Index
Adams, Jacob
Alexander, Steve
American frontier
American Indians
eventual defeat of
government reduces rations for
and loss of land
nineteenth-century view of
nomadic lifestyle of
and poverty
single worst act against
and spiritual power of water
and surveyors
territories of
warfare strategy of
warrior society of
white expansion and
see also specific tribes
American West
and baseball
bloodstained march across
chroniclers of
and Custer as icon
and greatest military loss
greatest military siege of
harsh landscape of
quintessential innovations of
Apache
Arapaho
Arikara Indian scouts
and Battle of Little Bighorn
and capturing of horses
and Custer
names for Seventh Cavalry leaders
preparing for battle
tracking skills of
under Varnum’s command
see also individual names
Assiniboine
Atlantic magazine
Bacon, Daniel
Bacon, Elizabeth “Libbie,” see Custer, Elizabeth “Libbie”
Baker, Gerard
Barrett, Lawrence
Barrows, Samuel June
baseball
Battle of Killdeer Mountain
Battle of Little Bighorn
aftermath of
and alcohol consumption
and bravery of Indians
and bravery of soldiers
and court of inquiry
and descendants of warriors
firsthand accounts of
historians of
and Indian deaths
Indians seeking revenge for
medals awarded for
movies about
and mutilated bodies
myths about
reenactments of
and the siege
significance of
soldiers attack/charge Indians during
soldiers attacked by Lakota during
soldiers buried after
soldiers killed during
soldiers retreating from
soldiers suffering from dehydration
studies of
surreal aspects of
survivors of
tragedy of
and transport of wounded
Battle of Little Bighorn Battlefield
Battle of Sand Creek
Battle of the Rosebud
Battle of the Washita
ammunition for
and Benteen
and captives
Custer’s strategy for
and Indian villages
and Seventh Cavalry
and the Seventh’s band
Battle Ridge
Beard, Dewey
Bear Lice
Beaver Heart (Cheyenne)
Belknap, William
Bell, James
Bennett, James
Benteen, Frederick
and baseball
and Battle of Little Bighorn
on camp life
career of
on Civil War
Custer finding fault with
on deaths in Custer’s battalion
dislike/criticism of Custer
disobeying orders
and extreme thirst
on Godfrey
guards packing mule train
and Keogh
leading attack at Battle of the Washita
leading battalion at Battle of Little Bighorn
leading march to Little Bighorn
personality of
at Rosebud campsite
scorning General Crook
using the press
writings of
Big Foot (Minneconjou chief)
Bighorn River
Bismarck Tribune
Black Bear (Oglala Lakota leader)
Black Elk (Oglala Lakota)
Black Elk Speaks (Niehardt)
Blackfeet Lakota
Black Hawk
Black Hills
Black Hills Expedition
Black Kettle, Chief
Black Kettle’s village
Black Moon (Sitting Bull’s uncle)
Bloody Knife (Arikara scout)
Bobtail Bull (Arikara leader)
Bourke, John
Boyer, Mitch
Bradley, James
Brave Bear (Oglala Lakota)
Brewster, Charles
Bridger, Jim
Broken Arm (Lakota policeman)
Brughiere, Johnnie
Brulé Lakota
buckskin
buffalo
abundance of
disappearance of
essential to Lakota
as food source
hunting of
various uses for
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show
Bull Head (Lakota policeman)
Burkhardt, Charles
Burkman, John
Calhoun, James
Calhoun Hill
Camp, Walter Mason
camp life
Carignan, John
Carnahan, John
Catch the Bear (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia)
Chandler, Zachariah
Charley, Vincent
Cheska Maza (Lakota policemen)
Cheyenne
and annihilation of Custer
army attacked by
at Battle of Little Bighorn
and Black Hills
campaigns against
captives
facing white soldiers
and fight over plunder
and Little Wolf
nomadic lifestyle of
and reservations
and Sitting Bull
villages of
warriors of
weapons used by
Cheyenne River Agency
Chippewa
Chivington, John
Civil War
and America’s destiny
and Benteen
and the Custers
and Keogh
and Terry
Clark, Ben
Cody, Buffalo Bill
Coleman, Thomas
Constitution (hot-air balloon)
Cooke, William
and Battle of Little Bighorn
and campaign against Cheyenne
and Custer
death of
descriptions of
desecrating graves
friendship with Libbie
counting coup
Cowen, Benjamin
Crawler (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Crazy Horse (Oglala Lakota)
at Battle of Little Bighorn
at Battle of the Rosebud
and Black Hills
death of
on Grant
as great warrior
and Grouard
rivalry with White Bull
vision of
as war chief
war strategy of
Cressey, Will
Crittenden, John
Crook, George
at Battle of the Rosebud
and Black Hills
and campaign against Lakota
description of
success as Indian fighter
and use of pack mules
and Wyoming Column
Crow. See also specific names
Crowell, William
Crowfoot (Sitting Bull’s son)
Crow scouts
at Battle of Little Bighorn
and Bradley
and controversy over Custer
and Crook
retreat to reservation
tracking skills of
work for Custer
Crow’s Nest (Wolf Mountains)
Curley (Crow scout)
Curtis, Edward
Curtiss, William
Custer, Boston (George’s brother)
Custer, Elizabeth “Libbie,” 15, 48, 181
calling for investigation
and childlessness
corresponding with husband
descriptions of
despair over husband’s death
and Far West
fears for husband’s safety
at Fort Lincoln
friendship with officers
on husband’s friendship with Barrett
on husband’s study
on Keogh
on life in Kentucky
Michigan home of
in New York
preserving husband’s legacy
relationship with Custer
as writer
Custer, Emanuel (George’s father)
Custer, George Armstrong
accusations against
and American imperialism
as American myth/hero
army career of
arrest and court-martial of
Barrett’s friendship with
and Battle of Little Bighorn
and Battle of the Washita
and Benteen
biography of
and Black Hills Expedition
and Black Kettle’s village
blamed for tragedy of Little Bighorn
and buckskin
and campaign against Cheyenne
and campaign against Lakota
and campaign against Sioux
as celebrity
Custer, George Armstrong (cont.)
childhood/family life of
and childlessness
and Civil War
commanding Seventh Cavalry
confidence in the Seventh
controversy over whereabouts at Battle of Little Bighorn
corresponding with wife
at Crow’s Nest
and “Custer luck,”
death of
defeat at Bighorn
desecrating Lakota burials
dislike of
disobeying orders
and dogs
erratic behavior of
and financial woes
at Fort Lincoln
and Grant
as great leader
and horses
and hostage taking
hunting buffalo
image of himself
as Indian fighter
in Kentucky
and Last Stand
leading battalion at Battle of Little Bighorn
leading column to Yellowstone
leading soldiers to Little Bighorn
leisure activities of
as lieutenant colonel
loyalty to
and massacre of battalion
mistakes made by
monument for
movies about
in New York
nicknames of
and officers
and other women
personality of
physical appearance of
at Powder River
and the press
as public lecturer
pursuing Sitting Bull
and regiments
relationship with wife
and Reno
reputation of
at Rosebud River
and scouts
seeking glory and fame
showing signs of depression
strategies of
strategy for Little Bighorn
talents of
and Terry
testifying in Washington
victories of
at West Point
writings of
Custer, Maggie (George’s sister)
Custer, Tom (George’s brother)
camped at Heart River
and C Company
at Crow’s Nest
and George Custer
death of
desecrating Lakota burials
winning Medal of Honor in Civil War
Custer Died for Your Sins (Deloria)
Dakota Column
Dakota Territory
dances, Native. See also Ghost Dance; sun dance
Davern, Edward
Deeds (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Deep Ravine
Deer Medicine Rocks
Deloria, Vine, Jr.
DeRudio, Charles Camilus
DeSmet, Pierre-Jean
DeWolf, James Madison
diseases
Dorman, Isaiah–200, 315
Edgerly, Winfield
Elk Horn Prairie
Elliott, Joel
Far West (riverboat)
delivering news about Custer
descriptions of
as headquarters of the Seventh
high speed of
as hospital ship
mishaps aboard
on the Missouri
and transport of soldiers
and transport of supplies
Fehler, Henry
Fetterman, William
field glasses
Finerty, John
Finley, Jeremiah
Fire, John
firearms
Colt revolvers
Henry and Winchester repeating rifles
and Lakota
muzzle loaders
Sharps rifles and
supplied by the French
used by Custer
see also Gatling gun; Springfield carbines
First Michigan regiment
Flanagan, James
Flying Hawk (Sitting Bull’s nephew)
Foolish Elk (Oglala Lakota)
Forked Horn (Arikara scout)
Forsyth, James
Fort Berthold
Fort Buford
Fort Ellis
Fort Fetterman
Fort Lincoln
Fort Randall
forts. See also specific forts
Four Blankets Woman (Sitting Bull’s wife)
Four Horns (Sitting Bull’s uncle)
Fox, Henry
French, Henry
French, Thomas
and Battle of Little Bighorn
and Custer
description of
drinking problem of
and “Long Tom” carbine
on military life
and Reno’s retreat
French traders
Galaxy magazine
Gall (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Garnett, Billy
“Garry Owen” (song)
Gatling gun
George, William
Gerard, Frederic
Ghost Dance
Gibbon, John
and Battle of Little Bighorn
commanding Montana Column
and Custer
and scouts
and Terry
Gibson, Francis
“Girl I Left Behind Me” (song)
Gobright, Lawrence
Godfrey, Edward
at Battle of Little Bighorn
and campaign against Cheyenne
on Custer
on desecration of graves
on Terry
as unofficial historian
at Wounded Knee
Goes Ahead (Crow scout)
gold
Golden, Patrick
Goldin, Theodore
Good Bear Boy (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Goose (Arikara scout)
Gordon, Henry
Grand River Agency. See also Standing Rock Agency
Grant, Frederick Dent
Grant, Orville
Grant, Ulysses S.
Gray Horse Troop
Greasy Grass Ridge.
See also Little Bighorn River
Grouard, Frank
Gurley. L.
Hairy Moccasin (Crow scout)
Half Yellow Face (Crow scout)
Hanging Wolf (Cheyenne)
Hanley, Richard
Hanson, Joseph
Hardy, William
Hare, Luther
Harrington, Henry
Harrison, Thomas
Heart River campsite
He Dog (Oglala Lakota)
Herendeen, George
Hodgson, Benny
Holy Medicine (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Horned Horse
Horse Holders’ Ravine
horses
hot-air balloon
Howells, William Dean
Hughes, Robert
Hunkpapa Lakota
akicita (police)
and bands of Lakota
and Battle of Killdeer Mountain
at Battle of Little Bighorn
and Custer’s brass band
important members of
Sitting Bull as leader of
village of
Indian agencies. See also specific agencies
Indian country
Indian reservations
Indian scouts. See also specific scouts; specific tribes
Inkpaduta (Santee Sioux chief)
interracial unions
Iron Hawk (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Jackson, Billy (Pikuni scout)
Johnson, Benjamin
John Stands in Timber (Cheyenne)
Jordan, John
Joseph Horn Cloud
Julia Face (Brulé Lakota)
Jumping Bull (Sitting Bull’s brother)
Kanipe, Daniel
Kansas
Kate Bighead (Cheyenne)
Kellogg, Mark
Keogh, Myles
at Battle of Little Bighorn
as Custer’s senior officer
description of
friendship with Libbie
horse of
Kicking Bear (Oglala Lakota)
Kill Eagle (Blackfeet Lakota)
Kiowa
Korn, Gustave
Ku Klux Klan
Lakota
and “Battle in the Dark,”
and Battle of Killdeer Mountain
at Battle of Little Bighorn
and Black Hills
burial grounds of
camped at Little Bighorn
children at boarding schools
and Custer
desiring peace
different bands of
facing white soldiers
and Grouard
history/culture of
nomadic lifestyle of
opinion of whites
outnumbering soldiers at Battle of Little Bighorn
Parkman’s description of
and reservations
and scouts
and sun dance
U.S. Army attacks
vast village of
and victory
and warfare strategy
warriors of
and water
weapons used by
whites’ expansion into territory of