Oh What a Slaughter (21 page)

later life of,
108

“nits breed lice” comment of,
102
,
106
,
161

as preacher,
98
,
101–2

racism of,
93

Sand Creek Massacre and,
30
,
54–55
,
91
,
99
,
100–108
,
112–13

Civil War, U.S.,
94
,
98
,
108

Clark, William,
116

Clayton, Nephi W.,
70

Cochise,
57
,
119
,
127
,
129

Cody, William F. “Buffalo Bill,”
43

Hay-o-wei killing and,
132

Sitting Bull and,
131
,
142
,
144–45

as Western icon,
41
,
44

Colby, Captain,
154

Coleman, Thomas,
ix

Coleman, William,
155
,
163

Colter, John,
117

Colyer, Vincent,
126

Comanches,
9
,
58
,
94
,
129
,
130
,
131
,
135

Conestoga Indians,
110

Confederate States of America (CSA),
98

Congress, U.S.:

Native American dispossession and,
159

Sand Creek Massacre and,
107

Connell, Evan,
40
,
163

Conquering Bear,
95

Cooper Union,
41

Corps of Discovery,
116

Cradlebaugh, John,
85

Crazy Horse,
37
,
47
,
58
,
95
,
127
,
144

death of,
130
,
133

Miles and,
124
,
131

Rosebud battle and,
31

surrender of,
132

as symbol,
41
,
130

Crook, George,
122–24
,
125–26
,
127
,
130
,
132
,
143
,
145

Crows,
123

Custer, George Armstrong,
25
,
31
,
58
,
110
,
122
,
141

Cody's revenge for death of,
132

death of,
ix
,
2
,
31
,
130
,
138

mutilation of body of,
34

reconnaissance ignored by,
59

representations of,
37–40
,
38

Washita attack of,
106

as Western icon,
44

see also
Little Bighorn, Battle of (1876)

Custer Reader
(Hutton),
37

Custer's Last Fight
(Adams),
37
,
38

Custer's Last Rally
(Mulvany),
37

Custer's Last Stand,
see
Little Bighorn, Battle of (1876)

Dawson, Bill,
91
,
92

del Rio, Dolores,
48

Denton, Sally,
26
,
63
,
64
,
65
,
89

Denver, Colo.,
97
,
98
,
106

diseases,
94
,
115

Dog Soldiers,
91
,
99
,
106

Dresden, Germany,
34

Dull Knife,
141

Dunn, J. P.,
4
,
5–6
,
81
,
82
,
87
,
115
,
121
,
122
,
163

on Camp Grant aftermath,
125–26

Chivington defended by,
109–11

on Indian agents,
134

Eakin, Emily,
63

Earth Shall Weep, The
(Wilson),
55–56
,
136

Edras, Casper,
139

Eichmann, Adolf,
21

Elk Shoulders, Mrs.,
141

Encyclopedia Britannica
,
1

Eskiminzin,
119
,
121
,
125

Evans, John,
100

Ezekiel, Book of,
161

Fall Creek Massacre (1824),
16–17

Fancher party,
66–78
,
85

value of possessions of,
80

see also
Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857)

Fetterman, William,
32
,
155

Fetterman Massacre (1866),
15
,
56
,
109
,
155

casualties in,
34

mutilations after,
34
,
112

as Native American victory,
31
,
129

Five Civilized Tribes,
98
,
141
,
159

Ford, Henry,
40

Ford, John,
141

Forney, Jacob,
82–84

Forsyth, James,
149–50
,
152

Fort Laramie council (1854),
94–95
,
98
,
132

Fort Lowell, Ariz.,
120

Fort Lyon, Colo.,
30
,
99
,
104

Fort McKenzie, Mont.,
117

Fort Phil Kearny, Wyo.,
15
,
112

Fort Richardson, Tex.,
11

Fort Robinson, Nebr.,
130
,
144

Fort Sill, Okla.,
12
,
130

Fort Union, N. Dak.,
117

Fraser, Caroline,
70

Free-Soilers,
93
,
102

Frémont, John Charles,
24
,
25

Bear Flag Revolt and,
50

Chivington compared with,
52

expeditions of,
47
,
49
,
60

Gavilan Peak encampment of,
50

Paiutes and,
48
,
59
,
66

Sacramento River Massacre and,
48
,
49–53

Sierra Nevada crossing of,
59–60

Galveston flood,
2

Gavilan Peak,
50

Geronimo,
45
,
58
,
119
,
125
,
137

Crook and,
123
,
124

death of,
130

as last desert Apache leader,
127
,
132

surrender of,
5
,
124
,
129
,
131

as Western icon,
41
,
44
,
129

Ghost Dance movement,
5
,
30
,
131
,
134
,
135–37
,
151

beliefs with elements similar to,
136
,
137
,
144

Sitting Bull and,
143–44
,
145–47
,
158

whites' fear of,
158

after Wounded Knee,
157–58

Ghost Dance Religion and the Great Sioux Outbreak of 1890, The
(Mooney),
135
,
154

Glorieta Pass, Battle of,
98

gold rushes:

in Black Hills,
141

in California,
48
,
56

in Colorado,
96–97

Grant, Ulysses S.,
22
,
94
,
98

Camp Grant Massacre condemned by,
21
,
121

Little Bighorn and,
107

Sand Creek Massacre and,
21
,
107

Grattan, John L.,
94

Great Sioux Reservation,
142

Great Sioux Uprising (1862),
6
,
95

Grinell, George Bird,
104

Grouard, Frank,
133

Haight, Isaac,
70
,
71
,
72

Hamlin, Jacob,
72
,
79

Handsome Lake,
136

Harney, William,
95

Haslem, James,
70–71
,
72

Hay-o-wei (Yellow Hair),
132

Hennard, George,
12

Hickok, James Butler “Wild Bill,”
41
,
43

High Forehead,
94–95

Himmler, Heinrich,
161

Hinckley, Gordon B.,
65
,
82

Hiroshima, Japan,
34

Hispanics,
5
,
12

history, Americans' disdain for,
37–45

Hitler, Adolf,
105

Holocaust,
161

Holt, Joseph,
107

Holy Road,
94

Hopkins, Albert,
156

Hotchkiss gun,
151

Hunkpapas,
129
,
131

Hussein, Saddam,
160

Hutton, Paul Andrew,
37

I Buried Custer
(Coleman),
ix

Indiana,
16

Iraq invasion,
59

Ishi,
53
,
54
,
60

Jackson, Helen Hunt,
48

Johnson, Nephi,
3
,
3

Joseph, Chief,
124
,
129
,
131

Julesburg, Colo.,
106
,
108

Kanosh,
82
,
83
,
83

Kautz, August Valentine,
127

Kearny, Stephen Watts,
50

Kiäsax,
118

Killeen, Tex., mass shooting,
12

Kiowas,
9
,
58
,
94
,
135

Klamaths,
48
,
59–60

Klingensmith, Philip,
79
,
86

Krakatoa eruption,
2

Kroeber, Theodora,
54

Kurds,
160

Lajeunesse, Basil,
59–60

Lassen, Peter,
50

La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de, Sieur,
116

Leavitt, Mike,
78

Lee, John Doyle,
19–20
,
19
,
122

confessions of,
65
,
87

execution of,
79
,
86–87

at Mountain Meadows Massacre,
79–80
,
89

prosecution of,
85–86
,
88
,
89

Young and,
72
,
79–80

see also
Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857)

Lee, Robert E.,
98

Left Hand,
55

Lewis, Meriwether,
116

Lewis and Clark expedition,
41
,
116–17

Limerick, Patricia Nelson,
15

Lincoln, Abraham,
96

Little Bighorn, Battle of (1876),
5
,
25
,
96
,
106
,
123
,
130

casualties in,
ix
,
2
,
31

Coleman's description of,
ix

Grant on,
107

as Indian victory,
129
,
132

Little Big Man
and,
111

mutilations after,
33
,
34
,
112–13

reconnaissance ignored by Custer at,
59

Reno's troops at,
125

representations of,
37–40
,
38

Sitting Bull's vision before,
137–38

Little Big Man,
133

Little Big Man
(Berger),
40
,
111

Little Crow,
95
,
96

Little Thunder,
95

Little Wolf,
141

Logan family,
110

Long Walk (1862),
24
,
60

Lost Bird,
154

McGillycuddy, Valentine,
140
,
143
,
144
,
145

Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell,
131

McLaughlin, James,
140
,
142
,
143
,
144
,
145

Mahdists,
137

Maidus,
47
,
48
,
53–54
,
60

Marcy, Randolph,
61

Marias River Massacre (1870),
15
,
115–18

casualties of,
115

Wounded Knee compared with,
152

Martin, Thomas,
32
,
51
,
52

Massacre at Fall Creek, The
(West),
16

massacres:

apprehension as factor in,
6
,
9
,
11
,
56
,
97–98
,
138
,
143

of Armenians,
2

Carson's “perfect butchery” description of,
1
,
23
,
25
,
26
,
53

casualty figures in,
28
,
29–35

definitions of,
1

herd reactions likened to,
160

Hispanics as victims of,
5

literature on,
163–65

moral taint of,
19–22

mutilations after,
ix
,
33
,
34
,
35
,
105
,
112–13

as preemptive strikes,
6
,
16