Post by johnson1941 on Jul 19, 2023 10:27:50 GMT
What is Weir HILL
...from testimony at the RCOI...
Herendeen, RCOI 1879
PDF pg 261
Q...how near was General Custer to his battlefield when Major Reno left the timber with his command?
A. It would be just a guess, depending on how fast he was traveling. He ought to have been beyond Major Reno’s position on the hill, about half a mile.
I should not think he was over two miles from the battlefield where he was found
...
Q. If these lines represent General Custer’s trail, about how far would that be on this map?
A. I know that country and from the point we called Weir’s Hill, there is a sort of swale runs down and it is nice traveling to the creek that runs in there.
I was not over General Custer’s trail that season, but I was the next, but it was so obliterated that I don’t know exactly where it was.
Q. What is the character of the country towards “B”?
A. I claim that what is called Weir’s Hill is the highest point on the ridge in that vicinity.
Q. That circular mark is to indicate the position Major Reno took. How far from there can you see the country towards “B”?
A. To that highest point, Weir’s Hill, probably half a mile down.
DeRudio, RCOI 1879
pg 329
A. I did not see any part of the column of General Custer. The only observation I made was while I was in the woods.
General Custer, Lieut . Cook and another man I could not recognize came to the highest point of the
bluff and waved their hats and made motions like they were cheering and pretty soon disappeared. I judge by that that probably his column was behind the bluff.
...
Q. Where was that?
A. It was on the highest point on the right bank of the creek just below where Dr. DeWolf was killed.
Q. Did you see the place generally known as the point where Capt. Weir went to?
A. Yes Sir I saw it .
Q. Was General Custer on that point .
A. No, on one nearer the river and the highest point on that side. Where I
saw General Custer the river comes right under the bluff. The bluff
comes in very narrow there hardly wide enough for a horse to stand on in
say opinion this map is not correct as to this line of bluffs.
Q. About how far do you think it was from the point on the bluff occupied by Maj. Reno?
A. I think it could not have been more than 5 or 600 yards. It was a higher
point but lower down on the river.
Q. Was it the highest point down the stream?
A. Yes sir and up stream too it was the highest point around there. I went
on the top of it afterwards on the 27 with Capt. Benteen.
{DeRudio marked point 7 as the location.}
Hare, RCOI 1879
pg301
Does the point "2" afford a view of the Indian encampment below the plain?
A. No Sir, don't think it does.
Q. Does this point a little lower down?
A. You can see a part of it from there. I can’t tell anything about this point “2” from the map.
There is a point some distance below where Major Reno made his stand from which you can see the upper end of the village.
Martin
RCOI pg384
A. ...then there was a kind of a big bend on the hill - he turned these hills and went on top of the ridge.
All at once we looked on the bottom and saw the Indian village at the same time we could see only children end dogs and ponies around the
village.
Q, Did the whole column go on to the ridge to look down?
A. No sir the whole command passed over it.
Q. Could you see the river from that place out there?
A. No sir the river was right at the foot of the bluff. We would see the village.
A. After General Custer saw the village with no Indians in it I suppose be
was glad and he pulled off his hat and gave a cheer and said "Courage
boys we will get them and as soon, as we get through we will go back to our station."
Q. Tell what direction you were then going.
A. We went more to the right from that ridge and went down to a ravine that
went to the river. At the same time General Custer passed that high place
on the ridge or a little below it he told his Adjutant to send an order back to Captain Benteen.
pg 391
Q. Can you point out on the map in what direction General Custer went after he got to the point 7? {7=DeRudio saw GC}
A. General Custer struck to the right then struck a ravine and went down to the river.
We could not go over the bluffs because the bluffs were badlands.
Q. How far did you go till you got sent back?
A. It was about to the head of the ravine.
Q. Where do fix it if you can on the map. (the witness indicated the point by figure 8)
Q. How far was the point you left Custer from the place Reno made his stand?
A. I don't know I could not judge. It was 5-600 yards, or probably 3/4 mile.
Q. Where was that point from which you first saw Major Reno fighting? Was
it further up the stream then where he made the stand or at the same place?
A. About at the same place.
pg 394
Q. That place from which you saw the village and children, dogs and ponies - was it the highest point down the river below where Major Reno made hie stand?
A. Yes sir, the highest hill the very highest point around there.
Q. When you moved down afterwards did some of the troops go on that high hill?
A. No sir.
Q. How far was that high point from the head of the ravine you spoke of?
A. About 500 yards.
...
Q. When you left General Custer you could not see the river?
A. No sir it was on the other side of the hill - the hill was In front of us.
...from testimony at the RCOI...
Herendeen, RCOI 1879
PDF pg 261
Q...how near was General Custer to his battlefield when Major Reno left the timber with his command?
A. It would be just a guess, depending on how fast he was traveling. He ought to have been beyond Major Reno’s position on the hill, about half a mile.
I should not think he was over two miles from the battlefield where he was found
...
Q. If these lines represent General Custer’s trail, about how far would that be on this map?
A. I know that country and from the point we called Weir’s Hill, there is a sort of swale runs down and it is nice traveling to the creek that runs in there.
I was not over General Custer’s trail that season, but I was the next, but it was so obliterated that I don’t know exactly where it was.
Q. What is the character of the country towards “B”?
A. I claim that what is called Weir’s Hill is the highest point on the ridge in that vicinity.
Q. That circular mark is to indicate the position Major Reno took. How far from there can you see the country towards “B”?
A. To that highest point, Weir’s Hill, probably half a mile down.
DeRudio, RCOI 1879
pg 329
A. I did not see any part of the column of General Custer. The only observation I made was while I was in the woods.
General Custer, Lieut . Cook and another man I could not recognize came to the highest point of the
bluff and waved their hats and made motions like they were cheering and pretty soon disappeared. I judge by that that probably his column was behind the bluff.
...
Q. Where was that?
A. It was on the highest point on the right bank of the creek just below where Dr. DeWolf was killed.
Q. Did you see the place generally known as the point where Capt. Weir went to?
A. Yes Sir I saw it .
Q. Was General Custer on that point .
A. No, on one nearer the river and the highest point on that side. Where I
saw General Custer the river comes right under the bluff. The bluff
comes in very narrow there hardly wide enough for a horse to stand on in
say opinion this map is not correct as to this line of bluffs.
Q. About how far do you think it was from the point on the bluff occupied by Maj. Reno?
A. I think it could not have been more than 5 or 600 yards. It was a higher
point but lower down on the river.
Q. Was it the highest point down the stream?
A. Yes sir and up stream too it was the highest point around there. I went
on the top of it afterwards on the 27 with Capt. Benteen.
{DeRudio marked point 7 as the location.}
Hare, RCOI 1879
pg301
Does the point "2" afford a view of the Indian encampment below the plain?
A. No Sir, don't think it does.
Q. Does this point a little lower down?
A. You can see a part of it from there. I can’t tell anything about this point “2” from the map.
There is a point some distance below where Major Reno made his stand from which you can see the upper end of the village.
Martin
RCOI pg384
A. ...then there was a kind of a big bend on the hill - he turned these hills and went on top of the ridge.
All at once we looked on the bottom and saw the Indian village at the same time we could see only children end dogs and ponies around the
village.
Q, Did the whole column go on to the ridge to look down?
A. No sir the whole command passed over it.
Q. Could you see the river from that place out there?
A. No sir the river was right at the foot of the bluff. We would see the village.
A. After General Custer saw the village with no Indians in it I suppose be
was glad and he pulled off his hat and gave a cheer and said "Courage
boys we will get them and as soon, as we get through we will go back to our station."
Q. Tell what direction you were then going.
A. We went more to the right from that ridge and went down to a ravine that
went to the river. At the same time General Custer passed that high place
on the ridge or a little below it he told his Adjutant to send an order back to Captain Benteen.
pg 391
Q. Can you point out on the map in what direction General Custer went after he got to the point 7? {7=DeRudio saw GC}
A. General Custer struck to the right then struck a ravine and went down to the river.
We could not go over the bluffs because the bluffs were badlands.
Q. How far did you go till you got sent back?
A. It was about to the head of the ravine.
Q. Where do fix it if you can on the map. (the witness indicated the point by figure 8)
Q. How far was the point you left Custer from the place Reno made his stand?
A. I don't know I could not judge. It was 5-600 yards, or probably 3/4 mile.
Q. Where was that point from which you first saw Major Reno fighting? Was
it further up the stream then where he made the stand or at the same place?
A. About at the same place.
pg 394
Q. That place from which you saw the village and children, dogs and ponies - was it the highest point down the river below where Major Reno made hie stand?
A. Yes sir, the highest hill the very highest point around there.
Q. When you moved down afterwards did some of the troops go on that high hill?
A. No sir.
Q. How far was that high point from the head of the ravine you spoke of?
A. About 500 yards.
...
Q. When you left General Custer you could not see the river?
A. No sir it was on the other side of the hill - the hill was In front of us.
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