Sitting Bull's Boss

by Anderson, Ian

• ISBN13: 9781895811636
• ISBN10: 1895811635
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Heritage House Pub Co Ltd

Summary

No Native American in US history has provoked more emotion and interest than Sitting Bull. His often misunderstood role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn and his subsequent self-imposed exile have rarely been explored. The events that followed the demise of General George Custer and his 7th Cavalry when they fought Sitting Bull's warriors brought together some of the most fascinating characters of the post-Civil War frontier era. In the aftermath of battle, Sitting Bull's Sioux eluded US Army commander Nelson Miles while gradually moving north to the border or 'Medicine Line' as the Sioux nation knew it. There Sitting Bull and 5,000 followers met a man wearing a red coat. He was James Morrow Walsh of the North West Mounted Police and he represented the 'Great White Mother of the North'. Walsh was the only white man Sitting Bull would ever trust. This is a story of two men and how their unlikely bond built on truth and respect would be buried by the hubris of politicians.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(2)
Prologue	9	(4)
Sitting Bull's Vision	13	(10)
Redcoats on the Prairie	23	(12)
The March West	35	(5)
Taking Fort Whoop-Up	40	(20)
The Road to Fort Walsh	60	(10)
The Sioux Arrive in Canada	70	(18)
Under A Flag of Truce	88	(5)
The White Forehead Chief	93	(13)
Fearing No Evil	106	(10)
Teaching the Assiniboines a Lesson	116	(15)
Emissaries from America	131	(9)
The Nez Perce Cross the Medicine Line	140	(6)
`A Land Where Men Tell Us No Lies'	146	(10)
Walsh Goes East	156	(8)
Riel in Montana	164	(6)
Hard Times	170	(10)
Hunger By Design	180	(9)
Walsh Moves to Qu'Appelle	189	(9)
Sitting Bull Waits	198	(8)
Sitting Bull Hears from His Friend	206	(6)
The After Years	212	(9)
Appendix	221	(6)
Bibliography	227	(2)
Photo Credits	229	(1)
Index	230	(8)
The Author	238