Little crow

Little crow
Little Crow (Sioux: Thaóyate Dúta; ca. 1810–July 3, 1863) was a chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota Sioux. His given name translates as "His Red Nation," (Thaóyate Dúta) but he was known asLittle Crow because of his father's name, Čhetáŋ Wakhúwa Máni, (literally, "Hawk that chases/hunts walking") which was mistranslated.
Little Crow is notable in for his role in the negotiation of theTreaties of Traverse des Sioux and Mendota of 1851, in which he agreed to the movement of his band of the Dakota to a reservation near the Minnesota River in exchange for goods and certain otherrights. However, the government reneged on its promises to provide food and annuities to the tribe, and Little Crow was forced to support the decision of a Dakota war council in 1862 to pursue war to driveout the whites from Minnesota. Little Crow participated in the Dakota War of 1862, but retreated in September 1862 before the war's conclusion in December 1862. Little Crow was killed on July 3, 1863by a settler who wished to collect the bounty on the Dakota in Minnesota.
Early life
Little Crow was born at the Dakota settlement of Kaposia, near what is modern-day South St. Paul, Minnesota. Hisfather died in 1846 after accidentally discharging a gun. Tribal leadership was disputed between Little Crow and his brother, which resulted in an armed fight that saw Little Crow shot in the wrist,leaving permanent scars that he concealed with long sleeves for the rest of his life. By 1849, however, Little Crow was able to take control of the tribe.
In 1851, the United States negotiated theTreaty of Traverse des Sioux and the Treaty of Mendota with the Dakota people. Little Crow was present at Traverse des Sioux and signed the Mendota treaty,[1] by which the tribes agreed to move to landset aside along the Minnesota River to the west.[2] The treaty as ratified by the United States Senate removed Article 3 of the treaty, which had set aside this land.[2] The tribe was compelled to...