PART II

THE WAR WITH THE SIOUX

I. WITH CROOK’S ADVANCE 183

II. EX-TROOPER TOWNE ON THE ROSEBUD FIGHT 203

III. THE GRIEVANCE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE 209

IV. THE LITTLE BIG HORN CAMPAIGN 216

V. THE LAST OF CUSTER 237

VI. ONE OF THE LAST MEN TO SEE CUSTER ALIVE 263

VII. THE PERSONAL STORY OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE 279

VIII. TWO INTERESTING AFFAIRS 293

IX. THE FIRST SUCCESS 304

X. A DECISIVE BLOW 312

XI. MILES’ GREAT CAMPAIGNING 319

XII. WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR—A SKETCH OF GENERAL GUY V. HENRY, A TYPICAL AMERICAN SOLDIER 339

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX A—BEING A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF GENERAL CUSTER’S COURSE IN THE LITTLE BIG HORN CAMPAIGN 359

APPENDIX B—FURTHER LIGHT ON THE CONDUCT OF MAJOR RENO 398

INDEX 407

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

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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

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