PART I

PROTECTING THE FRONTIER

CHAPTER PAGE

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