Gall (Phizi, l. c. 1840-1894) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux war chief best known for his participation in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in June 1876. He was a close associate of Red Cloud (l. 1822-1909), Sitting Bull (l. c. 1837-1890), and Crazy Horse (l. c. 1840-1877) and was active in the resistance to Euro-American encroachment on Sioux lands.
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c. 1840 - 1894Life of Sioux war chief Gall.
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c. 1863 - c. 1866Sioux war chief Gall is active in raids on white settlers on the Bozeman Trail.
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1866 - 1868Sioux war chief Gall fights in Red Cloud's War.
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c. 1868 - c. 1876Rain-in-the-Face follows Sitting Bull and Sioux war chief Gall in continuing to resist US government's expansionist policies.
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1868Sioux war chief Gall refuses to sign the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, continues to resist US government policies of expansion.
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1876 - 1877Sioux war chief Gall is a strategist for Sitting Bull during the Great Sioux War.
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Jun 1876Sioux war chief Gall defeats Major Reno at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
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1877Rain-in-the-Face retreats to Canada with Sitting Bull and Sioux War Chief Gall.
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1877Sioux war chief Gall follows Sitting Bull on his retreat into Canada.
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1881Gall returns to the United States and surrenders; is arrested and sent to Standing Rock Agency reservation.
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c. 1882 - 1894Sioux war chief Gall serves as a judge and liaison between the Sioux and the US government until his death in 1894.
