Grey Iron

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Grey Iron Jan 21, 2013 8:13:24 GMT -5

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Born ca. 1808; died in 1857. Father of Big Eagle, a prominent leader in the 1862 rebellion. This illustration is by the Swedish novelist Fredricka Bremer in 1850.

Bremer also drew Checkered Cloud at Fort Snelling. 1850:

Big Eagle, ca. 1864:

And for those who can read Swiss:
archive.org/stream/hemmenidennya02brenrich#page/326/mode/2up

The somewhat ethnocentric: collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/20/v20i02p129-139.pdf

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Grey Iron Jan 22, 2013 3:06:25 GMT -5

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Thanks for this. I saw the English text of her book, but didn't come across the colour paintings, which I'll post below:

From www.fredrikabremer.net/bildgalleri.html?page=1

Don't think I've ever seen the alternate Big Eagle photo (though I have seen the earlier one where he's wearing a 'turban').

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Dietmar Administrator Posts: 3,307	Grey Iron Jan 22, 2013 10:30:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dietmar on Jan 22, 2013 10:30:26 GMT -5 Thank you very much Sara for sharing your article and to Grahame for the pictures. Dietmar

charlie Full Member Posts: 175	Grey Iron Jan 23, 2013 10:26:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by charlie on Jan 23, 2013 10:26:35 GMT -5 About BIG EAGLE: he was born in 1827 (not in 1839) near the present day Eagan (Minnesota). I think that he belonged, such as his father Grey Iron, to the Ohanhanska (Big Alley) band, the same of chief Black Dog.

charlie Full Member Posts: 175	Grey Iron Jan 24, 2013 10:35:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by charlie on Jan 24, 2013 10:35:15 GMT -5 Hello Sara. I'm Italian and live in Italy, but I love to much the American Tribes history and the Indian's Chiefs!

grahamew Expert! Posts: 3,047	Grey Iron Jan 24, 2013 14:41:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grahamew on Jan 24, 2013 14:41:54 GMT -5 Here's sketch of White Dog by Robert O. Sweeney, from a series he drew in December 1862 of the condemned men: www.usdakotawar.org/history/multimedia/dakota-prisoners

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