Crow Indian. Private, Indian Scouts, 7th US Infantry. Participated in ill-fated Custer Expedition in 1876 at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Also called Bah-suk-ush.
Born near the Platte River to Many Sisters and Her Door. Married Pretty Shield when she was 16. Enlisted 10 April 1876 at Crow Agency, Montana Territory, for six months with the 7th US Infantry. Assigned to 7th Cavalry for the 1876 Expedition and assigned to Major Reno's battalion. Assigned to the Custer striking column on the afternoon of June 25. Withdrew from the column at 3:15 pm (Custer was killed about 4:30 pm), and joined Strikes The Bear on the ridgetop, and later rejoined Major Reno in the hilltop fight. Withdrew and made contact with Colonel John Gibbon's Montana Column. Later returned to the Crow Agency with his friends, Hairy Moccassin and White Man Runs Him. Died at age 68 at 2 am, cause of death: debility following influenza. Buried June 5, 1919, at the Custer (formerly Little Bighorn Battlefield) National Cemetery. His wife, Pretty Shield, died at age 92 in 1944, and is buried with him. ∼US Army Scout. Goes Ahead was one of several Crow scouts who accompanied LTC George Armstrong Custer against the Lakota & Cheyenne Nations in the Summer of 1876.
Just before Custer's Battalion engaged the Lakota & Cheyenne on June 25, 1876, Custer released his scouts. Goes Ahead and several other scouts joined up with Major Marcus Reno's Battalion and participated in the Valley and Hilltop Fights.
Goes Ahead later married Pretty Shield. They settled near the Little Bighorn Battlefield.
Up until the time of his death, Goes Ahead was often sought out by researchers for his knowledge of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. From his interviews & visits with him to the battlefield historians were able to clarify some of the mystery about Custer's movements just prior to the battle.
Years after Goes Ahead's death archeological digs on the battlefield supported much of what he had reported seeing. Goes Ahead is often quoted and listed as a source in many books about the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Born near the Platte River to Many Sisters and Her Door. Married Pretty Shield when she was 16. Enlisted 10 April 1876 at Crow Agency, Montana Territory, for six months with the 7th US Infantry. Assigned to 7th Cavalry for the 1876 Expedition and assigned to Major Reno's battalion. Assigned to the Custer striking column on the afternoon of June 25. Withdrew from the column at 3:15 pm (Custer was killed about 4:30 pm), and joined Strikes The Bear on the ridgetop, and later rejoined Major Reno in the hilltop fight. Withdrew and made contact with Colonel John Gibbon's Montana Column. Later returned to the Crow Agency with his friends, Hairy Moccassin and White Man Runs Him. Died at age 68 at 2 am, cause of death: debility following influenza. Buried June 5, 1919, at the Custer (formerly Little Bighorn Battlefield) National Cemetery. His wife, Pretty Shield, died at age 92 in 1944, and is buried with him. ∼US Army Scout. Goes Ahead was one of several Crow scouts who accompanied LTC George Armstrong Custer against the Lakota & Cheyenne Nations in the Summer of 1876.
Just before Custer's Battalion engaged the Lakota & Cheyenne on June 25, 1876, Custer released his scouts. Goes Ahead and several other scouts joined up with Major Marcus Reno's Battalion and participated in the Valley and Hilltop Fights.
Goes Ahead later married Pretty Shield. They settled near the Little Bighorn Battlefield.
Up until the time of his death, Goes Ahead was often sought out by researchers for his knowledge of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. From his interviews & visits with him to the battlefield historians were able to clarify some of the mystery about Custer's movements just prior to the battle.
Years after Goes Ahead's death archeological digs on the battlefield supported much of what he had reported seeing. Goes Ahead is often quoted and listed as a source in many books about the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Crow Indian. Private, Indian Scouts, 7th US Infantry. Participated in ill-fated Custer Expedition in 1876 at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Also called Bah-suk-ush.
Born near the Platte River to Many Sisters and Her Door. Married Pretty Shield when she was 16. Enlisted 10 April 1876 at Crow Agency, Montana Territory, for six months with the 7th US Infantry. Assigned to 7th Cavalry for the 1876 Expedition and assigned to Major Reno's battalion. Assigned to the Custer striking column on the afternoon of June 25. Withdrew from the column at 3:15 pm (Custer was killed about 4:30 pm), and joined Strikes The Bear on the ridgetop, and later rejoined Major Reno in the hilltop fight. Withdrew and made contact with Colonel John Gibbon's Montana Column. Later returned to the Crow Agency with his friends, Hairy Moccassin and White Man Runs Him. Died at age 68 at 2 am, cause of death: debility following influenza. Buried June 5, 1919, at the Custer (formerly Little Bighorn Battlefield) National Cemetery. His wife, Pretty Shield, died at age 92 in 1944, and is buried with him. ∼US Army Scout. Goes Ahead was one of several Crow scouts who accompanied LTC George Armstrong Custer against the Lakota & Cheyenne Nations in the Summer of 1876.
Just before Custer's Battalion engaged the Lakota & Cheyenne on June 25, 1876, Custer released his scouts. Goes Ahead and several other scouts joined up with Major Marcus Reno's Battalion and participated in the Valley and Hilltop Fights.
Goes Ahead later married Pretty Shield. They settled near the Little Bighorn Battlefield.
Up until the time of his death, Goes Ahead was often sought out by researchers for his knowledge of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. From his interviews & visits with him to the battlefield historians were able to clarify some of the mystery about Custer's movements just prior to the battle.
Years after Goes Ahead's death archeological digs on the battlefield supported much of what he had reported seeing. Goes Ahead is often quoted and listed as a source in many books about the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Born near the Platte River to Many Sisters and Her Door. Married Pretty Shield when she was 16. Enlisted 10 April 1876 at Crow Agency, Montana Territory, for six months with the 7th US Infantry. Assigned to 7th Cavalry for the 1876 Expedition and assigned to Major Reno's battalion. Assigned to the Custer striking column on the afternoon of June 25. Withdrew from the column at 3:15 pm (Custer was killed about 4:30 pm), and joined Strikes The Bear on the ridgetop, and later rejoined Major Reno in the hilltop fight. Withdrew and made contact with Colonel John Gibbon's Montana Column. Later returned to the Crow Agency with his friends, Hairy Moccassin and White Man Runs Him. Died at age 68 at 2 am, cause of death: debility following influenza. Buried June 5, 1919, at the Custer (formerly Little Bighorn Battlefield) National Cemetery. His wife, Pretty Shield, died at age 92 in 1944, and is buried with him. ∼US Army Scout. Goes Ahead was one of several Crow scouts who accompanied LTC George Armstrong Custer against the Lakota & Cheyenne Nations in the Summer of 1876.
Just before Custer's Battalion engaged the Lakota & Cheyenne on June 25, 1876, Custer released his scouts. Goes Ahead and several other scouts joined up with Major Marcus Reno's Battalion and participated in the Valley and Hilltop Fights.
Goes Ahead later married Pretty Shield. They settled near the Little Bighorn Battlefield.
Up until the time of his death, Goes Ahead was often sought out by researchers for his knowledge of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. From his interviews & visits with him to the battlefield historians were able to clarify some of the mystery about Custer's movements just prior to the battle.
Years after Goes Ahead's death archeological digs on the battlefield supported much of what he had reported seeing. Goes Ahead is often quoted and listed as a source in many books about the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
