excerpts and information from THE JOURNEY OF CRAZY HORSE, by Joseph M. Marshall III
"As the brilliant leader of a desperate cause and one of the most perenially fascinating figures of the American West, Crazy Horse...brought the United States Army to its knees...."
He was more.... He was many things and fulfilled many roles. He was a son, husband, brother, father and teacher. He was a crafter of weapons and tools, a hunter and tracker, horseman, scout, and fighting man, to list a few. He was also a deep thinker, a shy loner, a fierce defender of all that he held dear, a keen observer, a rejected suitor, a moral person, a family man, and a patriot. In short he lived his life, he made decisions, he took action, he reacted, he made mistakes, and he enjoyed or suffered the consequences of who and what he was and what he did or didn't do. That is his legacy.... I think of him as Wica or ":complete man". Wica is what every Lakota man strove to be. A Wica was the kind of a man who demonstrated the highest Lakota virtues of generosity, courage, fortitude, and wisdom.
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