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success. In recalling his career, these simple lines, 

 written by a poet unknown to me, and with which 

 Frederick Whittaker, in his admirable life of Custer, 

 brings his biography to a close, involuntarily suggest 

 tliemselves : 



" Who early thus upon the field of glory 

 Like tliee doth full, needs for his fame 

 Naught but the simple telliug of his story, 

 Tlie naming of his name." 



Varney House, 



EocKWooD, Michigan, 



July Twenty-eighth, 



Before ordering Paul in the morning, I called again 

 at the home of the Ousters. Tlie General's father 

 seemed greatly interested in my journey, and asked 

 many questions concerning my plans for crossing the 

 Plains. I was shown the rich and interesting collec- 

 tion of relics from the Indian country which Custer 

 had accumulated, and which adds a picturesqueness to 

 every corner of the house, and with these, some very 

 striking photographs of the General taken in every 

 variety of position and costume. After a pleasant 

 chat, in the course of which Mr. Custer assured me of 

 his kind solicitude, he walked back to the hotel with 

 me to see me off. 



While riding out of town, I met Mr. Bulkley, and 

 was introduced to several gentlemen of his acquaint- 

 ance, many of whom were schoolmates of Custer dur- 

 ing his boyhood. Mr. Bulkley, speaking for the 

 Monument Association, assured me that everything 



