Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
Part I

PROTECTING THE FRONTIER


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


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

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