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DEADWOOD—ON THE SIOUX TRAIL—MAKING COFFEE UNDER DIFFICULTIES—SLAUGHTERING
WORN-OUT CAVALRY HORSES FOR FOOD—THE
FIGHT AT SLIM BUTTES—LIEUTENANT VON LEUTTEWITZ LOSES A LEG—THE
DYING CHIEF, AMERICAN HORSE, SURRENDERS—RELICS OF THE
CUSTER MASSACRE—CRAZY HORSE ATTACKS OUR LINES—SUNSHINE AND
RATIONS 362


CHAPTER XXII.

TO AND THROUGH THE BLACK HILLS—HOW DEADWOOD LOOKED IN 1876—THE
DEADWOOD "ACADEMY OF MUSIC"—THE SECOND WINTER CAMPAIGN—THE
NAMES OF THE INDIAN SCOUTS—WIPING OUT THE CHEYENNE VILLAGE—LIEUTENANT
MCKINNEY KILLED—FOURTEEN CHEYENNE BABIES FROZEN
TO DEATH IN THEIR MOTHERS' ARMS—THE CUSTER MASSACRE AGAIN—THE
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF RANDALL AND THE CROW SCOUTS. 381


CHAPTER XXIII.

STRANGE MESS-MATES—THE JOURNEY TO THE AGENCIES—GENERAL SHERIDAN'S
VISIT—SPOTTED TAIL—THE STORY OF HIS DEAD DAUGHTER'S
BONES—WHITE THUNDER—RED CLOUD—DULL KNIFE—BIG WOLF—THE
NECKLACE OF HUMAN FINGERS—THE MEDICINE MAN AND THE ELECTRIC
BATTERY—WASHINGTON—FRIDAY—INDIAN BROTHERS—SORREL HORSE—THREE
BEARS—YOUNG MAN AFRAID OF HIS HORSES—ROCKY BEAR—RED
CLOUD'S LETTER—INDIAN DANCES—THE BAD LANDS—HOW THE
CHEYENNES FIRST GOT HORSES 397


CHAPTER XXIV.

THE SURRENDER OF CRAZY HORSE—SELLING AMMUNITION TO HOSTILE INDIANS—PLUNDERING
UNARMED, PEACEABLE INDIANS—SUPPER WITH
CRAZY HORSE—CHARACTER OF THIS CHIEF—HIS BRAVERY AND GENEROSITY—THE
STORY OF THE CUSTER MASSACRE AS TOLD BY HORNY
HORSE—LIEUTENANT REILLY'S RING—THE DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE—LITTLE
BIG MAN. 412


CHAPTER XXV.

THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INDIAN AGENCIES—AGENT MACGILLICUDDY'S
WONDERFUL WORK—CROOK'S REMAINING DAYS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE PLATTE—THE BANNOCK, UTE, NEZ PERCÉ, AND CHEYENNE OUTBREAKS—THE
KILLING OF MAJOR THORNBURGH AND CAPTAIN WEIR—MERRITT'S
FAMOUS MARCH AGAINST TIME—HOW THE DEAD CAME TO
LIFE AND WALKED—THE CASE OF THE PONCAS—CROOK'S HUNTS AND
EXPLORATIONS; NEARLY FROZEN TO DEATH IN A BLIZZARD—A NARROW