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Illustration Credits
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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