1876
After the Sioux moved to Little Bighorn Valley in June of 1876 Colonel George Armstrong Custer entered the land. Even though Custer was outnumbered he attacked Sitting Bull [and others] Custer and all of his men died at the battle of Little Bighorn. Even though Sitting Bull won the battle he later fleeted the area because more Americans came to defeate them and it was too many for Sitting Bull and his followers to fight. So they fled to Canada.
Sitting Bull Quotes
"If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows."
"I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief. I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say..."
"The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires.
"In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly. Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit."
"Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights."
"What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief. What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian."
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