The Last Years of Sitting Bull June 1 - September 30, 1984 Dakota Heritage Center

Hollow, Robert C. et al

Published by State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismark, North Dakota, 1985

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Octavo, [20.5cm/9.5inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 60. Fully Illustrated with b-w halftones, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull had a vision in which he saw many soldiers, "as thick as grasshoppers," falling upside down into the Lakota camp, which his people took as a foreshadowing of a major victory in which many soldiers would be killed. About three weeks later, the confederated Lakota tribes with the Northern Cheyenne defeated the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer on June 25, 1876, annihilating Custer's battalion and seeming to bear out Sitting Bull's prophetic vision. Sitting Bull's leadership inspired his people to a major victory. In response, the US government sent thousands more soldiers to the area, forcing many of the Lakotas to surrender over the next year. But Sitting Bull refused to surrender, and in May 1877 he led his band north to Wood Mountain, North-Western Territory (now Saskatchewan). He remained there until 1881, at which time he and most of his band returned to US territory and surrendered to U.S. forces. In exceptionally good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Years of Sitting Bull June 1 - September 30, 1984 Dakota Heritage Center
• Publisher: State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismark, North Dakota
• Publication Date: 1985
• Binding: Paperbound
• Edition: Second Impression.
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
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  • Western Americana Indians