Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Summary and Analysis Chapter 11: The War to Save the Buffalo
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Satanta/White Bear: Kiowa chief who led struggle against the Army and was repeatedly jailed. He killed himself in Texas.
Kicking Bird: Kiowa chief who led expedition against the Army.
Lone Wolf: Kiowa chief who led delegation to Washington, D.C., and won release of Satanta and Big Tree.
Summary
In December 1868, after the Battle of Washita in which Black Kettle’s village was destroyed by Custer’s troops, General Sheridan orders the Cheyennes,...
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