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| Dedication | |
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| Prologue | |
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| Absaraka, Home of the Crows | |
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| Absaraka Described | |
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| The Natural History and Climate of Absaraka | |
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| Organization of the Expedition to Absaraka | |
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| From Fort Kearney to Crossing of Union Pacific Railroad - Incidents of the Platte River Travel - Reunion of the Officers of the Eighteenth Infantry - Crossing the Ridiculous Platte | |
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| Reminiscences of Ranching, and Old Times on the Route from Leavenworth to Sedgewick | |
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| Union Pacific Railroad to Laramie-court-House Rock - Chimney Rock-fortification Rock-scott's Bluffs - Wonderful Fishing-visit of Standing Elk | |
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| Fort Laramie Council of 1866-its Results Foreshadowed - the Aborigines in the Mart of Trade-how the Indians Did and Did Not | |
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| Laramie to Reno-camp Phisterer Canon-laramie Peak - Wild Flora-pumpkin Buttes | |
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| Fort Reno-indian Raid-fort Laramie Treaty Tested- Fourth of July in Absaraka-organization of Mountain District-onward Movement-more Rattlesnakes -mercury One Hundred and Thirteen Degrees above Zero-what It Did | |
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| Reconnoissances-indian Messengers-warnings-location of Fort Philip Kearney-conduct of the Troops, and Its Cause | |
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| Arrival of Indians-the Cheyennes in Council-black Horse, the Rabbit That Jumps, Red Sleeve, Dull Knife, and Others Have Much Talk and "Heap of Smoke." | |
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| Conduct of the Crow Indians-what Bridger and Beckwith Say | |
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| Visit of Inspector-General Hazen-reinforcements on the Way-mounted Infantry Compared with Sioux Light Cavalry-united States Mails-corral System -timber and Lumber Supplied to Order | |
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| Fort Philip Kearney and Surroundings-a Picnic - Ascent of the Mountains-lake Smedt-fine Scenery -plan of the Fort | |
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| Two Holidays-October Inspection and Review-first Garrison Flag Hoisted in Absaraka-incidents of the Day-indian Response to a National Salute-looking- Glasses in Abundance-evening Levee | |
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| A Day of Incidents-hostile Sioux and Friendly Cheyennes-narrow Escape of the Latter-our Picket Mimicked-more Massacres-croquet Introduced into Absaraka | |
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| Night Scenes-celestial and Terrestrial Visitors- Aurora-lunar Rainbow-meteorites-indians All in Their War-Paint | |
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| Domestic, Social, and Religious Life, with the Episodes Therein Occurring | |
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| Indian Warfare-things a Woman Can Learn When She Has Seen Them Tried | |
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| Indian Arms, Habits, and Customs-the Arrow Beats the Revolver | |
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| Massacre of Lieutenant Bingham - Accounts Given by Officers - Extracts from Journal | |
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| Fetterman's Massacre - Its Lessons | |
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| The Funeral, and Burial of Fourscore and One Victims of the Massacre - Cold and Sad Holidays - Expeditions Abandoned - Reinforcements of August Yet behind | |
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| Comedy of Errors-enterprise of the Press-transactions in Absaraka Mysteriously Known to the Public before They Had Information of the Same | |
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| New Year's Changes-March to Fort Reno-forty Degrees below Zero-how It Felt and What It Did | |
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| Fort Reno to Fort Caspar - Thence to the United States - Courtesies of the Route - Visit of Dignitaries, Military, Civil, and Indian, at M'Pherson - More Changes | |
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| In Memoriam | |
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| Omaha to Virginia City, Montana | |