Ghost Dance

This letter was written by James McLaughlin, Indian Agent at Standing Rock, instructing members of the Indian Police to arrest Sitting Bull, the famed Lakota chief. Dated December 14, 1890, this letter set off a chain of events that resulted in the death of Sitting Bull.

McLaughlin…

<p><span class="deck">So spoke Sitting Bull, greatest of Sioux chiefs, as he bitterly watched his people bargain away their Dakota homeland</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">The most celebrated of all Indian leaders gets his first new biography in more than half a century.</span></p>