The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

GENERAL CLUSTERS. c., Suisun Cal In
what battle and on what date was General Gus
ter kiIedZ Give the details of what led up TO
the battle.
The Indians belonging to the several
tribes of the great Sioux family had
been very restless in 1856 and at
times threatening. The disaffected
left the frontier agencies in large num-
bers and assembled under the leader
ship of Crazy Horse" along the Pow
der river and its aff1uents Early in
1876, while the weather was extremely
cold, General Crook took the field in
person with some picked troops of his
department and trailed the hostiles
through the snow to the villages of
Crazy Horse Then followed what
became known as the Sitting Bull
movement" The Indians recovered
from the blow dealt them and then the
war bent Sioux were joined by many
more Of the restless, reckless spirits of
their nation, who agreed that their
rendezvous should be on the Powder
and Tongue rivers and along the south
ern tributaries of the Yellowstone. The
work of breaking up this powerful con-
federacy of Sioux was placed by Cen
eral Sheridan upon Generals Crook and
Terry, who commanded the two Mill
tary departments in which was the
seat of war General Crook took the
field with only a small, but fine, force,
moving from Fort Fetterman north,
over the old Bozeman trail, to the
eastern rim of the Big Horn noun
tains, while General Terry marched
with some of the best troops of his
depa rtment up the Yellowstone, and,
from the west, General Gibbons had a
veteran command to prevent aggres-
sive operations by the hostiles upon the
Montana frontier. General Crook cut
/, ,s1
moved over to the Rosebud, where he
was attacked by the Sioux in large
force, June II. These were driven
back after a fight of five hours dura-
tion. On June 25 General Custer who
had swung clear of General Terry,
marched up the Rosebud with the
Seventh cavalry and struck the trail
of the hostiles, who had retreated
hastily after their combat with General
Crook. This trail the Seventh followed
over to where the Sioux had made a
camp along the banks of the Little Big
Horn. When General Custer discovered
the Indian villages he divided his COM
mand himself taking five companies
and charging the villages. Major Reno
commanded the remainder of the troops
and had a narrow escape from annihila-
tion, but held his ground until saved by
reinforcements. General Custer was
With 2Ol IlcH VI tie ceNculIi, HOL
one man who followed him being left
to tell the tale.
DIcTIoNARY-w. w. W.. City. What die
tionary is considered authority in the. United
States?
AS to that there is diversity of
opinion. Many hold to Webster's
Standard, while many use the Interna-
tionaI for the reason that it contains
many more thousand words than any
other. The latter has about 100000
words.
MINT-w. r.. City. Has Denver, Colo,
United States mint as San Francisco has?
There is but one mint in the United
States, which is in Philadelphia. The
others are branch mints and are To-
Gated at Carson City Gifted up as an
assay ofice). Denver. Colo; New Or
leans, La, and San Francisco. Cal.
cANvASsER-A B., Berkeley. Cal Must
canvasser for manufacturer have license TO
canvass In San francisco:
The license ordinance does not make
mention of canvassers, individuals re-
quiring license; but If as such cam
vasser the individual goes from place
to place and sells goods he will have
to have a peddler's license.
SALVATORE NJ. City. Did salvator re-
dnce the record of any other horse when he ran
a mile against time?
Salvador ran the race when a 4 year
old on Monmouth park, August IS, 1890.
in 1851 At that time Ten Broeck