They Fear Even His Horses

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Tasunka Kokipapi was an Oglala Lakota leader known for his participation in Red Cloud's War, as a negotiator for the Sioux Nation after the Wounded Knee Massacre, and for serving on delegations to Washington, D.C.. A proper translation of his name is They Fear Even His Horses or His Horse Is Feared, meaning that the bearer of the name was so feared in battle that even the sight of his horse would inspire fear. During and after his lifetime, American sources and written records mistranslated his name as Young Man Afraid of His Horses or uncommonly as His Horses Are Afraid.

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Battles (2)

• 1865

  Battle of Platte Bridge

  Colorado War · Lakota

• 1866

  Battle of the Hundred-in-the-Hands

  Red Cloud's War · Lakota