Crawler - Blackfeet / Sioux (Lakota)

Crawler 1830?-?

At the Standing Rock Agency in the fall of 1881, Crawler (Slohan) gave his age as 51, putting his birth at about 1830. During the Great Sioux War of 1876-77, Crawler was leader of a small band of Blackfeet Lakota, closely allied with the Hunkpapa and camped within their tribal circle at the Little Big Horn. His daughter Walking Robe (or Mary Crawler) later told of her role in the battle.

Crawler and his band joined Sitting Bull in Canada and then surrendered at Fort Buford. Transferred to the Standing Rock Agency in 1881, his band numbered at the time 23 families or about 113 people (including Sitting Bull's brother-in-law, Grey Eagle). By 1885, his band had decreased to 13 families with 51 people.

Source: Little Big Horn Associates: http://lbha.proboards12.com (by member: ephriam, Jan 3, 2007)