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1 online resource (545 pages) |
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Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central
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| Contents |
LIFE OF SITTING BULL -- PREFACE. -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. -- SITTING BULL -- MAP OF THE BAD LANDS AND SCENE OF INDIAN WAR -- HORSE RACING -- CROW FOOT, SON OF SITTING BULL -- AT HIS INCANTATIONS -- A GROUP OF SIOUX CHIEFS -- HOSTILES ATTACKING FRIENDLIES -- MAJOR-GENERAL SCHOFIELD, U.S.A. -- INDIAN PICTURE OF THE CUSTER FIGHT -- THE CAVALRYMEN -- SAME -- THE INDIANS -- CUSTER'S LAST BATTLE -- TEPEE OF SITTING BULL -- THE GHOST DANCE -- GENERAL NELSON A. MILES -- DEATH OF SITTING BULL -- STANDING HOLLY -- WILD GRASS DANCE -- STANDING BUFFALO -- JOHNSON -- THE ALLEGED MESSIAH |
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THE INDIAN MESSIAH CRAZE -- CHIEF BIG JOSEPH -- TEPEE OF HEAD SIOUX WARRIOR AT PINE RIDGE AGENCY -- THE PINE RIDGE AGENCY -- OFFICERS IN THE FIELD AT FORT KEOGH -- RATIONS ISSUED AT PINE RIDGE AGENCY -- RED CLOUD -- INTERIOR OF RED CLOUD' S HOUSE -- CHIEF JOHN GRASS -- BIG MEDICINE MAN -- WHITE BEAVER AND BUFFALO BILL -- INTERIOR OF TENT OF LIEUT. BROWN AT PINE RIDGE AGEN CY -- THE HANGING OF MOUNTAIN MIKE -- BUFFALO BILL -- WHITE THUNDER -- WHITE EAGLE -- STANDING BEAR -- WHITE GHOST -- DOG DANCE OF THE SIOUX -- CONTENTS. -- CHAPTER I. -- AUTOBIOGRAPHY. -- A Unique History in Pictures |
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The Chief's Own Story of His Bloody and Lawless Career -- Killing Enemies and Stealing Mules -- Many Different Stories of His Life -- Was He a West Point Graduate? -- Startling Theory of an Army Officer -- CHAPTER II. -- MEDICINE MAN AND WARRIOR. -- The True Story of Sitting Bull's Life -- Son of a Rich Chief -- A Buffalo Hunter at Ten Years Old -- His Three Wives and Nine Children, Includ-ing Twins -- How He Gained Supreme Sway Among the Sioux -- What it is to be a Medicine Man -- CHAPTER III. -- THE SAVAGE IN SOCIETY. -- His Visit to a Camp at Fargo -- Ashamed of His Primitive Garb |
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His First Suit of White Man's Clothes -- A Discomfited Young Clergyman -- The Indian at Dinner -- His First Look in a Mirror -- Autograph Selling -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE FOE OF THE WHITE MAN. -- Fort Buford's Ghastly Tragedy -- An Accomplished Cattle Thief -- Contempt for Pale Faces -- Opposing Invasion of His Territory -- The Fort Ellis Episode -- A Pen-and-Ink Sketch of the Savage Chief -- CHAPTER V. -- THE LITTLE BIG HORN. -- Sitting Bull at the Height of His Power -- The Rush for the Black Hills -- Ineffectual Negotiations -- Sitting Bull's Defiant Answer to a Summons |
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Preparations for a Great Struggle -- How the Three Divisions of the Army Marched into the Indians' Country -- CHAPTER VI. -- CUSTER'S LAST RALLY. -- Departure of the Cavalry -- March of the Infantry -- First News of the Disaster -- The Rescue -- Story of the Battle -- Reno's Force Rescued Twice -- How Custer Fought to the End -- CHAPTER VII. -- THE DEATH OF CUSTER. -- Two Stories of the Grim Tragedy -- General Terry's Official Report -- The Desperate March to the Relief of Reno -- Narrative of Old Nick Genneiss -- A Picture Record by Little Big Man -- CHAPTER VIII. -- CUSTER |
| Summary |
A historic account of the life and death of the great medicine man and chief, Sitting Bull, this book tells not only the story of a single leader, but of the entire Sioux Nation and also of the Indian War of 1890-91. Known as the greatest of all the Indians, the Sioux were the bravest in war, the wisest in peace, the most powerful in body, and the most advanced in mind |
| Notes |
"As published in 1891." |
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Originally published: Life of Sitting Bull and history of the Indian War. [Philadelphia]: Edgewood, 1891 |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
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| SUBJECT |
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890 fast |
| Subject |
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891.
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Dakota Indians
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1582181977 |
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9781582181974 |
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1582181993 |
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9781582181998 |
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