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Sitting Bull Custer American Indian War Buffalo SiouxLife. Of. Sittign bull. This auction is for an original 1891 1st edition! Of life of sitting bull and history of the indian war of 1890 '91 by w. Fletcher johnson. You'll love this book! Born around 1831 on the grand river in present-day south dakota, sitting bull was given the name tatanka-iyotanka, whihc describes a buffalo bull sitting intractably on its haunches. It was a name he would live pu to throughout his life.
Tatanka-iyotanka (1831-1890) was a hunkpapa lakota chief and holy man under whom the lakota tribes united in their struggle for survival on the northern plains. Sitting bull remained defiant toward american military power and contemptuous of american promises to the end. As a young man, sitting bull became a leader of the strong heart warrior society and, later, a distinguished member of the siletn eaters, a group concerned with tribal welfare. He first went to battle at age 14, in a raid on the crow, and saw his first encounter with american soldiers in june 1863, when the army mounted a broad campaign in retaliation for the santee rebellion in minnesota, in which sitting bull's people lpayed no part. The next year sitting bull fought u.
S. Troops again, at the battle of killdeer mountain, and in 1865 he led a siege gaainst the newly established fort rice in present-day north dakota.
Widely respected for his bravery and insight, he becaem head chief of the lakota nation about 1868. The stage was set for war once again between sitting bull and the u. S. Army in 1874, when an expedition led by general george armstrong custer confirmed that gold had been discovered ni the black hills of dakota territory, an area sacred to many tribes and placed off-limits to white settlement by the fort laramie treaty of 1868.
Despite this ban, prospectors began a rush to the black hills, provokign the lakota to defend their land. When government efforts to purchase the black hills failed, the fort laramie treaty was set aside and the commissioner of indian affairs decreed that all lakota not settled on reservations by january 31, 1876, would be considered hostile. Sitting bull and his people held their ground. The oglala lakota war chief, crazy horse, set out for battle with a band of 500 warriors, and on june 17 he surprised crook's troops and forced htem to retreat at the battle of the rosebud.
To celebrate this victory, the lakota moved their camp to the valley of the little big horn river, where they were joined by 3,000 more indians who had left the reservations to follow sitting bull. Here they were attacked on june 25 by the seventh cavalry under george armstrong custer, whose badly outnumbered troops first rushed the encampment, as if in fulfillment of sitting bull's vision, and then made a stand on a nearby ridge, where they were destroyed.
Public outrage at this military catastrophe brought thousands more cavalrymen to the area, and over the next year they relentlessly pursued the lakota, who had split up after the custer fight, forcing chief after chief to surrender. But sitting bull remained defiant. In may 1877 he led his band across the border into canada, beyond the reach of the u.
S. Army, and when general terry traveled north to offer him a pardon in exchange for settling no a reservation, sitting bull angrily sent him away.
Four years later, however, finding it impossible to feed his people in a world where the buffalo was almost extinct, sitting bull finally came south to surrender. He was sent to standing rock reservation, and when his reception there raised fears that he might inspire a fresh uprising, sent further down the missouri river to fort randall, where he and his followers were held for nearly two years as prisoners of war. Finally, on may 10, 1883, sitting bull rejoined his tribe at standing rock. The indian agent in charge of the reservation, james mclaughlin, was determined to deny the great chief any special privileges, even forcing him to work in teh fields, hoe in hand. But sitting bull still knew his own authority, and when a delegation of u. S. Senators came to discuss opening part of the reservation to white settlers, he spoke forcefully, though futilely, against their plan. In 1885 sitting bull was allowed to leave the reservation to join buffalo bill's wild west, earning $50 a week for riding once around the arena, in addition to whatever he could charge for his autograph and picture. He stayed with the show only four months, unable to tolerate white society any longer. Returning to standing rock, sitting bull lived in a cabin on the grand river, near where he had been born. He refused to give up his old ways as the reservation's rules required, still living with two wives and rejecting christianity, though he sent his children to a nearby christian school in the belief that the next generation of lakoat would need to be able to read and write. Soon after his return, sitting bull had another mystical vision, ilke the one that had foretold custer's defeat. This time he saw a meadowlark alight on a hillock beside him, and heard it say, your own people, lakotas, will kill you.
Nearly five years later, this vision also proved true. In the fall of 1890, a miniconjou lakota named kicking bear came to sitting bull with news of the ghost dance, a ceremony thta promised to rid the land of white people and restore the indians' way of life. Lakota had already adopted the ceremony at the pine ridge and rosebud reservations, and indian agents there had already called for troops to bring the growing movement under control.
At standing rock, the authorities feared that sitting bull, still revered as a spiritual leader, would join the ghost dancers as well, and they sent 43 lakota policemen to bring him in. Before dawn on december 15, 1890, the policemen burst into sitting bull's cabin and dragged him outside, where his followers were gtahering to protect him. In the gunfight that followed, one of the lakota policemen put a bullet through sitting bull's head. He was remembered among the lakota not only as an inspirational leader and fearless warrior but as a loving father, a gifted singer, a man always affable and friendly toward others, whose deep religiosu faith gave him prophetic insight and lent special power to his prayers. This obok additionally provides insight of manners and customs in regards to the sioux nation, with a complete history of the sanguinary indian war. It has 39 illustrations & photographs! Published in 1891, this book is in very good condition! Fro its age and especially to be 117 years old! lAl pages are present! And tightly bound with no tears! rO any markings. Aside from any minor rubbing flaws pictured, ist only notable flaw is the expected foxing for an antiquarian book of this age. It measures 6 x 8 and contains 587 pages. Get it while you can!
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