(Tashunca-Uitco ), c1849–77, leader of the Oglala Sioux tribe: defeated General George Custer at battle of Little Bighorn. |
Cra·zy Horse  (krā'zē hôrs')  Sioux leader who militarily resisted the encroachment of whites in the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of Gen. George A. Custer at Little Bighorn (1876). |
A Sioux chief of the nineteenth century. Crazy Horse was one of the leaders of the Native American forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876. (See Custer's last stand.)