"Christopher Columbus Colt, chief of scouts and nephew of gun-maker Sam Colt, was always the best man for the job. His skill with weapons was legendary, his service to the Seventh Cavalry invaluable. But as a friend to the Lakota Sioux and Chief Crazy Horse, Colt's loyalty to the Indians ran dangerously high. At Little Big Horn, by the side of General George Custer, Colt faced the hardest choice of his life: fight for a tyrant against overwhelming odds, or side with the warriors who planned a killing field that would live forever in infamy"--Back cover.