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by Drury, Bob; Clavin, Tom;


  Red Cloud and, 209, 218, 235, 238, 245

  Red Cloud’s War and, 7, 311, 320, 323, 327, 336, 338, 364

  Story and, 295–96

  treaties and, 227, 245, 272, 356

  Bridger, James Felix “Old Gabe,” 83, 97–101, 107, 119, 152–55, 199, 219, 236–37, 263–64, 277, 285, 292

  and Battle of Crazy Woman Fork, 268–69

  beaver and, 94, 97–98, 100

  Carrington’s Overland Circus and, 240–41, 248, 254–56, 258

  Connor’s relationship with, 217–18, 256

  expeditions of, 97–98

  Fort C. F. Smith and, 279, 284

  Red Cloud’s War and, 318, 344, 346

  skills and fame of, 180–81

  treaties and, 19, 26–27, 98, 153, 246

  Bridge Station, fight at, 169–70, 197, 200–206, 208–11, 213–14, 321, 347

  Brown, Dee, 372

  Brown, Frederick, 230–31, 257, 281, 291, 305–7, 372–73

  and Indian raiding and war parties, 282, 283n, 286–87, 305, 320

  Red Cloud’s War and, 313, 319–21, 326, 333, 338, 345–46, 372

  buffalo, 20, 22, 78, 154–55, 162, 164, 192, 196–98, 200, 209–11, 216, 231, 241, 265, 281, 289–90, 319, 321, 335, 341–42, 348–49, 356

  Arikara and, 42–44, 116

  blankets made from, 46–47

  Bozeman Trail and, 5–6, 236

  Bridger and, 180–81

  butchering of, 46, 53, 131

  demise of, 29, 103, 112, 139, 152, 182–84, 226, 235, 359–60, 363

  Fort William and, 70–71

  horseback hunting of, 68–69

  origin of word, 2n

  Sioux and, 24, 36, 38, 40–42, 45–47, 50–51, 57, 59, 66–71, 80, 85, 94, 103, 112, 123, 132, 135–36, 141, 149, 155, 174–75, 182–83, 233, 274, 304, 309

  treaties and, 29–30, 32, 93, 226, 243–45

  Bull Bear, Chief of the Sioux, 65, 80, 85, 109

  death of, 89, 105, 112–13, 121

  selected Sioux leader, 87–88

  Bureau of Indian Affairs, 352–53, 357

  Campbell, Robert, 70, 99–100, 102–3, 105

  Camp Connor, 218–19, 228

  Camp Sanborn, 185–86

  Carrington, Frances Grummond, 287–89, 352, 364, 373

  Red Cloud’s War and, 315–16, 337, 339–40, 344, 346

  Carrington, Henry Beebee, 228–32, 277, 288, 303, 335n, 360

  and Battle of Crazy Woman Fork, 263–64, 269

  Bozeman Trail and, 228, 238, 242, 245, 250, 253, 258–59, 272

  Civil War and, 7–8, 14, 177, 223–24, 231–32

  and command turmoil at Reno Station, 292–93

  comparisons between Fetterman and, 14, 177, 223–25

  Cooke and, 232, 243, 262, 272, 280–81, 292–93, 306–8, 321, 340–41, 352

  deserters and, 256, 292

  Fetterman’s relationship with, 177, 306–8

  Fort C. F. Smith and, 279–80, 289

  Fort McPherson and, 352–53

  Fort Phil Kearny and, 257, 259, 261–62, 270, 272, 279–82, 291, 298–99, 327, 363

  Glover and, 264, 271–72

  Indian policy and, 283–84

  and Indian raiding and war parties, 251, 259, 263, 282, 286, 305, 308, 321, 327, 331

  mission of, 228–30, 232

  Overland Circus of, 240–59

  Red Cloud’s War and, 7–15, 306–7, 311–15, 317–21, 323–28, 331–32, 337–44, 346, 348–49, 352, 354, 364, 372

  Sherman and, 10, 239, 283

  staff officers of, 230–32, 262, 293, 306, 319, 372–73

  Story and, 296–97

  treaties and, 223, 242–47, 264, 272, 341

  Carrington, Margaret, 177, 225, 230–32, 238, 352, 364, 373

  Fetterman and, 304, 372

  husband’s Overland Circus and, 243–46, 253–55

  and life at Fort Phil Kearny, 277–78, 299

  Red Cloud’s War and, 337, 339–40, 343, 372

  Carson, Kit, 1, 20, 83, 97, 99, 103

  Catlin, George, 103, 123

  Cheyenne, 8, 40, 78, 81, 103, 122, 128, 152, 157, 180n, 218, 234, 273, 280, 284, 288, 309, 347, 350, 358, 360–61

  alliance between Sioux and, 56–60, 129, 205, 215

  and attacks on Cole’s force, 215–16

  Black Hills and, 55–56

  Bozeman Trail and, 236–38

  Carrington’s Overland Circus and, 242, 257–59

  casualties of, 147, 185, 188–89, 193, 196, 204, 216

  concept of warfare of, 211–12

  Crazy Dog Society and Dog Soldiers of, 31, 146–47, 170, 185, 192, 197–98, 202, 204–5, 216, 321

  escape from Army of, 192–93, 197–98

  and fight at Bridge Station, 169, 202–5, 209, 211

  limiting land of, 184–85

  myths and religious beliefs of, 142, 322

  Northern, 3, 196, 197n, 284–85, 289–90, 335n, 361

  and raiding and war parties, 144, 146–47, 170, 185–87, 190–91, 197–98, 289, 295, 331, 354

  Red Cloud’s War and, 3, 15, 317–18, 321, 324, 329, 331–32, 335n, 354

  Sand Creek massacre and, 188–90, 193, 196

  Southern, 55, 105, 185, 196, 217

  treaties and, 19, 22, 26–27, 31, 185, 356, 360

  violence and brutality of, 185–86, 197, 265

  weapons of, 31, 147, 181, 188, 203–5, 332

  Chippewa, 37–38, 40

  Chivington, John Milton, 185–91, 212, 226

  Christianity, 31, 54, 66, 126, 132

  Civil War, 1–2, 4–14, 43n, 124, 146, 155–58, 163, 170–79, 180n, 184–85, 187, 223–25, 230–32, 236–37, 239, 264–65, 314–15, 319, 328, 338, 357, 360

  Army and, 155–56, 171–72, 176–79, 206–7, 223–24, 231, 287, 298

  Carrington and, 7–8, 14, 177, 223–24, 231–32

  end of, 206, 208, 224–25, 295

  Fetterman and, 9, 14, 176–78, 223–24, 231, 305, 373

  Indian uprisings and, 157–58, 161

  Clark, William, 42, 59, 61, 97, 132, 238

  Cole, Nelson, 209, 212, 214–18

  Collins, Caspar, 169–70, 180–81

  Bridge Station and, 200–206, 210

  Colt, Samuel, 144–46, 239n

  Comanche, 49, 54, 60, 135, 146, 170–71, 206, 265

  Congress, U.S., 130, 159, 172, 187, 189, 238

  Indian policy and, 225–26

  Red Cloud’s War and, 14, 352

  treaties and, 23, 93, 220

  Connor, Patrick, 249

  and Battle of Tongue River, 209–10, 218–19

  Bridger’s relationship with, 217–18, 256

  campaign of, 192, 194, 198–99, 201–2, 205–8, 212, 219, 227, 238, 256, 290

  Conquering Bear, Chief of the Sioux, 120–21, 125–30, 136, 143

  Cooke, Philip St. George:

  Army appointment of, 228–30

  Carrington and, 232, 243, 262, 272, 280–81, 292–93, 306–8, 321, 340–41, 352

  Red Cloud’s War and, 311, 321, 340–41, 350, 352

  Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 52–53

  counting coup, 74, 94, 110, 163–64, 173, 215

  Crazy Horse, 123, 128, 136, 138, 143–48, 150, 173–75, 196, 201–2, 234, 299, 357, 369–72

  Bear Butte Council and, 144, 146–48

  dare rides of, 173, 215

  death of, 361–62

  and raiding and war parties, 147, 173–74, 191, 198, 291, 303, 308

  Red Cloud’s relationship with, 24, 143, 291, 309, 347, 362

  Red Cloud’s War and, 314, 317, 322, 328–30, 334, 346–47, 371–72

  Crazy Horse and Custer (Ambrose), 146n

  Crazy Woman Fork, Battle of, 263–69, 284, 291

  Cree, 38, 40

  Crows, 8, 25, 55, 60, 71, 102, 149, 195, 211, 279–80, 290, 292, 295, 297, 348, 353, 360–61

  on Indian force’s proximity to Fort Phil Kearny, 284–85

  Red Cloud’s War and, 306, 335n

  Sioux and, 50, 56–5
9, 75–77, 79–80, 82, 86–87, 113–14, 119, 125, 143, 150, 155, 163, 173–75, 195, 215, 233, 280, 361

  treaties and, 19, 22, 28, 32

  Custer, George Armstrong, 144, 361–62

  Dandy, George B., 352, 355–56

  Daniels, Napoleon, 264–66, 268–69

  Denig, Edwin, 123, 139–40

  Deon, Peter Abraham “Sam,” 50, 71, 162–66, 370

  De Smet, Pierre-Jean, 31, 100, 104

  Dodge, Grenville, 198, 201, 207

  and Indians’ escape from Army, 192–93, 199

  troop and supplies requests of, 219–20

  Doolittle, James, 226

  Dull Knife, Chief of the Cherokee, 196, 210–11, 354

  Elliott, Frank, 5

  emigrants, emigration, 20–22, 70, 82–83, 100, 104–6, 112, 119–20, 134, 139, 143, 151, 175, 182, 200, 211, 249, 254–55, 280, 291, 296

  Bozeman Trail and, 237, 250

  Grattan affair and, 128, 130

  and Indian raiding and war parties, 22, 25, 106, 170, 185–86, 192–93, 268, 283, 303, 305, 308–9

  Miniconjou problem and, 122–23

  Oregon Trail and, 20–21, 275, 303

  Sioux and, 57, 67

  treaties and, 29, 34, 226, 356

  Fetterman, William Judd, 230–31, 273, 304–8

  bravura statements of, 372–73

  Carrington’s relationship with, 177, 306–8

  Civil War and, 9, 14, 176–78, 223–24, 231, 305, 373

  comparisons between Carrington and, 14, 177, 223–25

  death of, 333, 340, 346, 363–64, 373

  Red Cloud’s War and, 2–3, 9, 11–15, 311–13, 315–17, 319–21, 324–33, 336–38, 340, 345–46, 352, 363–64, 369, 371–73

  Fetterman Massacre, 321–53, 325, 369, 371–73

  aftermath of, 336–46, 353

  casualties in, 330–35, 337–41, 344–46, 350, 352, 363–64, 373

  Indians’ celebration of, 346–48

  press on, 352–53

  Fisher, Isaac, 326, 330, 332, 340, 345

  Fitzpatrick, Thomas “Broken Hand,” 99, 104, 107, 124, 126, 186

  treaties and, 22–23, 25, 27–29, 32

  Fleming, Hugh, 123, 125–26, 179

  Grattan affair and, 128–29

  Fort C. F. Smith, 7, 281, 284, 292, 307, 356, 358

  construction of, 289, 320

  locating site for, 279–80

  Red Cloud’s War and, 348, 351, 353–55

  Fort John, 24, 103–5, 129

  Fort Kearney, 10, 21, 138, 191, 198, 239, 326

  Carrington and, 230–32, 238, 240–42, 248

  Fort Laramie, 11, 19–32, 88–89, 98, 105–7, 119–20, 134–36, 138–39, 153–58, 163–64, 175, 180–81, 218, 225, 230, 233–34, 236, 262, 271–73, 275, 283, 295, 307, 319, 353, 375

  annuity distributions at, 122, 124–25

  Bridge Station and, 197, 200–202, 204–5

  Carrington’s Overland Circus and, 241–44, 247–49, 257–58

  closing trading post at, 357–59

  and hunt for Red Cloud, 207–8, 219

  and Indian raiding and war parties, 129–30, 191–92, 198, 291

  and Indians’ escape from Army, 191–93, 197–99

  Indian’s vengefulness and, 123–24, 128–29

  Miniconjou problem and, 122–23

  Red Cloud’s War and, 320–21, 340–41, 348–50

  shooting Mormon-owned cow and, 126–27

  treaties and, 19–20, 22–32, 223, 234, 242–47, 264, 347, 356–57

  Fort Leavenworth, 136, 184, 225, 230, 239, 295

  Fort Phil Kearny, 2, 10n, 14–15, 276, 358

  and Battle of Crazy Woman Fork, 263, 268–69

  Carrington’s Overland Circus and, 254, 257

  celebration at, 298–99, 303

  civilian employees at, 281–82, 339

  construction of, 257, 259, 261–63, 270–72, 327, 363

  deserters and, 256–57

  Fetterman’s arrival at, 304–7

  Glover’s death and, 288–89

  and Indian raiding and war parties, 259–61, 281–89, 291, 303–5, 308–9, 321, 331

  life at, 275–78, 299

  medical supplies of, 291–92

  morale at, 308–9

  Red Cloud’s War and, 7, 9, 14, 312–13, 315, 318, 320–22, 324–27, 331–32, 334, 337–41, 343–48, 351–55, 363–64, 372

  shrinking garrison at, 279–81, 293

  Story and, 296–97

  Ten Eyck’s journal and, 273–74

  treaties and, 355–56

  women at, 272, 275–78, 282, 289, 315–16, 337, 339–40, 343–44, 346

  Fort Rankin, 190–91, 195, 202

  Fort Reno, 228, 247–52

  see also Reno Station

  Fort Rice, 213–14

  Fort William, 70–71, 103, 105

  French, France, 45, 97–98, 124, 136, 200, 248

  Sioux and, 35, 37–39, 40n, 41, 51, 59

  Gazzous, Louis “French Pete,” 248, 257–59, 261

  Glory Road, see Oregon Trail

  Glover, Ridgway, 263–64, 266, 271–72, 288–89

  gold, 21, 104–6, 151–52, 170, 172, 184–85, 231, 295

  Army deserters and, 256, 284, 292

  in Black Hills, 49, 360

  Bozeman Trail and, 5, 182, 207, 237

  in Montana, 5, 49, 207, 218, 236–37, 252, 256, 281, 292, 294, 359

  Gore, Sir St. George, 154

  Grant, Ulysses S., 5, 186, 360

  Cooke’s appointment and, 228–30

  and hunt for Red Cloud, 206–7

  Indian policy and, 227–30

  Red Cloud’s political missions and, 50, 358

  Red Cloud’s War and, 10, 14, 340–41, 350, 352–53

  Grattan, John, 124–31, 134, 136–37, 179

  death of, 127–30, 198

  Indian vengeance and, 124, 127–29

  Great Britain, 20, 38, 40–41, 44, 51, 94, 97, 104, 157

  Great Northwest Conspiracy, 224

  Gros Ventres, 57, 70, 77, 284, 353

  Sioux war with, 115–16, 118

  Grummond, George Washington, 287–89

  death of, 341, 344–46, 352, 364

  Fetterman and, 305, 307

  personal life of, 287–88, 364

  Red Cloud’s War and, 311–15, 317–18, 326–28, 330–32, 337–41, 344–46, 372

  Guinard, Louis, 200

  Guthrie, John, 345

  Harney, William Selby, 135–39, 143, 151, 155–57

  and Battle of Blue Water Creek, 137–38, 184, 234, 358

  Hassrick, Royal Brown, 47, 108

  Hawken rifles, 25, 82–83, 94, 110, 115, 290, 308

  Haymond, Henry, 231, 258–62

  Carrington’s Overland Circus and, 251, 254, 258–59

  Hebard, Grace Raymond, 7, 274

  High Backbone, 317, 354

  Homestead Act, 172

  Horse Creek Treaty Council, 33–34, 93–94, 99, 101, 111, 113, 118–20, 126, 139, 142, 144, 153, 198, 226–27

  horses, 2, 9, 19–21, 27–31, 36, 51–60, 82, 137, 140, 143, 152, 184, 187, 201, 232, 235, 238–40, 246, 253–55, 272, 288, 293, 306

  Arikara and, 42–44, 55, 116–18

  and attacks on Cole’s force, 214–17

  battalion inspection and, 298–99

  and Battle of Crazy Woman Fork, 265–68

  Bridger and, 97, 99

  in buffalo hunts, 68–69

  Carrington’s Overland Circus and, 240, 248, 251, 258

  Cole’s surprise attack and, 216–17

  evolution of, 51–52

  and fight at Bridge Station, 169–70, 202–5

  and Indian raiding and war parties, 72–73, 76, 79–81, 85–88, 112–17, 147–48, 150–51, 173–74, 260–61, 283, 308, 331

  Indians’ acquisitions of, 53–55, 57, 59–60

  and Indians’ escape from Army, 192–93, 198–99

  Indians’ vengefulness and, 127–28

  Red Cloud and, 68, 80, 85–87, 109–10
, 132

  Red Cloud’s War and, 310–15, 320, 322, 324, 326–34, 336–38, 341–45, 348–49, 354–55

  Sioux and, 23–25, 42–44, 46, 51–52, 55–57, 59, 62, 64–65, 68–69, 71–74, 79n, 81, 85–86, 88, 94, 108–17, 155

  of Spanish, 52–54, 60

  stealing of, 28, 31, 34, 56, 73–74, 79–80, 85–86, 88, 94, 99, 112–15, 132, 139, 192, 195, 199, 215–16, 219, 245, 248, 251, 255, 258, 261–62, 274, 291–92, 305, 309, 314, 334

  Story and, 296–97

  Hump, Chief of the Sioux, 143, 196

  Hundred-in-the-Hands, Battle of the, see Fetterman Massacre

  Hurlburt, Allen, 237

  Ice, 144, 146–47

  Indians, 249, 254, 271, 265

  alcohol consumed by, 25, 40, 83, 89, 98, 102–3, 258, 350

  casualties of, 80, 86–87, 147, 185, 188–89, 192–96, 209–10, 216, 219, 282, 304, 314–15, 330, 332–34, 337n, 346, 355, 357, 361–62

  Civil War and, 43, 157–58, 161, 174–75

  diet of, 27, 31, 37, 46, 48, 53, 56, 93, 140, 233

  diseases of, 6, 22, 40, 44, 55, 62–63, 98, 106, 119–20, 132, 139

  escape from Army of, 191–99

  extermination of, 4, 6, 10, 100, 139, 352, 361

  fighting between and within tribes of, 8, 21–23, 25–27, 29, 31, 35–36, 42–44, 55–58, 60, 71–77, 79–89, 102, 106, 113–19, 125, 132, 143, 150–51, 155, 163, 173–75, 195–96, 205, 215, 233, 245, 280, 369

  guerrilla tactics of, 3, 6–8, 14, 273, 308

  horses first acquired by, 53–55, 57, 59–60

  hunting of, 290, 356–57, 363

  infant mortality among, 57–58

  led by white man, 282–83, 320

  lifestyle of, 4, 24

  myths and religious beliefs of, 10, 15, 31, 50, 70, 77–78, 142, 183–84, 197, 322, 363

  policy on, 225–30, 283–84

  and raiding and war parties, 4, 22, 25, 34, 71–81, 83–89, 106, 112–18, 129–30, 134, 144, 146–48, 150–51, 163–65, 170, 172–74, 185–87, 190–95, 197–99, 202, 210–11, 233, 248, 250–51, 255, 259–61, 263, 268, 270, 273–75, 281–89, 291–92, 295–97, 303–5, 307–9, 313, 320–21, 324, 327, 331, 334, 338, 354

  reservations and, 4, 10, 49, 158–59, 162, 226, 357, 359–63, 370

  Spanish and, 52–53

  treaties and, 11, 19–20, 22–34, 93–94, 98–99, 101, 126, 139, 144, 153, 184–85, 198, 220, 226–30, 242–47, 264, 272, 289–90, 310, 341, 347, 355–60, 363

  vengefulness of, 123–25, 127–29, 170, 184, 189

  violence and cruelty of, 2, 6n, 7–9, 11, 25–26, 40, 64, 76–77, 81, 98–99, 151, 160–61, 180–81, 185–86, 197, 263–65, 267–68, 274, 283–84, 288, 314, 333–35, 338, 345

  weapons and ammunition of, 6, 26–27, 31, 36, 38–44, 46, 51, 69, 82, 89, 110–11, 117, 137, 146–47, 165, 169–70, 181, 188, 195, 203–5, 217, 243–45, 264–67, 282–84, 286, 288–90, 296, 304, 306, 309, 312–15, 329, 331–37, 343, 345, 357

 

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