Record details

• ISBN: 0879280069
• ISBN: 9780879280062
• Physical Description: 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.

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Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933.
Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876.
United States. Army > Military life.
United States. Army > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Dakota Territory.
Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895.
Black Hills War, 1876-1877.
Generals > Biography.
Generals' spouses > Dakota Territory > Biography.