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409 ✯ IndeX Adobe Walls, Tex., 337 Albuquerque, N. Mex. Terr.: described, 81–82 Alcatraz Island, Calif., 45, 45n8 Alexander, Andrew J., 36, 36n2, 47, 284, 295, 329, 332, 338, 353, 355, 370 Angel Island, Calif., 18–21, 311 Apache Indians: Jicarilla, 103; Mescalero, 232n; shooting incident with, 140–41, 142; Tonto, 20–21 Arapaho Indians, 75–76 Arkansas River, 298, 338 arms: cleaning of, 344; Colt revolver, 60, 60n19; how stored, 133, 140; illicit trade in, 213–14; Indian, 213; personal, 88; Remington revolver, 60n19; saber, 133; Sharps carbine, 86, 86n10, 103, 141, 399; Spencer carbine, 46n, 86 Army, U.S.: composition of, xii, xvi; reorganization of, xi–xii, 1, 87–88, 87n12, 93, 93n, 215, 215n, 324, 331; role in combatting Comanchero trade, 74–76 artillery, 94, 94n, 157, 157n, 376 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, xvi, 298–99, 347n, 380n20 Baker, Edward D., 43–44, 44n6, 46–47 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, xiii, 310, 369, 380 Bank, First National of Santa Fe: shipment of currency for, 122–23, 123n51 Bankhead, Henry C., 158, 158n15, 180 Barnum, P. T., 153, 153n10, 359 baseball, 3, 8, 100, 100n, 142, 349, 357 bathing, 120–21, 140, 352 Baumgartner, William N., xv, xvn, 2–3, 7, 19 Beam Ranch, 47 Bent, St. Vrain and Co., 337 Big Tree (Kiowa), 227, 248–49, 249n Blackburn, Absolum W., 382, 382n21 Black Kettle (Southern Cheyenne), 75 Blanco Canyon, 167–69, 168n, 179 Blunt, Asa P., 396 Bowers Ranch, 61–62 410 index Boyd, Orsemus B., 154, 176, 176n31 Bradbury, Sanford, 312n8, 331 Bublitz, Ora (granddaughter), xvii, xviii Bucks County, Maryland, 396–98 Buntline, Ned. See Judson, Edward Z. C. Camp Date Creek, Ariz. Terr., 33, 33n, 55 Camp Rawlins, Ariz. Terr., 59 Camp Supply, Indian Terr. (Okla.), 265–66, 268n10 Camp Toll Gate (Camp Hualpai), Ariz. Terr., 36, 36n1, 51, 57, 64, 66 Camp Verde, Ariz. Terr., 60–61, 60n21, 63 Canadian River, 72, 75, 148, 337; danger crossing, 243–44; flooding of, 363 Carleton, James H., 74 Carlisle Barracks, Pa., 395. See also Cavalry School Carrick, Robert, 81, 81n cattle drives, 298–99 Cavalry School (Carlisle Barracks), 2, 3n4; recruit experience at, 4–5, 7–8 chaplain, 130n, 350 Chino Valley, 59 Chisholm Trail, 298 cigar industry, 396–98 Cimarron, N. Mex. Terr., 135; attack on ranch near, 376, 381; disturbance at, 110–15, 142; Indian agency at, 90, 90n, 110–13, 110n, 111n33, 141; shooting incident at, 113–15 Clark, C. M., 315n, 322, 322n Clendenin, David R., 135, 135n, 137–38, 144–45 clothing, civilian worn by soldiers, 343–44 Cobb, Edmund M., 113n, 116n, 140, 220; gift to, 118 Coe, Samuel, 107–8, 108n Cofran, Sarah F., 130–31, 130n Colorado River, dangers in crossing, 243 Comanche Indians, 72n, 73–76, 144, 184, 212, 227, 299–300, 337; raid Fort Sumner, 253; soldiers’ opinion of, 142, 376 Comanchero trade: discussions of, 73–76, 144–45, 183–84, 299–300; interdiction of, 144–45, 183–84, 246, 249, 252; Matthews’s views on, 213–14 company fund, 234 Conchas River, 352 Coon, C. E., 123n51 court-martial, 88–89; of Matthews, 395 Crook George, 198, 231 Cuban insurrection, 289, 289n21 Davis, A. P., 202, 204n11 Davis, John, 128n1 Department of Texas, 148, 299 Department of the Missouri, 148 depredations, Indian, 63, 92, 94, 253, 263, 373–75, 379, 381–82 desertion, 13, 16, 23–24, 45, 66, 69, 88, 92–93, 128n1, 138–40, 143–44, 262; amnesty for, 286, 286n Devin, Thomas C., 68, 68n District of New Mexico, 74, 132, 132n, 145, 148, 265 Dodge City, Kans., 298–99, 337 drunkenness, 39–40, 94, 118, 130, 136, 146–47, 290 Dutchman’s Ranch, incident with Indians at, 140–41 Eakins, David W., 130n, 350n Eighth U.S. Cavalry, xviii, 2, 7, 12–15, 20–21, 25, 28, 94, 339; band, 92, 103, 103n; desertions from, 13; expedition to Staked Plains, 148–49, 183–84; headquartered at Santa Fe, 283; interdicts Comanchero trade, 76, 245–46, 249, 299–300; pursues thieves, 95, 106; quells disturbance at Cimarron, N. Mex. Terr., 111–15; recruits for, 252, 286–87; in Red River War, 392; route of march to New Mexico, 70–71, 70n; scouting after Indians, 232, 232n, 245, 254, 267–68, 274, 277–78, 280, 284, 329, 330, 334, 338, 352–53, 363; transfers to New Mexico, 42, 54–55, 60, 67, 72–73, 78–81 Eisenlohr, Otto and Son, 397 Elizabethtown, N. Mex. Terr., 116 Emery Gap. See Emeryville Emeryville, N. Mex. Terr., 106...

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