John Dives Backward, a Northern Cheyenne 12 year old in 1876, was among the first of the tribe at the start of the Little Big Horn to see the approach of attacking troopers under Reno. He later fought valiantly with other youngsters under the Cheyenne Chief Ice....
John Moves Camp, an Oglala Sioux, veteran of the Battle of Little Big horn, was 89 when Miller painted his portrait in 1941. “I didn’t stay on to see the final killing of the wounded Wasicuns or some scalping and mutilations done by our women and a few...
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...
Flies Across a Northern Cheyenne warrior in 1876, fought under Chief Lame White Man in the Battle of Little Big Horn. As a young apprentice warrior, he took a dead soldier’s scalp. “But my name is known to our people as well as the Lakota (Sioux). It came...
Frank Pine, also known as Blind Man, was 86 when Miller painted his portrait in 1941. A Northern Cheyenne, he fought at age 21 under Chief Lame White Man, who was killed during the battle of Little Big Horn. “My nickname, Blind Man, came after I had a vision of...
