Crook’s papers from the period include documentation of the events at Fort Robinson and the aftermath.

His papers, like the official Army records, document the death and the transfer of the body to the family.

They do not document the burial location, because the Army did not know it.

Luther Standing Bear was a young Lakota man who later became a writer and lecturer, one of the first Lakota people to produce sustained written accounts of Lakota life and history for mainstream American audiences.

His books — written in the 1920s and 1930s — include accounts of the period following Crazy Horse’s death that reflect the community’s understanding of what had happened.