The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (81 page)

description of

friendship with Libbie

horse of

Kicking Bear (Oglala Lakota)

Kill Eagle (Blackfeet Lakota)

Kiowa

Korn, Gustave

Ku Klux Klan

Lakota

and “Battle in the Dark,”

and Battle of Killdeer Mountain

at Battle of Little Bighorn

and Black Hills

burial grounds of

camped at Little Bighorn

children at boarding schools

and Custer

desiring peace

different bands of

facing white soldiers

and Grouard

history/culture of

nomadic lifestyle of

opinion of whites

outnumbering soldiers at Battle of Little Bighorn

Parkman’s description of

and reservations

and scouts

and sun dance

U.S. Army attacks

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.