INDEX
- A
- “Ab-sa-ra-ka, Land of Massacre,” book written by Mrs. Carrington, [34] note
- Allen breech-loading rifle, [45], [46]
- American Horse, Sioux chief, surprised by Capt. Mills, [307];
- killed, [310]
- Amick, Lieut., [124], [137];
- Andrews, Dr. E. B., on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, [361]
- Apache Indians, cruelties of, [73]
- Arapahoe Indians, [64]
- Arikara scouts in Reno’s command flee from the Sioux, [238]
- Arickaree Fork, Republican River, [72];
- Army woman’s devotion in Indian warfare, [11], [12]
- B
- “Bad Lands” of Dakota, of volcanic origin, [5], [209], [230]
- Bailey, Indian guide, [15]
- Baliran, M., naturalist, killed by Rain-in-the-Face, [212], [213], [215]
- Ball, Capt., [336]
- Bankhead, Col., Forsyth’s letter to, from Beecher’s Island, [93]
- Banzhaf, Lieut., assists in Col. Forsyth’s rescue, [100], [106], [124];
- repulses Indians, [131]
- Barnitz, Capt., Seventh Cavalry, killed, [161]
- Barrett, Lawrence, actor, his eulogy on Gen. Custer, [261]
- Battle of Beaver Creek, [131]–140;
- Beaver Creek, Captain Carpenter’s fight on, [123]–135;
- Becker, John, mule packer, in the Sibley scout, [298], [299]
- Beecher, Lieut. Frederick H., second in command to Capt. Forsyth, [77];
- Beecher’s Island, fight of Rough Riders at, [72];
- Belknap, Gen., Secretary of War, his relations with Gen. Custer, [216]–218
- Bell, Major, Seventh Cavalry, [164], [166]
- Benteen, Col., in battle of Washita, [162];
- Big Crow, Indian chief, defeated by Gen. Miles, [329], [330]
- Big Horn Mountains, controlled by jealous Indian tribes, [5]
- Big Horn Range, streams from, [5]
- Big Piney Creek, Gen. Carrington establishes camp on banks of, [13], [64]
- Bingham, Lieut., under Gen. Carrington, [20];
- killed, [21]
- Black Hills, [209];
- gold discovered in, [209]
- Black Kettle (Mo-ke-ta-va-ta), [73];
- Blackfeet Indians, [64]
- Blizzard, Gen. Custer’s march in a, [150]–161
- Bloody Knife, Arikara scout with Custer, [210], [267]
- Bourke, Capt John G., his books, “Campaigning with Crook,” quoted, [186];
- Bowers, Sergeant, in fight with Indians, [20];
- Bowyer, Mitch, Crow interpreter, warns Gen. Custer, [268]
- Bozeman trail, [4], [7], [9], [13], [60];
- Brainard, Col. D. L., notes on the Lame Deer fight, [335]–338
- Brave Wolf, scout, [336]
- Bridger, James, fur trader and scout, adviser of Gen. Carrington, [4], [61]
- Bridger’s Ferry, [60]
- Brown, Capt. Frederick, rashness of, [23];
- Brulé, Sioux Indians, faithful to whites, [8];
- attack Capt. Powell’s corral, [48]
- “Brunette” regiment, see Tenth Cavalry
- Brunettes, Gen. Henry’s, [351]–355
- Buffalo Bill, see Cody, Wm. F.
- Buffalo Chip, scout, killed, [308] note
- Buffalo, herds of, in Montana valleys, [5]
- “Buffaloes,” Gen. Henry’s, and their rides, [351]–353
- “Bull teams,” for prairie schooners, [7]
- C
- California Joe, scout, [155]
- Camp Supply, Indian Territory, [150]
- Canadian River, Gen. Custer’s march on, [152]
- Carpenter, Captain Louis H., Tenth Cavalry, sent to rescue Gen. Forsyth, [100];
- Carr, Major-Gen. Eugene A., ordered to Fort Wallace, [124];
- Carrington, Gen. Henry B., in Central Montana, [5];
- effects treaty with Indians at Fort Laramie, [8];
- romantic expedition of, [9]–13;
- sketch of, [9];
- repairs and garrisons Fort Reno, [12];
- establishes camp on Big Piney Creek, [13];
- in desperate fight at Lodge Trail Ridge, [20], [21];
- inadequate force of, [23], [24];
- carries out Gen. Sherman’s instructions, [24];
- specific instructions to Capt. Fetterman, [26];
- his stern resolution, [32]–37;
- used as a scapegoat, [37];
- acquitted of all blame by a mixed commission, [38];
- also by a military court and by Gen. Sherman, [38];
- his views on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, [386]–388
- Carrington Powder River expedition, reminiscences of, [59]–71
- Central Montana, objective of Gen. Carrington’s expedition, [5]
- Chambers, Col., [188]
- Cheyenne Indians dispute advance of the white man, [5];
- Harney-Sanborne treaty with, [7];
- attack Capt. Powell’s corral, [48];
- cruelty of, [73];
- break away from Red Cloud Agency, [293];
- Gen. Merritt heads them off, [294];
- bravery of, [312], [313];
- their winter stores destroyed, [316];
- sufferings of, [316]–318;
- surrender and turn against Crazy Horse, [318];
- savage ferocity of, [318]
- Civil War, soldiers of the, emigrate to the West, [6]
- Civilization, the demands of, [6];
- the outpost of, [13]–18
- Clear Creek, Montana, [321]
- Cloud Peak, [13]
- Clybor, Jack, adopted by Indians and named “Comanche,” [96]
- Cody, William F. (Buffalo Bill), Gen. Carr’s guide at Summit Springs, [170], [173], [174];
- Coffee Coolers, [282]
- Collins, W. R. E., letter of, in reference to Red Cloud’s losses in wagon-corral attack, [58]
- “Comanche,” Capt. Keogh’s horse, in Custer’s last fight, [256] note
- Conestoga wagons, only method of transportation before railroad, [7]
- Conner, Gen., establishes Fort Reno, [60]
- Contest for Indian lands, [6]
- Cook, Adjutant, Seventh Cavalry, [158], [159];
- killed with Custer, [258]
- Cook, Capt., [268], [270]
- Cooke, Gen., relieves Gen. Carrington of his command, [37]
- Corbin, scout, in Gen. Custer’s command, [152], [154], [155]
- Crawford, Lieut., [307]
- Crazy Horse, an Oglala chief, [184];
- his village surprised and taken, [186], [187];
- warns Gen. Crook, [189];
- sketch of, [189] note;
- begins attack, [193];
- plans ambush for Crook, [194];
- successful stand against Crook, [201], [202];
- opposed to Maj. Reno, [241], [254];
- attacks Custer, [256];
- defeated by Gen. Crook at Slim Buttes, [310], [311];
- refuses to succor Cheyennes, [317];
- meets crushing defeat by Gen. Miles, [326]–330;
- surrenders, [330];
- stabbed in guard-house, [333];
- Captain Bourke’s description of, [333];
- a born soldier, [334]
- Crazy Woman’s Fork, [61], [312]
- Criswell, Sergeant, bravery of, in fight with Indians, [242]
- Crittenden, Lieut., Custer’s brother-in-law, killed, [257]
- Crook, Gen. George, opinion of Apache Indians, [74];
- Crazy Horse at Slim Buttes, [310], [311]
- Crow Indians, auxiliaries in Gen. Crook’s expedition, [190], [205]
- Crow King, Indian chief, opposed to Major Reno, [241], [256]
- Curley, Crow scout, only survivor of Custer’s command, [256]
- Custer, Boston, civilian forage-master, killed with Gen. Custer, [258]
- Custer, Gen. George Armstrong, in command of Seventh Cavalry, [146]–150;
- record of, [146], [147];
- selects his own officers, [147];
- protects Kansas settlers, [148];
- his march in a blizzard, [150]–153;
- has command under Gen. Stanley, [210];
- his faculty for scouting, [210];
- loses his command, [216]–219;
- his relations with Gen. Belknap, [216];
- question as to whether he obeyed Gen. Terry’s orders, [219]–228;
- Gen. Terry’s letter of instructions, [220], [221];
- various opinions about Terry’s instructions to Custer, [224]–228;
- account of his last expedition, [229]–236;
- his officers under Reno tried to join him, [248] note;
- his fine manœuvering, [254];
- signals to Reno, [255];
- killed, [256], [257];
- Mr. Theodore W. Goldin’s reminiscences of, [263]–278;
- a further discussion of his course in the Little Big Horn campaign, [359]–397;
- various opinions on Custer’s campaign—Col. Edward S. Godfrey, [360], [371]–380, [388]–390;
- Major-Gen. James B. Fry, [360];
- Major-Gen. Robert P. Hodges, [360], [366]–370;
- Brig.-Gen. George A. Forsyth, [361];
- Dr. C. B. Andrews, [361];
- Gen. Nelson A. Miles, [361]–365;
- Gen. Gibbon, [367];
- Brig.-Gen. Charles A. Woodruff, [380]–385;
- Gen. Henry B. Carrington, [386]–388;
- Lieut.-Col. Jacob L. Greene, [391]–395
- Custer, Capt. Tom, brother of Gen. Custer, [210], [212], [213];
- Custer family, disaster to, [258]
- “Custer Massacre,” [259], [281]
- D
- Daniels, Lieut., killed, [22]
- Davis, Capt., [316]
- Dead Cañon of the Rosebud, [193], [196], [198]
- Denver, Col., white settlements at, [5]
- DeRudio, Lieut., [243]
- DeWolf, Dr., killed by Indians, [242]
- Dodge, Col. R. I., his book, “Our Wild Indians,” quoted, [168];
- claims Gen. Custer committed suicide, [257]
- Dog Soldiers, [163] note
- Donovan, scout, assists in Col. Forsyth’s rescue, [106]
- Drexel Mission attacked by Indians, [353]
- Dry Fork, [60]
- Dull Knife, Cheyenne chief, attacked by Mackenzie, [313]–315;
- killed, [315]
- E
- Eastman, Charles A., M. D., a full-blooded Sioux, his account of Reno’s fight at Little Big Horn, [238];
- with Gen. Custer, [253]
- Edgerly, Lieut., [248]
- Eighteenth Regular Infantry in the Mountain District, [9], [25];
- at Fort Kearney, [59]
- Elliott, Major, Custer’s second in command, [152];
- Emigrants, protected by Fort Phil Kearney, [4]
- Evans, Col., Third Cavalry, [188]
- F
- “Far West,” Gen. Terry’s supply steamer on the Rosebud, [265]
- Farley, scout, wounded, [108];
- bravery of, [109]
- Fetterman, Capt., fight with Indians at Lodge Trail Ridge, [20];
- Fifth Cavalry, in battle of Summit Springs, [172];
- Fifth Infantry, [326], [335]
- Finerty, John F., Chicago Times correspondent, joins the Sibley scout, [298], [303];
- account of Gen. Henry’s ghastly experience, [346]
- Fisher, civilian volunteer, [26];
- killed, [35]
- Fitzgerald, Dr., [100]
- Forsyth, George Alexander (“Sandy”), and the Rough Riders of ’68, description of, [72]–96;
- aide to Gen. Sheridan, [75];
- sketch of, [76];
- desperate situation of, on Beecher’s Island, [97];
- adventures of Scouts Trudeau and Stillwell to rescue, [97]–112;
- map of march to relieve Forsyth and escort Gen. Carr, [103];
- a few words about Forsyth’s men, [109]–112;
- his battlefield preserved, [111];
- letter of, on the relations between Gen. Custer and Gen. Belknap, [216]–218;
- on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, [361]
- Forsyth Association, [111]
- Fort Abraham Lincoln, Seventh Cavalry stationed at, [213], [214];
- Fort Caspar, Gen. Crook’s headquarters, [37]
- Fort C. F. Smith established, [17], [25], [62];
- attacked, [46] note
- Fort D. A. Russell, Gen. Henry at, [349]
- Fort Ellsworth, Indian council held at, [72]
- Fort Fetterman, Wyoming, established, [39];
- Fort Laramie, Nebraska, government commissioners negotiate treaty with Indians at, [7], [293]
- Fort Phil Kearney, establishment and abandonment of, [3], [209];
- constantly surrounded by Indians, [3];
- Montana emigrants protected by, [4];
- plan of, [16];
- the tragedy of, [19]–39;
- working plan of, [33];
- troops ordered to relief of, [37];
- closely invested, [40], [41];
- fort completed, [41];
- Red Cloud’s attack on, [46];
- burned by Indians, [58];
- Mr. R. J. Smyth’s personal reminiscences of, and the wagon-box fight, [59]–71;
- Gen. Crook at, [189];
- Fort Reno, removal of ordered, [9];
- Fort Wallace, Kansas, temporary terminus of Kansas Pacific Railroad, [78];
- Fourth Cavalry, [312]
- Fourth Infantry, [188]
- French, Capt., [251], [271]
- Frontier, protecting the, [3]–179
- Fry, Gen. James B., his book, “Army Sacrifices,” quoted, [72];
- on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, [360]
- Furey, Major, with Gen. Crook, [191]
- G
- Gall, Indian chief, opposed to Reno, [241], [253], [254];
- “Galvanized soldiers,” [60]
- “Garry Owen,” played in battle of the Washita, [161];
- at Fort Lincoln, [218]
- Ghost Dancers, Sioux, [352]
- Gibbon, Gen. encamps on the Yellowstone, [218];
- Gibson, Lieut., [251]
- Godfrey, Col. Edward S., [249];
- Gold discovered in the Black Hills, [209]
- Goldin, Mr. Theodore W., one of the last to see Custer alive, his reminiscences of the general, [263]–278
- Goose Creek, [13], [192], [201], [209]
- Gordon, Major G. A., [316]
- Graham, Capt., Tenth Cavalry, [124];
- Grant, President U. S., indignant at Gen. Custer’s statements regarding Gen. Belknap, [217]
- Greene, Lieut.-Col. Jacob L., his views on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, [391]–395
- Grover, Sharp, guide, [77];
- Gruard, Frank, celebrated scout, with Gen. Crook, [191], [203];
- Grummond, Lieut., Eighteenth Infantry, [15], [20], [22];
- H
- Hall, Lieut., [294], [295]
- Hamilton, Capt. John M., [316]
- Hamilton, Capt. Louis McLane, in Gen. Custer’s winter expedition, [153], [157], [159];
- killed, [161]
- Hanley, Sergeant, [249]
- Hare, Lieut. Luther R., [249], [267], [274]
- Harney-Sanborne treaty with Indians, [7]
- Harrington, Lieut., killed with Custer, [259]
- Hat Creek, see War Bonnet
- Hazen, Gen. W. B., inspects Fort Reno, [17] note
- Henry, Gen. Guy V., Third Cavalry, [190], [193], [195], [196], [198];
- Henry rifle, breech-loading rapid fire, use of, [26], [35]
- Herndon, scout, [266], [267], [274]
- Hines, Acting-Assistant Surgeon, sent to join Capt. Fetterman, [29]
- Hodgson, Lieut., killed by Indians, [242];
- Honzinger, Dr., veterinarian, killed by Rain-in-the-Face, [12], [213], [215], [283] note, [285]
- Horse Creek, [60]
- Horton, Surgeon, on wagon-beds, [44] note, [50], [56], [69]
- Howitzers, Indian fear of, [29]
- Hughes, Major-Gen. Robert P., his book, “The Campaign Against the Sioux,” quoted, [224];
- Humfreville, Capt. J. Lee, his book “Twenty Years Among Our Hostile Indians” quoted, [318]
- Hunting ground, Indian title to, [6]
- Hunting parties forbidden at Fort Phil Kearney, [4]
- I
- Indian attacks on Fort Phil Kearney, [4], [37]–71
- Indian fights at Beaver Creek, [123]–140;
- Indian fighters and their field, [3]–8
- Indian police kill Sitting Bull, [332]
- Indian skulls, scientific study of, [69]
- Indian traders, their mercenary policy, [184]
- Indian wars, cause of, [4];
- sieges in, [3]
- Indian’s dread of scalping, [91]–92 note
- Indians, annihilate Capt. Fetterman’s command outside Fort Phil Kearney, [30]–32
- Indians as patriots, [74], [185];
- looseness of tie binding tribes, [313] note
- Indians, Montana, jealous of intrusion by whites, [5]
- Iron Star, Indian chief, attacked by Gen. Miles and killed, [330]–332
- Island of Death, the, [78]–85
- Itiomagaju, see Rain-in-the-Face.
- J
- Jackson, Bob, scout, [336], [338]
- Jenness, Lieut. John C., detailed under Capt. Powell to protect wood-cutters, [43];
- Jerome, Lieut. Lovell H., [336]
- Jewish boy’s bravery in Gen. Forsyth’s fight, [110];
- Gen. Fry’s poem on, [110] note
- Johnson, Hugh, Adjutant, sends Captain Carpenter to succor Col. Forsyth, [100], [101];
- Johnson, President Andrew, congratulates Congress on peace with Indians, [22]
- Julesberg, [59]
- K
- Kane, Capt., Fifth Cavalry, in Beaver Creek fight, [137], [138]
- Kansas Pacific Railroad, building of, resisted by Indians, [7]–72
- Kansas trail, [7]
- Kansas, Western, swept and devastated by Cheyennes, [75]
- Kellogg, Mark, newspaper correspondent, killed with Custer, [258]
- Kennedy, Sergeant-Major, [7]th Cavalry, brave death of, [168]
- Keogh, Capt., killed with Custer, [258], [259]
- Kidder, Lieut., Second Cavalry, slaughtered, [149]
- King, Gen., his book, “Campaigning with Crook,” quoted, [188]
- King, Lieut. Charles, fighter and author, [294]
- Kinney, Capt., sent to establish Fort C. F. Smith, [17]
- L
- Lame Deer, Indian chief, attacked by Gen. Miles and killed, [330]–332;
- notes on the fight, [335]–338
- Laramie Commission, announcement of, [15] note
- Leighton, Al., sutler, Indians stampede stock of, [60]
- Little Beaver, Indian scout, [155]
- Little Big Horn, battle of, the story of by Rain-in-the-Face, [279]–292
- Little Big Horn Campaign, the, [216]–236;
- map of, [234]
- Little Big Horn Valley, [233]
- Little Crow, Indian, wounded, [140]
- Little Hair (Tom Custer), [284]
- Little Muddy Creek, [336]
- Little Raven, Arapahoe Indian chief, [164]
- Little Rock, Indian chief, killed, [164]
- Lodge Trail Ridge, [13], [20], [26], [29]–31
- Longfellow’s poem, “The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face,” sold by the Indian himself at the World’s Fair, [291]
- Long Hair, Gen. Custer’s Indian name, [146]
- Lord, Dr., killed with Custer, [258], [259]
- Luettwitz, Lieut. Von, [307];
- wounded, [308]
- Lummis, Charles F., on the Apache Indians, [74] note
- M
- Mackenzie, Ranald S., Col. Fourth Cavalry, [305];
- MacIntosh, Lieut., killed by Indians, [242], [268], [272], [274]
- Mahapiya-luta, see Red Cloud
- Mah-wis-sa, Black Kettle’s sister, endeavors to marry Gen. Custer to an Indian girl, [167]
- “Mauvaises Terres,” or “bad lands,” [5]
- McCall, Sergeant W. H. H., [77], [78]
- McDougall, Capt., joins Maj. Reno with pack train, [248];
- serves under Custer at the Little Big Horn, [233]
- McKinney, Lieut. John A., charges Cheyennes at Willow Creek Cañon, [315];
- shot, [315]
- Medicine Man, daring of a, [133]
- Merritt, Gen. Wesley, ordered to join Gen. Crook at Fort Laramie, [293];
- his fight with Cheyennes, [295]–297
- Miles, Gen. Nelson A., his “Personal Recollections” quoted, [189];
- his Indian campaigning, [305];
- his great campaigning, [319]–338;
- his foot cavalry defeat Sitting Bull, [319]–326;
- interview with Sitting Bull, [323], [324];
- his crushing defeat of Crazy Horse, [326]–330;
- his capacity for handling men, [326];
- attacks and captures Lame Deer’s village, [330]–332;
- his views on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, [361]–365
- Mills, Capt. Anson, Third Cavalry, [190], [193], [195], [196];
- Miniconjou Indians attack Capt. Powell, [48]
- Montana, emigrants and wagon-trains to, annihilated by Indians, [4];
- white settlements at, [5]
- Mooers, Dr. John H., [77];
- killed, [84]
- Moore, Tom, veteran, [192], [196]
- Morris, William E., on the conduct of Major Reno, [401]–405
- Mountain District, army posts in, [9]
- Mountain game in Montana ranges, [6]
- Mountain standard time, [5]
- Mo-ke-ta-va-ta, see Black Kettle
- Moylan, Capt., with Custer, [211], [212], [271]
- Mussa ranch, [60]
- Myers, Capt., Seventh Cavalry, [157], [159]
- N
- Napoleon guns, [326]
- Nickerson, Capt., in Crook’s command, [200]
- Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, in Sheridan’s winter campaign against Indians, [150]
- Ninth Cavalry, [351]–355
- Ninth Infantry, [188], [342]
- North, Col. Francis, in Summit Springs battle, [173]
- North Platte, [5], [59], [60]
- Northern Pacific Railroad, survey of, [209]
- Northwestern Christian Advocate on the conduct of Major Reno, [398]–400
- Noyes, Major, Second Cavalry, [188], [193], [196]
- O
- Oglala Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, [48]
- Oregon trail, [7]
- Orleman, Lieut., assists in Col. Forsyth’s rescue, [100], [124];
- Osage Indians, with Custer in battle of the Washita, [159], [160]
- Otis, Lieut.-Col. Elwell S., attacked by Indians at Glendive, Mont., [321];
- Sitting Bull’s letter to, [321]
- P
- Pawnee scouts at battle of Summit Springs, [173]–177
- Peno Creek, [13], [20], [64]
- Peno Valley, [28], [31], [36]
- Phil Kearney Garrison, post return of, [30] note
- Pilot Hill, [13], [14], [19]
- Pine Ridge Agency, [293]
- Piney Island, logging camp on, [14];
- Porter, Lieut., killed with Custer, [258], [259]
- Pourier, Baptiste (Big Bat) scout with Gen. Crook, [298]
- Powder River, Indians encamped on, [23];
- Powder River Expedition, the, [3]–18;
- reminiscences of, [59]–71
- Powell, Capt. James, [22];
- Prairie schooners, early use of, [7]
- Pretty Bear, Cheyenne chief, killed, [176], [177]
- Pumpkin Buttes, [61]
- R
- Rabbit Creek, [307]
- Rain-in-the-Face (Itiomagaju), Indian chief, his grievance, [209]–215;
- Red Cloud (Mahapiya-luta), Sioux chief, opposes treaty with Gen. Carrington, [7], [8];
- revenge on, for massacre at Fort Phil Kearney, [39];
- becomes leading war chief, [40];
- surprised and disarmed by Gen. Mackenzie, [40] note;
- his most thrilling adventure, [40], [41], note;
- determines to capture Fort Phil Kearney, [41];
- his attack, [46];
- his baptism of fire, [51]–56;
- his losses in the attack on Capt. Powell’s wagon-corral, [58]
- Red Cloud Agency, [293]
- Rees, Indian auxiliaries, [238], [240], [267]
- Religious belief of Indians in regard to scalping, [91]–92 note
- Reno, Major Marcus A., in the Big Horn country, [218];
- Reno’s Creek, [233], [253]
- Reynolds, Charlie, famous scout, killed with Custer, [258]
- Reynolds, Gen. Joseph J., surprises and takes Crazy Horse’s village, [186]
- Riley, Lieut., killed, [258]
- Rodenbough, Gen., his “Sabre and Bayonet” quoted, [43], [44]
- Roman Nose, Indian chief, insolent speech of, [72], [73];
- Romero, Indian interpreter, [155], [167]
- Rosebud River, Crook’s advance against Indians on the, [189], [191]–193;
- Rough Riders of ’68, the, [72]–96
- Royall, Col. William B., Fifth Cavalry, ordered to attack Indians on Beaver Creek, [124];
- S
- Salt Lake, white settlements at, [5]
- Salt Lake trail, [59]
- Sample, Gen. Carrington’s orderly, reports on Fetterman’s command, [30]
- Sand Creek, [60]
- Sans Arc Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, [48]
- Santa Fé trail, [7]
- Satanta, Kiowa Indian chief, [164];
- captured by Custer, [169]
- Savage warfare, [339]–344
- Savagery, the rights of, [6]
- Scalping, Indian belief in, [91]–92 note
- Schlesinger, Sigmund, his bravery in Gen. Forsyth’s fight, [110];
- Schwatka, Lieut., Arctic explorer, successful attack on Sioux by, [307]
- Second Cavalry, in tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney, [25], [60];
- Settlers on Indian lands, [6]–7
- Seventh Cavalry, Gen. Custer in command of, [146];
- Sheridan, Gen. Philip, attacks the Cheyenne Indians, [75];
- inaugurates winter campaign against Indians, [150]
- Sheridan City, terminus of Union Pacific Railroad, [134]
- Sherman, Gen., advises ladies to join Gen. Carrington’s expedition, [11];
- Short Nose Creek, [125], [127]
- Shoshone Indians, auxiliaries in Gen. Crook’s expedition, [190], [205]
- Sibley, Lieut. Frederick W., Third Cavalry, his scouting after Crazy Horse, [298]–303
- Sioux Indians dispute the advance of the white man, [5];
- Slim Buttes, South Dakota, Gen. Crook and Capt. Mills at, [304]–309
- Sitting Bull, Unkpapa Indian chief, his character, [183], [184];
- out-generals Custer, [279];
- in the sun dance, [282] note;
- strategy of, [286];
- at big feast after the Custer fight, [290];
- sends letter to Col. Otis, [321];
- interview with Gen. Miles, [323], [324];
- attacked by Lieut. Baldwin, [326];
- escapes to British Columbia, [332];
- surrenders to United States army, [332];
- a moving spirit in ghost dance uprising, [332];
- killed by Indian police, [332]
- Smith, Capt. Gray Horse Troop, killed with Custer, [257]
- Smith, Captain E. W., Eighteenth Infantry, sends Gen. Terry’s instructions to Gen. Custer, [220], [221]
- Smith, Major rescues Capt. Powell in wagon-corral fight, [56]
- Smyth, R. J., reminiscences of the Carrington Powder River Expedition, [59]–71
- Snow, Bugler, shot, [206]
- South Pass, [5]
- South Platte River, [59]
- Spencer breech-loading carbine, [10], [25], [41], [67], [76]
- Spencer rifle, [132], [140], [159]
- Spotted Tail, Brulé Sioux chief, [8]
- Springfield muzzle-loading muskets, [10], [61], [64];
- breech-loading rifles, modification of, [45]
- Standing Elk, Brulé Sioux chief, [8]
- Standing Rock, [282]
- Standing Rock Agency, Rain-in-the-Face captured at, [213]
- Stanley, Gen., sent on expedition to the Black Hills, [210]
- Stillwell, John, scout, [90];
- Sturgis, Lieut., killed, [258], [259]
- Sullivant Hills, [13], [14], [19], [24], [25]
- Summit Springs, Col., Gen. Carr’s fight with Tall Bull at, [170]–179;
- account of battle of, [173]–179
- Sun Dance, the, description of, [282] note
- T
- Tall Bull, Indian chief, Gen. Carr’s fight with at Summit Springs, [170]–179;
- Ten Eyck, Capt., sent to Capt. Fetterman’s relief, [29];
- returns with tidings of disaster, [31]
- Tenth Cavalry (negro regiment), sent to the rescue of Gen. Forsyth, [100]
- Terry, Major-Gen. Alfred H., takes command of Custer’s column, [216];
- Third Cavalry, [188], [190], [193], [198], [205], [342]
- Thomas, W. Kent, the personal story of Rain-in-the Face by, [279]–292
- Thompson, Capt., Seventh Cavalry, [157]
- Thompson, David D., editor Northwestern Christian Advocate, on the conduct of Major Reno, [398]–400
- Tongue River, a fork of the Yellowstone, [13], [20], [221], [265], [298], [319], [326], [336];
- Towne, Phineas, Ex-Trooper, on the Rosebud fight, [203]–208
- Trudeau, scout, [90];
- adventures of, to rescue Gen. Forsyth, [97]–112
- Tullock’s Creek, [221], [226]
- Twenty-second Infantry, [326], [336]
- Twenty-seventh Regular Infantry in the Mountain District, [9];
- detailed to protect wood-cutting party, [42]
- Twenty-third Infantry, attacked at Glendive, Montana, [321]
- U
- Union Pacific Rail-Road, building of, [7];
- military posts along, [184]
- Unkpapa Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, [48]
- V
- Van Vliet, Capt., Third Cavalry, [190], [193], [195], [196]
- Varnum, Lieut., with Custer, [211], [267]
- Vroom, ——, Third Cavalry, [198], [201]
- W
- “Wagon Guns,” [69]
- Wagons made for defence in Indian wars, [43]
- Wallace, Lieut., [271], [272], [276]
- War Bonnet, (creek in South Dakota), the fight on the, [293]–298
- War Department censures Gen. Carrington unjustly, [70]
- Warfare against savages, [339]–344
- Washakie, Shoshone Indian chief, [198]
- Washita, battle of the, [146]–169
- Weir, Capt. of D troop, under Major Reno, [248], [275]
- Welch, J. E., letter of, to Col. H. O. Clark on battle of Summit Springs, [173]–179
- West, Capt., Seventh Cavalry, [157], [159]
- Wheatley, civilian volunteer, [26];
- killed, [35]
- White Antelope, Cheyenne chief, killed by Lieut. Sibley, [300]
- White Bull, scout, [336]
- “White Eagle,” name given to Gen. Carrington by Indians, [8]
- Whittaker, Capt. Frederick, his “Complete Life of General George A. Custer,” quoted, [146];
- extract from, [261]
- Willow Creek Cañon, Big Horn Mountains, Mackenzie attacks Cheyennes at, [313]
- Winchester rifles, Sioux armed with, [41]
- Wolf Creek, Custer’s march down, [151]
- Wolf Mountains, Big Horn Range, [327]
- Women, in Gen. Carrington’s expedition, [11];
- fate of, in Indian warfare, [11]
- Woodruff, Brig.-Gen. Charles A., on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, [380]–385
- Wounded Knee, battle of, [352]
- Y
- Yanktonais, [282]
- Yates, Capt., assists in capture of Rain-in-the-Face, [214];
- killed, [258]
- Yellow Hand, Indian chief, shot by Buffalo Bill, [296]
- Yellowstone expedition of 1873, [209]–213
- Yellowstone River, threaded with streams from the Big Horn Range, [5];
- army post established on, [9]
- Yuma County, Col., Gen. Forsyth’s battlefield preserved in national park there, [111]
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