Custer, Gen. George Armstrong, in command of Seventh Cavalry, 146–150; record of, 146, 147; selects his own officers, 147; protects Kansas settlers, 148; his march in a blizzard, 150–153; has command under Gen. Stanley, 210; his faculty for scouting, 210; loses his command, 216–219; his relations with Gen. Belknap, 216; question as to whether he obeyed Gen. Terry’s orders, 219–228; Gen. Terry’s letter of instructions, 220, 221; various opinions about Terry’s instructions to Custer, 224–228; account of his last expedition, 229–236; his officers under Reno tried to join him, 248 note; his fine manœuvering, 254; signals to Reno, 255; killed, 256, 257; Mr. Theodore W. Goldin’s reminiscences of, 263–278; a further discussion of his course in the Little Big Horn campaign, 359–397; various opinions on Custer’s campaign—Col. Edward S. Godfrey, 360, 371–380, 388–390; Major-Gen. James B. Fry, 360; Major-Gen. Robert P. Hodges, 360, 366–370; Brig.-Gen. George A. Forsyth, 361; Dr. C. B. Andrews, 361; Gen. Nelson A. Miles, 361–365; Gen. Gibbon, 367; Brig.-Gen. Charles A. Woodruff, 380–385; Gen. Henry B. Carrington, 386–388; Lieut.-Col. Jacob L. Greene, 391–395 Custer, Capt. Tom, brother of Gen. Custer, 210, 212, 213; captures Rain-in-the-Face, 214; in the Big Horn Fight, 254; killed, 257; called Little Hair by Rain-in-the-Face, 284; story of his killing, 289 Custer family, disaster to, 258 “Custer Massacre,” 259, 281 _D_ Daniels, Lieut., killed, 22 Davis, Capt., 316 Dead Cañon of the Rosebud, 193, 196, 198 Denver, Col., white settlements at, 5 DeRudio, Lieut., 243 DeWolf, Dr., killed by Indians, 242 Dodge, Col. R. I., his book, “Our Wild Indians,” quoted, 168; claims Gen. Custer committed suicide, 257 Dog Soldiers, 163 note Donovan, scout, assists in Col. Forsyth’s rescue, 106 Drexel Mission attacked by Indians, 353 Dry Fork, 60 Dull Knife, Cheyenne chief, attacked by Mackenzie, 313–315; killed, 315 _E_ Eastman, Charles A., M. D., a full-blooded Sioux, his account of Reno’s fight at Little Big Horn, 238; with Gen. Custer, 253 Edgerly, Lieut., 248 Eighteenth Regular Infantry in the Mountain District, 9, 25; at Fort Kearney, 59 Elliott, Major, Custer’s second in command, 152; in battle of the Washita, 157; fate of, 166–169 Emigrants, protected by Fort Phil Kearney, 4 Evans, Col., Third Cavalry, 188 _F_ “Far West,” Gen. Terry’s supply steamer on the Rosebud, 265 Farley, scout, wounded, 108; bravery of, 109