“Brave Bear Hung Here”
321
1960
Yankton
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
Mato Ohi Tike
May 15th 1875, Brave Bear treacherously killed Joseph Johnson, a post employee on Okobojo Creek, 25 miles east of Ft. Sully. He fled to Canada and enroute met Scout “Fish” Allison, who recognized Johnson’s horse and gun. When Sitting Bull surrendered Brave Bear came back with him. Convicted in January, he was hung in a non-public execution in the jail yard back of this building, then the Courthouse, on November 15, 1882.
Location
Yankton County, In Yankton near Douglas and 5th