Morning Star (Vooheheve, l. c. 1810-1883, better known as Dull Knife) was a Northern Cheyenne chief who led his people in resistance to the US government's policies of genocidal westward expansion. He participated in Red Cloud's War (1866-1868), various engagements between 1868-1876, and was defeated at the Battle on the Red Fork (the Dull Knife Fight) in 1876.
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c. 1810 - 1883Life of Northern Cheyenne chief Morning Star (Dull Knife).
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1866 - 1868Morning Star (Dull Knife) participates in Red Cloud's War.
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1868Morning Star (Dull Knife) is present at the signing of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868.
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25 Nov 1876Little Wolf and Morning Star (Dull Knife) are defeated at the Battle on the Red Fork (Dull Knife Fight).
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Apr 1877Morning Star (Dull Knife) is deported with his people to the Southern Cheyenne Reservation in modern-day Oklahoma.
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1878Cheyenne chiefs Morning Star (Dull Knife) and Little Wolf lead their people from the Oklahoma Reservation back to ancestral lands in the Northern Cheyenne Exodus.
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Oct 1878Morning Star (Dull Knife) and his band are apprehended by US Military and imprisoned at Fort Robinson.
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1879Morning Star (Dull Knife) is able to reach safety at the Red Cloud Agency and negotiate for the establishment of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation.
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9 Jan 1879Fort Robinson Breakout/Fort Robinson Massacre; Cheyenne try to escape captivity; 60 are killed.
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1883Morning Star (Dull Knife) dies of natural causes just one year before the Northern Cheyenne Reservation is established.
