Red Fox, a Northern Cheyenne apprentice warrior in 1876, fought under Chief Two Moon in the Battle of Little Big Horn, later scouted for the United States Army against the Sioux. “You ask about my name. When I was born, I guess my grandfather saw a red fox...
Red Paint, an Oglala Sioux warrior aged 18 in 1876, fought under Crazy Horse in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which he counted four coups, took two scalps and captured an army carbine and three cavalry horses. “To us certain colors have much significance...
Sherman Sage, one of a handful of Northern Arapahos who fought in the battle, was also called Well-Knowing One. Age 23 in 1876, Sage later became a famed medicine-man of his tribe. In 1889, he was instrumental in starting the Ghost Dance among his people, from whom...
Little Chief, a Northern Cheyenne warrior in 1876, fought under Chief Lame White Man in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Fishing upstream from the Indian village, Little Chief, White Shield, and other Cheyenne, and his nephew Dives Backward, were among the first to...
Long Commander (Fast Hawk), an Oglala Sioux warrior in 1876, was one of Crazy Horse’s ardent followers in the Battle of Little Big horn. After forcing Reno’s command into a headlong retreat, Long Commander and his fellow warriors followed Crazy horse in a...
Louis Looking Horse, a Hunkpapa Sioux, was one of Sitting Bull’s younger yet wildest followers in 1876. After the Battle of Little Big Horn, in which he fought in the later phases, he was among those Sioux who fled with Sitting Bull to Grand-Mother’s Land...
