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Post by Californian on Jun 20, 2023 23:25:06 GMT -5
anyone familiar with Bald Eagle, Oglala, ca. 1862-1926, died at Pine Ridge Reservation He toured with Pawnee Bill for a number of years click onto image to enlarge photograph taken at Coney Island NY in 1909 |
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Post by Californian on Jun 20, 2023 23:35:33 GMT -5
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Post by Dietmar on Jun 21, 2023 10:00:02 GMT -5
Bald Eagle headed a group of Pawnee Bill show performers in 1917. He might had been with the show earlier, but I would think the portraits of him were taken in that year, not in 1908. During his stay with Pawnee Bill at Luna Park, Coney Island, NY in summer 1917, he was asked to help recruiting volunteers for U.S. army service in World War I. Newspapers of the time reported, that for the first time ever a real “American” delivered an address on a United States battleship, the U.S.S. Recruit in Union Square, NY. With interpreter Tex Cooper, chief announcer at the Pawnee Bill show, and eight fellow Lakota he came to hold his speech. The latter were identified as Sam Lone Bear, Bear-in-the-Woods, Henry Kills-the-Enemy, Dave Earrings, Jasper Scout, Charles Brown Wolf, Paul Iron Nest and Luke Plenty Bird. Bald Eagle stated that although he had once fought the U.S. under the leadership of Sitting Bull, his one son now served in the U.S. army for his country. He regretted his age prevent himself from going to France to fight for America. sources: The Brooklyn Citizen, Sat., July 28, 1917 The Record, Sat. August 4, 1917 New York Tribune, Sat., July 28, 1917 Perth Amboy Evening News, July 31, 1917  |
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Post by Dietmar on Jun 21, 2023 10:12:44 GMT -5
Bald Eagle on the U.S.S. Recruit in 1917:  2nd from left: Texas 'Tex' Cooper 3rd from left: Bald Eagle 4th from left: Lt. Wells Hawks
 Bald Eagle holding a speech
Bald Eagle with machine gun behind him: Sam Lone Bear
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Post by Californian on Jun 21, 2023 11:27:05 GMT -5
Bald Eagle (also known as Frank Bald Eagle) died due to a railroad accident in Albany NY on 14th July 1926 click onto image to enlarge
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Post by Dietmar on Jun 21, 2023 16:06:25 GMT -5
Yes, Californian, this Bald Eagle seems to be the same man. He was 65 years old at the time of the accident and on tour with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in July 1925.
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