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Definition of Sitting bull

1. Noun. A chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890).

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sitting Bull

Literary usage of Sitting bull

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914 by Warren King Moorehead (1914)
"CHAPTER XII: THE DEATH OF sitting bull, AND A TRAGEDY AT WOUNDED KNEE It seems that the Indian police brought Major McLaughlin information as to the ..."

2. The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914 by Warren King Moorehead (1914)
"CHAPTER XII: THE DEATH OF sitting bull, AND A TRAGEDY AT WOUNDED KNEE It seems that the Indian police brought Major McLaughlin information as to the ..."

3. Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles by Nelson Appleton Miles, Marion Perry Maus (1896)
"PREPARING FOR A WINTER CAMPAIGN — sitting bull DIVIDES His FORCES — A NARROW ESCAPE — SUPPLY TRAIN DRIVEN BACK BY INDIANS — HUNTING FOR sitting bull—HE Is ..."

4. My Friend the Indian by James McLaughlin (1910)
"As sitting bull stepped out with his captors he walked directly toward the horse, ... The taunt hit sitting bull hard. He looked into the mass of dark, ..."

5. On the Great Highway: The Wanderings and Adventures of a Special Correspondent by James Creelman (1901)
"sitting bull was sullen and revengeful. Warned by signs of discontent and ... Following sitting bull to his tepee, I crawled after him through the covered ..."

6. On the Great Highway: The Wanderings and Adventures of a Special Correspondent by James Creelman (1901)
"sitting bull was sullen and revengeful. Warned by signs of discontent and ... Following sitting bull to his tepee, I crawled after him through the covered ..."

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