Front matter
Reading edition
Wooden Leg, a warrior who fought Custer, holding a rifle captured by a Cheyenne companion warrior at Custer’s last battle
A WARRIOR WHO FOUGHT CUSTER
Interpreted by
THOMAS B. MARQUIS
Illustrated
MINNEAPOLIS THE MIDWEST COMPANY MCMXXXI
Copyright, 1931, by THE MIDWEST COMPANY
Printed in the United States
“I OFTEN THINK THAT IF I WERE AN INDIAN I WOULD GREATLY PREFER TO CAST MY LOT AMONG THOSE OF MY PEOPLE WHO ADHERED TO THE FREE OPEN PLAINS RATHER THAN SUBMIT TO THE CONFINED LIMITS OF A RESERVATION, THERE TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THE BLESSED BENEFITS OF CIVILIZATION, WITH ITS VICES THROWN IN WITHOUT STINT OR MEASURE.”
—From page 18 of General Custer’s book, My Life on the Plains, published 1876, a few months before his death.