"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."
He was born Goyaa
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Joseph’s father had converted to Christianity but tore up his bible when the gold rush led to the U.S. taking back millions of acres of Indian lands which were the subject of an 1855 treaty. This was followed by attempted forced removal of the tribe
Born Degataga (“Stands Firm”) in 1806, after the Treaty of New Echota in 1835 he led a migration of Cherokee people to Indian Territory in Eastern Oklahoma in defiance of Chief John Ross, believing that the U.S. foothold in the west was not so strong
So said George Bird Grinnell in his book 'The Fighting Cheyennes'. Little Wolf was born around 1820 and had a reputation for generosity from a young age. The story is told that one day when food was scarce and he was really hungry his mother gav
