see also other tribes
Lame White Man (Cheyenne)
LaPointe, Ernie
Last Stand
Last Stand Hill
Left Hand (Arapaho)
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lincoln, Abraham
Little Bighorn River
and the battle
and Lakota/Cheyenne villages
Little Bighorn Valley
Little Big Man (Oglala Lakota)
Little Big Man (film)
Little Bird (Cheyenne)
Little Brave (Arikara scout)
Little Face (Crow scout)
Little Hawk (Cheyenne)
Little Missouri River
Little Soldier (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Little Wolf (Cheyenne)
Lone Man (Hunkpapa policeman)
Lone Tepee
Long Road (Sans Arc Lakota)
Lord, George
Lorentz, George
Lounsberry. A.
Low Dog (Oglala Lakota)
Lynch, Dennis
McCaskey, William
McCormick, Samuel
McCurry, Joseph
McDougall, Thomas
McGuire, John
McIntosh, Donald
McLaughlin, James
McVay, John
Madden, Michael
Maguire, Edward
Mahoney, John
maps
Battle of the Rosebud
Battle of the Washita
Benteen’s swing left
General Terry’s plan
Last Stand
march of the Dakota Column
march of the Montana Column to the Little Bighorn
march of the Seventh Cavalry
march to the Divide
Northern Plains and Kansas, with detail of Custer in the Black Hills
Peter Thompson’s walkabout
Reno’s scout
river of nightmares
siege, day
Sitting Bull’s village
into the valley
valley fight
to Weir Peak and back
Marsh, Grant
and Libbie Custer
and massacre of Custer’s battalion
and Seventh Cavalry
Terry’s faith in
trips on the Missouri
trips on Yellowstone River
turning boat into hospital
Martin, John
Martini, Giovanni, see Martin, John
Mathey, Edward
Mechling, Henry
Medicine Arrow
Medicine Tail Coulee
Medicine Water Lake
Melville, Herman
Meyer, William
Miles, Nelson
Mills, Anson
miners
Minneconjou Lakota
Missouri River
and forts
geography of
and Indians
and riverboats
trips on
Mizpah Creek
Monahsetah (Cheyenne)
Monroe, Michigan
Montana
Montana Column
Moore, Orlando
Morris, William
Moving Robe Woman (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Moylan, Myles
mule pack trains
and Crook
guarding of
and McDougall’s B Company
mishaps with
and transport of supplies
My Life on the Plains (George Custer)
Native culture
Native police
Native religious movement
Neihardt, John
Newell, Daniel
New Rumley, Ohio
New York Herald
Noisy Walking (Cheyenne)
North American Indians, The (Curtis)
North Dakota
Nugent, William
officers’ wives, see women: married to officers
Oglala Lakota
agency for
and Battle of Little Bighorn
at Chicago World’s Fair
leaders of
Parkman’s observations of
village of
warriors of
O’Hara, Miles
O’Kelly, James
One Bull (Sitting Bull’s nephew)
One Feather (Arikara scout)
O’Neill, Thomas
Oregon Trail, The (Parkman)
Osage scouts
pack trains, see mule pack trains
Parker, Ely
Parkman, Francis
Paulding, Holmes
Petring, Henry
Pickett, George
Pigford, Edward
Pine Ridge Reservation
Plains
Porter, Henry
Porter, James
Powder River
Powder River encampment
press, the. See also specific reporters
Pretty White Buffalo Woman (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Radisson, Pierre
railroads
Rain in the Face (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Ream, Vinnie
Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota)
Red Cloud Agency
Red Horse (Minneconjou Lakota)
Red Star (Arikara scout)
Red Tomahawk (Hunkpapa policeman)
Red Woman (Sitting Bull’s wife)
Reed, Harry “Autie” (George Custer’s nephew)
Reno, Marcus
battalion of
conduct investigated
on Cooke
and Custer
death of
description/background of
drinking problem of
fighting Indians at Battle of Little Bighorn
and Gerard
leading battalion at Battle of Little Bighorn
leading battalion to Battle of Little Bighorn
retreating from battle
on scouts
searching for Benny Hodgson
on Yellowstone River
Reno, Mary (Mrs. Marcus Reno)
Reno Hill
Reynolds, Charley
Richmond Despatch
Rigney, Michael
rock art
Rock Writing Bluff
Roe, Charles
Roman Nose (Cheyenne)
Roosevelt, Theodore
Rosebud River
army marching to
army scouts along
and Indian villages
Roy, Stanislas
Runs the Enemy (Two Kettle Lakota)
Rutten, Roman
Ryan, John
sabers
Sans Arcs Lakota
Santee Sioux
Scott, Hugh
Second Cavalry
Seen by the Nation (Sitting Bull’s wife)
Server, F. E.
Seventh Cavalry
and alcohol consumption
band
and Battle of Little Bighorn
under Custer
Custer’s trust in
escorting surveying expedition
on Far West
at Fort Lincoln
inexperience of
and Lakota
and losses at Little Bighorn
officers of
and officers’ wives
in Reconstruction South
under Reno
soldiers of
led by Terry
Shave Head (Hunkpapa policeman)
Sheridan, Michael
Sheridan, Philip
and campaigns against tribes
as commander of Military Division
and Custer
and Grant
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Shoots Walking (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Shoshone
Sioux
bands of
and Battle of Little Bighorn
and Black Hills
campaigns against
naming of
territory of
and warfare
see also Lakota
Sipes, James
Sitting Bull (Hunkpapa Lakota leader)
appealing to Wakan Tanka
and Battle of Killdeer Mountain
at Battle of Little Bighorn
and Black Hills
camped at Little Bighorn
and Custer
death of
fame of
and family
as fearless warrior
final arrest of
followers of
and Gerard
greatest victory of
great-grandson of
as great leader
home along Grand River
interviews of
last days of
peace desired by
physical appearance of
pursued by army
reputation of
returning to Standing Rock
and sacred pipe
scorning move to reservations
singing talents of
soldiers eluded by
and sun dance
surrender of
threatening war
view of whites
village of
visions of
war strategies of
and Weldon
and wives
skirmish lines
Slaper, William
Smith, Algernon
Smith, E. P.
Smith, E. W.
Smith, Nettie (Mrs. Algernon Smith)
Snake warriors
Snow on Her (Sitting Bull’s wife)
South Dakota
Spotted Tail (Brulé Lakota)
Springfield carbines
Standing Bear (Minneconjou Lakota)
Standing Holy
Standing Rock Agency
Stanley, David
Stronghold (Dakota badlands)
Stuart, Jeb
Sturgis, James “Jack,”
Sturgis, Samuel
sun dance
Sun Dance Creek
Sword (Oglala Lakota)
Sylvester Knows Gun (Cheyenne)
Tanner, James
Taylor, William
tepees
Terry, Alfred
background/personality of
on badlands
at Battle of Little Bighorn
blaming Custer for tragedy
and campaigns against tribes
disastrous plan of
on Far West
at Fort Lincoln
and Grant
relationship with Custer
and Reno
returning to base camp
skills of
warfare strategies of
Teton Sioux, see Lakota
They Died with Their Boots On (film)
Thompson, Peter
awarded Medal of Honor
at Battle of Little Bighorn
on Custer
on Far West
and Reno
testimony on Battle of Little Bighorn
Thompson, Susan
Tilden, Samuel
Tongue River
travois poles
treaties
Tullock’s Creek
Twain, Mark
Two Kettle Lakota
Two Moons (Cheyenne warrior)
United States
celebrating centennial
during Civil War
and immigrants
and Native cultures
and panic of 1873
territories of
Upshaw, Alexander
U.S. Army. See also Seventh Cavalry
U.S. cavalry
U.S. Congress
U.S. government
blamed for tragedy of Little Bighorn
campaigns against Sitting Bull
campaigns against tribes
expansion into Indian territory
Indian policies of
and Indian reservations
Indians deciding to work with
and Lakota
and rations for Indians
and Standing Rock Agency
trying to buy Black Hills
and War Department
Varnum, Charles
and Battle of Little Bighorn
on campaign against Lakota
and Custer
leading Arikara scouts
and Reno’s retreat
on Reynolds
Vinatieri, Felix
Voight, Henry
Wagoner, John
Wakan Tanka (Great Spirit)
Wallace, George
warfare, intertribal
washichus (Lakota word for whites)
Washington.C.
Washita River
Waterman (Arapaho)
Watkins, Erwin C.
Watson, James
Weir, Thomas
Weir Peak
Weldon, Catherine
West Point Academy
Whitaker, Frederick
White, Charles
White Buffalo Calf Woman
White Bull (Sitting Bull’s nephew)
White Horse Creek
White Man Runs Him (Crow scout)
White Swan (Crow scout)
Whittaker, Alfred
wicasa wakan (holy man)
wickiups
Wilson, James
Windolph, Charles
Winney, Dewitt
Wolf Mountains
Wolf River
Wolf’s Tooth (Cheyenne)
women
and Battle of Little Bighorn
at Battle of Sand Creek
captives
Indian widows
in Lakota villages
and Laundress Row
married to officers
in Oglala villages
Sitting Bull’s opinion of
soldiers’ abuse of
Wooden Leg (Cheyenne warrior)
and the army
on benefits of reservations
on mutilating the dead
on Sitting Bull and Sioux
at village on Little Bighorn River
as warrior
Wounded Knee
Wovoka (Paiute medicine man)
Wylie, George
Wyoming
Wyoming Column
Yates, Annie
Yates, George
Yellow Hair (Cheyenne)
Yellow Nose (Cheyenne)
Yellowstone campaign
Yellowstone River
and Battle of Little Bighorn
encampment on
geography of
as rendezvous point
Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition
Young Black Moon (Hunkpapa Lakota)
Young Hawk (Arikara scout)
Young Two Moons (Cheyenne warrior)
1 Based on Kenneth Hammer’s “The Glory March” and Ronald Nichols’s Men with Custer.
2 Based primarily on Lakota Recollections, Cheyenne Memories, and Indian Views of the Custer Fight, all edited by Richard Hardorff.