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Rain-in-the-Face, Lakota Indian War Chief

Rain-in-the-Face by Frank Bennett Fiske, circa 1900s. Rain-in-the-Face (1835 - September 15, 1905) was a war chief of the Lakota tribe. His name may have been a result of a fight when he was a boy in which his face was splattered like rain with his Cheyenne adversary's blood. He first fought against the whites in the summer of 1866 when he participated in a raid against Fort Totten (North Dakota). In 1868, he fought the US Army in the Fetterman massacre near Fort Phil Kearny (Wyoming). In 1873, he took part in the Battle of Honsinger Bluff where he ambushed and killed an army veterinarian John Honsinger. In 1874, he was arrested by Captain Thomas Custer for this murder, was taken to Fort Abraham Lincoln and incarcerated, but he escaped. In the spring of 1876, he joined Sitting Bull's band and traveled with him to the Little Big Horn River, and was among the Indian leaders who defeated Custer. He fled north into Canada, spending the next several years in exile. He finally led his band in to surrender in 1880 and was transferred to the Standing Rock Agency. On his deathbed, in 1905, he reputedly confessed to a missionary that he thought that he might have killed Custer, shooting him from so close as to leave powder marks upon his face.

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Rain-in-the-Face, Lakota Indian War Chief

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Rain-in-the-Face by Frank Bennett Fiske, circa 1900s. Rain-in-the-Face (1835 - September 15, 1905) was a war chief of the Lakota tribe. His name may have been a result of a fight when he was a boy in which his face was splattered like rain with his Cheyenne adversary's blood. He first fought against the whites in the summer of 1866 when he participated in a raid against Fort Totten (North Dakota). In 1868, he fought the US Army in the Fetterman massacre near Fort Phil Kearny (Wyoming). In 1873, he took part in the Battle of Honsinger Bluff where he ambushed and killed an army veterinarian John Honsinger. In 1874, he was arrested by Captain Thomas Custer for this murder, was taken to Fort Abraham Lincoln and incarcerated, but he escaped. In the spring of 1876, he joined Sitting Bull's band and traveled with him to the Little Big Horn River, and was among the Indian leaders who defeated Custer. He fled north into Canada, spending the next several years in exile. He finally led his band in to surrender in 1880 and was transferred to the Standing Rock Agency. On his deathbed, in 1905, he reputedly confessed to a missionary that he thought that he might have killed Custer, shooting him from so close as to leave powder marks upon his face.

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3485 x 4500 px | 44.9 MB

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29.5 x 38.1 cm | 11.6 x 15.0 in (300 dpi)

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