Crazy Horse

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Of these tribes they had different band. The Hunkpatila was one
band of the Oglala's (Guttmacher 12). One of the greatest war chiefs of all
times came from this band. His name was Crazy Horse.
Crazy Horse was not given this name, on his birth date in the fall of
1841. He was born of his father, Crazy Horse an Oglala holy man, and his
mother a sister of a Brule' warrior, Spotted Tail. As the boy grew older
his hair was wavy so his people gave him the nickname of Curly (Guttmacher
23). He was to go by Curly until the summer of 1858, after a battle with
the Arapaho's. Curly's brave charged against the Arapaho's led his father
to give Curly the name Crazy Horse. This was the name of his father and of
many fathers before him (Guttmacher 47).
In the 1850's, the country where the Sioux Nation lived, was being
invaded by the white settlers. This was upsetting for many of the tribes.
They did not understand the ways of the whites. When the whites tore into
the land ...

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among those who refused (Matthiessen 6).
This Treaty however did not stop the trouble between the Indians and
the settlers. The Indians however, did not cause violent trouble, they
would perhaps approach a covered wagon to trade or extract gifts of food.
The most daring warrior might make away with a metal pot or pan but nothing
violent like the books and movies lead us to believe (Matthiessen 7).
The straw that broke the camels back took place on August 17, 1854
when the relations between the Indians and Whites were shattered. Among the
settlers heading west was a group of Mormons and as they were passing, a
few miles south of Fort Laramie, an Indian stole a cow. The ...

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