This is Jocco Podcasts number 48 with Echo Charles and me, Jocco Willink.

We found General Custer on the bluffs and near him lay the bodies of 11 of his

officers. As a tribute to his bravery, the Indians had not mutilated General

Custer and he lay as if asleep. But all the other men had been most brutally

mangled and had been stripped of their clothing. Many of their skulls had been

crushed in, eyes had been torn from their sockets, hands, feet, arms, legs, and

noses had been wrenched off. Many had their flesh cut and strips the entire

length of their bodies. And there were others whose limbs were closely

perforated with bullet holes, showing that the torture had been inflicted while

the wretched victims were yet alive. There were 29 enlisted men missing from the

field of blood and they undoubtedly had been taken prisoners and perished at

the stake while the Indians were celebrating their scalp dance on the night of

the 25th in sight of my camp.

Lying almost at Custer's feet was young Reed, a nephew of the generals who had

been visiting him at Fort Lincoln and who had pleaded to go on the campaign

where this handsome lad of 19 met such an untimely fate. Within a few

feet of the General lay his two brothers, Boston and Tom. There was in the

whole army no more popular man than Galant Tom Custer. He was young, handsome,

a prince of good fellows and full of that bravery that even characterized the

Custars. He had served with distinction during the war and had fought

frequently before been engaged in Indian fights. As we approached him we were

horrified to see that his body had been opened in his heart torn out. Thus I

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