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Show ANOTHER ONLY SURVIVOR, One of Custer's Men Discovered Near Fvnuston. Special to Thc Tribune. t KVAXSTON. Wyo March 23. Another only whlto survivor of tho Custer massacre mas-sacre has been discovered near this place. IIo Is J. L,. Peters, an old-time trapper, who during the pnflt winter mado his headquarters at tho Chambers ranch. Po-ters Po-ters was ln town a few days ago. bringing bring-ing with him several packhorso lpads of skins of mountain Hons, wildcats, wolves and coyotes which ho trapped during the cold months. Ho talks In an interesting manner of the battle of the Little Big Horn, and logically explains how he escaped es-caped tho fate which overtook "all" of hia white companions. Peters knows nothing of thc claims of other persons ln various parts of tho country to tho title of tho "only" white survivor of tho Custer massacre. |