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Crazy Horse’s Final Vision

by | Sep 2, 2022 | Features & Gunfights

The prophetic Lakota leader’s final days still haunt us today. There were too many tongues. Crazy Horse sought quiet on solitary walks on the prairie, away from his village. On one of these walks, he chanced upon a dead eagle, and it deeply disturbed him. Crazy Horse returned to his lodge and sat in silence for several hours. The war chief was often immersed in his own thoughts, but those close to him sensed something was different. When asked what troubled him, Crazy Horse’s answer was sta


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