General Crook would lead one contingency of the prong. These ‘hostiles’ that were mainly under the leadership of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, were thought to be in the general area of the Yellowstone, and Little Bighorn Rivers, as well as Rosebud Creek.
Rosebud Creek was General Crook’s general area of assignment as the prongs converged to trap the hostiles between them. However, Crook ran into a little trouble on the Rosebud. The trouble’s name was Crazy Horse.
Crazy Horse and his several hundred warriors attack Crook’s column, leaving the General too many wounded to continue on with his portion of the three-pronged campaign. For the whites, this battle came to be known as the Battle of the Rosebud. The Sioux and Cheyenne had a different name for it: The Fight Where the Girl Saved Her Brother.
In the battles to settle the west major contenders, white and Indian, were men. But they were not the only ones who showed extreme bravery. On many occasions women fought beside the men, stoutly brandishing rifle, bow, or knife. Sometimes, even, it was a woman who did the rescuing of her male counterpart. This was the case during the Battle of the Rosebud that the Indians know as The Fight Where the Girl Saved Her Brother.
During this battle many coups were made by Crazy Horse’s Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, and many brave deeds were performed. Among the Cheyenne was Black Coyote whose wife rode beside him. Her name was Buffalo-Calf-Road-Woman. Her brother was also in this great fight. He was called Chief Comes-in-Sight.
As Buffalo-Calf-Road-Woman fought beside her husband she looked everywhere for her brother. When she did spy him he was surrounded by the white enemy and his horse had been killed from under him. Chief Comes-in-Sight was in a desperate situation as soldiers aimed their rifles at him. At the same time, Crow scouts that were helping the white soldiers were circling around him, waiting for a chance to count coup on him. But Chief Comes-in-Sight was very brave and fought back fiercely and with skill and courage.
When Buffalo-Calf-Road-Woman realized that this was her beloved brother who was facing great danger she sang out a shrill, high-pitched war cry. She then raced her pony right into the middle of this battle her brother was involved in while she made the “spine-chilling, trilling, trembling sound of the Indian woman encouraging her man during a fight.”
