Colorado (Territory, State), 2, 4, 13, 94, 97, 119–20, 144, 219; Ute War, 332–42
Colorado River (Colo.-Utah-Ariz.-Calif.), 169–70, 184 n12, 332 passim
Colt revolver, 70, 77 n6
Columbia River (Wash.-Oreg.), 177, 186 1135, 325–6, 402
Columbus Barracks, Ohio, 24
Colvig, J. L., 376
Colville Reservation (Wash.), 315
Colvin, Al, 124
Colyer, Vincent, 187 n51, 193–4, 196, 215 n13
Comanche Indians, 4, 5, 95, 98, 160 n13, 169; and Hancock campaign of 1867, 114 passim; and Texas raids, 35, 97, 127 n18, 137, 144, 164–6, 207–14; and Medicine Lodge treaties, 133; Mexican raids, 344, 345, 349; and plains campaign of 1868–69, 144 passim; Red River War, 221 passim. See also specific Comanche bands
Comanchero Traders, 164, 211
Commanding General, 28–31
Commissary Department. See Subsistence Department
Commissary General, 36 n9
Concentration Policy, Indians, 7–8, 47, 399; military, 47, 399
Concho River (Tex.), 167
Connor, Gen. Patrick E., 97, 99, 100, 108 n16
Cook Inlet (Alaska), 181–2
Cooke, Gen. Philip St. George, 13, 71, 94, 95, 102–3, 106, 109 n32, 112, 126 n7
Copper Mine Apache Indians, 184 n12, 194. See also Gila Apache Indians; Apache Indians
Corps of Engineers, 12, 15, 28
Corralitos River (Mex.), 360
Cottonwood Creek (Ida.), 302
Coulson, Mont., 310
Council Grove, Kan., 138
Courts martial, 84–5
Cow Island (Mont.), 311
Coyotero Apache Indians. See White Mountain Apache Indians
Crawford, Capt. Emmet, 377–84, 388, 395 n31, n32
Crawford, Gov. Samuel J., 120, 147, 150, 162 n37
Crawley, Dennis, 201
Crazy Horse, 104, 237, 249, 254–5, 260, 271, 275–9, 282, 293 n18
Crazy Woman’s Fork (Wyo.), 249
Cree Indians, 285
Creedmor, N.Y., 41 n78
Crook, Gen. George, 17, 34, 51, 390, 399, 400; on Apaches, 371; in Arizona, 193–8, 215 n22, 356–7, 379–86; characterized, 178–9, 393; on dealing with Indians, 55, 196, 378; death, 403, 411 n7; Geronimo outbreak (1885), 382–6, 391–3; and Indian auxiliaries, 53–4, 196, 289–90, 378 passim; on Indian firearms, 71–2; Mexican campaign of 1883, 379–81; in Paiute War, 175–8; and pack transportation, 48–9, 196, 378 passim; promotion, 198, reassigned to Arizona, 377; at Rosebud, 255–6, 288, 306, 322–4, 335–6; Sioux warfare (1876–77), 245, 247, 248–51, 253, 262, 268–72, 275–9, 281–2, 294 n35, strategy, 53–5, 196
Crow Agency (Mont.), 252
Crow Creek Agency (S.D.), 237–40
Crow Indians, 4, 50, 109 n28, 134, 241, 305, 402; as scouts for Crook, 253, 255; as scouts for Gibbon and Custer, 252, 256–8; with Miles, 276, 287, 289–90
Curly Headed Doctor (Modoc), 202, 204
Custer Creek (Mont.), 273
Custer, Elizabeth B., xiii
Custer, Gen. George A., xiii, xiv, 25, 34, 70, 71, 72; Black Hills expedition, 244, 245; characterized, 116; court martial, 128 n26; dispute with Hazen, 158 n26, 206, 220; and Gatling guns, 73; and Hancock campaign of 1867, 116–9; Little Bighorn, 259–62, 267, 271, 272, 288, 373, 405, 409; plains campaign of 1868–69, 150–3, 155–6, 157, 159, 162 n40; Sioux War (1876), 248, 251–2, 256–61; in Stanley expedition of 1873, 242–3
Custer, S.D., 270
Cypress Hills (Canada), 285
Dakota (Territory), 14, 33, 40 n63, 76, 94; defenses, 121–2, 243 passim, 253 passim, 286
Dangerous Eagle (Kiowa), 235 n20
Darlington, Agent Brinton, 207
Darlington Agency (I.T.). See Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency
Datil Mountains (N.M.), 184 n12
David’s Island (N.Y.), 24
Davidson, Lt. Col. John W., 220 passim
Davis, Lt. Britton, 377–83, 388
Davis, Gov. Edmund J., 210, 212
Davis, Sec. War Jefferson, 29
Davis, Gen. Jefferson C., 175, 181–3, 187 n47, 204–6, 296
Davis, Capt. Wirt, 383–4, 392
Davis Mountains (Tex.), 184 n12
Dawes Act of 1887, 401
Day, Lt. Matthias W., 383
Deadwood, S.D., 270
Deer Lodge, Mont., 307
Delano, Sec. Interior Columbus, 199, 214, 412 n20
Denver, Colo., 2, 94, 144, 333–4, 335
Department Commander, role of, 35
Department of the Interior. See U.S. Department of the Interior
Departments: Alaska, 183; Arizona, 35, 171, 198, 386, 391; Arkansas, 14; California, 14, 34, 170, 175; Columbia, 14, 34, 175, 177, 181, 198, 288, 296, 324; Dakota, 13, 34, 94, 121–2, 132, 232, 240, 241, 253, 277, 283, 292 n16, 294 n40, 412 n13; Gulf, 14; Missouri, 13, 33, 94, 107 n4, 114, 170, 192, 219; Platte, 33, 34, 94, 112, 113, 241, 244, 245, 283, 324, 357, 395, 403, 412 n13; Texas, 14, 34, 35, 168, 209, 356
Desertion (from army), 23, 27, 128 n32
DeSmet, Fr. Pierre Jean, 135
Devil’s River (Tex.), 354
Díaz, Pres. Porfirío, 351–6, 363, 378
Dirty Moccasins (Cheyenne), 254
Districts: Alaska, 183; Arizona, 170; Lakes, 199; Montana, 306; New Mexico, 149, 170, 359, 375; Upper Arkansas, 116, 147; Yellowstone, 277–8
Divisions: Gulf, 166; Missouri, 13–4, 94, 209, 395 n34, 403; Pacific, 13–4, 34, 170, 174–7, 192, 395
Dixon, Billy, 224
Dodge, Capt. Francis S., 335, 337
Dodge, Gen. Grenville M., 3
Dodge, Lt. Col. Richard I., 245, 275
Dog Soldiers, 97; described, 126 n15; and Hancock campaign of 1867, 115 passim; in plains warfare (1868–69), 143 passim; at Summit Springs, 157. See also Cheyenne Indians
Doolittle, Sen. James R., 113, 126 n10
Douglas (Ute), 333, 335, 343 n30
Dove Creek (Tex.). See Battles
Dragoon Mountains (Ariz.), 194
Drexel Mission (S.D.). See Battles
Drum, Lt. Col. William F., 404
Drum Barracks, Calif., 192
Dry Lake (Calif.), 204
Duck Valley Reservation (Nev.), 322
Dull Knife (Cheyenne), 162 n37, 283–4
Dull Knife (Cheyenne), 294 n33, n36; attacked by Mackenzie, 275–6, 290
Durango (Mexican State), 344
Dyar, L. S., 203
Dyer cartridge box, 75
Eagle from the Light (Nez Percé), 297
Eagle Heart (Kiowa), 209
East Clear Creek (Ariz.), 377
Egan (Paiute), 323–5, 327
Eighteenth Infantry, 25, 122, 123, 294 n40; on Bozeman Trail, 98–107
Eighteenth Kansas Cavalry, 120
Eighth Cavalry, 171–3, 186 n32, 220 passim, 404
Eighth Infantry, 20, 25, 306, 325, 357, 387, 403
El Paso, Tex., 164, 167, 174
El Paso Road. See San Antonio El Paso Road
Eleventh Infantry, 220 passim, 280
Elk Creek (Ida.), 331
Elliott, Maj. Joel H., 151–2
Endicott, Sec. War William C., 384
Engineering. School of Application, 44
English, Lt. William L., 307
Eskiminzin (Apache), 192
Eureka Valley (Okla.), 144
Evans, Maj. Andrew W., 149, 154, 158–9, 161 n23, 220, 376–7
Ewers, Capt. Ezra P., 399
Extermination (attitudes), 51–2, 111
Far West (steamer), 256, 257, 267
Farrow, Lt. Edward S., 330–2
Fast Bull (Sioux), 280–1
Fat Bear (Cheyenne), 162 n37
Fechet, Capt. Edmund G., 404
Fetterman, Capt. William J., 103, 104–7, 109 n31, 111, 112 113, 115, 123, 124, 125, 189
Fifteenth Infantry, 338
Fifth Artillery, 73
Fifth Cavalry, 17, 25, 77, 147, 215 n22, 310; plains campaign 1868–69, 1
48–9; in Sioux War of 1876, 268 passim, at Summit Springs, 156–7; in Tonto Basin campaign, 196–8; in Ute War, 335–40
Fifth Infantry, 25, 170; in Nez Percé war 220 passim; in Sioux War of 1876, 269 passim; in Sioux expedition of 1879, 287–8
Fifth Military District, 142, 166, 168, 170
Finerty, John F., xiii, 289
First Artillery, 406
First Cavalry, 161–3, 178–81, 186 n32, 196–8, 199 passim, 216 n31, 217 n36, 300 passim, 324–9, 330–2
First Infantry, 183 n6, 280, 409
Fisher, Isaac, 105
Fiske, John, 65
Flathead Indians, 4
Florida (State), 233, 388–90, 399
Floyd-Jones, Col. DeLancey, 25
Ford, Agent C.D., 382
Forse, Capt. Albert G., 330–2
Forsyth, Gen. George A., xiii, 53, 147–8, 157, 375–6
Forsyth, Col. James W., 327–8, 406–7
Fortification Creek (Colo.), 336
Fort Abercrombie, N.D., 121
Fort Abraham Lincoln, N.D., 242, 244, 248, 251–2, 267, 270, 272, 403
Fort Apache, Ariz., 82, 196, 197, 357, 371–3, 376, 378, 381, 384, 388
Fort Arbuckle, Okla., 115, 137, 159
Fort Assinniboine, Mont., 290
Fort Baker, Calif., 186 n35
Fort Bascom, N.M., 149, 154, 156, 158
Fort Bayard, N.M., 81, 174, 359, 360
Fort Belknap, Mont., 241; Tex., 167
Fort Bennett, S.D., 403, 405
Fort Benton, Mont., 94
Fort Berthold, N.D., 94, 121, 122
Fort Bidwell, Calif., 177, 201
Fort Boise, Ida., 177, 178, 179, 302, 306, 309, 317–8, 324, 330
Fort Bowie, Ariz., 170, 173, 194, 198, 358, 383–6, 389, 393
Fort Breckinridge, Ariz., 170
Fort Bridger, Wyo., 95
Fort Brown, Tex., 167
Fort Browning, Mont., 241
Fort Buchanan, Ariz., 170
Fort Buford, N.D., 121, 122, 252, 270, 274, 288, 292 n10, n16, 293 n21
Fort Burnham, Tex., 167
Fort C.F. Smith, Mont., 81, 100, 109 n28, 121, 123–4, 134, 136
Fort Canby, Wash. See Fort Cape Disappointment
Fort Cape Disappointment, Wash., 186 n35
Fort Casper, Wyo., 95, 102, 121
Fort Chadbourne, Tex., 167
Fort Churchill, Nev., 177
Fort Clark, Tex., 167, 213, 345–7, 350, 352
Fort Cobb, Okla., 144–5, 149–50, 152–3, 161 n22, 292 n16
Fort Colville, Wash., 177
Fort Concho, Tex., 167, 212, 220
Fort Craig, N.M., 174
Fort Crook, Calif., 186 n35
Fort Cummings, N.M., 81, 174, 359
Fort Custer, Mont., 281, 290, 402
Fort D.A. Russell, Wyo., 121, 325
Fort Dalles, Oreg., 186 ng$
Fort Davis, Tex., 167, 169, 362, 363
Fort Dodge, Kan., 94, 115, 118–9, 127 n18, 147, 150, 159, 220
Fort Duncan, Tex., 167, 345, 347, 350
Fort Elliott, Tex., 228
Fort Ellis, Mont., 121, 241, 251, 270, 279
Fort Fetterman, Wyo., 77, 121, 123, 136, 248–9, 251, 253, 268, 275
“Fort Fizzle,” Mont., 306
Fort Fred Steele, Wyo., 121, 335–6
Fort Garland, Colo., 2, 338, 339–40
Fort Gaston, Calif., 177
Fort Gibson, Okla., 158
Fort Griffin, Tex., 167, 228, 231
Fort Hall Agency, Ida., 322–3, 324, 308, 331
Fort Halleck, Nev., 177
Fort Harker, Kan., 94, 128 n26
Fort Harney, Oreg., 177, 180, 201, 325
Fort Hays, Kan., 94, 118, 128 n26, 147, 155–6, 162 n37
Fort Hoskins, Oreg., 186 n35
Fort Huachuca, Ariz., 378, 387
Fort Humboldt, Calif., 186 n35
Fort Kearny, Neb. See Fort Phil Kearny
Fort Kenay, Alaska, 182
Fort Keogh, Mont., 281, 288, 289, 290, 328. See also Tongue River Cantonment
Fort Klamath, Oreg., 177, 199, 206, 303
Fort Kodiak, Alaska, 182
Fort Lapwai, Ida., 177, 298, 300, 301, 324, 330
Fort Laramie, Wyo., 2, 3, 95, 97, 98, 121, 143, 239–40, 244–5, 282, 403; and Bozeman Trail, 98 passim; Treaty of 1868, 132, 134–5, 237, 242, 243, 246, 272
Fort Larned, Kan., 94, 115–6, 118, 133, 138, 149, 161 n22
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., 27, 44, 73, 219, 277, 314, 386; military prison at 84, 343 n30; prison guard, 15
Fort Lewis, Colo., 338, 339, 341
Fort Lincoln, N.D. See Fort Abraham Lincoln
Fort Lowell, Ariz., 170
Fort Lyon, Colo., 39 n55, 94, 144, 149, 156, 158
Fort McDermit, Nev., 177, 180, 328
Fort McDowell, Ariz., 87, 170, 173, 196, 376
Fort McIntosh, Tex., 167
Fort McKavett, Tex., 167
Fort McKeen, N.D. See Fort Abraham Lincoln
Fort McKinney, Wyo., 290
Fort McPherson, Neb., 95, 121, 156
Fort McRae, N.M., 174, 359
Fort Maginnis, Mont., 290
Fort Marion, Fla., 233, 388, 390
Fort Meade, S.D., 290, 403
Fort Mitchell, Neb., 95, 121
Fort Mojave, Ariz., 170, 173
Fort Morgan, Colo., 95
Fort Niobrara, Neb., 291, 403
Fort Peck, Mont., 236
Fort Peck Agency, Mont., 241, 274, 286, 287
Fort Phil Kearny, Neb., 3, 81, 87, 95, 98, 121; abandoned, 136; in Sioux War of 1866, 100–7, 121; in Sioux War of 1867, 123–5, 134
Fort Pickens, Fla., 390
Fort Point, Calif., 186 n35
Fort Quitman, Tex., 167, 169
Fort Randall, S.D., 94, 121, 240, 288, 403
Fort Ransom, N.D., 121
Fort Reading, Calif., 186 n35
Fort Reno, Okla., 283; Wyo., 95, 100, 108 n16, 121, 123, 275, 283
Fort Rice, N.D., 86, 94, 121, 135, 236, 240
Fort Richardson, Tex., 167, 209–10
Fort Riley, Kan., 3, 94, 128 n26
Fort Ringgold, Tex., 167
Fort Sanders, Wyo., 121, 136
Fort Sedgwick, Colo., 95, 121, 157
Fort Selden, N.M., 80, 81, 84, 174, 359
Fort Shaw, Mont., 121, 270, 306
Fort Sidney, Neb., 121
Fort Sill, Okla., 42 n94, 272, 292 n16, 390; “city of refuge,” 207, 209 passim; founded, 154–5; and Jacksboro affair, 209–10; in plains campaign of 1869, 154–6, 158–9; in Red River War, 280 passim
Fort Sisseton, N.D., 121
Fort Snelling, Minn., 229
Fort Stanton, N.M., 174, 356, 361
Fort Steilacoom, Wash., 186 n35
Fort Stevens, Oreg., 186 n35
Fort Stevenson, N.D., 121, 122
Fort Stockton, Tex., 88, 167, 169
Fort Sully, S.D., 94, 121, 240, 403
Fort Sumner, N.M., 211
Fort Terrett, Tex., 167
Fort Thomas, Ariz. See Camp Thomas
Fort Thornburgh, Utah, 340
Fort Tongass, Alaska, 182
Fort Totten, N.D., 121
Fort Union, N.M., 94; N.D., 94, 121
Fort Vancouver, Wash., 177, 201, 328, 331
Fort Wadsworth, N.D. See Fort Sisseton
Fort Walla Walla, Wash., 177, 298, 299, 305, 307
Fort Wallace, Kan., 94, 119, 128 n26, 148, 230
Fort Walsh, Canada, 285
Fort Washakie, Wyo., 241
Fort Whipple, Ariz., 170, 173, 185 n28, 198, 372, 376, 377
Fort Wingate, N.M., 90, n14, 360, 373
Fort Wrangel, Alaska, 182–3
Fort Yamhill, Oreg., 186 n35
Fort Yates. N.D., 288, 403, 404
Fort Yuma, Calif., 190, 170, 172, 198
Fort Zarah, Kan., 94
Forts, description of, 81–2, 90 n4, 399–400; strategy of, 46–7. See also Camps
Forty-first Infantry, 183 n6
Four Horns (Sioux), 237
Fourteenth Infantry, 171, 178–81, 186 n32, 268 passim, 338
Fourth Artillery, 116, 216 n31, 217 n36, 275, 302 passim, 325–9
Fourth Cavalry, 25, 170, 213; Apache operations, 373, 375–6, 383, 387, 389; in Jacksboro affair, 209–10; operations in Mexico, 346–9, 354–6; in Red River War, 220 passim; in Sioux War of 1876, 272 passim; in Staked Plains campaigns, 211–2; in Texas, 183 n6, 209, 346–9, 354–6; in Ute operations, 338–40
Fourth Infantry, 122, 248 passim, 268 passim, 335–9
Fronteras, Mex., 389
Fry, Gen. James B., 37 n13
Gall (Sioux), 237, 254, 260, 273, 274
Gallatin Valley (Mont.), 120, 121, 241
Garcia, Col. Lorenzo, 376
Garfield, Rep. and Pres. James A., 60, 366 n26
Garrison, William Lloyd, xiv
“Garryowen” (song), 150, 243, 409
Gatewood, Lt. Charles B., 377–9, 381, 388–92
Gatling gun, 72–3, 223, 230, 252, 258, 302–3, 306, 354
General Sherman (steamer), 288
General Springs (Ariz.), 376
German, John, family of, 227, 229
Germany, recruits from, 23
Geronimo (Apache), 48, 364, 397, 399; arrested, 359; characterized, 358, 369; wars with, 375–93
Getty, Gen. George W., 149, 170, 174, 366 n26
Ghost Dance Religion, 294 n36, 371, 402–9
Gibbon, Gen. John, 25, 30–1, 39 n57, n61, 50, 70, 114, 277, 294 n40, 329, 366 n26, 400, 411 n7; at Big Hole, 16, 306–7, 317–8; in Sioux War of 1876, 251–2, 256–8, 261, 267–70
Gila Apache Indians, 169 passim, 174, 184 n12, 185 n28, 359. See also Apache Indians
Gila River (N.M.-Ariz.), 169–71, 184 n12, 357–8, 371 passim
Gillem, Col. Alvin C., 203–4, 217 n36
Glendive Creek (Mont.), 252, 256, 269–70, 273
Godfrey, Capt. Edward S., 313
Goose Creek (Wyo.), 253, 256, 268
Grand River (N.D.), 270, 404
Grand River Agency (N.D.). See Standing Rock Agency
Grand River Ute Indians, 332, 338. See also Ute Indians
Grande Ronde River (Oreg.), 297, 327, 328
Grangeville, Ida., 300, 330
Grant, Gen. and Pres. Ulysses S., 1, 10, 11, 12, 14, 21, 29–31, 61, 64, 94, 111, 112, 113, 119, 134, 138, 140 n14, 142, 155, 166, 168, 188, 202, 206, 209, 239, 247, 252, 267, 297, 346–9, 357; and Camp Grant massacre, 193; on Fetterman disaster, 106; on Hancock, 114; Peace Policy of, 139, 188–93, 198, 206–7, 214, 397–8; relieves Cooke, 106; on Springfield rifle, 70
Great Basin, 2, 175
Great Plains, 2, 3, 4, 5, 33, 76, 163, 344, 410; defenses, 93–5, 290
Great Sioux Reservation (S.D.), 237–43, 246–7, 272, 402
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