Frank grouard biography
Frank grouard biography
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Frank Grouard
Scout and interpreter for General George Crook during the American Indian War
Frank Benjamin Grouard (also known as Frank Gruard and Benjamin Franklin Grouard) (September 20, 1850 – August 15, 1905) was a Scout and interpreter for General George Crook during the American Indian War of 1876.[2] For the better part of a decade he lived with the Sioux tribe before returning to society.
He was General Crook's lead scout at the Battle of the Rosebud[3][4][5] participated in the Slim Buttes Fight, Battle of Red Fork, helped to assess the immediate aftermath of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and participated in the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Early years
Grouard was born in the Tuamotu Archipelago[6] in the south Pacific Ocean, to a European father, Benjamin Franklin Grouard, an Americanmissionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a Polynesian mother of Asian descent on the island of An