The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

INDIAN LEGEND

CHIEF CRAZY HORSE HAD A DREAM. HE SAW A RIDER COMING
OUT OF THE SKY RIDING A BLACK AND WHITE HORSE. THREE
MORE JUMPED UP AND BEGAN SHOOTING AT HIM. BUT NOTHING
COULD HARM HIM FROM THE FRONT. HE SHOT TWO OF THE MEN
BUT THE THIRD SNEAKED AROUND AND SHOT HIM FROM BEHIND,
AND KILLED HIM. CRAZY HORSE REMEMBERED EXACTLY THE
WARPAINT AND BLUE HAWK THE RIDER HAD WORN. WHENEVER
CRAZY HORSE WENT INTO BATTLE HE WORE THIS WARPAINT AND
BLUE HAWK AND ALWAYS RODE A BLACK AND WHITE HORSE.
HE ALWAYS WENT INTO THE THICK OF THE FIGHTING FOR
HE COULD NEVER BE HURT FROM THE FRONT. WHEN THE
CAVALRY CAPTURED HIM, HE WAS KILLED BY A SOLDIER WHO
BAYONETED HIM FROM THE BACK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): VISION

Date learned: 05-15-1965