Low Dog Oglala Lakota T-Shirt

Šúŋka Khúčiyela Was an Oglala Lakota chief who fought with Sitting Bull at the Little Bighorn. He became a war chief at age 14. After surrendering in 1881, he lived at Standing Rock Agency. ”We were in camp near Little Big Horn river. We had lost some horses, and an Indian went back on the trail to look for them. We did not know that the white warriors were coming after us. Some scouts or men in advance of the warriors saw the Indian looking for the horses and ran after him and tried to kill him to keep him from bringing us word, but he ran faster than they and came into camp and told us that the white warriors were coming. I was asleep in my lodge at the time. The sun was about noon (pointing with his finger). I heard the alarm, but I did not believe it. I thought it was a false alarm. I did not think it possible that any white men would attack us, so strong as we were.”