General Note:
Abridgement of: Some memories of a soldier / Hugh Lenox Scott. New York : The Century Company, 1928.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Boyhood -- A West Point cadet and plebe days -- Yearling misfortune -- Service on the plains -- With the Indians -- Into the field -- Troubles at home -- The annual expedition -- After the Nez Perces -- Buffalo running -- On the march again -- A winter's program -- A packtrain for the regiment -- Trouble with Red Cloud -- In station at Fort Totten -- A mission of pacification -- Recruiting service -- Into the southwest -- Problems of Fort Sill -- A messiah on the plains -- Lo! the poor Indian -- Memories of Buffalo Bill and other famous plainsmen -- Chiricahua Apache prisoners of war -- President Cleveland and the Indians -- End of the plains -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Joseph at Grant's Tomb.
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