Crazy Horse: The Wild West for Kids (Legends of the Wild West)
THE WILD WEST FOR KIDS Z Y HORSE Z Y HORSE A A CR CR JON STERNGASS Sky Pony Press New York
Contents 1 The Mysterious Warrior 1 2 Growing Up on the Plains 8 3 The Americans Appear 19 4 The Powder River Wars 34 5 The Losses Add Up 51 6 The Revolt of the Lakota 65 7 The Last Campaign 79 8 He Has Looked for Death 97 9 End of the Old Life 111 Chronology 122 Timeline 124 Glossary 126 Bibliography 131 Further Resources 138 Picture Credits 141 Index 143 About the Author 147
1 the Mysterious Warrior Deep in the heart of the Black Hills of South Dakota the Crazy Horse Memorial rises out of Thunderhead Moun tain Under construction since 1948 it is a dramatic monument in the form of Crazy Horse a Lakota Sioux warrior riding a horse and pointing into the distance If completed the sculpture’s final dimensions will be 641 feet 195 meters wide and 563 feet 172 m high making it the world’s largest statue The memorial to Crazy Horse will dwarf one of the most popular monuments in the country Mount Rushmore located only eight miles 12 km away The heads of the presidents at Mount Rush more are each 60 feet 18 m high but the head of Crazy Horse will be 87 feet 26 5 m high Some wonder however if it will ever be finished The carv ing was inspired by a letter to sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski who had worked for a short time on Mount Rushmore In 1939 Chief Henry Standing Bear wrote to Ziolkowski My fellow chiefs and I would like the white man to know that the red man has great heroes too Ziolkowski began carving in 1948 and the work has been going on ever since Ziolkowski died in 1982 but his wife and several children remain closely involved with the work
