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BINGO! Sitting Bull The great medicine man and spiritualist who perforemed the brutal Sun Dance by which he envisioned Soldiers falling into camp headfirst ie: dead. The site of which was encountered by Custers troops enroute to LBH. When he toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show He was completely taken with the uncanny accuracy of "little sure shot" who surely was blessed by the Great Spirit to shoot like she did.

The sale’s top lots are expected to include a Sioux twisted pipe stem with catlinite bowl once owned by Sitting Bull, estimated at $60,000 to $80,000,

<Sitting Bull seen with 'calumet' tucked in belt ie 'wearing it' tends to give the artifact serious provinance imho. Too old by 1876, Sitting Bull did not fight at LBH but assisted in helping the women and children escape the Greasy Grass battle field. https://news.artnet.com/market/the-e...uction-2119769 OVER to JEFF! http://dyingwords.net/sun-dance-why-...ittle-bighorn/

The core reason—the root cause—of why Custer really lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn hasn’t been identified by historians. They’ve overlooked the Sun Dance effect—the psychological and spiritual impact of the warriors’ cultural unity led by Lakota Chief Sitting Bull. This book outlines why the Lakota Sioux Sun Dance had such a powerful effect on the warriors’ will to win and why this sacred ceremony was the root cause of Custer’s demise.