Satanta

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Satanta (ca. 1820 - 1878) was a Kiowa war chief. He was a member of the Kiowa tribe, he was born about 1820, during the height of the power of the Plains Tribes, probably along the Canadian River in the traditional winter camp grounds of his people. He was also known as Settainte (White Bear). One of the best known, and last, of the Kiowa War Chiefs, he developed a reputation as an outstanding warrior and in his twenties was made a sub-chief of his tribe, under Dohäsan, as Chief. He fought with him at the First Battle of Adobe Walls, and earned enduing fame for his use of an army bugle to confuse the troops in battle.





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