Hairy Moccasin
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'''Hairy Moccasin''' (also known as '''Esh-sup-pee-me-shish''') was a [[Crow tribe|Crow]] [[Crow Scout|scout]] for [[George Armstrong Custer]]’s [[U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment|7th Cavalry]] during the 1876 campaign against the [[Lakota people|Sioux]] and [[Northern Cheyenne]]. He was a survivor of the [[Battle of the Little Big Horn]]. | '''Hairy Moccasin''' (also known as '''Esh-sup-pee-me-shish''') was a [[Crow tribe|Crow]] [[Crow Scout|scout]] for [[George Armstrong Custer]]’s [[U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment|7th Cavalry]] during the 1876 campaign against the [[Lakota people|Sioux]] and [[Northern Cheyenne]]. He was a survivor of the [[Battle of the Little Big Horn]]. | ||
| − | He volunteered to become an Army scout on April 10, 1876, and joined fellow Crow warriors [[White Man Runs Him]], [[Curly]], [[Goes Ahead]], [[ | + | He volunteered to become an Army scout on April 10, 1876, and joined fellow Crow warriors [[White Man Runs Him]], [[Curly]], [[Goes Ahead]], [[White Swan]], and [[Half Yellow Face]] (leader/chief of the Crow scouts) in the valley of the [[Little Big Horn River]] near the current site of [[Crow Agency, Montana]]to assist the Army's fight against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. Both tribes were traditional enemies of the Crow. |
| − | After scouting the encampment on the banks of the [[Little Big Horn River]], they reported to Custer. After Custer refused their advice to wait for reinforcements, Hairy Moccasin was dismissed by Custer about an hour before the last stand. He joined Strikes the Bear (an Arikara Scout), [[White Man Runs Him]], and [[Goes Ahead]] with | + | After scouting the encampment on the banks of the [[Little Big Horn River]], they reported to Custer. After Custer refused their advice to wait for reinforcements, Hairy Moccasin was dismissed by Custer about an hour before the last stand. He joined [[Strikes the Bear]] (an Arikara Scout), [[White Man Runs Him]], and [[Goes Ahead]] with Major [[Marcus Reno]]'s column on the ridge overlooking the last stand. Attacked but not overrun, most of Reno's men survived the engagement. |
| − | After the [[Black Hills War]] ended, Hairy Moccasin settled onto the [[ | + | After the [[Black Hills War]] ended, Hairy Moccasin settled onto the [[Crow Reservation]] in Montana. He died October 9, 1922, near [[Lodge Grass, Montana|Lodge Grass]] and was buried in Saint Ann's Cemetery. |
[[File:Crow Scouts 1913.jpg|250px|right|thumb|''Former Crow scouts at the Custer battlefield around 1913. From left to right; White Man Runs Him, | [[File:Crow Scouts 1913.jpg|250px|right|thumb|''Former Crow scouts at the Custer battlefield around 1913. From left to right; White Man Runs Him, | ||
