Woman´s Dress

[Dietmar]

This photograph of Woman´s Dress or Woman Dress was published by the Nebraska Historical Society in the 1970s:


Woman´s Dress an family at Agate, Nebraska in 1914

Can anyone confirm the identities of the persons in the photo?

Thanks.

[kingsleybray]

The man on the right is Woman Dress (Winyan Cuwignaka). According to the 1890 Pine Ridge census he was 44 years old, so born ca. 1845-46. His wife is given as White Cow (Pte-san), age 33, so born ca. 1856-57. Their household then contained three children: a six-year old daughter (Two Woman), and an unnamed infant son, age 3 months; and a nine-year old son, Lone Soldier (Akicita wanjila). The latter was born ca. 1880-81, and looks to be the right age-frame to be the man second-from-left in this picture. The boy may be his son.

Kingsley

[kakarns]

Kingsley and Dietmar

Breaks Rock (aka) Rock Breaks, b. abt. 1836, d. 3-12-1924, Oglala Sioux

Breaks Rock was married at least 3 times.:
1.) Name Unknown, d. prior 1904 (possibly, one of the White Cow Chief's listed in the 1877 Beef Record, pg. 120 )
2.) Crow on Head (aka) Yellow Bull #1, d. prior 1904
3.) Charging Eagle, b. abt 1833-34, d. 12-19-1910, [My G.G.G. Grandfather]

Breaks Rock had at least 3 Children. All Males:
1.) White Cow Chief, b. 1852, d. prior 1904, [Father, Unknown ]
2.) Yellow Bull #2 (aka) Brown Bull, b. 1857, d. 1-13-1912, [Father, Yellow Bull #1]
3.) Louis Returning Warrior, b. abt. 1870, d. abt. 1895 [Father, Yellow Bull # 1]

Grandchildren were:
White Cow Chief and Mary Eagle had daughter;
1.) Alice White Cow Chief, (aka), Alice Woman Dress, (aka), Wants Him b. abt. 1882, d. 10-5-1910, [Female]

Yellow Bull and Skunk Woman had sons;
2.) Albert Yellow Bull, b. abt. 1884 [Male]
3.) Chester Yellow Bull, b. abt. 9-1893, d. 5-1917 [Male]


Alice White Cow Chief, (aka), Alice Woman Dress, (aka), Wants Him married, circa 1900 (Edward Woman Dress Sr., b. abt. 1878, ) and had at least 4 Children, [G. Grandchildren]:
1.) Edward Woman Dress Jr., b. abt. 1901
2.) Julia Woman Dress, b. abt. 1904 d. 1906, at age 2 yrs.
3.) Amos Woman Dress, b. abt. 3-1908, d. 4-7-1908, at age 1 mth.
4.) Moses Woman Dress, b. abt. 2-1909, d. 5-10-1909, at age 3 mths.

Thanks for sharing the info. and photo.
kakarns

[kakarns]

While researching, I ran across this earlier post by jinlian.

Re: Chief Smoke and his family
Post by jinlian on Oct 23, 2008, 6:33am

Hi Roberta and welcome.

There are two versions about Woman's Dress parentage (about the name: I remember I've read in J. Ostler's book that the name was given to him after a raid against the Shoshone in which he reported a woman's dress): Eli Ricker, saying that he was a grandson to Chief Smoke (son of Spotted Bear aka Bad Face), and Donovin Sprague who has him as a son of Smoke himself and a woman named Burnt Her. Both sources reports he was born around 1846 and grew up in Chief Smoke's camp, and then in what afterwards became the Bad Faces band. In 1877, he enlisted as army scout and was involved in the unfortunate events that culminated in Crazy Horse's death. In 1879 he joined the Pine Ridge's Indian police, re-enlisting about 20 times (for a period of 6 months each) and was wounded during the 1879 Cheyenne outbreak. Incidentally, since his family was part-Cheyenne, appearently Pine Ridge agent asked for the release of the Cheyenne prisoners related to Woman's Dress.
He and his family (according to Sprague, he married 4 times - his last wife was named Gray Cow) lived in Wounded Knee District. His last service to the army was the 1906 scouting mission to the fleeing Utes camp. Woman's Dress was also one of the informants for J. Walker's notes on Oglala culture and society. He died in 1920. His son was called Edward Woman Dress.

My comments:

In refer. to: the Sprague statement, "he married 4 times" and cross refer. with the info. from the "Tiyospaye" site and my documents.

Is it safe to suggest by combining the two Woman's Dress listings on Tiyospaye;
Woman's Dress b. 1845 and Woman's Dress b. 1846, are one in the same person ?

From that site and what documents I have, we may have figured out who three of the four wives were, in the earlier post by jinlian ?
Gray Cow, White Cow and Red Woman.

jinlian's earlier post also, helps me confirm that Woman Dress did have a son named Edward Woman Dress. The Edward Woman Dress who married, Alice White Cow Chief (aka), Alice Woman Dress and had son, Edward Woman Dress Jr..

Maybe this helps with the confirmation of, Kingsley's identification of the individuals in, the photo posted above.

Please, let me know what you think ! Thanks.

kakarns

[kakarns]

Feb 3, 2012 5:42:02 GMT -5 kakarns said:

Kingsley and Dietmar

Breaks Rock (aka) Rock Breaks, b. abt. 1836, d. 3-12-1924, Oglala Sioux

Breaks Rock was married at least 3 times.:
1.) Name Unknown, d. prior 1904 (possibly, one of the White Cow Chief's listed in the 1877 Beef Record, pg. 120 )
2.) Crow on Head (aka) Yellow Bull #1, d. prior 1904
3.) Charging Eagle, b. abt 1833-34, d. 12-19-1910, [My G.G.G. Grandfather]

Breaks Rock had at least 3 Children. All Males:
1.) White Cow Chief, b. 1852, d. prior 1904, [Father, Unknown ]
2.) Yellow Bull #2 (aka) Brown Bull, b. 1857, d. 1-13-1912, [Father, Yellow Bull #1]
3.) Louis Returning Warrior, b. abt. 1870, d. abt. 1895 [Father, Yellow Bull # 1]

Grandchildren were:
White Cow Chief and Mary Eagle had daughter;
1.) Alice White Cow Chief, (aka), Alice Woman Dress, (aka), Wants Him b. abt. 1882, d. 10-5-1910, [Female]

Yellow Bull and Skunk Woman had sons;
2.) Albert Yellow Bull, b. abt. 1884 [Male]
3.) Chester Yellow Bull, b. abt. 9-1893, d. 5-1917 [Male]


Alice White Cow Chief, (aka), Alice Woman Dress, (aka), Wants Him married, circa 1900 (Edward Woman Dress Sr., b. abt. 1878, ) and had at least 4 Children, [G. Grandchildren]:
1.) Edward Woman Dress Jr., b. abt. 1901
2.) Julia Woman Dress, b. abt. 1904 d. 1906, at age 2 yrs.
3.) Amos Woman Dress, b. abt. 3-1908, d. 4-7-1908, at age 1 mth.
4.) Moses Woman Dress, b. abt. 2-1909, d. 5-10-1909, at age 3 mths.

Thanks for sharing the info. and photo.
kakarns

In my notes above I must say for one thing, I am no longer thinking that Alice Woman Dress was (aka) Wants Him. Instead, I think they were sisters.

Here are some more of my recent notes, etc.

Theory and Facts Combined
by kakarns - 10/16/14

White Cow Chief I b. 1827 married:
Crow b. 1825 (aka) Crow Woman

[NOTES]: Crow may have been a older sister of Breaks Rock ?
White Cow Chief I b. 1827, maybe the Father of, White Cow Chief II ?
The Mother of, White Cow Chief II was Breaks Rock b. 1836.

Keeps Mule b. 1881
[NOTES]: In Census, is living with White Cow Chief I and Crow and listed as a daughter but, instead was most likely a granddaughter. The daughter of White Cow Chief II and Mary Eagle. [Could be a possible twin sister to Wants Him b. 1881 and went to live with Grandparents ?]

White Cow Chief II b. 1852 married:
Mary Eagle b. 1853
They had children:
Wants Him b. 1881 d. Oct. 1910
? Keeps Mule b. 1881
Alice White Cow Chief b. 1882

Wants Him b. 1881 d. 1910 and Alice White Cow Chief b. 1882 married:
Edward Woman Dress Sr. b. abt. 1845-46

[NOTES:]
White Cow Chief II is listed as a son of Breaks Rock (aka) Brave Rock b. 1836.
Breaks Rock was one of Charging Eagle's wives. My G.G.G. Grandfather.

Mary Eagle is listed as a daughter of Prairie Hen (aka) Prairie Chicken (aka) Siyo b. 1832

REFER:

Pine Ridge Census
Mike Stevens website
Breaks Rock Will & Probate
jinlian
Kingsley Bray
Myself

Thanks,
kakarns