WHITE BUFFALO
c1862-1929
He knew the details of the Custer fight.(This would have to be the 1876 Little Big Horn)
Indian medicine men and white physicians tried to stave off his death. He was a student at Carlisle. Received rank of sergeant in the military dept. from the Northern Cheyennes. Was with the delegation that dedicated the stadium at Haskell. He talked to the Lawrence, KS Rotary Club in which he spoke in Cheyenne and translated his speech back into English. He was progressive. Mother was Iron Teeth who died at 103 years old. He was survived by his wife, Medicine Woman. Buried by Rev. Davis at the Indian Mission Church.
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