Spotted tail
Sinte Galeshka , also Sinte Gleska or Sinte Gleśka (Lkt: Siŋté Glešká), known as Spotted Tail , (* around 1823 on the White River ( South Dakota ); † August 5, 1881 ) was a chief of the Brulé - Lakota - Indians .
The English name Spotted Tail (spotted tail) he got from white fur hunters. In his youth he was called Jumping Buffalo . He did not receive the chieftainship through heredity, but through his achievements as a warrior.
On June 6, 1870, Spotted Tail was a member of a Native American delegation that visited the White House in Washington DC. While in captivity at Fort Laramie for a period, he learned to read and write in English.
On August 5, 1881, he was shot dead by Crow Dog . Spotted Tail is buried in a cemetery on the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota.
literature
- Dee Brown : Bury my heart at the bend of the river. Knaur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-426-62804-X
This article is based on the article Spotted Tail ( memento of July 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) from the free encyclopedia Indianer Wiki ( memento of March 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) and is under Creative Commons by-sa 3.0 . A list of the authors was available in the Indian Wiki ( Memento from July 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spotted tail |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sinte Galeshka; Sinte Gleska; Sinte Gleśka; Jumping Buffalo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chief of the Brulé Lakota Indians |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | White River ( South Dakota ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1881 |