Curley or Curly - warrior who survived Custer's defeat

 Salvete Omnes,

in the spirit of the 150th anniversary of the Little Big Horn battle - today another Crow scout in historic scenery,  this time in photos.

 

7th Cavalry scout Curley or Curly (circa 1856-1923) -  the Absaroke/Crow warrior who was probably 19 years old at the time of the battle, also a relatives of White Swan. 
He said he captured a pony and a Winchester rifle from a Sioux warrior during the Custer's command battle.

He was the sole survivor of the Custer's Valley of Death. But according to the several statements given to the American researchers (Camp etc) post-1900 he had left before the Lakota and Northern Cheyennes killed all American officers, soldiers (5 companies), interpreters & scouts (note that  three Crow scouts run away before the Custer's command advance into the battlefield started) and thus the only eyewitness from the American side, and who lived to tell his tale.

 Curley provided perhaps the earliest account of the defeat to Helena Daily Herald in July 1876. In order to communicate with the authorities he made a drawing to show the battle. 

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. In 1920 Curley, then living on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, received a US pension for his service.

Valete