CRAZY HORSE

Renowned hero, chief to his tribe
Courageously struggling to retain Sioux pride
Earned much respect for generosity and caring
Proved himself self-assured and daring

Crazy Horse did not surrender to white demands
Stubbornly refused to relinquish Indian lands
A man known for greatness, and consumed with remorse
Was the Lakota chief, Crazy Horse

Poverty and illness the whites did bring
No longer did the Lakota nation sing
No more hope in Wovoka’s prophecies
The Lakota nation’s heart did bleed

Could not bear to see this done
Refused to believe that the whites had won
Deeper did his despair grow
Could not bear to see it so

“Hoka Hey!”, he cried, prepared for war
His anger as infectious as an opened sore
Indian victory achieved on the “Greasy Grass”
Aware that this battle would not be the last

History speaks of a tragedy that cannot be denied
Of a fallen nation when Crazy Horse died
A blood-stained bayonet, his crimson blood did spill forth
Gone was the legendary Crazy Horse