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Crazy Horse



Crazy Horse (c. 1849–77), Native American leader, chief of the Oglala Sioux. He spent his life defending his tribe's territory in South Dakota and Wyoming. In 1876, he allied with Sitting Bull and annihilated General George Custer's cavalry at the Little Bighorn River, but a year later he was starved into surrender. He was stabbed to death while attempting to escape.



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