The Sioux Trail from White river to the Republican ran parallel with this route, and it was used as late as 1876 by Brules and Ogallalas. Fort Robinson and the New Red Cloud agency on White river was where all the trails merged into one.

The fall of Red Cloud, and the discovery of gold in the Black Hills brought forth another leader of the war division of the Sioux. Sitting Bull came into the public eye ; and the depredations, and lawlessness of his bands grew more pronounced as the whites poured into the Black Hills after gold.

Sitting Bull obtained his name, by shooting a buffalo bull, that fell and was attempting to arise, when the daring young Indian leaped from his mustang's back, squarely upon the back of the buffalo. It struggled to rise, but settled back upon its haunches.

The new leader was determined that he would drive the white man out of the Black

Hills, and was doing effective work along the line of his endeavor, when General Crook decided to put an end to it. Reno and Custer were chasing the wise old redskin over the wilds of Wyoming, and Custer, who was in advance, fell into an ambuscade, and his entire force was destroyed. I have walked over the battle ground and observed the location of the graves, as shown by the little white stones, for each was buried where he fell, and it tells the story of a struggle better than all else. All who are making a trip into the northwest, should, if possible, stop over one day at Crow agency, Montana, just over the Wyoming line, and spend that day at the battle ground, and in the woods on the Powder, where Sitting Bull pretended to be unprepared although keenly upon the alert.