General Custer Was A Close Observer And

Stations Were Built At Intervals Averaging Fifteen Miles Apart. A Rider's Route Covered Three Stations, With An Exchange Of Horses At Each, So That He Was Expected At The Beginning To Cover Close To Forty-five Miles - A Good Ride When One Must Average Fifteen Miles An Hour.

The Indians Were Well Mounted And Felt Proud And Elated Because They Had Been Made United States Soldiers.

The Cholera Had Broken Out At The Post, And Five Or Six Men Were Dying Daily.

Major North And Myself Went Out In Advance Of The Command Several Miles And Killed A Number Of Buffaloes.

I Thought I Was Benefiting The Indians As Well As The Government, By Taking Them All Over The United States, And Giving Them A Correct Idea Of The Customs, Life, Etc., Of The Pale Faces, So That When They Returned To Their People They Could Make Known All They Had Seen.