The Killing of Chief Crazy Horse is a story of envy, greed, and treachery, with Chief He Dog, William Garnett, and Valentine McGillycuddy providing eyewitness accounts of the tragedy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 150 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2018
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

The Killing of Chief Crazy Horse

The Killing of Chief Crazy Horse is a story of envy, greed, and treachery. In the year after the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the great Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse and his half-starved followers finally surrendered to the U.S. Army near Camp Robinson, Nebraska. Chiefs who had already surrendered resented the favors he received in doing so. When the army asked for his help rounding up the Nez PercÉs, Crazy Horse's reply was allegedly mistranslated by Frank Grouard, a scout for General George Crook. By August, rumors had spread that Crazy Horse was planning another uprising. Tension continued to mount, and Crazy Horse was arrested at Fort Robinson on September 5. During a scuffle, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet in front of several witnesses.

Three Perspectives

Here the killing of Crazy Horse is viewed from three widely differing perspectives-that of Chief He Dog, the victims friend and lifelong companion; that of William Garnett, the guide and interpreter for Lieutenant William P. Clark, on special assignment to General Crook; and that of Valentine McGillycuddy, the medical officer who attended Crazy Horse in his last hours. Their eyewitness accounts, edited and introduced by Robert A. Clark, combine to give The Killing of Chief Crazy Horse all the starkness and horror of classical tragedy.

Weight: 206g
Dimension: 139 x 215 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781496200570
Edition number: Special edition, A Bison Classic Edition