, 1879-01-31

hour before sun.l,wD, nftcr lllcy hal co;trn |
n.rnss ti.r river ,slrn tr Till. Just After lark,
Mui. lsrnn ordered witness tn .n tn lie rnrk.
inalr anil grt hts t1c,nr, n wien he lnLi
~ u't1uef..-Mai. Reno t1lt his Sergeant IL sit
up aml wake him NJ about n,idnght, atr! tia II |
lie fwitncstl might 70 10 sleep. tlr firing ron"
Timed until 1t ssas tuo dark III ac- IN ait Nal.
lscno lid not lie dn~n immediately afacf ts 1's'l
was nlndt, nnh Witness lid t,H ser him al ;'r
time previous to his 9o:ng 70 h"l. snr he "c'lt
oil once or twlcr nn'l "atne ''lck. NC Ahi MT
setnat,, away at any ont tim" very lonE; nc
might l,arc been NIL ii his sight At one time for
half an h0ur.
Mr., Gil,4ert asked Witness to repeat the osler
given by 4Adjt. Cook. [lr said .c came up 10 him
ind cave hl;a ll,c ocr from ten. Cl,stcr hciorc
Tie rt,nrgt. mas tnatlr rhrscWcrc several officers
about, Hulgrsun, Wallace, :''al Hair. when :lle
order WAS given. It was Issued IN clear. dis
tintt vorc; witness was sitting upon hts horse
Mt tlr tinc, within hearing distnucr, doing
nothing The rc;n,na1,d VIA is foluws: "'ll1e
scouts rcpnft tl,.t the 1In!iaa village y about
two miles af'cad, an1 moslr:. You VII 'aEe
your tl,rtc companies. cgMt3 eyer, and urlyc
everything before yult. Capt. Irntccn IL to
yuur lrlt. nnl he f1as lie same INSTRUCTIONS"
Witness was askri to .1rsrrfbc thr situation
aIuf erpeai the conversation between hlmsrlf
mil Maj. Eeno nt tl,e time l'c sunu'sctl C,s.cr
was fighting with tho indians. ltr replied ,,lt
lie heard tts' firing n', *aw n: ln:ns cirt''i1!s
down IN tho llottoi. ntt'nt half 1nta away. lie
said, ~ think t3ri,. tnstcr Is i1llting down in
The botto:r.., Don't yo't sec the Indians art
leaving nsfH
ill., isilhett asked tlr witness II he ever saw
any exhibition Of corArtlcc On the part ot Nat.
Keno.
Lieut. Lee objected. but the Sergeant re6]sed
tlsat Ire never had.
The Cunst took fcecss OF ilyo minutes, alter
which
sEnGT. =. 4. CrLnERTs.,N,
of Company T, Of the Filth Cavalry. was .worf,
| a,ll testified that lie was with Gen. Eust"s's
connu,aml on the h1nrnfnr u lie 18th
at the tcpcc, which wins ab,at half or s!,src,
quarters Of mile froin ihc river. He WAS afer.
ward attached 10 cou.pany Il. an1 mrnt With
| staf. Rrs,o. After they crns~csl the river. he
| saw several lntlians clrvl!ng nlm,ut on t!ttr
time the hal. was mns'c the I.Hstans were
| csrrltnE ami riding backward aDs fnrward It.
s!seF front, md ilrlnE from. 'trir hortes+ liz
should jnlgc tlIat thr incn were tlcptnyed as
lie was o'l liz left ot ,s: Iluc. Very soon after
drptosnE thu command was s:lsr',. 'lly III"
right Hank" a,nl sIlr skrm!stl-nc moved III
ward ifm woo''. On liz iil'c hn faw nNe
| man WOUNDED In bis nwn Cun,pany. 'I'ln'
mcn we're mostly new III his company.
mt they were ,lrtng very fnst. Shortly attrr
they Eot down by tho wuo1s., tlc men
gpsa ol ar sf sos s es co. t ~ I ss
un.l moyed towards tlsc forl. lie "as sent Will.
Lieut.. Wallace fIrn. nl"i they Muyed ut II rrrt.
ty fast tr0t fuwart tln rtvcr The li'diaiis wcrc
getting tlclisr nj! the titnu a were closing II,
upon the troops. There was = llrGc nulnles-
about ten derp, he sluuld judgc-ri.'ipE about
them a,nt firing upon tllein; suu'c were firing
rcyolycF*. Thcrc was alhs' IN immense bo'ly o1
Indian. coming aruund lie corner ot III. woods,
frum the direction 0f thr village. Ile was
tic last nlau IN thu left Of the skirn,!sh
l'us, an ana - 70 e,. Did Old n9s III, bear , .i't
Al i',stant a. he wns forming tic skis1ni.t-iinr
There wis no attempt tna'lc to form thu tEoop'
upon either side ot i',e Ever'o protect t''e n,e'
in crossln9. lle stopped md ne'pea wo,'nlsi
lie l,u not see Nal Reno until they reached tit.
top Ut tue hill As be raInc across tl:r river hs
snw no officer except Capt. a!oyiAu. lie did mol
hear him ray an5thinE, tnsy lint hc woasH t'o'
what. When he rrntl,cu tllt ton of the hill III
saw Maj. Keno mud Lieut.. Barnutn tnlkIng to
Rctller. He heard the Inter say: Mi
horsc is worn out; hut 4 JOY, vii
eomethtng ia TINT elrrrt. sou,n u.llcrr tol,
Mai. Keno tl,at Witness had seen Lieut.. iiouEc
son In tho river. und he was askcd to 90 Will
Others 10 thu place where ale last Was seen
NaI. Reno, witness md trn Or twelve other
went down 10 The river. antl there They saw sev
eral men lying. paItly in tile river. lhey alst
snw e't'zen who bud hid in tht brush uns!t y
could get cut, nn'l he was coming up the hill
The men tsund dead belonged TO his own com
Witness was asked 10 70 back mil dcscrlh
tile skittntsh.tuc, alnl tie length OF time TIN,
c1npsed from the time tint t!,v line was furne,
, 10 the time tho men loft tho woods oil tic tc
treat.
forty.tlTc minutes. lie tol,t'd b. his teft thu
| he fired tWcIlty-une rounds. although he kng'
he d!d not DO as much firing "a su'e Of tl'c ne'
| men.
, down III the bottom, nn Lieut.. Harnuin rctnarL
| ed,-tt thought to Lieut.. EdgcrlT,-lh4t Custc
must be fighting. Mai. llrno, hs thought, WI
!stlc behind liic otE.rr o.lfrers, but l'r came
! WtIAb Mai. RntN IL xulintfth