Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to Volume 3; Part 1. The Life of a General's Aide; Part 2. The Cheyennes and the Poncas; Part 3. Americanizing the Frontier; Part 4. The White River Ute Uprising; Part 5. Staff Duties and Nostalgia; Appendix 1: Persons Mentioned in the Diary; Appendix 2: Authorities. Personal notes of the Campaigns Conducted by Brig. General George Crook; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Begins in 1878 with a discussion of the Bannock Uprising and a retrospective on Crazy Horse. This work also includes comments on issues in the military during his day, such as the quirks and foibles of the Irish soldiers who made up a large part of the frontier army, and also on the problems of Johnson Whittaker
