Fort Robinson

But the inevitable end was near.

One morning in the fall of 1876, Red Cloud was surrounded by United States troops under the command of Colonel McKenzie, who disarmed his people and brought them into Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

Thence they were removed to the Pine Ridge Agency, where he lived for more than thirty years as a reservation Indian.

In order to humiliate him further, government authorities proclaimed the more attractable spotted tail head chief of the Sioux.

Ohiesa.

Crazy Horse.

Crazy Horse was born on the Republican River about 1845. he was killed at fort robinson nebraska in eighteen seventy seven so that he lived barely thirty-three years he was an uncommonly handsome man while not the equal of gall in magnificence and imposing stature he was physically perfect an apollo in symmetry Furthermore, he was a true type of Indian refinement and grace.

He was modest and courteous as Chief Joseph.

The buffalo were declining, the army was closing in, and families were facing hunger.

In May eighteen seventy-seven, Crazy Horse brought more than a thousand followers to Fort Robinson in Nebraska and surrendered.

He had not been defeated at Little Bighorn.

He had not been captured on the battlefield.

Yeah, I think I might have to get that.

Um, you know, I too have a haunting from a, a old cavalry, uh, fort, you know, from Fort Robinson, and I've talked about it on the show s- before, so I don't wanna go tons into it.

But it...

I stayed in an officer's quarters, uh, for a family reunion, 'cause you could rent them, you know, and woke up in the middle of the night and heard a child crying, and we discuss that, and I went looking for him.

But the inevitable end was near.

One morning in the fall of 1876, Red Cloud was surrounded by United States troops under the command of Colonel McKenzie, who disarmed his people and brought them into Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

Thence they were removed to the Pine Ridge Agency, where he lived for more than thirty years as a reservation Indian.

In order to humiliate him further, government authorities proclaimed the more attractable spotted tail head chief of the Sioux.

That superb manhood dwindled, and in a few years he died.

He was a real hero of a free and natural people, a type that is never to be seen again.

End of Section 5 CRAZY HORSE was born on the Republican River about 1845. he was killed at fort robinson nebraska in eighteen seventy seven so that he lived barely thirty-three years he was an uncommonly handsome man while not the equal of gall in magnificence and imposing stature he was physically perfect an apollo in symmetry Furthermore, he was a true type of Indian refinement and grace.

He was modest and courteous as Chief Joseph.