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

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