, 1879-01-22
MAI. RENO.
Conclusion Of the Testimony Of
The Interpreter, Girard.
romo Questions flo Did Not Caro-
About Answering.
,,a,,t. varnun1 Next Goes upon
the Stand,

the Stand,
And Tolls His Hemsmhrnnces Of Reno
and the Fight.
The Reno tnvchtiRatson was "on" nEn1n yes-
,c,,ay u.orntng In Room 220, ralmcr Iiouae, the
.,,eu,Iunrc being auita up to tho average.
r,.,r,, Ind one correction to make In his tcBtf~
.,n"y n, recorded by the official stcuoCraphef,
,te Eject OF which correction was to make It. un-
arr.tt,od that he bad never been married to an
ts,n,n wife, although he felt no hesitation In
.ar,n9 ,,,st he hail tah mn Indian woman. t1av-
nv clearly drawn the distinction, the Interpreter
tnnarcut.Y felt easier In mind.
~. Gilbert discovered TINT ho had
FEW MORE CRoss QUESTIONS
A., n,,+ IN the Witness, and in response to them
slt,nl told lust where Charley Reynolds was
ti,l.f,, It was at point little 10 the right
n mi below "C," the right end Of tho aklr-
mI,.,tlnc, and Reynolds Was killed
In trying TO Join Rcno's conf.
m,nd m tho retreat. Tbs mountain.
IN, To which Custer nscended on the morning
~ the e5tb WAS nbout twelve or thirteen miles
f,on tie for,t "A." The command moved up,
while Custer was on the mountain top, but At
whose order "itncs' u'st noe n"o"' '.s '"ous"s
when he went back to eve iniofmat'on ABOUT
The Indians coming up thc Vhiie5' ulat n'a COM
nunicssIon would nave tno ehee. o4 nul'5"'S
Custer up aud change h's piane, il nc haa any,
Wi,nc.s admitted having said that he expected
Custer to conc down and support Rcno's coa1-
m,nd, liz might have said 30. but he did not
think he had done 10 very often; might have
.,n 80 TO Col. E. ". Bmiih, Of Gen. Terry's
ann.
NJ. N.Y. a.v... anv.,,.u ua"'A ~ '''N
lnoa" .l"u. ,., j.. ~, ,,,o,,,,, .. ha.
1he Nesosass ooq. "aessS. ~ .no r,,rn,s IN nnh1ic
.s,iunatson. nuI as wholly Irrelevant.
adding din that he simply Wished to ascertain Just
hov Intimate the witness was With the Indians
In whose country, according tn Ills testimony,
b, Ind lived tt.rty.ono years. fstnilcs.]
~ o,'a 1a' r,nes. ,,atcil il rcsnonsc further to
Inc ~'snsss ~. 1',,hs.. ~" ,,ist,,oo ~. ...h.
questions from slr. dI'neF'' Inc oissaoec .'a.s .s.
cd hy tho Seventh Cavalry on the "a. Z5d' %atli,
o5,b. and night Of the 18th Of june. Alto
ra,n,r 1,n' from Tho not;t whero they started on
the cd to the ford 49, tne ols.anec was ,o,, ~
miles Witness admitted that nss nof'e' "nIen
be had testified was fresh when tho retreat was
male from the timber, was rather better than
a.. ...t ami had cn,nyrt1 better praztng.
LIEUT.. LEE
.n,.,cd unon the redirect, asking Gtrard tu rcf-
su'e's1 -, w. .,.a r,an,, ,,ovng o,t ,h,t rnnrn.
efeace ~ i'e eou'.,a"u NJ. ",,aa ~ 's q.
ing. The wltncss was nnaily a''o"co W aas~ef
the question to which Mr. Gilbert had ob1cctcus
End stated tint when Custer wns coming down
,ha sa n'",,n,,,n anil ,ar ,hc command moving
VI. ".ua"' 's.,' - svho .to ,,t.rhi.f r,ov,d ant
oaf, nc sam: W." .,. '"u 'ecsA .rsn r''.... % ~
ta"' .1'"suau s,'a, ~, rhe 49, ,novo, u nnt .nd
fhc reply saa. ~ don't knoW: Orders wcrs to
ma,ch. and VIC marched" When fo twitncse)
thought that Custer might recall Reno, IN re-
cclpt ot Information ~ to The 1ndtans coming
up the valley, TINT was rnereiy hta suppos'tlon.
Tic firing on THO right bank, bclosc Reno ro-
treated, VAS scattering for lftcen, twenty, Or
twrnty.1{Ye minutes, when It becane
grucra! aul continued 80 for about
Two ho,,rt. Tie Gouna of thta nrlnR saMe
!ea' a1mn ~ ~ HNss, ~ an. III. ",u heSor.
w.. ane ns@ . n"n "a 'n,.ttn heTnn
IT, ssnssa s LIE, n.s"S aroorw ~, ha.,,oLF"ia tnwnrI.
M ns "o uem .Io ~ tba oi.t, feotn
,h "tu .e, no tn it.dian. bsd h;n,1sI Ara IN
~ !aet ,at Wy i,sas y. y, ~ 10" ,1 ~. c.r,
uAe IinntF " AtE icAt bAnA "o0 Iao otAo-S S~'A'