Indian Fights & Fighters [Illustration: THE LAST OF CUSTER _Drawing by E. L. Blumenschein_ ] AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS SERIES Indian Fights and Fighters THE SOLDIER AND THE SIOUX BY CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY, LL.D. Author of “Colonial,” “Border,” and “Revolutionary” Fights and Fighters [Illustration] Illustrated with Original Drawings by Remington, Schreyvogel, Blumenschein, Crawford, Elwell, Deming, and Zogbaum With Maps, Photographs, and Sketches from Life from Original Sources, many of which are now published for the first time NEW YORK THE McCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1904, by_ McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO. _Published, December, 1904, N_ Second Impression. Copyright, 1904, by The Pearson Publishing Company ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To that most eminent and useful CHURCHMAN AND CITIZEN OZI WILLIAM WHITAKER, D.D., LL.D. Bishop of Pennsylvania Whom I admire as a _CLERIC_, respect as a _MAN_, and love as a _FRIEND_ I dedicate _This Story of the West_ He served so well PREFACE The writing of history requires three operations: (I) The collection of facts; (II) The classification and arrangement of facts; (III) The presentation and discussion of facts. I have collected the facts related in this book from every source open to me. These sources may be divided into two groups: (1) Published and (2) unpublished, matter. The published matter includes (a) official records; (b) books, and (c) magazine or other ephemeral articles. The unpublished matter includes (a) letters and (b) verbal communications.