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CONTENTS
I. 5
II. 13
III. 20
IV. 31
V. 40
VI. 48
VII. 55
VIII. 69
IX. 79
X. 86
XI. 99
XII. ll3
XIII. 124
XIV. 139
XV. 154
XVI. 170
XVII. 184
XVIII. 193
XIX. 202
XX. 215
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_Truly yours
G. A. Custer_
MY LIFE ON THE PLAINS.
OR,
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH INDIANS.
BY
GEN. G. A. CUSTER, U. S. A.
[Illustration]
NEW YORK:
SHELDON AND COMPANY,
UNDER GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by
SHELDON & Co.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Electrotyped by SMITH & MCDOUGAL, 82 Beekman St., N. Y.
LIFE ON THE PLAINS.
I
As a fitting introduction to some of the personal incidents and sketches which I shall hereafter present to the readers of "The
Galaxy," a brief description of the country in which these events transpired may not be deemed inappropriate.
It is but a few years ago that every schoolboy, supposed to possess the rudiments of a knowledge of the geography of the United States, could give the boundaries and a general description of the "Great
American Desert." As to the boundary the knowledge seemed to be quite explicit: on the north bounded by the Upper Missouri, on the east by the Lower Missouri and Mississippi, on …