by Dee Brown
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The Westerners. Potomac Corral, Washington, D.C. Great Western Indian Fights. New York, Doubleday, 1960.
White Bull, Joseph. The Warrior Who Killed Custer … Translated and edited by James H. Howard. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1968.
Winks, Robin W. “The British North American West and the Civil War.” North Dakota History, Vol. 24, 1957, pp. 139–52.
Wright, Peter M. “The Pursuit of Dull Knife from Fort Reno in 1878–1879.” Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 46, 1968, pp. 141–54.
INDEX
A | B | C | D | E
F | G | H | I | J
K | L | M | N | O
P | Q | R | S | T
U | V | W | Y
A
Adobe Walls fight, 265-66
Afraid-of-the-Enemy, 444
Albuquerque, N.M., 28, 34
Alchise, 409-10
Allerdice, Susannah, 173-74
Allison, William B., 279, 282
Almy, Jacob, 214-15
Alvord, Henry, 256-57
American Horse, 302-03
Anthony, Scott J., 83-87
Apache Pass, 193-200, 212, 392-96
Apaches, 11, 20-22, 191-217, 257, 368, 372-413; (Aravaipa), 192, 200-05, 213-17, 393, 412-13; (Chiricahua), 192-96, 208-17, 392-413; (Coyotero), 193-94, 201, 214; (Jicarilla), 389; (Mescalero), 20-22, 197-201, 399; (Mimbreno), 194, 198; (Pinal), 202; (Tonto) 207-08, 213-14
Arapahos, 10, 68-69, 74-118, 126, 132-37, 148, 158, 160-72, 188, 243, 257, 265, 268, 276, 280, 297, 340-41, 389
Arawaks, 2
Armijo, 16, 28-29, 34
B
Baker, Eugene M., 178
Barboncito, 15-16, 22-25, 28-29, 32-34
Bascom, George N., 193-94
Battey, Thomas, 258, 262, 271
Battle Butte, 307
Battle of the Big Hole, 324-25
Battle of the Little Bighorn, 291-97
Battle of the Rosebud, 288-91
Battle of the Washita, 167-69, 243
Bear Paw mountains, 326
Bear Tooth, 144
Beard, Dewey
See: Wasumaza
Beckwourth, James, 87-94, 130, 133
Beecher, Frederick, 166
Beecher Island fight, 164-66
Belknap, W. W., 284
Bent, Charlie, 72-73, 86-92, 96, 98, 100, 107-08, 148; death, 150
Bent, George, 72-77, 83, 86-88; wounded at Sand Creek, 91-92; portrait, 93; at Platte Bridge, 98; 105-08, 117, 148-50, 158-61, 167
Bent, Robert, 87-91
Bent, William, 69, 72-76, 86-87, 92, 100, 108, 150, 167
Benteen, Frederick, 297
Betzinez, Jason, 406-10
Big Bow, 253
Big Eagle, 38, 42-48; portrait, 49; 50, 52-57; imprisoned, 61-62
Big Elk, 355
Big Foot, 188, 308, 434-36, 439-42; photograph at Wounded Knee; 443; 444-45
Big Hole river, 324
Big Mouth, 123-28, 142
Big Rascal, 137
Big Snake, 363-66
Big Tree, 250-70
Birch Coulee fight, 52-53
Black Bear, 104, 110-14, 132
Black Coyote, 442, 444
Black Eagle, 324
Black Elk, 290, 292, 296, 446
Black Hawk, 5
Black Hills, 105, 113-18, 122, 273-85, 289, 297-305, 333-34, 416
Black Horse, 131
Black Jim, 234, 236, 240
Black Kettle, 10, 67-78; speech in Denver, 79-80; portrait, 81; 84-87; at Sand Creek, 88-101; 148-50, 158-67; killed, 168-72
Black Moon, 115
Blackfeet, 177-78, 180
Board of Indian Commissioners, 180, 189
Bogus Charley, 236
Bonito, 406-07
Bosque Redondo reservation, 21-22, 25-33, 197-200
Boston Charley, 221, 225, 235-40
Boutelle, Frazier, 224
Bozeman Trail, 97, 105, 123-35, 140-45, 286
Brady, Mathew, 183
Brave Bear, 296
Bridger, James, 112, 130-33
Briesly, C. B., 204-05
Brughiere, Johnny, 304
Brunot, Felix R., 370-71
Buffalo, slaughter of, 268, 336, 264-65
Buffalo-Calf-Road-Woman, 290
Buffalo Chief, 161
Bull Bear (Cheyenne), 77-78; portrait, 81; 82, 105, 148-50, 153-56, 161-63
Bull Bear (Comanche), 260
Bull Head, 437
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 180, 206, 222, 256, 268, 284, 332, 338, 355, 362, 368, 370, 376, 389, 394, 404, 420, 435-36
C
Cadette, 21
California Indians, 220
Camp Grant, 200-02; massacre at, 204-06; 215-16
Camp McDowell, 207-08, 213
Camp Robinson
See: Fort Robinson
Camp Supply, 169, 172
Camp Verde, 214-15
Camp Weld, 79
Canalla, 373, 379-80
Canby, Edward R. S., 151-6, 24, 29, 228-37; killed, 238-39
Canyon de Chelly, 23-27, 30
Captain Jack
See: Kintpuash
Carey, Asa, 29
Carleton, James, 20-26, 29-33, 192, 196-99
Carr, Eugene A., 172-73
Carrington, Henry B., 128-34, 137-38
Carson, Christopher (Kit), 20-27, 100, 367-68
Catch-the-Bear, 437
Chato (Chiricahua Apache), 402, 406-09, 412
Chato (Mescalero Apache), 21
Cherokees, 7
Cherry, Samuel, 386
Cheyenne River Agency, 300, 417, 430-31, 434
Cheyennes, 10, 105-18, 217, 327, 332, 389; (Northern), 70, 96-97, 126-40, 145, 149, 172, 176, 188, 276-306, 331-49, 358-59; (Southern), 67-102, 148-76, 243, 248, 265-70, 332, 334, 363-64; See also: Dog Soldiers
Chief-Comes-in-Sight, 290
Chihuahua, 406, 408-09
Chivington, John M., 73, 75, 78-79, 83-94, 107, 137
Civil War, 9, 39, 42, 69, 76, 80, 179-80, 196, 199, 213, 246
Clark, William P., 333, 348
Cleveland, Grover, 412
Clum, John, 216-17, 393-98, 404, 412
Cochise, 11, 192-94; portrait, 195; 196-200, 206-08; speech, 209-10; 211-13, 216; death, 217, 392
Cody, William F, 427, 436, 438
Cole, Nelson, 105, 113-18
Colley, Samuel G., 74-76
Collins, Caspar, 98
Collins, John, 279
Colorow, 373, 381-84; portrait, 385; 388
Columbus, Christopher, 1-2
Colville reservation, 330
Colyer, Vincent, 206-08, 215
Comanches, 11, 158, 160, 167-72, 241-71, 389, 413; (Kwahadi), 244, 255-60, 264-65, 268-70; (Penateka), 257-58; (Yamparika), 242, 248, 257-58
Conner, Daniel, 198-99
Connor, James, 86-87, 90
Connor, Patrick E., 104-18, 122-24, 136, 173
Conservation and the Indians, xvii, 7, 144, 248, 269, 299
Coronado, 269
Cox, Jacob, 184-87
Cramer, Joseph, 86-87
Crawford, Emmet, 278
Crazy Horse, 10, 132-36, 140-41, 273, 278-79, 283-87; in Battle of Rosebud, 288-90; origin of name, 289; at Little Bighorn, 294-97; 300-10; pictograph of assassination, 311; 312-13, 332, 441
Crook, George, 206-08; first Apache campaign, 213-17; 278-79; fights Plains Indians, 285-91; 302-12, 333-35, 342; dealings with Poncas, 358-62; 373, 386; second Apache campaign, 392, 402-10; resigns command, 411-12; dealings with Sioux, 428-31
Crow Creek agency, 300, 417, 428-29
Crow Dog, 420, 429
Crow King, 292, 294; portrait, 295; 296, 420
Crows, 68, 133, 144, 249, 288-89, 307
Curly Headed Doctor, 221, 225-26, 233
Curtis, Samuel R., 79
Custer, George Armstrong, 138-39, 151, 154, 157, 166-70, 173, 243-44,
253, 274-78, 288-90; at the Little Bighorn, 291-98; 427
D
Dakotas
See: Sioux
Danforth, E. H., 372
Davis, Jefferson C, 238-40
Dawes, Henry L., 422-26
Delgadito, 16, 22, 25-28, 34
Delshay, 11, 192, 207-08, 213-15
Denver, Colo., 68, 75, 78-79, 83, 96, 99, 367, 373, 376-78
Dog Chief, 442
Dog Soldiers, 10, 70, 73-74, 77, 92, 148-50, 157-63, 172
Donehogawa See: Parker, Ely
Douglas See: Quinkent
Drum, William F., 437
Dull Knife, 10, 97-98, 106-10, 117, 124, 128, 131, 140, 188, 305, 331-35; portrait, 337; 338-49, 358
Dundy, Elmer S., 359-60, 362, 364
Dyar, L. S., 228, 230, 236, 238
E
Eagle Heart, 253
Edmunds, Newton, 122-23, 298, 421-22
Egan, James, 286
Ellen’s Man, 221, 227, 236
Elliott, Joel, 169
Eskiminzin, 192, 200-02; portrait, 203; 206, 213, 215-16, 393-94, 412-13
Evans, John, 74-80, 82, 86, 94, 367
F
Fairchild, John, 231
Fast Bear, 253
Fetterman, William J., 136-37
Fire Thunder, 141
Fleet Foot, 124-25
Forsyth, George A., 163; scouting command, 164-66; 401-02
Forsyth, James W., 441-42
Foster, Charles, 428
Fort Abraham Lincoln, 276
Fort Apache, 214, 402, 404
Fort Atkinson, 72
Fort Bascom, 269
Fort Bowie, 216-17, 402, 410
Fort Buford, 420
Fort C. F. Smith, 133, 140, 145
Fort Canby, 24, 27-28
Fort Clark, 263-64
Fort Cobb, 166, 170, 172, 243-44
Fort Concho, 264, 269
Fort Connor (See also Fort Reno, Wyo.), 108, 118
Fort Defiance, 15-16, 24
Fort Dodge, 269
Fort Fauntleroy, 16
Fort Fetterman, 286
Fort Keogh, 303-04, 307, 326, 332, 348-49
Fort Klamath, 240
Fort Laramie, 68, 96, 105, 114, 118, 123-31, 143-46, 176-77, 182-88, 279
Fort Lamed, 70, 72, 150-53, 156, 158, 162-63
Fort Lyon, 72-76, 83-86
Fort McPherson, 139
Fort Marion, 270-71, 412
Fort Omaha, 358-59
Fort Pembina, 64
Fort Phil Kearny, 131-35, 140, 145, 180
Fort Randall, 177, 182, 355, 420-23
Fort Reno (Okla.), 334-36, 341, 364
Fort Reno (Wyo.), 118, 128, 130, 145
Fort Rice, 293
Fort Richardson, 249, 252-54, 260, 269
Fort Ridgely, 45-46; attacks on, 47-49; 51
Fort Riley, 151
Fort Robinson, 188, 278, 280, 283, 300, 310-11, 327, 331-46; Cheyenne outbreak, 347-49; 358-59
Fort Sill, 172, 244, 249, 252-58, 262-63, 268-71, 336, 413
Fort Snelling, 60
Fort Sumner, 21, 28-29, 32
Fort Thomas, 396, 402
Fort Wallace, 150
Fort Walsh, 417-18
Fort Wingate, 16, 22-28, 31-33, 399
Fort Wise, 69
Fort Yates, 437
Fort Zarah, 150
Free, Mickey, 408
G
Galbraith, Thomas, 40, 42, 54
Galvanized Yankees, 107, 118, 123, 130
Gall, 10, 132, 293-94; portrait, 295; 303-04, 420, 426, 428
Gatewood, Charles, 411-12
Gentles, William, 312
Geronimo, 11, 197, 392, 394; portrait, 395; 396, 398, 401-02, 405-12; dies, 413; 417
Ghost Dance religion, 416, 431-42
Ghost shirts, 434, 436
Gibbon, John, 288, 290, 323-25
Godfrey, 59
Granger, Gordon, 208-10
Grant, Ulysses S., 177-90, 205-06, 212, 257, 276-77, 318
Gray Beard, 148, 150, 156, 159
Graydon, James, 21
Grass, Chief, 188, 423
Grass, John, 423, 426, 428, 430-31;
portrait, 433
Great Sioux Reservation, 416-17, 420-22, 428, 431
Greenwood, A. B., 69-70, 88
Grierson, Benjamin, 244-45, 249-53
Grouard, Frank, 302
Guerrier, Edmond, 86-88; portrait, 95; 159, 340
Guitan, 263-64
H
Hairy Bear, 365-66
Hancock, Winfield Scott, 150-59, 248
Harney, William S., 100, 142-46, 161
Haworth, James, 260, 262-63, 270
Hayfield fight, 140-41
Hazen, William B., 167
Heinmot Tooyalaket See: Joseph (Nez Percé)
Herrero Grande, 16, 28-29, 31-32, 34
High Back Bone, 133-34, 140
High Hawk, 429
Hinman, Samuel, 42, 45, 279, 298, 421-22
Hodt, Nicholas, 18
Hollow Horn Bear, 429
Hooker Jim, 221, 225-40
Howard, E. A., 356-58
Howard, Oliver Otis, 211-13, 320-28
Hump, 132, 135, 294; portrait, 295; 307
I
Indian Territory, 240, 329-30, 333-42, 351-59, 362-66, 376-77, 381, 387, 422
Iron Shell, 138
Iron Thunder, 292
Iroquois, 178-79, 182, 186, 190
Isatai, 265-66
J
Jack (White River Ute) See: Nicaagat
Jackson, Andrew, 5
Jackson, James, 222, 225
Jeffords, Tom, 211-13, 216-17, 392, 394, 398
Johnson (Ute) See: Canalla
Joseph (Nez Percé), 12, 316, 318; portrait, 319; 320-27; surrender speech, 328-29; dies, 330
Juanita, 19
Juh, 401
Julesburg, Colo., 94
K
Kaws, 353
Kayitah, 411-12
Kemble, Edward C, 353-55
Kicking Bear, 431-32; portrait, 433; 434-35
Kicking Bird, 11, 248-49; portrait, 251; 252, 254-56,
260-64, 268, 270; dies mysteriously, 271
Kill Eagle, 294
King Philip, 3, 4, 7
Kintpuash, 12, 219-22; portrait, 223; 224-39; executed, 240
Kiowas, 10-11, 101, 150, 158, 160, 167, 169, 172, 241-71, 389, 413
Klamath reservation, 221-22, 228
Klamaths, 221
Kowtoliks, 324
L
Lame Deer, 287
Lapwai reservation, 320-21, 330
“Laramie Loafers,” 123-24, 128, 133, 142, 177
Lava Beds, 225; first battle, 226-27; 228-33, 236-37; second battle, 238-39
Lawton, Henry W., 333-36
Lawyer (Aleiya), 317-18
Lean Bear, 69-72, 77, 82
Le Claire, Peter, 352
Left Hand (Arapaho), 78, 83-84, 87, 89, 91, 94
Left Hand (Cheyenne), 340, 343, 346
Leg-in-the-Water, 94
Lewis and Clark Expedition, 316, 323, 352
Lightning Blanket, 46-48, 50
Lincoln, Abraham, 59-61, 70
Little Big Man, 279; leads demonstration, 283; fights at
Battle Butte, 307; portrait, 309; agency policeman, 312
Little Bighorn river, 290-97
Little Crow, 9, 39-40; portrait, 41; 42-43; speech, 44-45, 46-49; wounded, 50-51; 52-56; farewell speech, 57-58; flight to Canada, 62; killed 63; 123, 421
Little Horse, 110-12, 136
Little Raven, 10, 68-70, 77-78; portrait, 85; 83-84, 99-100, 149, 158, 160
Little Robe, 160, 167, 170, 172, 243
Little Wolf, 135, 145, 188, 286, 306, 331-35, 338; portrait, 339; 340-43, 348
Little Wound, 138, 422
Loco, 398, 401-02, 407
Logan, John, 425
Lone Wolf, 11, 243-46; portrait, 247; 249, 252, 254-56; visits Washington, 257-58; 260-66, 268-70; dies, 271
r /> Looking Glass, 320, 323-24, 328
Los Pinos agency, 368, 370-71, 387
Louderback, David, 86, 88
Low Dog, 286, 292, 296
Lower Brulé agency, 300, 417, 428-29
M
McGillycuddy, Valentine, 422, 437
McKenzie, John, 64
Mackenzie, Ranald, 260, 269-70; attacks Dull Knife’s village, 306; 332, 334, 336
McLaughlin, James, 426-27, 430-31, 435-37
MacLeod, James, 418-19
Magpie, 92, 149, 167
Mamanti, 250, 252, 271
Mangas (son of Mangas Colorado), 407-08
Mangas Colorado, 11, 194-98; killed, 199-220; 211
Manifest Destiny, 8, 23, 31, 189
Mankato, 42, 46, 50-53; killed, 57
Manuelito, 11-12, 14-16; portrait, 17; 18, 22, 27-32; surrenders, 33; speech on return to homeland, 34-36
Manypenny, George, 298
Martine, 411-12
Mason, Stanton A., 364-65
Massasoit, 3
Maynadier, Henry, 123-26
Mazakootemane, Paul, 55, 58
Meacham, Alfred B., 228, 230-33, 236-38
Medicine Bottle, 42, 47, 58, 62, 64
Medicine Lodge Creek Council, 158-162
Medicine Lodge Treaty, 243, 248
Meeker, Arvilla, 374, 388
Meeker, Josie, 374
Meeker, Nathan C, 372-88
Miles, John D., 334, 336, 338, 340
Miles, Nelson, 269, 304-07, 312; fights Nez Percés, 326-29; 332; pursues Apaches, 411-13; opposes Ghost Dance, 436-37
Mills, Anson, 302
Minnesota river, 38, 42, 46, 48, 51, 58, 60
Modocs, 12, 219-40
Morning Star See: Dull Knife
Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala., 412-13
Murphy, Thomas, 157, 159
Music, 36, 102, 146, 313, 413, 447
Myrick, Andrew, 40, 45, 54
N
Naiche, 211, 217, 394; portrait, 397; 398, 401-02, 410-11
Nana, 11, 200, 398, 401-02; portrait, 403; 407-08
Navahos, 11, 14-36
New Ulm, Minn., 46; attack on, 50-51; 60
Nez Percés, 12, 310, 316-30
Nicaagat, 367, 372-73; portrait, 375; 377-88
No Heart, 299
Nordstrom, Charles, 170
North, Frank, 108, 113, 173
Northern Pacific railroad, 426
Norton, A. B., 33
O
Oakley, Annie, 427