, 1879-01-30

! Into tho air from \ revolver, aini another
saya 'aoyyya ea II '' tss sane ' ai1vc'on is~aS A =,
the first. Finally. all tile Indians moved oil II,
| partlcsi u VAS nearly dark before all tnuvctl
| nway. Witness was np thu river 10 the south at
this time, hcar the ionl ~, - with hts conpat,'
lon. They afterwar,l crossed the river at this
! point, WHICH was ncar1y up to tilrir attn-ita.
! They got uIs,n The blulfs Anh skulked 10 keep
cut Of slight Ut The snvaRcs.
~ reply u ano,ler question. Lieut., De Rn,l!o
sai.l thai tie should nudge the Indian village was
three or f'ur .niles IN Ira4th. lts did not cuts1t
thc lodges. but he should Judge by subsequent
examination that tero were 40 or t.5tU lodges.
Ito could ace whcro fodgc had been placed u ],
There were scyeral ,odEcs 1rlt By tho Indians
when tl,cv departed; ,eknew It took The troul,s
ahnut half = dny to destroy whnt Tie indtant
hat left and In hunting for ttltiE eaches III his
Judgment. there we're In The nevborhooA Of
I ,DUn fighting men AMONG the l,,dtlut, judging
by the number of tepecs md uick,ups III Tile
village.
liz was asked whether this estimate WIS male
Al the ttmc he was there ar since.
Witness replied tint u had BEEN made since,
anal he continued, nalvelY, II 1 had made at,
cAtttnata Mt tint time l should huvt t1ladu II
mere" iLaughtcr.]
he should 1t.tlge It was twcuty minutes after
REM Lett before llc heard liz Arug supposed to
he Custer's.-that is, thr heavy f1tpg. lie was
asked to tell whnt liz knew ahuut
TIE HATTLE-FiELE or CUSTER.
lie said that Cnpt. Bcntean waa ordered 10 take
Witness volunteered 10 90 with hin. There
wrre several Other officers aong including Lieut..
Bradley A,,l thc Rcelmcntal Quartern,aslcr.
ilc described tho situation Of tho battle-ground
se" s% eardce.ss. III s asd dass' .rcss s'sS .1;y .sy
ns the intiians a'ways pick thrn up. al the
point where Calhoun was killed there weru
marked evidences pf hearr fighting, md the
rasioc was iull q bodies. Judging from tho
wood. nlhl from subsequent observations, hp
~ hour aud = haif IL could not SAY
x.rn to yS wesr Gs,.r "4y Of @ tx sn' Rdnn n
ward, or .ytce versa; but le waa In position to
see the Indians all tho time, Us t!ipre wern
plenty around ncar uhcrc hc was; they atarsci
off when thcg heard tie hcayy firing below, aslil
they returned when Il was !iufahed,
Wttncas said ho saw Reno upon the open
space on Tho ekirnIst,-inc about ten minutes,
during gil Of Which tno hc kopt Ills cyo upon
hlu,. He admired the manner III which tls afn.
1or was conducting hia,self, and thought that
tho officers aud men in the cojnlpn1,ti were act
Ing splcntlt1ly Under tho tre. Eury on tic
ulornluK Of the Edith witness heard ibe clicking
Of iorsea' hoots on tho opposite siIu u tic
river. This was At about the breEk OF day. 1tc
supposed Custer was with Hcnn at ti,ut time. iie
looked out cautiously. aud saw Il nutnbcr Of men
On horseback. lio thought lie recognized eumr
Of the horses Of hls own command, atl thsir
riders Nore white hats aud blue blol,scs. One
lad on the Lucksktn Jacket al,l white lat Of
Capt. Tom Custer. mud hu thought Il was him.
lie Has 81 certain O{ this that le sh0uteu al tu
top OF h!a voice,
4'ToM. SEND A HORSE OVER HERE,
50 cali get aero.s:" The men on horseback
stopped anu looke1 all around, and down Upon
the bottnm, but they could not ses anybody.
Witness again called. "Tonl, don't you sue ne n
and waved his Int. ri,en so,c OF Then, caught
sight Of him, gave shout, aul !nln'ediately LIT
aiul disgust. lie saw t!lat he was mistaken i,
his men. t.aughter.] lie then cohcI.l.,cd l,ut
these indians had had d 19ht with Custer u,u!
lad oveErowerct! lltu, ar.l lut hs command To
p!cytst NJ ho saw l,any of tito Indians with thp
white hats which wcre Utmost universally worn
ly Custcr's nlcn. 6oMu OF tho warrtuIa also
rode gray horscs, which ho knew to hs Custcr's.
In the crosa-exantHatton BY Mr. hilbert, wit
ness described tho position Vt. llle skIrmIs.,tue
US ,,ear as hu could upon tlc n,up. Tile right oi
,slu llue was near thc wood, and extended cut
to the lett At right lneles. Tie ltnu Alyancrd
immediately upon dcploylnE. Witness was at-
tashcd 10 Company 4 " ol!u Of tllc company
wuut into the wood ha did 10 ltl!uut my or.
ders, soWo Of tho H,en started anI weut iuto
tlle wood, n'ul witness followed. Most OF tic
stopped to .pirk up tl.c euttlon lie would l..yv
been able to have gotten out Of The woods when
tho rest Of thu t,on did; 10 1t
", wa. ,,t b , n's ~ 9wn o ast t'at , ns ". :.
was urecssary, or vt 'eust It WA usually the
tustuul, TO gtyo tl.c colntnai!s by bugle-call III
q battalion III tlat size. Nal. Reno cave llis
coa,lna,nis verbally, but hc had lllp rcputatjon
good voice. The 1siug thu. he heard was com
iaenecd By struggling xhost, and ended Ia tho
satna WY. Appearing To die uwsY n tl,s dis
ta,te, - thnaEn one Of I'll. con;estng parties
Witness lcarl this firing iron, the pont otrl,-
pied bY itrno on the night Of tic aath. Judging
bs the Aring ltU heard ou The Afternoon VI Ills
Eth, aud TINT OIL the night OF tl.r 2att, he
should think the host.les attacking lRrao were
Krcatet III number than tfsuae attacking Custer.
He saw no esldenee4 Ut lighting " Ihc lurl
+" I" but saw marks af the ehocs III two An.eEi-
eau horscs IN thu mud. asnt, about ~ yards
further up, he found ucau babies.
From tht time ll1 saw Reno cross At ford
:" " to tlla lfn,e llc last saw hin Oh tue skism-
!sl.ltNc, he saw NJ evidences OF fear upon his
cuuntctlarcc Or his ACTIONS. lie thought TO hum
4eIf, ''good for you." ~ he notified ,lis actions
ut,4 heard Ills connls,Mls, alld he thought Reno
displayed vuol judgment ulla knowledge Ut
tactics Iu taking the position he did. !te Thought
the cartrtlas aEels they csuld lind, even though
there WIS other Important wurk Tor them to
perform.
In answer tn \ 4ucstioa by Col King, wit
uess stated thAt theFg MIA hut 9ne man with
of Company q. On tht redirect examination,
Lieut.. Do Nudto stated that IT, thought Ii
tntsht huyc been bctter tor sa}. Ncuo to have
issued his commands BY buEIu at tho time tic
men weru tu tlle wutAIs, because they could not
Aes eash other there very well. Al tlc time lhe
chasgo was made By Reno, the Indian. wera
klrkinE VI, ! dust. Reno did uoa continue his
charge after coming up 70 tbs poInt neas
where the 1ulians we're, but LepIoYed lilo
!nsn !u .kestn.sh-liue, -llsnouutcd. liz
thought tue Indians Wcru influenced 10 move OH
W the apoeaEanco OF Capt bentcen. There
bad bseA III order Issued 10 the Seventh 10 re-
fran froin blowing trunlpct-calis on tlr Id, 10
that the tnutaps could uot dLscover wlesc they
were.
Lieut.. Lee-You were sn1toua not 10 ts ds.
covered By the Indians. xere soul
WtsMsat-Ycs, sir. Laughter.
Atr. Gilbert asxrl witnrsA
NukHE GlHARp MAS
At The time the command lelt the woods. Wit
iltkS replied that GlTurd with hfn, for awh.te,
hut thu. ho WAS mounted UPON y ircsb hurse,
aha hs went gaopiuy over shu bEusi. aud sticks
50 fast lhAt wttues4 could nut krsp w with hlul
on foot TIE laat hs 4aw Ut him us was moving
otf to tvs left ~ inst ~ he eoull go. Witness
lung QUITO GlEaEd's hosss's tail, al.l was walking
along bta1a1, when they rsu aC.sax ~ Juulau.
who chsllsnged them viii thu Indian "uaugh!"