Paul Eagle Star and Buffalo Bill Cody

[liverpool annie]

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.

[Janice M]

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

[liverpool annie]

I love the photos Janice ... thank you !! 

[liverpool annie]

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 !!  )

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

[liverpool annie]

That photograph on reply #34 is driving me crazy !! 

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 ??

[Janice M]

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

[Janice M]

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

[liverpool annie]

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

[liverpool annie]

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.