Iron Tail and Major Israel McCreight
Chief Iron Tail was a friend of Major Israel McCreight and a frequent visitor to The Wigwam in Du Bois, Pennsylvania. Chief Iron Tail and Chief Flying Hawk considered The Wigwam their home in the East. On June 22, 1908, Chief Iron Tail presided over a ceremony at the tent of Buffalo Bill adopting McCreight as an honorary Chief of the Oglala Lakota. In 1915, McCreight hosted a grand reception for Iron Tail and Flying Hawk at The Wigwam.
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