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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 CenturyMagazine“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
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
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.
JJackson, Bob, scout, 336, 338
Jenness, Lieut. John C., detailed under Capt. Powell to protect woodcutters, 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
KKane, 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, 7th 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
LLame 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
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
NorthwesternChristianAdvocateon the conduct of Major Reno, 398–400
Noyes, Major, Second Cavalry, 188, 193, 196
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
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
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
SSalt 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
TTall 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 NorthwesternChristianAdvocate, 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
Union Pacific Rail-Road, building of, 7; military posts along, 184
Unkpapa Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48
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
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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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Changed “Gillore” to “Greene” on p. 413 per text.
2. Silently corrected typographical errors.
3. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.
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