, 1879-01-18

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guard afterwards, when The ri,al,l was falling
6ask, oa, ana they G1t lsavy t'fs. Ihe,e vas No
ttmc. The indian village, In moving away. was
tl9m 'sn anu : hals 70 tHtce tniIeh Ion1, ana
hall a mile wide, and Included eyerythlnf,-
What no has hcarsl since, he Judged t!icfe Werc
,na" ne ~ oov ,t waFt ~. aae ians "nnt, .nr. nn,
rirs s tn ,,sIrr. n Nv Sc.ars tes'" t6c vo1mo
Wr pruiecn nni II - "'t III linz ~,
Msmn nensecn, wv AelyouSaat ~ a. lug tlIic tno
custcr. ~: ~ ncnu II, ~ liz VI" incinlnp In ia
s,y,,,is! 1ltttcrn. ttr,.. ,.nmnncs ,r;t, n forct,
little ,orrer linn I,rnts. si"i1nmr,fl in nv Iii
men. viii, 7he nac,. :, ain sni thr ,nrkcrs snmo
u wl,sm ware u tritixena. ''' %'' f'"'' 'e'''''
ri" Wcc",-tnr snt,i r. t,t II, ,,,,,rc o,,c., ,,r.
IN ak. nni ;nrnci T., ~ ~. cnnrt r., ki1"y II Il
,lrstr..l r., iutrrrn,atc ti'c witncss.
cot. HERnlrf
vas the only one u ttlc tsnber. and It was his
rat venture ~ this line alnre the inquiry rEnh.
| "f Should Ike" said llo tn l.irut. WALLACE,
| whcre the Rcno column separated trnn Tic
Custer column to the pulnt where t1cn. Clusters
First liorao Or tnan. Killed or wounded, WAS
found"
ness, III have never been over, autl simply
| l,are tu Rlless at 1t. should say 1t was In tic
| vicinity Vi stx inllus.i'
"IIow much OF a parallel 10 the route tray-
| etctl by MnI, Reuuf Or waa It tyer tic satno
routef,i ' '"'"S
| .Prohably. II he separated and left tho tratt
| at the poitt / think lie lid, lo travelled over
| probably i,alf mile. Tho trail then .liycrcgt
10 Tho fip3,t at almost right angle, Owing to
tho nature ii tue ct,untry, the tw, trails. aitcr
Hrnarattnp fnr Hp.1te distance wnlli1 then rni1rr
tend towards aon,o point several miles dosn tbc
rfver.h
.Do vou know The rato NJ which i,s pot,,mn
] nrobah)p n,archr,.In ~'''"''
"No; simply know how It was moving when
We left IN
'tWeru they trotttngi''
! "Cuatcr had fAst-walkfng horse, anil was
| Walking u. hlany of tile men wcrc trott!nE."
:, Col: Merritt hah nothing n1ore to ask, and
ar. Hilbert ptocecdcd TO inquire wltch point
rI VIII shc aseu n feT1I f 10
Me'e,s hith poaltio',. The witness replied that
hcno's wns the inote advantageous point Of the
Two. , u was ,.i nGares % lo Tatss, an tle country
edec, nnh II was through &!oso ra:ines that the
men lad to go for watcr. II was also more a,l-
yantage9ns ios IT, tao pnrpose q successful O.
MN, shst was matter Of Individual discretion.
le DID net know, from personal Gnowlcdec, that
sonsc OF tue tncn had exhausted thclr
cartridges In The ti.nbcr, aud that others hat to
understood so all aionE. f1o heard Capt. Aloy-
1an, the COMPANY commander. saY TINT he had
! to take !talt bis men back to cct ammunition.
| Nobody llnl nnythlng further 10 ask t1le wit
ness: who. after thrGe days orleai, was nppa-
| Iently glad enough to b0 relieved from further
duty as an otc.lpaot Of the witnesseaalr. Dur.
Ing that order! @ he had very iavorably Impressed
| everybody, Including apparently, the Court H.
SELF by h!s easy fIank nnnnere, aud MS evltlent
desire to give al1 tho Information III Ills posses
sion.
utcs. ~ - 'e' ''''''
At tho expiration OF tho recess, Lieut., Leo
entered tic ROOM, followed by ucdill,r,.size,i
and not rcn,arkably.notIeeablo man, wlo, how
~ o,n,n,
~. 1,a,,, ,,,orn.,,.. , a,,s ..,. n,.
s,G 5 S,,,.ar aaa ac aa Scout. As dfess
Sntare IN aKe'np , re- ~ lartlest re.noyo
ttus , saah =. ~. ~ nunaao,n tyoe. WIN Whrh
~ nn..a'on H. ,ar, v"s ra
tan, ' - ,.n. saas uasu @ w. suffering
f4 sa tot W y; VT" ssfy oafs %s a h,s naturally
sndnea M Luz s eof'o ,,;;i q. sr9 aoa s aeo 10 satch
a h,r NC ~ saiu, paasa'asy nnn wneo @ ho rested h's
nr. " trn ' u "u Ia,,' I"as a,, psSnuea J,sn ~
ra. hU%s n 1ss nhonp n ~ anu as r. n bas
mv WEI gu se "e H. ~ III 10 ~
H., Ensn 9unn T. ~ - ~, to oscoua aaa LtS
Luz Hessn,1 ~, ensy an9 ~. @ !huian scouts
IT. ,,,"to pa ,M9 ,1 n nnaer cns
wa. ~, ,''nr Iicno otT 1T soran ~ sle & aay 10
~. nnaet t,,na n.t1g ,anc u on ae ht'o bg iioFn A.
e ae ncno va r. oFerea 1 or icw minutes
thcr,, ,.nrG s,nn .imui t,1f.rs .n1 ss.t.ti, ,ts
s LINZ TI'u o.. .t fs.at %u .s'"n, t, hta ,to" "nch
" " souM ny 1na 1nutans un"h tn tno Vallgy.
IL ac .as1Su ~ ms nptss suS"a5s Wafca lts
aI n,sn. ~ Gu1,u, ,,,t a'n Ill., onsi II, ete afs yonr
tmuanv, t1 a,i, 8un"E T. tthc nesa! AlteI tHat ne
sot onWh' looe w. oes'oe Gustet, au tho latter
WIZ VI a.il! ,. t nasnn9 . on. aais knoi was tnlo
os g. 9 W., nn IT, iao.a welo taey ef9s.r'i
tno Littlc nH tloss lteno,s column wAs orsluroa
on aooat twehty.hye er th1rty tatus from tlat
kfioll. ~ " o'c'ogK the eseuins bcinre Custer
,"M, ~ Tnm nat,,o i i1at Ws H. ossah ~
md a,,ntImr nau,.i WBl,aniv Knifnn nn'i !,
1i1n nj lila bend nj tho rt,Ii,,n., will ,s,stnr
Whcn tbay taoE th,s posltjt,n' t:,strr rcnsatri
tia nruors. and toll lin, to he s,r. Ia inv. ths
nitans follow thu iuft.i,an trai as is iii mt
wnnt sny NJ lin Stoux II, ean.s, hIm'-w"rt, @ ia 4
toret tRsn, ali tosetlur auI ttriye tIcm siown
tir Yelim~st,sur. Witness fnld n. fnIi.', .s,,n.
nan,ns. ,yh"r, III, hnstIir. war"' @ an It,o.nr
ahn,,l In s"aii rsmna' Ynn,ls II H. ,ua n,os
when In stf,Ees i'm. Iarr" ra,nns.s, Thcs nuIl.H
nn"s nv fwir,.' mi ,s'tnrss st"a, taits,n" ,v,sI