Hairy Moccasin (also known as Esh-sup-pee-me-shish) was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. He was an survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a tribe of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone river valley and now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana, and the current chairman of the tribal council is Carl Venne. ... George Armstrong Custer Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (December 6, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was an American cavalry commander in the Civil War and the Indian Wars who is best remembered for his defeat and death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn against a coalition of Native American tribes... The 7th United States Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry unit, whose lineage traces back to the mid-19th century. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Lakota (friends or allies, sometimes also spelled Lakhota) are a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux (see Names). ... Cheyenne lodges with buffalo meat drying, 1870 The Cheyenne are a Native American nation of the Great Plains, closely allied with the Arapaho and loosely allied with the Lakota (Sioux). ... The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custers Last Stand, was an engagement between a Lakota-Cheyenne combined force and the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army that took place on June 25, 1876 near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern Montana Territory. ...

He volunteered to become an Army scout on April 10, 1876, and joined fellow Crow warriors White Man Runs Him, Curley, Goes Ahead and several others to assist the Army's fight against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. Both tribes were traditional enemies of the Crow. April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... Curley, by D.F. Barry, 1878 Curley (or Curly), is the English name for Ashishishe (var. ... Goes Ahead (d. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

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, 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. Insignia of an 0-4 in the U.S. Armed Forces In the US Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and the British Army, a major is a commissioned officer superior to a captain and inferior to a lieutenant colonel. ... Major Marcus Albert Reno was born November 15, 1834, in Carrollton, Illinois. ...

After the Black Hills War ended, Hairy Moccasin settled onto the Crow Reservation in Montana. He died October 9, 1922 near Lodge Grass and was buried in Saint Ann's Cemetery. The Black Hills War was a United States civil war between the Lakota Native American tribe and the United States government from 1876 until 1877. ... BIA map of Indian reservations in the continental United States. ... State nickname: Treasure State Other U.S. States Capital Helena Largest city Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer Official languages English Area 381,156 km² (4th)  - Land 377,295 km²  - Water 3,862 km² (1%) Population (2000)  - Population 926,865 (44th)  - Density 2. ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lodge Grass is a town located in Big Horn County, Montana. ...