Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877

Index

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Index  Abilene, Texas,  Adobe Walls, ,  Aiken, George, –, ,  Aiken’s Saloon,  Allsup, Thomas, , , –,  Amarillo, Texas,  Anderson, Thomas A. ,  Apaches, , , , ,  Archduke Maximilian, and Mexico,  Archer County, and bison bones,  Arapahos, ,  army posts, , , ,  Atlanta Dailey Constitution, and Nolan’s expedition,  Atwood, E. B., as court member,  Austin, Texas,  Baca, Antonio, as sheepherder,  Bailey County, ,  Baker, Charles, death of,  Balcones Escarpment,  Baldwin, Theodore A., ,  Baldwin, Stephen, , ,  Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,  band, , ,  Barney, William, ,  Batsena (Comanche), ,  battle of Adobe Walls: and Indian participants, , ; and Red River War, – battle of Beecher’s Island,  battle of Yellow House Canyon, , – , . See also Yellow House Canyon Belknap, William G.,  Benficklin, Texas,  Benson, Bill, , , , , ; joins buffalo soldiers, ; and leaves soldiers, ; and N. M. Nolan, ; seeks Punta del Agua, –; and Rath City, , ; without water, ; as wolf hunter,  Bent, William,  Bickerdyke, Hiram “Hi”, , , ,  Big Bend, and Indian campigns,  “big blue hide wagons,” . See also Murphy wagon Big Spring, , ; and bison hunters, ; and horses, ; location of, ; and North Concho River,  Big Tree (Kiowa), and Red River War,  birds, on Llano Estacado,  bison, , , , ,  bison bones, , ,  bison hunters, ; at Casas Amarillas, ; and Comanches, ; as guides, ; leave soldiers, ; at Nigger Hill, ; at Rath City, –; and surveyors, , –; and Texas Panhandle, ,  bison skinners,  Black Beard (Comanche), and Red River War,  Black Hills,  Black Horse (Comanche), , , ,  Black-Seminole scouts, , , ,  Black Water Draw,  Blanco Canyon,  ,  blood, drinking of, , , , ,  Blue Sand Hills, ; Comanches at, , ,  ; and hunters, –; and Lea-Yoakum sands, –; in Roosevelt County, ; and soldiers, ; water in,  Bonds, John, , , ,  Bordon County, and Muchaque,  The Border and the Buffalo,     Borger, Texas,  Boston youth, , , ; to San Antonio, ; and buffalo soldiers, ; climbs Caprock, ; at Silver Lake, ; on water detail, ; and water hole,  Bradstreet, Harold: camp of, ; and Indian attacks, ; at painted rocks, ; and Rath City, ; and water,  Bragg, Edward S.,  brandy, , ,  Brazos River: and bison hunting, ; Double Mt. Fork of, , ; forks of, ; head springs of, ; at Lubbock, ; and Rath City,  brothels,  Brown, Cadmus, as fiddle player, ,  Buffalo Gap, Texas, as hide town,  buffalo soldiers: described, ; drink urine, ; duties of, ; leave hunters, ; as prostrate,  Buffalo Springs, ,  Bull Creek, ; bison hunters at, ; as camp site, , , , , , ; troopers at,  Bullis, John L., ,  Burns, Harry, ; camp of, ; finds horses, ; and Indian attack, ; and Llano Estacado, ; at painted rocks, ; and water,  Burns, Robert,  Butterfield Overland Stage,  cactus,  Campbell, Hank,  Camp Reynolds, . See also Rath City Camp Supply, Oklahoma, ,  Canadian River, , ,  Canon del Rescate, ,  canteens, , ,  Carr, Samuel, , , ,  Carson, Blacksmith, , –; delivers water, , ; on water detail,  carpetbag government, ,  Casas Amarillas, , , ; bison hunters at, , , ; buffalo soldiers at, , ; and comanchero trade, , ; described, ; Independence Day at, ; as Indian camp ground, ; as hunting ground,  Cator, James H.,  Cator, Robert,  cattle: attacks on, ; and Muchaque Peak, ; and pastores, ; as rations, ; theft of, ; and Quanah, ,  cattlemen, ; and Llano Estacado, ; and Rolling Plains; and Western cattle trail, ; and West Texas,  cattle ranching, expansion of, ,  Causey, Thomas L. (George), ,  Cedar lake (Laguna Sabrina), , , ; Comanches at, ; described, ; and Nolan troubles, ; Quanah at, –, ; Tonkawas at,  Charles Rath & Co., as mercantile firm,  Cheevers (Comanche), ,  Cheyennes, , –,  Chicago, Illinois,  Chief Joseph (Nez Perce),  ciboleros,  Civil War,  Crawford, Willis, , ,  Cockran County, ,  Coke, Richard, ,  Collinson, Frank, ,  Colorado,  Colorado River, head springs of,  comancheria,  Comanche-Kiowa reservation, life on, – comancheros, , –, ,  Comanches, , , ; and Blue Sand Hills, ; run gauntlet, ; and Llano Estacado, , , ; as raiders, , ; near Nigger Hill, ; and Palo Duro Canyon, ; and pastores, ; range of, ; and Red River War, , ; and reservations, , , ; and surveyors,  Comanche War Trail, and comanchero trade,  Compromise of ,  Connellee, C. U.,  Conrad, Frank E., , ,  Constable, Nathaniel S., ,  Cook, John R., , , , ; aids Carr, –; at Big Spring, ; and Casas Amarillas, , , ; delivers water, 
 –; and gun fight, ; at Nigger Hill, ; and N. M. Nolan, , ; on scout, , ; and surveyors, , ; watches horses,  Cooper, Charles L., , , , , , ; assumes lead, , ; at Bull Creek, ; with Cook, ; departure of, ; describes men, ; fate of, , ; and Fort Concho, ; letter of, ; and Nolan feud,  Cooper, Mrs. Charles L., ,  Cornett, George, , , , ,  Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, chroniclers of,  Cotopah (Comanche), , ,  court-martial, of Nicholas Nolan,  courts-martial, of buffalo soldiers, , , – cowboys, in West Texas,  Cox, Walter, , , ; joins Umbles, ; leaves command,  coyotes, ,  Crazy Horse (Lakota), death of,  Creedmoor (Sharp’s rifle), ; as favorite rifle, ; and Sewall’s gun,  Crosby County, ,  Custer, George A., ,  Daugherty, Connelle and Ammerman,  Davidson, John W., ,  dance, at Rath City, ,  Deacon, Henry,  deer,  Derwin, Isaac, , , , ,  Department of Texas, ,  desertion, , ,  Desert Land Act,  Devins, Billy, , , , ,  Diaz, Porfirio,  District of the Nueces, – Division of the Missouri, ,  Dixon, Billy,  Doan’s Store, , ,  Dodge City, , ; and bison hunters, ; and cattle, , ; and Charles Rath, ; as hide market, ; and Rath City, ; as Rath home, ; and Texas Panhandle,  Dodge, Richard Irving,  Double...