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Sitting Bull is Born
The day Siting Bull was born. Actual day is unavailable. He was born in Grand River Valley. In his "Jumping Badger". -
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Sitting Bull's Life
Actual birth date was unavailable. He was born around the 1831 and died on the fifteenth of December in 1890. -
First Encounter
In 1862, Sitting Bull had is first encounter with whites at the Santee Sioux uprising in Minnesota. (Actual month and day not available) -
Attack at Killdeer Mountain
In July 1864, Gen. Alfred Sully used artillery against a Teton camp at Killdeer Mountain. Sitting Bull had been one the defenders, it was during this period in his life that he decided he would never sign a treaty with the white people and would never have his people live on a reservation. (actual day unavailable) -
Learning Their Ways
U.S. soldiers repeatedly invaded the Powder River country. Sitting Bull had occasional encounters with them, learning their ways of fighting and their weaknesses. -
Treaty of 1868
Red Cloud signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 and agreed to live on a reservation. Sitting Bull's dislike of treaties and reservation life quickly attracted a large group of followers. He became the leader of the Lakota. (actual day unavailable) -
A Brief Skirmish
Sitting Bull and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer while Custer had been guarding surveyors for the Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana territory. (actual month/day unavailable) -
Battle of Little Bighorn
Custer and Sitting Bull met up agian at the Battle of Little Bighorn on the 25th of June to 26th in 1876. -
Return Only to be a P.O.W.
He returned to the United States and was held as a prisoner of war (P.O.W.) at Fort Randell. Two years later he was allowed to live on Standing Rock Reservation. (actual date unavailable) -
Wild West Show
In 1885, Sitting Bull traveled with Buffalo Bill Cody's wild west show. (actual dates unavailable) -
Sitting Bull's Death
In 1890, the Ghost Dance group would dance to make the white people disapear and dead indians and the buffalo to return. The government saw Sitting Bull as threat becuase he didn't stop the dancing. So, on December 15th, the Lakota police officers were sent to Sitting Bull's home; where they dragged him out of his home and was shot in the head. He died not far from where he was born.
