NO. 5 SITTING BULL STIRLING II 



No. 7 



"In an engagement with the Crows, Sitting Bull mortally wounds 

 one of the enemy and dropping his lance rides up and strikes him 

 with his whip. The lines and dashes in the picture represent the 

 arrows and bullets that were flying in the air during the combat."- — 

 Kimball. 



"1861. Sitting Bull, amid a hail of enemy bullets, wounds a 

 Crow warrior with his lance, then drops it and strikes him over the 

 head with the heavy notched wooden handle of his quirt, which is 

 decorated with a dangling kit-fox skin — the insignia of his Warrior 

 Society. The Crow carries a quiver, and bleeds freely." — Vestal. 



No. 8 



"Counts 'coup' on a Gros Ventre de Prairie, by striking him with 

 his lance. Gros Ventre distinguished from Crow by manner of 

 wearing the hair." — Kimball. 



"1857. On the Missouri River. Winter. Sitting Bull, armed with 

 a gun and wearing his Strong Heart and white blanket coat, strikes 

 with his lance the Hohe lad whom he is to save and to adopt as his 

 brother, named Jumping Bull, or Little Assiniboin." — Vestal. 



