Can anyone spot the myth
Q. What time that day was it that Gen. Custer said when the officers were together, that he did not believe the reports about the presence of Indians?
A. About 10 o'clock.
Q. How long before you were sent to the left was it that Gen. Custer said he did not believe there were any Indians in that country?
A. We had marched 8 or 10 miles. (From the first halt, which had occurred at 10 am). From there back to where they had made coffee was yet another 8 miles taking 4 hours time.
Q. Where was the pack train at the time of separations
A. The pack train at the time of the first halt was closed up;
Q. State in regard to what battalions or organizations were made on the
25th?
A. They were made probably 4 hours after we marched.
I think at the first halt. An orderly came to me with instructions for the officers to assemble at a point where he was, for an officers call.
I went to General Custer and told him my company fulfilled his requisitions. He then said I had the advance.
We moved then probably 8 (to 10) miles and halted in a kind of valley surrounded by high hills. I suppose that place was selected so as to hide us from any Indians, were any in sight, or in that vicinity. Then the division into battalions was made. I received three companies and was sent to the left to a line of bluffs.
Q. Where was the pack train at the time of separations
A. The pack train at the time of the first halt was closed up; where it was at the second halt where we were divided, I don't know. I suppose it was close up to the rear of the regiment.
