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CHAPTER IV.

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SITTING BULL.

A Teton Sioux--Student of Father De Smet--Hatred of the Whites--Accused of Inciting Trouble at Fort Buford--Gen. Morrow--One of Sitting Bull's Men Killed--Determines to Avenge his Death--Reconciled by Presents--Assumes a Bolder Attitude--Gathers a Powerful Band--Scorns Being Confined to a Reservation--Siege against Fort Pease--A Perilous Journey--Relief of Fort Pease--War against Sitting Bull--Battle of Little Big Horn--Annihilation of Custer's Command --Gen. Miles Chastises the Indians--Sitting Bull's Escape to British Territory--Reduced to Starvation--His Daughter Elopes--Final Surrender--Indian Woman's Speech--Personal Characteristics.

ABOUT the time when Iowa was invested with the dignity of a territorial organization; to-wit., about the year 1838, there was born among the Sioux, whose bands then held undisputed possession of all the northern portion of the Territory, a child whose recent career has distinguished him as one of the most remarkable representatives of his race. We refer to that bold, defiant and indomitable savage whose name has been translated to us as Sitting Bull, and whose acts and movements since the spring of 1876 have engrossed so large a share of the attention of a great nation. As the leader of the savage bands which he has been able to call around him, he has succeeded in making a mark upon his time which the historian will be obliged to recognize. Along with Tecumseh and Black Hawk, the

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Appendix, Chapter 5

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Introductory Page| Portrait of MA-KA-TAI-ME-SHE-KIA-KIAH (Black Hawk)| Title Page| Page 2|

Preface (pages 3 - 6)| Illustrations (page 7)| Contents (pages 8 - 17)

Chapter One| Chapter Two| Chapter Three| Chapter Four| Chapter Five

Chapter Six| Chapter Seven| Chapter Eight| Chapter Nine| Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven| Chapter Twelve| Chapter Thirteen| Chapter Fourteen| Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen| Chapter Seventeen| Chapter Eighteen| Chapter Nineteen| Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty One| Chapter Twenty Two| Chapter Twenty Three| Chapter Twenty Four

Appendix, Chapter 1| Appendix, Chapter 2| Appendix, Chapter 3

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