PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
BOOTS AND SADDLES.
CHAPTER I. CHANGE OF STATION.
CHAPTER II. A BLIZZARD.
CHAPTER III. WESTERN HOSPITALITY.
CHAPTER IV. CAVALRY ON THE MARCH.
CHAPTER V. CAMPING AMONG THE SIOUX.
CHAPTER VI. A VISIT TO THE VILLAGE OF "TWO BEARS."
CHAPTER VII. ADVENTURES DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE MARCH.
CHAPTER VIII. SEPARATION AND REUNION.
CHAPTER IX. OUR NEW HOME AT FORT LINCOLN.
CHAPTER X. INCIDENTS OF EVERY-DAY LIFE.
CHAPTER XI. THE BURNING OF OUR QUARTERS. CARRYING THE MAIL.
CHAPTER XII. PERPLEXITIES AND PLEASURES OF DOMESTIC LIFE.
CHAPTER XIII. A "STRONG HEART" DANCE!
CHAPTER XIV. GARRISON LIFE.
CHAPTER XV. GENERAL CUSTER'S LITERARY WORK.
CHAPTER XVI. INDIAN DEPREDATIONS.
CHAPTER XVII. A DAY OF ANXIETY AND TERROR.
CHAPTER XVIII. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE POST, AND GARDENING.
CHAPTER XIX. GENERAL CUSTER'S LIBRARY.
CHAPTER XX. THE SUMMER OF THE BLACK HILLS EXPEDITION.
CHAPTER XXI. DOMESTIC TRIALS.
CHAPTER XXII. CAPTURE AND ESCAPE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE.
CHAPTER XXIII. GARRISON AMUSEMENTS.
CHAPTER XXIV. AN INDIAN COUNCIL.
CHAPTER XXV. BREAKING UP OF THE MISSOURI.
CHAPTER XXVI. CURIOUS CHARACTERS AND EXCURSIONISTS AMONG US.
CHAPTER XXVII. RELIGIOUS SERVICES. LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A WINTER'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS.
CHAPTER XXIX. OUR LIFE'S LAST CHAPTER.
APPENDIX. THE YELLOWSTONE EXPEDITION OF 1873.
Transcriber's Notes
G. A. Custer.
BY ELIZABETH B. CUSTER
WITH PORTRAIT AND MAP
NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
Copyright, 1885, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved.
Dedicated TO MY HUSBAND THE ECHO OF WHOSE VOICE HAS BEEN MY INSPIRATION
