During the first 10 years after the Battle of Little Bighorn, Curly the Crow scout was considered a valued eyewitness and “lone survivor” of the battle until Lakota war chief Gall challenged Curly at the 10th reunion. Nonetheless, Curly would remain a well-known and regular participant in battlefield reunions until his passing on the Crow Reservation near the Little Bighorn River in 1923. He is interred in the Custer National Ce

True West June 2020