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Show SURVIVOR OF CUSTER MASSACRE i VISITS OGDEN WITH FAMILY AND RECALLS EXPERIENCES Alfred I,. Chapmnn. nsrrd "'. CamOM Custer sront and puldc. and Mid to bo iho only living survivor of the battle ! Which Ooncml Custer gave bis life, 18 In Ogden with his wife and eon, Theodore, Theo-dore, en route to S.in FrAnrlsco. Chapman, although V-". years of ape. !. hrc ;m.i Voarty and talks with the nnnp of n your business man During '" past five ears he has len traveling over the t nlted States lecturing on (US cxpericne.s durinsr the great battle with the Indians. In Wyoming. In 1S73-74-73-76. Chapmnn tvns a member of ih Seventh United States rnvalry and was one ot the leading guides under General Cuc- tcr's eommand. j In 1S7S General Cutter and his red j ment took part In the campaign Started by General Sheridan against Sitting Bull, then In the Yellowstone region with about 1,000 Indians under him The plan Involved according to Chapman, was to concentrate all of the three eomman Is under Crook. Terry and Gibbons. Ter- und Gibbons having Joined forces, anl the Iudlans having been located on lh Little Big Horn river in Wyoming. Cutter Cut-ter was sent In advance with his coni-inund coni-inund to prevent their escape to the i-astward. Arriving a day before the designated time, and seeing but one Indlnn villa : Cueter dilded his forces and charged at the hend of 277 men. onlv to be surrounded sur-rounded by Silting Bull's entire force Chapman stated this morning that all of the men In the charce except hlmsclt were killed outright by the swarm ol Indians. He received ft wound and It was only after several hours of pain and waiting, that he was able to make his getaway. Custer's other detachments maintained a stand with difficulty until Terry's arrival. ar-rival. General Custer's body was founo. In the center of his ir.cn. the Indians having refrained from mutilating Jils body out of lespect for his bravery. He was the beau ideal of a soldier, tali, I handsome in figur- and appeniance. dasn-InK dasn-InK In battle and tender in his dealings with thoe v.c.-xker than himself The fight, according to Chapman, was waged with little success by the troops of the United Slates as the vast number of Indians made uttempts futile. Theodore Chapman, son of the famous guide and traveler. Is a youth of 18 with the same characteristics that has ma Je his father famous In America. Thfl youth and father resemble each other and while the father Is 57 years older than his son. the ability of the elder Chapman to move about bewildered many Ogdenlles. The family expects to derm de-rm t for Ban Fimnclw o tod |