Title: Sign talker : Hugh Lenox Scott remembers Indian Country /
Authors: Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934; Paul, R. Eli, 1954-; Scott, Hugh Lenox.
Year: 2016
Subjects: Scott, Hugh Lenox,; Scott, Hugh Lenox,; United States. Military life.; United States. Officers Biography.; United States.; Generals United States Biography; Indians of North America Government relations Anecdotes.; Armed Forces Military life; Armed Forces Officers; Generals; Indians of North America Government relations; United States
Abstract: A graduate of West Point, General Hugh Lenox Scott (1853-1934) belonged to the same regiment as George Armstrong Custer. As a member of the Seventh Cavalry, Scott actually began his career at the Little Big Horn when in 1877 he helped rebury Custer's fallen soldiers. Yet Scott was no Custer. His lifelong aversion to violence in resolving disputes and abiding respect for American Indians earned him the reputation as one of the most adept peacemakers ever to serve in the U.S. Army. Sign Talker, an annotated edition of Scott's memoirs, gives new insight into this soldier-diplomat's experiences and accomplishments. Scott's original autobiography, first published in 1928, has remained out of print for decades. In that memoir, he recounted the many phases of his distinguished military career, beginning with his education at West Point and ending with World War I, when, as army chief of staff, he gathered the U.S. forces that saw ultimate victory in Europe.^
Contents: Boyhood -- A West Point cadet and plebe days -- Yearling misfortune -- Service on the plains -- With the Indians -- Into the field -- Troubles at home -- The annual expedition -- After the Nez Perces -- Buffalo running -- On the march again -- A winter's program -- A packtrain for the regiment -- Trouble with Red Cloud -- In station at Fort Totten -- A mission of pacification -- Recruiting service -- Into the southwest -- Problems of Fort Sill -- A messiah on the plains -- Lo! the poor Indian -- Memories of Buffalo Bill and other famous plainsmen -- Chiricahua Apache prisoners of war -- President Cleveland and the Indians -- End of the plains -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Joseph at Grant's Tomb.