Little Wolf (Ohcumgache, also known as Little Coyote, l. c. 1820-1904) was a Northern Cheyenne chief and holy man, best known for his role in the Northern Cheyenne Exodus of 1878 but also recognized for his resistance to US westward expansion between 1866-1876. Prior to his 1879 surrender, he was among the greatest Cheyenne chiefs of his time.
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c. 1820 - 1904Life of Cheyenne Chief and holy man Little Wolf (Little Coyote).
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1866 - 1868Little Wolf fights in Red Cloud's War.
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1868Little Wolf signs the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 promising the Sioux their lands.
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c. 1868 - 1876Little Wolf resumes hostilities with the US military once the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 is broken by the US government.
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25 Nov 1876Little Wolf and Morning Star (Dull Knife) are defeated at the Battle on the Red Fork (Dull Knife Fight).
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Apr 1877Little Wolf and his people are forcibly removed to "Indian Territory" in modern-day Oklahoma.
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1878Cheyenne chiefs Morning Star (Dull Knife) and Little Wolf lead their people from the Oklahoma Reservation back to ancestral lands in the Northern Cheyenne Exodus.
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1879Little Wolf is forced to surrender and is then forced to become a scout for the US military; takes up drinking whiskey.
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1880 - 1904Little Wolf lives in semi-exile until his death on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana.
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Dec 1880Little Wolf shoots and kills his friend Starving Elk while drunk; is stripped of his chiefdom and exiles himself from his people.
