Lot 134
Sitting Bull (Tatanka-yatanka) (c. 1834-1890) Legendary Hunkpapa Sioux Indian leader American Indian. After the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Sitting Bull took his people across the border into Canada, where they remained defiant for four years. In 1881, lack of food caused him to surrender with the remnants of his tribe. He was held as a prisoner of war at Fort Randall until 1883, when he was moved to the Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota. He went on the road briefly with Buffalo Bill in 1885, and in 1890 was killed by Sioux Reservation police who feared that he was the leading force behind the Ghost Dance uprising.
Signature on 1¼" x 3¼" paper, laid to a larger paper with "Autograph 'Sitting Bull' Oct 18th 1881 Fort Randall D.T." written below. A 2¢ Columbia stamp is affixed at lower left. Very good; toning and one spot. Matted with an image of Sitting Bull and an 1834 Virginia reward notice for an escaped "tawny or copper colored" slave and framed to an overall size of 16½" x 13".
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
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