No Native American in U.S. history has provoked more emotion and interest than Sitting Bull. His often misunderstood role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn and his sub-sequent self-imposed exile have rarely been explored. The events that followed the demise of General George Custer and his 7th Cavalry when they fought Sitting Bull's war-riors brought together some of the most fascinating char-acters of the post-Civil War frontier era. In the after-math of battle, Sitting Bull's Sioux eluded U.S. Army commander Nelson Miles while gradually mov-ing north to the bor-der or "Medicine Line" as the Sioux nation knew it. There Sitting Bull and 5,000 followers met a man wearing a red coat. He was James Morrow Walsh of the North West Mounted Police and he represented the "Great White Mother of the North." Walsh was the only white man Sitting Bull would ever trust.

This is a story of two men and how their unlikely bond built on truth and respect would be buried by the hubris of politicians.