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Captain Willard Glazier, and were most favorably impressed with 

 him. They are convinced that he is thoroughly in earnest, and that 

 his propositiou is a most liberal one. He offers to give the entire pro- 

 ceeds of his lecture to the association ; and not only in this city, but 

 throughout the State, he generously offers to do the same thing. 

 This is certainly deserving of the warm recognition of our own 

 people, at least, and we hope on Thursday evening to see the City 

 Hall filled. Captain Glazier comes with the strongest endorsements 

 from well-known gentlemen in the East, both as to his character as 

 a gentleman and a soldier, and his ability as a speaker and writer. 

 The Captain served under the late General Custer in the cavalry^ 

 and has something to say regarding his personal knowledge of the 

 dead hero." 



When I started from Boston in May, I little 

 dreamed that before my journey was finished the 

 troubles in the West with the Sioux would bring such 

 a result as this! It is true, affairs in Montana and 

 Wyoming territories had assumed a threatening aspect, 

 but no one doubted the efficacy of " Custer's luck,'' 

 and those who followed the campaign looked upon it 

 as a dramatic and striking incident, rather than a 

 tragic one. 



News was slow in reaching points east of the 

 Mississippi and was then often unreliable, so that if I 

 may judge from personal observation, the people were 

 wholly unprepared for the final result which was 

 flashed across the country on the fifth of July. 



Strong's Hotel, 



Monroe, Michigan, 



July Twenty-seventh. 



Rose at an early hour in the morning, and was very 

 busily occupied during the day with correspondence 

 and preparations for my lecture. The people of 



