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Montana Lou Dewitt and the Sioux in the Black Hills
Louis Dewitt recounts his years as a guide and interpreter for the Seventh Cavalry in the 1870s and 1880s amid the Black Hills and Badlands. He details encounters with Sioux leaders Sitting Bull Gall Crazy Horse and Dull Knife, the Little Bighorn aftermath, and his role securing peaceful surrender talks. He recalls Custer’s fate and his own service as an Indian scout and interpreter.
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Custer
Louis Dewitt
Dull Knife
Indian Territory
North Dakota
Montana
Lou” Grill
Black Hills
Wyoming
Dewitt
Little Big Horn
Mona
Sitting Bull
Gall
Crazy Horse
Canada
States
Missouri River
Dakota
Veaux
Major Dewitt
Badlands
Hills
Cheyenne
Bad River
White River
Wounded Knee Creek
Seventh Cavalry
Camp Sheridan
Terpreter
Eee
Carlton
Third Cavalry
Tilford
Chadron Creek
Garlington
United States Indian Scouts
Fort Bennett
Lower Brule Indian Agency
South Dakota
Big Horns
Big Horn
Rosebud
Tongue
Powder River
Washington
Reno
Miles
Tongue River
Lame Deer
Rain-in-the-Face
Spotted Eagle
Sir Bull