This book is based on the papers of Major James McLoughlin, Sioux Agent at Fort Yates, including a large collection of letters, telegrams and documents between McLoughlin and the Interior Department and the War Department telling the full story of the attempted capture and death of Sitting Bull. Burdick, fluent in the Sioux language, also uses material from 60+ interviews he conducted with natives. who were associated with Sitting Bull. This is a valuable historical account written by a man long-associated with Dakota and Sioux history
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