Chapter XXX: Appendix: B

Further Light on the Conduct of Major Reno

After the publication of the Custer article censuring Reno, my attention was called to the following editorial, which appeared in the _Northwestern Christian Advocate_, of September 7, 1904:

WHY GENERAL CUSTER PERISHED

General George A. Custer was and will always be regarded as one of the most brilliant officers of the United States Army. His career abounds in romantic interest; and his death, together with that of every officer and soldier fighting with him, was one of the most tragic and memorable incidents in Indian warfare. The story of Custer’s last fight with the Indians, which took place on the Little Big Horn River in the summer of 1876, is graphically described by Cyrus Townsend Brady. It is not our purpose to relate the story of the battle, but to call attention to the real cause of Major Reno’s conduct, which resulted in Custer’s defeat and death.

After describing the movements by which Custer distributed his force, and the task assigned to Major Reno, who displayed remarkable indecision and errors of judgment, which would have been inexcusable even in an inexperienced young officer, and caused Reno to retreat instead of vigorously attacking the Indians, Mr. Brady says:

“His [Reno’s] second position was admirable for defense. Sheltered
by the trees, with his flanks and rear protected by the river, he
could have held the place indefinitely. He had not, however, been
detailed to defend or hold any position, but to make a swift,
dashing attack; and after a few moments of the feeblest kind of
advance, he found himself thrown upon the defensive. Such a result
would break up the most promising plan. It certainly broke up
Custer’s.

“It is a painful thing to accuse an army officer of misconduct, but
I have taken the opinion of a number of army officers on the
subject, and every one of them considers Reno culpable in a high
degree. One, at least, has not hesitated to make known his opinion
in the most public way. I am loath to believe that Major Reno was a
coward; _but he certainly lost his head, and when he lost his head
he lost Custer_. His indecision was pitiful. Although he had
suffered practically no loss and had no reason to be alarmed, he was
in a state of painful uncertainty as to what he should do next. The
soldier—like the woman—who hesitates in an emergency which demands
instant decision is lost....

“There had, as yet, been no panic, and under a different officer
there would have been none; but it is on record that Reno gave an
order for the men to mount and retreat to the bluffs. Before he
could be obeyed he countermanded this order. Then the order was
given again, but in such a way that nobody, save those immediately
around him, heard it because of the din of the battle then raging in
a sort of aimless way all along the line, and no attempt was made to
obey it. It was then repeated for the third time. Finally, as those
farthest away saw those nearest the flurried commander mounting and
evidently preparing to leave, the orders were gradually communicated
throughout the battalion and nearly the whole mass got ready to
leave. Eventually they broke out of the timber in a disorderly
column of fours, striving to return to the ford they had crossed
when they had entered the valley.

“Reno calls this a charge, and he led it! He was so excited that,
after firing his pistols at the Indians, who came valiantly after
the fleeing soldiers, he threw them away. The pressure of the
Indians upon the right of the men inclined them to the left, away
from the ford. In fact, they were swept into a confused mass and
driven toward the river. All semblance of organization was lost in
the mad rush for safety. The troops had degenerated into a mob.”

Major Reno was not a coward, as many believe. His career in the army during the Civil War and his promotion for gallant and meritorious services at Kelley’s Ford, March 17, 1863, and at the battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, are evidence of his courage. What, then, was the explanation of his conduct at the Battle of the Little Big Horn? Dr. Brady does not give it. Perhaps he does not know. But Major Reno himself told the late Rev. Dr. Arthur Edwards, then editor of the _Northwestern_, that his strange actions were due to the fact that HE WAS DRUNK. Reno’s conduct in that battle lost him many of his military friends. To Arthur Edwards, who knew him well, and continued his faithful friend, Major Reno often unburdened his heart, and on one occasion in deep sorrow said that his strange actions were due to drink, and drink ultimately caused his downfall. His action at the Battle of the Little Big Horn was cited as one instance of the result of his use of intoxicating liquor. Liquor finally caused his expulsion from the army in disgrace. In 1880 he was found guilty, by a general court-martial, of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. While in an intoxicated condition he engaged in a brawl in a public billiard saloon, in which he assaulted another officer, destroying property and otherwise conducted himself disgracefully. For this offense the court sentenced him to be dismissed from the army.

* * * * *

It had occurred to me that probably the explanation of Reno’s conduct lay in the fact that he might have been intoxicated. I asked Colonel Godfrey if he thought so, and his reply has been noted above in Appendix A.

After reading the article in the _Advocate_, I wrote to the editor, Dr. David D. Thompson, asking for further evidence of the statement quoted. Here follows his letter:

Chicago, September 30, 1904.

My Dear Sir:

Doctor Arthur Edwards, the former editor of the _Northwestern
Christian Advocate_, was chaplain in the army during the Civil War.
He was a soldier by instinct, and kept up his interest in military
and naval affairs and his acquaintance with army and naval officers
during all his life. In the army he won the confidence of his
fellow-officers by his character and moral courage.

He was requested, by a number of officers, to wait upon General
Hooker, then in command of the army, and express to him the great
anxiety felt by the officers over his intemperate habits. Doctor
Edwards waited upon General Hooker, and told him what the officers
had requested him to say. He did it in so manly and delicate a way
that General Hooker thanked him, and told him the army would not
again have occasion to fear ill results because of his habits.

The story of this incident came to the knowledge of Mr. H. I.
Cleveland, an editorial writer on the Chicago _Herald_, who
published it several years ago over his own name in that paper. I
had never before heard the story from Doctor Edwards, and when I saw
Mr. Cleveland’s article I asked Doctor Edwards about it. He related
the story to me, and, after doing so, told the story of Reno as I
give it briefly in the _Northwestern_.

From all that I can learn of Reno, the feeling in the army against
him was not due to his drinking habits, but to his conduct in his
relations with others. Doctor Edwards told me that Reno told him
that all of his trouble in his contact with his fellow-officers was
due, primarily, to his drinking habits, which had undermined his
moral character. Doctor Edwards knew Reno very well, and told me he
believed that drinking was, as Reno himself stated, the cause of all
his trouble. He had known him in the army during the Civil War, and
spoke highly of his character as a soldier at that time.

Yours sincerely,
D. D. THOMPSON.

P. S.—Doctor Edwards intended at some time to publish this story,
but died in April, 1901, before doing so.

II.

As I have always been most willing and anxious to give the accused a hearing in every case, it gives me great pleasure to insert here a letter recently received from Mr. William E. Morris, an attorney, who is also an alderman of Greater New York. In this letter will be found a spirited defense of Major Reno, with interesting details of his fight. Although Mr. Morris dissents from many of my conclusions, and differs radically from the printed accounts of Colonel Godfrey and others, I am glad to place the other side before my readers. I only regret that this paper was received too late to be included in the body of the book.

Haven, Maine,
September 21, 1904.

Dear Sir:

I have read your article entitled “War with the Sioux,” and as a
survivor of Reno’s Battalion desire to enter an earnest protest
against the many incorrect statements of alleged facts.

Col. Reno was cruelly libeled while he was alive, and took his
medicine manfully, knowing that he had the respect of every officer
and enlisted man who served under him on the 25th and 26th days of
June, 1876.

The 7th Cavalry had no use for cowards, and had Reno showed the
white feather, he would have been damned by every member of his
command.

As a matter of fact, we revere his memory as that of a brave and
gallant officer, who, through circumstances over which he had no
control, was blamed by the public, who had no personal knowledge of
the facts for the result of the Battle of the Little Horn.

It is quite evident to me that you have never interviewed a single
member of Reno’s Battalion, to wit: Troops “A,” “G,” and “M,” for if
you had you would not misstate the facts, as I assume that you
intend to be fair, and would not intentionally mislead the public
mind.[136]

I was a member of Capt. Thomas H. French’s Troop “M,” 7th U. S.
Cavalry, and I submit the following as a concise statement of the
facts:

We lost sight of Custer, whose command was on our right, at least
thirty minutes before we crossed the Little Horn River.

We saw a party of about one hundred Indians before we reached the
river; we pursued them across the Little Horn and down the valley.
As soon as we forded, Reno gave the command, “Left into line,
gallop—forward, guide, center,” and away we went faster than I had
ever ridden before. The Indians rode as fast as they could, and the
battalion in line of battle after them. A body of at least two
thousand came up the valley to meet the one hundred or more we were
pursuing. They immediately made a flank movement to our left and a
stand, opened a galling fire, causing some of our horses to become
unmanageable. John R. Meyer’s horse carried him down the valley
through the Indians, some of whom chased him two or three miles over
the hills and back to ford. He escaped with a gun-shot wound in the
neck. Rutten’s horse also ran away, but he succeeded in making a
circle before reaching the Indians, and received only a gun-shot
wound in the shoulder. We were then abreast the timber; to continue
the charge down the valley meant (to the mind of every one)
immediate destruction of the battalion, which consisted of about one
hundred and twenty men (the old guard, of ten men from each troop,
being with the packs).

Reno, very properly, gave the command “Battalion halt—prepare to
fight on foot—dismount!” He directed French to send ten men from the
right of his troop to skirmish the woods, before the “numbers four”
proceeded there with the horses. We immediately deployed as
skirmishers and opened fire. The odds were at least thirty to one,
as our line with the fours out did not exceed seven officers and
ninety men. We had, however, a few Indian scouts and civilians. We
had entire confidence in our officers and in ourselves, and went to
work smiling and as cool as if we were at target practice. In less
time than it takes to relate it, the Indians were on three sides of
us. We were ordered to lie down, and every man that I could see,
except Reno and French, were fighting lying down. Reno walked along
the line giving instructions to the men, while French was calling
his men’s attention to his own marksmanship with an infantry
long-tom that he carried.

While in this position, the man next on my right, Sergeant O’Hara,
was killed. The smoke obscured the line, but bullets were taking
effect all along it. We were perfectly cool, determined, and doing
good execution and expected to hear Custer attack. We had been
fighting lying down about fifteen minutes when one of our men came
from the timber and reported that they were killing our horses in
the rear. Every troop had, at this time, suffered loss and the enemy
was closing in, despite our steady and deadly fire. Reno then made
his only error; he gave the command, “Retreat to your horses, men!”
French immediately corrected the mistake with the command, “Steady,
men—fall back, slowly; face the enemy, and continue your fire.” “M”
troop fell back slowly and in perfect order, held the Indians in
check until “A” and “G” had mounted. Several of their horses had
been shot, and their riders, consequently, very much disturbed.

“M” Troop left Sergeant O’Hara and Private Smith on the skirmish
line. Isaiah, the colored interpreter of Fort Rice, Bloody Knife,
the Chief of the Rees Scouts, and a civilian also remained. Lawrence
was hit in the stomach when about to mount. I went to his relief,
which caused me to be the last man to leave the timber, with the
command, with the exception of Lieutenant Hare, who passed me in the
bottom. Sergeant Charles White was wounded in the arm and his horse
killed. He was left in the woods, as was also “Big Fritz,” a
Norwegian, whose surname I do not remember, but whose horse was
killed. “A” and “G” had men left in the timber also, and they all
reached the command on the hill during the night with De Rudio, or
about the same time.

I give more details in regard to “M” than the other troops, because
of a personal acquaintance with each member. Corporal Scollen and
Private Sommers fell in the charge from the timber to the ford. It
was a charge and not a retreat, and it was led by Reno. Every man
that I saw used his revolver at close range. I was at least twenty
yards behind the rear of the command. The Indians closed in, so I
was compelled to jump my horse off the bank, at least fifty yards
below the ford, and while in the river had an excellent view of the
struggle. It was hand to hand, and McIntosh was certainly there at
the ford and sold his life as dearly as he possibly could. When I
reached the cut in bank, I found Turley and Rye mounted and
Lieutenant Hodgson wounded and dismounted. He was waist-deep in the
water. He grasped my off stirrup strap with both hands. Rye let
Turley go ahead through the cut, and he was killed as he reached the
top; Rye followed without receiving a scratch. The lieutenant held
onto my stirrup for two or three seconds, and was dragged out of the
water. He was hit again, and let go as my horse plunged up the cut.
Sergeant Criswell may have assisted him out of the water, but if he
did he went back into it again. To say that any man could or did
ride back down that cut is to suggest, to my mind, the impossible.
Upon reaching the level above the cut I dismounted and led my horse
as fast as possible up the bluff, and overtook Tinker, Bill Meyer
and Gordon about half way up the bluff. We stopped a moment to rest.
The bodies of the fallen soldiers were plainly visible. They marked
the skirmish line and the line of the charge from the timber to the
ford, and were in the river and at the top of the cut. At this
instant a shower of lead sent Meyer and Gordon to the happy
hunting-ground, and a fifty caliber passed through the left breast
of your humble servant. Our horses were also hit. I continued up the
hill alone and joined the command; was then assisted to the
improvised hospital.

Reno at this time had lost, in killed, wounded, and left dismounted
in the woods, over 30 per cent. of his battalion (there were over
ten left in the woods). Lieutenant Hare was particularly
conspicuous, and distinguished himself by his cool and determined
manner when he ordered the men to fall in at the top of the hill,
and whatever demoralization there was, was immediately dispelled by
that courageous young Texan. Benteen, arriving about an hour later,
came up as slow as though he were going to a funeral. By this
statement I do not desire to reflect in any way upon him; he was
simply in no hurry; and Müller, of his troop, who occupied an
adjoining cot to mine in the hospital at Fort Abraham Lincoln, told
me that they walked all the way, and that they heard the heavy
firing while they were watering their horses.

Benteen was, unquestionably, the bravest man I ever met. He held the
Indians in absolute contempt, and was a walking target from the time
he became engaged until the end of the fight at sundown on the 26th.
He took absolute charge of one side of the hill, and you may rest
assured that he did not bother Reno for permission of any kind. He
was in supreme command of that side of the hill, and seemed to enjoy
walking along the line where the bullets were the thickest. His
troop, “H,” did not dig rifle-pits during the night of the 25th, as
the other troops did, and in the morning their casualties were
increased on that account. He ordered “M” out of their pits to
reinforce his troop. There was some dissatisfaction at the order, as
the men believed that the necessity was due solely to the neglect of
“H,” in digging pits. They obeyed, however, and assisted Benteen in
his famous charge.

It was rumored, subsequently, that French recommended his First
Sergeant, John Ryan, a sharpshooter, and some other men for medals,
and that Benteen refused to indorse the recommendation as to Ryan,
because he failed immediately to order the men out of their pits at
his end of the line at his (Benteen’s) order. It was claimed that
French thereupon withdrew his list. Ryan was in charge of the ten
men that Reno sent to skirmish the woods.

I was very much amused to learn, from your article, that Windolph
received a medal. I remember him as the tailor of “H” troop, and
have a distinct recollection of his coming into the field-hospital,
bent almost double and asking for treatment for a wound which, his
appearance would suggest, was a mortal one, but which the surgeon
found, on removing his trousers, to be only a burn. The surgeon
ordered him back to the line amid a shout of laughter from the
wounded men. Mike Madden of “K” lost his leg, and Tanner of “M” his
life, in the dash for the water for the wounded. I hope Madden
received a medal.

In view of the conflict between the foregoing and the statements
contained in your article, I ask you to investigate the matter
further, with a view to correcting the false impression that your
readers must have concerning Reno and his command. In conclusion, I
ask you “how, in God’s name,” you could expect Reno, with one
hundred and twenty men, to ride through upwards of three thousand
armed Sioux, and then be of assistance to Custer or any one else? I
say we were sent into that valley and caught in an ambush like rats
in a trap. That if we had remained ten minutes longer, there would
not have been one left to tell the tale. That the much abused Reno
did charge out of the timber, and that we who survive owe our lives
to that identical charge which he led. We, at least, give him credit
for saving what he did of his command. I am, sir,

Very respectfully,
WM. E. MORRIS,
Late private Troop “M,” Seventh U. S. Cavalry.

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Footnote 136:

I have been in communication with a number of persons who belonged to
this battalion.—C. T. B.

INDEX

_A_

“Ab-sa-ra-ka, Land of Massacre,” book written by Mrs. Carrington, 34
note

Allen breech-loading rifle, 45, 46

American Horse, Sioux chief, surprised by Capt. Mills, 307;
killed, 310

Amick, Lieut., 124, 137;
sent in search of Fifth Cavalry, 125–127;
covers Graham’s retreat, 128, 138

Andrews, Dr. E. B., on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, 361

Apache Indians, cruelties of, 73

Arapahoe Indians, 64

Arikara scouts in Reno’s command flee from the Sioux, 238

Arickaree Fork, Republican River, 72;
Gen. Bankhead’s march to, 108, 111 note, 112

Army woman’s devotion in Indian warfare, 11, 12

_B_

“Bad Lands” of Dakota, of volcanic origin, 5, 209, 230

Bailey, Indian guide, 15

Baliran, M., naturalist, killed by Rain-in-the-Face, 212, 213, 215

Ball, Capt., 336

Bankhead, Col., Forsyth’s letter to, from Beecher’s Island, 93

Banzhaf, Lieut., assists in Col. Forsyth’s rescue, 100, 106, 124;
repulses Indians, 131

Barnitz, Capt., Seventh Cavalry, killed, 161

Barrett, Lawrence, actor, his eulogy on Gen. Custer, 261

Battle of Beaver Creek, 131–140;
of Big Horn, 243–250;
of Little Big Horn, 216–236;
Battle of Little Big Horn, the personal story of, by
Rain-in-the-Face, 279–292;
Rosebud River, 191–198, 203–208;
Summit Springs, 170–179;
Washita, 146–169;
of Wounded Knee, 352

Beaver Creek, Captain Carpenter’s fight on, 123–135;
map of position of wagons and soldiers, 130, 132 note;
further discussion of fight on, 136–145

Becker, John, mule packer, in the Sibley scout, 298, 299

Beecher, Lieut. Frederick H., second in command to Capt. Forsyth, 77;
killed, 88;
monument to, 111;
attention to, before dying, 120

Beecher’s Island, fight of Rough Riders at, 72;
named, 88;
siege of, 90–96;
a scout’s story of the defense of, 113–122

Belknap, Gen., Secretary of War, his relations with Gen. Custer,
216–218

Bell, Major, Seventh Cavalry, 164, 166

Benteen, Col., in battle of Washita, 162;
in battle of Big Horn, 233, 235, 236, 243–246, 250;
his magnificent courage, 251, 253, 274–276;
Gen. Terry comes to his relief, 276

Big Crow, Indian chief, defeated by Gen. Miles, 329, 330

Big Horn Mountains, controlled by jealous Indian tribes, 5

Big Horn Range, streams from, 5

Big Piney Creek, Gen. Carrington establishes camp on banks of, 13, 64

Bingham, Lieut., under Gen. Carrington, 20;
killed, 21

Black Hills, 209;
gold discovered in, 209

Black Kettle (Mo-ke-ta-va-ta), 73;
head chief of the Cheyennes, brutality of, 157;
killed, 162

Blackfeet Indians, 64

Blizzard, Gen. Custer’s march in a, 150–161

Bloody Knife, Arikara scout with Custer, 210, 267

Bourke, Capt John G., his books, “Campaigning with Crook,” quoted, 186;
“On the Border with Crook,” 191, 204, 333

Bowers, Sergeant, in fight with Indians, 20;
scalped, 21;
badge found when reinterred, 21 note

Bowyer, Mitch, Crow interpreter, warns Gen. Custer, 268

Bozeman trail, 4, 7, 9, 13, 60;
army post on, 9, 189

Brainard, Col. D. L., notes on the Lame Deer fight, 335–338

Brave Wolf, scout, 336

Bridger, James, fur trader and scout, adviser of Gen. Carrington, 4, 61

Bridger’s Ferry, 60

Brown, Capt. Frederick, rashness of, 23;
malcontent conduct of, 24;
joins Capt. Fetterman, 26;
promotion of, 26;
death of, 32

Brulé, Sioux Indians, faithful to whites, 8;
attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48

“Brunette” regiment, see Tenth Cavalry

Brunettes, Gen. Henry’s, 351–355

Buffalo Bill, see Cody, Wm. F.

Buffalo Chip, scout, killed, 308 note

Buffalo, herds of, in Montana valleys, 5

“Buffaloes,” Gen. Henry’s, and their rides, 351–353

“Bull teams,” for prairie schooners, 7

_C_

California Joe, scout, 155

Camp Supply, Indian Territory, 150

Canadian River, Gen. Custer’s march on, 152

Carpenter, Captain Louis H., Tenth Cavalry, sent to rescue Gen.
Forsyth, 100;
the story of his “brunettes,” 123–135;
promotion of, 135

Carr, Major-Gen. Eugene A., ordered to Fort Wallace, 124;
in fight on Beaver Creek, 131, 132;
pursues Indians over the Platte River, 135;
his account of the fight on Beaver Creek, 136–140;
Carr and Tall Bull at Summit Springs, 170–179

Carrington, Gen. Henry B., in Central Montana, 5;
effects treaty with Indians at Fort Laramie, 8;
romantic expedition of, 9–13;
sketch of, 9;
repairs and garrisons Fort Reno, 12;
establishes camp on Big Piney Creek, 13;
in desperate fight at Lodge Trail Ridge, 20, 21;
inadequate force of, 23, 24;
carries out Gen. Sherman’s instructions, 24;
specific instructions to Capt. Fetterman, 26;
his stern resolution, 32–37;
used as a scapegoat, 37;
acquitted of all blame by a mixed commission, 38;
also by a military court and by Gen. Sherman, 38;
his views on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, 386–388

Carrington Powder River expedition, reminiscences of, 59–71

Central Montana, objective of Gen. Carrington’s expedition, 5

Chambers, Col., 188

Cheyenne Indians dispute advance of the white man, 5;
Harney-Sanborne treaty with, 7;
attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48;
cruelty of, 73;
break away from Red Cloud Agency, 293;
Gen. Merritt heads them off, 294;
bravery of, 312, 313;
their winter stores destroyed, 316;
sufferings of, 316–318;
surrender and turn against Crazy Horse, 318;
savage ferocity of, 318

Civil War, soldiers of the, emigrate to the West, 6

Civilization, the demands of, 6;
the outpost of, 13–18

Clear Creek, Montana, 321

Cloud Peak, 13

Clybor, Jack, adopted by Indians and named “Comanche,” 96

Cody, William F. (Buffalo Bill), Gen. Carr’s guide at Summit Springs,
170, 173, 174;
scout for Gen. Merritt, 294, 295;
duel with Yellow Hair, 296, 297

Coffee Coolers, 282

Collins, W. R. E., letter of, in reference to Red Cloud’s losses in
wagon-corral attack, 58

“Comanche,” Capt. Keogh’s horse, in Custer’s last fight, 256 note

Conestoga wagons, only method of transportation before railroad, 7

Conner, Gen., establishes Fort Reno, 60

Contest for Indian lands, 6

Cook, Adjutant, Seventh Cavalry, 158, 159;
killed with Custer, 258

Cook, Capt., 268, 270

Cooke, Gen., relieves Gen. Carrington of his command, 37

Corbin, scout, in Gen. Custer’s command, 152, 154, 155

Crawford, Lieut., 307

Crazy Horse, an Oglala chief, 184;
his village surprised and taken, 186, 187;
warns Gen. Crook, 189;
sketch of, 189 note;
begins attack, 193;
plans ambush for Crook, 194;
successful stand against Crook, 201, 202;
opposed to Maj. Reno, 241, 254;
attacks Custer, 256;
defeated by Gen. Crook at Slim Buttes, 310, 311;
refuses to succor Cheyennes, 317;
meets crushing defeat by Gen. Miles, 326–330;
surrenders, 330;
stabbed in guard-house, 333;
Captain Bourke’s description of, 333;
a born soldier, 334

Crazy Woman’s Fork, 61, 312

Criswell, Sergeant, bravery of, in fight with Indians, 242

Crittenden, Lieut., Custer’s brother-in-law, killed, 257

Crook, Gen. George, opinion of Apache Indians, 74;
his advance against Indians in the Northwest, 183–202;
assumes command of expedition, 188;
Ex-Trooper Towne’s account of his fight on the Rosebud, 203–208;
joined by Gen. Merritt at Fort Laramie, 293;
at Slim Buttes, 304–309;
his deplorable condition for want of supplies, 305, 306;
defeats
Crazy Horse at Slim Buttes, 310, 311

Crow Indians, auxiliaries in Gen. Crook’s expedition, 190, 205

Crow King, Indian chief, opposed to Major Reno, 241, 256

Curley, Crow scout, only survivor of Custer’s command, 256

Custer, Boston, civilian forage-master, killed with Gen. Custer, 258

Custer, Gen. George Armstrong, in command of Seventh Cavalry, 146–150;
record of, 146, 147;
selects his own officers, 147;
protects Kansas settlers, 148;
his march in a blizzard, 150–153;
has command under Gen. Stanley, 210;
his faculty for scouting, 210;
loses his command, 216–219;
his relations with Gen. Belknap, 216;
question as to whether he obeyed Gen. Terry’s orders, 219–228;
Gen. Terry’s letter of instructions, 220, 221;
various opinions about Terry’s instructions to Custer, 224–228;
account of his last expedition, 229–236;
his officers under Reno tried to join him, 248 note;
his fine manœuvering, 254;
signals to Reno, 255;
killed, 256, 257;
Mr. Theodore W. Goldin’s reminiscences of, 263–278;
a further discussion of his course in the Little Big Horn campaign,
359–397;
various opinions on Custer’s campaign—Col. Edward S. Godfrey, 360,
371–380, 388–390;
Major-Gen. James B. Fry, 360;
Major-Gen. Robert P. Hodges, 360, 366–370;
Brig.-Gen. George A. Forsyth, 361;
Dr. C. B. Andrews, 361;
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, 361–365;
Gen. Gibbon, 367;
Brig.-Gen. Charles A. Woodruff, 380–385;
Gen. Henry B. Carrington, 386–388;
Lieut.-Col. Jacob L. Greene, 391–395

Custer, Capt. Tom, brother of Gen. Custer, 210, 212, 213;
captures Rain-in-the-Face, 214;
in the Big Horn Fight, 254;
killed, 257;
called Little Hair by Rain-in-the-Face, 284;
story of his killing, 289

Custer family, disaster to, 258

“Custer Massacre,” 259, 281

_D_

Daniels, Lieut., killed, 22

Davis, Capt., 316

Dead Cañon of the Rosebud, 193, 196, 198

Denver, Col., white settlements at, 5

DeRudio, Lieut., 243

DeWolf, Dr., killed by Indians, 242

Dodge, Col. R. I., his book, “Our Wild Indians,” quoted, 168;
claims Gen. Custer committed suicide, 257

Dog Soldiers, 163 note

Donovan, scout, assists in Col. Forsyth’s rescue, 106

Drexel Mission attacked by Indians, 353

Dry Fork, 60

Dull Knife, Cheyenne chief, attacked by Mackenzie, 313–315;
killed, 315

_E_

Eastman, Charles A., M. D., a full-blooded Sioux, his account of Reno’s
fight at Little Big Horn, 238;
with Gen. Custer, 253

Edgerly, Lieut., 248

Eighteenth Regular Infantry in the Mountain District, 9, 25;
at Fort Kearney, 59

Elliott, Major, Custer’s second in command, 152;
in battle of the Washita, 157;
fate of, 166–169

Emigrants, protected by Fort Phil Kearney, 4

Evans, Col., Third Cavalry, 188

_F_

“Far West,” Gen. Terry’s supply steamer on the Rosebud, 265

Farley, scout, wounded, 108;
bravery of, 109

Fetterman, Capt., fight with Indians at Lodge Trail Ridge, 20;
rashness of, 23;
annihilation of his command, 24–32;
begs command of expedition from Gen. Carrington, 25;
map of massacre of his command, 27;
death of, 32;
result of his disobeying orders, 36, 39

Fifth Cavalry, in battle of Summit Springs, 172;
other engagements, 293, 294, 312

Fifth Infantry, 326, 335

Finerty, John F., Chicago _Times_ correspondent, joins the Sibley
scout, 298, 303;
account of Gen. Henry’s ghastly experience, 346

Fisher, civilian volunteer, 26;
killed, 35

Fitzgerald, Dr., 100

Forsyth, George Alexander (“Sandy”), and the Rough Riders of ’68,
description of, 72–96;
aide to Gen. Sheridan, 75;
sketch of, 76;
desperate situation of, on Beecher’s Island, 97;
adventures of Scouts Trudeau and Stillwell to rescue, 97–112;
map of march to relieve Forsyth and escort Gen. Carr, 103;
a few words about Forsyth’s men, 109–112;
his battlefield preserved, 111;
letter of, on the relations between Gen. Custer and Gen. Belknap,
216–218;
on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, 361

Forsyth Association, 111

Fort Abraham Lincoln, Seventh Cavalry stationed at, 213, 214;
Rain-in-the-Face imprisoned at, 215;
Gen. Terry at, 218;
Mrs. Custer at, 258

Fort Caspar, Gen. Crook’s headquarters, 37

Fort C. F. Smith established, 17, 25, 62;
attacked, 46 note

Fort D. A. Russell, Gen. Henry at, 349

Fort Ellsworth, Indian council held at, 72

Fort Fetterman, Wyoming, established, 39;
actions at, 188, 202, 208, 312, 344, 348, 349

Fort Laramie, Nebraska, government commissioners negotiate treaty with
Indians at, 7, 293

Fort Phil Kearney, establishment and abandonment of, 3, 209;
constantly surrounded by Indians, 3;
Montana emigrants protected by, 4;
plan of, 16;
the tragedy of, 19–39;
working plan of, 33;
troops ordered to relief of, 37;
closely invested, 40, 41;
fort completed, 41;
Red Cloud’s attack on, 46;
burned by Indians, 58;
Mr. R. J. Smyth’s personal reminiscences of, and the wagon-box fight,
59–71;
Gen. Crook at, 189;

Fort Reno, removal of ordered, 9;
repaired and garrisoned, 12;
construction of, 15–17;
plan of, 16;
established by Gen. Conner, 60;
Gen. Crook at, 189

Fort Wallace, Kansas, temporary terminus of Kansas Pacific Railroad,
78;
orders issued from, to rescue Col. Forsyth, 100;
Capt. Carpenter arrives at, 134

Fourth Cavalry, 312

Fourth Infantry, 188

French, Capt., 251, 271

Frontier, protecting the, 3–179

Fry, Gen. James B., his book, “Army Sacrifices,” quoted, 72;
on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, 360

Furey, Major, with Gen. Crook, 191

_G_

Gall, Indian chief, opposed to Reno, 241, 253, 254;
attacks Custer, 256, 286;
at big feast after the Custer battle, 290;
attacks Gen. Miles, 325

“Galvanized soldiers,” 60

“Garry Owen,” played in battle of the Washita, 161;
at Fort Lincoln, 218

Ghost Dancers, Sioux, 352

Gibbon, Gen. encamps on the Yellowstone, 218;
letter to Gen. Terry regarding Gen. Custer’s situation, 223, 224;
relieves Reno and finds Custer’s body, 257;
his conference with Custer, 266;
goes to relief of Col. Benteen, 276;
his command returned to Montana, 305

Gibson, Lieut., 251

Godfrey, Col. Edward S., 249;
his article in _Century Magazine_ “Custer’s Last Battle,” quoted,
226, 227, 253;
his account of Custer’s defeat, 260;
on Custer’s Little Big Horn Campaign, 360, 371–380, 388–390

Gold discovered in the Black Hills, 209

Goldin, Mr. Theodore W., one of the last to see Custer alive, his
reminiscences of the general, 263–278

Goose Creek, 13, 192, 201, 209

Gordon, Major G. A., 316

Graham, Capt., Tenth Cavalry, 124;
scouts on the Beaver, 127;
retreat of, 128;
unmilitary action of, 133 note

Grant, President U. S., indignant at Gen. Custer’s statements regarding
Gen. Belknap, 217

Greene, Lieut.-Col. Jacob L., his views on Custer’s Little Big Horn
campaign, 391–395

Grover, Sharp, guide, 77;
his acquaintance with Indian signs and customs, 125–127, 139

Gruard, Frank, celebrated scout, with Gen. Crook, 191, 203;
sketch of, 191 note;
his clever scouting, 298, 301, 302, 309

Grummond, Lieut., Eighteenth Infantry, 15, 20, 22;
in charge of cavalry at Fort Phil. Kearney, 25, 26;
killed, 35, 36

_H_

Hall, Lieut., 294, 295

Hamilton, Capt. John M., 316

Hamilton, Capt. Louis McLane, in Gen. Custer’s winter expedition, 153,
157, 159;
killed, 161

Hanley, Sergeant, 249

Hare, Lieut. Luther R., 249, 267, 274

Harney-Sanborne treaty with Indians, 7

Harrington, Lieut., killed with Custer, 259

Hat Creek, see War Bonnet

Hazen, Gen. W. B., inspects Fort Reno, 17 note

Henry, Gen. Guy V., Third Cavalry, 190, 193, 195, 196, 198;
wounded, 197;
in Dead Cañon, 200, 201;
sketch of, 339–355;
his march in a blizzard, 342–344;
a ghastly experience, 344–348;
bravery of his wife, 348–351;
his “Buffaloes” and their famous rides, 351–355;
in the Spanish-American War, 354;
in Porto Rico, 354;
dies there, 355

Henry rifle, breech-loading rapid fire, use of, 26, 35

Herndon, scout, 266, 267, 274

Hines, Acting-Assistant Surgeon, sent to join Capt. Fetterman, 29

Hodgson, Lieut., killed by Indians, 242;
account of his death, 263, 272, 273

Honzinger, Dr., veterinarian, killed by Rain-in-the-Face, 12, 213, 215,
283 note, 285

Horse Creek, 60

Horton, Surgeon, on wagon-beds, 44 note, 50, 56, 69

Howitzers, Indian fear of, 29

Hughes, Major-Gen. Robert P., his book, “The Campaign Against the
Sioux,” quoted, 224;
Little Big Horn campaign, 360, 366–370

Humfreville, Capt. J. Lee, his book “Twenty Years Among Our Hostile
Indians” quoted, 318

Hunting ground, Indian title to, 6

Hunting parties forbidden at Fort Phil Kearney, 4

_I_

Indian attacks on Fort Phil Kearney, 4, 37–71

Indian fights at Beaver Creek, 123–140;
on Beecher’s Island, 97;
at Fort C. F. Smith, 46 note;
at Fort Phil Kearney, 40–56;
at Glendive, Mont., 321;
at Lodge Trail Ridge, 20, 21;
on the Rosebud River, 191–198, 203–208;
at Slim Buttes, 304–309;
at Summit Springs, 170–179

Indian fighters and their field, 3–8

Indian police kill Sitting Bull, 332

Indian skulls, scientific study of, 69

Indian traders, their mercenary policy, 184

Indian wars, cause of, 4;
sieges in, 3

Indian’s dread of scalping, 91–92 note

Indians, annihilate Capt. Fetterman’s command outside Fort Phil
Kearney, 30–32

Indians as patriots, 74, 185;
looseness of tie binding tribes, 313 note

Indians, Montana, jealous of intrusion by whites, 5

Iron Star, Indian chief, attacked by Gen. Miles and killed, 330–332

Island of Death, the, 78–85

Itiomagaju, see Rain-in-the-Face.

_J_

Jackson, Bob, scout, 336, 338

Jenness, Lieut. John C., detailed under Capt. Powell to protect
wood-cutters, 43;
killed, 51, 67

Jerome, Lieut. Lovell H., 336

Jewish boy’s bravery in Gen. Forsyth’s fight, 110;
Gen. Fry’s poem on, 110 note

Johnson, Hugh, Adjutant, sends Captain Carpenter to succor Col.
Forsyth, 100, 101;
prompt action of, 111, 112

Johnson, President Andrew, congratulates Congress on peace with
Indians, 22

Julesberg, 59

_K_

Kane, Capt., Fifth Cavalry, in Beaver Creek fight, 137, 138

Kansas Pacific Railroad, building of, resisted by Indians, 7–72

Kansas trail, 7

Kansas, Western, swept and devastated by Cheyennes, 75

Kellogg, Mark, newspaper correspondent, killed with Custer, 258

Kennedy, Sergeant-Major, 7th Cavalry, brave death of, 168

Keogh, Capt., killed with Custer, 258, 259

Kidder, Lieut., Second Cavalry, slaughtered, 149

King, Gen., his book, “Campaigning with Crook,” quoted, 188

King, Lieut. Charles, fighter and author, 294

Kinney, Capt., sent to establish Fort C. F. Smith, 17

_L_

Lame Deer, Indian chief, attacked by Gen. Miles and killed, 330–332;
notes on the fight, 335–338

Laramie Commission, announcement of, 15 note

Leighton, Al., sutler, Indians stampede stock of, 60

Little Beaver, Indian scout, 155

Little Big Horn, battle of, the story of by Rain-in-the-Face, 279–292

Little Big Horn Campaign, the, 216–236;
map of, 234

Little Big Horn Valley, 233

Little Crow, Indian, wounded, 140

Little Hair (Tom Custer), 284

Little Muddy Creek, 336

Little Raven, Arapahoe Indian chief, 164

Little Rock, Indian chief, killed, 164

Lodge Trail Ridge, 13, 20, 26, 29–31

Longfellow’s poem, “The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face,” sold by the
Indian himself at the World’s Fair, 291

Long Hair, Gen. Custer’s Indian name, 146

Lord, Dr., killed with Custer, 258, 259

Luettwitz, Lieut. Von, 307;
wounded, 308

Lummis, Charles F., on the Apache Indians, 74 note

_M_

Mackenzie, Ranald S., Col. Fourth Cavalry, 305;
his winter battle, 312–316;
attacks Indians at Willow Creek Cañon, 313–316

MacIntosh, Lieut., killed by Indians, 242, 268, 272, 274

Mahapiya-luta, see Red Cloud

Mah-wis-sa, Black Kettle’s sister, endeavors to marry Gen. Custer to an
Indian girl, 167

“Mauvaises Terres,” or “bad lands,” 5

McCall, Sergeant W. H. H., 77, 78

McDougall, Capt., joins Maj. Reno with pack train, 248;
serves under Custer at the Little Big Horn, 233

McKinney, Lieut. John A., charges Cheyennes at Willow Creek Cañon, 315;
shot, 315

Medicine Man, daring of a, 133

Merritt, Gen. Wesley, ordered to join Gen. Crook at Fort Laramie, 293;
his fight with Cheyennes, 295–297

Miles, Gen. Nelson A., his “Personal Recollections” quoted, 189;
his Indian campaigning, 305;
his great campaigning, 319–338;
his foot cavalry defeat Sitting Bull, 319–326;
interview with Sitting Bull, 323, 324;
his crushing defeat of Crazy Horse, 326–330;
his capacity for handling men, 326;
attacks and captures Lame Deer’s village, 330–332;
his views on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, 361–365

Mills, Capt. Anson, Third Cavalry, 190, 193, 195, 196;
his advance down Dead Cañon, 199–202;
sent on foraging expedition, 305, 306

Miniconjou Indians attack Capt. Powell, 48

Montana, emigrants and wagon-trains to, annihilated by Indians, 4;
white settlements at, 5

Mooers, Dr. John H., 77;
killed, 84

Moore, Tom, veteran, 192, 196

Morris, William E., on the conduct of Major Reno, 401–405

Mountain District, army posts in, 9

Mountain game in Montana ranges, 6

Mountain standard time, 5

Mo-ke-ta-va-ta, see Black Kettle

Moylan, Capt., with Custer, 211, 212, 271

Mussa ranch, 60

Myers, Capt., Seventh Cavalry, 157, 159

_N_

Napoleon guns, 326

Nickerson, Capt., in Crook’s command, 200

Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, in Sheridan’s winter campaign
against Indians, 150

Ninth Cavalry, 351–355

Ninth Infantry, 188, 342

North, Col. Francis, in Summit Springs battle, 173

North Platte, 5, 59, 60

Northern Pacific Railroad, survey of, 209

_Northwestern Christian Advocate_ on the conduct of Major Reno, 398–400

Noyes, Major, Second Cavalry, 188, 193, 196

_O_

Oglala Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48

Oregon trail, 7

Orleman, Lieut., assists in Col. Forsyth’s rescue, 100, 124;
in expedition to Beaver Creek, 127;
covers Graham’s retreat, 128;
repulses Indians, 131

Osage Indians, with Custer in battle of the Washita, 159, 160

Otis, Lieut.-Col. Elwell S., attacked by Indians at Glendive, Mont.,
321;
Sitting Bull’s letter to, 321

_P_

Pawnee scouts at battle of Summit Springs, 173–177

Peno Creek, 13, 20, 64

Peno Valley, 28, 31, 36

Phil Kearney Garrison, post return of, 30 note

Pilot Hill, 13, 14, 19

Pine Ridge Agency, 293

Piney Island, logging camp on, 14;
the improvised corral on, 40–46;
wood-cutting on, 43;
wagon-box corral illustrated, 45

Porter, Lieut., killed with Custer, 258, 259

Pourier, Baptiste (Big Bat) scout with Gen. Crook, 298

Powder River, Indians encamped on, 23;
Sitting Bull at, 184;
Gen. Reynolds captures Crazy Horse’s village on the, 186;
Gen. Terry at, 218, 265, 312

Powder River Expedition, the, 3–18;
reminiscences of, 59–71

Powell, Capt. James, 22;
report of, to Gen. Carrington, 23;
command of relief party given to, 25;
detailed to guard wood-cutting party, 42;
sketch of, 42;
his gallant fight in the wagon-corral against Red Cloud, 48–55;
promotion of, 57

Prairie schooners, early use of, 7

Pretty Bear, Cheyenne chief, killed, 176, 177

Pumpkin Buttes, 61

_R_

Rabbit Creek, 307

Rain-in-the-Face (Itiomagaju), Indian chief, his grievance, 209–215;
capture of, 213–215;
escapes, 215;
attacks Custer, 256;
his revenge, 257;
his personal story of the fight, 279–292;
boasts of murdering Dr. Honzinger, 283;
his map of Custer’s battlefield, 287;
wounded, 289 note

Red Cloud (Mahapiya-luta), Sioux chief, opposes treaty with Gen.
Carrington, 7, 8;
revenge on, for massacre at Fort Phil Kearney, 39;
becomes leading war chief, 40;
surprised and disarmed by Gen. Mackenzie, 40 note;
his most thrilling adventure, 40, 41, note;
determines to capture Fort Phil Kearney, 41;
his attack, 46;
his baptism of fire, 51–56;
his losses in the attack on Capt. Powell’s wagon-corral, 58

Red Cloud Agency, 293

Rees, Indian auxiliaries, 238, 240, 267

Religious belief of Indians in regard to scalping, 91–92 note

Reno, Major Marcus A., in the Big Horn country, 218;
Custer gives command to, 232;
record of, 232 note;
his advance, 234–236;
his failure at the Little Big Horn, 237–243;
plan of his defence on the bluff, 247;
his failure to press his attack, 260;
his report to Custer, 265;
further light on the conduct of Major Reno, 398–405

Reno’s Creek, 233, 253

Reynolds, Charlie, famous scout, killed with Custer, 258

Reynolds, Gen. Joseph J., surprises and takes Crazy Horse’s village,
186

Riley, Lieut., killed, 258

Rodenbough, Gen., his “Sabre and Bayonet” quoted, 43, 44

Roman Nose, Indian chief, insolent speech of, 72, 73;
attacks Capt. Forsyth, 83–85;
charge of his five hundred warriors, 85–88;
killed, 87;
his tepee discovered by Capt. Carpenter, 105, 108, 109

Romero, Indian interpreter, 155, 167

Rosebud River, Crook’s advance against Indians on the, 189, 191–193;
battle of the, 193–198;
map of battle, 197;
Ex-Trooper Towne’s account of the battle on, 203–208

Rough Riders of ’68, the, 72–96

Royall, Col. William B., Fifth Cavalry, ordered to attack Indians on
Beaver Creek, 124;
given command under Gen. Crook, 188;
anecdote of, 188 note;
charges Indians at the Rosebud, 195, 196, 198

_S_

Salt Lake, white settlements at, 5

Salt Lake trail, 59

Sample, Gen. Carrington’s orderly, reports on Fetterman’s command, 30

Sand Creek, 60

Sans Arc Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48

Santa Fé trail, 7

Satanta, Kiowa Indian chief, 164;
captured by Custer, 169

Savage warfare, 339–344

Savagery, the rights of, 6

Scalping, Indian belief in, 91–92 note

Schlesinger, Sigmund, his bravery in Gen. Forsyth’s fight, 110;
Gen. Fry’s poem on, 110 note;
his story of the defense of Beecher’s Island, 113–122

Schwatka, Lieut., Arctic explorer, successful attack on Sioux by, 307

Second Cavalry, in tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney, 25, 60;
other engagements, 188, 195, 196, 312, 335

Settlers on Indian lands, 6–7

Seventh Cavalry, Gen. Custer in command of, 146;
formation of regiment, 147;
protects Kansas settlers, 148;
in Sheridan’s winter campaign, 150;
other engagements, 213, 218, 229, 293, 305, 355

Sheridan, Gen. Philip, attacks the Cheyenne Indians, 75;
inaugurates winter campaign against Indians, 150

Sheridan City, terminus of Union Pacific Railroad, 134

Sherman, Gen., advises ladies to join Gen. Carrington’s expedition, 11;
boy’s challenge to, 12;
acquits Gen. Carrington of all blame for disaster at Fort Phil
Kearney, 38

Short Nose Creek, 125, 127

Shoshone Indians, auxiliaries in Gen. Crook’s expedition, 190, 205

Sibley, Lieut. Frederick W., Third Cavalry, his scouting after Crazy
Horse, 298–303

Sioux Indians dispute the advance of the white man, 5;
Harney-Sanborne treaty with, 7;
accept valuable gifts from Gen. Carrington, 8;
invest Fort Phil Kearney under Red Cloud, 40–42;
wild charge of 46–51

Slim Buttes, South Dakota, Gen. Crook and Capt. Mills at, 304–309

Sitting Bull, Unkpapa Indian chief, his character, 183, 184;
out-generals Custer, 279;
in the sun dance, 282 note;
strategy of, 286;
at big feast after the Custer fight, 290;
sends letter to Col. Otis, 321;
interview with Gen. Miles, 323, 324;
attacked by Lieut. Baldwin, 326;
escapes to British Columbia, 332;
surrenders to United States army, 332;
a moving spirit in ghost dance uprising, 332;
killed by Indian police, 332

Smith, Capt. Gray Horse Troop, killed with Custer, 257

Smith, Captain E. W., Eighteenth Infantry, sends Gen. Terry’s
instructions to Gen. Custer, 220, 221

Smith, Major rescues Capt. Powell in wagon-corral fight, 56

Smyth, R. J., reminiscences of the Carrington Powder River Expedition,
59–71

Snow, Bugler, shot, 206

South Pass, 5

South Platte River, 59

Spencer breech-loading carbine, 10, 25, 41, 67, 76

Spencer rifle, 132, 140, 159

Spotted Tail, Brulé Sioux chief, 8

Springfield muzzle-loading muskets, 10, 61, 64;
breech-loading rifles, modification of, 45

Standing Elk, Brulé Sioux chief, 8

Standing Rock, 282

Standing Rock Agency, Rain-in-the-Face captured at, 213

Stanley, Gen., sent on expedition to the Black Hills, 210

Stillwell, John, scout, 90;
adventures of, to rescue Gen. Forsyth, 97–112;
volunteers to go to Fort Wallace, 121;
studied law and became a judge, 122 note;
death of, 122

Sturgis, Lieut., killed, 258, 259

Sullivant Hills, 13, 14, 19, 24, 25

Summit Springs, Col., Gen. Carr’s fight with Tall Bull at, 170–179;
account of battle of, 173–179

Sun Dance, the, description of, 282 note

_T_

Tall Bull, Indian chief, Gen. Carr’s fight with at Summit Springs,
170–179;
killed, 172, 177

Ten Eyck, Capt., sent to Capt. Fetterman’s relief, 29;
returns with tidings of disaster, 31

Tenth Cavalry (negro regiment), sent to the rescue of Gen. Forsyth, 100

Terry, Major-Gen. Alfred H., takes command of Custer’s column, 216;
did Custer obey orders? 219–228;
text of his letter to Custer, 220, 221;
his report to the Secretary of War on his orders to Custer, 225 note;
relieves Maj. Reno, 257;
finds Custer’s body, 257;
goes to relief of Col. Benteen, 276;
a discussion on his orders to Gen. Custer, 359–397

Third Cavalry, 188, 190, 193, 198, 205, 342

Thomas, W. Kent, the personal story of Rain-in-the Face by, 279–292

Thompson, Capt., Seventh Cavalry, 157

Thompson, David D., editor _Northwestern Christian Advocate_, on the
conduct of Major Reno, 398–400

Tongue River, a fork of the Yellowstone, 13, 20, 221, 265, 298, 319,
326, 336;
Gen. Crook’s march to, 187–190, 192

Towne, Phineas, Ex-Trooper, on the Rosebud fight, 203–208

Trudeau, scout, 90;
adventures of, to rescue Gen. Forsyth, 97–112

Tullock’s Creek, 221, 226

Twenty-second Infantry, 326, 336

Twenty-seventh Regular Infantry in the Mountain District, 9;
detailed to protect wood-cutting party, 42

Twenty-third Infantry, attacked at Glendive, Montana, 321

_U_

Union Pacific Rail-Road, building of, 7;
military posts along, 184

Unkpapa Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48

_V_

Van Vliet, Capt., Third Cavalry, 190, 193, 195, 196

Varnum, Lieut., with Custer, 211, 267

Vroom, ——, Third Cavalry, 198, 201

_W_

“Wagon Guns,” 69

Wagons made for defence in Indian wars, 43

Wallace, Lieut., 271, 272, 276

War Bonnet, (creek in South Dakota), the fight on the, 293–298

War Department censures Gen. Carrington unjustly, 70

Warfare against savages, 339–344

Washakie, Shoshone Indian chief, 198

Washita, battle of the, 146–169

Weir, Capt. of D troop, under Major Reno, 248, 275

Welch, J. E., letter of, to Col. H. O. Clark on battle of Summit
Springs, 173–179

West, Capt., Seventh Cavalry, 157, 159

Wheatley, civilian volunteer, 26;
killed, 35

White Antelope, Cheyenne chief, killed by Lieut. Sibley, 300

White Bull, scout, 336

“White Eagle,” name given to Gen. Carrington by Indians, 8

Whittaker, Capt. Frederick, his “Complete Life of General George A.
Custer,” quoted, 146;
extract from, 261

Willow Creek Cañon, Big Horn Mountains, Mackenzie attacks Cheyennes at,
313

Winchester rifles, Sioux armed with, 41

Wolf Creek, Custer’s march down, 151

Wolf Mountains, Big Horn Range, 327

Women, in Gen. Carrington’s expedition, 11;
fate of, in Indian warfare, 11

Woodruff, Brig.-Gen. Charles A., on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign,
380–385

Wounded Knee, battle of, 352

_Y_

Yanktonais, 282

Yates, Capt., assists in capture of Rain-in-the-Face, 214;
killed, 258

Yellow Hand, Indian chief, shot by Buffalo Bill, 296

Yellowstone expedition of 1873, 209–213

Yellowstone River, threaded with streams from the Big Horn Range, 5;
army post established on, 9

Yuma County, Col., Gen. Forsyth’s battlefield preserved in national
park there, 111

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1. Changed “Gillore” to “Greene” on p. 413 per text. 2. Silently corrected typographical errors. 3. Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed. 4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 5. Superscripts are denoted by a carat before a single superscript character, e.g. M^r.