Index

  A | B | C | D | E

  F | G | H | I | J

  K | L | M | N | O

  P | R | S | T

  U | V | W | Y

  Absaraka, 75

  Absaraka; Home of the Crows, 225-226

  Adair, John, 25, 35, 53, 57-59, 68-69, 97, 108-109, 111, 126, 132, 143, 148, 155

  Alder Gulch, Mont., 134

  Almstedt, Henry, 63, 148, 152

  Amusements, 99-100, 145, 151

  Arapaho Indians, 13-15, 18, 51, 109-110, 117, 121-122, 127, 135, 148-149, 170-173, 178, 206, 217, 224

  Arms and ammunition, 18, 20, 23, 47, 62-63, 73, 87-88, 113, 115, 118-119, 128, 135-136, 141, 147, 157, 171, 174-175, 180, 186-187, 191, 197, 223-224

  Army and Navy Journal, 99, 104, 154, 215-217, 222

  Arnold, Wilbur F., 159, 165, 168, 190

  Arrison, Henry, 54, 68, 78

  Augur, Christopher C, 209, 224

  Bailey, George M., 56-57

  Bailey, William, 117, 119, 194, 201, 216

  Band, Regimental, see Eighteenth Infantry Regiment, Regimental band

  Barnes, John H., 36, 140-141

  Baxter Springs, Kans., 134

  Beauvais, G. P., 216

  Beauvais Ranche, Nebr., 28

  Beckwourth, James P., 50, 97-98, 149

  Berger, W. H., 130

  Big Horn Mts., 13, 15, 26, 40, 54, 57, 64, 66, 89, 91, 93, 107, 117, 140, 160, 206

  Big Horn River, 63, 95, 97, 221

  Big Nose, 178

  Big Piney, 66-67, 69-71, 73, 76-77, 93, 98, 114-115, 117, 119, 129, 140, 145, 151-152, 160, 170-171, 173, 174, 176, 184-186, 219-220, 224

  Bingham, Horatio S., 147, 157-165, 167-168, 206, 217

  Bingham, Stella, 167

  Bisbee, Eugene, 65, 168

  Bisbee, William H., 20-21, 25, 27, 29, 34, 45-53, 65-78, 97, 100, 111, 114-115, 129-130, 132, 150, 153-156, 167-168, 226

  Bisbee, Mrs., 65, 74, 100, 156, 168

  Bissell, Ephraim C., 125

  Black Hills, 15, 224

  Black Horse, 68-69, 72-77, 79, 82-83, 126

  Black Shield, 172, 178

  Bogy, Lewis V., 214

  Borsman, Alphonse, 204

  Bowers, G. R., 164-165, 167-168, 206, 217

  Bozeman, John, 13

  Bozeman, Mont., 221

  Bozeman Road, see Montana Road

  Bradford, Daniel, 128

  Bradley, James H., 84-86, 105, 133, 139, 155

  Brannan, James J., 50, 65, 67, 105, 139

  Bratt, John, 110, 146-147

  Bridger, James, 13, 26-27, 35-36, 44, 46, 48-50, 53-55, 64-67, 69-70, 73, 82, 90, 97-98, 109, 117-118, 127, 148-149, 151-152, 166, 197, 205, 216-217, 222

  Bridger’s Ferry, 48, 50, 59, 84, 108, 155

  Brooks, William H., 108

  Brough, John C, 194-195

  Brown, Frederick H., 21, 25, 37, 41, 51, 63-64, 67, 92-93, 96, 102-103, 107-108, 111-113, 115, 122, 125-126, 131-132, 50, 153-154, 157, 163, 167, 170-171, 175, 181, 189, 193, 199, 204

  Brulé Indians, 38-40, 43, 224

  Buelon, Surgeon, 25

  Buffalo Tongue, 127

  Buffaloes, 66, 85, 111, 210-211

  Buford, N. B., 216

  Bullock, W. G., 41-42

  Burke, Thomas, 152

  Burnett, Finn, 197-198, 200, 219

  Burrowes, Thomas B., 25, 82-83, 90-91, 97

  Caldwell, A., 107-108

  California Crossing, 28

  Camp Douglas, Utah, 33

  Camp Mitchell, Nebr., 35

  Carmichael, Sarah F., 141

  Carrington, Frances Grummond, 115-116, 118-119, 140, 143, 145, 151-152, 156, 165-166, 175, 186, 190, 192, 196, 199-201, 207, 209-211, 225-226, 228

  Carrington, Harry, 26, 140

  Carrington, Henry Beebe, early life, 16-17; at Ft. Kearney, 17-20, 22, 24, 27; en route to Ft. Phil Kearny, 26-28; 32-33, 35, 37, 48-50, 53-54, 64-66; at Ft. Sedgwick, 29-30; at Ft. Laramie, 38-48, 212-213; at Ft. Reno, 55-64; selects fort site, 67-69; builds Ft. Phil Kearny, 70-83, 90-139; assumes command of post, 132; at Ft. Phil Kearny, 12, 13, 146-157, 166-206; celebrates completion of fort, 139-145; pursues Indians, 157-158, 160-166; relieved of command, 206-209; march to Ft. Casper, 209-211; transferred to Ft. McPherson, 212-213; blamed for disaster, 213-214; absolved from blame, 218; at Ft. McPherson, 11, 27, 216, 226; retires to Wabash College, 225-226; weds Frances Grummond, 226; returns for celebration, 227-229

  Carrington, James, 24, 26, 65, 100, 140, 175, 191, 199

  Carrington, Margaret I., 17, 22-24, 32-33, 35-36, 41, 43-44, 47, 50, 54-56, 65, 67, 72, 74, 100, 125, 140-141, 145, 192, 196, 209-210, 225-226

  Carter, Leviticus, 110-111, 119, 130

  Cavalry, see Second Cavalry Regt.

  Cheyenne Indians, 13, 15, 18, 28, 47-48, 51, 68-69, 72-77, 79, 83, 91, 126-127, 130, 149, 171-173, 178-189, 206, 217, 224

  Chimney Rock, 34

  Civil War, 16, 19, 24, 34, 39, 44, 56, 80-81, 84, 86, 100, 115, 133, 147, 150-151, 154, 164, 166-167, 177, 179, 191, 226

  Clark, Sgt., 205

  Clear Fork, 65, 82-83

  Cloud Peak, 67

  Colorado Terr., 18, 30, 39

  Connor, Patrick E., 14-15, 18, 26, 50,

  Cooke, Philip St. George, 19-20, 71, 94-95-103-104, 109, 116-118, 123, 133, 134, 148, 154, 156-157, 192-193, 201, 206-209, 218, 226-227

  Court House Rock, 34

  Crazy Horse, 172, 178

  Crazy Woman’s Creek, 64-65, 75-76, 210-211; fight at, 85-90, 93, 228

  Crow Indians, 18, 50-51, 75-76, 98, 117, 127, 148-149, 151-152, 171, 198, 220, 225

  Curry, Samuel, 23, 73, 91, 100, 110

  Custer, George A., 74, 105

  Custer Battlefield, 201

  Custer Massacre, 11, 183, 226

  Daley, William, 140-141, 143, 227-228

  Damme, Peter, 110, 119

  Dandy, George B., 204-205, 219, 224

  Daniels, Napoleon H., 84-86, 88, 90, 94, 228

  Dennison, William, 17

  Dillon, George, 194, 201

  Dillon, Thomas, 82, 93

  D’Isay, Isaac, 25, 35

  Donaldson, Joe, 68-69, 72, 78

  Donovan, John, 78, 165

  Dow, George, 137

  Dull Knife, 74, 79, 178

  Dye, William, 222

  Eighteenth Infantry Regiment, 16-17, 24, 77, 133, 147, 153, 204, 207, 212, 221

  1st battalion, 16, 29, 33, 35, 39, 104, 150, 204, 208

  2nd battalion, 15, 18, 23, 25, 33, 37, 45, 48, 54, 57, 60, 63, 68, 76, 80, 83, 90-91, 97, 105, 121, 132, 142, 150, 204

  3rd battalion, 23, 30, 33, 155

  Regimental band, 20, 23, 25, 28, 48, 73, 98-99, 110, 119, 174, 207, 219

  Fessenden, Frank, 30, 83, 88-92, 100, 110, 112-113, 121, 165, 190-191, 219-220

  Fessenden, Mrs., 83, 89, 91

  Fetterman, William J., 11-13, 30, 83, 147-148, 150-153, 155-157, 160-163, 165-168, 170-181, 184-190, 193, 205, 217-218, 221, 223-224, 226

  Fetterman Massacre, 13, 20, 49, 97, 100-102, 139, 171, 178-203, 205-207, 212-213, 215-218, 222, 224, 226-227

  Fisher, Isaac, 103, 175, 179-181, 192, 199

  Fleet Foot, 40, 48

  Food supplies, 23, 41, 59, 80-82, 100-101, 107-108, 218-221

  Fort Benton, 13, 139

  Fort Bridger, 26

  Fort C. F. Smith, 97, 103-105, 109, 117, 122, 132-133, 135, 139, 148, 152, 158, 207, 217, 221, 223-224

  Fort Casper, 152, 204, 206-207, 209, 211

  Fort Connor, see Fort Reno

  Fort Hall, 13

  Fort Kearney, 17, 20-25, 27, 30, 35, 66, 70, 72, 94, 128, 216

  Fort Laramie, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25, 30, 35-48, 50, 79-80, 83, 94, 97-98, 103-104, 108, 115-116, 118, 132-133, 135-136, 146-149, 151, 155-156, 159, 169-170, 192-194, 200-203, 206-208, 212-213, 215-216, 218-221, 224-225

  Fort Leavenworth, 22-23, 134

  Fort McPherson, 11, 27, 34, 57, 212-213, 216, 221, 226

  Fort Reno, 14-16, 18, 44, 49, 51-64, 68, 74-75, 80-84, 89-91, 95, 103, 105,
108, 127, 130, 132-133, 135-136, 148, 155, 158, 204, 206-209, 211, 217-219, 224-225

  Fort Sedgwick, 28-30, 83

  Fort Worth, Tex., 134

  Fox, George W., 98-99

  Friend, John, 193, 201

  Fuller, Pvt., 88

  “Galvanized Yankees,” 14, 56-57

  Garrett, Sgt., 152

  Gazzous, Louis, 54, 68, 72, 78-79, 100

  Gazzous, Mrs., 78-79

  Gibson, Samuel, 223, 227-228

  Gilchrist, Allando, 113

  Glover, Ridgway, 46, 83, 87, 91, 106,

  Goose Creek, 66-67, 107, 110, 121

  Gordon, David, 202-203, 208, 220

  Grant, Ulysses S., 117, 192-193, 201, 208, 215, 222

  Grasshoppers, 72

  Gregg, Thomas J., 204

  Gregory, J. B., 72, 92, 102, 193

  Gros Ventres, 149

  Grummond, Frances, see Carrington, Frances Grummond

  Grummond,George W., 115-116, 141, 150-151, 153, 157, 160-169, 174-180, 192-193, 195, 199-200, 209, 228

  Guthrie, John, 164, 189, 197-199

  Haas, Herman, 202

  Harman, D., 161

  Hayfield Fight, 223-224

  Haymond, Henry, 25, 53, 58-59, 63-64, 76-80, 94, 96-97

  Hazen, William B., 104-106, log, 130, 133, 139

  Helena, Mont., 198

  Henning, James, 130

  High Back Bone, 178

  Hill, James, 77, 130

  Hines, C. M., 84, 86, 153, 176, 183-185, 188-189, 218

  Holladay, Ben, 105

  Horseshoe Station, 49, 193-194, 201, 203

  Horton, Samuel M., 25, 30, 33, 49, 100, 110, 136, 169, 201

  Horton, Mrs., 54, 65, 74, 100

  Hudson’s Bay Co., 105, 217

  Hugas, John, 79

  Hughes, Robert P., 35

  Hunkpapas, 148-149

  Hunton, John, 42, 193

  Indian Bureau, see U.S. Indian Affairs, Office of

  Indians, Plains, 17-18, 20, 24, 36, 38-39, 41-46, 74, 80, 116, 119, 130, 157, 183, 186-188, 195-196, 217; see also by tribes

  Infantry, see Eighteenth Infantry; Twenty-seventh Infantry

  Irving, Washington, 17

  Johnson, Andrew, 159

  Johnson, Peter, 113-114

  Julesburg, Colo., 28, 30

  Kansas, 134

  Kearney City, Nebr., 25

  Kearney Herald, 27

  Kearny, Philip, 17, 92

  Kearny, Stephen W., 17

  Kinney, Jefferson T., 100-101, 140-141, 216

  Kinney, Nathaniel C, 25, 63, 83, 97

  Kirkendall, Hugh, 83, 93

  Kirtland, Thaddeus, 25, 35, 63, 90, 103, 105, 130

  Kountz, Herman, 130

  Lake De Smet, 66, 107, 113

  Lang, Augustus, 81, 180, 199

  Laramie River, 39, 48

  Legrow, Corp., 173

  Leighton, A. C, 58-59, 109

  Lincoln, Abraham, 15, 100

  Little Chief, 171

  Little Piney, 66-67, 69-72, 76-77, 93, 98, 102, 114-115, 119, 125-126, 128-129, 171, 204

  Little Wolf, 178, 225

  Lodge Trail Ridge, 12, 71, 160-161, 163, 165, 169, 174-177, 184, 187, 189

  Lodgepole Canyon, 33

  Lodgepole Creek, Nebr., 32

  Lone Tree, Nebr., 129

  Louis Ranche, Nebr., 32-33

  McCleary, Surgeon, 25, 139

  McClellan, George B., 19

  McGuire, James, 162

  McLaren, Robert N., 40

  Maddeon, Thomas, 97, 174-175

  Mahan, Dennis H., 70

  Makhpia-sha, see Red Cloud

  Marr, Capt., 83, 87, 89

  Massacre Hill, 182

  Mathews, Surgeon, 25

  Matson, Winfield Scott, 120-122, 185, 196

  Maynadier, Henry E., 39-40, 44

  Medical supplies, 136-137

  Medicine Man, 171

  Merriam, H., 98

  Metzger, Adolf, 161, 182, 198-199

  Miniconjous, 39, 172, 179-180, 182, 224

  Minnesota, 18, 167

  Missouri River, 13

  Mitchell Pass, 34-35

  Montana Road, 12-15, 18, 38, 42, 46, 48, 54, 68, 71, 78, 84, 95, 98, 102-103, 117, 130-131, 135, 138, 145, 161, 173, 176-179, 183-187, 190, 197, 206, 218, 224-225

  Montana Terr., 13-16, 22, 56, 60, 68, 78, 98, 117, 134-135, 137-139, 142, 146, 148, 155, 198, 221

  Mountain District, Dept. of the Platte, 18-19, 22, 48, 51, 58, 63, 69, 75-76, 80, 97, 104, 108, 131-132, 206; abolition of, 133-134

  Mud Springs, Nebr., 33-34

  Murphy, William, 23, 29-30, 34, 45, 53, 57, 59, 62, 64, 70, 77-79, 81, 141, 155, 184-185, 187-188, 200, 219-220, 227-228

  Mutilations by Indians, 78, 90, 183, 188-191, 193, 198-199

  Nebraska Terr., 32-34, 72, 103, 128-129, 131, 135

  Nine-Mile Ranche, 49

  Niobrara River, 14

  Norris, Charles, 29

  North, Bob, 121-122, 127

  Oberly, Christian, 131

  O’Fallon’s Bluffs, Nebr., 27

  Oglalas, 39-40, 43, 75, 148, 171-172, 178, 180, 183, 198, 224

  Old Little Dog, 28

  Omaha, Nebr., 40, 44, 47, 63, 67, 71, 91, 94, 130, 133, 149, 155, 158, 168-169, 192, 203, 207, 209, 216

  Order of Indian Wars, 226

  Oregon Trail, 26, 30, 135

  Ostrander, Alson, 80

  Ould, Surgeon, 185, 196

  Overland Mail, 33, 105

  Palmer, Innis N., 202-203, 207-208

  Parker, E. S., 216

  Pawnee Indians, 22, 24, 26, 149

  Peale, James, 219

  Pegaleshka, see Spotted Tail

  Peno Creek, 12, 16, 71, 77-79, 164, 166, 172-173, 177-179, 181, 183-185, 187-188, 199, 206

  Peno Head, 160

  Peters, S. S., 84, 86-87, 89, 227, 228

  Philadelphia Photographer, 46, 91, 106

  Phillips, George, 101-102

  Phillips, John (Portugee), 103, 192; his ride, 193-194, 201-203, 207

  Phisterer, Frederick, 25, 34-35, 37, 49, 50-51, 67, 76-77, 80, 91, 94, 97

  Photography on the frontier, 46-47, 84, 87, 91, 106, 113-115

  Pilot Hill, 70-71, 102, 110, 116, 124-125, 160, 167, 169, 173, 176, 206

  Piney Island, 92, 100-102, 124, 131-133, 155, 170, 184

  Platte, Dept. of the, 19, 62, 91, 104, 133, 169, 209; see also Mountain District, Dept. of the Platte

  Platte River, 25, 28-32, 35-37, 39, 42, 48-50, 53-54, 72, 84-92, 94, 142, 224

  Plum Creek, Nebr., 26

  Pope, John, 15, 57

  Powder River, 13, 15, 18, 22, 26, 28, 38, 40, 45-46, 49, 55, 57-60, 69, 74-75, 79, 91, 103, 127, 171, 206, 217 223-225

  Powell, James W., 148, 153-155, 165, 167-169, 172-174, 196-197, 222-223

  Prairie Dog Creek, see Peno Creek

  Proctor, J. L., 23, 25, 63, 84, 130, 158

  Pumpkin Buttes, 55, 59

  Ranches, Road, 28, 32-33, 49

  Red Cloud, 15, 39, 43-45, 50, 74-75, 77-80, 82, 93, 98, 118, 124, 127, 135, 149 166, 171-172, 178, 183, 198, 200, 205, 222-225

  Red Leaf, 178

  Reid, Edwin, 126

  Roman Nose, 171

  Rover, Pvt., see Bissell, Ephraim C.

  Ryan, John, 57, 78, 113-115

  Sage Creek, 212

  St. Geiger, Dominic, 97

  Sample, Archibald, 97, 133, 185-187, 216

  Sanborn, J. B., 216-218

  Sand Creek Massacre, 18

  Sawmills, 27, 34-35, 72, 92, 97, 102, 170

  Sawyer, James A., 14

  Scotts Bluff, Nebr., 34-35, 72, 92

  Scurvy, 124, 220-221

  Second Cavalry Regt., 29, 103, 105, 107-108, 145, 202, 208, 217, 219

  Co. C, 147, 152, 157, 160-165, 168, 174, 177-182, 186, 189, 197, 204, 227

  Shanks, John T., 108

  Sheridan, Wyo., 227

  Sherman, William T., 24, 116, 118, 126, 147, 215, 225, 227

  Shoshoni Indians, 64

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  Sioux Indians, 13-15, 18-19, 26, 38, 43, 47-49, 51, 54-55, 64, 74-77, 79-80, 82-83, 85-90, 93, 98, 101-102, 106, 108-110, 117, 121, 126-127, 130, 135, 148, 151, 160-166, 172-173, 178-189, 206, 222-224

  Sissetons, 148

  Skinner, Prescott M., 84, 86-87

  Smith, Alexander, 102

  Smith, Patrick, 124-126

  Smith, W. B. C, 109, 149

  Sorrel Horse, 171-172

  Spotted Tail, 39-40, 44-45, 48

  Square, F. M., 130

  Standing Elk, 38-39, 42, 45

  Stanton, Edwin M., 215

  Stead, Jack, 26, 38, 67-69, 72-74, 77

  Stone’s River, Battle of, 16

  Story, Nelson, 134-138

  Story, Wyo., 92

  Stuart, J. E. B., 19

  Sullivant, Margaret I., see Carrington, Margaret I.

  Sullivant Hills, 71, 101, 145, 160, 175-176, 184

  Sally, Alfred, 216

  Sutlers’ stores, 41-42, 58, 135, 151

  Tanner, Milo B., 56

  Taylor, E. B., 40, 42-43, 45, 47

  Templeton, George M., 83-86, 228

  Ten Eyck, Tenodor, 12-13, 28-29, 57, 59, 63, 65, 67, 70-71, 96, 99, 101, 111-112, 118, 127, 131-132, 147-148, 153, 184-190, 195-196, 221-222

  Texas, 134

  Tongue River, 56, 65-67, 70, 72, 79, 98, 117, 126-127, 145, 148-149, 166, 170-172, 178, 183, 205-206, 217

  Trails, 13-14, 26, 30, 54, 135

  Treaties, 15, 18, 38, 40, 43, 45, 47, 149, 217, 224-225

  Twenty-seventh Infantry Regt., 150, 204, 221-222

  Two Moons, 74, 126

  U.S. Indian Affairs, Office of, 40, 218, 213-215

  U.S. Interior Department, 213, 215, 218, 226

  U.S. Volunteers, see “Galvanized Yankees”

  U.S. War Department, 15, 117, 201, 209, 211, 213-215

  Van Kirk, Horace, 97

  Van Voast, James, 29, 39, 208

  Virginia City, Mont., 13-15, 46, 91, 94, 117, 138

  Wabash College, 225-226

  Wagon Box Fight, 222-223, 228