A bit off topic here, but there is talk that Capt. Weir may have saw some startling stuff on Weir point and that he took this information to the grave, because he was the first to over look the area some think that he saw things that the follow up solders missed as events change pretty rapidly, but wait a minute he had an orderly with him named Private Sanders, so surly what Weir saw Sanders did too right?
Edgerly with troop D (per Edgerly) moved to the high peak in advance of Weir, who was on Wier HILL originally - warning them back and around due to Hostiles. Whatever Weir saw, others saw too. Doubt he was alone by that point.
As for Guidons, confusing per Reno / Benteen at the RCOI, who said they put guidons on the highest Point which at the time of the RCOI was "Capt. Weir HILL" or "Weir HILL", which was only about 1/2mile from Reno corral; from which Benteen said you could NOT see the battlefield (while others said they could from where they were) so whether the guidons were on Weir HILL or what later became known as Weir Peaks (or both) is a bit unclear.
Edgerly
@rcoi
"We moved out along the ridge to that point 7 {DeRudio sees GC} and then down the valley toward point 8 {Martin goes back from head of coulee}.
We went about 1-1/2 miles and then swung around...over to point 9 (edgerly marked map)...3/4 mile from "B""
w/Camp
"Edgerly says that Weir afterward to him that he had not received permission to go and that he had "not even asked for it.
After going a few hundred yeads I swung off to the right with the troop and went into a little valley which must have been the one followed by Custer and his men, or nearly parallel to it,
and moved right toward the great body of Indians whom we had already seen from the highest point....
After we had gone a short distance down the valley Col. Weir, who had remained to our left on the bluff, saw a large
number of Indians coming toward us, and motioned for me to swing around with the troop to where he was, which I did. "
"When Edgerly turned down to right down the hollow, Weir standing on high point signaled that Indians were coming & he therefore turned back and circled over to left & crossed his track & took high peak still in advance of Weir."
Reno
RCOI
Q. Do you remember about a guidon
being placed at a point termed Captain Weir’s hill?
A. It was done.
...
Q. This guidon you speak of being planted as a rallying point for someone, where was it planted?
A. On the top of the highest hill. It was thought its fluttering might attract attention sooner than a horse.
Reno Report
"We had heard firing in that direction and knew it could only be Custer.
I moved to the summit of the highest bluff, but seeing and hearing nothing sent Captain Weir with his company to open communications with him."
Benteen ROCI
Q. How far down the river was the furthest point reached by any company under Major Reno?
A.
About half a mile below that highest point.
Q. State what efforts, if any, that command made to inform General Custer or his command of your position by planting guidons or flags or anything of that kind.
A. The troops were by file on a line of river bluffs and, as I have stated, another company was formed at right angles on another ridge.
I planted a guidon at the highest point that looked over that country. Some of the officers say that the battlefield was in sight, but I know positively that it was not, having gone over it two or three times sinceNote: per Camp himself, Weir Hill is not located correclty on the following Camp map. It is on the bluffs closer to SSR, west of Wagners "3411".
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