Sittng Bull


Sitting Bull was a fierce warrior that would risk his life to save is family. He was born around 1831 in the present-day South Dakota. Sitting Bull's Indian name was Totanka-Iyotanka. He got the name from his father after he got is first coup of a soldier. Sitting Bull always fought fairly and never killed any women or children. They called Sitting Bull a "medicine man" because he would heal and provide medicine for all the warriors and people and a "dreamer" because he always knew he could defeat the white men. He was the the brains of the Sioux.
These are some quotes from Sitting Bull,
"I am here by the will of the Great Sprit, and by his will I am the chief."
"Each man is good in the sight of the Great Sprit."
"God made me an Indian"
"If the Great Sprit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows."
I am going to tell you about Sitting Bull and the Battle of Little Bighorn. Some of the people say that Sitting Bull was not at the Battle of Little Bighorn. They called him a coward. But evidence show that he was certainly there at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
When Custer and Reno's men attacked on both sides of the tribe. Sitting Bull was caught sleeping. He did indeed grab his family and relatives and took them into the woods and then he came back and was charging after Reno's men. He was fighting and shooting along with all of the other warriors in his tribe. Reno and his men retreated but Sitting Bull and the Indians went after them until they were back into the woods and were mostly killed. After that he went over to Medicine Trail to see his people defeat Custer and his men.
After the war had ended. Sitting Bull and the Indians had only lost 54 men. While Custer and Reno had lost 210 including Custer. Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Gull still stood tall at the top of a hill looking over the men that the had just defeated.
After Sitting Bull's win at the Battle of Little Bighorn. The whites kept coming after them and many of Sitting Bull's people fled or surrendered to the whites. After the fall of Custer General Miles chased Sitting Bull with about 400 men. Sitting Bull then fled to Canada to get away from Miles and his men.
When Sitting Bull came back from Canada he went to Fort Buford in North Dakota. He was captured on December 15,1890 when policemen surrounded his house and told him to come out. He agreed to come out but when he came out he ran. Someone shot him. He died that night on Dec. 15. He was buried at Fort Yates in North Dakota. In 1953 his remains were moved to South Dakota.
Now you see how fierce and great a warrior Sitting Bull was. He was present on the day of Battle of Little Bighorn and was not a coward at all. I hope you learned stuff about Sitting Bull and enjoyed it.