the reservations. Name In June of 1876, General George Crook tried to move his soldiers toward another Indian chief, Chief Sitting Bull. Crazy Horse and his group met the soldiers and forced them back. Crazy Horse and his Crazy Horse warriors then joined forces with Sitting Bull.

By Cathy Pearl The large group of warriors moved their camp to the Little Bighorn River. On June 25, Crazy Horse led his soldiers in an attack against Not every Indian went to live Lt. Colonel George Custer. Custer and his men were all killed in the on a reservation quietly. Some attack. Indians fought back in order to keep their way of life the same. After their victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn, the tribes split up One of the Indians who fought again. Sitting Bull went to Canada. Crazy Horse continued to fight back was Crazy Horse. back against the military. But after the loss of Custer and his men, the army would not give up on their search for Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse was born in the 1840s. He was born along By 1877, Crazy Horse and his warriors were tired. They were also Rapid Creek in the area that starving. In May, Crazy Horse and hundreds of his followers would become South Dakota. surrendered at the Red Cloud Agency in Nebraska. His father was a medicine man who was also named Crazy Crazy Horse lived on the reservation for a time. He made the white Horse. settlers nervous. They were always worried that he was planning another attack. His mother died when he was young. His father then took her sister as a wife. This woman helped to raise Crazy Horse. In September of 1877, Crazy Horse's wife became ill. He left the reservation with his family without permission to take her to her Crazy Horse started witnessing what the army did to his people at a family. General Crook ordered that he be arrested. Crook was worried very young age. This helped create his feelings toward the white that he was planning another attack. settlers and their army. Crazy Horse agreed to go back to the reservation. But when he was When he was about sixteen, Crazy Horse went on his first raid as an being taken to a guardhouse or jail, Crazy Horse began to resist. adult warrior. He went on a raid with other members of the tribe. They When the soldiers tried to gain control of him, Crazy Horse was raided another Indian tribe: the Crows. stabbed with a bayonet. He died that night.

The raid went well, except for Crazy Horse being wounded in the leg. Crazy Horse's body was given to his father and stepmother. It is When he was younger, Crazy Horse had a dream. He had dreamt he believed that they buried him near Wounded Knee. Today, there is an was a warrior, but in his dream he had only taken one scalp. In the ongoing project to build a memorial to him. When finished, the raid on the Crows he had taken two. His father thought the leg wound monument will be almost six hundred feet tall, making it the tallest in had happened because Crazy Horse had taken more scalps in the raid the world. than he had in the dream. Some believe that for the rest of his life, Crazy Horse never took another scalp.

When Indian tribes were ordered to reservations in 1876, Crazy Horse became a leader of the resistance. The military organized groups of soldiers to go after the Indians who were resisting going to 6. Where was Crazy Horse born? Name A. In the area that would become South Carolina B. In the area that would become South Dakota C. In the area that would become North Dakota Crazy Horse Many Indians consider Crazy Horse a hero. Do you agree that he was Questions a hero? Why or why not? 1. What was Crazy Horse's father? A. A medicine man B. A warrior C. A healer 2. Why did Crazy Horse leave the reservation without permission? A. He wanted to go to Canada. B. He wanted to go back to fighting the army. C. He wanted to take his sick wife back to her family. 3. Why did Crazy Horse's father think he was injured in his first raid?

4. How was Crazy Horse killed? A. He attacked by other Indians. B. He was stabbed with a bayonet. C. He was shot. 5. Why did Crazy Horse and his men surrender? Name

Do you believe that Crazy Horse never took another scalp after his first raid? Why or why not?