.,sbui,
and thought the 1nhtars knuw Ut the npproneh
at Reno, and thut they Kicked up dust, pre-
lending III be Eetreatlnv; only for .tal, to en-
trap tiirm into pursuit.. In ortcr to yet them
III reply to q,,csiton as to tho strength Of
tic troops, witness said there were three cum.
pnuieH TINT natle the c!lnrgc, and tho fnliun
sroufs. There would ts hut tlree.fourths Ut
tho nu1nher lighting mrn, as every fourth man
was householder. Witness was not near to
Reno during the engagement.
The engagement, Wtttpas thought. took place
sot,vwhcr lr,m llalt-1,as . to d o'clock. iio
remembered It~,king Ut his watch at tho time
Custer mud Ifebu wcrs together, crossing tho
ltttic stream, before receiving tho usdar to
Witness did not sec Reno Until the troops
reached tilrir standpoint, but lla repeatedly
heard his va,iee. flc thought the engagement
lasted ntuut threc-g,1artesH Of an hour, taking
mnuntinn and rt:,,,,untinc. onl the lime Gun.
suInefi In uslnv W all thu ammunition, They
pTobubIy atlvanye,i nile and three-
quarters bcfore she frat shot was Hired.
.jnHs1 Wflr"ss snw Ida nf fn,ltans heforo tin
engagement took f,1acc, ind they were fired
upun several times brtuis returning a shot.
They halted perhaps 15o or u0J yards from the
hcnd. mud ii,t. ln,iiuns wsrc oyer l,uiIinl ills
hcnd.
In x,tncs., Judgment tho troops wcro
- .,r ,o,n,r,ov ~ nxrrxn 7,,vuav,v,e
,,,,l ~ 49,. .,a',, :. ,,.a ~, !. .sss ,ss,
When thc} eharlseo 70 Iile I'LL ILL.,, II Wns ncccs-
sary IN oraer 10 gct o,sa ,,. iMJ Aan,ahs weso
scattered all oyer tne e1Huna e Mm!em w., Luz tr99ns
Ind frst passed. over. When tltc toltltni,, whisa
was moving ~ eoluMl ~ lo!t.h ~ !ettcats Moui1
come up TO TWO os taree Indians they would
tau IT. a"e a ''S sr" eo". .or ' ttent. ~ ,us
tna soaGFs NJ, pssse ,.,.nt IL "nnn tt".5 "
nade snolt MotK 81 .ue ei ~. c,,nlsc ~ inc '
sctFcat was n,aua rom the oaEeetloh Of tae VII"
la9s e. towafa tnc sNeI; d.. ...u,,
hG o esS su n, nts, nt ,s a'qs ptnct H ~ H.
aIt last cFnseal'R "as Hlado auout haii thite.
!he panke IN olo siue u tne INgF ,. "s.s a1out
i1nr 1ere, af''! on tho nt'icf anoet s!Elt lect,
h!Ela' INC lleIcst BANKS Wcfe o'i 1nc otlpos11e
s!de, ana inc psaecs 70 Rct on OF LUZ stfent,
were narrow. eonseeuent'y lug t1oops gi!,u
not Eet out upo" 1,s HnmsIto ,s sae as au.,sk.y .,
~ they entefeo: !lo thousat tney wcIt lsE.n ,Il
- -''N HS"te.
poai a mns.o @ ~. nss,J st,.a w. a ao'a. ~
"nn s1,tn I,y rn,,rl,. broken conntrv. .1,nIunnv
knr,yn A. 1.i,sti iantlsi Tim wiic.s tIrnrrbaif
thc Hn tnnnoraniv NJ I'm .pctinn ,nInntrjv.
An InGuiry wax mat1c Iy thc RcrUrtirr a, to
whcthtr t],crn WI. INV D,,nt ou ti,u left atds of
ii,s rivrt whrre a tnn,1 cn,lid layu bccn n1u.fo
hv nenn tn n,fyn1,tape. M a fcfrnse. tn nhur
| tHe nractj.uhitlty or tmprartirabiI(tr of Ills
roInF ,,crt.ss 10 Tho othor lid.
iii, ,y]tucss tbourht tberc vas no placc or
nossttot, that hn v,,uiti HAYS takcn on thu lcft
| r;dc it cnuId moi lmya taken lhs troo,,s over
fiItcen minutes 10 reach I'm 1a,int nrross tha
| rvar ,vhnrn i,.nn mai" stnn,i frnm I'm mini
AZ whtri, III schnr,," ,sns mails, N
H.. w". nskrI r. stnt" liz ctrcrm,tonco. of
| thr rrfr.af. in ur'ter n thrnr snur ilrht mnnn
tho subtc:t as to tHs conduct Of Ket,o. '0A
SViln1s. ti,n1Tht he hnd nnswcrc,i thnt o,,c.,
,tn,, "ireslv. NJ f.r ~ bn c,,ew. iI,rre wa % a
rnmr,, iett:r un,!tion To he hnd ,,n,t, tlr ntir
Mi" fin nntrt, ~ ti,nhcr rnf.Trc,, IN ,rr"w
/ im ,rhat wns nnre tho he'd III thn rtvsr'
] Un IN" iii siIin tho rrounil wns lcvrl
/ mi 'N pmI ron's,, cnnItI hnve
na hnc,, bni .h,e'e th~ trscs: hut ~, fhc nshc1
efNn ,hc,, xn. n snrt ~ h,,T' n f"w f"rt nl.,I'.
! ri,nv 1.,,11 rnt have ,irf.,.I",i 1hcmsnfy"s r.,
| tijs n,art. ftn nal missed through til!s tr,4t