He was a legendary chief because he fought against the U.S. federal government in an effort to preserve the traditions and values of the Lakota way of life and participated in the Battle of Little Bighorn in June 1876. He was very heroic to fight against the government so keep the traditions of his tribe.
Crazy horse was famous for many things. As a young man he excelled greatly in hunting, and was known as a great warrior. When he became a elder, he became famous for fighting the federal goverment in preserving traditions.
He became even more famous fighting for his brothers lives. "Another white man's trick! Let me go! Let me die fighting!" cried Crazy Horse. He stopped and tried to free himself and draw his knife, but both arms were held fast by Little Big Man and the officer. While he struggled thus, a soldier thrust him through with his bayonet from behind. The wound was mortal, and he died in the course of that night".
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/crazyhor.htm
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Andrew Bates
2/2/2010 10:40:52 am
Crazy Horse was a very celebrated Indian leader. When he was only thirteen he stole horses from a rival tribe. At twenty Crazy Horse had led his first war party. In 1865 he played a key role in taking Fort Phil Kearny. Crazy Horse earned his reputation not only through his daring in battle, but also with his fierce determination to protect his people's way of life. When the government ordered his tribe into their reservations, Crazy Horse became leader of the resistance. He then helped Sitting Bull in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Crazy Horse eventually surrendered in 1877, then he was arrested and shortly after that killed by his captures.
I believe that Crazy Horse became so legendary because he stood for his people. When the settlers came to take his tribe's land, Crazy Horse immediately stepped up and took charge of the resistance. Many people think standing up for yourself is noble, but Crazy Horse does this and more, he stands up himself and his people against a much greater power.
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Cimone
2/3/2010 10:49:36 am
Chief Crazy Horse was a well respected leader of the Ogala Lakota tribe. He fought against the U.S. federal government in an effort to preserve the traditions and values of the Lakota way of life.
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Ruben
2/3/2010 10:34:09 pm
I believe that there is no way to make a personal opinion. The only way to answer this question is by stating the facts. Crazy Hourse was respeceted by all of his brother tribesmen, he fought for his villiages and peoples independence, and lived his life as a unnoticed U.S goverment critizist.
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Andrew Murphy
2/3/2010 10:36:46 pm
On June 17, 1876, Crazy Horse led a combined group of approximately 1,500 Lakota and Cheyenne in a surprise attack against brevetted Brigadier General George Crook's force of 1,000 cavalry and infantry, and 300 Crow and Shoshone warriors in the Battle of the Rosebud. The battle, although not substantial in terms of human losses, delayed Crook from joining up with the 7th Cavalry under George A. Custer, ensuring Custer’s subsequent defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. At 3:00 p.m. on June 25, 1876, Custer's 7th Cavalry attacked the Lakota and Cheyenne village, marking the beginning of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Crazy Horse's exact actions during the battle are unknown. Possibly Crazy Horse entered the battle by repelling the first attack led by Major Marcus Reno, but it is also possible that he was still in his lodge waiting for the larger battle with Custer. Hunkpapa Warriors led by Chief Gall led the main body of the attack, and, once again, Crazy Horse's tactical and leadership role in the battle remains ambiguous. While some historians think that Crazy Horse led a flanking assault, ensuring the death of Custer and his men, the only proven fact is that Crazy Horse was a major participant in the battle and his undeniable personal courage was something several eye witness Indian accounts attested to. Waterman, one of only five Arapahoe warriors who fought, said that Crazy Horse, "was the bravest man I ever saw. He rode closest to the soldiers, yelling to his warriors. All the soldiers were shooting at him, but he was never hit."[12] Sioux battle participant, Little Soldier, said, "the greatest fighter in the whole battle was Crazy Horse."[13] On September 10, 1876, Captain Anson Mills and two battalions of the Third Cavalry captured a Miniconjou village of 36 lodges in the Battle of Slim Buttes, South Dakota.[14] Crazy Horse and his followers attempted to rescue the camp and its headman, (Old Man) American Horse. They were unsuccessful, and American Horse and much of his family were killed by the soldiers after holing up in a cave for several hours. On January 8, 1877, Crazy Horse's warriors fought their last major battle at Wolf Mountain, against the United States Cavalry in the Montana Territory. On May 5 of that year, knowing that his people were weakened by cold and hunger, Crazy Horse surrendered to United States troops at Camp Robinson in Nebraska. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Horse#Great_Sioux_War_of_1876.E2.80.9377
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Andrew Murphy
2/3/2010 10:37:11 pm
He was a legend because he fought for what he believed for and showed that he really cared. He fought for his people and his religion, showing that he is a great warrior. Crazy Horse was a very legendary chief, and I am sure many people followed in his footsteps.
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Ruben >.<
2/3/2010 10:45:41 pm
Agreed
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Cimone
2/3/2010 10:51:21 pm
Chief Crazy Horse lived from 1949-1977. He is celebrated by the Lakota people for being a great warrior and doing his best to preserve the values that the American people tried to take away. He was not really recognized by his great skill but by his fierce determination to stand up for his people and what they believed in. In 1876 when the U.S. war department ordered all of the Lakota people onto a reservation Crazy Horse became part of the resistance. He was closely allied with the Cheyenne through his first marriage to a Cheyenne woman he gathered a force of 1,200 Cheyenne and Ogala warriors to defeat U.S. forces. In 1977 he left the reservation without authorization to take his sick wife to her parents he was arrested by U.S. General George Crook. He feared that Crazy Horse would return to war. He did not resist at first and then he realized that he was being taken to a guard house and began to struggle. While the officer was holding his hands back another officer rammed him with a bayonet. http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/crazyhorse.htm
I actually typed this unlike SOME PEOPLE ;]
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Ruben >.<
2/3/2010 10:59:57 pm
You can say that Crazy Hourse was a prodege, he frose through the ranks as a child.
Before he was 12, Curly had killed a buffalo and received his own horse.
About that age, on August 19, 1854, he was in CONQUERING BEAR’s camp in northern Wyoming when the Brule leader was killed in the GRATTAN Fight.
Although he was away from camp during the Battle of Ash Hollow the following year, he witnessed the destruction of Sioux tepees and possessions by the soldiers during General WILLIAM S. HARNEY’s punitive expedition through Sioux territory along the Oregon Trail, experiences that helped shape his militant attitude toward whites.
After the Grattan Fight, Curly underwent a Vision Quest in which he had a vivid dream of a rider in a storm on horseback,
with long unbraided hair, a small stone in his ear,
zigzag lightning decorating his cheek, and hail dotting his body.
Although a warrior, he bore no scalps.
People clutched at the rider, but could not hold him.
The storm faded and a red-backed hawk flew over the rider’s head. When Curly later related the dream to his father, the medicine man interpreted it as a sign of his son’s future greatness in battle.
At about the age of 16, now bearing his father’s name, Crazy Horse rode for the first time as an adult warrior in a raid on Crows.
Like the rider in his dream, he wore his hair free, a stone earring, and a headdress with a red hawk feather in it.
His face was painted with a lightning bolt and his body with hail-like dots.
The raid was successful, but Crazy Horse received a wound in the leg, because, his father interpreted, unlike the rider in the vision, he had taken two scalps.
http://www.emayzine.com/lectures/CRAZYHOR.html
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Cimone
2/3/2010 10:59:57 pm
I believe that Chief Crazy Horse was a great warrior and a great leader. He gathered up more people to fight against U.S. powers. He believed that his people's values was the most important thing and he continually put his life on the line for them. He once said,"A very great vision is needed and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky.” He is saying that someone hads to stand up for what they believe in. He believed in the conservation of the Lakota values and he would fight for them if he had to.
