The Last Days of George Armstrong Custer
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army attack of two-hundred-lodge village
at Battle of Little Big Horn
demonization of
families marching toward Bighorn Mountains
firearm superiority of
Mo-nah-se-tah story among
warriors flee Red Cloud Agency
Winter Campaign against
children. See women and children
Chiricahua Apache
Chivington, John M.
cholera
Christiancy, James
Civil War
Custer, G. A., in
Custer, T., in
Grant, U., blunder during
Indian Policy prior to and after
surrender table gifted to Custer, Elizabeth
Clark, Ben
Clymer, Heister
Coates, Issac
Cody, William F. (“Buffalo Bill”), Yellow Hair scalped by
Comanche (horse)
Comanche-Kiowa village
A Complete Life of Gen. George A. Custer (Whittaker)
Comstock, William “Medicine Bill”
Connelly, James
Cooke, William W.
background
body of
Custer, G. A., orders carried to Reno by
Cooper, Wickliffe
Corlett, W. W.
counting coup
Countryman, Horace
Court, James V.
Crawford, Samuel J
Crazy Horse (chief)
courage and battle craft
Crook surprise by
Crook’s battalion versus
death of
fatal blow to Custer, G. A.
after Little Bighorn
on number of warriors at Little Bighorn
Crittenden, John J.
Crook, George (“Uncle George”)
Crazy Horse’s warriors versus
in Custer’s Avengers campaign
missing in action
Crow
Crow Foot
Crow’s Nest promontory
Culpeper battle
Cunningham, John
Curly (Indian scout for Custer, G. A.)
burial site of
Custer, Boston (“Bos”)
body of
Custer, Elizabeth Bacon (“Libbie”)(wife)
as author
background
Civil War surrender table gifted to
donations to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument from
Lee, J., letter to
marriage
on Merritt’s prejudice
on Rain-in-the-Face’s vengeance
relentless to clear husband’s name
Tilford’s letter to
Custer, Emanuel Henry (father)
out-living his sons
Custer, George Armstrong
accused of disobedience
as author
in Battle of Little Bighorn
in Civil War
decision to separate into three battalions
early years
final moments
funeral
June 1876 orders from Terry
Kidd’s description of
marriage
profession of faith
promoting Colorado silver mine
race across Kansas
refusal to ignore profiteering
reprimanded in orders
as scapegoat for Little Bighorn defeat
sports hunting of
taxidermy interest of
–Terry Dakota Column
Texas duty
West Point years
wife’s books about
Custer, Margaret Emma (“Maggie”)(sister)
Custer, Maria Ward Kirkpatrick (mother)
lamentation of
Custer, Nevin (brother)
Custer, Thomas (“Tom”)(brother)
background
body of
in Civil War
Custer Battlefield Historical & Museum Association
Custer Battlefield National Cemetery
Custer National Cemetery
Reno interred with full military honors
Custer Park Mining Company
Custer’s Avengers
Dahlgren, Ulric
Dakota Sioux. See Sioux
Dandy (horse of Custer, G. A.)
Darcy, James
Davis, Theodore R.
defeat, explanations for. See also Battle of the Little Bighorn
Custer, G. A., as disobedient to orders
Custer, G. A., as presidential candidate
Custer, G. A., decision to separate into three battalions
Custer, G. A., lust for glory
fatigue and malnourishment of troops
Gatling guns versus cannon
Indians’ firearm superiority
Lee, J., letter condemning Reno
malfunction of Model 1873 Springfield carbines
pseudo-revisionist interpretation of history
Reno’s disobedience of orders
untrained recruits
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
DeRudio, Charles
background
on not discrediting one’s organization
desertion
DeWolf, James Madison
Dickey, S. A.
Diehl, Charles S.
dinosaur fossils
Dinwiddie Court House battle
Donaldson, A. B.
Dorman, Isaiah
Dull Knife (chief)
Dunlop, William
Early, Jubal A.
Edgerly, Winfield S.
Elliott, Joel
search for
Enlisted Men’s Petition
as court evidence to boost Reno’s case
Evans, John
Falling Waters
Far West
converted to hospital
FBI. See Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Fetterman, William J.
Finkel, Frank
Fisk, J. A.
Five Forks battle
Following the Guidon (Custer, E.)
forgeries
Forsyth, George A. (“Sandy”)
Forsyth, James W.
Fort Abraham Lincoln
Fort Cobb reservation
Fort Harker
Fort Hays
Fort Kearny
Fort Laramie Treaty (1851)
events leading up to
Sitting Bull’s refusal of
Fort Robinson
Fort Wallace
Fox, Richard A., Jr.
French, Thomas (“Tucker”)
providing covering fire
Galaxy
Gall (chief)
background
on clues to Harrington, H. M., fate
on Curly’s authenticity
on number of warriors at Little Bighorn
witnesses soldiers throwing away their rifles
wives and children of
“Garry Owen”
Gatling guns
Geiger, George H.
Gettysburg. See Battle of Gettysburg
Ghost Dance movement
Gibbon, John
Gilbert, Lyman
Girard, Frederic
on how best to destroy villages
testifies to Reno’s mishandling of retreat
Godfrey, Edward S.
gold ore
in Black Hills
Custer Park Mining Company
“Pike’s Peak or Bust”
Goldin, Theodore
Grant, Frederick (“Fred”)(son of Ulysses)
Grant, Orville (brother)
Grant, Ulysses S.
Civil War blunder of
Indian Policy of
pro-Custer, G. A., faction versus
public malice toward Custer, G. A.
Gratten, John L.
Gratten Massacre
Great Sioux War (1876–77)
Grinnell, George Bird
Grouard, Frank (Standing Bear)
Gurley, C. L.
Hall, Frank. See Finkel, Frank
Hamilton, Louis
Hancock, Winfield Scott
Hancock Expedition
Harney, W. S.
Harney’s Peak
Harrington, Grace
Harrington, Henry Moore
Hart, Verlin
Havens, Edwin
Hayes, Rutherford B.
commuting Reno’s sentence
Hayfield Fight
Hazen, William B.
Heath, William H.
Herendeen, George B.
Hickok, James Butler (“Wild Bill”)
Hodgson, Benjamin H.
Holland, Mary
Honsinger, John
horses
cavalry
Comanche (horse of Custer, G. A.)
Dandy (horse of Custer, G. A.)
“man who rode the horse with four white feet”
in Sioux culture
Humphrey, Annette “Nettie”
Hunkpapa. See also Gall
hunting dogs
Indian Policy
dependence upon government rations
Fort Laramie Treaty
government ultimatum delivered to reservations
of Grant, U.
prior to and after Civil War
reservations as necessary for all Plains Indians
reservations as part of
settler’s westward expansion requiring
as “total war”
Inyan Kara
Iron Shirt (chief)
Irwin, Lucretia Beaumont (“Lily”)
Jackson, William (“Billy”)
Jay Cooke & Company
Jenny, Walter P.
Jenny Expedition (1875)
Johnson, Andrew
Josephine
Kanipe, Daniel
Kansas Pacific Railway
Kellogg, Marcus H. (“Mark”)
Keogh, Myles W.
background
body of
on Medicine Trail Coulee
Kicking Bird
Kidd, James M.
Kidder, Lyman S.
Killdeer Mountain. See Battle of Killdeer Mountain
Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson
Kilpatrick–Dahlgren Raid on Richmond
King, John H.
Kiowa
Kuhlman, Charles
Lakota Sioux Nation. See also Fort Laramie Treaty
claim to Black Hills
death of Crazy Horse
Lame Deer (chief)
Lane, Lafayette
Lea, John “Gimlet”
Lee, Jesse M.
letter to Custer, Elizabeth
Lee, Robert E.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Little Bighorn Campaign. See also Battle of the Little Bighorn
army weaponry and ammunition for
events leading up to
planning and preparation for imminent battle
Reno appointed commander of
Reynolds, C., scouts sight Indian village
supplied by steamship
Little Raven (chief)
Little Robe (chief)
Little Wolf (chief)
Logan, Will A.
Lone Wolf
Lord, George E.
burial site of
Lounsberry, Clement A
Luce, Edward S.
on Enlisted Men’s Petition irregularities
Ludlow, William
Mackenzie, Ranald
malfunction of Model 1873 Springfield carbines
Marsh, Grant
Martin, John
Mathey, Edward
McClasky, William S.
McClellan, George B.
McCurry, Joseph
McDougall, Thomas M.
charges Reno with misconduct
McIntosh, Donald (“Tosh”)
McKay, William
McLaughlin, James
Meckling, Henry
media
on Custer, G. A., “disobedience”
pop culture
Medicine Arrow (chief)
Medicine Lodge Treaties (1867)
Merington, Marguerite
Merritt, Wesley
Custer, Elizabeth, on prejudice of
Mexico
Michie, Peter
Michigan Cavalry Brigade
Middleton, J. V. D.
Miles, Nelson A.
on Gatlings for Indian fighting
Miller, David H.
Mills, Angus
Milner, Moses (“California Joe”)
Miniconjou
missing-in-action
Model 1873 Springfield carbines
Mo-nah-se-tah
Morgan, Anna Belle
Morgan, James
Moylan, Myles
charges Reno with misconduct
Murphy, Thomas
mutilation
My Life on the Plains or, Personal Experiences with Indians (Custer, G. A.)
Myers, Edward
Myers, Frank
myths and mysteries
body mutilation
“bravest man Sioux ever fought”
cannibalism
Enlisted Men’s Petition deception
fatal blow to Custer, G. A.
lone survivors
“the man who rode the horse with four white feet”
Troop E
Nakota Sioux
Namozine Church battle
Nez Percé
No Water
noncombatants
captured
Indian, as POWs
Indian, mourning their dead
Sand Creek massacre of
Wounded Knee massacre of
North, Luther
Northern Boundary Survey
Northern Pacific Railroad
Norton, William H.
Nowlan, Henry J.
Oglala Sioux. See also Red Cloud
One Stab (chief)
O’Neil, Thomas
Our American Cousin
“Owen’s Garden”. See also “Garry Owen”
Paha Sapa. See also Black Hills
Palmer, William Jackson
Palmer House, Chicago
Panic of 1873
Parker, Ely
Parsons, Charles C.
Pawnee
Pawnee Killer
Pickard, Edward H.
Pickett, George
“Pike’s Peak or Bust”
Pine Ridge Reservation
Pleasanton, Alfred
Porter, Henry
Porter, James E.
Powder River
base camp at
Cheyenne warriors flee to
Far West docked at mouth of
reserved for Indians only
Reynolds’ attack of Sioux-Cheyenne village on
presidential candidate argument
prisoners of war, noncombatants as. See also women and children
pseudo-revisionism
Quaker policy
Rain-in-the-Face (chief)
myth of vengeance of
recruits. See cavalry recruits
Red Cloud (chief)
on number of Indian warriors at Little Bighorn
Red Cloud Agency
Red Horse (chief), on “bravest man Sioux ever fought”
The Red Right Hand, or Buffalo Bill’s First Scalp for Custer
Red Star (Arikara scout)
Red Tomahawk
Redpath Lyceum Bureau, Boston
Reed, Arthur (“Autie”)
Reed, David
Reed, Harry Armstrong
Reed, Lydia Ann (half sister of Custer, G. A.)
Reily, William Van Wyck
Reno, Marcus A.
aborting orders at Little Bighorn
appointed commander
background
at Court of Inquiry
court-martial and dishonorable discharge of
Enlisted Men’s Petition irregularities
interred with full military honors
Lee, J., letter condemning
legally cleared of wrongdoing
orders from Custer, G. A., delivered to
panicked retreat of
Reno Court of Inquiry
Benteen’s testimony
Lee, J., letter to Custer, Elizabeth
reservations
dependent upon government rations
Fort Cobb
Indian Policy requiring
as necessary for all Plains Indians
Pine Ridge
Sioux
Standing Rock
ultimatum delivered to
revisionist interpretation
Reynolds, Joseph
Reynolds, “Lonesome Charley”
Custer, Elizabeth, description of
Roberts, Annie Gibson
Roman Nose
Romanov, Alexis
Rosebud River Valley
Crook versus Crazy Horse at
Sioux Sun Dance at
Sitting Bull’s people at
Sun Dance
Rosenberg, Bruce A.
Ross, Horatio
Ross, Mary Hannah
Rosser, Thomas L.
defeated and humiliated
Royall, W. B.
Runs-the-Enemy (chief)
Ryan, John
Sand Creek Massacre
Sandoz, Mari
Sans Arc
Santee Sioux
Sash Dance
Satanta
Sayler’s Creek battle
scapegoat, for Little Bighorn defeat
scarlet neckties
Scott, Douglas D.
Scott, Hugh L.
Seward, William H.
Sheridan, Michael V.
Sheridan, Philip
on Battle of Washita
Winter Campaign by
Sherman, William T.
disbelief of Custer, G. A., defeat
implies Custer, G. A. disobedience
Winter Campaign by
Siege of Yorktown
Siep, Robert C.
silver ore
Sioux
at Battle of Little Big Horn
“bravest man Sioux ever fought”
counting coup
demonization of
families marching toward Bighorn Mountains
firearm superiority
Strong Hearts warrior society
Sun Dance at Rosebud River Valley
victory celebration
Winter Campaign against
Sioux reservations
Great Sioux Reservation
ultimatum delivered to
Sitting Bull (chief)
assembling his people in Rosebud River Valley
background
Grouard adopted by
as medicine man and counselor
surrender of
Smith, Algernon E. (“Fresh”)
Smith, Andrew Jackson (“A. J.”)
Smith, C. F.
Snake Creek battle
Snow, Clyde
sports hunting
Spotted Tail (chief)
Standing Bear (chief)
Standing Rock Reservation
Stanley, David
Stanley, Henry M.
Steven Lode silver mine
Strong Hearts warrior society
Stuart, Jeb
Sturgis, Ella (daughter of Samuel)
Sturgis, James Garland (“Jack”)
regarding horse “Comanche”
Sturgis, Samuel