Chief Sitting Bear

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Sitting Bear, Chief of the True Oglalas

Also Known As: "Three Bears?", "Sitting Bear", "American Horse"
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Husband of Walks With . . and NN . .
Father of American Horse, Chieftain of the Oglala Lakota; NN Brother of American Horse . and Tangle Hair . .

Managed by: Erin Ishimoticha
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About Chief Sitting Bear



He witnessed the meeting of Chief (?) Red Cloud; "The agency Indians met Daniels, Col. Smith, and Brig Gen. E. O. C. Ord, who had replaced Augur as the commander of the Department of the Platte, on April 10 [1871] to thrash out the well-worn agency problems.70" [Price,Chiefs, headmen, and warriors :, 1993, pg.93]

"70 Present at the agency during the month of April were the following chiefs and soldiers as designated by Agent Daniels. Oglala Chiefs : Old Man Afraid of His Horse, Blue Horse, Little Wound, and Red Cloud; Oglala Soldiers: Red Shirt, Sword, Sittling Bull the Oglala, Rocky Bear, Three Bears, Sitting Bear (a chief?), American Horse; Brule Chiefs: Stabber (probably Oglala), Day, and White Tail ; Brule Soldiers ; Yellow Robe, White Crane Walking (also identified as Oglala), Tall Lance, and White Bull ; Hunkpapa Chief: Red Dog (probably no the Oglala chief, or if so, improperly identified); Hunkpapa Soldiers: Charging Hawk, Good Thunder, Black Elk, Long Whirlwind, Big Road (Oglala). Also present were several bands of Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes". [Price, Chiefs, headmen, and warriors :, 1993, pg.112-11, n70] "43 Present at the June 12 [1871] council were: Red Cloud, Red Dog, Sword, Long Wolf, Man Afraid of His Horse (probably the elder), Quick Bear, Cold Face, Brave Bear, High Wolf, Sitting Bear, Red Plume, Little Cloud, Spider, Fire Thunder, Big Crow, Pretty Crow, Big Foot, Little Wound, Pumpkin Seed, Yellow Bear, Rocky Bear, Bad Wound, Bear Robe, Quick Eagle, Two Buffaloes, Corn Man, White Eyes, Milk, Spotted Horse, Red Leaf, Buffalo Sheds His Hair, and Red Buffalo." [Price, Chiefs, headmen, and warriors :, 1993, pg.110, n43]

"The agency Indians met Daniels, Col. Smith, and Brig Gen. E. O. C. Ord, who had replaced Augur as the commander of the Department of the Platte, on April 10 [1871]to thrash out the well-worn agency problems.70" [Price,Chiefs, headmen, and warriors :, 1993, pg.93].
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