Chief Dull Knife Didn't Live to See Cheyenne Get Land

Dull Knife was born on the Rosebud River (present-day Montana) in about 1810. He was a principal chief of the Northern Cheyenne. His people called him Wahiev, which means Morning Star; however, the Lakota (Sioux) called him Tamela Pashme, which means Dull Knife. He acquired the name in battle with a Lakota warrior; his knife could not pierce the opponent's tough buffalo-hide shield.


With his people's safety in mind and hopes of gaining peace, Dull Knife was one of his tribe's representatives who signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, which promised peace between the area's Indians and the federal government. It was not to be.

Dull Knife and his Northern Cheyenne warriors fought in numerous campaigns, including the Colorado Cheyenne-Arapaho War(1864-65), and the War for the Black Hills, which included the Battle of the Rosebud (1876), and the Battle of the Little Big Horn (1876).

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