Benteen's battalion is out there to the west; Reno is just ahead of us up the valley; while Custer has taken five troops on a detour to the right across the bluffs, hoping to come down on the rear of the Sioux.

The idea is to crush them between the three columns.

No one of these detachments has more than two hundred men, yet it may come out all right if they only succeed in striking together.

Still it 's risky in such rough country, not knowing exactly where the enemy is.

Well, good luck to you, and take care of yourself." The two men clasped hands, their eyes filled with mutual confidence.
Then Hampton touched spurs to his horse, and galloped swiftly forward..