SECOND EDITION

[Illustration: AND NOW AT FULL SPEED PASSING NED ALSO HE LEANED,

INDIAN-WISE]

ON THE PLAINS

WITH CUSTER

THE WESTERN LIFE AND DEEDS OF THE CHIEF WITH

THE YELLOW HAIR, UNDER WHOM SERVED BOY BUGLER

NED FLETCHER, WHEN IN THE TROUBLOUS YEARS

1866–1876 THE FIGHTING SEVENTH CAVALRY HELPED

TO WIN PIONEER KANSAS, NEBRASKA, AND DAKOTA

FOR WHITE CIVILIZATION AND TODAY’S PEACE

BY

EDWIN L. SABIN

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY_

CHARLES H. STEPHENS

_AND PORTRAITS_

“The bravest are the tenderest,—

The loving are the daring.”

—BAYARD TAYLOR

[Illustration]

PHILADELPHIA & LONDON

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY