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

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