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The Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition in 1876 was successful in scattering the united and victorious Indians of the Custer massacre. Commanded by General George Crook and covering eight hundred miles in ten weeks, the campaign was a hard one on Indians and soldiers alike. Before it ended, many of the cavalrymen were walkingtheir horses had either died or were killed for food. The Indians had their problems, too. The earlier Rosebud and Custer fights had expended much of their ammunition, their own scorched-earth tactics had destroyed much of their grazing land, and they were pressed so hard by Crook they had little opportunity to hunt.The story of the campaign is vividly told by Charles King, adjutant of General Merritts Fifth Cavalry. A fine companion volume to newsman John F. Finertys War-Path and Bivouac (Norman, 1961), Kings account presents the soldiers point of view. It also covers the activities of the fifth Cavalry before joining Crooks force, including the fight on the War Bonnet, which succeeded in turning a large group of Cheyennes back to the Red Cloud Agency and prevented their joining Sitting Bull. It was on the War Bonnet that King witnessed Buffalo Bill Codys famous fight with Yellow Hand, which he recounts in detail.Kings book, first published in 1880, presents an articulate and detailed picture of the dangers and privations of Indian campaigning at its toughest.
