Colonel Crazy-Horse
Had the Lakota only embraced the hierarchical structure of their opponents, it should be General Crazy-Horse, as he united the Cheyenne and various bands of Lakota to wipe out Custer. But many of the Lakota gave credit to Sitting Bull, who was on a nearby peak, deep in trance, "making medicine." Hence the title of the 70s movie with Paul Newman playing a supremely preening, narcissistic Colonel Custer in "Sitting Bull's History Lesson." I agree about the elegant prose. As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
