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Sitting Bull entry, Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography

1900

A short biographical reference entry on Sitting Bull, published in 1900, summarizing his life, battles and death.

This 1900 reference entry summarizes Sitting Bull's life and role in resisting U.S. expansion.

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This is an entry on Sitting Bull from Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, a reference work published in 1900. It gives a brief account of his life, including his role in the resistance against miners and soldiers and his death in 1890.

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This entry shows how Sitting Bull was remembered in American reference works shortly after his death. It reflects the perspective of the time, describing events like the defeat of General Custer and Sitting Bull's eventual killing.

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