Ah hah! Now we're getting somewhere. W. A. Graham's "The Custer Myth" (which I've referenced in posts above) contains a large portion of Godfrey's Century article. What Godfrey actually wrote was: "The march during the day was tedious. We made many long halts, so as not to get ahead of the scouts, who seemed to be doing their work thoroughly, giving special attention to the right, toward Tulloch's Creek, the valley of which was in general view from the divide [This cold not be a reference of Tullock's Creek from the valley of the Rosebud but, more likely, from the divide between the Rosebud and the Little Big Horn, i.e. from the Crow's Nest where it is indeed visible]. Once or twice signal smokes were reported in that direction, but investigation did not confirm the reports. The weather was dry and had been for some time, consequently the trail was very dusty..."
Please not how he words this. He uses "toward Tulloch's Creek" and "the valley of which was in general view from the divide". Also "smokes wre reported in that direction". The sure implication is that scouts were out in force in the general direction of Tullock's Creek. But none of this confirms they ever scouted the valley itself. Compare this to Herendeen's earlier mention of Custer wanting to scout the area but both Herendeen and Boyer tell him to wait; which he agrees to. Then consider the Edgerly statement noted in above post #46 that "When we arrived in the neighborhood of Tullock's Creek we ran on a hot trail that led straight to the Indian village. It would have been useless to scout this creek, for we knew the Indians were in front of us."
I submit to you that while Godfrey's statements in his Century article may imply that a scout was made, this is only an implication, they are rather ambiguous, and there is no other written or oral evidence to sustain it. In fact, there is evidence to the contrary.
I'm not trying to pick an argument. I'm trying to get at the facts. If there's anything that sustains Godfrey's inference that a scout of Tullock's Creek was indeed made, then it should be made evident. I'd like to know one way or t'other. While not important to the outcome of the event itself, it would shed more light on the overall story.
Gosh I hadn’t see that you had already picked up the story. You made me waste my time searching in my book :-)
I think Gofrey made clear that Custer DID something regarding to Tullocks Creek. The halts mean that the scouts were doing their job.
Therefore, accusing Custer of neglecting Tullocks Creek is irrelevant.