On the Plains with Custer / The Western Life and Deeds of the Chief With the Yellow Hair, Under Whom Served Boy Bugler Ned Fletcher, When in the Troublous Years 1866-1876 the Fighting Seventh Cavalry Helped to Win Pioneer Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota for White Civilization and Today's Peace

Edwin L. Sabin

I A WAIF ON THE PRAIRIE

II AT OLD FORT RILEY

III THE SEVENTH TAKES THE FIELD

IV SATANTA MAKES A SPEECH

V IN BATTLE ARRAY

VI THE ABANDONED INDIAN VILLAGE

VII SCOUTING WITH CUSTER

VIII PAWNEE KILLER PLAYS TRICKS

IX DANGER ON EVERY SIDE

X SAD NEWS FOR THE ARMY BLUE

XI GRIM DAYS ALONG THE TRAIL

XII PHIL SHERIDAN ARRIVES

XIII THE YELLOW HAIR RIDES AGAIN

XIV THE WINTER WARPATH

XV "WE ATTACK AT DAYLIGHT"

XVI "GARRYOWEN" AND "CHARGE!"

XVII AFTER THE BATTLE

XVIII TO THE LAND OF THE DAKOTAH

XIX SCOUTING AMONG THE SIOUX

XX RAIN-IN-THE-FACE VOWS VENGEANCE

XXI SITTING BULL SAYS: "COME ON!"

XXII OUT AGAINST THE SIOUX

XXIII LOOKING FOR SITTING BULL

XXIV SITTING BULL AT BAY

SECOND EDITION

AND NOW AT FULL SPEED PASSING NED ALSO HE LEANED, INDIAN-WISE

ON THE PLAINS
WITH CUSTER

THE WESTERN LIFE AND DEEDS OF THE CHIEF WITH THE YELLOW HAIR, UNDER WHOM SERVED BOY BUGLER NED FLETCHER, WHEN IN THE TROUBLOUS YEARS 1866–1876 THE FIGHTING SEVENTH CAVALRY HELPED TO WIN PIONEER KANSAS, NEBRASKA, AND DAKOTA FOR WHITE CIVILIZATION AND TODAY’S PEACE

EDWIN L. SABIN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
CHARLES H. STEPHENS
AND PORTRAITS

“The bravest are the tenderest,—
The loving are the daring.”

—Bayard Taylor

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PHILADELPHIA & LONDON

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER, 1913

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.

TO THE ARMY WOMEN

MOTHERS, WIVES, AND SWEETHEARTS WHO
WORKED AND SMILED AND WEPT AND PRAYED
WHILE SOLDIERS MARCHED AND FOUGHT

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