# My life on the plains

Author: Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73498

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## Summary

expedition against them was to secure plunder, an object thoroughly consistent with the red man’s idea of war. Instead, it was our desire to impress upon his uncultured mind that our every act and purpose had been simply to inflict deserved punishment upon him for the many murders and other depredations committed by him in and around the homes of the defenceless settlers on the frontier. Impelled by these motives, I decided neither to attempt to take the ponies with us nor to abandon them to the Indians, but to adopt the only measure left--to kill them. To accomplish this seemingly--like most measures of war--cruel but necessary act, four companies of cavalrymen were detailed dismounted,...

## Chapters

- [did. As the march progressed these applications became more frequent,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/my-life-on-the-plains-73498/chapters/2/index.md)
- [did. If we retained them they might conclude that one object of our](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/my-life-on-the-plains-73498/chapters/1/index.md)