TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 CHANGE OF STATION -- CHAPTER 2 A BLIZZARD -- CHAPTER 3 WESTERN HOSPITALITY -- CHAPTER 4 CAVALRY ON THE MARCH -- CHAPTER 5 CAMPING AMONG THE SIOUX -- CHAPTER 6 A VISIT TO THE VILLAGE OF TWO BEARS -- CHAPTER 7 ADVENTURES DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE MARCH -- CHAPTER 8 SEPARATION AND REUNION -- CHAPTER 9 OUR NEW HOME AT FORT LINCOLN -- CHAPTER 10 INCIDENTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE -- CHAPTER 11 THE BURNING OF OUR QUARTERS - CARRYING THE MAIL -- CHAPTER 12 PERPLEXITIES AND PLEASURES OF DOMESTIC LIFE -- CHAPTER 13 A "STRONG HEART" DANCE -- CHAPTER 14 GARRISON LIFE -- CHAPTER 15 GENERAL CUSTER'S LITERARY WORK -- CHAPTER 16 INDIAN DEPREDATIONS -- CHAPTER 17 A DAY OF ANXIETY AND TERROR -- CHAPTER 18 IMPROVEMENTS AT THE POST AND GARDENING -- CHAPTER 19 GENERAL CUSTER'S LIBRARY -- CHAPTER 20 THE SUMMER OF THE BLACK HILLS EXPEDITION -- CHAPTER 21 DOMESTIC TRIALS -- CHAPTER 22 CAPTURE AND ESCAPE OF RAIN- IN- THE- FACE -- CHAPTER 23 GARRISON AMUSEMENTS -- CHAPTER 24 AN INDIAN COUNCIL -- CHAPTER 25 BREAKING UP OF THE MISSOURI -- CHAPTER 26 CURIOUS CHARACTERS AND EXCURSIONISTS AMONG US -- CHAPTER 27 RELIGIOUS SERVICES- LEAVE OF ABSENCE -- CHAPTER 28 A WINTER'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS -- CHAPTER 29 OUR LIFE'S LAST CHAPTER -- APPENDIX Extracts from Letters Written by General Custer to his Wife During the Expedition to the Yellowstone in 1873.