I knew Crazy Horse page 3

I knew Crazy Horse page 3 by ric Gustafson


Grandfather told me the story


Light Hair and other Lakota boys were riding their horses over several hills. They had been hunting antelope and deer with bows and arrows. Light Hair was slender, had two dark brown braids and had lighter skin than the others.
At the edge of the village, they noticed smoke. As they came close, they noticed that the whole village was on fire. Lodges, lodge poles everything was on fire. Light Hair and the others could see Long Knives in the distance. Long Knives were the soldiers of the white people. They were afraid because Long Knives killed any Lakota they saw.
All of a sudden, Long Hair heard someone moaning. He found a woman named Yellow Woman next to a small mound of dirt. Crying, she told him that Long Knives killed villagers including her husband  and her baby. They left the burned out village and found a camp where survivors of the attack had gathered. After two days, Light Hair left the camp to find his family.


research help: ' In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse' by Joseph Marshall III


Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric