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  • STANTON AND MILLS AND SIBLEY TO THE RESCUE—THE BURNING

LODGES—MEN FROZEN—THE WEALTH OF THE VILLAGE—RETREATING
TO LODGE POLE CREEK—CROOK REJOINS US—CUTTING THE THROATS
OF CAPTURED PONIES. 270


CHAPTER XVII.

THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN OF 1876—THE SIOUX AND CHEYENNES GETTING
UGLY—RAIDING THE SETTLEMENTS—ATTEMPT TO AMBUSCADE CROOK—KILLING
THE MAIL-RIDER—THE STORY OF THE FETTERMAN MASSACRE—LAKE
DE SMET—OUR FIRST THUNDERSTORM—A SOLDIER'S BURIAL—THE
SIOUX ATTACK OUR CAMP—TROUT-FISHING—BEAR-HUNTING—CALAMITY
JANE—THE CROW AND SHOSHONE ALLIES JOIN THE COMMAND—THE
WAR DANCE AND MEDICINE SONG. 283


CHAPTER XVIII.

THE COLUMN IN MOTION—RUNNING INTO A GREAT HERD OF BUFFALOES—THE
SIGNAL CRY OF THE SCOUTS—THE FIGHT ON THE ROSEBUD—HOW
THE KILLED WERE BURIED—SCALP DANCE—BUTCHERING A CHEYENNE—LIEUTENANT
SCHUYLER ARRIVES—SENDING BACK THE WOUNDED. 307


CHAPTER XIX.

KILLING DULL CARE IN CAMP—EXPLORING THE SNOW-CRESTED BIG HORN
MOUNTAINS—FINERTY KILLS HIS FIRST BUFFALO—THE SWIMMING POOLS—A
BIG TROUT—SIBLEY'S SCOUT—A NARROW ESCAPE—NEWS OF THE
CUSTER MASSACRE—THE SIOUX TRY TO BURN US OUT—THE THREE
MESSENGERS FROM TERRY—WASHAKIE DRILLS HIS SHOSHONES—KELLY
THE COURIER STARTS TO FIND TERRY—CROW INDIANS BEARING DESPATCHES—THE
SIGN-LANGUAGE—A PONY RACE—INDIAN SERENADES—HOW
THE SHOSHONES FISHED—A FIRE IN CAMP—THE UTES JOIN US. 323


CHAPTER XX.

THE JUNCTION WITH MERRITT AND THE MARCH TO MEET TERRY—THE
COUNTRY ON FIRE—MERRITT AND HIS COMMAND—MR. "GRAPHIC"—STANTON
AND HIS "IRREGULARS"—"UTE JOHN"—THE SITE OF THE
HOSTILE CAMP—A SIOUX CEMETERY—MEETING TERRY'S COMMAND—FINDING
TWO SKELETONS—IN THE BAD LANDS—LANCING RATTLESNAKES—BATHING
IN THE YELLOWSTONE—MACKINAW BOATS AND "BULL" BOATS—THE
REES HAVE A PONY DANCE—SOME TERRIBLE STORMS—LIEUTENANT
WILLIAM P. CLARKE. 344


CHAPTER XXI.

CROOK AND TERRY SEPARATE—THE PICTURESQUE LITTLE MISSOURI—THE
"HORSE MEAT MARCH" FROM THE HEAD OF THE HEART RIVER TO