[Gutenberg 55275] • Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux by Brady, Cyrus Townsend -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Indian Fights and Fighters THE SOLDIER AND THE SIOUX PREFACE PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

DRAWINGS PHOTOGRAPHS MAPS AND PLANS

BIBLIOGRAPHY Part I Protecting the Frontier

CHAPTER ONE The Powder River Expedition

I. The Field and the Fighters II. General Carrington’s Romantic Expedition III. The Outpost of Civilization

CHAPTER TWO The Tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney

I. How the Fighting Began II. The Annihilation of Fetterman’s Command III. Carrington’s Stern Resolution IV. The Reward of a Brave Soldier

CHAPTER THREE The Thirty-two Against the Three Thousand

I. The Improvised Corral on Piney Island II. The Wild Charge of the Sioux III. Red Cloud’s Baptism of Fire IV. After the Battle. The Scout’s Story Note

CHAPTER FOUR Personal Reminiscences of Fort Phil Kearney and the Wagon-Box Fight CHAPTER FIVE Forsyth and the Rough Riders of ’68

I. The Original “Rough Riders.” II. The Island of Death III. The Charge of the Five Hundred IV. The Siege of the Island

CHAPTER SIX The Journey of the Scouts and the Rescue of Forsyth

I. The Adventures of the Scouts II. The Rescue of Forsyth III. The End of Roman Nose IV. A Few Words About Forsyth’s Men

I. General Carr’s Account II. General Carpenter’s Reply

CHAPTER TEN The Battle of the Washita

I. Custer and the Famous Seventh Cavalry II. The March in the Blizzard III. The Trail in the Snow IV. The Attack in the Morning V. The Fate of Elliott and his Men

CHAPTER ELEVEN Carr and Tall Bull at Summit Springs

I. A Brilliant Little Fight II. Account of the Battle of Summit Springs

Part II The War With the Sioux

CHAPTER ONE With Crook’s Advance

I. The Cause of the Fighting II. Reynolds’ Abortive Attempt III. The March to the Tongue River IV. The Flying Column V. The Battle of the Rosebud VI. Mills’ Advance down the Cañon

CHAPTER TWO Ex-Trooper Towne on the Rosebud Fight CHAPTER THREE The Grievance of Rain-in-the-Face

I. The Yellowstone Expedition of 1873 II. The Capture of Rain-in-the-Face

CHAPTER FOUR The Little Big Horn Campaign

I. Custer Loses His Command II. Did Custer Obey His Orders? III. Custer’s Expedition

CHAPTER FIVE The Last of Custer

I. Reno’s Failure at the Little Big Horn II. With Benteen’s Battalion III. The Battle on the Bluffs IV. The Last of Custer V. After the Battle

CHAPTER SIX One of the Last Men to See Custer Alive CHAPTER SEVEN The Personal Story of Rain-in-the-Face CHAPTER EIGHT Two Interesting Affairs

I. The Fight on the War Bonnet II. The Sibley Scout

CHAPTER NINE The First Success

I. Crook and Mills at Slim Buttes II. The Death of American Horse

CHAPTER TEN A Decisive Blow

I. Mackenzie’s Winter Battle II. The Sufferings of the Cheyennes

CHAPTER ELEVEN Miles’ Great Campaigning

I. Miles and His Foot Cavalry Defeat Sitting Bull II. Miles’ Crushing Defeat of Crazy Horse at Wolf Mountain III. The Capture of Lame Deer’s Village IV. Farewell to a Great Chief and His Hopes NOTES ON THE LAME DEER FIGHT

I. Savage Warfare II. A March in a Blizzard III. A Ghastly Experience IV. An Army Wife V. The Buffalos and Their Famous Ride

APPENDICES

I. II. III. IV. V. VI.

APPENDIX B Further Light on the Conduct of Major Reno

Why General Custer Perished II.

INDEX TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES