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Son of the Morning Star
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English
Alternative forms
en Son-of-the-morning-star Son-of-the-Morning-Star
Etymology
en cro Ihkaléaxdaaka, from 1 cro ihkaléaxa morning star dáaka child.
Proper noun
The Crow name for George Armstrong Custer.
en 1930 Frank Bird Linderman Frank B. Linderman w:Plenty Coups Plenty-Coups: Chief of the Crows Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 1962 175 He told me that Hairy-moccasin, a Crow Wolf, had first discovered the big enemy village and told Son-of-the-morning-star, and that he, Half-yellow-face, had then tried to stop Son-of-the-morning-star from attacking it.
en Mary Ellen Ryan 1956 Custer’s Hunting Horse The Chronicles of Oklahoma XXXIV 1 332 He [Hunting Horse] pictured a snorting, wild buffalo he had cornered in a shallow cave during his last hunt with “Sun-Of-The-Morning-Star.”
en Dennis W. Harcey; Brian R. Croone; w:Joe Medicine Crow 1995 White-Man-Runs-Him: Crow Scout with Custer Evanston Publishing 92 Custer, Son of the Morning Star, took an immediate liking to the Crows
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