Morning Star Cheyenne (abt. 1810 - abt. 1883)

Born about 1810 in Indian Territory, United States

Died about 1883 at about age 73 in Montana Territory, United States

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Biography

Morning was Cheyenne.

Morning Star, Dull Knife was born about 1810. He passed away in 1883.

Birth Location: Rosebud River, Montana Territory (before 1901)

Death Location: 1883, (before 1889), Tongue River Indian Reservation, Montana Territory

Biography from Britannica

Dull Knife, (born c. 1810, Rosebud River, Montana Territory [U.S.]—died 1883, Tongue River Indian Reservation, Montana Territory), chief of the northern Cheyenne who led his people on a desperate trek from confinement in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) to their home in Montana. He was known to his people as Morning Star.

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dull-Knife

Biography from Wikipedia

Morning Star (Cheyenne: Vóóhéhéve; also known by his Lakota Sioux name Tȟamílapȟéšni or its translation, Dull Knife (1810–1883) was a great chief of the Northern Cheyenne people and headchief of the Notameohmésêhese ("Northern Eaters"; also simply known as Ȯhmésėhese or "Eaters") band on the northern Great Plains during the 19th century. He was noted for his active resistance to westward expansion and the United States federal government. It is due to the courage and determination of Morning Star and other leaders that the Northern Cheyenne still possess a homeland in their traditional country in present-day Montana.

Although he was known as "Dull Knife" (or Motšêške Ôhnêxahpo in Cheyenne, a translation of his Lakota name) to local settlers, U.S. military leaders, and other American Indians, his Cheyenne name is translated as "Morning Star". A Cheyenne warrior in every sense of the word, Morning Star was described by many writers of the era as "an admirable outlaw" comparable to the likes of Rob Roy and William Wallace.

Legacy

Morning Star died in 1883 and is interred on the Northern Cheyenne reservation at Lame Deer Cemetery. Chief Dull Knife College, which is also in Lame Deer, is named in his honor. As Dull Knife, his photograph appears in Dee Brown's 1971 bestseller Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.

Actor Ian McDonald played Dull Knife in the May 1957 episode "Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom" on the ABC/Desilu western television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role as deputy marshal Wyatt Earp. In the episode, Dull Knife leads his Indians from their reservation in Oklahoma Territory to their homeland in Montana, which they claim the U.S. government had promised them. Meanwhile, some of their braves attack and burn a white settlement.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Star_(chief)

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Star_(chief)

• Legends of America: Dull Knife – Northern Cheyenne Chief
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-dullknife/