He was the only Black man to die at the Battle of Little Bighorn, and his presence on the battlefield was documented in Army records and post-battle accounts.

Some accounts — not Moving Robe Woman’s own recorded testimony, but accounts attributed to others who described what they saw — claim that she was directly involved in Dorman’s death.

This attribution requires careful handling.

First: Dorman died at Little Bighorn.

That is documented.

He was found dead after the battle.

The circumstances of his death, like those of most of the men who died in the battle, are not known with certainty from documentary evidence.

Second: Multiple accounts of the battle — recorded from Lakota and Cheyenne witnesses over the years following the battle — mention women’s involvement in the fighting and in what happened to wounded soldiers.