The westward drive of the warlike Sioux Indians along a thousand miles of prairie and woodland, from the upper reaches of the Mississippi to the lower Powder River in Montana, is one of the epic migrations of history.

Part 1. Migration and early history -- 1. Over the Coteau to the Missouri -- 2. In the Black Hills country -- 3. From the Black Hills to Laramie -- 4. The drifting years -- 5. Blood on the ground -- 6. The Oglalas move again -- Part 2. The era of white encroachment -- 7. "Making a war" -- 8. Powder River -- 9. Red Cloud's War -- 10. Red Cloud comes in -- Part 3. Red Cloud Agency -- 11. Being good to the Oglalas -- 12. The Northern Indians -- 13. Pa Sapa is stolen -- 14. Sitting Bull's war -- 15. The end of freedom -- 16. Home to Pine Ridge -- Appendix A. Estimates of Oglala population -- Appendix B. Oglala social organization -- Appendix C. Additional notes -- Maps. -- Migrations of the Western Sioux -- The White River Agencies.