One Thousand Miles from Home

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One Thousand Miles from Home

 By Ole Summers

  May 4, 2018

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 What became known as the Dull Knife fight basically brought an end to the resistance of the Northern Cheyenne on the northern plains during the months following the summer disasters to the United States Army at the Rosebud River and the Little Big Horn. It was the only fight of Crock’s winter campaign and the Cheyenne can truthfully say it was the only time they were ever beaten. But it was only the beginning of a journey of two major leaders of the Cheyenne, one which would test the will of a defeated people and the humanity of those who defeated them.

The two major figures for the Cheyenne are commonly not even called by their actual tribal names. Dull Knife was the translation of what the Sioux called Wahiev (the easiest way to write it in English without all the accents) which translates to Morning Star. Little Wolf’s name probably more accurately translates to Little Coyote but history continues to record him as Little Wolf.     https://ricochet.com/515329/one-thousand-miles-from-home/