16 Facts About One Bull

One Bull fought at Battle of the Little Bighorn and, in his later years, provided interviews about his life as a warrior.

One Bull's mother was Sitting Bull's sister Good Feather; his father was Makes Room and his brother was White Bull.

One Bull was adopted by Sitting Bull in 1857 at the age of four.

One Bull recalled that Sitting Bull gave him a pinto pony when he was about six years old; One Bull named the pony Itanchan, or Chief.

One Bull treated the horse well, never whipping or otherwise abusing the pony, which became the "swiftest runner in the camp, the envy of all and the object of many rejected offers of purchase".

One Bull was a Heyoka, one who had dreamed of thunderbirds.

One Bull participated in Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

One Bull rode his mother to safety and then joined the fight.

One Bull recounted having killed several fleeing troopers in the battle.

One Bull wore his uncle's shield during the Battle of Little Bighorn.

One Bull joined his uncle in fleeing to Canada following the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

One Bull, who had been away hauling freight north of Fort Yates, had returned the night before the massacre of Sitting Bull.

When One Bull heard the shots, he rushed to the cabin and got his wife to safety, who had escaped the gunfire, only returning to Sitting Bull's home after the troops had gone.

One Bull is listed as living in 1929 at the Standing Rock Agency, where he was prominent in tribal matters.

One Bull participated in interviews about his experiences with Sitting Bull, as did his brother White Bull, a famous Lakota warrior and chief contributor to Stanley Vestal's biography of their uncle.

One Bull was portrayed by Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse in the television miniseries Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.