They thought ghost dance would save them. ... The Ghost Dance was not an attack or revolt. ... Because Sitting Bull was associated with the Ghost Dance, the white people thought the Ghost Dance was a revolt(La Barre,233). ... The Indian police called for the assistance of soldiers, which resulted in the deaths of 14 people, 6 being policemen. ... The Ghost Dance Society was dead. ...
The Ghost dance offered them hope. ... The soldiers we told to pursue and apprehend the Indians. ... The soldiers surrounded the Indians and set up four Hotchkiss guns, while the tribe set up camp. ... When the battle was over there were 153 Indians killed and only 24 soldiers dead. (Brown, 444) When the soldiers went out to bury the Indians, they found that many of them were wearing the ghost shirts that were supposed to be able to with stand a bullet. ...
From the soldiers' point of view (as told my Robert Utley years after the occurrence), white men began to feel threatened by this new "Ghost Dance"" the Native Americans had recently started practicing. ... To try to put a stop to the dances, they were sent to arrest Sitting Bull, a leader involved of the Ghost Dances. ... With the Indians surrounded, the soldiers collected the guns from Bigfoot's people, angering them. ... In the Native American's eyes, the Ghost Dance was a harmless ritual practiced to ensure safety, but the American soldiers felt threatened and took action to...
Barely surviving, the people were desperate for any type of nourishment, and along came the Ghost Dance. ... The Ghost Dance was a desperate attempt to return to their days of glory. ... "To bring this event, the Indians were to dance the Ghost Dance. ... The white people were frightened by the Ghost Dance so they had to make a law that forbids the Native American culture from performing the Ghost Dance. ... When the soldiers tried to disarm the band, a rifle went off, starting a so called battle. ...
Barely surviving, the people were desperate for any type of nourishment, and along came the Ghost Dance. ... The Ghost Dance was a desperate attempt to return to their days of glory. ... "To bring this event, the Indians were to dance the Ghost Dance. ... The white people were frightened by the Ghost Dance so they had to make a law that forbids the Native American culture from performing the Ghost Dance. ... When the soldiers tried to disarm the band, a rifle went off, starting a so called battle. ...
With Black Elk's son Ben translating and his own daughter Enid taking notes in short hand, Neihardt wrote of Black Elk's recounting of the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Wounded Knee Massacre and the emergence of the Ghost Dance. ... Black Elk feels the deep despair of his people when soldiers begin confiscating their weapons and horses and moving them into agencies. ... In response, Black Elk joins a Wanekia named Jack Wilson who believed that the Indians may be saved if they perform the Ghost Dance. ... After performing the Ghost Dance, Black Elk has another vision in which the wear...
