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Hermosa Arts & History Association Stories of Local People

The Life of Arrow Wound
By Lilah Morton Pengra, volunteer HAHA researcher

Arrow Wound, son of Red Dog and Slow, was born just west of the Black Hills in 1853, and went by the name Black Eyes. He received his adult name, Walks With Arrow Wound, after a battle in which he was wounded but continued to fight. Walks With Arrow Wound later shortened his name to Arrow Wound or Arrow Wounded. Some records give a first name of Solomon or Sam.

Arrow Wound served at Camp Robinson (later named Fort Robinson). The camp had been established to guard the first location of the Red Cloud Agency. He enlisted as a scout in Company D under command of Lieutenant William P. Clark, 2nd U.S. Cavalry. Arrow Wound served two three-month enlistments, December 12, 1876 through July 1, 1877. 

In May 1887, he went to England with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, staying for an entire year. He lived his later years in eastern Custer County and across the river in Red Shirt in Oglala Lakota County, raising horses, harvesting prairie hay, and was reported to be the best mechanic at the Pine Ridge Agency.

Arrow Wound died in 1939 and is buried in St. Bernard’s Catholic Cemetery at Red Shirt, South Dakota,.

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  • Home
  • About HAHA
    • Mission and Goals
    • Contact and Connect
    • Board of Directors
    • History of HAHA
    • HAHA Museum
    • Meeting Minutes >
      • 2018 Minutes
  • Events
    • 2025 Events
    • 2024 Events >
      • 2024 Christmas Carnival
      • 2024 Plein Air "Art Out"
      • 2024 Online Auction
    • 2023 Events >
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    • 2022 Events >
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    • 2021 Events
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  • Programs
    • HAHA Committees
    • Memorial Garden
    • Memorial Bricks
    • Brand Boards
    • Museum Renovations
  • Bags, Boxes, and Bins of History
  • Hermosa History
    • Hermosa Coffee House displays
    • Stories of Local People
    • Places and Buildings
  • Hermosa Arts
  • Books and Memorabilia
    • 2020 Calendars
    • A Hermosa Mystery: Battle River Cemetery 1880-1895
    • Purchase Battle River Cemetery Book
    • Horse Thieves at Battle River, July 1882
    • Purchase Horse Thieves Book
    • History of Masonic Battle River Lodge #92 A.F. and A.M., 1886-2000
    • Purchase History of Masonic Lodge Book
  • Donate & Get Involved
    • Make a Donation
  • Sponsors
    • 2019 Christmas Carnival