How long have you been in our service ?" "Ever since the war closed." For a moment the two men looked into each others' faces, the commander smiling, the enlisted man at respectful attention.
"I will talk with you at some future time, Sergeant," Custer said at last, resuming his seat on a log.

"Now we shall have to consider the to-morrow's march.

Were you within sight of Black Kettle's camp ?" "No, sir; only of his pony herd out in the valley of the Canadian." "Where would you suppose the camp situated ?" "Above, behind the bluffs, about the mouth of Buffalo Creek." Custer drew the map toward him, scrutinizing it carefully.
"You may be right, of course," he commented, his glance on the faces of the officers, "but this does not agree with the understanding at Camp Supply, nor the report of our Indian scouts.

We supposed Black Kettle to be farther south on the Washita.

How large was the pony herd ?" "We were not near enough to count the animals, sir, but there must have been two hundred head." "A large party then, at least.