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By the time of the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877, this fifty-five-year-old headman was leader of a small Miniconjou band that chose to remain away from the Cheyenne River Agency.
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Virtually nothing is known of Black Moon’s early years. He had risen to a position of influence among his tribe by 1869 when he was present at the appointment of Sitting Bulletin as head war leader of the Lakota. Black Moon is listed as one of the Miniconjou leaders who had joined the northern village by the early summer of 1876 and was present at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
He and his family fled to Canada in 1877, joining Sitting Bulletin near Wood Mountain.
When majority of the northern Lakota elected to surrender in 1880-1881, Black Moon decided to remain in Canada, as did Number Neck and a Brulé named Black Bulletin. He and his family lived near Moose Jaw and Willow Bunch and established relationships with Canadians in the region.
Black Moon’s daughter, Mary, married a corporal in the Royal Mounted Police stationed at nearby Fort Walsh. Black Moon finally departed Canada for the United States. in the spring of 1889 with eleven lodges.
Intercepted by soldiers, they were allowed to continue on to the Standing Rock Agency two weeks later.
Black Moon and his family were transferred to the Cheyenne River Agency in October 1890. Black Moon lived the remainder of his life along Cherry Creek on the Cheyenne River Reservation.
