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Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux

Chapter 5: DRAWINGS
By Cyrus Townsend Brady
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A compendium of historical sketches and narratives that reconstructs frontier conflicts between United States military forces and Sioux and other Plains tribes. It synthesizes official records, unpublished letters, eyewitness interviews, and personal papers to describe campaigns, fort defenses, relief efforts, and notable engagements, while presenting maps, photographs, and contemporary illustrations. Chapters combine tactical and logistical analysis with personal anecdotes and biographical sketches of participants, and the author states a deliberate effort to weigh evidence fairly and cite authorities. Appendices and source lists accompany the narrative to document research and provide context for the events recounted.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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DRAWINGS

FACING PAGE
 
The Last of Custer Frontispiece
 
Lieutenant Grummond Sacrificing Himself to Cover the Retreat 36
 
Charge of Red Cloud on the Corral at Piney Island 50
 
“Boots and Saddles:” A Start in the Early Morning 60
 
Roman Nose Leading the Charge Against Forsyth’s Devoted Band 86
 
“Simultaneously With Their Arrival a Rattlesnake Made His Appearance” 98
 
The Crucial Moment on Beecher’s Island 116
 
The Chief Medicine Man at Beaver Creek 132
 
The Difficult Task of the Horse-Holders in Action 194
 
The Capture of Rain-in-the-Face 214
 
Rain-in-the-Face 280
 
Chief Two Moon of the Northern Cheyennes 300
 
Mackenzie’s Men in Dull Knife’s Village 316

PHOTOGRAPHS

FACING PAGE
 
Group of Famous War Chiefs 10
 
CROW KING, RED CLOUD, AMERICAN HORSE, GALL
 
The Fort Phil Kearney Fighters 20
 
CAPT. W. J. FETTERMAN, LIEUT. G. W. GRUMMOND, CAPT. FREDK. H. BROWN CAPT. JAMES POWELL
 
Beecher’s Island Fighters 72
 
CAPT. LOUIS H. CARPENTER, MAJ. GEORGE A. FORSYTH, LIEUT. FREDK. H. BEECHER, SCOUT JACK STILLWELL
 
Beecher’s Island Field 80
 
Some Officers of the Seventh Cavalry in the Washita Expedition 156
 
MAJ. JOEL H. ELLIOTT, CAPT. JAMES M. BELL, CAPT. LOUIS McL. HAMILTON, CAPT. J. W. BENTEEN
 
Group of Distinguished General Officers 174
 
GEN. GEORGE CROOK, GEN. ELWELL S. OTIS, GEN. EUGENE A. CARR, GEN. HENRY B. CARRINGTON
 
Gen. George Armstrong Custer 220
 
Some of Custer’s Officers 238
 
CAPT. MYLES MOYLAN, LIEUT. E. A. SMITH, MAJ. MARCUS A. RENO, CAPT. EDWARD S. GODFREY
 
Some of Custer’s Troop Commanders 248
 
CAPT. THOMAS W. CUSTER, CAPT. GEORGE W. YATES, LIEUT. JAMES CALHOUN, CAPT. MILES W. KEOGH
 
Officers of the Seventh Cavalry 258
 
LIEUT. H. M. HARRINGTON, LIEUT. J. E. PORTER, LIEUT. W. VAN W. RILEY, ADJ. W. W. COOK, LIEUT. J. STURGIS, LIEUT. J. J. CRITTENDEN, LIEUT. DONALD McINTOSH, LIEUT. BENJ. HODGSON
 
Sitting Bull 268
 
Some Famous Indian Fighters 326
 
GEN. JOHN GIBBON, GEN. WESLEY MERRITT, GEN. NELSON A. MILES, GEN. ALFRED H. TERRY
 
Group of Distinguished Indian Fighters 340
 
COL. RANALD S. MACKENZIE, CAPT. ANSON MILLS, GEN. GUY V. HENRY, F. CODY (BUFFALO BILL)

MAPS AND PLANS

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Fort Phil Kearney 16
 
The Fetterman Massacre 27
 
Stockade at Fort Phil Kearney 33
 
The Wagon-Box Corral on Piney Island 45
 
Plan of Magazine at Fort Phil Kearney 63
 
Map of Forsyth’s Defense of Beecher’s Island 79
 
Map of Marches to Relieve Colonel Forsyth and to Escort General Carr 103
 
Positions of Wagons and Soldiers in Beaver Creek Fight 130
 
Battle of the Rosebud 197
 
Map of Custer’s Defeat on the Little Big Horn 230
 
Map Illustrating the Route of the Three Battalions at the Little Big Horn 234
 
Plan of Reno’s Defense on the Bluff 247
 
Key to Map of Custer Battle-field 287