Red Horse (Lakota chief)

Red Horse was a sub-chief of the Miniconjou Sioux.[1] He fought in the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, and in 1881 he gave one of the few detailed accountings of the event.[1] He also drew pictographs of the Little Bighorn Battle[2] Red Horse married twice and had three children.[1]

Red Horse
Tasunka Luta
Born	1822
Died	1907
Known for	Battle of the Little Bighorn

References

1. Charlie, "Red Horse 1822-1907," Frank's Realm, www.franksrealm.com/
2. LBH Forum

Photo credit, David F. Barry, The Little Shadow Catcher, by Thomas M Heski, Superior Publishing, copyright 1978

Works

• "The Battle of Little Bighorn: An Eyewitness Account by the Lakota Chief Red Horse Recorded in Pictographs and Text at the Cheyenne River Reservation, 1881," Archives of the West, www.pbs.org/

External links

• Rodney G. Thomas, "Indian Casualties According to Red Horse," on Diane Merkel (ed.), Little Bighorn website, www.littlebighorn.info/
• "Red Horse - Miniconjou Chief," First People, www.firstpeople.us/ —Photograph of Red Horse.