Crazy Horse
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Cra·zy Horse
(krā′zē hôrs′) Originally Tashunca-Uitco. 1849?-1877. Lakota leader who militarily resisted the encroachment of whites in the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of Gen. George A. Custer at Little Bighorn (1876).
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Crazy Horse
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(Biography) Native American name Ta-Sunko-Witko. ?1849–77, Sioux chief, remembered for his attempts to resist White settlement in Sioux territory
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Cra′zy Horse`
n.
(Tashunca-Uitco), c1849–77, Lakota Indian leader: defeated General George Custer.
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| Noun | 1. |  Crazy Horse - a chief of the Sioux who resisted the invasion of the Black Hills and joined Sitting Bull in the defeat of General Custer at Little Bighorn (1849-1877) |
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