[1] He was shot and killed in the Battle of Summit Springs in Colorado by Major Frank North, leader of the Pawnee Scouts.
During 1869, Tall Bull was shot dead, during an ambush by Maj Frank North at the Battle of Summit Springs.
Their Indian agent Edward Wynkoop tried bartering a peace with direct tones that were none too conciliatory.
During one peace talk Tall Bull personally stopped the great Cheyenne warrior Roman Nose from killing Gen. Winfield Hancock.
Not even a year had passed after the death of his fellow Dog Soldier, the great Roman Nose, on September 17, 1868.