TWENTY YEARS IN THE ROCKIES. 75 



where three hundred and sixty-one men offered up their lives 

 on the altar of their country, marks the sunset of a dying 

 race, whose existence will continue to fade year after year, 

 until at last the memory only shall remain on canvas, and 

 on the pages of history and song. 



Custer still lives in the heart of the pioneer, who tells 

 the tale of the martyrdom to listening children, and in the 

 coming time, the name of this illustrious hero will take a 

 place not far below those of Washington and Lincoln, and 

 grow brighter and brighter until time shall be no more. 



