Jason Sanner, age 13, of Decatur, I11., for his question:

WHO WAS THE INDIAN NAMED GALL?

Gall was a leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux Indians and he played an important role in the Indian victory over General George Custer in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876.

Custer had ordered Major Marcus Reno to attack the Indian camp on the Little Bighorn River in what is now Montana. Gall led the Indians against Reno's troops and forced them to retreat. Gall and his band then joined the battle against Custer's column.

In late 1876, Gall and other Hunkpapa fled to Canada because the government wanted them to move to a reservation.

In 1880, Gall led part of his band back to the United States. He surrendered to Major Guido Ilges after a battle in January, 1881, and was imprisoned for several months.

Gall and the Hunkpapa then settled on the Standing Rock reservation in the Dakota Territory. Gall was born under the Moreau River in what today is South Dakota. His name in the Sioux language was Pizi.