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SITTING See also:BULL (c. 1837—1890) , a See also:chief and See also:medicine See also:man of the Dakota See also:Sioux, was See also:born on See also:Willow See also:Creek in what is now See also:North Dakota about 1837, son of a chief named See also:Jumping Bull. He gained See also:great See also:influence among the reckless and unruly See also:young See also:Indians, and during the See also:Civil See also:War led attacks on See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white settlements in See also:Iowa and See also:Minnesota, Though he had pretended to make See also:peace in 1866, from 1869 to 1876 he frequently attacked whites or Indians friendly to whites. His refusal to return to the See also:reservation in 1876, led to the See also:campaign in which See also:General See also:George A. See also:Custer (q.v.) and his command were massacred. Fearing See also:punishment for his participation in the See also:massacre, Sitting Bull with a large See also:band moved over into See also:Canada. He returned to the See also:United States in 1881, and after 1883 made his See also:home at the See also:Standing See also:Rock Agency. Rumours of a coming See also:Indian See also:Messiah who should sweep away the whites, and Indian dissatisfaction at the See also:sale of their lands, created such great unrest in Dakota in 1889—1890 that it was determined to See also:arrest Sitting Bull as a precaution. He was surprised and captured by Indian See also:police and soldiers on See also:Grand See also:river on the 15th of See also:December 189o, and was killed while his companions were attempting to See also:- RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)
rescue him.
End of Article: SITTING BULL (c. 1837—1890)
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