The End of an Era: Sitting Bull's Surrender at Fort Buford
On July 20, 1881, a weary but defiant Húŋkpapȟa Lakota holy man and chief named Sitting Bull rode into Fort Buford, Montana Territory. Behind him followed a starving remnant of his people-fewer than 200 men, women, and children. For five years, Sitting Bull had evaded the United States military, clinging to a traditional way of life that was rapidly vanishing from the North American plains. His su...
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