A Crow scout named Two Moons later gave an account of seeing a woman ride out to rescue a warrior during the battle.

His account does not name the woman, but the description matches the circumstances of Comes in Sight’s rescue.

This is one of the pieces of corroborating evidence — from outside the Cheyenne oral tradition, from a witness who had no particular reason to favor the Cheyenne account — that supports the historical reality of Buffalo Calf Road Woman’s act.

When she brought her brother back to safety, the warriors around them — those who saw what she had done — would have recognized immediately what had occurred.

In the accounting system of Cheyenne warrior honors, riding into fire to rescue a fallen comrade was among the highest acts of courage.

That she was a woman doing it made it extraordinary.

That she pulled it off made it legendary.

The battle ended without decisive conclusion.

Crook fell back to Goose Creek.

The warriors returned to the great encampment in the Little Bighorn valley and reported what had happened.