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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: liverpool annie on Monday 02 June 08 18:39 BST (UK)
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This thread has been quiet waaay too long !! :)
Look what I received today ..... it would be really cool if we could help fillup in some way ... what do you think ?? :) :)
Hello Annie - Your information came up via RootsChat.Com when I was doing a web search. I have some 'Great' relatives that were connected with B.B.W.W.S.. They were with the 1887 & 1891 tours. I'm specifically looking for information on a Mr. Paul Eagle Star, a Burle Indian, that died from injuries received in the opening performance of the 1891 tour. His remains were allegedly return to South Dakota in the early 1990's for reburial. My Great Grandfather was George C. Crager, he was an Lakota interpreter for B.B.W.W.S. and was with Mr. Paul Eagle Star at his death.
My Great Uncle James W. Willoughby "Jim Kid"and Crager were brothers-in-law. Jim was a champion rider and roper that was married to Lillian Francis Smith. Lillian was a trick shooter and rival to Annie Oakley. Both Jim & Lillian performed in the 1887 Jubilee Tour.
I've posted a web site about Jim 'Kid', if you'd care to see some of his photographs and read about his career please give it a visit:
http://web.mac.com/fillupe/Site/James_W._Willoughby.html
Also attached are four additional web sites that I have posted. Please pass along any information that you may have concerning Mr. Paul Eagle Star time permitting.
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/legends/vpost?id=2464870
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/legends/vpost?id=2473274
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/legends/vpost?id=2446167
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/legends/vpost?id=2465621
fillupe
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Hi Annie, I'm game but maybe it should be a new thread ???
I did a very quick search for Paul Eagle Star of the Lower Brule Sioux/Rosebud Reservation -- the name appears in the Indian Schedules a few times but unfortunately, for periods of time well after this particular Mr. Eagle Star had died.
I wonder if Mr. Fillupe has any additional information to share with us -- approx birth date, if he was born in the Dakota Territory, descendants, his wife's name or other family members etc., etc. etc ??
There is quite alot of information on the web re: the Brule Sioux and when we were researching Red Shirt and the Ogalala Sioux, they appeared often.
;D
lissa
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Hi Lissa ... long time no see !! :)
Well it does seem a long time ago ... but remember when Red Shirt cut his hair ??
Surrounded by the Enemy in Salford
The mystery of where a Sioux warrior - who died in Salford 120 years ago - lies buried has been solved.
The man, named Surrounded by the Enemy, came to the north west as part of Buffalo Bill's circus in 1887 and was thought to have been buried on what is now the site of the BBC's new Media City complex in Salford.
But a policeman has traced his grave more than 200 miles away to Brompton Cemetery, a Royal park in west London.
Pc Nigel Keane, of the Metropolitan Police, said: "I suspect they brought his body down to London by train so he could be buried near his fellow Lakota warrior Paul Eagle Star.
"He was buried without any ceremony which I expect means he was not a Christian convert."
Article: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1018337_sioux_mystery_solved
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I have recently been in contact with the Supervisor of Brompton Cemetery, London, and I can pass on the information that it is a matter of official record that Surrounded by the Enemy was buried there on the 15th of December 1887, and NOT in Salford.
I recently wrote an article for the Thunderbird North American Indian Society about this, so if anyone wants the details, just ask.
Four other Indians from the Wild West show were buried at Brompton. Of these, the remains of Paul Eagle Star, Long Wolf and a little girl named Star Ghost Dog were repatriated to South Dakota during the 1990s. Insofar as I am able to determine, just one - an eighteen month old boy named Red Penny - is still there, but my investigations are continuing.
http://lbha.proboards12.com/index.cgi?board=bill&action=display&thread=1187217254&page=2
Though I just read a bit more that says
"I doubt that Surrounded was buried at Brompton to be close to Paul Eagle Star - Paul Eagle Star did not die until 1891 which was almost four years later"
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Events took a darker turn on Hogmanay, when an Indian named Charging Thunder got drunk in an East End pub, and returned to the show while the afternoon performance was in progress. For reasons that have never been entirely clear, Charging Thunder proceeded to assault George Crager by striking him over the head with a block of wood. The Indian was arrested, and taken to Tobago Street Police Station in the Calton.
http://www.tnais.com/bbis/bb.html
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Hi Annie, Yes, the discovery of why Red Shirt cut his hair was definitely "a moment", wasn't it!!!
Eagle Star will take some digging --- just guessing, if he was 40-ish when he died in 1891 putting his birth 1850-ish, and guessing IF he was born in the Dakotas which weren't states yet -- still the Dakota Territory -- the Eagle Star's of the Brule I found were alive in the 1900's... ..so not him but maybe related??
I haven't figured out how the surnames (in English) work and if there is a direct tie to descendants or extended family. I suspect NOT :(
Will look some more tomorrow.
lissa
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This is one of fillupe's posts ....
Paul Eagle Star suffered a compound fracture and dislocation his ankle when he fell under his horse in the opening performance at Sheffield, England. The injury became infected with Tetanus and his foot had to be amputated. Paul Eagle Star was not able to survive the shock to this injury and died 24 August 1891 in Nottingham.
It was Red Shirt I believe that made the funeral arrangements for the others ... and I'm pretty sure he did the Sioux burial rites for Paul Eagle Star .... ( now I can't remember where I saw it !! :P )
I'll have to do some digging too !! but thanks for looking !! :)
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According to the GRO index Paul Eagle Star died 3rd quarter 1891 registered Sheffield age 25 (9c 241)
Kev.
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Thanks Kev ... and he was only 25 !! :-\
What a shame !!
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Its very sad Annie, hard to believe that somebody could die from a fractured ankle!!
Kev.
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NY Times article
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05E1DA153AE533A25753C2A96F9C94609ED7CF
Kev.
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When the circus left they were one Indian short, Paul Eagle Star. The 25-year-old brave lost his foot when his horse stumbled and fell on the afternoon of the first performance. He was rushed to the Sheffield Infirmary but gangrene set in. Although the surgeons operated he died after the circus left town. News of his untimely death cast a deep gloom over the encampment.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/STAFFORDSHIRE/2004-04/1080837678
And I found this too
During a performance in Sheffield in August 1891 Paul Eagle Star, a Sioux brave, suffered serious leg injuries when his horse stumbled. Commenting on his condition, the Sheffield Evening Telegraph and Star reported, “He is a docile patient, bearing the most agonising pain with customary Indian fortitude.” Tetanus later set in, doctors amputated his leg in an attempt to save him, but Star died. Clearly, the journalist who wrote the report was aware of what must have been by-now widespread knowledge of this particular Native American stereotype in the England of 1891
http://www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk/back/issue14/gair.htm
It says in the New York Times he was married with children Kev !! ... the children must have been very young !! :-\
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I love looking at old photos !! ... these are fillupe's Great Aunt ... Lillian !! :D
http://library.bbhc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/BBOA&CISOPTR=1436&CISOBOX=1&REC=7
http://library.bbhc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/BBOA&CISOPTR=1261&CISOBOX=1&REC=9
http://library.bbhc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/BBOA&CISOPTR=876&CISOBOX=1&REC=5
http://library.bbhc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/BBOA&CISOPTR=875&CISOBOX=1&REC=6
http://library.bbhc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/BBOA&CISOPTR=1437&CISOBOX=1&REC=8
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Yeah, very young Annie :'(
Think someone needs to go here and access these records.
http://www.sintegleska.edu/heritage_cntr/Collections/agency.htm
There is an e-mail address
Kev.
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The Archives here are going to see if they can be ordered from Kansas City ... fingers crossed !!
If so .... I'll go and see what I can find !! :D :D :D
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Not like I haven't been trying or anything -- and I've found all kinds of other cool, interesting stuff like
Soloman Star 38 Single b. in Germany who was the Postmaster in Deadwood in the Dakota Territory in 1880!!!
But not finding our illusive friend :'(
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We need Gaie ........ the champion digger !! :D :D :D
I haven't seen her - maybe I'll try a PM :)
But yes Lissa ..... "Soloman Star 38 Single b. in Germany who was the Postmaster in Deadwood in the Dakota Territory in 1880" is a good one ... we'll keep him on the back burner !! ;D ;D ;D
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Rosebud information here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosebud_Indian_Reservation
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Found a couple of things about Lillian ...... while still waiting for the Archives to let me know the files I ordered are here !! :)
Miss Lilian F. Smith, of Merced, Cal., only ten years old, is a remarkable shot, having broken 495 and 323 out of 500 balls, without a miss
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/Outing/Volume_05/outV05/outV05q.pdf
Lillian SMITH and “Jim, the Kid”
A New York dispatch of a recent date thus tells of the marriage of Lillian SMITH, formerly of Watsonville: “At the time of the first appearance on Staten Island of the Wild West show, James G. WILLOUGHBY, otherwise known as “Jim, the Kid,” became enamored of Miss Lillian SMITH, of California, the champion rifle shot, who was attached to the show. A romantic marriage was the result, Justice HULSELUS, of Port Richmond, officiating in the tent. “Buck Naylor” and a few friends who were in the secret were present, while the father of Miss Lillian was watching outside eagerly with a gun in his hand to shoot “The Kid,’ as he was opposed to the match. After the marriage the bride was taken by her parents to Connecticut, and not until after several attempts did the groom finally, by strategy, succeed in regaining her. The couple have remained with Buffalo Bill ever since, but it now appears that jealousy has invaded the family in France. Justice HULSELUS, who united them in marriage, is in receipt of a letter from Paris in which the husband says: ‘My married life is a failure,’ and asks advice as to the manner of procuring a divorce. The Justice, under the peculiar circumstances, does not know what advice to give.”
The Salinas Weekly Index
August 1889
Also made the New York Times !! :o
August 11, 1889, Wednesday Page 9,
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9802E5D61E38E533A25752C1A96E9C94689FD7CF
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Here's a snippet .....
Surrounded by the Enemy was an Oglala Lakota warrior of South Dakota whose people had fought against Custer's Seventh Cavalry 11 years before - the horseman performed daring gun-slinging and horse-riding stunts during his time with the Wild West show - that counted Queen Victoria as a fan. At 6ft7in he must have been an impressive sight !
He died in his teepee in Salford of a lung infection aged 22. His body was taken to Hope Hospital from where it vanished.
Another two members of Buffalo Bill's circus Long Wolf and Paul Eagle Star were buried at Brompton Cemetery. Their bodies were taken home to the Black Hills South Dakota more than 10 years ago.
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Now here is the weirdest thing .......... ::) ::) ::) ::)
On my Charge of the Light Brigade thread I had a picture of the survivors and Buffalo Bill ...... when I took it to the Buffalo Bill museum ... they were happy because they had never seen it before :D
Plus they didn't know about the paper weight I found out about - that had a picture also ..... :)
well try this on for size ...... scroll to Lot # 25 ........
http://www.mortonandeden.com/pdfcats/25web.pdf
Well to cut a long story short .... fillupe sent me the url for the Denver Library that had a picture of the survivors AND his Great Grandfather !! when I looked - my picture was a cutoff of the bigger picture - taken at the same time ...... :) is that cool or what ? ... now we have to identify everybody !! ::) ::) ::) ::) ( though I must admit I know some of them !! ;) )
Denver Public Library
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Ambly found this ........ ::)
This one seems to infer Lone Wolf was returned in 1997? After Grave discovered 1995?
http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1997-9/1997-09-25-CBS-19.html
http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20080616753997802&code=tvn&RC=361656&Row=1
Wondered if Paul Eagle Star was returned same time .... Seems odd, that Lone Wolf is so documented yet nothing on Paul Eagle Star!
I had looked into Lone Wolf ... but couldn't find anything on our Paul !! but I didn't see what she found !!
WOUNDED KNEE – Chief Long Wolf is buried near here at Pine Ridge Reservation. Long Wolf died in 1892 in London, England, while traveling with Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. He was buried with 17-month-old Star, a Sioux girl who also died in London. In 1997, the remains of Lone Wolfe were returned here to his ancestral burial grounds.
I had looked at this because it mentioned Red Shirt's relative ......... a Medicine Man named Wilmer Mesteth
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970923/ai_n14131062
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There is a person in Florida who seems to have some information ..... might be worth an email !!
I have recently been in contact with the Supervisor of Brompton Cemetery, London, and I can pass on the information that it is a matter of official record that Surrounded by the Enemy was buried there on the 15th of December 1887, and NOT in Salford.
I recently wrote an article for the Thunderbird North American Indian Society about this, so if anyone wants the details, just ask.
Four other Indians from the Wild West show were buried at Brompton. Of these, the remains of Paul Eagle Star, Long Wolf and a little girl named Star Ghost Dog were repatriated to South Dakota during the 1990s. Insofar as I am able to determine, just one - an eighteen month old boy named Red Penny - is still there, but my investigations are continuing
http://lbha.proboards12.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=bill&thread=2762&page=2
I checked the Thunderbird North American Indian Society but couldn't find the article but I found a book that maybe of interest !!
http://www.tnais.com/bbis/ghosts_f.html
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Hi Annie
Also found this:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970923/ai_n14131062
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970506/ai_n14109072
Wonder if the Worcestershire housewife is still contactable!
Cheers ;D
AMBLY
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Did you see these too:
http://www.dountoothers.org/sioux91007.html
http://shrinkalink.com/24622
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19970601&slug=2542291
It's all about Lone Wolf - no mention of Paul Eagle Star, but actually little or no mention of Star Ghost Dog either........
Cheers ;D
AMBLY
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Why does this stuff fascinate me so much ??
What a wonderful story of sticktoitiveness !! :D :D
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I came across this site .... and I'm still going through it !!
http://home.epix.net/~landis/
But fillupe says he wrote to them and this was the reply !! ......
Cumberland County Historical Society, the home county of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879-1918)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_School
Thank you for your inquiry. I was not able to find Paul Eagle Star in the photo archives by name. I checked our computer file and he was not listed. I started through our photos to see if I could find the group photo that the cropped photo came from. I found it in our first school album. The photo number is PA-CH1-037b. It is a group photo labeled "Rosebud Sioux Boys - Entered Carlisle Nov. 1882." There are fifteen boys and young men in the group, all dressed in the Carlisle uniform. Unfortunately, no one is identified. Paul is in the middle of the group and appears to be one of the older boys. I did spend a little time in the library checking to see if he has a school record at the National Archives in Washington. His name was not listed. I then checked our index of the school publications and found three references to him. The first was in June 1887. He is in a list of students who donated money to the school. He donated $10. The second reference is in publication dated Nov. 25, 1887. He gave a speech at a program in the chapel at Carlisle. The third was from July 26, 1889. It says that he was working in the agency blacksmith shop at the Rosebud Agency, Dakota. I looked at other photos of Sioux students but did not see him in any of those.
So I think that I was able to answer a few of your questions. Paul Eagle Star arrived at the school Nov. 1882. He was a Sioux from the Rosebud Agency in Dakota. He left the school about 1888 and returned to the Rosebud Agency and worked in the blacksmith shop. It does not appear that he took a Christian name since the three references to him use the name Paul Eagle Star. He joined the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show around 1890 and died as the result of an injury during a show in Scotland in 1891.
If you would like a 300 dpi scan on a CD or an 8 x 10 digital print of the group photo, the price is $15.00 plus $2.50 for mailing. I would like to see the photo of Paul during his days with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.
Our Indian School Researcher is out this week due to a death in her family. I will check with her when she returns to see if she has any other information about Paul.
Best to you,
Photo Curator
I've also been looking for Tom Cunningham .... haven't found him yet !! :-\
"Tom Cunningham has a lot of information about the hostiles" that visited the British Isles. Now the term "Hostiles" was a marketing term Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show used to describe the Indians. Many of these folks were actually Prisoners of War that were released from military prison and paroled to the Show. Some of the Indians that toured with the 1st tour (1887) were associated with the Battle of The Little Bighorn (1876). Those that toured with the 1891 show were associated with the Ghost Dance movement and the Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)"
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Found these including my Red Shirt !! :D .... don't know what to do with them though !! ::)
Red Shirt1-19; CS-83
Pine Ridge Sioux boys entered Carlisle Nov. 18821-37
Sioux boys from Pine Ridge Agency1-2 entered Carlisle Nov. 1882
Rosebud Sioux boys entered Carlisle Nov. 18821-37
Lone Wolf, BuffaloCS-100
Lone Wolf, EmilyCS-100
Lone Wolf, NathanCS-100
http://www.historicalsociety.com/indiannations.htm
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Just to set the record straight I've been mixing and matching here ..... sorry !! :-\
the warrior who came home was Long Wolf not Lone Wolf
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These are fillupe's photos ..... I need to keep looking at him to remember his face when looking through other photos !! :D
this photo is believed to have been take in 1890 it shows Paul Eagle Star (24 yrs old) standing in the back row 2nd from the left
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This photo is of Paul Eagle Star (center row, 3rd from left) in 1882 (16 yrs old) during his first year of attendance at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
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I also noticed that fillupe was interested in Chief Short Bull ... I'm going to go to the Museum at the weekend to see if I can take pictures of his narration .... I've put a call in to see if I can do that ... just waiting for a reply !! :)
In the meantime I found ....... this would be interesting to find out about wouldn't it ?? :)
In 1894 Thomas Edison produced two very short works "Buffalo Dance" and "Ghost Dance," using Native Americans from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show ..... but apparently a longer film was produced possibly in 1910 which re-created a Ghost Dance and/or the Wounded Knee Massacre.
One of Short Bull's descendants wrote .............
"In 1894 my great grandfather was invited by Thomas Edison to appear along with Annie Oakley in a film utilizing the kinetograph the prototype of a movie camera. In 1893 Buffalo Bill Cody utilized Short Bull as an actor and a consultant in making a film that re-enacted the Wounded Knee Massacre."
Name - Short Bull later known as Grant Short Bull
Indian Name - Tatanka Ptecela
Tribe - Oglala Sioux Soreback ( Cankahuhan ) Band
Born - approx 1852 near Fort Laramie Wyoming Territory
Father - Black Rock ( probably Inyan Sapa )
Mother - Scatter the Feather
Brother - He Dog
Marriage 1 - 1875-76 Tail
Son - Never Fails born 1879
Marriage 2 - 1880 Good Hawk - later known as Matilda Short Bull
Son - 1886 Run and Left Him a/k/a Runs Away - later known as Charlie Short Bull
Daughter - 1893 Talks a/k/a Looks at the Ground - later known as Katie Short Bull
Role During Battle - Probably in the valley fight
Spring 1877 - Surrendered at Camp Robinson Nebraska
1880 - Surrendered at Fort Keogh Montana Territory
June 1881 - Transferred to Standing Rock Agency
May 1882 - Transferred to Pine Ridge Agency Dakota Territory
Death - August 20 1935 car accident north of Oglala South Dakota
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I love looking at old photos .... and I'm starting to recognise some of these warriors !! :)
Theres a picture of Short Bull included here .........
http://pres06.oldiblog.com/?page=articles&rub=149254
But this is at the Museum .......
http://www.denverpostphotoblog.com/wpg2?g2_itemId=420
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Lookie here ..... how cool is this ?? :D :D
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03o2/
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Well ......... I found a tiny bit of film ... but I can't see any faces clearly can you ?? how cool would it be to see it properly ? :-\
click on ....... MPEG Format (3.5 MB)
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/entertain/cody/show_2
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I found this photo at the Smithsonian .... and for sure I can see our Red Shirt .... but I feel sure I've seen some of those other faces before ...... I've been doing contortions with a mirror to see if I can see ( what looks to be .... ) names on the right hand side !! ::) ::) ::)
http://sirismm.si.edu/naa/81-12/06811400.jpg
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The Archivist wasn't able to see me today ...... :P
but I found these ..........
http://www.viewzone.com/wovoka.html
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03ot/
Wovoka died in Yerington Nevada on September 20 1932 and is interred in the Paiute Cemetery in the town of Schurz Nevada.
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-wovoka.html
This photograph of Wovoka was taken on the set of a film !
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/2/lectures/lakota/Wovoka.JPG
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Annie, there are names on the photo, says Red Shirt on it.
The photo has been flipped, so i have turned it back and cropped it.
Kev. ;D
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That's excellent Kev !! .... but by any chance could you make it a bit bigger ?? ::)
I'm squinting ... but can't quite make out names .... except the one we know of course !! :D
I think this is when he was with the delegation that went to the school ... I wonder if these are the Anglo names of the boys ?? ... if so ... then I have no idea !! :-\
Annie :)
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Best i can do Annie, looks like one says Thunder Hawk??
Kev.
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Thank you Kev !! that's much easier to see !! :D :D :D
( don't laugh !! ;D ::) )
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Think bottom left says Long Bear.
Top left George Pas???????
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Thunder Hawk maybe?
http://www.libertyparkusafd.org/lp/Native%20Americans/Native%20Chiefs%5CIndian%20Chiefs%20--%2014.htm
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From this site:
http://hem.passagen.se/native/photoamericanhorseus.htm
First one has Long Bear next to Buffalo Bill
Second one has Long Wolf on the right.
Kev. :P
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Some great pictures on that site isn't there ?? :D :D
I know I have a picture of Long Bear somewhere ... I was just looking for it !! :D
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I'm still looking for the picture but came across this in my list of "keeps" !! :D
Chief (?) Long Wolf was born circa 1846; Long Wolf in History
By Cindy Hamilton
News From Indian Country 11/15/1997 V.XI; N.21 p.
Oglala, South Dakota (NFIC)When Long Wolf and 11 other Lakota joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, they were escaping imprisonment for their part in wars against the United States.The doctor who worked with the show told press at the time of Long Wolf's death that scars from gunshot wounds and saber cuts covered his body.Long Wolf had fought in the Red Cloud War that closed Fort Phil Kearney, and others along the Bozeman trail. The Lakota success in that war led to the signing of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 and the closing of the Bozeman Trail.Long Wolf also fought at the Battle of the Little Big Horn when the Lakota and Cheyenne defeated George Armstrong Custer. His participation in these wars would have assured his imprisonment if not for Bill Cody's request to have the prisoners released to him to perform in his shows.Instead of going to prison the former Lakota warriors recreated their battle feats and buffalo hunts for enthusiastic audiences including the royal family at Windsor Castle and other royalty across Europe. They also performed in the United States.Long Wolf was the oldest Lakota man travelling with Cody and was called a chief in the show. His position of leadership was nothing new to him as he had served as a headman for his tiospaye (extended family).During the height of the Lakotas' wars with the U.S., Long Wolf lived with the American Horse Band and remained in the Black Hills with the group then called "hostiles," because they refused to sign treaties or surrender and live at the agency designated by the U.S. This group included Crazy Horse.When Long Wolf and American Horse finally had to leave the Black Hills, they came directly to the Pine Ridge Reservation and lived in the Kyle area, according to great-grandson Vimber Long Wolf.Long Wolf died of pneumonia, old age, and complications from his many war wounds, according to press accounts, supplied to the Rapid City Journal by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyo.Long Wolf died in St. George's Hospital and was buried in West Brompton Cemetery with both Christian and Lakota rituals. The Police News carried the story of his death and burial on June 25, the 27th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn.Article copyright News From Indian Country. He was war in 1866 at Red Cloud's War, Lakota Territory. He lived after 1878 at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Kyle, Washabaugh Co., South Dakota, USA. He died on June 25, 1903 at St. George's Hospital, West Brompton, England; Long Wolf died in St. George's Hospital and was buried in West Brompton Cemetery with both Christian and Lakota rituals. The Police News carried the story of his death and burial on June 25, the 27th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. He was buried on June 27, 1903 at West Brompton Cemetery, West Brompton, England
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikestevens/tiyo2-p/p217.htm#i13480
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Spelling of George C Crager is a bit off !! and it's hard to figure out who's who !! ::)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikestevens/tiyo2-p/e339.htm
Indian chiefs and U.S. officials. 1. Two Strike. 2. Crow Dog. 3. Short Bull. 4. High Hawk. 5. Two Lance. 6. Kicking Bear. 7. Good Voice. 8. Thunder Hawk. 9. Rocky Bear. 10. Young Man Afraid of His Horse. 11. American Horse. 12. W.F. Cody (Buffalo Bill). 13. Maj. J.M. Burk. 14. J.C. Craiger. 15. J. McDonald. 16. J.G. Worth. Taken at Pine Ridge, Jan. 16 '91. John C. H. Grabill Collection
Heres the same picture in black and white ....
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody stands in the center of the back row of a group of Native American chiefs and several United States government officials, possibly after the Battle of Wounded Knee. Standing at the far right of the group is Major John Burke, press agent for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Included among the chiefs are Two Strike, Crow Dog, Short Bull, High Hawk, Two Lance, Kicking Bear, Good Voice, Thunder Hawk, Rocky Bear, Young man afraid of his horses and American Horse. Pine Ridge Jan 16 1891
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http://cgi.cnn.com/WORLD/9709/25/chief.long.wolf/
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picture of Thunder Hawk, looks like the guy stood next to Red Shirt in the photo with the names on.
Kev.
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Good find Kev !! ...... I think you're right ! wonder how old he was there ??
I think the one with Red Shirt was around 1880 ..... :-\ :-\
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says 1907?
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03p0/
Kev.
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I went through all 200 and something Oglalas on that site to see if I could match up anybody !!
but I couldn't see anybody ... of course they are all at least 20 years older !! :D :D
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This is for fillupe ... just in case he's looking !! ::) ::) ::)
I found Willoughby James (Jim Kid) - "King of the Cowboys" in the index of this site ... but I can't figure out what they have !! :-\
http://www.smflibrary.ca/library.html
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As George C Crager liked to "wheel and deal" a bit ... I wonder if this Civil War Pension is his .... ? ???
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Though I did find this .... :-\ ... it could of course be a different one ... but the fact that he's in Wyoming and close to the Indian Wars makes me wonder !! :-\
1880
Fort Sanders Albany Wyoming
Name - George C. Crager
Age - 21
Birthplace - New York
Relation to Head of Household - other
Father's birthplace - Spaine ( ? )
Mother's birthplace - England
Occupation - Soldier
Marital Status - Single
Also ... I found out George was adopted by Chief Two Strike in 1878 ... that's why he knew the language so well ..... :) but if that's the case .... I wonder if the soldier is "Our George " ?? :-\
Two Strike is on the picture reply #45
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I have been reading......just not working.....on this anyway ::) Been doing other easy stuff as this reseach takes real elbow grease!!
Fantastic Job !! Annie and Kev!!
It's really fascinating and any chance to keep on looking at Red Shirt is appreciated ;D ;D
lissa
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Maybe you have seen this, but I thought I would post it as I didn't see it on here.
Thomas Edison - Buffalo Dance (1894)
http://www.archive.org/details/SF126
Hostiles?: The Lakota Ghost Dance and Buffalo Bill's Wild West
http://tinyurl.com/69nsax
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Here's another:
Museums and the Interpretation of Visual Culture
http://tinyurl.com/684pdk
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Thank you Lissa for keeping an eye on us !! ;D
I'll try and work in our Red Shirt whenever I can !! :D :D :D ::)
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Thank you Janice ...... some good stuff there ... I appreciate your help !!
especially the Edison film !! :D :D :D
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I have found some more warriors who died while on trips !!
On the 27th Jan 1890 US Consul Charles B Trail wrote from Marseilles informing Asst Sec of State William F Wharton of the deaths of two Chiefs ........
The previous December - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show left Marseilles and the 2 chiefs were sick with Typhoid fever and smallpox respectively and were left at the Conception Hospital in Consul Trails care
Chief Hawick died of the fever on the 1st Jan 1890 and Featherman of the smallpox of the most virulent type 6th Jan 1890 ... A Catholic priest officiated at the funerals and their property was forwarded to Cody to be delivered to their heirs ........... !
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03p2/
Featherman(1850-after 1886)
He was born in 1850 he married Mary Featherman? circa 1877 was listed as Head of the Household on the Indian Census at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation South Dakota USA in 1886. Was listed in the Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger of November 8 1876 - he was listed as a "Head of a Household" with a family consisting of - 1 "Buck", 3 "Squaws", 2 "M. Children". No Band affiliation was given Crazy Horse surrender ledger 1994 p.27
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mikestevens/tiyo2-p/p2.htm#i57
EDIT ...... well this one says it was Swift Hawk not Hawick who died in Marseilles ... and also that he died of the "Flu" !! there are other deaths reported too !! :-\
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03p1/
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Here's another article from the N.Y. Times.
DEATH OF BUFFALO BILL INDIAN
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9D05E1DA153AE533A25753C2A96F9C94609ED7CF&oref=slogin
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Paul Eagle Star is the man who's the title of this thread ... the one we're trying to find !! :) :) :)
Trouble is ... I keep going off on a tangent !! ... sorry !! ::) ::) ::)
Thanks though Janice !! :)
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If fillupes Great Grandfather was George C. Crager ............
and George was adopted by Chief Two Strike in 1878 ............
then Chief Two Strike is fillupes adopted Great Great Grandfather !!!!!! :D
http://www.dlncoalition.org/dln_nation/chief_two_strike.htm
The 2nd photo is a photo reprint of this famous turn of the century Edward S. Curtis photogravure of Chief Two Strike ( Brule )
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Here's another piece about him .... though this says he died 1915 ! :-\
1831-1915.
Also called Two Strikes, this war chief's Brule Sioux name, Nomkahpa, meant "Knocks Two Off". The name was earned in a battle after Two Strike knocked two Utes off their horses with a single blow of his war club. Two Strike figured prominently in the history of the Brules late in the 19th century up to and including the closing of the frontier at Wounded Kneein 1890. Born near the Republican River in what would become Nebraska, Two Strike played an important role in raids on the Union Pacific Railroad during RED CLOUD's War (1866-1868).
During the 1870s, Two Strike allied with SPOTTED TAIL and tried to insulate his people from the Euro-American invasion. In the 1880s, Two Srike became an advokate of the Ghost Dance. A month before the massacre at Wounded Knee, however, Two Strike heeded whites' advice togive up the dance and its promised delivery from Euro-American domination. After the slaughter of Native people under BIG FOOT at Wounded Knee in late December 1890, Two Strike led his people on an angry rampage with other Sioux. He desisted again after General Nelson Miles promised fair treatment for his people. Two Strike's people surrendered for a second time on January 15, 1891. General Miles was generally regarded as credible by the Sioux because he rarely broke his promises. Two Strike was a member of a Sioux delegation to Washington, D.C., a month after the Wounded Knee massacre. The Sioux asked that Miles be allowed to negotiate for them with the Interior Department and Bureau of Indian Affairs, but the general was excluded by white officials who thought of him as too pro-Indian. After the turn of the century, Two Strike lived quietly at Pine Ridge, where he was buried after his death, about 1915.
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Four generations of Two Strikes family.
http://www.memories.ne.gov/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/nshs&CISOPTR=500&CISOBOX=1&REC=6
Also photo of his daughters
http://hem.passagen.se/native/phototwostrikeus.htm
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I love the photos Janice ... thank you !! :D
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Chief Short Bull's brother was He Dog ....
( this is all terrific stuff I think ........ I'm loving it !! .... but we're no closer to Paul Eagle Star !! :D )
lots of reading though here !! :) scroll all the way to the buffalo and click on him for an index ... click on HeDog !! :) :) sorry I can't get it any other way !! ::)
http://hem.passagen.se/native/phototwostrikeus.htm
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That photograph on reply #34 is driving me crazy !! :P
I think the guy next to Thunder Hawk is American Horse and next to him is Spotted Tail .... but thats not what it looks like on the writing !! :-\ what do you guys think ??
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The Death of Crazy Horse: A Tragic Episode in Lakota History
By Richard G. Hardorff
http://books.google.ca/books?id=o9z3-nyIxH4C
Above book has photo of He Dog
http://tinyurl.com/6bokdz
Conversations With Crazy Horse
http://www.astonisher.com/archives/museum/index_crazy_horse_lbh.html
He Dog
http://www.geocities.com/manuela_standing_woman/Crazy_Horse_Photos.html
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Here are more great books.
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains
By Charles A. Eastman
http://books.google.ca/books?id=AphUc-hnhgUC
Last of the Great Scouts:
The Life Story of Col. W.F. Cody
http://books.google.ca/books?id=aSspvaBkL14C
An Autobiography Of Buffalo Bill
By Colonel W.F. Cody
http://books.google.ca/books?id=vpkSCSFw8p0C
A Century of Dishonor:
By Helen Hunt
http://books.google.ca/books?id=aDTGB_QnOZcC
A South Dakota Guide By Federal Writers' Project
http://books.google.ca/books?id=Db0kzDtsl_0C
Indian Wars: Under the Leadership of Sitting Bull
By James P. Boyd
http://books.google.ca/books?id=aV4trqiIM-MC
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I found this .....
A letter from Rosebud Agency, Dak, brings the sad news of the death of Paul Eagle Star who was killed in a fight with the soldiers.
The sad news come through letters from Pine Ridge Agency, Dak, that White Horse, Little Bull and Mack Kutepi have been killed, and that Clayton Brave is wounded. The letter does not state upon which side these Carlisle pupils were engaged whether with the hostile or friendly Indians
January 16, 1891 INDIAN HELPER
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, SO. DAK.
CAPT. R. H. PRATT, January 24th 1891.
CARLISLE, PA.,
RESPECTED SIR: - It is with pleasure I write this letter to inform you of the excitement at this point. As far as I know there have been killed about two hundred Indians in all, and about forty or fifty wounded. There may be more, but I don't know of any more. In regard to the soldiers, I don't know how many were killed or wounded. The Police and Agency force were attacked by a few hostiles. In this attack three of the hostiles were killed and two wounded. A great many head of cattle were killed, houses ruined, and horses stolen by the hostiles. They have been giving in their arms for the last week or over. They have come to their right senses and have come in and made peace with the military, but how long they will remain so is hard to tell.
Ota Chief Eagle, Charlie Bird, Alex Yellow Wolf, Moses Red Kettle, several returned pupils, and myself carried a rifle for two days. In last week's HELPER I read that Paul EagleStar, Mack Kutepi, Clayton Brave, were killed. Paul Eagle Star came here from Rosebud, but did not take part in the fight. He was one of the friendly ones. Clayton got wounded, and Mack is still living. Eleven of the returned Carlisle boys are working in Agency and one of the trader's stores.
The Rosebud Indians will probably be sent back to their Agency.
I have told about all I know, so I will close. Hoping to hear from you again,
I remain, as ever, your friend,
GEORGE W. MEANS
http://home.epix.net/~landis/woundedknee.html
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His name was Sinte Gleska which means "Spotted Tail". Spotted Tail was known as Jumping Buffalo in his youth and received his later name from the raccoon tails given to him by fur trappers..
A member of the Brule Sioux, Spotted Tail was not a hereditary chief, but received his appointment based on his ability and honesty..
Spotted Tail won his first wife in a knife duel, distinguished himself in battles against the Pawnee, was involved in the Grattan Massacre and periodically hit wagon trains.
Spotted Tail stunned the U.S. military when he and two other indians accused of murder walked into Fort Laramie and gave themselves up. Imprisoned for a time, he learned to read and write English.
Spotted Tail was involved in the negotiation of the mineral rights of the Black Hills, a peaceful surrender for Crazy Horse and became chief of the Brule and Oglala since Red Cloud had fallen out of favor.
Rival factions began to brew and Spotted Tail 'stole' wives of several Brule Sioux. On August 5, 1881, Spotted Tail was killed by Crow Dog.
Spotted Tail is buried at the Episcopal Cemetery in Rosebud, South Dakota. His gravesite overlooks the Rosebud Agency where the US Government and Brule people interact every day. Sinte Gleska University also stands near as its mission embraces the lofty vision Spotted Tail had for his people.
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If the funeral attracted "considerable attention " and many papers covered his death ... how come we can't find anything ?? ::) ( wonder what it says on page 157 ?? )
Though he was in a common grave at West Brompton Cemetery !!
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03qh/
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From the Gale Databases:
THEATRICAL GOSSIP
The Era (London, England), Saturday, August 29, 1891; Issue 2762.
Paul "Eagle Star", one of Colonel Cody's Indians, died on Monday at the Sheffield Infirmary, from an accident which befell him whilst the Wild West Show was on a visit to that town. He and a number of other Indians were riding in the arena when his horse swerved against a part of the hoarding. "Egale Star" sustained a compound fracture of his leg, one of the fractures being close to the ankle. For a time he made favourable progress, but lockjaw set in, and from this he died. Mr Crager, Colonel Cody's chief interpreter, sat up with him the whole of Sunday night, and he was visited also by "Short Bull," one of the Indian chiefs. The deceased was a Brule Sioux Indian, twenty-five years of age, and was a prisoner of war, having taken part in the last Indian rising. He was married. His wife and children are living in the Rosebud Agency, United States.
In US papers:
Daily Evening Bulletin, (San Francisco, CA) Tuesday, August 25, 1891; Issue 119; col A
Eagle Star, the Sioux chief, who has been with Buffalo Bill, has just died from lockjaw.
The Weekly Sentinel and Wisconsin Farm Journal, (Milwaukee, WI) Thursday, August 27, 1891; pg. 5; col E
Sheffield, England, Aug 24 - Eagle Star, the Sioux chief who has been performing in Buffalo Bill's exhibition, died here to-day of lockjaw. His horse, during a recent performance, fell upon him, crushing his ankle. Mortification set in, and although the leg was amputated, the man's life could not be saved.
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I knew if you got on the case you'd find something Jorose !! :D :D
but the book seems to infer that it was all over the English papers .... and I can't find a thing !! ::)
I have to admit though ... I hadn't seen the "lockjaw" before but when you think about it .... it makes sense !! :-\
Thank you for your help !
Annie :)
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Hi Annie - Thanks for all the good research you and your colleagues have accomplished in regards to Paul Eagle Star. I'm currently in communications with a relative of Chief Short Bull. Both Paul Eagle Star and Chief Short Bull are referenced in the book HOSTILES, The Lakota Ghost Dance and Buffalo Bill's Wild West by Sam A. Maddra, ISBN 0-8061-3743-6. Please visit
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/legends/vpost?id=2465621
Regards
Philip
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I know I've seen the original narration !! :)
I was hoping you would get back to us and let us know how far along you were with that ... I arranged with the archivist to take pictures ... but was waiting to hear from you !! :)
We're also trying to get in touch with the lady who found Long Wolf ... we've got feelers out all over the place !
And yes ... we have the book mentioned on this thread ........ ! :)
Did you already have the pictures of Lilian by the way ??
How exciting to talk to a relative of Short Bull !! :)
Annie :)
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Annie - The George C. Crager pension application is for his participation in the Indian Wars. He 1st Army enlistment was in 1876. He did claim to be the "adopted" son of Chief Two Strike. He lived with his group for two years after his discharge in 1878. He was reported to have spoken several dialects of the Sioux-Lakota langauge besides German and Spanish. In 1880 he reenlisted in the Army for two more years. I've also found his last name spelled various ways, Krager, Kreager, etc
You've found information about my Great Uncle Jim 'Kid' Willoughby I didn't know. I hope you've visited his web site at
http://web.mac.com/fillupe/Site/James_W._Willoughby.html
Are you back home, if you're still in the States let me know! Your GREAT!
Regards
Philip
email address removed by moderator to prevent possible spam and other abuse..please use the Personal Message system to exchange this information.
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Annie - One more thing about GCC pension application, it was applied for by his third wife Julia in 1922, two years after his death and they had been divorced for close to twenty years by that time.
Regards
Philip
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I'm glad you're pleased with the results ... of course we're still looking for Paul Eagle Star .... trying to think of creative ways to find him !! this truely is a combined effort by many people .... I love it when two or more are on at the same time .... then we "spark" each other !! :D
I'm glad you explained the pension I couldn't figure it out - and his widow Julia ... ::) ::) ::) so can I ask - did she get it ?? ::)
I was also wondering about his Dad being Spanish ..... how did he get here do you know ? did he go to Mexico first ?
I'm still here ... let me know what you need OK ?
Annie :)
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Hi Annie - As to a previous entry you wrote
"If fillupes Great Grandfather was George C. Crager ............
and George was adopted by Chief Two Strike in 1878 ............"
did you find an archival references to the later? Our family knew this, but I have only found one oblique reference about it.
Regards
Philip
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Very interesting reading.
Philip - if you are interested B B Cody's Uncle Philip and Aunt Lyida are buried here:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcuycem/
I may be able to get a picture - I think I saw the tombstone when I was there.
Susan
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Annie & Susan - GCC's father was German, the origin of Spain is wrong. As I have discovered in my searches not 'all' the census data is correct, especially family name spelling. I had previously discovered those photos of Lillian Francis Smith, please keep looking! And thanks for the information on B.B. but he's "beyond the pail" for me unless you find him in photos with either GCC or Jim Kid'. Attached is another photo taken at the same time as the ones posted recently by Annie. In this photo standing in the back row GCC is 4th from left, Chief Two Strike is 5th and next to him is B.B. and Short Bull is on the far right (circa January 1891).
In the second photo GCC is on the far right side, his hat is tilted back. B.B. is standing on the far left with his hand on the pole, next to him is General Miles (circa 1891)
Regards
Philip
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Annie - I don't know if any pension was collected by 'Julia', if she got lucky it wouldn't have been significant. My paternal Great Grand Father applied for a Civil War Pension, those pension schedules averaged about $ 2.00 a month! I once located a web-site that listed the pension amounts but can't find it now. You need to contact me privately about the Short Bull account.
Regards
Philip
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Going through the thread for the Salford Sioux ... I remembered that Paul was friends with Black Heart so here's a copy of what we have on him .... :)
Marriages Sep 1891
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Black Heart Barton I. 8c 922
Calls-the-Name ? Barton I. 8c 922
Davey Clifford Thomas Barton I. 8c 922
Yates Sarah Emmeli_e Barton I. 8c 922
1891 Marriage Solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St Bride Stretford in the County of Lancaster Aug 8th.
Black Heart,35,Bachelor,Soldier,Wild West Show,Whalley Range.Father,White-Eye,Indian Chief &
"Calls-Her-Name",44,Widow,Wild West Show,Whalley Range.Father,Smoke,Indian Chief.Married...by Licence...Both marked.Witnesses Joseph ? Riley & John ? (marked).
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c214/uksearch2003/INDIAN.jpg
(front row): No Neck, Rocky Bear, Black Heart, Georgie [Duffy], [Wm. F.] Cody, Bessie [Farrell], [Annie] Oakley, Red Shirt. Others in back row: Buck Taylor (fifth from right), Johnny Baker (fourth from right), Carter Couturier (?), advertising agent (second from right), Has No Horses (?) (far right)
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Here's Lillian ....... Princess Wenona ........... working with the 101 Ranch !!
http://www.kaycounty.info/101_Ranch/wenona.html
And look here ........
Lillian Francis Smith who performed as Princess Wenona while with the 101 Ranch Wild West Show from 1911 to 1916. She returned to the ranch late in life but died destitute near it in 1930. Her accomplishments during her performing career equaled or surpassed that of Annie Oakley but unlike Oakley international recognition escaped her. Her grave was unmarked until the 101 Ranch OTA and its supporters intervened in 1999
http://www.101ranchota.com/history.html
Annie :)
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Here's another of his friends ... :)
Lone Bull 1850 - 1891
He was the son of Chief (?) Bull Bear - he served in the military during war time in 1876 at Battle of the Little Big Horn Lakota Territory occupation - Bill Cody's Wild West Show in 1891 His body was interred in 1891 at Kyle Shannon Co South Dakota USA at Episcopal Cemetery. (?)
Children of (?) Lone Bull
Peter Bull Bear+ b. circa 1880
Edith Bull Bear?+ b. circa 1880 d. February 2 1975
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These two items were dedicate on November 2006 at Dennistoun, Glasgow
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Thats really cool fillupe !! ( shame it wasn't cleaned though before the photo was taken - could have seen Georges name better !! :) )
Do you know if he went to South America at all ? I found these on Find my Past ... thought I'd ask you first !!
Crager George C 1860 M 1915 Liverpool Argentina Buenos Aires
Crager George C 1860 M 1915 Liverpool Argentina Buenos Aires
Crager George C 1860 M 1916 Liverpool USA New York
Crager George Charlton 1859 M 1916 Liverpool Uruguay Montevideo
Annie :)
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Hi Annie - Yes I did find those records, there are some earlier ones from when he was traveling with B.B.W.W.S.. Of Course by this time B.B.W.W.S. was history, he was now using his other language skills. Yes he did travel to South Africa to see his son Cuno Parker Crager. Cuno was a Lutheran (I believe) missionary. He also traveled to Chile where he work for almost two years before his death in 1920. His youngest daughter Winnifred died (1 of more than 1,000) in the great fire and sinking disaster of the S.S. Slocum on New York's East River in 1904.
Regards
Philip
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Seems to me he liked Liverpool !! :D :D :D :D :D
A man of taste I'd say !! :)
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Here's Lillians grave .....
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fillupe ... did you find Paul Eagle Star also on the earlier ships manifests ?? :)
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Hi Annie
So many facinating people, photographs!! ;D
Hey, I was having a wee read over this topic - been trying to see if I could spot anything more about Paul in Newspapers etc...
And it occurred to me...we are trying to find out about what happened to him after his death etc....but I wondered, what else do we know or want to know about him before joining Cody? And I wondered if you already knew who his wife and son were?
In summary (since I already got it ;D )
I think his son might have been Thomas or William, or Thomas William Eagle Star born 5 Oct 1889 Rosebud.
I think I see, Paul, wife Yellow Leaf and son William - in Jun 1891 Indian Schedule. Would this be right? How do those schedules work - is it possible for someone to be listed but not actually be there? Because I know Paul was in England must be very soon after that, since he died in August 1891......... ???
All Rosebud - Brule-Sioux :
Thomas W Eagle Star b 1889/1890 appeared to live from 1892 until 1908 without his mother and mostly with an Uncle named John Kills Alive and then (John's brother(?) Thomas Kills Alive.
Twice though (1906 and 1907) I see this Thomas W Eagle Star listed with grandparents named Antelope and Ada. Not sure whose side they come in under, Thomas' father or mother? Ada was 14 yrs older than Antelope who was born abt 1848.
In 1908 TW is on his own. In 1909 he is married to Lucy. They appear to have one son b 1909 who dies bf 1915, when they have another son. In 1917 I think TW enlists in WW1 as William b 5 Oct 1889, and states a wife & 1 child, Rosebud Reservation. In 1918-ish he has a daughter. And the wife Lucy appears to have died around the same time.
In 1921. Thomas appears to take a wife, Laura Crooked Foot - who is half his age. No new children appear before 1924. Then between 1924 and 1932 they have 5 children. The youngest......is named Paul Eagle Star. It was this little lad whom I came across first in a general search on the name, so I just followed him and his father back. I won't mention the other children here, since some could be still living.
ANyway, my thought - if Thomas W is our Paul's son, and Thomas W had children - some of whom could still be living, can we see if we can track them down.... Maybe they know if Grandad Paul's remains came home and when/from where?
Cheers ;D
AMBLY
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Oh wow Ambly !! .... would that be cool or what ??
Thank you ..... that all makes sense to me ( believe it or not :) ) Indian families are so entwined and hard to figure out !! :) but I think you've got it !! :D :D :D
I don't have the manifest ... so I don't know when he travelled ... thats what I was looking for last night when I found George C in South America !! ::)
I'll try and find when he travelled but I'm pretty sure he had been there for a while before he died !! but it's a possibility he could have been listed and not physically there !
There's loads here to go through .... thank you !!
Annie :)
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Hi Annie
You're welcome ;D ;) Boy, you're not wrong abt the twining! I've learned a lot about Indian Census by looking up this Thomas. Actually if it wasn't for him being consistently with Uncles John and Thomas Kills Alive, I might have got really muddled with wife changes, missing children etc.
I'll PM you the names of Thomas William's children by his 2 wives. He does feel "right though, doesn't he? Wonder if Phillip has heard of him?
There is one name I came across - the name of one of John Kills Alive daughters - "Look The Nation". I'm sure I read that someplace else (a photograph?) but I can't think where, she was age 14 in 1892.
Must be off to my bunk in a mo - where a hottie awaits. It's blimmin cold here, very frosty.
Cheers
AMBLY
PS Hottie water bottle not hotttie tottie ;D ;D ;D
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Thanks again Ambly ! ....
you deserve a hottie after all that ... whatever kind you choose !! :D :D ::) ::)
Annie :)
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Now this is what I was talking about !!!!!! ... I knew it had to be in the British papers about him ..... :) but nothing from the Sheffield papers .....yet !!
Shaun sent me these !!
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and .... !
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Well ... I found a Henry Kills Alive !! :-\
http://www.astonisher.com/archives/museum/kills_alive_little_big_horn.html
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This is interesting !! ..........
In the mortuary rites of the Lakota the relatives immediately after death combed the hair of the deceased, dressed the body in fine cloathing, and painted the face red. Then occurred the first day's performance of the Ghost Keeper ceremony, itself an elaborate mortuary service. After removing a lock of hair, the laid the body on a buffalo-robe, wrapped it tightly in several skins, and tied it securely with thongs. For the preparation of the burial-platform, the relatives selected a poor person of the same sex as the deceased, who erected the scaffold in a tree by fastening poles from branch to branch. The same person who prepared the resting-place carried the body out and lashed it securely to the platform. Relatives and friends followed, giving vent to their grief in true primitive fashion by loud wailing and crying. Food was left with the body, and the favorite horse was killed, that the spirit might travel in a fitting manner to the after-world in the south
http://www.snowcrest.net/kirkrudy/texts/03-17-23.html
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And Daniel Kills Alive !! ( they have to be the same family !! )
The Koshares own one thousand pieces of beadwork made by the Plains and Chippewa Native Americans. One of the featured pieces of the beadwork collection is the complete regalia of Daniel Kills Alive. Kills Alive was a full blooded Oglala Sioux who lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation. He appeared in several Wild West Shows around 1925 until 1947. Included in his outfit is a beautiful buckskin shirt, beaded leggins, trade cloth leggings and eagle feather war bonnet. In addition to Daniel's regalia are letters which relate to how he trying to get government aid and how the government is trying to collect taxes from him at the same time.
The regalia of Daniel Kills Alive has been a wonderful asset to the museum and his personal letters paint a better picture of the relationship between the Native American and the government in the early 1900s. Some of the letters relate how he is trying to get government aid and how the government is trying to collect taxes from him. Another interesting piece of this collection is a certificate from the 1901 Indian Congress, showing his participation in the event over one hundred years ago.
http://kosharehistory.org/koshare/exhibits.html
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I wonder if you've seen this memorial Fillupe ?? ( a little off topic - I know ! )
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8133
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Annie - This may be getting far a field from your 'thread' but please visit
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/6937/87309.html?1087322487
If you scroll down through the blog you'll see many photos of the disaster and its victims, if you scroll way down to near the end there's of photo of Winifred Crager. Winifred was born in England while GCC was on tour with B.B.W.W.S.. There are a several books written about this tragedy and a documentary appearing on the History Channel called 'Ship Ablaze', that was also one of the books names. The DVD of 'Ship Ablaze' documentary is available.
Regards
Philip
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Getting back to Paul Eagle Star, here's a copy of his death certificate courtesy of Tom Cunningham . . .
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So fillupe ... tell us what you think of Ambly's information .... did you know any of that ??
Interesting death certificate !
Annie :)
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Here's some more of Philips photos ... what a treasure this one is with Geronimo !! :D :D
Standing to Lillian's left is Chief Geronimo, to his left is General Miles, circa 1901. Geronimo was still a Prisoner of War at this time and most likely under the supervision of General Miles
but I expect by this time they were old pals and drinking buddies. The Chief is noted to have loved taking a nip . . .
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Annie & Ambly - I don't have any information on Paul Eagle Star's family. I have post a message on Legends Of America, Native American's Forum asking for information of his descendants but it's been a 'dry well' so far.
Regards
Philip
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fillupe ... I sent you the stuff Ambly sent me ... when she comes on - you can ask her about them if you need to !! :)
but it looks like them to me !! :D :D
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This is the only crossing I can find in the time frame for Paul !! I don't know if he's on this manifest ... but I know Bill Cody and Redshirt are !! I can't get it right now ... can anybody else check it for me please ??
Departing Hull Arriving NY 21 May 1888 Persian Monarch
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Annie - I believe that 1888 arrivals may have been some of the B.B.W.W.S. troops returning from their 1887 tour. Even though the tours lasted over a year the Indians were not allowed to be gone that long as many were 'Prisoners of War' and on release from confinement. Chief Charging Thunder was one of the tour Indians that decided to leave the tour and stay in the U.K.. In addition to that there was some level of public concern and/or 'Christian Outrage' that 'Tour Indians' were being mistreated. This concern had a lot to do with the number of deaths that occurred among the Tour Indians. Several died from poor health due to such wasting diseases as tuberculosis. Because of this preception there was significant public pressure to prevent the Indians from joining 1891-92 tour altogether. Public concern was overruled by the Commission of Indian Affairs.
I believe Paul Eagle Star first joined the show for the 1891-92 tour. Information that was provided by the Carlisle School suggest he was there from 1882 until 1887 where he was schooled and trained to be a blacksmith. He did return to the Rosebud Reservation and work as a blacksmith by 1889. Early newspaper reports stated he was killed in the Wounded Knee Massacre (12/29/1890) which of course he wasn't.
Regards
Philip
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Annie - This is a 1887 photo of B.B.W.W.S. performers aboard a sailing ship. This Merritt & Wagner photograph is displayed at 'American Treasures of The Library of Congress' web site. It's of reasonable quality but low display resolution so it's difficult to make any individual identifications. Hopefully I'll be able to obtain a higher resolution version.
Regards
Philip
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Hi Annie
Have sent you the names on the Persian Monarch manifest, off list!
I have been googling (again!) , trying out all the names from those Census re: Thomas William Eagle Star, suspected son of Paul...... Trying to find out who Antelope and Ada were, but not having much luck, thinking they might be the parents of either Paul or his wife.
Can't find a thing on "Yellow Leaf", the 1891 wife of Paul Eagle Star!
But I did find this:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sdtripp/lucy_edith_eagle_hawk.htm
An obit for a Lucy Edith Eagle Hawk who died in 2003. It mentions she has a surviving brother whose name exactly matches the 2nd youngest of Thomas William Eagle Star (which I sent you by PM). And Thomas's also had a daughter named Lucy, the 3rd youngest. The area on the obit is Winner and Ideal in SD - which I gather is all around the Rosebud area??
Could Lucy and her brother be grandchildren of Paul ? And maybe the brother is still living!!
Also was there ever any mention that Paul had any siblings?
I came across an Iver Eagle Star, also Brule , He died in 1934 age 69 (so born abt 1865), He was also a Preacher,
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sdlyman/Cemeteries/native.htm
cheers ;D
AMBLY
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That's terrific Ambly ! .... and theres more Eagle Hawks at the same cemetery !
http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/sd/tripp/cemeteries/holyspirit.txt
Also .... the brother is a Sr so there must be a Jr somewhere !! :-\
Partial list of some of the ministers deacons and lay leaders serving the Episcopal parish
1890 to the 1990's
Luke C. Walker, Joseph DuBray, David W. Clark, Henry H. Whipple, J.B.DeCory, Alfred Barber, Paul H.Barbour, Ed P. Pretty Head, Wallace H. Zephier, W.B. Roberts, (Bishop) A.J.Klein, C.M. Jones, Cyril C. Rouilliard, Iver Eagle Star, Reuban Estes, Conrad Gesner, Thomas Hemminger, Isaac High Elk, John DeWitt, Thomas J. Rouillard, Paul Chekpa,priest, C.B. Harnsberger, John Grass-lay leader, Clyde Estes, William Bears Heart, George Selwyn, Sister Jeanette Kastorfff, John Lurvy. In the 90's Rev.James Pearson.
Burial records 1965-1978
As submitted by Leola Peterson, Lower Brule, 1997
Holy Comforter Episcopal Church, LowerBrule In new cemetery- May-1965 to July-1988
Another Eagle Star in 1969 and another 1991
http://sdgenweb.com/lyman/Cemeteries/native.htm
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I found 1887 Rosebud census !! woohoo ! .... but theres a lot to go through !! ::) ::) ::) ... I 've just done the first 4 pages - nothing there yet !!
http://oyate1.proboards58.com/index.cgi?board=census&action=display&thread=546
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This is the only Antelope I can find !! :-\ but he's a Hunkpapa .... though they all seem to mix and match .... all I know is ... he is Sioux !!
Running Antelope ... scroll down ......
http://oyate1.proboards58.com/index.cgi?board=pictures&action=display&thread=680
More pictures of Oglalas !! ( just so happens our friend Red Shirt is in there !! ::) )
http://oyate1.proboards58.com/index.cgi?board=pictures&action=display&thread=687
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Two Strike and wife ....
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I thought this was poignant .... :-\
Carlisle Indian School Cemetery
http://oyate1.proboards58.com/index.cgi?board=sioux&action=display&thread=840
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"Six Chiefs Wild West Show."
This photo was from the book Encyclopedia of American Indian Wars 1492-1890 by Jerry Keenan
( the man in the middle with the long feather bonnet is Iron Tail )
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Check out some of these photos ! .... keep you occupied for hours !! :D :D :D :D
http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/s/shindler.htm
http://photoswest.org:8080/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?getBasicTerms+26020
http://gallery.unl.edu/about.html
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/067_curt.html
http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us/transmiss/congress/gallery/subindtbl.html
http://www.windriverhistory.org/
http://www.grandfathersspirit.com/native/cards4.html
http://ww2.glenbow.org/lasearch/searmenu.htm
http://webhome.idirect.com/~mikeha/namericans/names.html
Images:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/nativeamericans/index2.html
the full ledger art address: http://plainsledgerart.org/
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/anthro/redcloud/index.htm
More ledger art sites:
http://www.tribalarts.com/feature/plains/index.html#5
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/exhibits.htm
Great winter count site:
http://www.sfmission.org/museum/exhibits/wintercounts/index.shtml
http://www.usgs.gov/features/native_americans.html
More good sites, including ledger art and photographs:
http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/s/choate.htm
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/scout/scout.htm
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Annie - This is my favorite photograph of Chief Two Strike!
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These are what I really wanted ......... :D :D :D Tom Cunningham kindly said I could post his transcripts !! :D
The Evening Telegraph and Star Tuesday, 25th of August 1891
THE DEATH OF A WILD WEST INDIAN.
The news of the death of Paul Star Eagle (sic), a prominent member of Buffalo Bill’s of Sioux Indians, caused much consternation yesterday at the Wild West encampment at Nottingham. From the day of the accident unceasing inquiries as to the sufferer’s condition were regularly made by his brother Indians and the management, and on all hands the hope was entertained that he would speedily recover and be in a position to rejoin the exhibition. Unfortunately, these expectations have not been realised. On Saturday lockjaw set in, and it was seen that the only hope of saving life was to have the leg amputated. This operation was performed on Saturday evening, but the lockjaw becoming worse the Indian sank and died early on Monday morning. Mr. G. C. Crager, the Sioux interpreter, came over to witness the operation, and remained with the patient until his death. The Indian frequently expressed his gratification at the kindly treatment he had received from the surgeons and nurses, who had done all in their power to render his hard lot as comfortable as circumstances would allow. He died holding Mr. Crager’s hand, and murmuring, “Jesus, Jesus.” Information of the sad event was at once telegraphed to Nottingham to Buffalo Bill and Mr. Nate Salsbury, who were considerably upset on the receipt of the news. Col. Cody has since been quite prostrated, and was unable to come over to Sheffield to make the necessary arrangements. He is extremely grateful to Mr. Arthur Jackson, Mr. W. F. Favell, Mr. G. H. Shaw, and the resident medical staff at the Infirmary for the care and solicitude they bestowed upon their Indian charge, and intends presenting a marble bust of himself to the Infirmary as a token of his indebtedness to them. Major J. M. Burke; Mr. Wm. Langan, supply agent; Mr. Crager; Mr. Shangrau, an interpreter; Chiefs “Kicking Bear,” Black Heart,” and “Lone Bull,” and a young brave named “Bulls Stands Behind,” cousin to the deceased, came over to Sheffield to attend the inquest, and remove the body. The Indians, particularly “Bull Stands Behind,” displayed much emotion on seeing the dead body of their comrade.
The inquest was held this morning at the Infirmary, before Mr. D. Wightman, coroner. In addition to those already named, Mr. B. Folsom, American Consul in Sheffield, was present.
Mr. G. C. Crager, the interpreter, was the first witness. He said he had known the deceased about six months. He was a Sioux Indian, and came to this country with Buffalo Bill’s Exhibition five months ago. Witness did not actually see the accident on August 14, but saw deceased directly afterwards, and came with him to the Infirmary half-an-hour later. According to what Paul Star Eagle (sic) told him, and from what he saw himself, he came to the conclusion that the Indian’s horse slipped and slid on its fore foot as the Indians were galloping out of the arena. The animal’s belly scraped the ground, and the rider’s foot being between the two, caused the ankle to become dislocated.
Mr. Hugh Rhodes, house surgeon at the Infirmary, said he saw deceased on his admission to the Infirmary. He was suffering from a compound dislocation of the right ankle. On Saturday last, lockjaw setting in, it was decided to amputate the leg, that being the only means of saving life. The operation was successfully performed, but the lockjaw, far from diminishing, became worse, and resulted in the man’s death on Monday.
The Coroner remarked that, as there was no one present who witnessed the accident, the jury would have to return their verdict on Mr. Crager’s evidence.
The jury agreed, and signed a verdict of “Accidentally killed.”
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Mr. Crager took the opportunity to here remark that, as the representative of Colonel Cody, he was authorised to say how grateful the Colonel was to the Infirmary people for what they had done to the deceased. They were all thoroughly satisfied with the treatment he had received. Wherever they went they would carry with them a grateful remembrance of the Sheffield Infirmary. During his sixteen years’ travels, Mr. Crager said that he had never met with such kindness and seen such devotion to a stranger as at the Infirmary. Had the Colonel been able he would have come himself to thank them.
The Coroner said he was pleased to hear Mr. Crager so express himself. Sheffielders were proud of their Infirmary, and would be pleased to hear such commendation from strangers.
Mr. Folsom said he, too, was perfectly satisfied with the treatment the deceased had received.
After the inquest, the remains – enclosed in a stout coffin – were placed in a hearse and driven off to the Midland Station en route for New Brompton, where they will be interred in a plot of land belonging to Buffalo Bill, and which already contains the remains of an Indian, who died in London during the Jubilee year. The three chiefs and the deceased’s relative rode in the first carriage, with M. Shangrau, the interpreter; the remainder of the party following in other carriages. Arrived at the station, the coffin was placed in a specially hired van attached to the 11.35 London train. It was the intention of Buffalo Bill to meet the train at Nottingham with his cowboy band and all the members of the Wild West, to enable them to have a farewell look at the features of their departed comrade, while the band played the “Requiem.” The coffin was then to be taken on to Brompton, and interred in the presence of Major Burke, Mr. Crager, and the deceased Indian’s relative.
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Sheffield & Rotherham Independent,
26th August 1891
THE DEATH OF “EAGLE STAR” IN SHEFFIELD.
INQUEST AT THE INFIRMARY
Never since the Sheffield Infirmary was instituted has there been witnessed in its board room such a unique spectacle as was seen there yesterday, when in the presence of four Sioux Indian chiefs, the inquest on the body of Paul “Eagle Star” was held by Mr. Wightman. It will be remembered that the accident which caused the death of the deceased occurred a week ago last Friday while he was taking part in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show at Owlerton, and that his death took place on Monday, amputation of the right leg having been performed on the previous Saturday. While he was an inmate of the Infirmary he was visited several times by Colonel Cody, and when the illness took a serious turn Mr. G. C. Crager, who has charge of the Indians, was sent to Sheffield with instructions to “spare no expense, secure the best care, and save his life.” After he arrived in Sheffield telegrams came at frequent intervals from Colonel Cody and Mr. Salsbury, inquiring for news of “Eagle Star’s” condition. On Monday morning it was apparent that the end was near, and he asked Mr. Crager, who was at his bedside, to give him his hand. Shaking it feebly he said “Jesus, Jesus,” and died. Mr. Crager then returned to Nottingham, and found the camp in a condition of gloomy depression at the news that had been received. The squaws and other Indians were walking among the wigwams chanting a requiem for their dead comrade. Colonel Cody, Major Burke, and many members of the company were also much affected.
At the inquest yesterday there were present, arrayed in their brightly coloured native garments and trinkets, Chief Kicking Bear, Chief Black Heart, Chief Lone Bull, and Bull Stands Behind. The last named is a cousin of the deceased, and as an indication that he was mourning for some one dead he wore round his head a band of white silk. He is a tall young man with a singularly graceful form, and upon his face is an expression of refinement and womanlike tenderness in strong contrast to the rugged and dogged virility displayed in the smeared countenances of the Indian chiefs who sat by his side. When he saw the dead body of his cousin Bull Stands Behind burst into tears, but was eventually consoled somewhat by one of the other chiefs, who told him with what exceeding kindness the deceased had been treated at the Infirmary. Throughout the inquiry the four Indians maintained their accustomed stolidity, the only time when they showed more than ordinary interest in the proceedings being when the members of the jury were sworn and kissed the testaments. Probably the ceremony puzzled them as much as some of their ceremonies puzzle the white people. They were accompanied by Major Burke, the general manager for the Buffalo Bill Wild West Company; Mr. William Laugan (sic), supply agent; Mr. George C. Crager, Sioux interpreter, who has charge of the Indians; and John Shangren, a native interpreter. Mr. B. Folsom, United States Consul, at Sheffield, also attended.
Mr. G. C. Crager identified the body, and said he had known the deceased about six months. The deceased, who was 25 years of age, was a Sioux Indian, and came from America with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. He was a healthy man, and had been with the company about five months. He (witness) did not see the accident occur, but he saw the deceased immediately afterwards, and the latter was brought to the Infirmary within an hour afterwards. The accident happened while the deceased was riding a horse out of the arena. He had ridden the horse daily for a considerable time. The horse slid with all his four feet out, and then fell, and slid on its belly. The deceased’s right foot was under the horse’s belly, and his right ankle was dislocated. This was the explanation given by the deceased, who did not blame any one.
Mr. Hugh Rhodes, house surgeon at the Infirmary, said he was present when the deceased was admitted. He was suffering from a compound dislocation of the right ankle, which had been reduced when he came. He remained at the Infirmary, and it was decided to amputate the foot a week and a day after his admission. This course was taken because lock-jaw had set in. Up to that time he had improved, and it was thought he would recover. The amputation was well performed and with the deceased’s sanction, but the lock-jaw became worse, and he died on Monday.
Mr. Folsom, upon being asked whether he had any questions to put, replied that he had not, and remarked that at the time it happened the accident was not considered to be a serious one. He was satisfied the affair was purely an accident.
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Mr. Crager stated that the treatment the deceased had received had been perfectly satisfactory. Wherever he went he would always think of the Sheffield Infirmary with feelings of intense gratefulness. The manner in which the surgeons, nurses, and all connected with the institution had cared for a stranger and a foreigner had so impressed him that his command of words entirely failed him in his efforts to give expressions to his feelings. The deceased was a favourite in the camp, and the news of his death had made Colonel Cody ill. The latter would have attended the inquest if he had been able.
The Coroner said that in Sheffield they were proud of the Infirmary, and he was pleased to hear its excellence had been appreciated.
Mr. Folsom replied that he was quite satisfied with the kindness displayed to the deceased at the Infirmary, and with the medical treatment he had received.
The jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of “Accidental death.”
After the inquest, in a conversation with one of our representatives, Mr. Crager grew most enthusiastic in his acknowledgement of the treatment the deceased had received at the Infirmary, where, he said, he could not have received more attention had he been a king. The doctors and nurses spared no pains in ministering to his comfort, and thought nothing of leaving their beds in the middle of the night to grapple with any symptom that threatened him with suffering. He spoke of the generosity and courtesy with which he himself had been treated in Sheffield by all with whom he had come in contact. He had travelled in all sorts of countries, and had mixed with almost all grades of society, but in Sheffield he had received kindness which had quite taken him aback, and which he previously thought did not exist in this world. He intimated that a bust and pedestal of Colonel Cody in white marble and ebony was being made at Munich, and that Colonel Cody intended to present it to the staff at the Infirmary.
Immediately after the inquest the body was conveyed by Messrs. Tomlinson and Sons to the Midland Railway Station, the Indians and others connected with the show following in carriages. The funeral party was met by Mr. Wheen, the station master, and the coffin containing the body was taken from the hearse and placed in a van specially engaged for the purpose. The presence of the Indian chiefs on the platform excited much interest amongst the people at the station, but as it was not generally known they were going to be there, no crowding took place. All the members of the party took their seats in the train leaving at 11.35 for Nottingham, at which town all the other members of the show, including the proprietors, Colonel Cody and Mr. Salsbury, met the train at the station, with the cowboy band, which played appropriate music. The coffin was unscrewed, and each allowed to have a last look at their comrade. The body was then taken forward to West Brompton, London, by train, and buried in the Indian burying ground there.
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Black heart
http://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/cph/3c30000/3c35000/3c35900/3c35970u.tif
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Kicking Bear
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8891710
He died on May 28 1904 at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Manderson, Shannon Co South Dakota USA
Before Kicking Bear died - he went out to the grave of his father Black Fox - lifted Black Fox's skull from its resting place and dislodged the Crow arrowhead that had killed him.
"When Kicking Bear one of the last of the Sioux fighting men ..... died in 1904 at the age of 58 he was buried with this arrowhead - a symbol of the lost world he had longed so passionately to resurrect."
Kicking Bear's brother Flying Hawks
http://community-2.webtv.net/Wimz/CHIEFFLYINGHAWKS/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc7fZonjD1M&feature=related
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The picture is from fillupe ....... Black Heart and John Y Nelson .... just look at that tipi ... isn't that terrific ?? thought I'd add a bit about John ... he was quite a character !!
John Young Nelson known as “Cha-Sha-Sha-O-Pogeo”
John Y. Nelson one of the most colorful of the Western frontiersmen, traveled with Buffalo Bill for approximately 10 years. He was an audience favorite in the Buffalo Bill Combination shows during the 1870's and with the Wild West Show in the 1880's.
Born August 25 1826 in Charleston Virginia of “American parents” John Young Nelson ran away from home about age 12. After making his way to Missouri - he joined a party of traders going further west. Along the way he developed excellent shooting, hunting, and horsemanship skills. The trading party encountered a large band of Sioux on the Platte River - the first Native Americans Nelson had ever seen. He became fascinated by their culture and wanted to learn all about them. He kept going to their camp refusing to leave even as the traders moved on without him.
Being stuck with the young boy - the Sioux adopted him and gave him the name “Cha-Sha-Sha-O-Pogeo”, or “Redwood Fill the Pipe”. ( Because of its flavor - Nelson was fond of putting red willow powder in the tobacco he smoked.) From the Sioux he learned all about the plains buffalo, hunting and scounting skills, and became an accurate reporter of Sioux life.
Since Nelson spoke both English and the Sioux language, he became valuable in trading transactions. In one such encounter, Nelson met Brigham Young, leading a party of Mormons to Utah. Nelson agreed to guide them on their journey. He became a scout for the US Army in 1857. In that capacity, he was with the troops that arrived too late to prevent the Mountain Meadows Massacre in southern Utah. He spoke with some of the few children who survived and, in his autobiography, provides a near-witness account of what happened.
The 1878 Buffalo Bill Cody Combination show "May Cody, or Lost and Won", which is advertised in a recently discovered billboard from that time, was based on this incident in American history. It was the first time that Bill Cody had hired Sioux friends to take part in one of his shows. Nelson began as a translator for the Sioux and became a featured performer as well. A life-size image of him (a major part of the 1878 historic billboard) has now been restored and is on display in the Reg Lenna Civic Center in Jamestown, NY.
Several years followed of Nelson's being a guide, hunter, trader, pony express rider, cattle driver, bartender, and sheriff, and a driver of the Deadwood Stage. His autobiography records a “run out” with Bill Cody .......
“I had known him since 1857, when he was driving teams along the route. He and I were very good friends, and a good deal of his knowledge of the country round he owed to me.”
Cody once convinced Nelson to go out on the prairie on a hunting trip, despite the fact that Nelson had a bullet in his leg. Seventy miles out, something startled the horses, leaving both men alone in the wilderness without transportation. Cody left Nelson with some food and walked a great distance to get help - which came remarkably soon and saved Nelson's life.
During the time of the re-settling of Native Americans on reservations, Nelson was officially recognized by the US government as a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe and received land on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
“My wife, children and myself had a claim for land, farming implements, rations, goods, and in fact everything that the treaty guaranteed. I may here state that I have never asked for anything myself - but in time the land will become very valuable provided the government does not steal it - which I think it will do sooner or later.”
(Quotes are from Fifty Years on the Trail - The Adventures of John Young Nelson as described to Harrington O’Reilly 1889)
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Fascinating stuff, Annie!!! You have become an honorary Sioux historian!!
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Hi Lissa !
This is all so interesting ... but the thing is .... I wish I knew what to do with all this information !! ::) ::)
The other threads are all intertwined too and so they are all mix and match !! :D :D :D
Someday somebody will read this and be happy to find their family ... at least I hope so !! :D :D
Annie :)
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or some kid is going to get a great Term Paper ........free of charge! ;D ;D ;D
Great work!! ;D ;D
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I know Lissa ! :D :D
But that would be cool too .... hope they get an A+ :D :D :D :D :D
Wonder if Paul left from this platform ?? .......
http://prints.leics.gov.uk/pictures_671844/Midland-Railway-Station-Sheffield.html
Annie :)
And if anybody was really interested they could get information about Mr Wheen the Station Master here !! ;D
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=124
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I want to try and add a newspaper cutting here ... but it may be too big ... I'll try ....... ::)
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Just a little off topic a bit .... ( but not really !! ) Joseph Standing Buffalo ...........
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
"For four short years our sons fought in European trenches beside their sons, our blood mingled with theirs, as for four hundred years in a different way our bloods had mixed. Four thousands of our Native brothers and now grandfathers saw the European homeland through the sights of rifles and the roar of cannon. Hundreds are buried in that soil, away from the lands of their birth. These Native warriors accounted well for themselves, and the Allied cause. ... They were courageous, intelligent and proud carriers of the shield."
"World War I-1914-1918," AMMSA , 2, 35 (November 9, 1984), p. 9.
What a shame he died so close to the end of the war ... 29th of September 1918
Here's his Attestation Papers and a picture of his headstone
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03uc/
also here he is in the 1911 Census ......
http://www.rootschat.com/links/03ub/
There is also his listing in the Canadian Book of Remembrance
It is a bit confusing as in one or two places he is listed under Buffalo, while in others he is listed as Standing Buffalo.
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/content/collections/books/bww1/ww1505.jpg
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Just a thought ... I wonder if this church really is purple ?? ::)
http://www.sfmission.org/
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I'm posting this for no other reason than I think it's terrific !! ... :D........ not quite Ghost dancers !!
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Here's a bit more to add to Joseph Standing Buffalo
The 12th Infantry Brigade War Diary says check Appendix 10 for October not September -
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e043/e001069081.jpg
It starts here - move forward page by page by changing the final digits in the URL -
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e043/e001069231.jpg
Heavy casualties are reported for the 78th at the Cambrai-Douai Road -
http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/e/e043/e001069235.jpg
...... it helps to tell the story ...... reading Chapter VII of "Canada's Hundred Days" by Livesay Page 248 refers to the 78th distinguishing itself in coming up in support and beating off overwhelming forces ! it looks as if Joseph was one of many !!
General Macdonell was holding practically the same positions that his troops had captured on 27 September; further progress would be difficult until the British had captured the commanding ground north-east of Epinoy
The fighting on this Sunday had been exceedingly bitter - costing 2089 Canadian casualties and the enemy’s determined defence had made the results disappointing. General Currie was convinced however that each day’s attack by the Canadian Corps forestalled a German counter-attack, and he gave orders for the battle to be continued on the 30th !
I hope that the Everywhere Spirit will guide Joseph's path
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fillupe gave me the positive of the photo above .... I still like the Ghost one though !! :)
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Does this picture prove anything ... do you think ??
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Can you imagine .... walking ?? .......... :-\ :-\ :-\
Denver purchased Lookout Mountain Park for Buffalo Bill Cody’s final resting place in 1917 ......
An estimated 25,000 people drove walked or rode horses moved slowly up the Lariat Trail to attend "Buffalo Bill" Cody's funeral June 3 1917
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OK !! ... I really need help now !!
On page 6 reply #82 .......... there is a photo taken at Pine Ridge Jan. '91
Sitting on a box on the right of the picture wearing a big hat - is a man named J.G. Worth !
Is there any chance anybody can find out who he is ?? :-\ :-\ :-\
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It's hard to believe this happened isn't it ?? :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
Cody's Indians Come Back ....
New York Times March 19 1892 Wednesday Page 9
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990DE7DE1438E233A2575AC1A9659C94639ED7CF
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Annie - That photo has been mislabeled by the original photo printer. That name legend was added during one of the printing processes. In other photos taken of that same group the label covers a banner that read "N.Y. World" as in the newspaper. That man sitting on the box is Major Burke, he's seen in several other photos taken on about the same day. Burke had some significant management capacity with Buffalo Bill's Show. I've read that he had traveled with B.B. as part of his staff, in B.B.'s personal railroad car, to the Rosebud Reservation prior to Sitting Bull being murdered. B.B. had been requested by the Army to personally ask and escort Sitting Bull to surrender himself to the Reservation. B.B. had a previous close or working relationship with the Chief and it was felt that only someone like B.B. could bring the Great Chief in without war breaking out.
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My mistake .... I got the wrong picture .... ::) ::) ... sorry !!
page 4 reply # 45
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/2672364469_b65027b81c_o.jpg
It's the guy sitting on the right with the blanket on his knee and the rifle in his hands !!
Thanks fillupe ... glad you're keeping me on the straight and narrow here !! ;D
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Well over a century later - Paul Eagle Star remains something of a local legend in Sheffield, though the details of his story have come to be obscured by mythology. The belief that he was buried locally, most probably in the Wardsend Cemetery, has come to be fairly widely held, but the weight of evidence requires that the burial took place in London. It was reported that Paul Eagle Star would be buried in West Brompton Cemetery, ‘… in a plot of land belonging to Buffalo Bill, and which already contains the remains of an Indian' The impression that an Indian or Indians were already entombed at West Brompton is confirmed by reports such as that which appeared in the Nottingham Evening Post of Tuesday the 25th of August 1891, and which make reference to the ‘Indian quarter of West Brompton Cemetery’.
Two more Indians Long Wolf and the infant Star Ghost Dog would die in London during the 1892 season. They too were buried at West Brompton and their remains were repatriated to South Dakota in 1997 amid a far greater glare of media attention than would attend Paul Eagle Stars journey home two years later.
In 1997 Paul Eagle Stars unmarked grave was located - contact was made with Eagle Stars surviving grandchildren both of whom were elderly by this time. As a result of this initiative his remains were exhumed at the end of March 1999 - and re-buried with considerable ceremony on the following 31st of May in a traditional Indian burial site - in the vicinity of the Rosebud Reservation
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Annie - I mag'ed up the two photos of Chief Two Strike & his adopted son, my Great Grandfather George C. Crager. Thanks for all the good work you did on Paul Eagle Star . . .
Regards
Phil
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I love those pictures Philip !! ..... good job !! :D :D :D
I'm still looking ... but I've been gone for a few days .... and haven't got back into the swing again yet !! ::)
Annie :)
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If you have these, I apologize. I've tried to go through all the listings but.....
Chief Rain in the Face, the waistcoat and a nation's demand for return of their history
http://tinyurl.com/6y2j64
Establishing Dress History By Lou Taylor
http://tinyurl.com/5ac7w4
Historic Tunic Goes Home to Lakota Sioux
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/nov/29/news/mn-48724
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This is also a great site to visit. This is the web site of the author Tom Cunningham. He's published two books based on the academic research he's done on these events (including the complete history of Paul Eagle Star). In addition Tom has provided lots of on line information about this time in history.
http://www.tnais.com/bbis/
Tom was been very helpful to Annie & myself sending us the January of 1891 newspaper clippings (see entry 133) quoting my Great Grandfather George C. Crager (GCC) from his New York home. This clipping were published a few days after Wounded Knee, so by the time GCC arrived in the area of the Wounded Knee Massacare the victims had been buried for nearly two months.
An 1891 photograph that was previously displayed on this thread (see attached), was allegedly taken at the Counsel of Chiefs at Pine Ridge in mid February of 1891. The individual seated on the box, front row-right side, is identified as J. G. Worth. What can be presumed about this man is that he's not an Indian. But the Indian waistcoat he is wearing is none other than the one 'identified' as belonging to Chief Rain in The Face (1835-1905)! This waistcoat being recently 'rediscovered' in the Glasgow Museum. The waistcoat is one of 80 items half of which were given to the museum by GCC. Also during this same time while on his 1891 tour in Scotland, GCC acted as a broker to sell the revolver which was used to kill Jessie James.
At the time of my Great Grandfathers death, in 1920, he reportedly had an attic full of Indian artifacts which he had collected over his 25 years (1876-1904) of living within various Indian communities, i.e. Spotted Tail, Rosebud and Pine Ridge. These artifacts where just hauled away. Why and how Chief Rain In The Face parted with the vest, if it was his, or why J.W. Worth is wearing it in this photo is one of history's mysteries. What is factual is that after Wounded Knee a large Indian 'cottage industry' was created to produce 'Genuine Wounded Knee Artifacts' and souvenirs for the 1000's of people that arrived on the scene (soldiers, newspapers and tourist). Besides being a horrible event Wounded Knee was huge event followed by the world and everyone wanted to see it. Special trains ran just to bring in the sight seers. How do we really know if this was the Chief's waistcoat, the museum record records it as such, but that was 117 years ago and the only visual proof it even came from the area is the attached photograph. According to some historians, during the Battle of The Little Bighorn Chief Rain In The Face is alleged to have cut the heart out of Thomas Custer and eaten it! Was this the origin of western fast food . . . Well the facts of these alleged acts of this extreme mutilation resulted in Elizabeth Custer and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow writing the poem "The Revenge of Rain In The Face"
In that desolate land and lone,
Where the Big Horn and Yellowstone
Roar down their mountain path,
By their fires the Sioux Chiefs
Muttered their woes and griefs
And the menace of their wrath.
"Revenge!" cried Rain-in-the-Face,
"Revenue upon all the race
Of the White Chief with yellow hair!"
And the mountains dark and high
From their crags re-echoed the cry
Of his anger and despair.
In the meadow, spreading wide
By woodland and riverside
The Indian village stood;
All was silent as a dream,
Save the rushing a of the stream
And the blue-jay in the wood.
In his war paint and his beads,
Like a bison among the reeds,
In ambush the Sitting Bull
Lay with three thousand braves
Crouched in the clefts and caves,
Savage, unmerciful!
Into the fatal snare
The White Chief with yellow hair
And his three hundred men
Dashed headlong, sword in hand;
But of that gallant band
Not one returned again.
The sudden darkness of death
Overwhelmed them like the breath
And smoke of a furnace fire:
By the river's bank, and between
The rocks of the ravine,
They lay in their bloody attire.
But the foemen fled in the night,
And Rain-in-the-Face, in his flight
Uplifted high in air
As a ghastly trophy, bore
The brave heart, that beat no more,
Of the White Chief with yellow hair.
Whose was the right and the wrong?
Sing it, O funeral song,
With a voice that is full of tears,
And say that our broken faith
Wrought all this ruin and scathe,
In the Year of a Hundred Years.
The following books maybe out of print but can probably be found in your public library; Eyewitness at Wounded Knee by Richard E. Jensen, R. Eli Paul, John E. Carter, James Austin Hanson. It's loaded with photographs, it discusses the horror of the event and the sideshow activities afterwards.
Voices Of The American West, Volumes 1 & 2. The Indian Interviews of Eli S. Ricker 1903-1919. This book contains interviews between taken from 1903 & 1919 from the living survivors of Wounded Knee. (the dust jacket for this book uses the companion group photo to the one below, George C. Crager is in both).
Regards
Philip
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Here's a clipping from a Glasgow Herald newspaper (16 January 1892) that describes the gift of a 'Peace Pipe' from GCC's personal collection (courtesy of Tom Cunningham) . . .
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The pendant "N.Y. World" that is being held in the photo for item #149 is an advertisement for the New York World Newspaper. Two of the people in this photograph were correspondents for the newspaper. The newspaper was owned by Joseph Pulitzer (April 10, 1847–October 29, 1911) he was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes.
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Hi Philip !!
What have I been missing ?? I must have turned my notification off !! :-\ :-\ ::)
Very interesting clipping don't you think ??
Annie :)
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Annie - Hope all is well! Yes, Tom has researched B.B.W.W.S. in Scotland to the Nth degree. He's taken his research to the U.S. and gone into all 'our' archives, he certainly knows what's fact and what's fiction. I've just been in contact with Buffalo Bill Historical Center to order newly discovered photographs of my Great Uncle Jim 'Kid' Willoughby and his 'beloved bride' Lillian Francis Smith (aka Princess Wenona). A fiction writer couldn't think up a better family of ancestral characters than I have!
Regards
Philip
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Hello...I posted a reply to a message I found on legends.websitetoolbox.com regarding Paul Eagle Star...please check it out...