Crazy Horse (Sioux: Tasunka witko, pronounced tashúnka uitko), (December 4, 1849 - September 5, 1877) was a respected member of the Oglala SiouxNative American tribe and is noted for his courage in battle. Crazy Horse was recognized among his own people as a visionary leader committed to preserving the traditions and values of the Lakota way of life and leading his people into a war against the take-over of their lands by the 'White Man'.
Crazy Horse was a 6 year old boy and witness of the Grattan Massacre when he had vision of himself becoming a warrior.
On January 8, 1877, his warriors fought their last battle with the United States Cavalry in Montana and on May 8 of that year he realized that his people were weakened by cold and hunger and he surrendered to United States troops in Nebraska.
See Link below "A sympathetic but detailed account of his life and death" for a discussion of the validity of the photo on this page.
Further reading
Crazy Horse and Custer: The epic clash of two great warriors at the Little Bighorn / Stephen E. Ambrose. 1975
"Debating Crazy Horse: Is this the Famous Oglala". Whispering Wind magazine, Vol 34 # 3, 2004. An excellent discussion on the improbability of the Garryowen photo being that of Crazy Horse (the same photo shown here). The clothing, the studio setting all date the photo 1890-1910.
Encouraging Bear, spiritual adviser to CrazyHorse, reported that CrazyHorse was born in the fall "in the year in which the band to which he belonged, the Oglalas, stole 100 horses." According to winter counts kept by Cloud Shield and White Bull, the year was 1840.
On December 21, 1866, CrazyHorse led the Oglala contingent of a war party comprising 1,000 warriors, including members of the Cheyenne and Miniconjou tribes in an ambush of U.S. troops stationed at Fort Phil Kearny that became known as the Fetterman massacre.
On June 17, 1876, CrazyHorse led a combined group of approximately 1,500 Lakota and Cheyenne in a surprise attack against General George Crook's force of 1,000 cavalry and infantry and 300 Crow and Shoshone warriors in the Battle of the Rosebud.
CrazyHorse was recognized among his own people as a visionary leader committed to preserving the traditions and values of the Lakota way of life and leading his people into a war against the take-over of their lands by the 'White Man'.
CrazyHorse was a 6 year old boy and witness of the Grattan Massacre when he had vision of himself becoming a warrior.
CrazyHorse was assassinated (with a bayonet) by a United States soldier on September 5, 1877 after he resisted confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
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