Low Dog, “Xunka Kuciyedan”, Oglala Sioux Chief (b. 1846)
This powerful and respected warrior became a war chief at age 14. In 1876 he joined Sitting Bull’s hostiles on the Little Bighorn and led his band against Custer and the 7th Cavalry. Low Dog’s account of the battle is one of history’s best known.
Photograph by D.F. Barry, 1881, Fort Buford, D.T.
This powerful and respected warrior became a war chief at age 14. In 1876 he joined Sitting Bull’s hostiles on the Little Bighorn and led his band against Custer and the 7th Cavalry. Low Dog’s account of the battle is one of history’s best known.
Photograph by D.F. Barry, 1881, Fort Buford, D.T.
Knew his way around a tomahawk.
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