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    Crazy Horse: The Invincible Ogalalla Sioux Chief
    Crazy Horse: The Invincible Ogalalla Sioux Chief
    Crazy Horse: The Invincible Ogalalla Sioux Chief
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    Crazy Horse: The Invincible Ogalalla Sioux Chief

    By E. A. Brininstool

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    Originally published in 1949, this book is a gripping collection of reminiscences on the death of the great Indian chief, Crazy Horse, by the military men who were present on that fateful day on September 5, 1877 at old Fort Robinson, Nebraska: Jesse M. Lee , V. T. McGillycuddy, H. R. Lemly, and George McAnulty.

    Crazy Horse was one of the “irreconcilables” of the Sioux, an Indian who refused to be “reconstructed” and follow the white man’s road. Like Sitting Bull he had little or no use for the white man, and especially those in authority at Washington. This is not surprising, considering the unjust treatment the Indian received, and the trickery and deceit practiced upon him.

    Although but a young man, even at the time of his treacherous murder, Crazy Horse had already won his spurs in the defeat of Col. J. J. Reynolds in the Powder River fight of March 17, 1876, and of his practical defeat of General George Crook’s forces in the Rosebud fight of June 17, 1876, to say nothing of the leading part he played in the annihilation of Custer’s immediate command of five troops of the Seventh Cavalry, June 25, 1876, at the battle of the Little Big Horn, in South-eastern Montana. After all these brilliant “coups” the reputation of Crazy Horse, as a fighting chief, inspiring leader and strategist, was secure among his own people.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBorodino Books
    Release dateApr 7, 2017
    ISBN9781787204430
    Crazy Horse: The Invincible Ogalalla Sioux Chief

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      Crazy Horse - E. A. Brininstool

      This edition is published by BORODINO BOOKS—www.pp-publishing.com

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      Text originally published in 1949 under the same title.

      © Borodino Books 2017, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

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      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

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      CRAZY HORSE:

      THE INVINCIBLE OGALALLA SIOUX CHIEF

      The Inside Stories, by Actual Observers, Of a Most Treacherous Deed Against a Great Indian Leader

      Edited and Arranged for Publication

      BY

      E. A. BRININSTOOL

      Photos from a collection of E. A. Brininstool

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      DEDICATION 5

      NOTE 6

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 7

      INTRODUCTION 8

      GEN. JESSE M. LEE’S ACCOUNT OF THE KILLING OF CHIEF CRAZY HORSE AT FORT ROBINSON, NEBR. 10

      FROM GENERAL LEE’S PRIVATE DIARY 25

      DR. V. T. MCGILLYCUDDY’S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE. 28

      MAJOR H. R. LEMLY’S ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER OF CHIEF CRAZY HORSE, AS AN EYEWITNESS 32

      MAJOR H. R. LEMLY’S STORY 35

      NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER OF CHIEF CRAZY HORSE, WRITTEN BY MRS. LUCY W. LEE, WIFE OF GENERAL LEE, FROM CAMP SHERIDAN. 40

      FURTHER INFORMATION FROM MRS. LEE 46

      MEMORANDA FROM MEMORY BY MRS. MAUD LEE RETHERS, DAUGHTER OF GEN. AND MRS. JESSE LEE PRESENTED TO E. A. BRININSTOOL, FEB. 28, 1947. 57

      I SAW CRAZY HORSE KILLED—STATEMENT OF GEORGE W, MCANULTY, SCOTIA, NEBRASKA. 59

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 61

      DEDICATION

      To the Memory of ALL American Indians, both Living and Dead.

      NOTE

      The monument, honoring Chief Crazy Horse, pictured on the front of jacket, is of native stone from the Black Hills, in shape of a square at its base, 8 feet on a side, 11½ feet tall. In its face is imbedded a bronze tablet, detailing suitable reference to the life and death of Crazy Horse. It was erected at Fort Robinson, Nebr., Sept. 5, 1934, on the spot where stood the old guardhouse. Thousands gathered for the ceremonies of its unveiling, in a three days’ pageant. It is the first time in history that an Indian warrior west of the Mississippi river has been honored by the erection of a monument to his memory through Government agencies.

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      Gen. Jesse M. Lee

      George W. McAnulty

      Touch-the-Clouds

      Chief Red Cloud

      Dr. V. T McGillycuddy

      Frank Grouard

      Little Big Man

      Fort Robinson

      Old Red Cloud Agency

      INTRODUCTION

      THE INSIDE STORY of the dastardly murder at old Fort Robinson, Nebraska, September 5, 1877, of Crazy Horse, the great fighting chief of the Sioux nation, is here given in full detail by military men who were present on that tragic occasion.

      It adds one more blot to the outrageous treatment of the American Indian at the hands of the political parasites who composed the Indian ring at Washington.

      General Jesse M. Lee—than whom no better friend of the American Indian ever lived—was at that time Military Agent in charge of the Brule Sioux at Spotted Tail Agency, in North-western Nebraska. Major H. R. Lemly was a lieutenant of the Ninth Infantry, stationed at Camp Robinson, and Dr. V. T. McGillycuddy was Assistant Post Surgeon at that place, and attended Crazy Horse after the fatal stabbing until he passed away that same night. Private George McAnulty, Ninth Infantry, was an accidental witness to the killing of the chief, happening to be passing the guardhouse at the time. As four of the prominent spectators present, their stories teem with historic interest. The additional details supplied by Mrs. Lee, wife of General Lee, and their daughter, Mrs. Maude Lee Rethers, give an idea what the army women of that day were called upon to endure and witness.

      Crazy Horse was one of the irreconcilables of the Sioux, an Indian who refused to be reconstructed and follow the white man’s road. Like Sitting Bull he had little or no use for the white man, and especially those in authority at Washington. This is not surprising, considering the unjust treatment the Indian received, and the trickery and deceit practiced upon him.

      Although but a young man, even at the time of his treacherous murder, Crazy Horse had already won his spurs in the defeat of Col. J. J. Reynolds in the Powder River fight of March 17, 1876, and of his practical defeat of General George Crook’s forces in the Rosebud fight of June 17, 1876, to say nothing of the leading part he played in the annihilation of Custer’s immediate command o£ five troops of the Seventh Cavalry, June 25, 1876, at the battle of the Little Big Horn, in South-eastern Montana. After all these brilliant coups the reputation of Crazy Horse, as a fighting chief and wonderful leader and strategist, was secure among his own people.

      Crazy Horse had come in and surrendered about the middle of the previous May, at Red Cloud Agency, with about 140 lodges of his people, numbering by actual count, around one thousand men, women and children, most of them being Ogalalla Sioux.

      But Crazy Horse did not surrender because he himself wanted to. Far from it! He was by no means a subdued, humiliated and defeated warrior. He was actually starved out, and came in to make the best terms possible with the military authorities for his suffering people. He asked only for rest and peace for himself and his tribesmen.

      In 1929 I gave the Nebraska Historical Society permission to publish in pamphlet form the accounts of General Lee and Dr. McGillycuddy. Later, Major H. R. Lemly generously sent me his own account of the

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