Read Wolf Mountain Moon Online
Authors: Terry C. Johnston
for all his enthusiastic assistance
helping me write
the past four Plainsmen novels,
the dedication of this novel to
the widely respected National Park Service historian
and published Indian Wars authority
Jerome A. Greene
is long overdue
Seamus Donegan                                          Samantha Donegan
Military
Brigadier General George C. CrookâDepartment of the Platte
Colonel William B. Hazenâcommanding Sixth U.S. Infantry, Fort Buford, M.T.
Colonel Nelson A. Milesâcommanding Fifth U.S. Infantry, Tongue River Cantonment, M.T.
Colonel Ranald S. Mackenzieâcommanding Fourth U.S. Cavalry
Lieutenant Colonel Elwell S. OtisâTwenty-second U.S. Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph WhistlerâFifth U.S. Infantry
Major Alfred L. HoughâSeventeenth U.S. Infantry, commanding at Glendive Cantonment
Major Henry R. TiltonâSurgeon, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Major Edwin F. TownsendâCommanding Officer, Fort Laramie, W.T.
Captain Charles J. DickeyâE Company, Twenty-second Infantry
Captain Ezra P. EwersâE Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
CaptainâRandallâQuartermaster, Fifth U.S. Infantry, Tongue River Cantonment, M.T.
Captain Wyllys LymanâI Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Captain James S. CaseyâA Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Captain Andrew S. BennettâB Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Captain Edmond ButlerâC Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Captain Simon SnyderâF Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Captain Edwin PollockâNinth U.S. Infantry, commander of Reno Cantonment
First Lieutenant Frank D. BaldwinâFifth U.S. Infantry
First Lieutenant Cornelius C. CusickâF Company, Twenty-second Infantry
First Lieutenant Mason CarterâK Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
First Lieutenant George W. Bairdâregimental adjutant, Fifth U.S. Infantry
First Lieutenant Robert McDonaldâD Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Second Lieutenant Russell H. DayâSixth U.S. Infantry, commanding garrison at Fort Peck
Second Lieutenant David Q. RousseauâG Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Second Lieutenant William H. WheelerâEleventh U.S. Infantry
Second Lieutenant Frank S. HinkleâH Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Second Lieutenant Charles E. HargousâFifth U.S. Infantry, commanding mounted infantry to Wolf Mountain
Second Lieutenant Hobart K. BaileyâFifth U.S. Infantry, aide-de-camp to Miles
Second Lieutenant James Worden PopeâE Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry, commanding Rodman gun
Second Lieutenant Edward W. CaseyâTwenty-second U.S. Infantry, assisting Pope's artillery detail: in charge of Napoleon gun
Second Lieutenant Oscar F. LongâFifth U.S. Infantry, acting engineering officer
Second Lieutenant William H. C. BowenâFifth U.S. Infantry, in charge of supply wagons
Second Lieutenant James H. WhittenâI Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry, in charge of pack animals
Trumpeter Edwin M. Brown
Private Thomas KellyâI Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Private Richard BellowsâE Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Private Philip KennedyâC Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry Private
Patton G. WhitedâC Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
Assistant Surgeon Louis S. Tesson
Civilians
Thomas J. Mitchellâagent at Fort Peck
Elizabeth Burt
Martha Luhn
Nettie Capron
Army Scouts
Johnny Bruguier / “Big Leggings” | Â |
Luther S. (Sage) “Yellowstone” Kelly | Â |
Robert Jackson | William Jackson |
Victor Smith | John Johnston |
George Johnson | James Parker |
William Cross | Jim Woods |
Tom Leforge | Joe Culbertson |
Edward Lambert | George Boyd |
Left HandâYanktonai scout for Baldwin on Fort Peck expedition
Buffalo HornâBannock scout for Miles on Wolf Mountain Campaign
Lakota
Sitting Bull | Gall |
Three Bears | Little Big Man |
Pretty Bear | Foolish Thunder |
White Bull | Bull Eagle |
Small Bear | Touch-the-Clouds |
Roman Nose | Spotted Elk |
Red Horse | Tall Bull |
Packs the Drum / “Sitting Bull the Good” | Â |
Yellow Eagle | Foolish Bear |
Important Man | Long Dog |
Black Moon | Little Knife |
Crow | Spotted Blackbird |
Iron Dog | Yellow Liver |
Four Horns | Red Horn |
Drag | Hollow Horns |
White Horse | Red Horses |
Fat Hide / Fat on the Beef | The Yearling |
Lame Red Skirt / Red Cloth | Lone Horn |
Bad Leg | No Neck |
Long Feather | Rising Sun |
Jumping Bull | Black Shawl |
Crazy Horse | Runs-the-Bear |
He Dog | Hump |
Long Hair | Â |
Cheyenne
“Tse-tsehese-staeste”
“Those Who Are Hearted Alike”
White Bull | Wooden Leg |
Black Moccasin (Limber Lance) | Yellow Weasel |
Black Hawk | Yellow Hair |
Big Crow | Crow Split Nose |
Sits in the Night | Morning Star |
Little Wolf | Old Bear |
Young Two Moon | Beaver Claws |
Left-Handed Wolf | Beaver Dam |
Big Horse | Crow Necklace |
Gypsum | Brave Wolf |
High Wolf | Box Elder |
Coal Bear | Long Jaw |
Medicine Bear | Â |
Cheyenne Party Captured by Miles's Scouts
Old Wool Woman / Sweet Taste Woman | Â |
Crooked Nose Woman | Fingers Woman |
Twin Woman | Crane Woman |
Red Hood | Black Horse |
Crow
Half Yellow Face | Old Bear |
Assiniboine
White Dog
Casualties:
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Private William H. BattyâC Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
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Corporal Augustus RothmanâA Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
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/
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Private Bernard McCannâF Company, Twenty-second U.S. Infantry
â
Sergeant Hiram SpangenbergâF Company, Twenty-second U.S. Infantry
â
Corporal Thomas RoehmâF Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
â
Private Henry RodenburghâA Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
â
Private George DanhaâH Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
â
Private William H. DailyâD Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
â
Private ââ McHughâH Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
â
Private ââ SimondâD Company, Fifth U.S. Infantry
During the Indian Wars, the [Regular Army] soldier, isolated from his own people and faced by a skilled enemy, lived under conditions that would have broken the spirit of most groups. Badly armed and clothed, underfed and plopped into holes on the prairie, the soldier made do and “re-upped,” left the army after a single hitch, or deserted. It is most remarkable that they did not all desert.
âNeil Baird Thompson
  Â
Crazy Horse Called Them
   Walk-a-Heaps
The Sioux campaigns of 1876 were marked with few engagements, but those that did take place were conspicuous for the desperateness with which they were fought and the severe losses sustained. Nearly four hundred and fifty officers and men of the army were killed and wounded during the yearâ¦. The enemy's loss is now known to have been severe at the Rosebud, Little Big Horn, Slim Buttes and Bates Creek. But the far-reaching results of the campaigns extended beyond the consideration of how many were killed and wounded. They led to the disintegration of many of the hostile bands of savages, who gladly sought safety upon the reservations and who have not since attempted any warlike demonstrations.
âGeorge F. Price
  Â
Across the Continent with
   the Fifth Cavalry
Desperate, hungry, and weary of fighting, the rapidly weakening Indian coalition rallied one last time at Wolf Mountains, when the soldiers threatened the sanctity of their homes. But for the Sioux and Cheyennes, offensive warfare was over. Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse never again united. Instead, the disintegration of the massive Indian resistance was finally at hand. As Miles averred, “We ⦠had taught the destroyers of Custer that there was one small command that could whip them as long as they dared face it.”
âJerome Greene
  Â
Yellowstone Command
It is the opinion of some who had had years of experience in Indian fighting, that there has rarely, if ever, been a fight before in which the Sioux and Cheyennes showed such determination and persistency, where they were finally defeated.
âCaptain Edmond Butler
   “Army and Navy Journal”
   March 31, 1877
If a Crazy Horse camp could be struck, where would the people be safe?
âMan Sandoz
  Â
Crazy HorseâStrange Man of
   the Oglala