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INDEX

Abilene, Kansas, 258

Adair, James, 9

Adams, Charles Francis, 184

Agard, Louis, 375

akicita,
47–50, 77, 131, 136–37, 155, 158

Alexander II, Czar, 343–45

Alexandria, La., 249

Alexis, Grand Duke, 343–47

American Fur Company, 17, 51, 61

American Horse, 135, 237

American Indian Movement, 307

Antietam, battle of, 255

Apaches, 299, 318–20

Appomattox, 171, 197–99

Arapahoes, 7, 146, 232–43, 299, 318–21; battle with Sioux, 79–80; census of, 482

Arkansas River, 299, 313

Army of Northern Virginia, 186–89, 196–215
passim

Army of the Potomac, 168, 171, 174, 178, 187, 196–213
passim;
morality in, 184

Arrow Creek, 354–57

Ash Creek, 417

Ashes (man), 341

Audubon Society, 313

Autie,
see
Custer, George Armstrong

Bacon, Elizabeth (Mrs. George Armstrong Custer), 88, 91, 301, 309–11, 336–38, 377; courts Custer, 181–85; Custer worries over, 282–83; and Custer’s court-martial, 288–89; described, 181–82; grand duke and, 346–48; honeymoon of, 191–92; in camp with Custer, 198, 207; in Kansas, 257–59, 270–71, 327; in Monroe, 361; in South, 248–52; in New York, 399; in Washington society, 208–14; marriage, 189–92; widowhood of, 477–78

Bad Heart Bull, 134, 341, 421

Baker, E. M., 353

Ball, Charles P., 113

Baltimore, Md., 177

Bancroft, George, 254

Barrett, Lawrence, 258, 337, 343, 398

Bayard, Thomas, 402

Bear Butte, S.D., 37, 379, 397, 453; Sioux council at, 74–77

Bear’s Rib, 78–79

Beaver Creek, 462–63

Belknap, William, 397–402

Belle Fourche River, 37

Belmont, August, 336

Bennett, James Gordon, 399–407, 424–26

Bent, George, 152, 155, 326

Benteen, Frederick, 325, 431, 436–46, 479

Big Bellies, 135–37, 275–76, 342

Bighorn Mountains, 231–43, 259, 292–97

Bighorn River, 131, 335, 366, 381

Bingham, John A., 93–94, 253

Bismarck, N.D., 347–48, 401

Black Buffalo Woman, 76, 137–42, 296, 338–43, 482

Black Elk, 356, 436, 459

Black Hills, S.D., 8, 16, 37, 51, 77–79, 154, 374–81, 387–96, 452–59

Black Kettle, 150–51, 318–20

Black Moon, 417

Black Shawl, 356, 366, 456, 465, 470, 474, 479

Black Twin, 142, 296, 341–43, 390, 397, 421

Black Wolf, 158

Blackfeet, 8

Blackfoot, 7, 156

Blair, Austin, 179, 188

Blair, Frank, 256

Bloody Knife, 364, 375, 377, 405, 408, 425, 439

Boller, Henry, 11, 13

Bonneville, Benjamin, 5

“Boots and Saddles”
(book), 382

Bordeaux, James, 63–64, 69

Bouyer, Mitch, 430–31

Bozeman Trail, 163–64, 227–31, 293–96, 305–9, 414, 456

Bradley, L. P., 468–72

Brandy Station, Va., 176, 186–87, 192, 202

Brave Heart’s Society, 48

Brown, John, 111

Brown, William, 238–43

Brulés (
see also
Spotted Tail), 8, 232, 298; attacked by Mills, 453; census of, 148, 483; fighting methods of, 70–72; and Grattan affair, 61–64; and Laramie Loafers, 157

Bryant, William Cullen, 254

Buchanan, James, 92

Bulkley, John, 92

Bull Bear, 51–52, 457

Bull Head, 341

Bull Run, first battle of, 172–73

Buntline, Ned, 343

Burgettstown, Pa., 85

Burnside, Ambrose E., 169, 195

Burroughs, John, 478

Calhoun, Margaret Custer, 477

Calvinism, 23

Camp Rankin, 151, 152

Camp Robinson, 462–74

Camp Supply, 313

Canada, 458

Carrington, Henry B., 228–43
passim,
280

Casper, Wyo., 160

Cedar Creek, Va., 203

Central Pacific Railroad, 226

Chandler, Zachariah, 214–15, 253–54, 397

Chase, Salmon P., 254

Chatillon, Henry, 14

Cheyennes, 7, 146, 232–43, 262–71, 298, 324–26, 364–65, 414–17; at the Little Bighorn, 436–46; at Platte Bridge, 158–62; at Sand Creek, 146, 150–51; at Washita, 318–24; bullet-proofing ceremony, 75; census of, 148, 482–83; cholera epidemic and, 52–53; rescued by Crazy Horse, 456–57; surrender, 460

Chicago, 332

Chippewas, 7, 12

Chips, 56, 153, 158

Chivington, John M., 150–51

Christiancy, Isaac, 179

Cisco, Johnnie, 199

City Point, Va., 214

Clark, William, 31

Clark, William H., 438, 460–68

Cleveland, Grover, 87, 402

Cleveland, Ohio, 255

Clymer, Hiester, 402–4

Cody, William F., 343–45, 480–81

Coke, Edward, 33

Colfax, Schuyler, 209–10

Collins, Caspar, 147–49, 162

Collins, William O., 147–49, 154

Comanches, 299, 318–21

Comes-in-Sight, 422

Commager, Henry Steele, 24

Comstock, William, 278–89

Confederate States of America, 101, 114–15

Conquering Bear, 54–56, 61–65, 69

Cooke, Jay, 372

Cooke, William, 278, 287, 300, 357, 439

Cooper, James Fenimore, 13, 28–29

Cooper Union, 332

Cortes, Hernando, 6

Cotton, Annie, 184

Crazy Horse (
see also
Curly), 17, 381–82, 412–17; contrasted with Custer, 121–25, 206–8, 209, 219–21, 225, 243, 362–67; nicknames of, 38; description of, 158–59; and discipline, 122; and history, 123; world view of, 124–25; as hunter, 129–30, 259, 299; fights Shoshonis, 130–33; fighting methods of, 133–34, 331–35, 420–23, 444–46; fights Crows, 135; becomes shirt-wearer, 135–37; and Black Buffalo Woman, 137–42, 296, 338–43; guerrilla warrior, 146, 150–52; friendship with Collins, 147; at Julesburg, 151–54; and Laramie Loafers, 157; at Platte Bridge, 159–63; at Fort Phil Kearny, 225–43, 293–96; as decoy, 237–39; opposes treaty with whites, 275–76, 305–9; on the Yellowstone River, 353–56; and Black Shawl, 356; and sale of Black Hills, 388–96; at Rosebud, 420–23; at the Little Bighorn, 437–47; after the Little Bighorn, 451–56; tries to surrender, 456; and deserters, 457–58; surrenders, 459–62; on agency, 463–71; death of, 473–74; burial, 477

Crook, George, 401, 414, 417–18, 420–24, 452–71, 481

Crow Agency, Mont., 482

Crow Dog, 481

Crow Feather, 76

Crow Owner’s Society, 48, 137, 335

Crow’s Nest, 431

Crows, 7, 53, 134, 299, 335–36, 382, 421–23, 457, 483

Curly (
see also
Crazy Horse), birth, 37; childhood, 38–46; as teen-ager, 56; and Grattan affair, 64; vision of, 67–68, 77; first kill of, 70; and Harney campaign, 73; among Cheyennes, 75; at Bear Butte Council, 76–79; gets name of Crazy Horse, 80–81

Curly Hair, 326

Custer, S.D., 395

Custer, Boston, 90, 418–19, 439, 443

Custer, Elizabeth Bacon (Mrs.),
see
Bacon, Elizabeth

Custer, Emmanuel, 27, 86–90, 95, 169

Custer, George Armstrong, 21, 26, 30, 247–48; contrasted with Crazy Horse, 121–25, 206–9, 219–21, 225, 243, 362–67, 383; and ambition, 33; birth of, 85; family of, 85–90; in Michigan, 90–92, 252, 309–10; appointment to West Point, 93–95; characteristics of, 94–95; at West Point, 99–111; writing of, 110–11; politics of, 112–13,
203, 209–10, 253–57, 400–7; graduation of, 115–17; and discipline, 122; world view of, 123–25; response to war, 167, 170, 172–73; at First Bull Run, 172–73; health of, 175; and women, 179–85; and Pleasonton, 177–79, 185–86; and liquor, 184; as a general, 186–89, 195–97, 200–3, 311–23, 436–43, 444–46; relations with enlisted men, 198–204, 270; and discipline, 206–8, 250–51, 285–86; and flattery of, 208–9; in Texas, 248–51; in Hancock campaign, 259–71; Kansas campaign of, 277–89; and Carrington, 280; and Sherman, 281–82; court-martialed, 300–1; and Washita campaign, 311–23; in Kansas, 277–89, 324–27; in New York City, 336–38; and grand duke, 343–48; on Yellowstone expedition, 375–81; and Belknap, 397–400; in 1876 campaign, 418–20; marches to the Little Bighorn, 424–28; at the Little Bighorn, 436–43; death of, 443–44; mistakes of, at the Little Bighorn, 444–46; burial of, 477–78

Custer, Jacob, 85

Custer, Maria Ward, 85–90

Custer, Nevin, 90

Custer, Tom, 90, 199–200, 219, 248–50, 278–89, 300, 357–64, 401, 418–19, 443

Custer Hill, 440–46

Dana, Charles A., 337

Dansard, Mary, 361

Davis, Theodore R., 263

Deadwood, S.D., 455

De Crèvecoeur, 33

Deer Creek, 155

Delaware scouts, 277

Democratic party, 170, 188, 252–57, 399–408, 430

Denig, Edwin, 10

Denver, Col., 150–51, 152, 324, 345

Department of the Missouri, 301

De Smet, Father, 54–55, 374

De Tocqueville, Alexis, 21, 32

Dodge, G. M., 156

Dodge, Richard, 41

Douglas, Stephen A., 255

Dull Knife, 456, 482

Du Pont, Henry A., 104–6

Eagle Feather, 52

Eagle Foot, 296

Eats Meat, 240

11th Ohio Cavalry, 154

Eliza, 199–201, 248, 271, 357

Elizabethtown, Ky., 338, 347

Elliott, Joel H., 287, 300, 318–23

Endicott, William, 402

Episcopalian Church, 103

Erikson, Erik, 46

Eubanks, Mrs., 156

Evans, John, 150

Fair Grounds, New Orleans, 347

Fallen Timbers, 27

Far West
(steamboat), 419–31