A Companion to Custer and the Little Bighorn Campaign

Content: List of Illustrations viii   Notes on Contributors x    Acknowledgments xiv    Introduction 1 Brad D. Lookingbill    Part I The Indians of the Northern Plains 11    1 The Lakota Sioux 13 Rani-Henrik Andersson    2 The Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho 34 Leo Killsback    3 Patriot Chiefs 54 Kurt Windisch    4 The Native Way of War 74 Daniel Sauerwein    5 Auxiliaries and Scouts 92 Adam R. Hodge    Part II The US Army in the Western Territories 111    6 The Policies of War and Peace 113 Bill Carney    7 Forts on the Northern Plains 130 Janne Lahti    8 Army Life 148 Robin S. Conner    9 Women and Dependents 170 Shannon D. Smith    10 Technology and Tactics 188 Andrew J. Forney    Part III The Making of George Armstrong Custer 209    11 A Young General 211 Mark Ehlers    12 Commander in the West 229 Jeff Broome    13 The 7th Cavalry 246 John R. Dreyer    14 Elizabeth Bacon Custer 264 Tonia M. Compton    Part IV Into the Valley 283    15 The Convergence 285 Debra J. Sheffer    16 The Reno  ]Benteen Site 302 Wesley Moody III    17 Custer   s Fight 318 Bob Reece    18 The Aftermath 341 Alan M. Anderson    Part V The Last Stand of Myth and Memory 367    19 Native Traditions 369 Carole A. Barrett    20 The Press 387 Hugh J. Reilly    21 Popular Culture 404 Rebecca S. Wingo    22 Reenacting the Battle 423 Jeremy M. Johnston    23 The Legacy of Archaeology 445 Douglas D. Scott    24 A National Monument 462 Douglas Seefeldt and Jason A. Heppler    25 The Battle of History 485 Michael Welsh    Index 505