Buffalo-Calf-Road-Woman (fl. 1876)
Buffalo-Calf-Road-Woman (fl. 1876)
Native American.
On June 17, 1876, Buffalo-Calf-Road-Woman rescued her brother Chief Comes-in-Sight from George Crook's U.S. Cavalry by swooping him onto her horse in the battle of Rosebud Creek, in southern Montana; the event is known to Cheyennes as the Battle Where the Girl Saved Her Brother. The Indian charge, led by Crazy Horse, sent Crook and his men into hasty retreat, back across the Wyoming border.
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