The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn (80 page)

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

Battle of Sand Creek

Battle of the Rosebud

Battle of the Washita

ammunition for

and Benteen

and captives

Custer’s strategy for

and Indian villages

and Seventh Cavalry

and the Seventh’s band

Battle Ridge

Beard, Dewey

Bear Lice

Beaver Heart (Cheyenne)

Belknap, William

Bell, James

Bennett, James

Benteen, Frederick

and baseball

and Battle of Little Bighorn

on camp life

career of

on Civil War

Custer finding fault with

on deaths in Custer’s battalion

dislike/criticism of Custer

disobeying orders

and extreme thirst

on Godfrey

guards packing mule train

and Keogh

leading attack at Battle of the Washita

leading battalion at Battle of Little Bighorn

leading march to Little Bighorn

personality of

at Rosebud campsite

scorning General Crook

using the press

writings of

Big Foot (Minneconjou chief)

Bighorn River

Bismarck Tribune

Black Bear (Oglala Lakota leader)

Black Elk (Oglala Lakota)

Black Elk Speaks
(Niehardt)

Blackfeet Lakota

Black Hawk

Black Hills

Black Hills Expedition

Black Kettle, Chief

Black Kettle’s village

Black Moon (Sitting Bull’s uncle)

Bloody Knife (Arikara scout)

Bobtail Bull (Arikara leader)

Bourke, John

Boyer, Mitch

Bradley, James

Brave Bear (Oglala Lakota)

Brewster, Charles

Bridger, Jim

Brisbin, James

Broken Arm (Lakota policeman)

Brughiere, Johnnie

Brulé Lakota

buckskin

buffalo

abundance of

disappearance of

essential to Lakota

as food source

hunting of

various uses for

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show

Bull Head (Lakota policeman)

Burkhardt, Charles

Burkman, John

Calhoun, James

Calhoun Hill

Camp, Walter Mason

camp life

Carignan, John

Carnahan, John

Catch the Bear (Hunkpapa Lakota)

Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia)

Chandler, Zachariah

Charley, Vincent

Cheska Maza (Lakota policemen)

Cheyenne

and annihilation of Custer

army attacked by

at Battle of Little Bighorn

and Black Hills

campaigns against

captives

facing white soldiers

and fight over plunder

and Little Wolf

nomadic lifestyle of

and reservations

and Sitting Bull

villages of

warriors of

weapons used by

Cheyenne River Agency

Chippewa

Chivington, John

Civil War

and America’s destiny

and Benteen

and the Custers

and Keogh

and Terry

Clark, Ben

Cody, Buffalo Bill

Coleman, Thomas

Constitution
(hot-air balloon)

Cooke, William

and Battle of Little Bighorn

and campaign against Cheyenne

and Custer

death of

descriptions of

desecrating graves

friendship with Libbie

counting coup

Cowen, Benjamin

Crawler (Hunkpapa Lakota)

Crazy Horse (Oglala Lakota)

at Battle of Little Bighorn

at Battle of the Rosebud

and Black Hills

death of

on Grant

as great warrior

and Grouard

rivalry with White Bull

vision of

as war chief

war strategy of

Cressey, Will

Crittenden, John

Crook, George

at Battle of the Rosebud

and Black Hills

and campaign against Lakota

description of

success as Indian fighter

and use of pack mules

and Wyoming Column

Crow.
See also
specific names

Crowell, William

Crowfoot (Sitting Bull’s son)

Crow scouts

at Battle of Little Bighorn

and Bradley

and controversy over Custer

and Crook

retreat to reservation

tracking skills of

work for Custer

Crow’s Nest (Wolf Mountains)

Curley (Crow scout)

Curtis, Edward

Curtiss, William

Custer, Boston (George’s brother)

Custer, Elizabeth “Libbie,” 15, 48, 181

calling for investigation

and childlessness

corresponding with husband

descriptions of

despair over husband’s death

and
Far West

fears for husband’s safety

at Fort Lincoln

friendship with officers

on husband’s friendship with Barrett

on husband’s study

on Keogh

on life in Kentucky

Michigan home of

in New York

preserving husband’s legacy

relationship with Custer

as writer

Custer, Emanuel (George’s father)

Custer, George Armstrong

accusations against

and American imperialism

as American myth/hero

army career of

arrest and court-martial of

Barrett’s friendship with

and Battle of Little Bighorn

and Battle of the Washita

and Benteen

biography of

and Black Hills Expedition

and Black Kettle’s village

blamed for tragedy of Little Bighorn

and buckskin

and campaign against Cheyenne

and campaign against Lakota

and campaign against Sioux

as celebrity

Custer, George Armstrong (
cont.
)

childhood/family life of

and childlessness

and Civil War

commanding Seventh Cavalry

confidence in the Seventh

controversy over whereabouts at Battle of Little Bighorn

corresponding with wife

at Crow’s Nest

and “Custer luck,”

death of

defeat at Bighorn

desecrating Lakota burials

dislike of

disobeying orders

and dogs

erratic behavior of

and financial woes

at Fort Lincoln

and Grant

as great leader

and horses

and hostage taking

hunting buffalo

image of himself

as Indian fighter

in Kentucky

and Last Stand

leading battalion at Battle of Little Bighorn

leading column to Yellowstone

leading soldiers to Little Bighorn

leisure activities of

as lieutenant colonel

loyalty to

and massacre of battalion

mistakes made by

monument for

movies about

in New York

nicknames of

and officers

and other women

personality of

physical appearance of

at Powder River

and the press

as public lecturer

pursuing Sitting Bull

and regiments

relationship with wife

and Reno

reputation of

at Rosebud River

and scouts

seeking glory and fame

showing signs of depression

strategies of

strategy for Little Bighorn

talents of

and Terry

testifying in Washington

victories of

at West Point

writings of

Custer, Maggie (George’s sister)

Custer, Tom (George’s brother)

camped at Heart River

and C Company

at Crow’s Nest

and George Custer

death of

desecrating Lakota burials

winning Medal of Honor in Civil War

Custer Died for Your Sins
(Deloria)

Dakota Column

Dakota Territory

dances, Native.
See also
Ghost Dance; sun dance

Davern, Edward

Deeds (Hunkpapa Lakota)

Deep Ravine

Deer Medicine Rocks

Deloria, Vine, Jr.

DeRudio, Charles Camilus

DeSmet, Pierre-Jean

DeWolf, James Madison

diseases

Dorman, Isaiah–200, 315

Edgerly, Winfield

Elk Horn Prairie

Elliott, Joel

Far West
(riverboat)

delivering news about Custer

descriptions of

as headquarters of the Seventh

high speed of

as hospital ship

mishaps aboard

on the Missouri

and transport of soldiers

and transport of supplies

Fehler, Henry

Fetterman, William

field glasses

Finerty, John

Finley, Jeremiah

Fire, John

firearms

Colt revolvers

Henry and Winchester repeating rifles

and Lakota

muzzle loaders

Sharps rifles and

supplied by the French

used by Custer

see also
Gatling gun; Springfield carbines

First Michigan regiment

Flanagan, James

Flying Hawk (Sitting Bull’s nephew)

Foolish Elk (Oglala Lakota)

Forked Horn (Arikara scout)

Forsyth, James

Fort Berthold

Fort Buford

Fort Ellis

Fort Fetterman

Fort Lincoln

Fort Randall

forts.
See also
specific forts

Four Blankets Woman (Sitting Bull’s wife)

Four Horns (Sitting Bull’s uncle)

Fox, Henry

French, Henry

French, Thomas

and Battle of Little Bighorn

and Custer

description of

drinking problem of

and “Long Tom” carbine

on military life

and Reno’s retreat

French traders

Galaxy
magazine

Gall (Hunkpapa Lakota)

Garnett, Billy

“Garry Owen” (song)

Gatling gun

George, William

Gerard, Frederic

Ghost Dance

Gibbon, John

and Battle of Little Bighorn

commanding Montana Column

and Custer

and scouts

and Terry

Gibson, Francis

“Girl I Left Behind Me” (song)

Gobright, Lawrence

Godfrey, Edward

at Battle of Little Bighorn

and campaign against Cheyenne

on Custer

on desecration of graves

on Terry

as unofficial historian

at Wounded Knee

Goes Ahead (Crow scout)

gold

Golden, Patrick

Goldin, Theodore

Good Bear Boy (Hunkpapa Lakota)

Goose (Arikara scout)

Gordon, Henry

Grand River Agency.
See also
Standing Rock Agency

Grant, Frederick Dent

Grant, Orville

Grant, Ulysses S.

Gray Horse Troop

Greasy Grass Ridge.
See also
Little Bighorn River

Grouard, Frank

Gurley. L.

Hairy Moccasin (Crow scout)

Half Yellow Face (Crow scout)

Hanging Wolf (Cheyenne)

Hanley, Richard

Hanson, Joseph

Hardy, William

Hare, Luther

Harrington, Henry

Harrison, Thomas

Heart River campsite

He Dog (Oglala Lakota)

Herendeen, George

Hodgson, Benny

Holy Medicine (Hunkpapa Lakota)

Horned Horse

Horse Holders’ Ravine

horses

hot-air balloon

Howells, William Dean

Hughes, Robert

Hunkpapa Lakota

akicita
(police)

and bands of Lakota

and Battle of Killdeer Mountain

at Battle of Little Bighorn

and Custer’s brass band

important members of

Sitting Bull as leader of

village of

Indian agencies.
See also
specific agencies

Indian country

Indian reservations

Indian scouts.
See also
specific scouts; specific tribes

Inkpaduta (Santee Sioux chief)

interracial unions

Iron Hawk (Hunkpapa Lakota)

Jackson, Billy (Pikuni scout)

Johnson, Benjamin

John Stands in Timber (Cheyenne)

Jordan, John

Joseph Horn Cloud

Julia Face (Brulé Lakota)

Jumping Bull (Sitting Bull’s brother)

Kanipe, Daniel

Kansas

Kate Bighead (Cheyenne)

Kellogg, Mark

Keogh, Myles

at Battle of Little Bighorn

as Custer’s senior officer