Fort Robinson, Nebraska, September 5, 1877. A proud Oglala Sioux chieftain approaches the gates of the fort. His name is Crazy Horse. He is one of the three most important chiefs of the Sioux, along with Sitting Bull and Red Cloud. He participated in the greatest victory of the Indians over the United States Army, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, where General Custer and all the troops of the Seventh Cavalry perished before the charge of the Indians. This battle took place on June 25, 1876.
Crazy Horse can boast of two things:he is the youngest of the three great Sioux chieftains and has never been defeated on the battlefield. However, the winter of 1876-1877 is one of the hardest in recent years. Sitting Bull and Red Cloud, aware of the unbeatable power of the white man, agree to settle in the reserves that he has arranged for the redskins. Crazy Horse refuses to do so.
Crazy Horse's subjects find themselves under siege by Union troops, eager for revenge after their shameful defeat at the Little Big Horn; Finally, the dramatic weather conditions of his tribe lead the proud Crazy Horse to accept that his decimated and hungry tribe settle in one of the reserves that the United States government has established for the natives, to prevent them from starving.
During the summer of 1877, members of the Oglala Sioux tribes were relocated to the Pine Ridge reservations.
On September 5, 1877 Crazy Horse was arrested at the gates of Fort Robinson by a group of soldiers who included some of his tribesmen who had agreed to work for the Army. Among them was an old enemy of his, Little Big Man, who prepared an ambush that ended with the death of the proud great chief. This is how one of the great protagonists of the Indian wars died, at the hands of members of his own tribe.