. The conquest of the Missouri; being the story of the life and exploits of Captain Grant Marsh. Custer, withhis six troops and one GatHng gun, marchedfor the Tongue, leaving Major Moore at thePowder with the infantry and all the wagons. Custertook with him a train of pack mules loaded with pro-visions, while the Far West, carrying an ample reservesupply, followed up the river, with General Terry andstaff on board. The cavalry reached the Tongue on the16th, where the boat rejoined, and all remained until the19th, impatiently waiting for news from Reno. Whilethey were lying there through the 17
. The conquest of the Missouri; being the story of the life and exploits of Captain Grant Marsh. Custer, withhis six troops and one GatHng gun, marchedfor the Tongue, leaving Major Moore at thePowder with the infantry and all the wagons. Custertook with him a train of pack mules loaded with pro-visions, while the Far West, carrying an ample reservesupply, followed up the river, with General Terry andstaff on board. The cavalry reached the Tongue on the16th, where the boat rejoined, and all remained until the19th, impatiently waiting for news from Reno. Whilethey were lying there through the 17th, Crook was fight-ing his stubborn battle on the Rosebud, though, of course,no one in Custers camp knew of it or could dream thatone hundred miles away events were transpiring whichwould so deeply affect their own fate. The news from Reno came about sunset of the 19th,in the form of a despatch in which he stated that he hadscouted to the Rosebud and beyond and had found aheavy Indian trail. After following it until he was sat-isfied that it led to the Big Horn, he had left it and swung 252. The Last Council of War off to the Rosebud again, descending that stream to itsmouth, from which point he was now returning to theTongue. General Terry at once sent an order to himto halt and await the arrival of Custer with the remainderof the regiment. The latter resumed its march westwardthat night and after reuniting with Reno, the whole com-mand bivouacked at the mouth of the Rosebud on themorning of the 21st. Across the Yellowstone, GeneralGibbons troops were lying in the camp which they hadbeen occupying for over a week, sending out patrols alongthe left shore and scouts along the right, and waiting forthe Far West to arrive and place them in communicationwith General Terry. The information now at hand, gathered by Reno andby Gibbons scouts, seemed to indicate that not morethan eight hundred or a thousand warriors were in thehostile camps. Lieutenant Bradley with his untiringCrows,
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