American Horse
Had kept his horse staked outside his lodge and so was the only Cheyenne council chief present during the early fighting with Reno's skirmish line and helped drive the soldiers to the bluffs; living 1895 (26)
Beaver Heart
Northern Cheyenne warrior (12); among the few Cheyenne present during early fighting with Reno's skirmish line and helped drive the soldiers to the bluffs (26); living 1926 (12)
Big Beaver
One of hundreds of boys watching the Custer fight from the ridge north of the battlefield, he rode into the fray and took a dead soldier's revolver and cartridges (13, 26)
Big Foot
Warrior (26)
Big Nose
One of 5 young Cheyenne men on first night watch June 25-26 (13)
Black Bear
Also called Closed Hand, Fist or Crippled Hand; unmarried; a suicide warrior, he was killed in hand to hand fighting with Custer's troops (26); one of 7 Cheyenne killed in the battle (25)
Black Coyote
Northern Cheyenne warrior (31); his wife Buffalo Calf Road Woman fought beside him in the Custer fight (12); he was captured by soldiers, in 1878, and committed suicide in prison (31)
Bobtail Horse
Northern Cheyenne (22); a prominent Elkhorn Scraper Society warrior, one of the first three Cheyenne to cross the river to meet Custer (13, 26), and among the first ten Indians to open fire on Custer's troops (22); he caught 2 of the gray-horse company's mounts that had stampeded and led them back to camp (22); age 71 in 1921 thus born ca 1850; living 1922 (12)
Braided Hair
Also called Brady; in the Custer fight (26)
Brave Bear
Southern Cheyenne warrior; he was asleep when Reno attacked; considred the bravest Cheyenne in the Reno fight, he was among thse few charging near the soldiers; in a charge near the timber he counted coup on one of Reno's scouts by striking him on the face with his lance (26); in the Custer fight, he shot an officer on a sorrel horse who was the last to retreat toward Last Stand Hill (28); later given honorary distinction of having killed Custer (24); living 1908 (26)
Brave Wolf
A Northern Cheyenne fighting Chief (22) and a Contrary (26); was in both the Reno and Custer fights (22); among the few Cheyenne present during early fighting with Reno's skirmish line and helped drive them to the bluffs (26); surrendered with Two Moon's band in April 1877 and became the 2nd Cheyenne to enlist as a scout with General Miles (22); living 1895
Buffalo Calf
Northern Cheyenne (22); a Crazy Dog Society warrior, one of the first three Cheyenne to cross the river to meet Custer (13, 26), and among the first ten Indians to open fire on Custer's troops (22); living 1908 (26)
*Buffalo Calf Road Woman (Muts i mi u na)
Northern Cheyenne; she rescued her brother, Chief Comes in Sight, in Crook's fight on the Rosebud, June 17th; the Cheyenne named this battle "Where the girl saved her borther (Kse-e se-wo-is-tan-i-we-i-tat-an-e)" (22); she fought beside her husband Black Coyote in the Custer fight 8 days later (26), and afterward was named Brave Woman (12)
Bull Bear
Chief of the Dog Soldiers, a northern hand of Southern Cheyenne; fought with bow & arrows in Gall's charge up Medicine Tail Coulee (21)
Bullet Proof
Warrior (26)
Comes in Sight
Northern Cheyenne chief; had been rescued by his sister, Buffalo Calf Road Woman, at Crook's fight on the Rosebud June 17th, after his horse was shot from under him (22); he was one of 5 Indians who charged in among the soldiers early in the Custer fight, stampeding the trooper's horses (26); living in Oklahoma at age 66 (22)
Contrary Belly
Also called Buffalo Bull Wallowing (26); Northern Cheyenne warrior; one of 5 Indians who charged in among the soldiers early in the Custer fight stampeding the trooper's horses (22, 26)
Crazy Head
3rd ranking Cheyenne chief at the battle' son of a Cheyenne father and a captive Crow mother (12)
Crazy Wolf
Warrior (3)
Crooked Nose
Among a large group of warriors who broke through the timber in the Reno fight, just as soldiers were mounting to retreat to the bluffs (26); he & some Sioux chased and killed one of Reno's warbonnet-wearing Arikara scouts in the timber (13, 26)
Cut Belly
or Open Belly; unmarried; one of the suicide warriors; badly wounded in the battle, he died a few days later; the last of 7 Cheyenne to die (26)
Dog Friend
Northern Cheyenne warrior, living 1926 (12)
Eagle Tail Feather
In battle with Reno's troops (13); he was among 3 Cheyenne and some Sioux who chased 3 soldiers south along the west bank of the river -- only one escaped to rejoin Reno on the bluffs (24, 26)
Fast Walker
Northern Cheyenne warrior, living 1926 (12)
Flat Iron
In 1915 he was the last surviving Cheyenne chief who was a participant (24)
Hawk (Tee-tan)
Young warrior
High Bear
Northern Cheyenne; captured the roster book of a 1st sargeant in the Custer fight and filled it with drawings of scenes from the battle (22)
High Walking
A son of One Horn (13)
Hollow Wood
Northern Cheyenne warrior, living 1926 (12)
Horse Road
One of 5 young Cheyenne men on first night watch June 25-26 (13)
Hump Nose
Also called Hump or Roman Nose, unmarried (26); age 16; killed on the west side of the river in the Reno fight (13, 26); one of 7 Cheyenne who died (25, 26)
Iron Shirt
In the Custer fight; living 1914 (26)
John Issues
living 1926 (12)
Kills In the Night
Northern Cheyenne warrior; along with Old Bear and a Sioux he chased down a man on a sorrel horse who sped back toward Reno in the midst of the Custer fight (22); living 1926 (12)
Lame White Bull
A Dog Soldier warrior, a northern hand of Southern Cheyenne; in fight with Custer's troops (21)
Lame White Man
Warrior Chief of the Southern Cheyenne, age ca 38, one of 7 Cheyenne killed in fighting with Custer's troops (2, 25); he was in the sweat lodge of Tall Sioux when Reno attacked, and first helped his wife Twin Woman, his son Red Hat and his daughter Crane Woman escape the village (26); did not wear his warbonnet in this battle (13); but was wearing a blue coat he found tied behind the cantle of a captured saddle when he was shot and scalped by a Sioux who mistook him for an army scout in hand to hand fighting on the gunsmoke-shrouded battlefield (28, 3, 26); his Sioux name was Bearded Man and he is also identified as Mad Hearted Wolf (see Mad Wolf) (26)
Limber Bones
Also Limber Hand or Loose Bones (26); warrior aged 20 (13); unmarried (26); killed in fighting at Last Stand Hill (13); one of 7 Cheyenne who died (13, 25, 26)
Limpy
Northern Cheyenne warrior, living 1926 (12)
Little Bird
Wore a long-trail warbonnet into battle; he was shot in the thigh after counting coup on a soldier in the hand to hand fighting during Reno's retreat to the bluffs (26)
Little Hawk
Among the few Cheyenne present during early fighting with Reno's skirmish line, he helped drive the soldiers to the bluffs; living 1908 (26)
Little Horse (Mo in a hka kit)
(22); a warrior chief, he led warriors against Custer (2); probably the warrior who stripped the body of Tom Custer after the battle (26)
Little Robe
A Dog Soldier warrior, a northern band of Southern Cheyenne; in fight with Custer's troops (21)
Little Shield
One of 5 young Cheyenne men on first night watch June 25-26
Little Sun
In Battle with Reno's troops (13); he was among 3 Cheyenne and some Sioux who chased 3 soldiers south along the west bank of the river -- only one escaped to rejoin Reno on the bluffs (24, 26)
Laban Little Wolf
Northern Cheyenne warrior, later chief; nephew of the Little Wolf who had led the march back from Oklahoma with Morning Star (aka Dull Knife); living 1926 (12)
Mad Wolf (Hahk o ni or Miv a wo nih)
His name actually means "wolf that has no sense"; Northern Cheyenne; born 1825, died 1905; one of the bravest and wisest men in the tribe; he rode with White Shield to meet Custer's troops (22)
Magpie
Southern Cheyenne, son of Big Man; wounded in Crook's fight on the Rosebud, he fought a few days later at the Little Big Horn; living ca 1904 (26)
*Medicine Bear
He said that Custer was killed early in the fight, with Keogh's troops, and that his body was found back of the ridge, 100 feet or more from where the monument now stands (24)
Noisy Walking
A suicide warrior, unmarried (26), age 18 (13); only son of White Bull; shot 3 times and stabbed, in hand to hand fighting, during the first charge among Custer's troops nearest the river, he died of wounds the night after the battle (12, 26); one of 7 Cheyenne who died (25)
Old Bear
Northern Cheyenne; along with Kills in the Night and a Sioux, he chased down & shot a man on a sorrel horse who sped back towards Reno in the midst of the Custer fight (22); this was probably Lt. Porter (24); living 1915 (22)
Old Man
Son of Black Crane; among a large group of warriors who broke through the timber in the Reno fight, just as soldiers were mounting to retreat to the bluffs; he was killed by an Arikara scout during Reno's retreat (26)
Pine
Northern Cheyenne warrior, later chief, living 1926 (12)
Roan Bear
Northern Cheyenne (22);a Kit Fox Society warrior; one of the first three Cheyenne to cross the river to meet Custer (13, 26), and among the first ten Indians to open fire on Custer's troops (22)
Roman Nose
A Dog Soldier warrior, a northern band of Southern Cheyenne; in fight with Custer's troops (21); not the famed chief of the same name who was kiled in 1868
Scabby
Among the few Cheyenne present early in the Rno fight and one of the bravest; he tested his spirit power by riding back & forth 5 times in front of Reno's skirmish line, drawing the soldiers fire, but was never hit (26)
Soldier Wolf
Northern Cheyenne warrior (31); age 17; among the few Cheyenne present during early fighting with Reno's skirmish line & helped drive them to the bluffs (26); also in the Custer fight (31); living 1897 (26)
Spotted Hawk
In Custer fight; living 1909 (26)
Strong Left Hand
One of 9 Crazy Dog warrior society little chiefs or head men; in the Custer fight (26)
John Sun Bear
Northern Cheyenne warrior (12); wore a buffalo-horn headdress into battle; one of 12 Cheyennes who wore warbonnets into battle (13); in the Reno fight he was among 3 Cheyenne and some Sioux who chased 3 soldiers south along the west bank of the river -- only one escaped to rejoin Reno on the bluffs (24, 26, 13); a bullet grazed his forehead in the first great Cheyenne charge on Custer's troops, knocking him from his horse, but he continued fighting; living 1928 age ca 85, thus born ca 1843 (13)
Jacob Tall Bull
Borther-in-law of Lame White Man; he was among the few Cheyenne present during early fighting with Reno's skirmish line & helped drive the soldiers to the bluffs; his horse was shot from under him in the Custer fight; living 1914 (26)
Tangled Horn Elk
(12)
Two Moon (Ish i eyo nis si)
Nephew of Old Two Moon (22); Northern Cheyenne (4); one of nine little chiefs, or head men of the Kit Fox Warrior society (13, 26), and one of 27 minor chiefs in the tribe at the time of the battle (25); he was among the few Cheyenne present during early fighting with the Reno skirmish line and helped drive them to the bluffs (26); led warriors against Custer; his band surrendered at Fort Keogh in April, 1877 (13)
Weasel Bear
Warrior, age 15 (24)
Whirlwind
Also Little Whirlwind; a suicide warrior; unmarried (26); age 16; he and one of Reno's Arikara scouts simultaneously shot each other dead on the east side of the river (13); (The scout probably did not die (26)); one of 7 Cheyenne who died (25, 26)
White Bird
Warrior (3)
*White Bull (Ho tu a hwo ko mas)
Also called Ice (12); Northern Cheyenne, born 1837, son of Black Moccasin (22); a warrior chief, he led warriors against Custer (2); his son Noisy Walking died of wounds received in the battle (12); surrendered with Two Moon's band at Fort Keogh in April 1877, and was the first Cheyenne enlisted as a scout for General Miles; he scalped Lame Deer, the Minneconjou Sioux Chief, after he had been shot by General Miles' troops May 7, 1877 in an attack on their village (22); later the most famous Northern Cheyenne medicine man and Sun Dance priest (12, 26); living 1910 (26)
White Elk
Born ca 1849; formerly named Wandering Buffalo Bull (22); veteran Cheyenne warrior in his late 20s, he rode into battle on a borrowed pony and brought back a cavalry horse as thanks to the lender (3); in the Custer fight; living 1914 (26)\
White Frog
In the Custer fight (26)
White Hawk
One of 9 Elkhorn Scraper warrior society little chiefs or head men; in the Custer fight; living ca 1908 (26)
White Horse (Wohk po am)
(22); a Dog Soldier warrior, a northern band of Southern Cheyenne; in fight with Custer's troops (21)
White Shield
Northern Cheyenne; formerly called Young Black Bird; son of Spotted Wolf and grandson of Whistling Elk (22); hero of the Rosebud fight (26); he was fishing with his nephews when he heard the gunfire of Reno's attack on the south end of the village; he overtook Bobtain Horse and others who were the first to meet Custer; in Custer fight (22, 26); living 1908 (26)
Wolf Tooth
Warrior in the Custer fight at Last Stand hill; "All I could see were tomahawks, hatchets, and guns raised above the heads of the warriors through the dust. There wasn't much (rifle) smoke, for no one had time to reload. Soon the field was covered with bodies." (26)
Wooden Leg (Kum-mok-quiv-vi-ok-ta)
Northern Cheyenne; boyhood name Eats From His Hand (13); menber of Elkhorn Scrapers warrior society (13, 26); som of Walks on Crutches (22); as warrior aged 18 fought Reno's and Custer's troops (2); he counted coup on a soldier and wrenched the rifle from his back, in the hand to hand fighting on Reno's retreat to the bluffs (13, 26); one of 5 young Cheyenne men on first nightwatch June 25-26 (13); shot one of the Reno water party on June 26th (Tanner??); his brother Yellow Hair also fought in the battle (13); later Indian scout at Fort Keogh 1889, and a tribal judge on the reservation (2); later called Richard Woodenlegs; his grandson John Woodenlegs, was the only Indian member of President Johnson's National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty 1967 (9)
Wounded Eye
In the Custer fight (26)
Yellow Hair
Older brother of Wooden leg (13); he rode to the Reno fight dressed for battle in a long buckskin shirt fringed with hair taken from a Crow Indian killed in an earlier battle (26); also in the Custer fight (13)
Yellow Horse
One of 5 young Cheyenne men on first night watch June 25-26 (13)
Yellow Nose
Northern Cheyenne warrior (22); Ute boy adopted by Spotted Wolf (12); charged up close to soldiers early in the Custer fight, frightening the troopers' horses (22); remembered for capturing a company guidon from the ground where it stood, on a charge in the Custer battle, and using it to count coup on a soldier as he carried it away (12, 22); this was the first charge among the soldiers on Last Stand Hill (26), and he probably had captured the General's battle flag carried by Sgt. Robert Hughes of Troop K, before Hughes was killed (24, 26); (see No Flesh) on list of participants, tribe unknown); living 1915 (26)
Young Turkey Leg
He was among a large group of warriors who broke through the timber in the Reno fight, just as soldiers were mounting to retreat to the bluffs (26)