, 1879-02-02

to notice how the Indians we're Situated
In replv to question concerning the position
OF tile mack. .trdin and it's nrohahie t1cnger vii
ness stated that he with his commend wos hc
tween the Indians and thc trs1n' md he rontd
get bact, To il ,nrrh o11;ck,r thar thc indian.
could: consequently he did not think he mack
train vas in any danger.
Lieut.. Lee wanted tn know if the mack -trs;u
would have becn in anr danpcr Ind be under
taken to reach Reno in the woods. Witness
repljed thar he should have taken care
Of 1he nack-tra;n first His 1osscs would
have been much Greater than ttcv were had
this been done. The ford was, perhaps, directly
in bis way bv ,he rraii whicn he took: but hs
regarded the movement hc made at 1nc time a;
III. very hcst nrtion that could have been taken
under the If },e had to do it all
over apain. he shnuld take the same trail that
be tooE 1i,t,n
. ~ sAso .s......s.. y. .s ~. s..-r ,oona
THE foss.aoS IN iah ""pD H.
whether 1t could not have been hela, etc- !Ic nc
SAD the position tnight nave oeen helu ~ si -
bottom, perhaps four or hre hours, PERHAPS ~
night: but the Indians wouio nave tsSa tcl., ra
forced III the morning, ana the sfoops ~gutu na
all been KILLED, unless they nao neen fcaIlVrcGu. e.
It they could have lntfcncoeu themselves ~ .ue
woods, he thoueht THIS "oulo nasn ~, peGn Ir ue
ter position than the ons On Jug n'1 ~ ,sg,, ~,
to question " INC heco1oee as ~ '
troops could not have tnfcateneu ~ !1'.aS r..
from the position IL ts woods, witness a1 l'aan ,s
It might have rcqu1rea le lnotaas ~, w.
large 1orce between 1!e si1'a@E a,n .1 h,,t ba
for the protectot o. lug ao',n. ~ ~ ,bat at ,ni ny
Thought Eney uao lue nouiIa .,h. 49,. ,..',,'
still wipe QUE TIE ttoops- ~ h;nn, 1"s T.. 10
would have bcen Us c''np1eactS ;n - .'i r,,rtI,r
WOODS as lucy Wc1e upou tie hi',,.n9 ~ ~ 1er,l
Mou'd ha'e nSo " looA uu. ~ t1,'. ;,+n1i
p!eteiy rs ne ui4 as ~ 49, AAo" ~ 'ooA ~SA
or Mn1se'1' Tue nceotuS. Mue" ~
Tie was asseo 70 oes"''oe 'nc
BATTLEFIELD OF CUSTER,
an cxanluation with view OF finding out how
the battle was fought: He said the ground was
scattered about for space Of twenty-five or
thirty Yards with dead bodies. There was no
onr,csronce of a line anywhere. It was the same
as If one was to take handful Of corn and
throw IL upon the tap|c or Iloor. The only ap-
nearauce Of line there was, was four horses,
which were arranged at regular distances, as
fhouoh On a sLirnlish linc, with the bodies OF
the men who owned tt,cm living Just ahead OF
them. lookin. IS though they were making
that witness could not account for WAS that
there we're no dead horses or men at the lord
i short distance IN from the lord there was the
ho1v of n gray horse. with the trowscls Of an
cniis:cil man hanriup from q bough near by.
IT,o hattIeteId borc all the appearance Of there
hav;nr ire,, a rout-a panic, There we're doubt
less orders riyen by the officers, but they we,e
not obe:cd by tie men. Probably each man
fnrned Ills oyn horse loose.
1Thc firing by the Indians was commenced
apain on the morning OF the 26th at about half
mast O'Clock. He saw the village moving of,
and It Was about three miles long bv half
a mile wide, packed as closely IS animals
could be. T1ey moved with all tic precision O.