THE TRAGEDY AT TWIN MOUNDS: An Incident of the Indian War of 1866-'67 96 WAL. HENDERSON 129 KIT CARSON'S PAWNEE ROCK STORY 151 SHERIDAN'S ROOST 170 THE PASSING OF THE BUFFALO 179 JUDGE LYNCH'S COURT AT WHOOPING HOLLOW 192 THE WOOING OF AH-KEY-NES-TOU 240 KIT CARSON'S "FIRST INDIAN" 256 DID GENERAL CUSTER COMMIT SUICIDE? 270 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE. General Forsythe 1 The Charge 13 The Hermit Priest 24 Little Beaver 45 Kicking Bird 58 Susie Réaume 96 Sitting Bull, Crow Eagle, and Buffalo Bill 101 Sa-tan-ta 104 The Mirage 119 Wal. Henderson 130 O-ton-son-e-var 163 Pacer's Son--Chief of all the Apaches 166 General Sheridan 170 Catching Wild Turkeys in Gen. Sheridan's Camp 178 Wolves Attacking a Buffalo 191 A Lynching Scene 238 Mandan Chief 240 Mandan Canoe 246 Mandan Village 248 Kit Carson 256 Train at Pawnee Rock 266 General Custer 270 Little River 273 Sitting Bull 277 GEN. FORSYTHE AT THE ARRICKAREE. A THRILLING STORY OF INDIAN WARFARE. [Illustration: GENERAL FORSYTHE.] I was sitting in my office at Fort Harker on a warm evening in the latter part of September, 1868, musing over a pipeful of "Lone Jack," upon the possible extent of the impending Indian war, which had already been planned by Gen. Sheridan, in the seclusion of my own quarters, only the night before. It was rapidly growing dark; the somber line of the twilight curve had almost met the western horizon, and only the faintest tinge of purple beneath marked the intermedium between the gloaming and the rayless sky.