Following the guidon / / by Elizabeth B. Custer

• Autore: Custer Elizabeth Bacon <1842-1933.>
• Pubblicazione: Scituate, Mass., : Digital Scanning, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - West (U.S.); Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas; Generals' spouses - Kansas; Women - West (U.S.); Washita Campaign, 1868-1869; Cheyenne Indians - Wars
• Soggetto geografico: West (U.S.) Description and travel
• Note generali: Originally published: Following the guidon. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1890.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- FOLLOWING THE GUIDON -- GENERAL CUSTER AND HIS SCOUTS. -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE. -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- CONTENTS. -- CHAPTER I. -- THE MARCH INTO THE INDIAN TERRITORY. -- ILLUSTRATION: INDIANS PREPARING TO MOVE. -- CHAPTER II. -- GENERAL CUSTER'S LETTERS DESCRIBING THE MARCH -- ILLUSTRATION: INDIANS ON THE WAR-PATH -- CHAPTER III. -- WHITE SCOUTS. -- ILLUSTRATION: CALIFORNIA JOE -- CHAPTER IV. -- BATTLE OF THE WASHITA. -- ILLUSTRATION: RECONNOITRING THE SITUATION -- ILLUSTRATION: INDIAN PRISONERS ON THE MARCH -- CHAPTER V. -- INDIAN TRAILS, COUNCILS, AND CAPTIVES. -- ILLUSTRATION: DISTRIBUTING THE MAIL -- CHAPTER VI. -- IN CAMP ON BIG CREEK. -- CHAPTER VII. -- INDIAN PRISONER. -- ILLUSTRATION: INDIAN VILLAGE -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CORRAL OF THE CAPTIVES. -- ILLUSTRATION: CAPTURED CHIEFS - FAT BEAR, DULL KNIFE, BIG HEAD - IN TRAVELLING COSTUME. -- CHAPTER IX. -- PETS OF THE CAMP. -- ILLUSTRATION: A SCALP LOCK -- ILLUSTRATION: WARIOR IN WAR-BONNET -- CHAPTER X. -- A SLOW MULE-RACE. -- CHAPTER XI. -- TALES OF SOLDIERS' DEVOTION AND DROLLERY. -- CHAPTER XII. -- WILD BILL AS A MAGISTRATE. -- ILLUSTRATION: THE SCOUT -- CHAPTER XIII. -- HOME OF THE BUFFALO. -- ILLUSTRATION: SHOOTING BUFFALO FROM CAR-WINDOWS -- CHAPTER XIV. -- FIRST WOMEN TO HUNT BUFFALOES. -- ILLUSTRATION: BUFFALO BROUGHT TO BAY -- CHAPTER XV. -- HUNTING RECORDS. -- CHAPTER XVI. -- ARMY HOUSE-KEEPING. -- CHAPTER XVII. -- NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. -- CHAPTER XVIII. -- "GARRYOWEN" LEADS THE HUNT. -- CHAPTER XIX. -- ARMY PROMOTIONS. -- ILLUSTRATION: PAYMASTER'S ESCORT -- CHAPTER XX. -- A FLOOD ON BIG CREEK. -- CHAPTER XXI. -- RATTLESNAKES AS NEIGHBORS. -- CHAPTER XXII. -- DANDY. -- ILLUSTRATION: DANDY.
• Titolo autorizzato: Following the guidon
• ISBN: 1-58218-118-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824457303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II