CONTENTS

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Part I

PROTECTING THE FRONTIER

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I. The Powder River Expedition 3

II. The Tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney 19

III. The Thirty-two Against the Three Thousand 40

IV. Personal Reminiscences of Fort Phil Kearney and the Wagon-Box Fight 59

V. Forsyth and the Rough Riders of ’68 72

VI. The Journey of the Scouts and the Rescue of Forsyth 97

VII. A Scout’s Story of the Defense of Beecher’s Island 113

VIII. Carpenter and His Brunettes. The Fight on Beaver Creek 123

IX. A Further Discussion of the Beaver Creek Affair 136

X. The Battle of the Washita 146

XI. Carr and Tall Bull at Summit Springs 170

Part II

THE WAR WITH THE SIOUX

I. With Crook’s Advance 183

II. Ex-Trooper Towne on the Rosebud Fight 203

III. The Grievance of Rain-in-the-Face 209

IV. The Little Big Horn Campaign 216

V. The Last of Custer 237

VI. One of the Last Men to See Custer Alive 263

VII. The Personal Story of Rain-in-the-Face 279

VIII. Two Interesting Affairs 293

IX. The First Success 304

X. A Decisive Blow 312

XI. Miles’ Great Campaigning 319

XII. What They Are There For—A Sketch of General Guy V. Henry, a Typical American Soldier 339

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APPENDICES

Appendix A—Being a Further Discussion of General Custer’s Course in the Little Big Horn Campaign 359

Appendix B—Further Light on the Conduct of Major Reno 398

INDEX 407