Oct 10, 2008

Salem on History | American Horse

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Article abstract: A skilled orator and negotiator, American Horse advocated peace between whites and Sioux during the Sioux Wars of the late nineteenth century.

American Horse, the Younger, was probably Sitting Bear's son; American Horse, the Elder's nephew; and Red Cloud's son-in-law. As a young warrior, he fought white encroachment on Sioux hunting grounds during the Bozeman Trail War of 1866. In 1888-1889, after an extended and exhaustive negotiation with General George Crook, American Horse signed a treaty by which the Sioux ceded approximately half of their...

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