United States Army Indian Scouts

Including those who accompanied General John J. Pershing in 1916 on his expedition to Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa.

[1] For many Indians it was an important form of interaction with European-American culture and their first major encounter with the Whites' way of thinking and doing things.

[4] Indian scouts who were officially enlisted in the army after 1866 were issued old pattern uniforms from surplus stock legally exempt from sale.

In 1870, Captain Bourke of the 3rd Cavalry described Apache scouts in Arizona as "almost naked, their only clothing being a muslin loin-cloth, a pair of point toed moccasins and a hat of hawk feather".

In 1876 a description of Crow Scouts reads that they wore, "an old black army hat with top cut out and sides bound round with feathers, fur and scarlet cloth".

"[7] In 1892 1st Lieutenant Hugh L. Scott organized Troop L of the 7th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

[8] There existed doubts as to whether Indian Scouts would remain faithful or whether they would betray the White soldiers and turn against them in conflict.

The Chicago Tribune published an article claiming that Curly had made statements to them about the battle.

John F. Finerty claimed that "Curley said that Custer remained alive throughout the greater part of the engagement, animating his men to determined resistance, but about an hour before the close of the fight received a mortal wound.

"[11] The official website of the Navy lists the American Indian Medal of Honor recipients, including twelve from the 19th century.

It is known of individuals such as Tyonajanegen, an Oneida woman, Sacajawea, a Shoshone, and various female nurses have aided the military as far back as the American Revolution.

He served alongside future Army Chief of Staff Hugh L. Scott in the final campaigns of the Indian Wars.

I-See-O, who, according to Scott, "has simply been stunned by civilization", lived in a teepee in a remote part of Fort Sill, Oklahoma during his later days.