Friday, December 4, 2009

Rising to Power


Sitting bull led numerous war parties against white forts. He teamed up with Red Cloud and together were very successful keeping their land from the whites. Soon, the U.S. government wanted to end Red Cloud's vendetta and agreed to his terms. However, Sitting Bull did not agree to this treaty and kept up the guerrilla attacks on the forts in upper Missouri. He was soon recognized as one of the most powerful chiefs.

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