In South Dakota lies the memorial of one of the most respected leaders of the Oglala Sioux. This leader is known by many as Crazy Horse. Many people may not know the story behind Crazy Horse, but this Oglala leader, who possessed different leadership traits than most Oglala leaders, suffered the same fate as most Indians did in the 1700 and 1800’s and that inevitable fate was death. For most of Crazy Horse’s life war surrounded him. Crazy Horse also had killed countless times in his early war life and I think this attributed to his warrior leadership role later in life. This would make a huge impact on his life by facing the whites early Crazy Horse developed a natural feeling of hatred for most of the whites. I believe that since Crazy Horse
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Many of the Sioux leaders were still out on their own and not listening to the whites, but after the death of Custer, a well-known civil war general and Indian killer, the whites had become more involved in Sioux territory forcing many of the Sioux leaders such as Red Cloud to surrender and join reservations. Crazy Horse would not be easily taken down. Crazy Horse did not like the way the whites had taken their land I think that Crazy Horse had learned early from his people to respect the land they live on and to carry himself with a vast amount of pride for his …show more content…
Crook was a smart man when it came to working with Indians. He would use different tactics to try and reach the Indians and if possible make peace with the Indians before going into war. Crook had his eye set on Crazy Horse after the Battle of Black Hills. I think that Crazy Horse, along with many other Indian leaders, was a signal of hope for his people and if he was still out there his people would be less willing to comply with the whites. I think that is why Generals like Crook placed so much importance on capturing the leaders of different tribes, so their people would be more willing to comply to the orders of the whites. General Crook has used a lot of tactics to try and catch Indians, but I think one of his smartest and perhaps riskiest moves was sending in Indian leaders and chiefs who had already been captured to try and persuade Crazy Horse to surrender. . I think this a risky move by Crook because he can’t know for sure where the trust of the Indians lie. I could see two possibly outcomes for sending captured chiefs to persuade Crazy Horse to surrender. One of the outcomes ends with Crazy Horse conforming and surrendering and the other ends with the Indians persuading him not to come in because the whites are liars and never stick to their word. General Crook sent three Indians, Sitting Bear, Lone Bear, and
Many of the Sioux leaders were still out on their own and not listening to the whites, but after the death of Custer, a well-known civil war general and Indian killer, the whites had become more involved in Sioux territory forcing many of the Sioux leaders such as Red Cloud to surrender and join reservations. Crazy Horse would not be easily taken down. Crazy Horse did not like the way the whites had taken their land I think that Crazy Horse had learned early from his people to respect the land they live on and to carry himself with a vast amount of pride for his …show more content…
Crook was a smart man when it came to working with Indians. He would use different tactics to try and reach the Indians and if possible make peace with the Indians before going into war. Crook had his eye set on Crazy Horse after the Battle of Black Hills. I think that Crazy Horse, along with many other Indian leaders, was a signal of hope for his people and if he was still out there his people would be less willing to comply with the whites. I think that is why Generals like Crook placed so much importance on capturing the leaders of different tribes, so their people would be more willing to comply to the orders of the whites. General Crook has used a lot of tactics to try and catch Indians, but I think one of his smartest and perhaps riskiest moves was sending in Indian leaders and chiefs who had already been captured to try and persuade Crazy Horse to surrender. . I think this a risky move by Crook because he can’t know for sure where the trust of the Indians lie. I could see two possibly outcomes for sending captured chiefs to persuade Crazy Horse to surrender. One of the outcomes ends with Crazy Horse conforming and surrendering and the other ends with the Indians persuading him not to come in because the whites are liars and never stick to their word. General Crook sent three Indians, Sitting Bear, Lone Bear, and