The rage and grief that Moving Robe Woman felt after learning of her brother’s death, Gall felt simultaneously — and channeled it into the organization of the defense that drove Reno back across the river.

Crazy Horse — Tȟašúŋke Witkó — was the war leader whose actions on the northern end of the battlefield dealt the final blow to Custer’s command.

An Oglala Lakota of extraordinary military reputation, Crazy Horse was already famous for his role in the Fetterman Fight of 1866, in which he had helped lure Captain William Fetterman’s command into a devastating ambush.

At the Rosebud on June 17, eight days before Little Bighorn, he had fought Crook’s column to a standstill.

At Little Bighorn, Crazy Horse’s movement was characteristic of his tactical style: a sweeping flanking action that cut off Custer’s retreat and put warriors in position to drive the soldiers from multiple directions simultaneously.