414 Hairy Moccasin

414 HAIRY MOCCASIN, Isapi-Wishish, Mountain Crow Scout (1854-1922) Photograph by Rodman Wannamaker, 1913 Eminent warrior and brave, Hairy Moccasin enlisted in Lt. James Bradley's detachment of Indian scouts on April 10, 1876 for service with the 7th Infantry. He also served under Generals Gibbon, Miles, Howard, and most notably, George Custer. Traversing the difficult and dangerous route from the Little Rosebud to the valley of the Sioux camp, it was Hairy Moccasin who from the Crow's Nest, first observed and reported to Custer the size and position of the hostile encampment within the valley of the Little Bighorn.