, 1879-02-04
MAI. RENO.
o.,. eenteen Gets Through with
' His Testimony.
!, r. Succeeded on the stand by
ND1 Lieut., Edgerly.
So Was with lscnteen's Detacn~
~ mcnt---J,1nction with
Reno.

mHuL-esVNH~
Reno.
r n,;c;on Of That Uttieer's uonauoE--
hs 0p'' 80 u.tt,,Eo1d
oussds A>S''S
,o
III. Reno Investigation wa ueI l,,
...,oct Yesterday morning A. Inc fa''nsf loos''
~. ttsttmouy Of
GAIT. htNtA""
=, s.,or1ay was read 10 h'm' WINCH eou'u'"ea
.s,u, n hour apd aaastet' a"a "neu " "1s
s,t.htd tl,e Recorder asked "aness 'eM mo.e
.n.,,iops. in snswef 10 wnlco no 'la'eu u'at ne
,hooaht Il waa about ~ O'CLOCK ". .'lc "o'ms
.t M 18th when the "oiilceFs ca" va aounu.
- by tic Or,leslT, anil ttey wese 'nsssue'cu "
s1p.n before uen' Iuatet 's.s ~ opI ,.ns",oa
! u1tnr.s hal three orders Altoadinel peafins
,non bts moyencnH LII" t"r u'epSss ~ " ~
W.. s'mr,,nd. hui thcrs Was nothing In any oi
.,s.. nrde,s which Instructed him TO support
w.. 's,riorre geno or Custer. At the time nc re-
~ ss.cd the order from Custer through Irun-
se's' ,t..,In. tn hurry up and bring the train
with him' "ls"es' ,a.s -. +, ~, sho,,t 4 osc1oct
have been already aeau' - II Wv" Ao."s ~ .'us~
/, the afternoon. WNncee supposeo' VI eootsc'
~, c,s,cr expected each OF tho columns to
'uet ,,,. o,hcrs In case either found the In
suppo7. '.e 49, ,or. ~, tn.,ructfona ctven him
dttns; bat mere ".'e .'', ~ 49, -, ~ 49,, ar.,
further than that he enoulu " ." W t"e ntss
+,ll.r. snd, II he found nothing. 10 20 on 10 TIC
'..ons. ' These rcro his cxact orders. There wcrc
seeopa' II, . t1rrrt Ina for twer,tr miles,
20 tal'e5s 'neso ~ 49,, .',s.. -, c,.,.s ro,,Ii1
md eonseQueh''! ta'u o"..a .s.,,," T., .,,., ~
not be carried cut Hitnout tta'e"'s !" LINZ W
,-f,,ou indefinitely. It might have been proVi-
,'.t.I or accidental. OF whatever they had a
deoaa'' - ~, ~ 1t. con,;nr hack nj the time he
ntnd to ca't II, ''s soe .ans;acr h,s o-n ~.
did. lie cou1u sea'ce.o su"n' We
Hons 1t eomrllancc with lhc orues6 OF Ten.
cu,tcr. In fact, Il might have been practical
sa'.. .t,.nco n or11ers. lie considered the or
ea'oea1.u. ~''.sx at.ect,rr him, IN NO OF valley
dtro' cs',er a,astess ae command tsep, and he did
no1. Their were already upon the trail OF
I'M, or n mn indians, aid be did not consider
ooso ,.h,. hunting IN a few moro, The rca-
HSofta so ,,'.. nus ~, .haro ,s.. ,,,+ ~, IN.
ten for bis 'n'nknk u'a. ..a"s s ~. ~" mt. n"a
ber Of Indians ahead Of them was thls: tell
rock had fought with those same Indiana
49, inns bcforc. and tlcra wcro enough OF
tboFl t'''c oe'o' oL 49, ~ ,,,.,. .,on. ,,1
tsm to influence ttooA W .e. % 'ae'" Aono. nue ~.
then the trail indicated tl1at tnefa was An I'M
Wtnr.s was asked bis opinion ~ to what
.ss " n,.n. ~ f,u.ter at the t,rne he or,ierod
Eere the p'ane u eus.e' ~ a"o s''.'' ~ "'ast'a
Reno 10 charge upon 1he leit oank Oh tne r.ee,.
Herplfed tliat he presumed that u was Custef'a
Intention to attack thu further end Of tho vii
,.r. .,,,u1tanyou.ty with Rouo, charging tho
''t' N',s. 1v,t,o,. ,,,a ~ rro.ood ,,cvr
hearelI punt "'"eeo ~o NV ~. 49,,
tie rfScr on Ms return oa l'c Ae'tn"nu
ride because there were ABOUT
~, ,ro,., . ,.roua oh,rction. Al the fine he
-, .ho o,tsr f-o,n Tn,mnctor No,A.r. the
1ee.'eu w.. o'3.' s,,... ~ .,... ,',.,s. ...v VII.
paeE-ttain "as huout se'en H'"ss away
peis rode very last walking horse, anu INC
column Ind 10 trot to keep up,-the right Of
III. line at a alov trot and Lie left At a fast
w.. w.. .a,s.a,,.nt,. ,,,oro w.. M occa.tor IN
tfos'-eoaseaueht'!' 'h.4o "ne Nv Ve~een w
K7e anS co'Amand 10 ttot 70 .na 'nen' ~ LIZ:
were already At that gait. Ho Ind not changed
hi, opiutou regarding that nght since Il took
.,oao
Eespfder Lee asked eas'eS o1 auoss'ons - ~
he ......--.-.. .....--.....
ANlcA11LlTT OR ANTAooF1sx
exiting betvccn witness uud Gen, Custer at
,s,, ,imt .ocI.Ilv. hut "a thls Mr. f}I1bart OBJ
H.. II. 49,, -. N., ~. o.. ,,,,,, ,r,..-
Es!ea. ne . sana .!.ae '"s' ''e"o "~s ape" 'n'ss-
TI'sut' noa Hhsi m; H., h .,orsb, u no. noco.
. sss eaa H., ra'at,, ~" x.ato h.t.snn
~! !" snnm .ns sclnI'ous 49,, uA'srE uet"esn .nt
VI !ns WITNESSES anu aeui ~ns..t " oIue, W W