The Diaries of John Gregory Bourke Volume 2: July 29, 1876--April 7, 1878

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When฀Crook’s฀starving฀soldiers฀arrived฀near฀Bear฀Butte,฀they฀were฀met฀by฀a฀ column฀of฀wagons฀bringing฀much฀needed฀provisions฀for฀the฀hungry฀troops.฀ Among฀those฀along฀for฀the฀ride฀was฀photographer฀Stanley฀J.฀Morrow,฀who฀ took฀these฀photographs฀which฀Bourke฀pasted฀into฀the฀diary.฀Morrow฀followed ฀Crook฀to฀the฀agencies,฀photographing฀the฀scenery฀en฀route,฀events฀ at฀the฀agencies,฀and฀notable฀Indians.฀A฀representative฀assortment฀is฀given฀ here,฀all฀courtesy฀of฀the฀Special฀Collections฀Division,฀United฀States฀Military฀ Academy฀Library,฀West฀Point,฀New฀York..฀The฀complete฀Morrow฀photographs ฀for฀1876฀will฀be฀found฀in฀With฀Crook฀in฀the฀Black฀Hills:฀Stanley฀J.฀ Morrow’s฀1876฀Photographic฀Legacy฀by฀Paul฀L.฀Hedren. A฀group฀of฀prisoners฀captured฀at฀Slim฀Buttes฀includes฀Charging฀Bear฀(standing ฀left),฀who฀later฀became฀an฀army฀scout฀and฀was฀mentioned฀frequently฀ by฀Bourke.฀Although฀most฀Indians฀captured฀in฀the฀Slim฀Buttes฀fight฀were฀ released฀after฀interrogation,฀this฀group฀opted฀to฀remain฀and฀accompany฀ the฀troops฀to฀one฀of฀the฀Indian฀agencies.฀(Photo฀By฀Stanley฀J.฀Morrow,฀U.S.฀ Military฀Academy฀Library) Members฀of฀the฀3rd฀Cavalry฀sit฀on฀front฀of฀a฀tepi฀that฀was฀used฀as฀a฀shelter฀ for฀the฀wounded฀at฀Slim฀Buttes.฀It฀is฀decorated฀with฀a฀7th฀Cavalry฀guidon฀ captured฀by฀the฀Indians฀at฀the฀Little฀Bighorn,฀and฀recaptured฀at฀Slim฀Buttes.฀ The฀group฀includes฀(seated,฀l-r)฀Lt.฀Col.฀William฀B.฀Royall,฀Capt.฀William฀ H.฀Andrews,฀Capt.฀Anson฀Mills,฀Lt.฀Joseph฀Lawson,฀(standing,฀l-r)฀Frank฀ Grouard,฀Pvt.฀William฀J.฀McClinton,฀who฀captured฀the฀guidon,฀and฀Lt.฀ Frederick฀Schwatka.฀The฀guidon฀is฀preserved฀at฀Little฀Bighorn฀Battlefield฀ National฀Historic฀Site,฀and฀the฀tepi฀at฀the฀Smithsonian฀Institution.฀(Photo฀ By฀Stanley฀J.฀Morrow,฀U.S.฀Military฀Academy฀Library) Chief฀Packer฀Tom฀Moore฀(left)฀and฀another฀packer฀cinch฀a฀mule฀in฀this฀ photograph,฀which฀shows฀the฀aparejo฀method฀that฀evenly฀distributed฀the฀ weight฀to฀avoid฀overly฀stressing฀the฀animal.฀Crook฀first฀hired฀Moore฀during฀ his฀Arizona฀campaigns,฀and฀later฀brought฀him฀to฀the฀Department฀of฀the฀ Platte.฀Moore’s฀skill฀and฀his฀ability฀to฀manage฀a฀train฀of฀tough,฀independent ฀muleskinners฀was฀largely฀responsible฀for฀Crook’s฀mobility,฀which฀ was฀remarkable฀for฀that฀era.฀(Photo฀By฀Stanley฀J.฀Morrow,฀U.S.฀Military฀ Academy฀Library) Crook’s฀troopers,฀whose฀carbines฀show฀them฀to฀be฀dismounted฀cavalrymen ,฀gather฀in฀front฀of฀a฀stockade฀on฀French฀Creek฀near฀Custer.฀At฀least฀ 40฀percent฀of฀the฀horses฀had฀to฀be฀replaced฀after฀the฀march฀to฀the฀Black฀ Hills.฀The฀stockade฀was฀constructed฀in฀1874฀by฀miners฀who฀had฀invaded฀ the฀Black฀Hills฀in฀violation฀of฀the฀Fort฀Laramie฀Treaty฀of฀1868.฀(Photo฀By฀ Stanley฀J.฀Morrow,฀U.S.฀Military฀Academy฀Library) Crook฀(seated฀left฀on฀tree฀root)฀sits฀with฀his฀headquarters฀staff฀and฀enlisted ฀orderlies.฀The฀headquarters฀flag฀had฀been฀made฀in฀camp฀the฀month฀ before,฀as฀described฀by฀Bourke,฀“two฀horizontal฀bands,฀white฀above,฀red฀ beneath,฀with฀a฀blue฀star฀in฀center:฀in฀dimensions,฀but฀slightly฀larger฀ than฀the฀regulation฀company฀guidon.฀The฀white฀was฀from฀a฀crush฀towel฀ contributed฀by฀Colonel฀Stanton,฀the฀red฀came฀from฀a฀flannel฀undershirt฀ belonging฀to฀Schuyler,฀and฀an฀old฀blue฀blouse฀which฀Randall฀was฀about฀to฀ throw฀away฀furnished฀the฀material฀for฀the฀star.฀Tom฀Moore฀had฀a฀travois฀ pole฀shaved฀down฀for฀a฀staff,฀the฀ferule฀of฀which,฀(and฀the฀tip฀also,)฀was฀ made฀of฀a฀metallic฀cartridge.”฀Stanton฀stands฀immediately฀to฀the฀left฀of฀the฀ pole,฀holding฀a฀Springfield฀rifle.฀(Photo฀By฀Stanley฀J.฀Morrow,฀U.S.฀Military฀ Academy฀Library) The฀normally฀baby-faced฀Col.฀Wesley฀Merritt฀(front,฀white฀scarf)฀appears฀ haggard฀and฀care-worn฀in฀this฀photo฀with฀officers฀of฀the฀5th฀Cavalry฀following ฀the฀Horse฀Meat฀March.฀Immediately฀to฀the฀left฀facing฀Merritt฀is฀Maj.฀ Julius฀Mason,฀who฀distinguished฀himself฀under฀Crook,฀first฀in฀Arizona฀and฀ later฀in฀the฀Platte.฀Immediately฀above฀Mason,฀with฀his฀legs฀spread,฀is฀Lt.฀ Charles฀King,฀a฀prolific฀author฀and฀career฀soldier,฀whose฀military฀career฀ spanned฀six฀decades฀beginning฀with฀the฀Civil฀War,฀and฀ending฀following฀the฀ First฀World฀War.฀Three฀officers฀are฀missing,฀including฀Lt.฀Col.฀Eugene฀A.฀ Carr,฀who฀resented฀Merritt’s฀assuming฀active฀command฀of฀the฀5th.฀(Photo฀ By฀Stanley฀J.฀Morrow,฀U.S.฀Military฀Academy฀Library) American฀Horse. (U.S.฀Military฀Academy฀Library) Sharp฀Nose. (U.S.฀Military฀Academy฀Library) [18.188.168.28] Project MUSE...