Indian Fights & Fighters

About this eBook

Author

Brady, Cyrus Townsend, 1861-1920

Title

Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Dakota Indians -- Wars

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55275

Release Date

August 6, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Indian Fights and Fighters THE SOLDIER AND THE SIOUX
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — DRAWINGS — PHOTOGRAPHS — MAPS AND PLANS
6. 6.BIBLIOGRAPHY
7. 7.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 — 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
8. 8.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
9. 9.APPENDICES — APPENDIX A. Being a Further Discussion of General Custer’s Course in the Little Big Horn Campaign. [112] — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — APPENDIX B Further Light on the Conduct of Major Reno — Why General Custer Perished — II.
10. 10.INDEX
11. 11.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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