CONTENTS
| FIRST PERIOD | |
| PAGE | |
| My Ancestors | 25 |
| Privations of the Early Pioneers | 31 |
| Charlotteville Academy | 37 |
| West Point Military Academy | 41 |
| Early Days in Texas | 48 |
| El Paso Experiences | 51 |
| In Washington | 64 |
| My Brothers in Texas | 69 |
| SECOND PERIOD | |
| Four Years of Civil War | 78 |
| After the War | 102 |
| Marriage | 114 |
| THIRD PERIOD | |
| Travels West and East | 123 |
| Nannie's Impressions of the West | 135 |
| Western Experiences | 152 |
| Detail to Paris Exposition | 177 |
| Out West Again | 186 |
| Brevet Commissions in the Army | 209 |
| In Washington Again | 213 |
| Consolidation of the El Paso and Juarez Street Railways | 251 |
| The Reformation of El Paso | 253 |
| Mexico | 258 |
| Equitable Distribution of the Waters of the Rio Grande | 263 |
| Boundary Commission | 281 |
| Woman's Suffrage | 307 |
| Prohibition | 310 |
| Trip to Europe with General Miles | 312 |
| My Cartridge Belt Equipment | 314 |
| The League to Enforce Peace | 332 |
| Trial by Combat | 341 |
| Personal Trial by Combat | 341 |
| National Trial by Combat | 349 |
| Honolulu | 355 |
| Conclusion | 357 |
| APPENDICES | |
| The Organization and Administration of the United States Army | 361 |
| Address before the Society of the Army of the Cumberland | 382 |
| Address before the Order of Indian Wars, on "The Battle of the Rosebud" | 394 |
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| Anson and Nannie, day before marriage | 117 |
| Anson, day before marriage, with "Big Four" Cassel girls | 117 |
| Banco de Santa Margarita | 290, 291 |
| Batchelder, Frank R. | 254 |
| Bisbee, Brigadier General William H. | 101 |
| Blanco, Jacobo | 279 |
| Bridger, Jim | 154 |
| Burckhalter, Marietta | 29 |
| Burges, Richard F. | 295 |
| Cannon, Speaker Joseph | 235 |
| Cartridge Belt Equipment | 315, 316, 319, 320, 323, 324, 327, 328 |
| Caldwell, Menger | 241 |
| Caldwell, Sally | 241 |
| Cassel, Mr. and Mrs., with "Auntie" | 120 |
| Chamizal Arbitration Commission | 296 |
| Clark, Speaker Champ | 234 |
| Cleveland, President Grover | 226 |
| Cody, W. F. (Buffalo Bill) | 154 |
| Commanding Officer's quarters at Ft. Grant | 196 |
| Dennis, William C. | 295 |
| Dewey, Admiral George | 236 |
| Duelling pistols | 340 |
| Fairbanks, Vice-President Charles W. | 250 |
| Father and son at fifty-eight and thirteen years | 205 |
| Follett, W. W. | 274 |
| Freeman, Brigadier General H. B. | 101 |
| Granddaughters, Nancy, Constance and Mabel | 240 |
| Happer, John A. | 254 |
| Hazlett, Captain Charles E. | 67 |
| Hoar, Senator George F. | 228 |
| Horcon cut-off | 288, 289 |
| Joint Boundarv Commission | 280 |
| Keblinger, W. Wilbur | 254 |
| Kelly, Dora Miller | 241 |
| Kline, Kathleen Cassel | 244 |
| Little Anson at five, and Constance at two years | 187 |
| Little Anson at seventeen months and twelve years | 218 |
| Little Anson's company at Ft. Grant | 194 |
| McKinley, President William | 227 |
| Map of El Paso | 56, 57 |
| Map, Showing the Principal Engagements, Sioux War | 399 |
| Map, Battle of the Rosebud | 403 |
| Martin, Captain Carl Anson | 244 |
| Martin, Caroline Mills | 29 |
| Miles, General Nelson A. | 12 |
| Miller, Martin V. B. | 241 |
| Mills, Allen | 28 |
| Mills, Anson | 2 |
| Mills, Emmett | 28 |
| Mills, Hannah Cassel | 3 |
| Mills, James P. | 29 |
| Mills, W. W. | 28 |
| Mills Building, El Paso | 247 |
| Mills Building, Washington, D. C. | 246 |
| Mills Memorial Fountain, Thorntown, Indiana | 242 |
| Moral Suasion Horse at Fort Bridger | 110 |
| My abandoned birthplace | 39 |
| My family and Commanding Officer's quarters at Ft. Thomas | 191 |
| My father and his daughters | 29 |
| Myself with brothers | 28 |
| Nannie and Constance at Ft. Grant | 202 |
| Nannie's family Bible inscription | 185 |
| Nannie's residence at Gloucester (Bayberry Ledge) | 248 |
| Nannie's travels (graphic map) | 216, 217 |
| Nannie | 215 |
| Nettleton, Colonel E. S. | 274 |
| No Flesh (Brulé Chief) | 159 |
| No Flesh Battle Picture | 160, 161 |
| Orndorff, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. | 330 |
| Our sitting room at Ft. Grant | 198 |
| Our residence in Washington | 224 |
| Overton (Captain) with Nancy | 239 |
| Overton, Constance Mills | 239 |
| Picnic at Ft. Thomas | 192 |
| Powell, Major James W. | 274 |
| Puga, F. Beltran y | 279 |
| Robertson, Jack | 154 |
| Root, Senator Elihu | 229 |
| Scales and Armor | 88 |
| Schley, Admiral Winfield Scott | 237 |
| Shepherd, Brigadier General O. L. | 101 |
| Smiley, Eliza Jane | 29 |
| Spotted Tail (Brulé Chief) | 159 |
| Steedman, Major General James B. | 101 |
| Stevens, Horace B. | 254 |
| Street in El Paso, 1870 | 188 |
| Summer Camp on Graham Mountain | 201 |
| Tepee and capturing officers at Slim Buttes | 110 |
| Wilson, Brigadier General John M. (classmate) | 249 |
To General Anson Mills
from his friend
Nelson A. Miles
Lieut-General U. S. Army