Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux

by Cyrus Townsend Brady

In view of the conflict between the foregoing and the statements contained in your article, I ask you to investigate the matter further, with a view to correcting the false impression that your readers must have concerning Reno and his command. In conclusion, I ask you “how, in God’s name,” you could expect Reno, with one hundred and twenty men, to ride through upwards of three thousand armed Sioux, and then be of assistance to Custer or any one else? I say we were sent into that valley and caught in an ambush like rats in a trap. That if we had remained ten minutes longer, there would not have been one left to tell the tale. That the much abused Reno did charge out of the timber, and that we who survive owe our lives to that identical charge which he led. We, at least, give him credit for saving what he did of his command. I am, sir,

Very respectfully,

Wm. E. Morris,

Late private Troop “M,” Seventh U. S. Cavalry.

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[136]. I have been in communication with a number of persons who belonged to this battalion.—C. T. B.

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];
  • sent in search of Fifth Cavalry, [125]–127;
  • covers Graham’s retreat, [128], [138]
• 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];
  • Gen. Bankhead’s march to, [108], [111] note, [112]
• 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;
  • of Big Horn, [243]–250;
  • of Little Big Horn, [216]–236;
  • Battle of Little Big Horn, the personal story of, by Rain-in-the-Face, [279]–292;
  • Rosebud River, [191]–198, [203]–208;
  • Summit Springs, [170]–179;
  • Washita, [146]–169;
  • of Wounded Knee, [352]
• Beaver Creek, Captain Carpenter’s fight on, [123]–135;
  • map of position of wagons and soldiers, [130], [132] note;
  • further discussion of fight on, [136]–145
• Becker, John, mule packer, in the Sibley scout, [298], [299]
• Beecher, Lieut. Frederick H., second in command to Capt. Forsyth, [77];
  • killed, [88];
  • monument to, [111];
  • attention to, before dying, [120]
• Beecher’s Island, fight of Rough Riders at, [72];
  • named, [88];
  • siege of, [90]–96;
  • a scout’s story of the defense of, [113]–122
• 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];
  • in battle of Big Horn, [233], [235], [236], [243]–246, [250];
  • his magnificent courage, [251], [253], [274]–276;
  • Gen. Terry comes to his relief, [276]
• 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];
  • head chief of the Cheyennes, brutality of, [157];
  • killed, [162]
• 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];
  • “On the Border with Crook,” [191], [204], [333]
• Bowers, Sergeant, in fight with Indians, [20];
  • scalped, [21];
  • badge found when reinterred, [21] note
• Bowyer, Mitch, Crow interpreter, warns Gen. Custer, [268]
• Bozeman trail, [4], [7], [9], [13], [60];
  • army post on, [9], [189]
• 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];
  • malcontent conduct of, [24];
  • joins Capt. Fetterman, [26];
  • promotion of, [26];
  • death of, [32]
• 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];
  • the story of his “brunettes,” [123]–135;
  • promotion of, [135]
• Carr, Major-Gen. Eugene A., ordered to Fort Wallace, [124];
  • in fight on Beaver Creek, [131], [132];
  • pursues Indians over the Platte River, [135];
  • his account of the fight on Beaver Creek, [136]–140;
  • Carr and Tall Bull at Summit Springs, [170]–179
• 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];
  • scout for Gen. Merritt, [294], [295];
  • duel with Yellow Hair, [296], [297]
• 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];
  • his advance against Indians in the Northwest, [183]–202;
  • assumes command of expedition, [188];
  • Ex-Trooper Towne’s account of his fight on the Rosebud, [203]–208;
  • joined by Gen. Merritt at Fort Laramie, [293];
  • at Slim Buttes, [304]–309;
  • his deplorable condition for want of supplies, [305], [306];
  • defeats
• 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];
  • captures Rain-in-the-Face, [214];
  • in the Big Horn Fight, [254];
  • killed, [257];
  • called Little Hair by Rain-in-the-Face, [284];
  • story of his killing, [289]
• 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];
  • in battle of the Washita, [157];
  • fate of, [166]–169
• 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];
  • rashness of, [23];
  • annihilation of his command, [24]–32;
  • begs command of expedition from Gen. Carrington, [25];
  • map of massacre of his command, [27];
  • death of, [32];
  • result of his disobeying orders, [36], [39]
• Fifth Cavalry, in battle of Summit Springs, [172];
  • other engagements, [293], [294], [312]
• 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];
  • Rain-in-the-Face imprisoned at, [215];
  • Gen. Terry at, [218];
  • Mrs. Custer at, [258]
• 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];
  • actions at, [188], [202], [208], [312], [344], [348], [349]
• 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];
  • repaired and garrisoned, [12];
  • construction of, [15]–17;
  • plan of, [16];
  • established by Gen. Conner, [60];
  • Gen. Crook at, [189]
• Fort Wallace, Kansas, temporary terminus of Kansas Pacific Railroad, [78];
  • orders issued from, to rescue Col. Forsyth, [100];
  • Capt. Carpenter arrives at, [134]
• 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];
  • attacks Custer, [256], [286];
  • at big feast after the Custer battle, [290];
  • attacks Gen. Miles, [325]
• “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];
  • letter to Gen. Terry regarding Gen. Custer’s situation, [223], [224];
  • relieves Reno and finds Custer’s body, [257];
  • his conference with Custer, [266];
  • goes to relief of Col. Benteen, [276];
  • his command returned to Montana, [305]
• Gibson, Lieut., [251]
• Godfrey, Col. Edward S., [249];
  • his article in Century Magazine “Custer’s Last Battle,” quoted, [226], [227], [253];
  • his account of Custer’s defeat, [260];
  • on Custer’s Little Big Horn Campaign, [360], [371]–380, [388]–390
• 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];
  • scouts on the Beaver, [127];
  • retreat of, [128];
  • unmilitary action of, [133] note
• 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];
  • his acquaintance with Indian signs and customs, [125]–127, [139]
• Gruard, Frank, celebrated scout, with Gen. Crook, [191], [203];
  • sketch of, [191] note;
  • his clever scouting, [298], [301], [302], [309]
• Grummond, Lieut., Eighteenth Infantry, [15], [20], [22];
  • in charge of cavalry at Fort Phil. Kearney, [25], [26];
  • killed, [35], [36]
• 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];
  • wounded, [197];
  • in Dead Cañon, [200], [201];
  • sketch of, [339]–355;
  • his march in a blizzard, [342]–344;
  • a ghastly experience, [344]–348;
  • bravery of his wife, [348]–351;
  • his “Buffaloes” and their famous rides, [351]–355;
  • in the Spanish-American War, [354];
  • in Porto Rico, [354];
  • dies there, [355]
• 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];
  • account of his death, [263], [272], [273]
• 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];
  • Little Big Horn campaign, [360], [366]–370
• 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;
  • on Beecher’s Island, [97];
  • at Fort C. F. Smith, [46] note;
  • at Fort Phil Kearney, [40]–56;
  • at Glendive, Mont., [321];
  • at Lodge Trail Ridge, [20], [21];
  • on the Rosebud River, [191]–198, [203]–208;
  • at Slim Buttes, [304]–309;
  • at Summit Springs, [170]–179
• 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];
  • killed, [51], [67]
• 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];
  • prompt action of, [111], [112]
• 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];
  • his winter battle, [312]–316;
  • attacks Indians at Willow Creek Cañon, [313]–316
• 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];
  • his advance down Dead Cañon, [199]–202;
  • sent on foraging expedition, [305], [306]
• 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];
  • in expedition to Beaver Creek, [127];
  • covers Graham’s retreat, [128];
  • repulses Indians, [131]
• 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];
  • the improvised corral on, [40]–46;
  • wood-cutting on, [43];
  • wagon-box corral illustrated, [45]
• Porter, Lieut., killed with Custer, [258], [259]
• Pourier, Baptiste (Big Bat) scout with Gen. Crook, [298]
• Powder River, Indians encamped on, [23];
  • Sitting Bull at, [184];
  • Gen. Reynolds captures Crazy Horse’s village on the, [186];
  • Gen. Terry at, [218], [265], [312]
• Powder River Expedition, the, [3]–18;
  • reminiscences of, [59]–71
• Powell, Capt. James, [22];
  • report of, to Gen. Carrington, [23];
  • command of relief party given to, [25];
  • detailed to guard wood-cutting party, [42];
  • sketch of, [42];
  • his gallant fight in the wagon-corral against Red Cloud, [48]–55;
  • promotion of, [57]
• 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;
  • capture of, [213]–215;
  • escapes, [215];
  • attacks Custer, [256];
  • his revenge, [257];
  • his personal story of the fight, [279]–292;
  • boasts of murdering Dr. Honzinger, [283];
  • his map of Custer’s battlefield, [287];
  • wounded, [289] note
• 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];
  • Custer gives command to, [232];
  • record of, [232] note;
  • his advance, [234]–236;
  • his failure at the Little Big Horn, [237]–243;
  • plan of his defence on the bluff, [247];
  • his failure to press his attack, [260];
  • his report to Custer, [265];
  • further light on the conduct of Major Reno, [398]–405
• 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];
  • attacks Capt. Forsyth, [83]–85;
  • charge of his five hundred warriors, [85]–88;
  • killed, [87];
  • his tepee discovered by Capt. Carpenter, [105], [108], [109]
• Romero, Indian interpreter, [155], [167]
• Rosebud River, Crook’s advance against Indians on the, [189], [191]–193;
  • battle of the, [193]–198;
  • map of battle, [197];
  • Ex-Trooper Towne’s account of the battle on, [203]–208
• Rough Riders of ’68, the, [72]–96
• Royall, Col. William B., Fifth Cavalry, ordered to attack Indians on Beaver Creek, [124];
  • given command under Gen. Crook, [188];
  • anecdote of, [188] note;
  • charges Indians at the Rosebud, [195], [196], [198]
• 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];
  • Gen. Fry’s poem on, [110] note;
  • his story of the defense of Beecher’s Island, [113]–122
• Schwatka, Lieut., Arctic explorer, successful attack on Sioux by, [307]
• Second Cavalry, in tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney, [25], [60];
  • other engagements, [188], [195], [196], [312], [335]
• Settlers on Indian lands, [6]–7
• Seventh Cavalry, Gen. Custer in command of, [146];
  • formation of regiment, [147];
  • protects Kansas settlers, [148];
  • in Sheridan’s winter campaign, [150];
  • other engagements, [213], [218], [229], [293], [305], [355]
• 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];
  • boy’s challenge to, [12];
  • acquits Gen. Carrington of all blame for disaster at Fort Phil Kearney, [38]
• 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];
  • Harney-Sanborne treaty with, [7];
  • accept valuable gifts from Gen. Carrington, [8];
  • invest Fort Phil Kearney under Red Cloud, [40]–42;
  • wild charge of 46–51
• 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];
  • adventures of, to rescue Gen. Forsyth, [97]–112;
  • volunteers to go to Fort Wallace, [121];
  • studied law and became a judge, [122] note;
  • death of, [122]
• 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;
  • killed, [172], [177]
• 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];
  • did Custer obey orders? 219–228;
  • text of his letter to Custer, [220], [221];
  • his report to the Secretary of War on his orders to Custer, [225] note;
  • relieves Maj. Reno, [257];
  • finds Custer’s body, [257];
  • goes to relief of Col. Benteen, [276];
  • a discussion on his orders to Gen. Custer, [359]–397
• 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];
  • Gen. Crook’s march to, [187]–190, [192]
• 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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