The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

by Nathaniel Philbrick

  vast village of

  and victory

  and warfare strategy

  warriors of

  and water

  weapons used by

  whites’ expansion into territory of

  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)

  No Neck (Hunkpapa Lakota)

  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 court of inquiry

  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.