Ever Heard of Them?

[smacmill]

We've found several obituaries of a first cousin twice removed, two of which mention uncles of her Yankton Sioux mother: Long Nose, Brave Face, Left Hand, and Fire Coal. The first three are said to have worked as scouts for Gen. Harney. I found a photo of Left Hand, but have never found anything about the others. Do these name ring a bell with anyone?

[gregor]

The stereograph shows clearly the Brulé Iron Nation

See here:
amertribes.proboards.com/thread/162/chief-iron-nation

To answer your question - no, I've never heard of them.

Maybe other members?

[ladonna]

I guess what is first cousin twice removed mean?

[smacmill]

Oh, I've seen that stereograph several times online with the label of Left Hand 1868, and Yankton Left Hand. The timeline and the look of his age fits him being the uncle Left Hand of my great grandmother who was born in 1857. I'm going to find the websites where I've seen this.
First cousin twice removed means first cousin two generations back, in this case, my grandfather's cousin.
I got these names in obituaries written by white authors - maybe made up?

[smacmill]

Ok, I just did a little Googling regarding that stereograph:
On this website, in folder Old Photos - Yankton, it is called Left Hand circa 1868.
At Oyate1.Proboards.com it is called the same thing.
On auction site Bidsquare.com it is credited to photographer F.J. Haynes, who specialized in stereoviews, and is called Left Hand.
BUT: when I look at the photos of Iron Nation, that person looks pretty similar.
gregor - how do you think these discrepancies happen? Now I don't know what to think.

[Dietmar]

Despite of what has been written on other sites I´m sure the stereograph shows Iron Nation. I have forwarded a high resolution version of this picture to descendants of Iron Nation at Lower Brule and they assured me it is him.

[smacmill]

Thanks Dietmar. This is a good reminder for me to take what I find on the internet with a grain of salt. Verify and verify again has to be the mantra.
In genealogy there are the challenges of finding names, dates, places. But the other big challenge, at least regarding 19th century ancestors, is to find images of them. That frustrates me as much as anything. I still love the search though.

[smacmill]

Yipes! I just saw the same stereograph, again on this website, with the name Bear Walks Lying Down 1869! I think everyone wants Iron Nation as theirs!