Following the guidon
Format:
Book
Title:
Following the guidon
Publication Information:
New York : Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1890.
Physical Description:
xx, 341, [3] pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, music ; 19 cm
General Note:
Publisher's advertisements on pages [2]-[3] at end.
Contents:
The march into Indian territory -- General Custer's letters describing the march -- White scouts -- Battle of the Washita -- Indian trails, councils, and captives -- In camp on Big Creek -- Indian prisoners -- Corral of the captives -- Pets of the camp -- A slow mule-race -- Tales of soldiers' devotion and drollery -- Wild Bill as a magistrate -- Home of the buffalo -- First women to hunt buffaloes -- Hunting records -- Army house-keeping -- Necessity, the mother of invention -- "Garryowen" leads the hunt -- Army promotions -- A flood on big creek -- Rattlesnakes as neighbors -- Dandy.
Summary:
Army life on the western frontier, especially with Custer and the 7th cavalry in the Washita campaign, 1868-69.
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