Sitting Bull was a great American Indian and statesman who struggled to keep his people free and united by fleeing with them into Canada. Louis Legare, a French trader and Sitting Bull’s friend, persuaded him to return to the United States and accept the offered amnesty. In July 1881, he was met near this site by Capt. Clifford and members of the 7th Infantry. They escorted him and his people to Fort Buford where Sitting Bull surrendered his rifle.