The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn

also specific reporters
    Pretty White Buffalo Woman (Hunkpapa Lakota)
    Radisson, Pierre
    railroads
    Rain in the Face (Hunkpapa Lakota)
    Ream, Vinnie
    Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota)
    Red Cloud Agency
    Red Horse (Minneconjou Lakota)
    Red Star (Arikara scout)
    Red Tomahawk (Hunkpapa policeman)
    Red Woman (Sitting Bull’s wife)
    Reed, Harry “Autie” (George Custer’s nephew)
    Reno, Marcus
    battalion of
    conduct investigated
    on Cooke
    and Custer
    death of
    description/background of
    drinking problem of
    fighting Indians at Battle of Little Bighorn
    and Gerard
    leading battalion at Battle of Little Bighorn
    leading battalion to Battle of Little Bighorn
    retreating from battle
    on scouts
    searching for Benny Hodgson
    on Yellowstone River
    Reno, Mary (Mrs. Marcus Reno)
    Reno Hill
    Reynolds, Charley
    Richmond Despatch
    Rigney, Michael
    rock art
    Rock Writing Bluff
    Roe, Charles
    Roman Nose (Cheyenne)
    Roosevelt, Theodore
    Rosebud River
    army marching to
    army scouts along
    and Indian villages
    Roy, Stanislas
    Runs the Enemy (Two Kettle Lakota)
    Rutten, Roman
    Ryan, John
    sabers
    Sans Arcs Lakota
    Santee Sioux
    Scott, Hugh
    Second Cavalry
    Seen by the Nation (Sitting Bull’s wife)
    Server, F. E.
    Seventh Cavalry
    and alcohol consumption
    band
    and Battle of Little Bighorn
    under Custer
    Custer’s trust in
    escorting surveying expedition
    on Far West
    at Fort Lincoln
    inexperience of
    and Lakota
    and losses at Little Bighorn
    officers of
    and officers’ wives
    in Reconstruction South
    under Reno
    soldiers of
    led by Terry
    Shave Head (Hunkpapa policeman)
    Sheridan, Michael
    Sheridan, Philip
    and campaigns against tribes
    as commander of Military Division
    and court of inquiry
    and Custer
    and Grant
    Sherman, William Tecumseh
    Shoots Walking (Hunkpapa Lakota)
    Shoshone
    Sioux
    bands of
    and Battle of Little Bighorn
    and Black Hills
    campaigns against
    naming of
    territory of
    and warfare
    see also Lakota
    Sipes, James
    Sitting Bull (Hunkpapa Lakota leader)
    appealing to Wakan Tanka
    and Battle of Killdeer Mountain
    at Battle of Little Bighorn
    and Black Hills
    camped at Little Bighorn
    and Custer
    death of
    fame of
    and family
    as fearless warrior
    final arrest of
    followers of
    and Gerard
    greatest victory of
    great-grandson of
    as great leader
    home along Grand River
    interviews of
    last days of
    peace desired by
    physical appearance of
    pursued by army
    reputation of
    returning to Standing Rock
    and sacred pipe
    scorning move to reservations
    singing talents of
    soldiers eluded by
    and sun dance
    surrender of
    threatening war
    view of whites
    village of
    visions of
    war strategies of
    and Weldon
    and wives
    skirmish lines
    Slaper, William
    Smith, Algernon
    Smith, E. P.
    Smith, E. W.
    Smith, Nettie (Mrs. Algernon Smith)
    Snake warriors
    Snow on Her (Sitting Bull’s wife)
    South Dakota
    Spotted Tail (Brulé Lakota)
    Springfield carbines
    Standing Bear (Minneconjou Lakota)
    Standing Holy
    Standing Rock Agency
    Stanley, David
    Stronghold (Dakota badlands)
    Stuart, Jeb
    Sturgis, James “Jack,”
    Sturgis, Samuel
    sun dance
    Sun Dance Creek
    Sword (Oglala Lakota)
    Sylvester Knows Gun (Cheyenne)
    Tanner, James
    Taylor, William
    tepees
    Terry, Alfred
    background/personality of
    on badlands
    at Battle of Little Bighorn
    blaming Custer for tragedy
    and campaigns against tribes
    disastrous plan of
    on Far West
    at Fort Lincoln
    and Grant
    relationship with Custer
    and Reno
    returning to base camp
    skills of
    warfare strategies of
    Teton Sioux, see Lakota
    They Died with Their Boots On (film)
    Thompson, Peter
    awarded Medal of Honor
    at Battle of Little Bighorn
    on Custer
    on Far West
    and Reno
    testimony on Battle of Little Bighorn
    Thompson, Susan
    Tilden, Samuel
    Tongue River
    travois poles
    treaties
    Tullock’s Creek
    Twain, Mark
    Two Kettle Lakota
    Two Moons (Cheyenne warrior)
    United States
    celebrating centennial
    during Civil War
    and immigrants
    and Native cultures
    and panic of 1873
    territories of
    Upshaw, Alexander
    U.S. Army. See also Seventh Cavalry
    U.S. cavalry
    U.S. Congress
    U.S. government
    blamed for tragedy of Little Bighorn
    campaigns against Sitting Bull
    campaigns against tribes
    expansion into Indian territory
    Indian policies of
    and Indian reservations
    Indians deciding to work with
    and Lakota
    and rations for Indians
    and Standing Rock Agency
    trying to buy Black Hills
    and War Department
    Varnum, Charles
    and Battle of Little Bighorn
    on campaign against Lakota
    and Custer
    leading Arikara scouts
    and