Spotted Elk's Body, Wounded Knee Massacre, 1890

Body of Spotted Elk after the Massacre at Wounded Knee, photographed by Trager and Kuhn, 1891. Spotted Elk (1826 - December 29, 1890) was a chief of the Miniconjou, Lakota Sioux. He was considered a great man of peace, and was best known among his people for his political and diplomatic successes. During the 1870s, Spotted Elk allied his tribe against the US Army, together with half-brother Sitting Bull, cousin Crazy Horse and brother Touch the Clouds. When Sitting Bull was killed on Standing Rock Reservation, his followers fled for refuge at Spotted Elk's camp. Fearing arrest and government reprisals against his band, Spotted Elk led his band south to the Pine Ridge Reservation, at the invitation of Chief Red Cloud. He contracted pneumonia on the journey, surrendered peacefully and, with his band, was escorted to a campsite near Wounded Knee Creek. On the morning of December 29, 1890, Forsyth's soldiers entered the camp and demanded that the Lakota give up their weapons. A large gun fight quickly ensued and Spotted Elk was among those slain. The US forces killed 153 Lakota, mostly women and children in what became known as the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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