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[[File:Hairy Moccasins Crow Scout 1908.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Hairy Moccasins (''sic'') in 1908. (Credit: [[Northwestern University Library]] [http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/ ''Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian,'' 2003]). ]]

'''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]], [[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 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 [[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,
Hairy Moccasin, Curly and Goes Ahead.'']]

==See also==
* [[White Swan, Crow Indian Scout]]
* [[Half Yellow Face, Crow Indian]]

==References==
*[http://www.bridgestree.org/documents/Custers_Scouts_at_Little_Big_Horn.pdf Custer's Scouts at Little Big Horn]

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