q uic k ly gaveh int per m iss iontogo .T he follo w in g
year C od yagainaskedSitt ing BulltoJOInhim,
thisti meonatouro fEurope. Sitt ingBullrefuse d.
"Iamn eededhere," lit"toldCody. " T he reISmore
tal k of takin gourland s. "
When the G h o st Jranee mo vement began the
g overnment accuse d Sitting Bu ll of bein g its
leader.In December IHtJO,it sent arm ed p olice-
mento arresth im ,As Sitt ing Bull stepped outo f
thedo orofhi s cabino n the reservat ion one ofthe
policemenshot himdead.T he killerw asa Sioux.
oneofSi tt in gHull'sownpeople.ThestoryofSittingBull
In rh c year IS3 1ababyboywasbo rnin a tepee
v illageo n the D ak o tagrasslan ds.Ilis parentswere
Siouxandtheyn am edhimSitt i ngHull.
Sitt ing Bu ll g rt·wuptobea res pect edlead erofhis
people.He d id n OItakepanin [hefig ht ing atthe
IH76Batt leoftheLink Big 110 m. Burafter the
banlehe defend edtheactionsofh ispeople:
··Wewerecampedth ere awaitingth e willofthe
Great Spirit.p ray ingtoth e Great Spi ri t to saveus
fro m the han d s 01 ourenemies. no w near an d
comingtocompleteo u rexte rmi na tion. Mymen
dest ro yed [he min avcrvshort tim e.Nowthey
accuse meofslayingthem. Yet what di dIdo?
Nothing. Wedi dnotgoour o fourcountrytokill
th e m. They came ro kill us and got killed
the m se lve s .The-G reatSpirit soo rdere dit."
Alter their victory at the Link Big 11 0 m the
A m eri ndi ans\TTt'pursuedbythearmy. In 1877
Sitting Bull ledsomeo f h isfollowers to safety
across rhe borde r in Cana da, but in ISH! he
returnedtothe-U n itedSta tes.Iliscloth eswere in
rags and he-lookedo ld anddefeated. But as he
handedo ver hisrill e toti lt'A mcri can so ldie rshe
toldrhem proudly," 1 w ishittob e rem embered
th atIwasthelastm anofmytrib etosurren dermy
rifle. "
Sitt ing Bullcon tinuedtoti ght f o rthvright so fhis
people inother ways, l iecriticize d theAmeri can
government lo r neg lectin g and chea ti ng the
Amerind ian sonth eres er vations." Itis yourdoi n g
that w e arc here." he to lda gro upofv isiting
C o ng res smen, " You sentliShere an dtoldLISto
live as you do, " He to ld th em tha t if the
govern men t wante d theAmerindiansto becom e
like white men th en itmustsupply themwith
cools, animalsand wago ns "becaus e that isthe
\vaywhitepeo plem akea living. "
In 18 H.~rhefamoussho w m anBu ffalo HillCody
off ered Sining Hu ll ajob. IIt-'wa nted th eold
leader to becomeo ne ofrhc attractio ns o f his
travelin gWild West Sho w. The reservatio n auth -
o ri tieswere glad to be rid ofSitt ing Bull and
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