Question: Howling Wolf, was a Southern Cheyenne warrior who was a member of which prominent leader of the Southern Cheyenne during the American Indian Wars?
Context: Merlin Little Thunder is a Southern Cheyenne artist living in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  His paintings express the history, people and the land in a narrative, representational style, especially from the perspective of the Southern Cheyenne people.  He is well known for his miniature paintings, bright colors, and for the incorporation of humor into his work. The Fort Robinson tragedy (winter 1878-1879) refers to a series of events which occurred during the winter of 1878-1879 at Fort Robinson in northwestern Nebraska.  After having been forced to relocate south to the Darlington Agency in the Southern Cheyenne Reservation, a band of Northern Cheyenne fled back north in September 1878 because of the terrible conditions.  The US Army intercepted part of the Northern Cheyenne Exodus and took a band of nearly 150 Cheyenne to Fort Robinson in Nebraska. Black Kettle (Cheyenne: Mo'ohtavetoo'o) (c. 1803November 27, 1868) was a prominent leader of the Southern Cheyenne during the American Indian Wars.  Born to the "Northern Só'taeo'o / Só'taétaneo'o" band of the Northern Cheyenne in the Black Hills of present-day South Dakota, he later married into the "Wotápio / Wutapai" band (one mixed Cheyenne-Kiowa band with Lakota Sioux origin) of the Southern Cheyenne. The Cheyenne ( ) are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains and their language is of the Algonquian language family.  The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the Tsétsêhéstâhese (also spelled Tsitsistas).  These tribes merged in the early 19th century.  Today, the Cheyenne people are split into two federally recognized Nations: the Southern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma, and the Northern Cheyenne, who are enrolled in the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. Walter Richard "Rick" West Jr. (born January 6, 1943) is the president and CEO of the Autry National Center in Los Angeles.  He was the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, retiring from the position in 2007.  He is also a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma and a Peace Chief of the Southern Cheyenne.  His professional life has been devoted to serving the American Indian community on cultural, artistic, educational, legal and governmental issues. The Northern Cheyenne Exodus, also known as Dull Knife's Raid, the Cheyenne War, or the Cheyenne Campaign, was the attempt of the Northern Cheyenne to return to the north, after being placed on the Southern Cheyenne reservation in the Indian Territory, and the United States Army operations to stop them.  The period lasted from 1878 to 1879. George Bent, also named Ho—my-ike in Cheyenne (Cheyenne people, 1843 – May 19, 1918), was a Cheyenne who became a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War and waged war against Americans as a Cheyenne warrior afterward.  He was the mixed-race son of Owl Woman, daughter of a Cheyenne chief, and the American William Bent, founder of the trading post named Bent's Fort and a trading partnership with his brothers and Ceran St. Vrain.  Bent was born near present-day La Junta, Colorado, and was reared among both his mother's people, his father and other European Americans at the fort, and other whites from the age of 10 while attending boarding school in St. Louis, Missouri.  He identified as Cheyenne. Washita Battlefield National Historic Site protects and interprets the site of the Southern Cheyenne village of Chief Black Kettle where the Battle of Washita occurred.  The site is located about 150 mi west of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, near Cheyenne, Oklahoma.  Just before dawn on November 27, 1868, the village was attacked by the 7th U.S. Cavalry under Lt. Col. George Custer.  In the Battle of Washita, the Cheyenne suffered large numbers of casualties.  The strike was hailed at the time by the military and many civilians as a significant victory aimed at reducing Indian raids on frontier settlements as it forced the Cheyenne back to the reservation set aside for them.  The site is a small portion of a large area that was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.  The landmarked area encompasses the entire battlefield, which extends for some 6 mi through the city of Cheyenne. John T. Smith (c. 1890 – c. 1940), variously known as the Howling Wolf, "Funny Paper" Smith, "Funny Papa" Smith, and Howling Smith, was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.  He released around ten singles in his own name or variants thereof.  He also recorded with Bernice Edwards, Black Boy Shine, Magnolia Harris, and Dessa Foster.  His best-known song was "Howling Wolf Blues", of which several variants were recorded.  Many of his original recordings were unreleased at the time.  All are now available on compilation albums. Little is known about Smith, and some reported details of his life may be apocryphal. Howling Wolf (Cheyenne: Ho-na-nist-to, 1849–July 5, 1927) was a Southern Cheyenne warrior who was a member of Black Kettle's band and was present at the Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado.  After being imprisoned in the Fort Marion in Saint Augustine, Florida in 1875, Howling Wolf became a proficient artist in a style known as Ledger art for the accounting ledger books in which the drawings were done.
Answer: Black Kettle