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Show 'B'liu lie no Inquiry. Cliicno, 23. Lieutenant Varnum was croud examined tliit morning, rtxardiuK the Custer mnra'jre, and testified that the Gray lloiao cavalry which lie bad mentioned must have ecen that Reno'i command was entering enter-ing the engagement with the Indians, and Custer must also have known lhat they were at bay, and in wtluc-eg' judgment any careful commander would have inquired into the situation situa-tion of tho troops from which bo cx-pocled cx-pocled eupport. There was no aiia- j understanding between Cotter and Reno previous to this Lime. Tho Indians were probably not lfss than' 4,000 to 5,000 strong nod half that force was too great for ha!f tho whole-command. whole-command. He thought Iteno was right in uainK bin own judgment in gelling out of" the woods. |