Near Porcupine in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Chief Big Foot Surrenders

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 18, 2019

1. Chief Big Foot Surrenders Marker

Inscription. East 1/2 mile from this point on the old Cherry Creek - Pine Ridge Trail, Chief Big Foot (Spotted Elk) and his Minneconjou, wagon Horse band, with some forty braves and Sitting Bull's Hunkpapa band was intercepted and surrended on December 28, 1890 to Major Samuel M. Whiteside, 7th U.S. Cavalry. The band was escorted to Wounded Knee, where they camped for the night under guard. Big Foot who was ill was attended by the army physician that night.

Delineator - Irving R. Pond and Herbert Clifford
Stanley S. Walker Supv. Highway Engr. (Marker Number 379.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical date for this entry is December 28, 1890.

Location. 43° 12.763′ N, 102° 20.121′ W. Marker has been reported damaged. Marker is near Porcupine, South Dakota, in Oglala Lakota County. It is on Big Foot Trail (County Road 27) 5.9 miles north of County Road 28. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: BIA-27, Porcupine SD 57772, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on South Dakota’s Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation,

in West River,

and in the Badlands.

It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor,

on the prairies,

and on the Northern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 2 other markers are within 5 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Massacre of Wounded Knee (approx. 4.4 miles away); Chief Big Foot Massacre Monument (approx. 5.1 miles away).

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Wounded Knee

Photographed by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 18, 2019

2. Chief Big Foot Surrenders Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. This page has been viewed 1,266 times since then and 98 times this year. Last updated on August 21, 2021, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 25, 2019, by Ruth VanSteenwyk of Aberdeen, South Dakota. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.