Old Age and Death
As an elder, he walked with a cane, and the congregation would respectfully wait for the old chief to enter the church and take his place in the "bishop's chair" before commencing with services. He died in 1888.
Struck by the Ree has living descendants, among them Dr. Leonard Bruguier, a noted Native American ethnologist and educator as well as Paul LaRoche (and his family) of noted Rock Opera band Brulé, he is a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe.
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