While Custer was making his last stand: George Crook's 1876 war on trout in the Bighorn country

From: Montana; The Magazine of Western History | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Owens, Ken | Copyright information

George Crook's 1876 War on Trout in the Bighorn Country

AFICIONADOS of the northern plains Indian wars are familiar with General George Crook's role in the army's 1876 summer campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne hostiles gathered around Sitting Bull. Less familiar is the story of life in Crook's camp, including the diversions that occupied the troops during idle hours. As we learn from the account of Captain John G. Bourke, Crook's adjutant, fishing for native cutthroat tr...

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