Red Cloud
Red Cloud
Red Cloudwas an important leader of the Oglala Lakota. He led from 1868 to 1909. One of the most capable Native American opponents the United States Army faced, he led a successful campaign in 1866–1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder River Country in northeastern Wyoming and southern Montana. The largest action of the war, the Fetterman Fight, was the worst military defeat suffered by the U.S. on the Great Plains until the Battle of the...
NationalitySioux
ProfessionStatesman
chief name peace received war
When I was a young man, I was poor. In a war with other nations, I was in eighty-seven fights. There I received my name and was made Chief of my nation. But now I am old and am for peace.
goodness seventh taking
After the seventh generation, we would become self-sufficient by taking their goodness and that (goodness) of the Lakota,