Custer
GEORGE ARMSTRONG, an American soldier; born in New Rum- 1 CUSTIS ley, O., Dec. 5, 1839; graduated at West Point in 1861; and served with distinction during ing the Civil War, retiring with the rank of Major-General. He afterward had various cavalry commands in the West, and several times defeated hostile Indians. On June 25, 1876, with a force of 1,100 men, he attacked a body of Sioux, afterward found to number some CUTTY STOOL violent volcanic action. The date is the only fruit which thrives, and the principal exports are cotton and horses. The Rann of Cutch, a morass, covers about 9,000 square miles, and is dry during the greater part of the year. Pop. of the state about 525,000.