n.a chief of the Sioux; took up arms against settlers in the northern Great Plains and against United States Army troops; he was present at the battle of Little Bighorn (1876) when the Sioux massacred General Custer's troops (1831-1890)
Controversially, Mr Philbrick claims that Sitting Bull's men were better armed, citing the findings of an archaeological sweep of the battlefield with metal detectors in the 1980s.