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Show TELEGRAPHIC TIIK LITTLK HORN BUTCHERY. BUTCH-ERY. Ofllcial Report of (i mural Reno Tribiiiu io llio Rrnve Dead. siiKHinw no i s wot wast OI,l 1 l l.KS. Full Mt nl the KtlU'd uutl o u u 1 (1 , Itfiiilot-ffineiitM l-Giiic IVur-niird IVur-niird it Ueucrul i ruok. A ouritr Irom (afiierul Crook Arrived at Omahu. Q EKKIt A L RENO'S OKFICIiL KZPOHT. Chicago, 8. Tlie Ajllowinp is the oQiciul report of Cieueral Terry of Cuater'n tjuHHeinent wilh ttiu ln-iliuiis, ln-iliuiis, received nt the heudqunrttre ofUeneral bhcridan to-day: rlcndqinirtcrfi. District of D.ikoU, I Gnu port Little Bi Horn river. I Ji.uo 27. 1j tho adjutant yonetal ol the mili-turv mili-turv divisiou of the Missouri, at Chi-cayo, Chi-cayo, Ills.: It id my painful duty to report that I day befure yesterday, the lioili insl , j a groat disinter overtook Geueral Custer and the troops under his command. At 12 o'clock of the -iM ha started with his whole reyi-meut reyi-meut and a strong detachment of acuutd and gnardt) from tho mouth of the Rosebud. Proceeding up that river about twenty milea ha Btruck a VKKY HEAVY INDIA S TRAIL, which had previously been discovered. Pursuing it, he found that it led, as it was supposed that it would lead, to the Little Big Horn river. There ho found a village of almost unexampled extent, and at once a I tucket! it with that portion of his force which waa immediately nt hand. Majur Reno, witii three companies ol the regiment, A, G and M, was aent into the valley of the stream, at the point where the trail struck it. General Custer, with five companies, C, E, b J and L, attempted to enter also at a point THREE MILES LOWER DOWN. Reno forded the river, charged down ild left hank, dismounted and fought on foot, until finally completely overwhelmed over-whelmed by number, he waa compelled com-pelled to mount, recross the river, and seek a refuge on the high blulli which overlooked it? right bank. Just ob he recrosaed, Captain Ben-teen, Ben-teen, who with throe companies, D, H, and K, were some two miles to the left of Reno when the action commenced, but who had been ordered by General Custer to return, came to the river and rightly concluding con-cluding that it waj useless lor his force to attempt to renew the fight in the valley, JOINED RENO ON THE BLUFFS. Captain MuDoueal, with his company com-pany B, was at first some distance in the rear with a train of pack mules. Ho alpo came up to Reno. This united force was nearly surrounded by the Indians, many cf whom arrived ar-rived with rdlea and occupied positions posi-tions which commanded tne grouud held by the cavalry ground from which there was no escape. es-cape. Rifle pits were dug and the Shtwae maintained, though with heavy loss, from about 2,30 on the 2oth till 6 o'clock on the 26th, when the Indiana withdrew from the valley, TAKING WITH THEM THEIR VILLAGE. Of the movements of General Custer and the five companies under his immediate command scarcely anything is known from those who witnessed them, lor no soldier or oflicer who accompanied him has yet been found alive. His trail from the point where Keno crossed the stream passes along, and in the rear of the emit of the bluils on the right hank, lor nearly or quite three miles and then comes down to the bank of tho river, hut at once diverges from it aa though he had unauccesslully attempted at-tempted to cross, then turns upon itself, almost completes a circle and ceases. It is marked by the remains of his officers and men, and the bodies of his horses, some of them dropped along the path, and others heaped where the halts appear to have been made. There is abundant evidence that a GALLANT RESISTANCE WAS OFFERED by the troops, but they were beset on all sides by overpowering number. The officers known io be killed aro General Custer, Captains Keogh, Gates aud Custer, Lieutenants Smith. '.Cook, Mcintosh, Calhoun, Porter, Hodgson, Slurgis and Reily of the cavalry, Lieutenant Crittenden of the 20th infantry and Acting AsMstant Surgeon Dew on. 1 Lieutenant Harrington of the cav- r airy and Assistant Surgeon Lord are t missing. Captain Benteen and ( Lieutenant Varuum of the cavalry f are slightly wounded. Mr. Boston i Custer, a brother, and Mr. Reed, a ' nephew of General Ouster, were with - him and were killed. i NO OTHER OFFICERS THAN THOSE whom I have named are among tho killed, wounded and missing. It is impossible as yet to obtain a reliable list of the enlisted men who were killed aud wounded, but the number num-ber of killed, including officers, must reach 250. The number of wounded is fifty-one. At the mouth of Rosebud Rose-bud I informed General Custer that I should take the supply Bteamer Far West up tho Yellowstone to ferry General Gibbons' column over the river; that I should personally accompany ac-company that column, and that it would in all probability reach the mouth of the Little Big Horn on the 26th instant. The steamer reached ; General Gibbons' troops near the mouth of the Big Horn river parly on the morning of the 21th, and at 3 o'clock p.m. all his men and ani mals WERE ACROSS THE YELLOWSTONE, j At five o'clock the column, consist-, ing of five companies of the seventh) infantry, four companies of the second cavalry and a battery of three Galling 1 guns, marcht-d out io and across Tul- 1 loch's cr-ck. Starting soon after 3 o'clock on the morning of '.he 2oih, the infantry made a march of twenty-two twenty-two miles over the most difficult country which I have ever seen, in order that the srouU might te sent into the valley of the little Big Horn. The cavalrv with tne battery were then pushed on thirteen or fourteen miles further, reaching the camp at midnight The scouts were sent at hall-past four on the morninjj of the 2tJlh, Jand discovered three Indium who wero at first supposed to U Sioux, but whea overtaken proved Ic be Crows WHO HAD UK EN WITH CL&TElt. They brought the first intelligence ol tho battle. Their ctory was not credited. cred-ited. It was supposed that some fighting, perlmps severe fighting, had taken place, but it was not believed be-lieved that a disaster could have overtaken so largu a force as twelve companies of cavalry. The infantry, which had broken camp very early soon came up, and the whole coluraD entered and moved up tho valley o'. the Little Big Horn. During the afternoon efforts were made TO BEND SCOUTS THROUGH to what was supposed to be General Custer's position and to obtain information infor-mation of the condition of a flairs, but those who wero aent were driven back by parties ol Indians who in increasing increas-ing numbers were seen hovering in General Gibbon's front. At twenty minutes before 9 o'clock in the evening even-ing the infantry had marched between twenty -nine and thirty miles. The. men wero very weary and daylight was failing. The column therefore halted for the night at a point about eleven miles in a straight line above the stream. This morning the movement move-ment was resumed, and after a march of nine miles MAJOR RENO'S ENTRENCHED POSITION REACHED. The withdrawal of Indiana from around Reno's command and from the valley was undoubtedly caused by the appearance of General Gibbons' troops. Major Reno and Captain Benteen, both of whom are officers of great experience, accustomed ac-customed to see In rge masses of mounted men, estimated the number of Indians engaged at not lets than 2,5000. Other officers think that the numbers WERE G I; EATER THAN THIS. j The village in the valley was about three miles in length and about a :nile witle. Besides the lodges proper.a great number of temporary brushwood brush-wood shelters was found in it, indicating indicat-ing that many men besides its proper inhabitants had gathered together there. Major Reno is very confident that there were a number of white men fighting with the Indians. It is believed that the loas of Indians was Urge. I have aB yet received no official reports in regard to the fight, but what is stated is gathered from the officers who wore on the ground and from those who have been over it since. (Signed,) Alfred H. Terry, Brigadier General. niieriilau Nays Volunteers are Hut Seeded. Washington, 8. The following dispatch was received here this morning morn-ing : Philadelphia, June 7. To General W. T. Sherman: Your dispatch is received. I think it premature to think of asking for volunteers of cavalry, with the attendant atten-dant expenses. If the six companies of the Twenty-second infantry are given Terry he will have about 2,000 men. Crook in a few days will have 1,500 men, and I send him Merritt's companies of the Fifth cavalry, over 100 strong, which will make him over 2,000 strong. We are all right. GIVE US A LITTLE TIME. I deeply deplore the loss of Custer and his officers and men. I fear it was an unnecessary sacrifice, due to misapprehension and euperabundauce of courage, the latter being extraordinarily extraor-dinarily developed in Custer. I will keep in constant communication, and if I should see the slightest necessity ne-cessity of additional mouDted men, which unfortunately cannot be furnished fur-nished from my meagre command, I WILL NOT IIE3ITATE TO ASK for them, and if congress will give the $200,000 which I have asked for for the past two years for the establishing estab-lishing of posts at Tongue river and the mouth of Big Horn, it will be in the interest of economy and will settle the Sioux question. It should be remembered that the loss of Cuater and the men with him must have 1 been attended by at least a corresponding corres-ponding loss on the part of the Indians. In-dians. (Signed) P. H. bkekidan, Lieutenant General. Another Sherldau Dispatch, Washington, 8 Another dispatch from General Sheridan to General Sherman says that he has notified Terry that six compAnies ot the Fifth infantry, under General Miles, will immediately join him and also that he has requested General Sher.nan to Bend from tue lake stations six companies com-panies of the Twenty-second infautry to join him. General Sheridan further fur-ther says : I have also DOtified General Crook of this fact, and that if he requires any additional force to the five companies already sent, I can order eight companies of infantry in-fantry under General Merritt to join him. I here is nothing to be regretted but the death of Custer and J the officers and men with him. The ( column was strengthened sufficiently ( strong to have handled the Indians it : Custer had waited ior the junction. There is no cause for uneasiness and t we will soon give the Indiana another turn. I will be in Chicago by the ( first train. ; General ShermaD does not think i the Indians now number more than 2,500 or 4.C00, and must be greatly embarrassed by their wounded. From Crook's Camp. Omaha, S. Captain Nickerson, of General Crook's staff, who went out with the expedition, returned to Omaha yesterday. He left Crook on one of the forks of Tongue river, 186 miles from Fort Fetterman and 206 miles from the railroad. The command was awaiting the arrival of supplies and reinforcements. The latter, consisting of five companies, left Fort Fetterman July 4th, and expected to reach Crook about the 12th. He will also be joined about Monday by 150 Snake Indian?. These, with the troops to arrive, will iucrease the number of the men in the expedition to over 1,400. Nickerson Nick-erson docs not apprehend any danger to the expedition. Crook's location is not over seventy miles from the scene of General Custer's massacre. ;etiernl Miles to (he Front. Leavenworth, S General Pope has issued an order directing General Miles, with six companies of the fifth infantry, to report at once at the scene of the Sioux war. The companies so ! ordered are now stationed as follows: One at Fort Gib-on, one at Fort Hayes, one at Fort Hiiey and three companies at Fort LVavsn worth. General Miles has the reputation of being one of the best Indian fighters in the army. i How Frontier C'oiigresfiuieii Feel. New York, 8. Tho HWM Washington Wash-ington special says: The senators and members from the frontier with one f accord favor the organization of vof-unteer vof-unteer forcos of frontiersmen to b e put under Crook's command. They say those men are familiar with Indian In-dian ways and would make a swift campaign. The army officers Generally complain com-plain of the BUporiur firearms which are supplied by the government in one way or another to the Indians, und deplore the advantage that such a mistaken policy gives them. Sherman's Opinion. Sherman has conferred with Sheridan Sheri-dan aa to the future p'an of the campaign, cam-paign, but it is evident that it will take aomu time to organize another expedition with roinforcements of men and horses suiLible for cavalry service. The victory of the Sioux of course makes tho task of whipping them and driving them to their reservation reser-vation more difficult, but Sherman feels confident that under Crook's leadership tho great disaster of Little Big Horn will be retrieved, and the death of the gallant officers avenged Complete Iint ot Killed aud IV ou tided. Chicago, 8. The following is the official list of the killed at the recent battle with the Sioux: Field staff and non-commissioned staff: G. A. Custer, brevet major general. W. W. Cook, brevet lieutenant colonel. Lord, assistant surgeon. J. hi. DeWolf, acting asaijtant surgeon. sur-geon. W. H. Sharrow, sergeant major. Henry Vos9, chief trumpeter. Company A Corporals Dolans and King; Privates Armstrong, Darnaw, Moody, Rawlins, McDonal, Sullivan and Switzer. Company B Lieutenant Hodgson; Privates Dowan and Mos. Company C Colonel T. W. Custer; Lieutenant -H. M. Harrington; First Sergeant BateB; Sergeant Farley; Corporals French, Foley and Ryan; Privates Allen, Crandle, King, Buctc-nall, Buctc-nall, Risman, Engle, Brightfield, f oband, Gnmn, liorton, riattesdat, Kingsault, Loomis, Mayer, Phillips, Russell, Rix, Ranter, Short, Shea, Shode, Stuart, St. John, Stanellan, Theodid, Warren, Wyndham, Wright. Company D Chaa. Vincent, farrier; far-rier; Privates Patrick, Golden, Ed-; ward, Hansen. I Company E Captain A. E. Smith; 1 Lieutenant Sturgis; First Sergeant Hohmeyer; Sergeants Eugden and James, Corporal Hagen, Privates Miller, Tweed, Veller, Casban, Andrews, An-drews, Cresfield, Harrington, Haugge, Kavanaugh, Labaring, Mahoney, i Smith, Lemon, Simonson, Brebald, ! O'Couneliy, Butler, Warren, Harrison, Har-rison, Gilbert, Miller, Wash, Andrew, Asadelly, Burke, Cheever, McGue, McCarthy, Dogan, Maxwell, Scott, Babcock, Perkiri, Tarbox, Dye, Tea-sier, Tea-sier, Galvin, Graham, Hamilton, Sno'.r, Hughes, Keifer. Company K First Sergeant Win ny; Sergeant Hughes; Corporal Callahan; Cal-lahan; Trumpeter Helmer; Private St. Clair. Company I Colonel S. M. Keogh; Lieutenant J. E. Porter; First Sergeant Ser-geant Vardei, Sergeant Bustard; Corporals Cor-porals Wilde, Morris, Staples; Interpreters Inter-preters I. McGracer, J.Pardan; blacksmith black-smith H. Bailie; Privates, Brand, Thrust, JMason, Blarm, Meyer. Trumpeters McElroy and Moone?; Privates, Baker, Doyle, Bath, O'Connor, O'Con-nor, DariDg, Farrelly, Huber, Hime, Henderson first, Henderson Hender-son second, Barry, Connor, Downing, Down-ing, Kiddison, 0:Connor, Rood, Keese, Smith first, Smith second, Smith third. Stellar, Stanford, Schoaf, Small, Wood, Tarr, Vangak, Walker, Bragen, Knight. Company F, Col. G. W. Yates, Lieut. Bulley, First Sergeant Kenny, Sergeants Mersey, Vecker, Wilkinson, Corporals Coleman, Freeman, Farrier, Far-rier, Braidy, Davidson, Lect, Smith and Fanning. Privates Atchison, first Brown, second Bruce, Brady, Burn-ham, Burn-ham, Colter, Carney, Doran, Donnelly, Donnel-ly, Gardner, Hammond, Kline, Key-antb, Key-antb, Lonnar, Loose, MeltOD, Madi-s3n, Madi-s3n, Monroe, Radden, Smelting, Syc-foss, Syc-foss, Saunders. Wanes, Morey, Lerok, Kelly, Driscall, Gillett, Gross, Hol-comb, Hol-comb, Hoen, Hittismer, Fred Lehman, Leh-man, Henry Lehman, Lloyd, Mac-hearger, Mac-hearger, Mitchell, Noshang, O'Brien, Parker, Petten, Postquin, Reed, Ros-burg, Ros-burg, Sy ruons, Troy, Van Brancer and Whalley. Company G, Captain Daniel Mcintosh, Mcin-tosh, Sergeants Balsiel aud Oolsidina, Corporals, Martin, Hagman, Wells, Farrier and Henry Doze, Trumpeters Crawford and Sadler, Privates Rogers, Monroe, McGinuis, Stanley, StifTer-man StifTer-man and Papp. Company H, Corporals Lee, Jones and Meader. Company M Sergeant O'Harris; Corporals Scottier and Stringer; Privates Pri-vates Gordon, Klotzbusher, French, Myer, Smith, Somers, Tanner, Teniey and Verght. Twentieth lufantry Lieutenant John K. Crittenden, Civilians Boston Custer, Arthur Reed, Mark Kelloge, Charles Reynolds and Frank C. Mann. Indian scouts Bloody Knife, Bab-tailed Bab-tailed Bull and Stab. Recapitulation Commissioned officers killed, 1-1; acting assistant surgeons, 1 ; enlisted men, 237 ; civilians, 5; Indian scouts, 3. The following is a full list of the wounded : Private Davis Corry, Co. I, Seventh cavalry, right hip. Patrick McDonnell, Co. D, left leg. Sergeant John Fahl, Co. H. back.1 Private M. C. Midden, Co. K, right leg. Wm. George, Co. H, left side; died July 2d at 4 a.m. First Sergeant Wm. Heyue, Co. A, left knee. Private John McVay, Co. C, hip. Patrick Corcoran, Co. K, right shoulder. Max Wicke, Co. K, left foot. W. Alfred Whitaker, Co. C, right elbow. Peter Thompson, right hand. Jacob Deal, Co. A. face. J. H. Meyer, Co. M, back. Roman Butler, Co. M, right shoulder. DaDe Newell, Co. M, left thigh. W. K. Ames Mullen, Co. H, right thigh; Elijah Stroude, Co. A, right leg. Sergeant Polk, Co. M, right hip; Private Jaa. Keuuetl.Co. C.body; died July 5, at 3 o'clock. Francis W. Revus, Co. A, lelt hand aud body. James Wilbur, Co. M, left leg. Jasper Marahall, Co. L, left foot. Sergeant James T. niley, Co. E, back and left leg. Private John T. Phillips, Co. H, j face and both hands. i Samuel Severn, Co. H, both 'thighs. ! Frank Brun, Co. M, face and left ! thigh; Corporal Alex. B. Biehop, Co. H, right arm. Private Jamee Foster, Co. A, right arm. W. E. Harris, Co. M, left breast; Charles H. Bishop, Co. H, right arm. Frfd, Holmblead, Co. A, left wriit. Sergeant Charles White, Co. M, right arm. Private Thomas P. Varner, Co. M, right ear. Charles Campbell, Co. 0, right shoulder. John Cooper, Co. H, right elbow. John McGuire, Co. C, right arm. Henry Black, Co. H, right hand. Dauo McWilliams, Co. II, right leg. An Indian scout, name unknown, was left oil at Berthold. Sergeant M. Riley, Co. I, Seventh I infantry, left ofi at liuford; constipation. constipa-tion. Private David Akinson. Co. E, Seventh cavalry, lelt oil July 4, at Buford; constipation. Press OpiuiouH. THE NEW YORK "TLMEs": New York, 8. The lime Washington Wash-ington special says: It i agreed on all hand that there must nuw be an Indian war until the hostile Indians of the north went have been chastised and subjugated. The cause and responsibility re-sponsibility of tlie Little Big Horn massacre are matters of small moment mo-ment in deciding what shall be done. Western men freuly predict that unless extraordinary eflorls at defense are immediately made, that the miners in the Black Hills and principal settlements in Montana will be bar-raseed bar-raseed and many ot them destroyed. The facts, as now understood, dispose mewt people to lay the blame for thf slaughter upon Custer's imprudence and probable disobedience of orders, but the criticism is kiudjy and charitable chari-table in tone, as it would not be had he not fallen with his command in the thickest of tho battle. The situation situa-tion is full of dancer and difficulty, a great part of which would disappear if Sherman and Sheridan had men and supplies and money in their control con-trol under conditions lavoring immediate im-mediate aggressive action. NEW YORK "TRIBUNE." The partisan newspapers are already al-ready endeavoring to make use of the Custer massacre for political eflect, democratic journals claiming that it is the consequence of keeping the army employed at the south, instead of the west, and the republican papers Bpeaking of it as the result of the reduction re-duction of the army by measures passed in the bouse. A LITTLE SUNSHINE. The Sun's Washington special says: In the opinion of all well informed western men here the Sioux war was altogether unnecessary, and was brought on by persons i nterested in Indian jobbery. The warriors under Sitting Bull are from the Oquallallas, Brutes, Biackfeet and Dakotas, and in addition there are many Cheyennes and Araphoes. They are the bravest and most warlike of the northern Indians, In-dians, and the country which they occupy Ls admirably adapted to the delenaive warfare they will urge. The region in which Crook and Custer have been operating is rugged, with deep gorges and canons, interspersed with bad lands. It is a country in which cavalry cannot operate successfully suc-cessfully against Indians mounted on their hardy, well-trained ponies, and infantry will be altogether useless. |