Publisher's Synopsis
"This census set concerns six districts (Wakpamini, White Clay, Porcupine, Wounded Knee, Medicine Root and Pass Creek) of the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, formally known as the Red Cloud Agency, 1896 to 1899 for both the Sioux and Cheyenne. Both tribes knew turmoil together as most people today couldn't imagine. They'd lost their freedom, their land, the buffalo and a way of life. Eighteen years previous, a courageous Cheyenne Chief, Dull Knife, walked 65 miles in sub-zero weather to Pine Ridge with his wife and small son. With only three blankets among them and what they could carry, his fight to care for his family was all that mattered. Knowing some of his family were gone forever he held on to his integrity and stayed the course. After escaping Fort Robinson, Nebraska late at night, what was to follow during a running fight to defend themselves the Cheyenne suffered heavy losses. Army officers in charge were refusing to give the
