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"Boots and saddles" or Life in Dakota with General Custer
- Title
- "Boots and saddles" or Life in Dakota with General Custer / by Elizabeth B. Custer.
- Author
- Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933
- Publication
- New York : Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, 1885.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | F655 .C92 1885 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 312 p.; 20 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Life in Dakota with General Custer
- Subject
- Custer, Elizabeth Bacon, 1842-1933
- Custer, George A. 1839-1876
- Custer, George A. 1839-1876 > Correspondence
- Custer, George A. 1839-1876
- Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876
- United States. Army > Military life
- United States. Army
- 1866-1895
- Frontier and pioneer life > South Dakota
- Indians of North America > Wars > 1866-1895
- Black Hills War, 1876-1877
- Frontier and pioneer life > Dakota Territory
- Armed Forces > Military life
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Indians of North America > Wars
- South Dakota
- United States > Dakota Territory
- Genre/Form
- Personal correspondence.
- Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) – United States – 19th century.
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) – United States – 19th century.
- Note
- Another edition published 1885, with portrait and map.
- On fly leaf: "Elizabeth B. Custer New York February 92 Whoever leaves these hospitable doors unless they are 'swept out'!"
- Contents
- 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 -- Appendix [pages 271-312]: The Yellowstone Expedition of 1873 : extracts from letters written by General Custer to his wife during the expedition of the Yellowstone in 1873.
- LCCN
- 04022950
- OCLC
- ocm03924716
- 3924716
- SCSB-159053
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library