Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull led an attack against U.S. forces at the Battle of Rosebud and later the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Sitting Bull was born in 1831 in Grand River, South Dakota. He looked up to his father and wanted to fallow in his footsteps but was considered slow for his lack of skills. At age 10 he killed his first buffalo and at 14 fought in a battle against a rival clan. Sitting Bull fought American territorial expansion for much of his life. This was because gold was discovered in the Black Hills and the US government declared that the lands were theirs.
Sitting Bull refused to follow these conditions. He led an attack against U.S. forces at the Battle of Rosebud and later the Battle of Little Big Horn. The U.S. government saw this loss as an embarrassment and later lowered its military presence in the Black Hills.
He later joined Annie Oakley in Bill Cody’s Wild West Show. He made $50 a week, which is roughly $1,190 today, for riding once around the arena on a horse. He later left the show to return to his people saying, “I would rather die an Indian than live a white man.”
Sitting Bull led an attack against U.S. forces at the Battle of Rosebud and later the Battle of Little Big Horn.
Sitting Bull was born in 1831 in Grand River, South Dakota. He looked up to his father and wanted to fallow in his footsteps but was considered slow for his lack of skills. At age 10 he killed his first buffalo and at 14 fought in a battle against a rival clan. Sitting Bull fought American territorial expansion for much of his life. This was because gold was discovered in the Black Hills and the US government declared that the lands were theirs.
Sitting Bull refused to follow these conditions. He led an attack against U.S. forces at the Battle of Rosebud and later the Battle of Little Big Horn. The U.S. government saw this loss as an embarrassment and later lowered its military presence in the Black Hills.
He later joined Annie Oakley in Bill Cody’s Wild West Show. He made $50 a week, which is roughly $1,190 today, for riding once around the arena on a horse. He later left the show to return to his people saying, “I would rather die an Indian than live a white man.”