Crazy Horse (Tasunke Witko, l. c. 1840-1877) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux warrior and warband leader considered among the greatest defenders of Sioux lands against the forces of the US government in the 19th century. He is one of the most famous Native American figures in history and among the Sioux's most honored heroes.
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Timeline
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c. 1840Crazy Horse is born, according to legend, in the Black Hills, South Dakota.
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1854The Grattan Fight (Grattan Massacre) sets Crazy Horse on the warpath with the US government.
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1854 - 1865Crazy Horse leads war parties against other Native American nations and the US military.
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c. 1855The elder Crazy Horse gives his name to his son and takes the name "Worm."
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1866 - 1868Crazy Horse leads war parties during Red Cloud's War.
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21 Dec 1866Crazy Horse leads the war party of the Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands also known as the Fetterman Massacre.
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1870Crazy Horse is wounded in the face after eloping with Black Buffalo Woman.
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1876 - 1877Crazy Horse leads war parties during the Great Sioux War.
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1876Crazy Horse is victorious at the Battle of the Little Bighorn/Custer's Last Stand.
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8 Jan 1877Crazy Horse encounters the US military at the Battle of Wolf Mountain; last battle he will ever fight.
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5 Sep 1877Crazy Horse is murdered by a guard at Fort Robinson while resisting arrest.
