Crow King (in

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war chief at the time of the

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. Crow King was one of Sitting Bull's war chiefs at the battle, he led eighty warriors against Custer's men on Calhoun Hill and Finley Ridge. For the duration of the battle of Little Bighorn, Crow King and his band of eighty warriors attacked Custer from the south, allowing Crazy Horse and Gall to surround the 7th Cavalry. Crow King died April 5, 1884; according to the April 11, 1884, ''

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'', he died of "quick consumption" from a long-lasting cold and received the rites and sacraments of the Catholic Church. The location of his burial is unknown. His orphaned daughters, Mary Laura Crow King "Weasel" (Hintunkasan) (1876–1889) and Emma Crow King "Red Deer Kid" (Tingleskaluta) (born 1880) married Paul Cournoyer and moved to

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, with their two children.

References

"Famous Indian Chiefs" at www.axel-jacob.de, accessed February 2, 2006
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080820085052/http://littlebighorn.8k.com/biographies/biocrowking.htm * http://www.astonisher.com/archives/museum/crow_king_little_big_horn.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20080511165157/http://www.dlncoalition.org/dln_nation/chief_crow_king.htm * http://www.ancestry.com/ * http://www.newspaperarchive.com Year of death missing Lakota leaders Native American people of the Indian Wars People of the Great Sioux War of 1876 Year of birth unknown {{NorthAm-mil-bio-stub

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