Chief Red Cloud - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Chief Red Cloud Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,580,426,188 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Red Cloud
(redirected from Chief Red Cloud)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.

Red Cloud (1822–1909)

American Indian leader of the Sioux tribe. Paramount chief of the Oglala Sioux from 1860, he led the armed resistance to the advance of white settlers along the Bozeman Trail. He signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 which gave the Indians a large area in the Black Hills of Dakota. He resisted any involvement in the war which culminated in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876.

Born in the area of modern Nebraska, Red Cloud led his followers to the Red Cloud Agency in Nebraska after Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn. From there they were moved to the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota in 1878; Red Cloud continued to seek compromise with the government.

Red Cloud

Town and administrative headquarters of Webster County, south Nebraska; population (1990) 1,200. It is situated on the Republican River, 56 km/35 mi south-southwest of Hastings, and 10 km/6 mi north of the Kansas state border. The town is a processing and shipping hub for grain, livestock, dairy goods, poultry, and produce. It became famous as the model for various communities in the work of novelist Willa Cather, who spent much of her youth here.

In an area once hunted by the Omaha, Pawnee, and Oto, it was founded as a white settlement in 1870 and named after a Sioux leader.
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
?Sign in SSL protected
Email:
Password:
Register

Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Hutchinson browser?   Full browser?
 
Racing Post Ratings Dave Edwards Chief Red Cloud (9.
Tips box Proponent can make most of drop in ratings back at Newmarket by The Racing Post (London, England)
Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, who helped his people adapt and survive as change swept across the land, and Chief Red Cloud of the Oglala Sioux, who fought alongside Sitting Bull to try to maintain control over Sioux traditional lands are also profiled, as are Metis leader Louis Riel, and Sequoyah, who invented a system of writing for his people, the Cherokee.
Lives of great leaders profiled by Hollihan, Tony / Wind Speaker
Chief Red Cloud later said: "The white people have surrounded me, and left me nothing but an island.
Building the Transcontinental RAILROAD by Hanson-Harding, Alexandra / Junior Scholastic
 
 
 
Hutchinson Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.