38 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 9/ 



No. O 



Assiiiniboine Chief taken prisoner by Sitting Bull in a fight l)et\veen 

 Sioux and Assinniboines. lOo Sioux — whole tribe of Assinniboines 

 engaged — about 27 years ago, when Sitting Bull was about 16 years 

 old — Land of the Sioux. Kept the chief prisoner for while and then 

 gave him the horse he ("Bull") rode and the bonnet he ("Bull") 

 wore in the fight and then sent him to his people with a good heart. 



No. I 



Fight with Assinniboines — 140 Sioux — 43 Assinniboines — 23 As- 

 sinniboines killed — 8 Sioux killed — 20 Sioux wounded — "Bull" 18 

 years old— In land of Sioux. Bull took several prisoners. Didn't 

 kill prisoners. Kept them many days. Gave them ponies and sent 

 them home. Assinniboines were hunting in Land of the Sioux. 



