Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux
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- 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
- 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
- CHAPTER SEVEN A Scout’s Story of the Defense of Beecher’s Island
- CHAPTER EIGHT Carpenter and His “Brunettes.”[39] The Fight on Beaver Creek
- CHAPTER NINE A Further Discussion of the Beaver Creek Affair
- 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
- CHAPTER TWELVE What They Are There For A Sketch of General Guy V. Henry, a Typical American Soldier
- 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
- APPENDIX A. Being a Further Discussion of General Custer’s Course in the Little Big Horn Campaign.[112]
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- APPENDIX B Further Light on the Conduct of Major Reno
- Why General Custer Perished
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- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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