INDEX
- A
- “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;
- 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;
- Army woman’s devotion in Indian warfare, 11, 12
- B
- “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;
- Beaver Creek, Captain Carpenter’s fight on, 123–135;
- Becker, John, mule packer, in the Sibley scout, 298, 299
- Beecher, Lieut. Frederick H., second in command to Capt. Forsyth, 77;
- Beecher’s Island, fight of Rough Riders at, 72;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- Bowers, Sergeant, in fight with Indians, 20;
- Bowyer, Mitch, Crow interpreter, warns Gen. Custer, 268
- Bozeman trail, 4, 7, 9, 13, 60;
- 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;
- 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
- C
- California Joe, scout, 155
- Camp Supply, Indian Territory, 150
- Canadian River, Gen. Custer’s march on, 152
- Carpenter, Captain Louis H., Tenth Cavalry, sent to rescue Gen. Forsyth, 100;
- Carr, Major-Gen. Eugene A., ordered to Fort Wallace, 124;
- 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;
- 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
- Cook, 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;
- 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;
- Custer, Capt. Tom, brother of Gen. Custer, 210, 212, 213;
- Custer family, disaster to, 258
- “Custer Massacre,” 259, 281
- D
- 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
- E
- 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;
- Emigrants, protected by Fort Phil Kearney, 4
- Evans, Col., Third Cavalry, 188
- F
- “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;
- Fifth Cavalry, in battle of Summit Springs, 172;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- Fort Wallace, Kansas, temporary terminus of Kansas Pacific Railroad, 78;
- 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
- Furey, Major, with Gen. Crook, 191
- G
- Gall, Indian chief, opposed to Reno, 241, 253, 254;
- “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;
- Gibson, Lieut., 251
- Godfrey, Col. Edward S., 249;
- 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;
- 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;
- Gruard, Frank, celebrated scout, with Gen. Crook, 191, 203;
- Grummond, Lieut., Eighteenth Infantry, 15, 20, 22;
- H
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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
- I
- Indian attacks on Fort Phil Kearney, 4, 37–71
- Indian fights at Beaver Creek, 123–140;
- 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.
- J
- Jackson, Bob, scout, 336, 338
- Jenness, Lieut. John C., detailed under Capt. Powell to protect wood-cutters, 43;
- 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;
- Johnson, President Andrew, congratulates Congress on peace with Indians, 22
- Julesberg, 59
- K
- 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
- L
- 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
- M
- Mackenzie, Ranald S., Col. Fourth Cavalry, 305;
- 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;
- 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
- N
- 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
- Noyes, Major, Second Cavalry, 188, 193, 196
- O
- Oglala Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48
- Oregon trail, 7
- Orleman, Lieut., assists in Col. Forsyth’s rescue, 100, 124;
- 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
- P
- 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;
- Porter, Lieut., killed with Custer, 258, 259
- Pourier, Baptiste (Big Bat) scout with Gen. Crook, 298
- Powder River, Indians encamped on, 23;
- Powder River Expedition, the, 3–18;
- reminiscences of, 59–71
- Powell, Capt. James, 22;
- Prairie schooners, early use of, 7
- Pretty Bear, Cheyenne chief, killed, 176, 177
- Pumpkin Buttes, 61
- R
- Rabbit Creek, 307
- Rain-in-the-Face (Itiomagaju), Indian chief, his grievance, 209–215;
- 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;
- 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;
- Romero, Indian interpreter, 155, 167
- Rosebud River, Crook’s advance against Indians on the, 189, 191–193;
- Rough Riders of ’68, the, 72–96
- Royall, Col. William B., Fifth Cavalry, ordered to attack Indians on Beaver Creek, 124;
- S
- 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;
- Schwatka, Lieut., Arctic explorer, successful attack on Sioux by, 307
- Second Cavalry, in tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney, 25, 60;
- Settlers on Indian lands, 6–7
- Seventh Cavalry, Gen. Custer in command of, 146;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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
- T
- Tall Bull, Indian chief, Gen. Carr’s fight with at Summit Springs, 170–179;
- 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;
- 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;
- 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
- U
- Union Pacific Rail-Road, building of, 7;
- military posts along, 184
- Unkpapa Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48
- V
- 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
- Y
- 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