Whether he knew the specific location of the final burial and whether he disclosed that knowledge before his own death is not established.

He died in 1905, having lived to see the full reservation era that followed the events of 1877.

Whatever he knew about the burial he carried with him.

The Spotted Tail Assassination And Further Destabilization

One dimension of the aftermath of Crazy Horse’s death that is sometimes underemphasized is the murder of Spotted Tail — Crazy Horse’s uncle — in 1881.

Spotted Tail had been a significant leader who had navigated the political complexity of the reservation era with considerable skill, maintaining his people’s interests while working within the framework of American authority.

He was killed by Crow Dog, a rival Lakota leader, in a dispute whose specifics were never fully clarified.