"Boots and saddles, or, Life in Dakota with General Custer, by Elizabeth B. Custer

Resource Information

The instance "Boots and saddles, or, Life in Dakota with General Custer, by Elizabeth B. Custer represents a material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Instance, Electronic.

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Label

"Boots and saddles, or, Life in Dakota with General Custer, by Elizabeth B. Custer

Statement of responsibility

by Elizabeth B. Custer

Instantiates

• "Boots and saddles, or, Life in Dakota with General Custer

Publication

• New York, Harper & Brothers, 1885

Note

• Another edition published 1885 without portrait and map
• Title page included in pagination
• Includes appendix: "The Yellowstone Expedition of 1873: Extracts from Letters written by General Custer to his Wife during the Expedition of the Yellowstone in 1873." (p. 271-312)
• Reproduction of the original from the Bryn Mawr College Library

Carrier category

online resource

Carrier category code

• cr

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

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

Control code

NCCO3003733

Dimensions

unknown

Extent

1 online resource (312 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates)

Form of item

online

Governing access note

Access restricted to subscribing institutions

Media category

computer

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• c

Other physical details

portrait, map

Record ID

.b45488654

Reformatting quality

not applicable

Specific material designation

remote

System control number

(OCoLC)665192835