Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull

Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull - A Bison Book

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Publisher's Synopsis

Nephew to Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux, Pte San Hunka (White Bull) was a famous warrior in his own right. He had been on the warpath against whites and other Indians for more than a decade when he fought the greatest battle of his life.

On the afternoon of June 25, 1876, five troops of the U. S. Seventh Cavalry under the command of George Armstrong Custer rode into the valley of the Little Big Horn River, confidently expecting to rout the Indian encampments there. Instead, the cavalry met the gathered strength of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, who did not run as expected but turned the battle toward the soldiers. White Bull charged again and again, fighting until the last soldier was dead. The battle was Custer's Last Stand, and White Bull was later referred to as the warrior who killed Custer.

In 1932 White Bull related his life story to Stanley Vestal, who corroborated the details, from other sources and prepared this biography. "All that I told him is straight and true," said White Bull. His story is a matchless account of the life of an Indian warrior.

Book information

ISBN: 9780803296015
Publisher: Nebraska
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 970.00497
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 291
Weight: 462g
Height: 142mm
Width: 217mm
Spine width: 28mm