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Spotted Tail

Minahaska–Long Knife

"As has been said, in 1855, General W. S. Harney, who, whatever may be his faults as a diplomatist, is the most dreaded 'Minahaska' in the Indian country, punished the Brulés severely at…

Spotted Tail and Coups

"An Indian who made two or three 'coos' was a hero. When he could claim half a dozen he was a war chief. He was generally killed before he got any more.…

Telling Time by Moons

"The time of these conventions was generally set by a formula; the Indians could not go by the days of the month, so the date was fixed for a certain number of…

Accumulation by Conquest

"General Mitchell insisted, as he did before, that the earth belonged to the people on it per capita, and no Indian had any more right to increased acreage than the white brother had. And…

Arkecheta

"[Spotted Tail] got up and said that the Sioux nation was not afraid of the white people; that there were more Sioux Indians than there were white people; that the Sioux nation had…

Burnt Thighs

"The word Brulé, which is a French word, means 'sun-burnt' ; it was derived from the Indian name which in the Indian tongue meant 'burnt-thighs.' Their thighs exposed to the sun were sunburned…

Twenty-Six Coups

"Directly opposite General Mitchell was Shan-tag-a-lisk, which is translated as 'Spotted Tail.' He was the greatest warrior in the Sioux nation, said to be the greatest either past or present. He was said to…

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Scott AlumbaughIn early March 2020, I decided to bikepack the length of the Pony Express Trail in Summer 2021, following the Pony Express Bikepacking Route, a nearly all off-road route created by Jan Bennett. You can learn more here >

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