[2] See: Mark H. Brown and W. R. Felton, The Frontier Years. L. A. Huffman, Photographer of the Plains, New York, Henry Holt and Co., 1955; Martin F. Schmitt and Dee Brown, Fighting Indians of the West, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.
[3] An excellent group of these crude on-the-spot drawings and paintings is reproduced in Grace Raymond Hebard and E. A. Brininstool, The Bozeman Trail, 2 vols., Cleveland, The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1922.
[4] No. 173740 in the U.S. National Museum.
[5] The information on Brotherton's career has been culled from: Register of Graduates and Former Cadets United States Military Academy, 1802-1946, New York, The West Point Alumni Foundation, Inc., 1946; Francis B. Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1903, vol. 1; George W. Cullum, Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, Boston, 1891-1930, vol. 3.
[6] Enlistment papers of Hermann Stieffel dated December 17, 1857, Adjutant General's Records, National Archives, Washington.
[7] Theo F. Rodenbough and William L. Haskin, The Army of the United States, New York, Maynard, Merrill & Co., 1896, pp. 471-472; Remarks on Muster Roll, Company K, 5th Infantry (hereinafter cited as Muster Roll, Co. K), August 31, 1858, Adjutant General's Records, National Archives, Washington.
[8] Muster Roll, Co. K, op. cit. (footnote 7), December 31, 1859.
[9] In 1861 a private's pay was $13.00 per month with $2.00 withheld until expiration of his enlistment and $.12-1/2 withheld for support of the U.S. Soldiers' Home at Washington. (U.S. Army Regulations, 1861.)
[10] Muster Roll, Co. K, op. cit. (footnote 7), October 31, 1861; December 31, 1861; April 30, 1862; June 30, 1862; December 31, 1862; February 28, 1863; April 30, 1863; February 28, 1864; June 30, 1864.
[11] Canby was murdered by the Modoc Captain Jack in 1873 while engaged in a peace conference.