after the battle of little big horn and the arrest of chief blue horse in 1876, the wágluȟe split into three bands. blue horse remained head chief of one band, and rising young leaders american horse and three bears led the other two. red shirt was also a popular leader and served as three bears' lieutenant. these leaders had much in common. blue horse, american horse, three bears and red shirt all served as u.s. army indian scouts with the u.s. 4th cavalry regiment from ft. laramie, wyoming, led lakota delegations to washington, d.c., their children attended the first class at the carlisle indian industrial school in carlisle, pennsylvania and all joined with buffalo bill's wild west.