Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors

On the sparkling morning of June 25| 1876| 611 men of the United States 7th Cavalry rode toward the banks of the Little Bighorn in the Montana Territory| where 3|000 Indians stood waiting for battle.
The lives of two great warriors would soon be forever linked throughout his: Crazy Horse| leader of the Oglala Sioux| and General George Armstrong Custer.
Both were men of aggression and supreme courage.
Both became leaders in their societies at very early ages; both were stripped of power| in disgrace| and worked to earn back the respect of their people.
And to both of them| the unspoiled grandeur of the Great Plains of North America was an irresistible challenge.
Their parallel lives would pave the way| in a manner unknown to either| for an inevitable clash between two nations fighting for possession of the open prairie.