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By De Lancy Gill, 1913
Charles Milton Bell
By Charles Milton Bell (Two Moons, second from left, American Horse, third from left)
By Richard Trossel, 1907
By Richard Trossel, 1907
Two Moons addressing council, by Joseph K. Dixon
— Dietmar Schulte-Möhring
Early L.A. Huffman Photo
Two Moons by Burbank, 1896
— Grahame Wood
Shown here are some of the Cheyenne chiefs present at the Little Bighorn battle, from left to right:
Sits in the Night; Red Cherries; Brave Wolf; Two Moons; American Horse; Buffalo Hump; Spotted Wolf; Old Wolf.
According to Frink/Barthelmess in “Photographer on an Army Mule” the photo was made at a council with General Nelson A. Miles at Lame Deer in 1889.
Two Moons was the spokesman of the Cheyenne at this council. I guess that Buffalo Hump is Bull Hump, son of Dull Knife. Spotted Wolf (or Young Spotted Wolf) and Old Wolf were both members of the 1873 delegation to Washington.
— Dietmar Schulte-Möhring
This was taken at Little Bighorn in 1909.
— Grahame Wood
Two Moons’ grave in Busby, Montana:
— Diane Merkel
The Indian holding the star-spangled banner on the right of Two Moons (on his left) looks like Laban Little Wolf.
— Dietmar Schulte-Möhring
Two Moons at Little Bighorn
A different view of the 1909 shot:
Taken by Joseph Kossuth Dixon, 1909
— Grahame Wood
Wanamaker photo:
Two Moons and Major McLaughlin dated circa 1900:
— Henri/”apsalooka”
By Dixon
This photo is also in Powell’s “People of the Sacred Mountain”. It was made in 1908 at a great gathering in the valley of the Little Bighorn. Two Moons and other Cheyennes along with representatives of other tribes assembled some thirty years after the battle. Wooden Leg also described the gathering in Marquis’ book about him.
— Dietmar Schulte-Möhring
— Henri/”apsalooka”
By Edgar S. Paxson from 1902
— Agnes
Two Moons (left, facing the camera) and other Cheyennes at the Little Bighorn monument.
Two Moons by Joseph Henry Sharp. Painted at Lame Deer, Montana
— Grahame Wood
Forked Horn was an Arikara scout who was present at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Born in 1839, Dakota Territory
Enlisted with the Seventh Cavalry on April 27, 1876
In valley and hilltop fights at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (June 25-26, 1876)
Died in 1894
— Diane Merkel
Forked Horn is mentioned in “The Arikara Narrative of Custer’s campaign and the Battle of the Little Bighorn” by Orin B. Libby (editor) several times.
He was one time the leader of an Arikara scouting party during the march to the Little Bighorn valley. Later he was in the fight with Reno, fighting in the brush along with Young Hawk.
After the fighting Forked Horn, several Arikaras, Varnum, Gerard and others went down to look for Custer’s body. Then he volunteered with Young Hawk to go to the deserted Sioux camp for dried meat. There they found the body of a scout they thought was Bloody Knife. (See narrative of Young Hawk.)
It is also stated later in the book that Forked Horn was the father of Young Hawk. He was born about 1815 (?) and he died in 1894.