“Crazy Horse: (1843?-1877) Sioux Indian chief. Refusing to abide by an 1868 treaty granting the Sioux a large reservation in the Black Hills, Crazy Horse led his warriors in continued raids against enemy tribes as well as whites. In 1876 he joined with Cheyenne forces in a surprise attack against General George Crook in Southern Montana, forcing Crook’s withdrawal. He then united with Chief Sitting Bull near the Little Bighorn River, where he helped to annihilate General George Armstrong Custer’s troops. In 1877, his tribe weakened by cold and hunger, Crazy Horse surrendered to Crook; removed to a military outpost in Nebraska, he was killed in a scuffle with soldiers.”
Excerpted from: Stevens, Mark A., Ed. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Encyclopedia. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, 2000.
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