Editing Sitting Bull (section)

==Wild West show==
{{Further|Buffalo Bill's Wild West}}
In 1885, Sitting Bull was allowed to leave the reservation to go [[Wild Westing]] with [[Buffalo Bill|Buffalo Bill Cody's]] ''[[Buffalo Bill's Wild West]]''. He earned about $50 a week (equal to ${{Inflation|US|50|1885|fmt=c}} today) for riding once around the arena, where he was a popular attraction. Although it is rumored that he cursed his audiences in his native tongue during the show, the historian Utley contends that he did not.<ref>[[#Reference-idUtley1993|Utley 1993]], p. 263.</ref> Historians have reported that Sitting Bull gave speeches about his desire for education for the young, and reconciling relations between the Sioux and whites.<ref>[[#Reference-idStandingBear|Standing Bear 1975]], p. 185.</ref>

The historian [[Edward Lazarus]] wrote that Sitting Bull reportedly cursed his audience in Lakota in 1884, during an opening address celebrating the completion of the [[Northern Pacific Railway]].<ref>[[#Reference-idLazarus|Lazarus 1991]], p. 106.</ref> According to [[Michael Hiltzik]], "...Sitting Bull declared in [[Lakota language|Lakota]], 'I hate all White people.' ... 'You are thieves and liars. You have taken away our land and made us outcasts.'" The translator, however, read the original address which had been written as a 'gracious act of amity', and the audience, including President [[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant]], was left none the wiser.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hiltzik |first1=Michael |title=Iron Empires: robber barons, railroads and the making of modern America |date=2020 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company |location=New York, New York |isbn=9780544770317 |page=261 }}</ref>

Sitting Bull stayed with the show for four months before returning home. During that time, audiences considered him a celebrity and romanticized him as a [[warrior]]. He earned a small fortune by charging for his autograph and picture, although he often gave his money away to the homeless and beggars.<ref>[[#Reference-idUtley1993|Utley 1993]], p. 264.</ref>