外研选修9-课件-M5P4 Listening

Arapaho tribe, and on June 17, _1_8_7_6__, they clashed with US troops and forced them to _r_e_tr_e_a_t_ at the Battle of the Rosebud, then set up camp at Little Bighorn. On June 25 Lieutenant Colonel Custer led his army of _m__o_r_e _t_h_a_n_ _2_0_0_ soldiers into the village along the Little Bighorn River. Bt the end of the day, Custer and his army we_p_la_n__n_in_g_ _t_o__ have a ceremony called the Ghost Dance, which they believed would _r_i_d_ their land of the white people. The authorities were _a_f_r_a_i_d_ the Sitting Bull would still be a much _re_s_p_e_c_t_ed_ _le_a_d_e_r_ of the Sioux. They arrested Sitting Bull on _D_e_c_e_m_b__er_ _1_5_,_ _1_8_9_0_ as a precaution. When his warriors attempted to rescue him, Sitting Bull was __k_il_le_d__.
The government threatened the Sioux with an order to __r_e_t_u_r_n__ to their reservations. The demand was resisted by the Sioux and in March, General George Crook __s_e_t _u_p__ a camp to attack the natives. Sitting Bull and the Sioux realised they could not _d_e_f_ea_t_ _t_h_e_ _a_r_m_y__ alone. They were _j_o_in_e_d__ by the Cheyenne and
the _f_ir_s_t_ chief of the entire Sioux nation. Shortly after that, although Sitting Bull refused to __s_ig_n__ t_h_e__t_r_ea_t_y_, peace was made with the US government, who _p__ro_m__i_se_d___ that the Black Hills would remain in Sioux __p_o_ss_e_s_s_io_n___ forever. However in the _m__id_-_1_8_7_0_s_, the discovery of _g_o_l_d_ brought more than a thousand prospectors to the Black Hills.
Sitting Bull __t_h_o_u_g_h_t__ that the Sioux triumph at this siege would mean the end of battles with the US army, but the _h__o_st_i_li_ty___ continued. In 1877, Sitting Bull and his followers escaped into _C_a_n_a_d_a__. However, within _f_o_u_r__ years, famine forced them to _su_r_r_e_n_d_e_r__. Sitting Bull was held as a _p_r_is_o_n_e_r_ of war for two years, before he
外研新标准 选修九 高三上
Module 5
Listening
Listen to a passage about the life of Chief Sitting Bull.
Listen again and fill in the blanks. Sitting Bull, whose _I_n_d_ia_n_ n__a_m_e_ was Tatanka Yotanka, was born in the Grand River region of what is now South Dakota around _1_8_3_1_. Sitting Bull was a _m_e_m__b_e_r_ of the Sioux tribe. The Sioux _f_o_u_g_h_t_a_g_a_i_n_s_t _ hostile tribes and white intruders. Soon, Sitting Bull became known for his fearlessness in _b_a_t_t_le__.
was sent to _j_o_i_n__ other Sioux at a reservation in North Dakota. In _1_8_8_5__, Sitting Bull joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and travelled throughout the United States and Canada. Some _b_e_l_ie_v_e_ he was allowed to join the show to __k_e_e_p_ _h_im__ _a_w__a_y_ from the reservation. When Sitting Bull returned to the reservation in __1_8_8_9_, many Native
He was also generous and wise, virtues _a_d_m__ir_e_d__ by his tribe. Sitting Bull became a _le_a_d_e_r_ of the Strong Heart warrior society, and he successfully increased Sioux hunting _g_r_o_u_n_d_s__. However the US army continually invaded this territory. From _1_8_6_3 to _1_8_6_8, the Sioux fought the army’s _p_r_es_e_n_c_e_ on their land. In approximately 1867, Sitting Bull became