Hairy Moccasin was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer

George Armstrong Custer

George Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class...

’s 7th Cavalry

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 during the 1876 campaign against the 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

White Man Runs Him

White Man Runs Him - was a Crow scout serving with George Armstrong Custer’s 1876 expedition against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne that culminated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.-Early life:...

, Curly, Goes Ahead

Goes Ahead

Goes Ahead was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer’s 7th Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne...

 and several others to assist the Army's

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 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, White Man Runs Him

White Man Runs Him

White Man Runs Him - was a Crow scout serving with George Armstrong Custer’s 1876 expedition against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne that culminated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.-Early life:...

, and Goes Ahead

Goes Ahead

Goes Ahead was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer’s 7th Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne...

 with Major

Major

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 Marcus Reno

Marcus Reno

Marcus Albert Reno was a career military officer in the American Civil War and in the Black Hills War against the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne...

'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

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 in Montana

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. He died October 9, 1922, near Lodge Grass

Lodge Grass, Montana

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and was buried in Saint Ann's Cemetery.