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The Cavalry Moves West

5th Cavalry:  Two of Col. Wesley Merritt's companies in the Black hills, Dakota Territory, 1876.

7th Cavalry & 6th Infantry:  Gen. George Custer, officers & ladies at Fort Lincoln, North Dakota; Custer is third from left, on the other side of the man standing next to him is Mrs. Elizabeth Custer.

U.S. Cavalry, Colorado, 1875

Cavalry officers outside of Gen. Merritt's Headquarters, Whitewood Creek, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876.

U.S. Cavalry rides down the main street of Rosita, Colorado, 1875

Officers of the 3rd Cavalry, during the Sioux Campaign, pose near French Creek, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876.

Cavalrymen marching in front of Ft. Gordon Stockade, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876.

Col. Mills and officers of the 3rd Cavalry; the 7th Cavalry's flag is shown displayed, as it had just been recaptured after a victory at the battle of Slim Buttes, in the Sioux Campaign.

Seven Native American Sioux who were captured in the Slim Buttes battle, Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876.

Col. Frederick Van Vliet and officers of the 3rd Cavalry pose on a rock outcropping in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory, 1876.

Gen. Phillip Sheridan sits on a rock beside an officer and a scout; Montana; 1885.

Chief Big Road camp at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota; two Sioux and a white man on a hill overlooking the encampment:  tepees, horses and the walled tents of the 7th Cavalry; 1890.

Cheyenne Scouts patrolling the big timber of northern Oklahoma, 1889.

Decoration Day parade in Montrose, Colorado; Signs on buildings say: W.W. Robinson, grocer; Johnson's Confectionary; Olson's Dry Goods; Ling Lee Laundry; 1888.

"Here November 26, 1876, Gen. R. S. MacKenzie with forces from the 2nd, 3rd, 4th 5th Cavalry, 4th, 9th Artillery, 9th, 23rd Infantry, defeated the Cheyennes under Dull Knife."

Ogalala Lakota Sioux Indian Scouts with their commander Lt. John J. Pershing, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, 1891.

Custer's Last Stand, the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn.

A Black Corporal (Buffalo Soldier) in the Ninth Cavalry poses on the Native American Lakota Sioux Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, 1891.

7th Cavalry:  "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands holding the hand of a small Native American child, along with a group of soldiers from the US 7th Cavalry and other Native Americans, 1894.

2nd Regiment, Colorado National Guards pose in front of the Buddecke & Diehl Outfitters Opera House, in Montrose, Colorado; 1912.

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