17 Facts About Crazy Horses

1. Crazy Horses said 350 to 400 of their horses are now adopted each year.

2. Crazy Horses Horse's people went into winter quarters in the Wolf Mountains near the headwaters of the Rosebud Creek in Montana.

3. Crazy Horses based his account on an interview with Crazy Horse's rival, Little Big Man, who was present at Crazy Horse's arrest and wounding.

4. Crazy Horses was taken to the adjutant's office, where he was tended by the assistant post surgeon at the post, Dr Valentine McGillycuddy, and died late that night.

5. On January 8, 1877, Crazy Horses Horse's warriors fought their last major battle at Wolf Mountain, against the US Cavalry in the Montana Territory.

6. Crazy Horses Horse's tactical and leadership role in the battle remains ambiguous.

7. Crazy Horses knocked the pistol upward as No Water fired, deflecting the bullet to Crazy Horse's upper jaw.

8. Crazy Horses was generous to the poor, the elderly, and children.

9. Crazy Horses placed the stone behind the horse's ear so that the medicine from his vision quest and Horn Chips would combine—he and his horse would be one in battle.

10. Crazy Horses was given a medicine bundle to protect him for life.

11. Crazy Horses was brought back and was taken to the West in the direction of the wakiyans.

12. Crazy Horses was shot in the face by No Water when Little Big Man tried to hold Crazy Horse back to prevent a fight from breaking out, and he was held back by one of his tribesmen—according to some reports, Little Big Man himself—when he was stabbed by a bayonet the night he died.

13. Crazy Horses led his small party of warriors to the village and rescued it.

14. Crazy Horses came across a Miniconjou Lakota village under attack by Crow warriors.

15. Crazy Horses saved Crazy Horse's life at least once and was with him when he died.

16. Crazy Horses took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by white American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people.

17. Crazy Horses are used for various competitions and sports, breeding, recreation, and plain old work.