k, 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 manoeuvering, 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, 352
- Gibbon, Gen. encamps on the Yellowstone, 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, |
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