No Sex Theatre in Paris but an impressive Chief had to surrender

Steemians I also thought about a theathre in Paris first - but no! On this day in 1877, Crazy Horse and his warriors (Native Americans - Indians!) –outnumbered, low on ammunition and forced to use outdated weapons to defend themselves–fight their final losing battle against the U.S. Cavalry in Montana.

So today I learned this was a chief who was allied with the famous Sitting Bull! Six months earlier, this guy and the Sioux Cheif led their combined forces to a stunning victory over Lieutenant Colonel George Custer and his troops resisting the U.S. government’s efforts to force them back to their reservations.

But on this day, January 8, 1877 Crazy Horse’s camp along in Montana was discovered and US troops opened fire driving the tribe into a raging blizzard. Crazy Horse and his team had no chance, they returned fire but had near to no ammunnition and hardly bows and arrows anymore. In view to save his tribe, the women and kids he gave up and finally on May 6, 1877, Crazy Horse led approximately 1,100 Indians to the Red Cloud reservation near Nebraska’s Fort Robinson and surrendered.