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Brave Woman

Brave Woman

Wounded and outnumbered by U.S. soldiers,
The Northern Cheyenne Warrior ‘Chief Comes in Sight,’
Fights to stay alive in the Rosebud Creek valley,
When his sister spots his predicament,
And jumps on her pony and races to save him.
Amid the arrows, bullets, and killing,
Where, at the moment, the violence ceases;
As the combatants watch the heroic act,
Of ‘Buffalo Calf Road’ rescuing her brother.
The Cheyenne elders call her ‘Brave Woman,’
And name the battle in her honor,
‘The Fight Where the Girl Saved Her Brother.’
Who, alongside her husband, fight Custer
At the Little Bighorn River, in the Great Sioux War.
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Notes:
1) Battle of the Rosebud (June 17, 1876): The 'Battle of the Rosebud' took place in Big Horn County, Montana on June 17, 1876. In their quest for acquisition of Lakota Sioux lands in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the United States Army broke the Laramie Treaty of 1868 and attacked the Lakota and Cheyenne to force them onto reservations. Crazy Horse led the Native Americans, forcing the U.S. Army to withdraw. The match was fairly even, with approximately 1,100 combatants on each side.

2) Buffalo Calf Road-‘Brave Woman’ (1844 to 1879): Buffalo Calf Road was a Northern Cheyenne woman who saved her wounded warrior brother, Chief Comes in Sight, at the Battle of the Rosebud on June 17, 1876. She fought alongside her husband, Black Coyote, at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (aka Great Sioux War) on June 25, 1876.

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Tom Cunningham Date: 7/24/2021 2:43:00 PM The government at the time were good at going back on their word and ignoring treaties, they weren't worth the paper they were written on and they wonder why the Native Americans fought back. Tom Login to Reply Dennis Spilchuk Date: 7/25/2021 5:40:00 AM The US government engaged in "Wars of Aggression" on the Native Americans, i.e. the Lakota Sioux etc. beginning with the "Indian Removal Act of 1830." Thank you for your thoughtful and caring comment.