[6] He treated the horse well, never whipping or otherwise abusing the pony, which became the "swiftest runner in the camp, the envy of all and the object of many rejected offers of purchase".

[citation needed] In subsequent years, he was highly regarded amongst the Plains Indians for his rescuing of a warrior named Good Bear Boy.

[9] Sitting Bull's band remained in the "Grandmother's Country" until he surrendered in North Dakota in 1881.

[10] He later contradicted the narrative that Sitting Bull had said at his surrender: "Let it be recorded that I was the last man of my people to lay down my gun."

[7] One Bull was portrayed by Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse in the television miniseries Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007).