Wooden Leg Hill (Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)- Crow Agency, MT - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

Wooden Leg Hill June 25, 1876-Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument-The hill in front of you was occupied by Lakota, and Cheyenne during the fight on Last Stand Hill. An unknown Sioux warrior wearing a warbonnet was killed here while firing his rifle at soldiers positioned behind a horse barricade on the crest of the ridge behind you. As soldier carbine fire ceased, victorious warriors rush the hill.
"A Sioux wearing a war bonnet was lying down behind a clump of sagebrush on the hillside only a short distance north of where now is a big stone...He was...up ahead of me. Many other Indians were near him...The Sioux was peeping up and firing a rifle...a soldier bullet hit him exactly in the middle of the forehead...The shots quit coming from the soldiers...All of the Indians then jumped and rushed forward...The air was full of dust and smoke. Everybody was greatly excited."
Wooden Leg, Northern Cheyenne-Photo-Wooden Leg

Group that erected the marker: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Near the Visitor Center of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument US 212 Crow Agency, MT USA 59022 URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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