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Lame White Man battle chief and death

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Lame White Man was one of the leaders of the attack on Battle Ridge and Calhoun Hill.  He may have been killed accidentally by friendly fire.

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Lame White Man, or Ve'ho'enohnenehe, was a Cheyenne battle chief who fought at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, June 25, 1876, and was killed there. He was also known as Bearded Man (to the Lakota) and Mad Hearted Wolf ("Hahk o ni"). He was the husband of Twin Woman and father to Red Hat and Crane Woman and grandfather to John Stands In Timber, tribal historian of the Northern Cheyenne and author of the book Cheyenne Memories.

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