He was described by Dr.

McGillicuddy as covering the body with a blanket when death came.

He reportedly said, when asked about Crazy Horse: “It is well.

He has looked for death, and it has come.”

Whether this statement is exactly as recorded — whether the translation captures the precise words, whether Touch the Clouds said this in the form reported — is uncertain.

It is the kind of statement that has become part of the narrative but that should be understood as filtered through translation and memory.

Touch the Clouds was present at the burial, according to some accounts.