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Satank (Set-angya or Set-ankeah, translated as Sitting Bear) [1] was a prestigious Kiowa warrior and medicine man. He was born about 1800, probably in Kansas, and killed June 8, 1871. He was born about 1800, probably in Kansas, and killed June 8, 1871.
Satank or "Sitting Bear", 1870. Portrait by William S. Soule. The Army did not catch the war party, the war party caught themselves. Leaders Satank and Satanta had come back to the reservation, and had they kept quiet, no one would have ever found out officially who had committed the Warren Wagon Train Raid.
[2]: 86 Satank was killed in the train as he tried to escape the column of United States soldiers. [ 2 ] : 93 Satanta and Big Tree became the first Indians to be tried in a US court. [ 2 ] : 99 At the trial of Satanta and Big Tree , Satanta and Big Tree were convicted of murder on 5–6 July in Jack County, Texas .
Satanta is primarily remembered in military history as the sub-chief to Dohäsan at the First Battle of Adobe Walls.While Dohäsan, helped by Satank and Guipago, was in command of the combined Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, and Comanche forces which opposed Kit Carson and his New Mexico forces in November 1864, Satanta is remembered for ably assisting him in repeated charges which drove the New Mexico ...
Satank, wearing the badge of the Koitsenko order, a leather strap, over his shoulder. [5] Portrait by William S. Soule, 1870. Sashes were worn by the ten members of the society. Black, red and spotted antelope for the leader. You can see the spotted antelope sash being worn in the picture of 'Satank'. (The leadership sash of the Ten).
Big Tree. Big Tree, Kiowa: Ado-eete (ca. 1850–1929), [1] was a noted Kiowa warrior and chief. He was a loyal follower of the fighting chiefs party (led by Satank, Satanta, and Guipago), and conducted frequent raids upon other tribes and white settlers, often being associated with Tsen-tainte ("White Horse").
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Quanah Parker (Comanche: Kwana, lit. ' smell, odor '; c. 1845 – February 23, 1911) was a war leader of the Kwahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche Nation.He was likely born into the Nokoni ("Wanderers") band of Tabby-nocca and grew up among the Kwahadis, the son of Kwahadi Comanche chief Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, an Anglo-American who had been abducted as an eight-year-old child ...