Facts: - caption: elsatsoosu circa 1873 - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: indian wars apache wars - allegiance: united states of america - awards: medal of honor - serviceyears: c. 1872 & ndash ; 1875 - unit: u.s. army indian scouts - name: elsatsoosu - branch: united states army - image: elsatsoosh.jpg - birth place: arizona territory , united states - rank: corporal Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of elsatsoosu .
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elsatsoosu -lrb- fl .1872 -- 1875 -rrb- , also called elsatsoosh , was an apache indian scout in the u.s. army who served under lieutenant colonel george crook during the apache wars .he guided cavalry troopers against renegade apaches in the arizona territory during crook 's winter campaign of 1872-73 and was one of ten scouts later received the medal of honor for gallantry .