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= Tasunka Luta (Red Horse) = Tasunka Luta, or Red Horse as he is commonly referred to, was a Miniconjou Lakota warrior and chief in the late nineteenth century. He is best known for his drawings of the Battle of Little Bighorn that show evidence of some of the US soldiers retreating rather than participating in a last stand and giving a detailed description of what happened during the Battle.

Life
Tasunka Luta was born in 1822 and belonged to the Miniconjou Sioux tribe in South Dakota. He was married twice and had three children.

Account of Battle of Little Bighorn
Red Horse created 42 drawings of the conflict, the largest pictorial collection of the Battle. Many of the drawings depict similar actions, such as multiple pages of the soldiers approaching the village or scenes with generic fighting instead of specific actions. Red Horse suggests that some of the soldiers "became foolish" by tossing their weapons aside and begging for death. Despite the popular belief that the soldiers gave a heroic last stand against the Sioux warriors, this depiction provides an alternative perspective and reality. Red Horse describes the attack in his account as himself and four other women in their lodges when the dust of the cavalry appeared a short ways away from their camps. The men mounted horses and took up arms to fight the soldiers. Red Horse credits Captain French of the Seventh Cavalry as being the bravest man the Sioux had ever fought and he was supposedly killed by a Santee Indian. The soldiers attacked the village farthest up the Little Bighorn river while the women and children ran south for cover. The Sioux surrounded the attacking party but was then told another party was terrorizing the women and children so they left to save them. The fighting continued for a while which killed 136 and wounded 160 Sioux, but Red Horse seems to think the Sioux killed more soldiers. Red Horse describes the soldiers who walked near the Sioux at the end of the Battle became scared and ran away.

Death
Tasuka Luta died in 1907.