General Terry's account of the Custer Massacre...
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July 08, 1876
DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, July 8, 1876
* Custer's Massacre
* Uncommon title from Utah Territory
* General Alfred H. Terry account
* Sioux Indians - Chief Sitting Bull
This issue was published 20 years before Utah would become a state.
Over half a column of pg. 2 is taken up with an editorial titled: "Vengeance Of The Indians" which begins:
* As the news of the Custer disaster runs through the country there arises a loud & passionate cry for vengeance on the Indians...
with more.
Also on pg. 2 are: "The Whereabouts of Crook's Command" but certainly the best & most detailed article is that which takes over a full column and is headed: "Official Report of General Terry of Custer's Engagement with the Indians" which is excellent & detailed reading on the Custer Massacre.
It begins: "It is my painful duty to report that the day before yesterday, the 25th inst., a great disaster overtook General Custer and the troops under his command..." with much more (see photos).
A great issue. Four pgs., never bound nor trimmed, irregular at the bottom margin but not affecting any text.
* Custer's Massacre
* Uncommon title from Utah Territory
* General Alfred H. Terry account
* Sioux Indians - Chief Sitting Bull
This issue was published 20 years before Utah would become a state.
Over half a column of pg. 2 is taken up with an editorial titled: "Vengeance Of The Indians" which begins:
* As the news of the Custer disaster runs through the country there arises a loud & passionate cry for vengeance on the Indians...
with more.
Also on pg. 2 are: "The Whereabouts of Crook's Command" but certainly the best & most detailed article is that which takes over a full column and is headed: "Official Report of General Terry of Custer's Engagement with the Indians" which is excellent & detailed reading on the Custer Massacre.
It begins: "It is my painful duty to report that the day before yesterday, the 25th inst., a great disaster overtook General Custer and the troops under his command..." with much more (see photos).
A great issue. Four pgs., never bound nor trimmed, irregular at the bottom margin but not affecting any text.
Category: The Old West
