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Famous American Indians
Geronimo (Apachc)
1829-1909
Geronimo (juh-RAHN-uh-moh) was known for his fiery spirit. For nearly 30 years, Geronimo and his followers fought to keep whites from taking over Indian lands in Arizona and Mexico. He finally surrendered in 1886.
Black Hawk (Sauk)
1767-1838
Chief Black Hawk was a warrior who led his tribe in battles against the white settlement of lands in Illinois. After he surrendered, he was received as a hero in several cities in the East.
Pocahontas (Powhatan) 15957-1617
Sitting Bull (Hunkpapa Sioux) 18347-1890
Sitting Bull was the chief and medicine man who helped the Sioux and Cheyenne prepare for the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana in 1876. In this battle, Gen.
George Custer and all of his 224 men were killed.
Pocahontas (poh-kuh-HAHN-tus) was the daughter of Chief Powhatan of Virginia. One story is that she saved the life of Captain John Smith, the leader of the Jamestown colony. Her marriage to the Englishman John Rolfe brought peace between the Indians and the settlers. Pocahontas moved to England where she was treated like a princess. At 22, she died of smallpox.
John Ross (Cherokee) 1790-1866
Tecumseh
(Shawnee)
17657-1813
Chief Tecumseh (tih-KUHM-suh), born in Ohio, wanted to unite all Indian tribes against the sale of land to the government. He also did much to get the Indians to give up the ways of the whites and to return to their old way of life. He was killed in the War of 1812. He was fighting against the U.S. on the side of the British.
John Ross was half-Indian. He was taught by whites but grew up among Indians. His tribe was forced to leave Georgia in Chief Joseph \ 1838 for reserva-(Nez Perce)	\ tions in Oklahoma.
18407-1904	\ Chief Ross led
the tribe's six-month march, known as the Trail of Tears. More than 4,000 Indians died along the way.
Chief Joseph was a peaceful leader of a band of Indians who did not want to move from their home in Oregon to a reservation in Idaho. The chief was forced to fight. He is most famous for leading his followers on a 1,000-mile retreat in 1877. They were trying to reach Canada but were cap tured and sent to a reservation in Oklahoma.