Hunkpapa Dakota man, Sitting Bull (profile) wearing war bonnet

OPPS NEG.3195 F 2

"He was against the progress of the white man on the old frontier. He was not a chief, but a Sioux medicine man of some power. He was born in 1834 at Grand River, South Dakota. He was a disturber, always ready to be interviewed. A few newspaper writers made his name famous. The Custer fight was over when he came onto the battlefield. He was shot by Indian Policeman Bullhead, December 15, 1890. His son Crowfoot was killed with him. His father named him Sitting Bull. With all his faults, he had some good qualities." -- Notations on photograph of Chief Gall in the Burdick Collection of Barry photographs. (February 1937).

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