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May 11, 2004 - Pierre, SD to Bismarck, ND. At Mobridge, SD we
find the second and final grave of Sitting Bull, once chief of the Lakotas.
He was killed in 1890, during a time the Sioux were trying to revive their
old ways by indulging in Ghost Dances, against the orders of the
government. His death was at Fort Yates, ND. Later, after Fort Yates had
been abandoned some residents of Mobridge asked his relatives if it was
okay to bury him closer to his birthplace. the were given permission as
long as he did not leave the Standing Rock Reservation. This was complied
with and at the new site he was encased in concrete, with a column above
his body supporting his bust. Here he looks down his beloved Missouri
River.
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A member of the Corps of Discovery
also has two burial sites. A book written in the early 1900s claimed
Sakakawea (we are in ND as I write this) died in 1888 and is buried on the
Wind River Reservation. since that writing new journals have come to light
which suggest she actually died in 1812 at Fort Manuel a fur-trading post
on the Missouri River, near modern Kemel, SD,
 
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| Fort Abraham Lincoln was
a delight. Corporal Johnson marched us into the commissary, put us all at
attention and explained the significance of this fort. In this scenario it
is 1875, and when someone asked about the Battle of Little Big Horn,
corporal Johnson said: "What battle?
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took us thru General Custer's house and encouraged our own Eleanor Hire to
play the piano.
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