"Boots and saddles" : or Life in Dakota with General Custer

Custer, Elizabeth Bacon 1842-1933 (Author).

Summary: The wife of General George Armstrong Custer recounts their life together from his graduation from West Point to the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

Record details

ISBN: 0879280069
ISBN: 9780879280062
Physical Description: print
312 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Williamstown, Mass. : Corner House Publishers, 1969.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Reprint. Originally published: 1885.

Formatted Contents Note:

Change of station -- A blizzard -- Western hospitality -- Cavalry on the march -- Camping among the Sioux -- A visit to the village of "Two Bears" -- Adventures during the last days of the march -- Separation and reunion -- Our new house at Fort Lincoln -- Incidents of every-day life -- The burning of our quarters : carrying the mail -- Perplexities and pleasures of domestic life -- A "strong heart" dance! -- Garrison life -- General Custer's literary work -- Indian depredations -- A day of anxiety and terror -- Improvements at the post, and gardening -- General Custer's library -- The summer of the Black Hills expedition -- Domestic trials -- Capture and escape of Rain-in-the-Face -- Garrison amusements -- An Indian council -- Breaking up the Missouri -- Curious characters and excursionists among us -- Religious services : leave of absence -- A winter's journey across the Plains -- Our life's last journey.