Old Eagle (Amos Clown), an Itazipcho or Sansarc Sioux warrior, fought under Chief Spotted Eagle, fighting Sansarc leader at the Battle of Little Big Horn. Old Eagle was only 13 that summer. He and his brother Bear Horns first fought in the defense of the Indian...
One Elk, a Hunkpapa Sioux warrior aged 24 in 1876, was one of Chief Black Moon’s camp police at the Battle of Little Big Horn and saw his leader shot dead in the early skirmishing with Reno’s command. In 1890, during the Ghost Dance uprising, One Elk was a...
Pemmican, an Oglala Sioux warrior in 1876, fought under He-Dog at the Battle of Little Big Horn, participating in boththe counterattack against Reno’s command and the final surround fo Custer’s immediate command. Although a comparative youngster, he...
John Sitting Bull, adopted deaf-mute son of the famed Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, was 14 years of age in 1876 and fought bravely, if briefly, in the early phases of the battle. At Wounded Knee in 1890, his rifle fired accidentally before he could surrender it...
John Strange Owl, a Northern Cheyenne warrior in 1876, fought under Chief Old Man Coyote in the Battle of Little Big Horn. “I am ‘Tsis-tsis-tsas’ (Cheyenne). This is our land. We have been here many years. Nobody bothered us much until Long Hair...
Johnson Little Warrior, an Oglala Sioux member of Chief Big Road’s band, took part as an 11-year old apprentice warrior in the closing phases of the Battle of Little Big Horn. After witnessing the defeat and retreat of Reno’s command and the encirclement...
