War Book.

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"CRAZY HORSE DREAMED AND WENT INTO THE WORLD WHERE THERE IS NOTHING BUT THE SPIRITS OF THINGS. THAT IS THE REAL WORLD THAT IS BEHIND THIS ONE, AND EVERYTHING WE SEE HERE IS SOMETHING LIKE A SHADOW FROM THAT WORLD…. IT WAS THIS VISION THAT GAVE HIM HIS GREAT POWER, FOR WHEN HE WENT INTO A FIGHT, HE HAD ONLY TO THINK OF THAT WORLD TO BE IN IT AGAIN, SO THAT HE COULD GO THROUGH ANYTHING AND NOT BE HURT." - - Black Elk.

"WAS LAKOTA WARRIOR LEADER CRAZY HORSE A GREAT ARTIST, TOO?"

Extracted from the Internet webzine "Coffee or Die" the original article from Henry Adams as seen in "The Conversation" Internet web site.

Found! The ledgerbook of the great American Indian warrior Crazy Horse? Never heard of such a thing!

"ledgerbook: noun - - Bookkeeping. an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded."

Ledgerbook in this case a pictorial accounting of war exploits!

"Ledgerbooks by Native Americans are relatively common, but most of them date from after the Indian Wars, when Native prisoners in Florida composed and sold them to tourists for much-needed cash. This book stands out because of its early (and quite specific) production date. As McLaughlin documents in detail, a US soldier discovered the book near the scaffold burial of an Indian Chief on the Little Bighorn battlefield, shortly after Custer’s defeat. It was made not for tourists, but rather is an actual Native American 'War Book,' made by Native Americans, for Native Americans, and filled with drawings of war exploits."

This image actually shows Crazy Horse in battled against the U.S. Army cavalry? An actual battle scene from the era of the American Indian War?

"For Native American warriors, such drawings recorded history. They acted as a means to boast about their battlefield accomplishments and to improve their status among fellow warriors. They also believed the images resulted in 'good magic' for future conflicts."

Battlefield deeds and enemy vanquished as recorded allowing for legitimate bragging rights. Renderings and sketches of this nature showing an adversary overcome in battle also believed by traditional and non-technological societies often thought of as grabbing "the spirit or essence" of the foe?

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