Black Kettle (Mo-ke-ta-va-ta), 73; head chief of the Cheyennes, brutality of, 157; killed, 162 Blackfeet Indians, 64 Blizzard, Gen. Custer’s march in a, 150–161 Bloody Knife, Arikara scout with Custer, 210, 267 Bourke, Capt John G., his books, “Campaigning with Crook,” quoted, 186; “On the Border with Crook,” 191, 204, 333 Bowers, Sergeant, in fight with Indians, 20; scalped, 21; badge found when reinterred, 21 note Bowyer, Mitch, Crow interpreter, warns Gen. Custer, 268 Bozeman trail, 4, 7, 9, 13, 60; army post on, 9, 189 Brainard, Col. D. L., notes on the Lame Deer fight, 335–338 Brave Wolf, scout, 336 Bridger, James, fur trader and scout, adviser of Gen. Carrington, 4, 61 Bridger’s Ferry, 60 Brown, Capt. Frederick, rashness of, 23; malcontent conduct of, 24; joins Capt. Fetterman, 26; promotion of, 26; death of, 32 Brulé, Sioux Indians, faithful to whites, 8; attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48 “Brunette” regiment, see Tenth Cavalry Brunettes, Gen. Henry’s, 351–355 Buffalo Bill, see Cody, Wm. F. Buffalo Chip, scout, killed, 308 note Buffalo, herds of, in Montana valleys, 5 “Buffaloes,” Gen. Henry’s, and their rides, 351–353 “Bull teams,” for prairie schooners, 7 _C_ California Joe, scout, 155 Camp Supply, Indian Territory, 150 Canadian River, Gen. Custer’s march on, 152 Carpenter, Captain Louis H., Tenth Cavalry, sent to rescue Gen. Forsyth, 100; the story of his “brunettes,” 123–135; promotion of, 135 Carr, Major-Gen. Eugene A., ordered to Fort Wallace, 124; in fight on Beaver Creek, 131, 132; pursues Indians over the Platte River, 135; his account of the fight on Beaver Creek, 136–140; Carr and Tall Bull at Summit Springs, 170–179 Carrington, Gen. Henry B., in Central Montana, 5; effects treaty with Indians at Fort Laramie, 8; romantic expedition of, 9–13; sketch of, 9; repairs and garrisons Fort Reno, 12; establishes camp on Big Piney Creek, 13; in desperate fight at Lodge Trail Ridge, 20, 21; inadequate force of, 23, 24; carries out Gen. Sherman’s instructions, 24; specific instructions to Capt. Fetterman, 26; his stern resolution, 32–37; used as a scapegoat, 37; acquitted of all blame by a mixed commission, 38; also by a military court and by Gen. Sherman, 38; his views on Custer’s Little Big Horn campaign, 386–388 Carrington Powder River expedition, reminiscences of, 59–71 Central Montana, objective of Gen. Carrington’s expedition, 5 Chambers, Col., 188 Cheyenne Indians dispute advance of the white man, 5; Harney-Sanborne treaty with, 7; attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48; cruelty of, 73; break away from Red Cloud Agency, 293; Gen. Merritt heads them off, 294; bravery of, 312, 313; their winter stores destroyed, 316; sufferings of, 316–318; surrender and turn against Crazy Horse, 318; savage ferocity of, 318