Crow King
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Crow King Medicine Bag That Burns or Burns The Medicine Bag and just plain Medicine Bag. Crow King was a Hunkpapa
Sioux
war chief at the time of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Crow King was one of Sitting Bull's war chiefs at the Battle, he led eighty warriors against Custer's men on Calhoun Hill and Finley Ridge. For the duration of the battle of Little Bighorn, Crow King and his band of eighty warriors attacked Custer from the south, allowing Crazy Horse and Gall to surround the 7th Cavalry. Crow King died in 4-5-1884, cause of death according to the 4-11-1884 Bismarck Tribune, he died of "quick consumption" from a long lasting cold and received the rites and sacraments of the Catholic church. Location of his burial is unknown.
His orphaned daughters, Mary Laura Crow King "Weasel" (Hintunkasan) b. 1876 died in 1889 and Emma Crow King "Red Deer Kid" (Tingleskaluta) b. 1880 married Paul Cournoyer and removed to Armour, South Dakota with their two children.
Hunkpapa
The Hunkpapa are a Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the Lakota Sioux tribe. The name Húŋkpapȟa is a Sioux word meaning "Head of the Circle"...
Sioux
Sioux
The Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...
war chief at the time of the Battle of Little Big Horn. Crow King was one of Sitting Bull's war chiefs at the Battle, he led eighty warriors against Custer's men on Calhoun Hill and Finley Ridge. For the duration of the battle of Little Bighorn, Crow King and his band of eighty warriors attacked Custer from the south, allowing Crazy Horse and Gall to surround the 7th Cavalry. Crow King died in 4-5-1884, cause of death according to the 4-11-1884 Bismarck Tribune, he died of "quick consumption" from a long lasting cold and received the rites and sacraments of the Catholic church. Location of his burial is unknown.
His orphaned daughters, Mary Laura Crow King "Weasel" (Hintunkasan) b. 1876 died in 1889 and Emma Crow King "Red Deer Kid" (Tingleskaluta) b. 1880 married Paul Cournoyer and removed to Armour, South Dakota with their two children.
See also
- Sitting BullSitting BullSitting Bull Sitting Bull Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (in Standard Lakota Orthography), also nicknamed Slon-he or "Slow"; (c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies...
- Battle of Little Bighorn
- Crazy HorseCrazy HorseCrazy Horse was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota. He took up arms against the U.S...
- Chief GallChief GallGall Lakota Phizí, was a battle leader of the Hunkpapa Lakota in the long war against the United States. He was one of the commanders in the Battle of Little Bighorn.-Early years:...
- SiouxSiouxThe Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...
- General Custer
- HunkpapaHunkpapaThe Hunkpapa are a Native American group, one of the seven council fires of the Lakota Sioux tribe. The name Húŋkpapȟa is a Sioux word meaning "Head of the Circle"...