We welcome you to this compilation of four interesting books written by William J. Bordeaux: A War Lord of the Mighty Sioux, Sitting Bull - Tatanka Iyotaka, Custer’s Conqueror, and Conquering the Mighty Sioux.   

You will be intrigued by the quotes from Crazy Horse in Custer's Conqueror and A War Lord of the Mighty Sioux. Crazy Horse was considered a very private person, at least with few the white men who had the privilege of meeting him. Bordeaux acquired these stories from the “sage and grizzled old” men and his father who knew Crazy Horse. This is the “real” information those of us who love, study, and read history strive to find. Conquering the Mighty Sioux provides us a glimpse into the Sioux way of life. Bordeaux give us stories of marriage, war parties, horse stealing, cooking, and more – a truly enlightening experience into these occupants of the great plains.

The author writes "In my attempts to discover facts in connection with the life of Crazy Horse I have only approached those people whom I deemed to be reliable, and in my capacity as a Federal Indian Interpreter for the U. S. District Attorney’s Office and as a member of the Brule Sioux, I believe I have been able to obtain access to information that will throw additional light on the character of Crazy Horse which helps to show more effectively the part that he has played in the history of his times. Among those whom I interviewed including my own relatives were some who had taken an actual part in some of the incidents that I have dealt with. My grandfather James Bordeaux was an early French fur trader among the Sioux and my grandmother was a full-blooded Sioux of the Mnik̇owoju band. My father Louis Bordeaux was an interpreter for the Government in the early 70’s and much of the information I have selected was taken from a collection of historical notes made by him during his lifetime. I believe that all the facts in this book are true and I have tried to avoid the inclusion of any material that might be considered doubtful."

William J. Bordeaux was a bona-fide member of the Brule band of the Sioux tribe. His grandfather James Bordeaux was one of the early French fur traders who bravely carried on his trade and barter with the Sioux when the virgin prairies of the west were still an open frontier. A lineal descendent of Red Cormorant Woman [Huntkalutawin], his grandmother, he was well versed in his mother tongue. Being proficient in several dialects of the native language, he was able to converse with sage and grizzled old warriors, and thus obtain information impossible for a white man to learn. His close union with his own tribe and daily conversations with them is an assurance that no doubtful, or transcribed evidence, will appear on these pages. In Bordeaux’s search for material for a history of his people, he spent considerable time, traveled and talked to the oldest Indians on the different Sioux Indian Reservations. Through his research he stored up and accumulated a wealth of stories and legends, with awe inspiring fables, and facts which would be valuable to story writers. These fragmentary myths and authentic facts connected with his people would have been lost without these writings. In his travels for the purpose of obtaining datum relative to the hostile activities by the different war chiefs, he found one warrior that stood out alone, excelling all other Sioux war braves, as to courage, and cunning, “Crazy Horse”, an Oglala Sioux.

Custer's Conqueror
by William J. Bordeaux

It is said that the Sioux have been the most studied of all American Indian people. Author William J. Bordeaux was a bona-fide member of the Brule band of the Sioux tribe. In his search for material for a history of his people, he spent considerable time traveling and talking to the oldest Indians on the different Sioux Indian Reservations. Through his research, he stored up and accumulated a wealth of stories and legends with awe inspiring fables and facts which would be valuable to story writers, and now, to readers. With Custer's Conqueror, you will understand the original inhabitants of America's plains - the mighty Sioux.