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[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