 Although he resigned himself to working with the whites to help his people, he remained a staunchly traditional Lakota.He only spoke his native language, had two wives, and fought bitterly to help his people retain the Lakota lands during the 1880s.As the government began attempts to break up the Great Sioux Reservation in the 1880s, Young Man Afraid of His Horses reconciled with Red Cloud and ceased his cooperation with the Pine Ridge agents.