crazy horse and custer the parallel lives of two american warriors
on the sparkling morning of june 25 1876 611 & 160 ; & 160 ; men of the united states 7th cavalry rode toward the & 160 ; & 160 ; banks of the little bighorn in the montana & 160 ; & 160 ; territory where 3000 indians stood waiting for battle . & 160 ; & 160 ; the lives of two great warriors would soon be & 160 ; & 160 ; forever linked throughout history crazy horse leader & 160 ; & 160 ; of the oglala sioux and general george armstrong & 160 ; & 160 ; custer . both were men of aggression and supreme & 160 ; & 160 ; courage . both became leaders in their societies at & 160 ; & 160 ; very early ages ; both were stripped of power in & 160 ; & 160 ; disgrace and worked to earn back the respect of & 160 ; & 160 ; their people . and to both of them the unspoiled & 160 ; & 160 ; grandeur of the great plains of north america was an & 160 ; & 160 ; irresistible challenge . their parallel lives would & 160 ; & 160 ; pave the way in a manner unknown to either for & 160 ; & 160 ; an inevitable clash between two nations fighting & 160 ; & 160 ; for possession of the open & 160 ; & 160 ; prairie .
a dual portrait of the leader of the oglala sioux and the general of the u.s. seventh cavalry in 1876 cites the battle of june 25th and chronicles the sometimes striking similiarities of the lives of both men .