BUFFALO CALF ROAD WOMAN
But the battle, which ended without a decisive conclusion — Crook pulled his column back south, abandoning his advance — was shaped in part by the extraordinary courage of the warriors he had faced.
Among those warriors, the Cheyenne counted Buffalo Calf Road Woman.
The Northern Cheyenne named the battle for her.
Not after Crook.
Not after any of the cavalry officers.
Not after the tactical outcome or the strategic significance.
“Where the Girl Saved Her Brother.”
This is the name that has survived in Cheyenne memory for nearly a hundred and fifty years.
And in that name, more vividly than in any official military history, the meaning of what happened at the Rosebud is preserved.
SECTION 6: EIGHT DAYS LATER — THE LITTLE BIGHORN
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