Summary Of Crazy Horse The Strange Man Of The Oglalas

After reading this excerpt from the book Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas by Mari Sandoz this excerpt it gave Crazy Horse’s personal thoughts about the encroachment of the white man into Indian territory. The influential leader of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Crazy Horse, held out against the government's efforts to imprison the Sioux on reservations. He fought in many battles, including the one at the Little Bighorn. In 1877, he was one of the last Indian Chiefs to surrender and was killed. It reminded me of many other unimaginable stories of Indian relocation such as the Trail of Tears, conflicts with the European settlers, and the United States government abuse of the Native Americans such as taking over the tribal land of the Native …show more content…
Some Indians felt the benefits for their tribes were worth dealing with the white men. As more white’s flood into the Lakota territory which Crazy Horse described he white people flowing into the tribe’s land “like a river.” The buffalo and wild game became scarce due to the European’s hunting practices. The prosperity that the tribes previously enjoyed became challenging. Hate grew toward the white men as the United States government broke promises, showed their cruelty, selfishness, and greed. Illness such as smallpox that the settlers with them as Crazy Horse describes as carried on the Immigrant’s “breath scatter diseases." The Natives had no resistance to many of the European illness, and consequently, smallpox killed whole tribes. The viewpoint of Crazy Horse foreshadowed the future of the Indian tribes. Crazy Horse’s perception was based on his spiritual and cultural background which was depicted in this excerpt, and he tells his thoughts through his eyes. The horrible inhumanity that the Native Americans faced at the hands of the invading settlers does not justify what the settlers and their leaders did once they had power over the Native