an end. Officers of Reno's command, who, late in the afternoon, from high points, surveyed the country in anxious expectation of Custer's appearance, and commanded a view of the field where he had fought, say that no fighting was going on at that time, between 5 and 6 o'clock. It is evident, therefore, that the last of Custer's command was destroyed at an earlier hour in the day than Curley relates. Thomas Leforge, in his autobiographical narrative, stressed that the Army expected scouts to be non-participant in skirmishes and added this recollection: See also Half Yellow Face White Swan Notes References Gray, John S. Custer's Last Campaign: Mitch Boyer and the Little Bighorn Reconstructed Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1991. Hammer, Ken. With Custer in '76. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976. Nichols, Ron. Men with Custer. Hardin: Custer Battlefield Historical and Museum Association, 2000. External links "Montana Medicine Show: Curly," KGLT, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (WGBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 14, 2016, Accessible only in the US. 1856 births 1923 deaths People from Montana Crow tribe Native American United States military personnel People of the Great Sioux War of 1876 United States Army Indian Scouts Battle of the Little Bighorn