, 1879-01-23
MAI. RENO.
,;aut. Varnum on the Rack tor
Another Day.
NJ, rmpresstens a. 10 The Fightr-.A Case ef Badly
Licked.

The Reno investigation Hns fcsumeu !esscl
nav morning nt II o'clock. mud, ntter tfc usual
r,.dype lover Of The previous days testimony
Lieut.. Varnum's direct examination was
.rutn taken up, Lieut.. Ice ASKING MN 10 ae.
.r,,ov Reno's position on tho hllE, wn'ch nc o'a
At some length. The command, le satt'' stoppeu
when about half way ur t'le hi'l' ons 0t "hoss
order he could not tell "ncn 1ho col'"'a'''
stopped, Nal, Kcno-so "tnces u'ousn-
e,ll, "Thfs Is no place 70 ior1n oet''s ~ " 'no
top OF tho hill" De'nE asRea 'is op'"'ont Nd
IN officer, with fcaau 10 he'oS ] p"s'.''A
an tho loft banK.-lh inc ti'1oe''
witness said he thought Il was Us
uoo1 IA apy OH that stdc, Int the three co'hra-
gov ,IJr,t ,ccm io 1o ablc to cover the entire
n'es .,, thcv must necessarily hold Iu order
posi'o'' a.'1 ,ls,. mi ri thc timfwr. In other
TO keep inc luula"e o"' y. ~. 49,. 49,,
words, II didn't seem 10 h,ln t',nt h@''o na'1
.ro,ch men III that position to hold thc entire
.," ~ ,,,c hottorns, A ltolY OF men like that
..,, e ~ ro,,,se threaten any village 40 situated
would ot coa'se ,'' a.. ..,. -. az, , nv.
- was the lnuiah sh'aso III sl!s eues' m'". 49,
tain diversion on the part Of INC !ha'ane was
-.- r.tural lie did not ihtnk the entire In
di.n .n farce was attacking tho command, either tn
the timber or On t'c n'''' wv nv !u .,...
7ll1 MA,S rionrfSa fohcs WAS fHh"h.
From Tho Top Of tn. htil, tho village was out Of
range, and no diversion could e' created as
aRatnst The vaAes e.. sn t1s 1 1eo ~ ho Ind ,ccn
Being asMea os 9itsr ,r'i tc ,lvt,ion Of tho con-.
naud Witness resoss,ee p1's unit mSn us anu ha
turned his hsao osel ~" o e,nn 1' " ,s h1u,. m
the right, aud "a" on '"e e"se ~ % ~. III
n'..,.sr,.,columu, r moving down tho stream. He
teus1e. tht .tot,r oy n nortIou nf ttla column.
just eanFns a'ea. :" ,sos,,r ,t ~ trnt @ f.tcr.s
but he coula seo t"e.a 'n"""s w @ ," - -
horse probably keeping up MS wel'-kno"n aast
E,,k. rhc point where Custes'r column lass
Has"' ,.hnn IN sar H.. must have been about
.se' WV" ~ ~ mia fr,m vtcrc Rcno,s con,-
thrteqhafteFsol 'n'' .,.,'.,.,, ,isa +, .,,ho~
mnua then vas on tbs skIrn,hla-''ne' IN othcf
worit. II was near-but A little further down
..-o.n,-to t,,c potnt whcrc Rcuo's command first
hsi.s" ..,t,,,. tho h,,,fFe m Tim npno,fte aldo
rested on ea1"'''e w et.'. ~ d. .,, 1,.r-
After The retreat. At the time Reno anu nef.
teen united on the Hill. Custer muet have oeen
envsssa v,sa,, ~ ,a. r ncrt asked \. to finding the
bodies, au,l told about having struck what he
supposed to be Clusters trail stopplne NJ
Watering place to water Ills horse, seeing somc
fox,,es near by, and then being called nNnT bv
heho " pu. wv ,".t.ss ~, ~, aha,, ,wo m1,c.
ne saw '"' asna ' 30 49, mi tuo ~ thrco NJ
rom rene po'IsHa '.".. =" ,a,nr h,a,e. ,na,, i'm
tho Intervening points oeihE nlsheF tha" 'ne
latter position. Shortly after bentecn comc up
xitnr,s heard firing away down the stream. and
','. - :. - ,on, Wallace. lilo firing was
epoSu ,,,,' u ~ sa,1,r ~ ' II wo. heavy lire,
not like soHe5. :. ao,1 "ao 49,. ..",s,, r ca,.un
on) vet not In the torn Of volIey. lie heard
!, adv fcw moments, II evidently camo
~ o''' .,.Int,w ~ N. othcr cnd
from 'nc ve''"s' , o,,..s.,. ,,n,,
Of tho village "hete e"e'ese "'e''
were afterwards founu, oht "hethef IL
c,r,a frnm Cu.tcr's command or trnm tho In
t,"s ..,,,,I .t, snv, tJIa l,nnre.eIon at ths
a'a"s "e .u''a nv hartnr. !. ,,,.,tr hor,1
time *ns u,at eustct "as "a't.s p,ss' "",'
time OF 1t down there. "ncn no 81" tl.c gray
horse'' command going alonG tl,e bnfls, l,e I'm.
une,Iistc|g supposed that It was going down tn
nttark tie ottrr elsd ot the village, hut, having
arrived fro iis ss;ting tour igst at the s ni Tins
M nnlcrs. pt.,I could ny imagine wilaL the nla1ss
were, From Tic time that lscno rot up on n!t
h'l' until illc who'o hoay ot inahalis, a. ~ 70 o
faare.l1 at.ash.u ~" .,,.n ~ IL, ,tTht hnrc hccs
genera! eugaEs.nsas ane, ,'eu.. % ts", m ront,
an nhi1E anu ha!t -. ~" si '' = ,1o " o.rrnt,