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Hairy Moccasin (also known as Esh-sup-pee-me-shish) (c. 1854 – October 9, 1922) was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. He was a survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Hairy Moccasin, one of Custer's Crow scouts, gives us an opportunity to hear about his experiences fighting with Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the battle of the Little Bighorn. He is joined by...
Five years later Hairy Moccasin filed claim on a parcel of reservation land, as noted in this reservation tract book (from the series Tract Books, 1884-1907, NAID 1910428). The patent was granted in December 1907 and later records will indicate he remained a farmer for the rest of his life.
Photograph: "Hairy Moccasin" • Research Review, Vol. XVII • No. 1983-12 • December 1983. Article: "Curtis Photographs Offer Unique Glimpse of Custer's Crow Scouts" by James S. Brust • New view of Goes Ahead, Hairy Moccasin, and White Man Runs Him.
At the Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876 Hairy Moccasin was one of the US Army Indian Scouts assigned to General George Armstrong Custer. Hairy Moccasin and most of the Indian Scouts were released prior to the start of General Custer’s attack.
This eye-witness account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Hairy Moccasin-- one of the four Crow scouts who rode with Custer down Medicine Tail Coulee shortly before Custer was killed -- is important because it shows that Custer knew the Indians weren't running away from Reno, as Half Yellow Face originally reported.
Hairy Moccasin (also known as Esh-sup-pee-me-shish) ( c. 1854 – October 9, 1922) was a Crow scout for George Armstrong Custer 's 7th Cavalry during the 1876 campaign against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne. He was a survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
