, 1879-01-20
Maj. RENO.
Continuation of the Testimony
Of the Scout, Girard.
He Heard the Firing During 0nster's
Fight with the Indians.

Palmer Jfpnec. Aftrr thr official ettnpnrap
haa eonc through The usual mnru.ur reading Ut
+ho to.ttuc,r or, tou. ivo,,o.o i,ol c,rrec,.
~ ..',1 ""u .,n1 '"e"'t ~ ' .st, T.,
etds explained, nnd nmp'ltltu h1a c7hehcc IN
snnr minor particulars, tho interrrctcr F. +.
o!sara, was aEs'n pvt on tho ssasd "nl tIs &.
M, iii ho,v ,,nnv .,,n,s warn arr,1 hrrnrc nc,s
wv W. ~" "'a.'s hlo'n "oss oelo,s w.
eotnfnand came 10 ha't aft, aep'o5e". "ne"
front and Lett Of The ekIrns!-l.nc, t!e frat H.
,f,,, - ,,.,..,. ~ eon ~ mn ,o-tr. II, iii
"a" a. ~, us.aee u. sov - a .'v s"'o vyh..,r".
not eee t"e 'l9c MAKE an, ansa"se "Masses .,'n.
move was made mist have taken place while ne
wns In the timber with Reynolds, for lie noticed,
on coming out that the Itttc 1sl swung u II on
n nvnt.
"'"'' nrn .u,,x ,,,.ou
was milo and n half 1T two miles from TIC
line, down tho left bank Of tho Little Biz Horn.
rhc command ,t,a m. remain m the .ktr,nfu,,
Inc oycr ten minutes betorc Il swing nrounti.
Witness was asked to aesesioc the timber whese
the right Of the Tine WA drawn up, and did 50
Mt snu,e Icnrth. irving distances. Tho rotr-
.,.., 1t, 49,. .tau t., IL, .,h,. .t..r i.,,,t,,r
49,, .,..,.,.s ,iaa s.n ,o,, ,,,,,,,.a. 49,, ,.nr.
the hRifHtis"'Hne, over te1 '''H'tcs' ana "cht
oil In q diagonal direction towards tho rErcr.
Tho troops In tho ttm,cr seemed anxluus to Get
,,s.,,.s H. .,rdo. 49, .,n,,.nr,ad ,rcro,1on,
no.nk So o.asf VII, VI sUTeessea .'% ,n'se1ae" w.,
Alter no hcafn Inc bsoer "1n ilofse.' tie men
Withdrew from tue !Inc, Eos their l'or*es and an
0tlfcgr told lin they wrre gnlhg tu charge:
Witness anil REYNOLDS wcrc III tlIp timber. and
concluded TINT the orders weren't intended for
them, that tho troops wnnld return .attcr the
eharee and that they needn't 9o'hcT t'icm'elyes
WhEte III tho timber he saw Dc l.io ant1 q
scout named .Iarkson: lie pulled out lily
wnteh--a .Eool tllisGEcc.cr-nnd II wat l
n'clock. Wien they left tho wotfls It Nas twi.
13fthk and f1t Nnfth lnttf.ttrJf that H. II
o'clock. Tic command, while III the timber.
wus lu =. shcltcrcr posfion. 40 tt!at they eoull
lohl aud fire M.1icr shelter. Witness l!cara
village. I'u Rutl'o s'aprcl hta hand on his
thiuh. nttl fafal, ycry exritclly: "Dy -,
THERE'S cuaTEn; LETS GO AND Io1N nlM."
Witness, ln,wevcr. told h't' to wait: ltat there
would tc .Imc enough f.r shat. Witness heard
cnttnuuua 'lrn. all t1le way !own the ba,,iss 70
the plarc known as ttlsscr'a battle-llc,o. At
tlrek Thy shuts we're ncatcrl,E, al then It, vol.
bury The soldiers tlcy found q gray l'orsc,
wouudc.l. TN tho lett bank Of tho river, at
furtl further dnWn tbs stream tlnn thu pUlnt
"D." The Cessetll trlttg. 1.i what was ltiown
% Custers battlefield, lasted about two !nllrss
nE!a thdlcateit general ts!gu0c!;snt. Altcrlcav.
e tGo ~. t.,s @ t,
nuoat - .w s.I IT,, .;,.t .... ~ ~, ,,t;
a'aer ,ea,ma sin ns.r ~ ~, y" s a @
oI srs,ssoi mi *aw Tie ~ nTId, j",sa viIisr"
ha ~. ns.na. a t, nh,t'1, ,,.,.n -,
n q
@'Tn a .'.Mv. .,, ,,s,,r - .,,,,u. ~
nIEess ~ t'.u n.,ta st, rni @ eoae"e :"
s.i. aS ss.1 H., ta..,s,r.y .%v iii, H.. .. "'
ILL., Tbrre wcro nIy M tl'rcn fcrjs'-wt,"re i9sno
su y, ~ a',nH WAL c ~ Il.
=. ~ 1iit ~, .,, .a ~, H. r" T., h"
eHs ,s ,., ts:E I,-,, .r % t"t'nr ,,. .unss
~nn can1o sc" whera liz issJ1ss .a,, R"n. iarpc
NY t, s,ti IT, .sa. ho,n'x - t VIZ
pn5t,oom o. o. te village ,. Was - he,o" ,h te '"ra 1e
ousss nn ~ .h n,S ,i III sas . ~. ~.
anto IT, tue esntrr u tie y,se % ~ abont tet
'-,.,s, 1o u ~
s s,so Tas Gasses IT, ,1r he xmvs Mr1' W.
an1 o. tho uls!sson M.o .gG 1. ,n.. ~.
.r,oo ~ 9n ier
tme. @ "ea" .c. S trni!v fms.ar .tn,s'
,hat , soo, Mas a nsaaasy ~, H,% HHuSls ,.ad Sn',,
~, IL, niii "na snr I'*. o ,xiar, to ,tr;,u
on tno , no, kno"1g a.o "ito H.. ~ ."o M
that i ."s ~ ea ~, iM,is"s nn t,rst"r
suso t,,c iatters s colun, was tin tiy one tnt
n1It rafor~.i j., -, Tpt,,"s tns.tn,u. t
ains, .r,,v,st o,,.o ,.t!, T,iors af."ryv,r,,s ts
ts ,ror.. .,,,,,,.ro,t'iv tow ,,",t nea" r,
.etc Musu .,. wv n' III ',r
nv ve3 ~" Mrn =, H. ai.astta,, NJ Iu I'm kiln,
nus n'sea ,.s no"n ~ ..e a'ee''o" VI '"e po''''
"''" '"e oeaia" "
CUTTING OFF euhIEH
tiunetl Reno nut3 went down to lpter,ot custer
lndian: would rl',usc prurle Or plain, and NJ:
/
men. with t,t>Ou rounds ef ammunition, couu
jmyu protected Themselves ugatus. The ho,t,it
yitiaue, witurse sa!l he thought they could ays
held nj. nYalost uuIte number VI Indians a
iony a. tllcIr nroylsot,s apl ammunition ilstei
| If, Gilbert asked Lieut.. Ice, WIN had gt,,.s
on Tic nyo,thcsts that thrtc wcrc ,(0 rtA,,ttI&
II ho wouldn't be Lind enough to ask tue ours
tior on Inc bnsis of The 1l1,t1lUrr Ut rut1pd!
whtcE, the Testimony had shown the men to i,ayt
actually uutacsseu,
Licut, Lee sail Nr, Gilbert could do tint d
thr nrorer ttnr. lis l,nt nn obfectfuu Ia usk!nl
witness ubouL hts EnowIcder Ii rcrurJ to fh,
ammunition, Wtturss, in rcrly to u question
uf tt,at Character. sill hu u,dn't E.,ow tlv
much thcsu wns. lie knew ha Ind lIrr,i tl1ir
teen sbots ID tho ilye or ten In,u,ltes. mn
fnr,y ruu,l.is arc4t ,'rr MIN III tt,e number O
| ulcit engaged, Continuing, wituess sud IL
afterwards saw two lead bodies to the lrtt n,n
southwest Vi tho village, whictl he cuu!a'
tdrniiiy. os wc1l as several dead hurhcs Dra,t!
Cd "U. g." to tic left oi shu yIlin.r, Int III
tncr IN aid nearer to TIC river i,.uS, syh
l,o1t,t wllerq t,y fuuutl Gustcr's body was tg
tween unr.l,aif and thrcr4,uprtcra uf Mill