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CRAZY HORSE
There were three Crazy Horse’s, the grandfather, the father and the son. We know more about the son, “Crazy Horse” than the previous two Crazy Horses.

He was born in 1841 in the Black Hills of South Dakota, he was light-skinned, with curly hair just like his mother. When Crazy Horse was about 4 years, his mother hung herself, her sister replaced her and raised Crazy Horse.
Crazy Horse at Birth was named “Chan Ohån”, his mother called him ” curly”, he married a woman by the name of “Black shawl” in 1871 they had one child, a daughter, they named “They are afraid of her” she died as an toddler.

Black shawl (Crazy Horse’s wife) was related to Chief Spotted Tail, who died in 1927.

Warriors Flying Hawk, Kicking Bear, and Black Fox sacrificed their blood & flesh at Sun Dance in honor
of their cousin “Crazy Horse”.

His cousin ” Touch the Clouds” saved his life once and was there for him until he was murdered in Nebraska in 1877.

When Crazy Horse was maturing, his father gave him his name “Crazy Horse” and he then took the name “Worm”. Oral Native History tell of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse NOT ever having their pictures taken, they were not trusting of these White foreigners who were killing for land, forcing their language and Christian traditions on them, legend says they didn’t want to enslave and lock their souls in the cameras.

We know that he was fair in complexion, had curly hair like his mother, wore one Red tail Hawk feather, and at war, in the battle field, he drew a line down the side of his face, he also painted his Horse in times of battle.

His tribe suffered from cold and starvation, due to white occupation on the land, their elimination of thousands of Buffalos killed by the colonizer to stave the Natives, so on May 6, 1877, he surrendered to save his clan to General George Crook at Red Cloud Indian Agency in Nebraska.

Crazy Horse became a War Chief at 24.

Crazy Horse – A Sacred Hero
Crazy Horse was born on the Republican River about 1845. He was killed at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, in 1877, so that he lived barely thirty-three years.
He was an uncommonly handsome man. While not the equal of Gall in magnificence and imposing stature, he was physically perfect, an Apollo in symmetry. Furthermore he was a true type of Indian refinement and grace. He was modest and courteous as Chief Joseph; the difference is that he was a born warrior, while Joseph was not. However, he was a gentle warrior, a true brave, who stood for the highest ideal of the Sioux [Lakota.] Notwithstanding all that biased historians have said of him, it is only fair to judge a man by the estimate of his own people rather than that of his enemies.