Crazy Horse was born at Bear Butte what is present day Rapid City, South Dakota. His original name in Lakota was Thašúŋke Witkó meaning Curly Hair. There is disagreement as to his actual birth year but all seem to agree that he lived to be about 33 years old and was born in the fourth decade of the 1800’s. He was raised within the Lakota Sioux tribes customs. He was known for being tall and a born warrior. He spent much of his younger years in prayer.
Crazy Horse was famous for his bravery, selflessness, and compassion at a very young age. He was four or five years old when his tribe was snowed in and there was no meat.
His father brought home two antelopes one day and without permission from his parents Crazy Horse rode through the camp and told everyone to go to his mothers teepee for meat. The whole tribe went home singing praises of Crazy Horse’s name.
His parents were proud of him and reminded him that the tribe was pleased with him and that he should always act responsibly and live up to his reputation. Crazy horse was twelve when he and his younger brother were eating ripe fruit in the trees and a bear came upon them. The bear was anxious to fight. Crazy Horse pushed his little brother into the tree and jumped on his frightened horse.
It took a bit to calm the horse but once he did, he returned and scared that bear off.
When crazy horse became a teenager he became a great warrior, famous for his fearlessness in battle. He witnessed many injustices to his people by the white man as a young man and this fueled his anger toward the invading United States government. His skills and intelligence took him far and he became one of the youngest war leaders in Lakota history. He fought alongside Red Cloud at Fort Phil Kearny in 1867 and defeated General George Crook at Rosebud Creek.
Crazy Horse is most famous for his victory over Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, also called Custer’s Last Stand. Custer and his men were slaughtered in under an hour by Crazy Horse and his warriors. There were over 200 men in Custer’s group. Crazy Horse had three wives during his lifetime, Black Buffalo Woman, Black Shawl, and Nellie Laravie. In September of 1877, Crazy Horse’s wife became ill, and Crazy Horse decided to take her to her parents at Spotted Tail agency. Because he left the reservation without permission General Crook thought that he was plotting a return to battle, and ordered him to be arrested. Crazy Horse did not resist arrest at first, once he realized that he was being led to a guardhouse, he began to struggle, and a soldier stabbed him with a bayonet.
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