Bloody Knife

Bloody Knife (Sioux:Tamena Way Way or Tamina WeWe; Arikara:Nes I Ri Pat or Nee si Ra Pat; ca. 1840 – June 25, 1876) was an American Indian who served as a scout and guide for the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment.^[2] He was the favorite scout of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and has been called "perhaps the most famous Native American scout to serve the U.S. Army."^[2]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody Knife
• Pages 186-187 - Philbrick, N., 2010, The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn: Viking, New York, 466p.