Fred Gerard (November 14, 1829 – January 30, 1913) was an American army scout, interpreter, and frontiersman who is famous for being an interpreter for the US 7th Cavalry Regiment during the Black Hills War and during the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He was active during the Wild West era. He interpreted what the Indian Scouts were saying. He alerted George Armstrong Custer that the Indians were "running like the devil", prompting him to send Marcus Reno to attack the southern end of the village. He was sent with the other scouts in the Marcus Reno battalion, where he was under the direct command of Chief of Scouts, Lt. Charles A. Varnum. Gerard was left in the timber after Reno's retreat across the river, and he snuck back into the lines later on the night of June 25th, 1876, and he would survive the battle.
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