Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux

by Cyrus Townsend Brady

CONTENTS

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Part I
PROTECTING THE FRONTIER
CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Powder River Expedition	[3]
II.	The Tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney	[19]
III.	The Thirty-two Against the Three Thousand	[40]
IV.	Personal Reminiscences of Fort Phil Kearney and the Wagon-Box Fight	[59]
V.	Forsyth and the Rough Riders of ’68	[72]
VI.	The Journey of the Scouts and the Rescue of Forsyth	[97]
VII.	A Scout’s Story of the Defense of Beecher’s Island	[113]
VIII.	Carpenter and His Brunettes. The Fight on Beaver Creek	[123]
IX.	A Further Discussion of the Beaver Creek Affair	[136]
X.	The Battle of the Washita	[146]
XI.	Carr and Tall Bull at Summit Springs	[170]
Part II
THE WAR WITH THE SIOUX
I.	With Crook’s Advance	[183]
II.	Ex-Trooper Towne on the Rosebud Fight	[203]
III.	The Grievance of Rain-in-the-Face	[209]
IV.	The Little Big Horn Campaign	[216]
V.	The Last of Custer	[237]
VI.	One of the Last Men to See Custer Alive	[263]
VII.	The Personal Story of Rain-in-the-Face	[279]
VIII.	Two Interesting Affairs	[293]
IX.	The First Success	[304]
X.	A Decisive Blow	[312]
XI.	Miles’ Great Campaigning	[319]
XII.	What They Are There For—A Sketch of General Guy V. Henry, a Typical American Soldier	[339]
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APPENDICES
Appendix A—Being a Further Discussion of General Custer’s Course in the Little Big Horn Campaign		[359]
Appendix B—Further Light on the Conduct of Major Reno		[398]
INDEX		[407]