Her
Eagle Robe, a/k/a Moving Robe Woman, a/k/a Mary Crawler,
Hunkpapa Sioux woman, rode into battle after she saw her
brother Deeds shot off his horse. She was reported to
have killed Isaiah Dorman in the valley after Deeds was
killed.
Mary
Crawler, daughter of Chief Crawler, was known as a warrior
until her death and was honored as a warrior with the
men.
Moving
Robe Woman, a/k/a Mary Crawler; or Her Eagle Robe a Hunkpapa
Sioux She is the sister of Deeds. She fought in the Little
Big Horn She was in valley with the Custer fight after
Deeds was killed she went into battle. MOVING ROBE dropped
the sharp stick she used to dig up prairie turnips, her
attention drawn to a dust cloud rising in the east. The
23-year-old daughter of a Hunkpapa Lakota named Crawler
had only a few seconds to ponder its meaning. As she stood
in the open valley 1 on this hot, sultry day, a mounted
warrior dashed by, calling out the alarm: Soldiers were
coming! Women and children should run to the hills! Moving
Robe, however, did nothing of the kind. She dropped her
gathered turnips and ran for her tepee. The warriors needed
no further encouragement. Already they flanked the soldiers
who had halted and dismounted in the valley south of the
Hunkpapa camp. Moving Robe ran back to her lodge, only
to be greeted with the news that her young brother Deeds
had been killed in the initial charge. "Revenge!"
she cried. She hurriedly braided her hair, painted her
face crimson, and rushed to get her horse. "I was
in mourning," she said. "I was a woman, but
I was not afraid." Eagle Elk rode by to see an Indian
woman, whose name he thought was Her Eagle Robe, standing
over the dark-skinned man, who was begging for his life.
He heard her call out, "If you did not want to be
killed, why did you not stay home where you belong and
not come to attack us?" Moving Robe stated, "I
have not boasted of my conquests." But if she was
the Indian woman seen hovering over the black man, she
had certainly slaked her thirst for revenge for the death
of her brother Deeds.
—
LaDonna Brave Bull Allard
The following publications contain information about Moving Robe Woman:
Article: "Moving Robe Warrior Woman" by Merry Helm • Williston Herald (Williston, North Dakota • Accessed June 24, 2021.
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