II. EX-TROOPER TOWNE ON THE ROSEBUD FIGHT 203 III. THE GRIEVANCE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE 209 IV. THE LITTLE BIG HORN CAMPAIGN 216 V. THE LAST OF CUSTER 237 VI. ONE OF THE LAST MEN TO SEE CUSTER ALIVE 263 VII. THE PERSONAL STORY OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE 279 VIII. TWO INTERESTING AFFAIRS 293 IX. THE FIRST SUCCESS 304 X. A DECISIVE BLOW 312 XI. MILES’ GREAT CAMPAIGNING 319 XII. WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR—A SKETCH OF GENERAL GUY V. HENRY, A TYPICAL AMERICAN SOLDIER 339 ❦ APPENDICES APPENDIX A—BEING A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF GENERAL CUSTER’S COURSE IN THE LITTLE BIG HORN CAMPAIGN 359 APPENDIX B—FURTHER LIGHT ON THE CONDUCT OF MAJOR RENO 398 INDEX 407 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ❦ DRAWINGS FACING PAGE THE LAST OF CUSTER _Frontispiece_ LIEUTENANT GRUMMOND SACRIFICING HIMSELF TO COVER THE RETREAT 36 CHARGE OF RED CLOUD ON THE CORRAL AT PINEY ISLAND 50 “BOOTS AND SADDLES:” A START IN THE EARLY MORNING 60 ROMAN NOSE LEADING THE CHARGE AGAINST FORSYTH’S DEVOTED BAND 86 “SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THEIR ARRIVAL A RATTLESNAKE MADE HIS APPEARANCE” 98 THE CRUCIAL MOMENT ON BEECHER’S ISLAND 116 THE CHIEF MEDICINE MAN AT BEAVER CREEK 132 THE DIFFICULT TASK OF THE HORSE-HOLDERS IN ACTION 194 THE CAPTURE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE 214 RAIN-IN-THE-FACE 280 CHIEF TWO MOON OF THE NORTHERN CHEYENNES 300 MACKENZIE’S MEN IN DULL KNIFE’S VILLAGE 316 PHOTOGRAPHS FACING PAGE GROUP OF FAMOUS WAR CHIEFS 10 CROW KING, RED CLOUD, AMERICAN HORSE, GALL THE FORT PHIL KEARNEY FIGHTERS 20