CHAPTER V.
SITTING BULL’S LAST FIGHT.
The March Toward “The Line ”—Signaling by Heloistat—Characteristics of Milk River —Buffalo in Sight—Cheyennes Pursue Fugitive Horsemen —Something about Sitting Bull as a Leader—Black Catfish and the Yanktonnais Delegation—A Frightened Half-breed— A Long Chase and Capture—Philo Clark makes a Forward Movement—He Runs into Sitting Bull’s Band on Beaver Creek—Miles Hastens to his Relief — A Sharp Fight—Effect of Rice’s Artillery—Retreat of the Sioux—A Retrograde March—Terrible Thunder and Wind Storm—A Singular Phosphorescent Phenomenon—The Wagon Train—Confusion in the Darkness—Mr. Booth and His Pistol —A Wild Scene in General Miles’ Tent—A Ghastly Trophy, etc.
CHAPTER VI.
ON JOHN BULL’S FRONTIER.
Fording Milk River—Contrary Horses—How Indians Cross Rivers— Crossing Frenchman’s Creek—General Miles’ Energy—Gallant Act of Private Dowd —Narrow Escape of Colonel Whistler—Recovering Lost Scalps—Cheyenne
CONTENTS.
Notables—Young Sitting Bull Murdered by the Crows—Old Smoke—Degenerate Assiniboines—Hunting for the British Line—We Find It—In Camp Near the Line —,Scouts See Hostiles —Major Walsh, of the Northwestern Police, Arrives in Camp—He Confers with Captain Whelan —Natural Pitfalls—General Miles and Major Walsh Confer—A Cold Snap—Stagnation in Camp—Death of Shadow-Comes Out, etc.
CHAPTER VII.
FACE TO FACE WITH SITTING BULL.
The Author Visits the Camp of Sitting Bull with Major Walsh—Medicine Lodge Creek—Millions of Mosquitoes—Fine Grazing Land— Long Dog Grows Restive—His Admiration of Artillery—In Sight of the Hostile Camp—Sioux Come to Meet Us—A Lying Halfbreed —A Scalp Dance—A Formidable Turn-out —Indian Costumes — Big Necklace—A Savage Council—The Author as a Suspect—A Deep Circle of Savages in War Paint—First Look at Sitting Bull—His Personal Appearance and Manner—A Group of Famous Warriors—They Hurl Speeches at the Author—He Replies in Kind —Broad Trail and Spotted Eagle—Bad Soup’s Sullen Demeanor—Major Walsh’s Remarks—Sitting Bull Leaves the Council —A Case of Mistaken Indentity —Sitting Bull as a Horse-breaker— He Explains His Retreat from Milk River—Wailing for the Slain, etc
CHAPTER VIII.
HOBNOBBING WITH THE HOSTILES.
Looking at the Teton Village—Immense Array of Tepees—Young Warriors Haughty and Hostile— A Message to Sitting Bull—His Peculiarities—An Immense Pony Herd—A Reminiscence of the Little Big Horn—Arrival of White Eagle—He Calls Upon the Author —An Unfortunate Skirmish— A Sioux Mortally Wounded —White Eagle’s Remarks—Remarkable Tenacity of Life—An Old Indian Acquaintance—A Critical Situation— White Eagle Gives a Warning—Danger of Retaliation, etc.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IX.
FRENCH HALF-BREEDS—BALAKLAVA.
Savages Short of Supplies—About Pretty Squaws—Indians not Christians — Not Half as Dirty as Painted —Trained to Endure Suffering—The Half-breeds —A Peculiar People— Primitive Vehicles— Wooden wheel Tires—Farewell to the Sioux Chiefs Back to the Frontier — My Escort—Peculiar Reflections—A Hero of Balaklava —His Story of the Charge of the “ Six Hundred”—Nolan ’s Order—— How Cardigan Led—Headlong Rapture of the Charge—A Mad Impulse to Kill—Terrible Sabre Strokes—Right Through the Russian Ranks —The Ride Back Out of “the Jaws of Death "—An Irish Soldier’s Humor —An Ungrateful Country—The Homeward Ride —Bivouacking Under the Moon Rays—Captured Half-breeds —Exciting Adventure with the Cheyennes—Back in Miles' Camp, etc.
CHAPTER X.
IN THE LAST DITCH.
The Half-breed Camp—A Light-hearted Set of Prisoners—Dancing in the Moonlight—Miles Breaks Camp—The Expedition Scattered— Last View of the Great Northern Bison Herd —Extinction of That Race of Animals —Effect on the Hostile Indians—Captain M and The Coyotes —Starved Out Final Surrender of Sitting Bull the Sioux Conquest Consummated—, etc.
ADDENDA
CHAPTER I.
DESERTERS AND DOG ROBBERS.
About Army Abuses—“ Dog Robbers" Very Often Better and Braver Soldiers Than the Fellows Who Insult Them —
CONTENTS
Captain’s Instructions to His “ Striker": “ If Any Man Calls You a 4 Dog Robber ’ You Have my Permission to Knock Him Down ’’—The Very Satisfactory Result—Causes of Desertion From the Regular Army— Ennui, Inaction, and Discontent, Owing to the Stagnation of Peace, Have More to do with It than Anything Else—Private McIntyrc's Reply to the Author When He Was Told to Keep His Place in the Ranks Until the Column Halted—An Unpremeditated Military Compliment—Characteristics and Qualities of the Different Elements That go to Make up the American Regular Army, etc.
CHAPTER II.
SANDY FORSYTH'S FAMOUS FIGHT.
Stories by the Camp Fires—A Fighting Parson—His Heroic Conduct at Crazy Woman's Fork, as Told by Colonel Baker—There is a Time for Praying—“There is also a Time for Fighting"—The Chaplain Takes His Choice — He Adopts Muscular Christianity—His Gallant March Through the Indian Lines—He Brings Succor to the Besieged—” Sandy ” Forsyth's Famous Fight on an Island Sandbar in the Republican River—How Fifty Brave Frontiersmen "Looked Through the Sights of Their Rifles"—The Outnumbering Force of Indians — A Terrible Situation—Forsyth Twice Wounded—Dr. Movers Mortally Hurt—A Tremendous Fusillade—Undaunted Bravery of Forsyth and His Command—Desperate and Gallant Charge of the Cheyenne Chief Roman Nose and the Flower of His Warriors on Forsyth’s Position—They are Bloodily Repulsed and Roman Nose Falls at the Head of HisBrave Warriors —Lieutenant Beecher Killed —Seven Days of Awful Privation—Scouts Succeed in Getting Through to Fort Wallace—Arrival of a Rescuing Party Under Colonel Carpenter, etc.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER III.
GENERAL CROOK’S CAREER.
His Birthplace and Education—Campaigning against the Indians long before the Civil War —His Career in the Union Army—Conduct at Cedar Creek and Elsewhere —His Promotion—Lieutenant-Colonel of the 23d Regular Infantry—Appointed to Command in Arizona— He Conquers the Apaches—Promoted Brigadier-General in the Regular Army— Appointed to the Department of the Platte— He is Again Victorious—Subsequent Actions—His Sudden and Lamented Death, while Major-General Commanding the Military Division of the Missouri, etc.
CHAPTER IV.
GENERAL GEORGE A. CUSTER.
His Native Place and Admission to West Point-Brilliant Career in the Army of the Potomac—He Leads Sixty Successful Charges—He Captures Innumerable Battle-Flags and Cannon—His Campaigns in Kansas and the Indian Territory—Brilliant Victory over Black Kettle on the Washita —The Tactics of the Little Big Horn Foreshadowed —Death of Major J. A. Elliott, Captain Lewis McLain Hamilton, and Several Soldiers.
APPENDIX
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Echoes from the Little Big Horn—General Sheridan’s Report — Lieutenant De Rudio’s Interesting Statement—Extracts from the Journal of one of General Gibbon’s Officers — General Crook’s Account of Rosebud Fight—List