Indian Fights and Fighters

Part 2 — INDEX

Reading edition

“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

“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; 408attention 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

California Joe, scout, 155

Camp Supply, Indian Territory, 150

409Canadian 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

410Cook, 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; 411Major-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

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

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

“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; 412other 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

413Furey, Major, with Gen. Crook, 191

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

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; 414wounded, 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.

Jackson, Bob, scout, 336, 338

Jenness, Lieut. John C., detailed under Capt. Powell to protect wood-cutters, 43; 415killed, 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

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, 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

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

Mackenzie, Ranald S., Col. Fourth Cavalry, 305; his winter battle, 312–316; attacks Indians at Willow Creek Cañon, 313–316

416MacIntosh, 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

Northwestern Christian Advocate on the conduct of Major Reno, 398–400

417Noyes, 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; 418his 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

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; 419other 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

420Stanley, 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

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

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

421Varnum, Lieut., with Custer, 211, 267

Vroom, ——, Third Cavalry, 198, 201

“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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