Paul Eagle Star and Buffalo Bill Cody

[liverpool annie]

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

[murphy60]

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.

 
lissa

[liverpool annie]

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"

[liverpool annie]

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

[murphy60]

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

[liverpool annie]

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 !!  )

I'll have to do some digging too !! but thanks for looking !! 

[Kevwood]

According to the GRO index Paul Eagle Star died 3rd quarter 1891 registered Sheffield age 25 (9c 241)


Kev.

[liverpool annie]

Thanks Kev ... and he was only 25 !! 

What a shame !!

[Kevwood]

Its very sad Annie, hard to believe that somebody could die from a fractured ankle!!

Kev.