[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CHRISTENSEN, L.E., photographer. Custer's Scout Curley with Big Medicine. Forsyth, MT: 1902.

6 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. silver gelatin photograph on 9 7/8 x 13 in. mount (light water stain along right and left edges of mount). Inscribed on verso, "Curly, Custer Scout on left standing / Big Medicine, setting on right Chief of Police agency / Given to F.O. Shaw a good Friend at Crow Agency," dated "4-1902." With verso applied label from L.E. Christensen, Forsyth, Montana.

A rare, previously unknown image.
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Curley (ca 1856-1923) was a member of the Crow nation and served as a scout under Custer during one of the most famous battles in the west. Hailed as a hero and cursed as a coward, he is a controversial historic figure whose reputation vacillated during and beyond his lifetime. He is one of the only surviving members of Custer's command at the Battle of Little Bighorn and is buried there.

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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CHRISTENSEN, L.E., photographer. Custer's Scout Curley with Big Medicine. Forsyth, MT: 1902.

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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CHRISTENSEN, L.E., photographer. Custer's Scout Curley with Big Medicine. Forsyth, MT: 1902.

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