“Captain Jack Crawford, The Poet Scout”
Photographer: Ben Wittick
Date: 1880 - 1890?
Negative Number 015747
John Wallace Crawford (1847–1917) was a journalist and a civilian scout during the Indian Wars, where he carried communications over long distances and once delivered a bottle of whiskey to Buffalo Bill Cody during a campaign. During the Sioux Wars, he also witnessed the Battle of Slim Buttes and the destruction of Chief American Horse’s village by the US Army, though he didn’t talk about it much after the fact. In the 1890s, he became an entertainer, mining his experiences to give popular lectures on the west, Native Americans, and temperance. He also published poetry, short stories, and plays.

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