Sitting Bull: Personal Affairs and United States Relations from 1863 to Death

Sitting Bull: Personal Affairs and United States Relations from 1863 to Death

A great leader has many qualities the average man lacks, some of these qualities include integrity, strength, faith, and initiative. A trait that may not come to mind as quickly as such common terms stated before is chivalry. Not in the sense of medieval times, but in a sense of literal terminology. A manifestation of courtesy, honor, bravery, and conventional gallantry. These traits have been found in a number of historical figures, one in particular is Sitting Bull (or “Totanka iyotake” in the native Sioux tongue). He displayed the true, pure chivalric American spirit as a Native American holy man and chief through his struggles in attempting to keep what rightfully belonged to him and his fellow Sioux people. So when exactly does the great legend of Sitting Bull come into the spotlight? The year of 1863, the year the white men came to the land of Sitting Bull.
At a young age, Sitting Bull became leader of the Strong Heart warrior society. While holding this hard-earned title, he successfully expanded the hunting grounds of the Sioux in great amounts. Although this was a great accomplishment for the Sioux chief, it also resulted in a great number of tempestuous encounters with people migrating west from the States. The real havoc reeked when the U.S. Army would invade Sioux territory. This would result in no more than great bloodshed in these early years of the 1860s, later on the existence of the Sioux tribe in itself was at stake.
1867 was a glorious year for the great Sitting Bull, he was appointed as the very first principal chief of the Sioux nation as a whole. Shortly thereafter an agreement of peace was reached between the United States government and the Sioux people. Even though peace was reached between the two American bodies, Sitting Bull refused to sign the peace treaty written by the U.S. Government. He also refused to attend the peace conference. This peace was not one that would last, for the land-hungry American people would soon attempt...

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