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Post by gregor on Aug 17, 2022 8:31:20 GMT -5
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Post by gregor on Jul 18, 2022 17:39:48 GMT -5
Of course it couldn't be John Grass. As Californian writes, he was already more than 60 years old around 1900. But didn't he have at least one son? The resemblance is amazing - and so is the thinning hair. And yes, John Grass was Sihasapa/Blackfeet and Ghost Dog is said to be Oglala (but wouldn't be the first time, that a tribal affiliation has been misreported). And Grahame, thanks for the Col. Cummins booklet.
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Post by gregor on Jul 18, 2022 6:17:39 GMT -5
Ghost Dog / Red Panther looks like a younger version of John Grass. Related?
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Post by gregor on Jul 3, 2022 17:17:08 GMT -5
Just found this on the Internet: In 2020 Canadian Historians in Ontario discovered in a collection two documents of great historical and cultural importance to the Lakota people. A letter from Stephen Standing Bear, dictated to his austrian wife Louise Rieneck. The exact recipient is not known, but was most likely the Canadian lawyer and businessman William Perkins Bull (1870-1948). The letter was most likely dictated in Lakota, but Louise wrote it down in a now disused Old German script. Therefore it took some time before it could be translated. The second letter is a note by Louise.
For details look here peelarchivesblog.com/2022/06/08/your-friend-standing-bear-coming-together-through-repatriation/
Translation of the Standing Bear / Louise Rieneck letters(By Veleda Goulden with contributions by Renate Maassen) I [Standing Bear] was born in Montana. My father died when I was four years old and so I lived with my mother and sister, my grandparents and my uncle. When I was quite young my uncles took me hunting for deer, stags, and buffalo. I think I was twelve when I shot my first buffalo with a bow and arrow and we butchered it. But I was unable to lift the meat on to my horse so I called my uncle to help me. He praised me highly and told me I was a good hunter which really pleased me. From then on, I brought home many deer, stags, and buffalo [to my mother and my brothers and sisters]. Once when we set out I saw a big bear coming toward me and I wanted to shoot, but my uncle called out for me to climb a tree. Not too far off a bear was standing upright before me; I wanted to shoot at it and I did. The bear came toward me, when I noticed two bear cubs come running from the hill not far off. When the bear saw them, it ran toward the cubs and we saw no more of them. From that time on they called me Standing Bear. Frequently, when we went hunting we had to swim across the [icy] Missouri River but never did any one of us get sick. I was probably seventeen or eighteen years old when my uncle told me we would have a Sun Dance near the Rosebud River that Sitting Bull [had vowed] and many Indians would to attend. I watched them dance for three or four days without eating anything or drinking water. Some of them had sick wives or children and asked Sitting Bull to heal them. They offered him deerskins and young buffalo hides on frames [or that they attached to the pole]. When I was young we did not know about religion, [but we knew, that there was a God, to whom we did pray, and I know that what we Indians vowed, so he did]. The next day we moved from Rosebud River [to Greasy Grass River] (Little Big Horn River) where [our people had a fight with the soldiers]. Five of our people were shot but I did not see any of this. The next day we moved on and remained there for two days. The third day we moved to a river where all the others had set up their tepees. It was a large group. The following morning my mother, my aunt and my siblings got up early to look for wild turnips and many men went hunting. My uncle asked me to fetch the horses and water them. I went swimming first. Then I heard a man shouting that the soldiers were coming. They had shot a boy that was on his way to get our horses. I ran back and saw that another man was bringing our horses, I sprang onto a horse, but I didn’t have time to dress, I had only my shirt but no shoes. I rode with my uncle in the direction toward Reno when on the hill we saw Custer advancing. Before we got closer we saw hundreds upon hundreds of our people around us. A few of them had guns and most of them had bows and arrows. I saw a few of ours bleeding, lying on the ground. Then I saw the soldiers let their horses run to the river. I wanted to catch one of them but there were too many ahead of me. Even so, I saw some soldiers heading for the river, but they did not get too far and although they ran in different directions two of them were shot immediately. The third one had run quite a distance when one of our men cried out to let him go, but someone had already shot him. I think that they were all dead. [Likewise] I think it is a lie that a Crow Indian was ever in Custer’s fight. After Custer’s fight we rode toward Reno. I stayed until evening; the powder dust and the blood made me sick. . The next day we rode toward Reno, but I did not stay very long because my siblings were young and I wanted to help my mother. Toward evening we moved on because we heard that more soldiers were coming. As we arrived at the place where we had had the Sun Dance .
I do not know if Sitting Bull was in the battle. Since his tepee was not in our area I did not see him. But I did see him in the Sun Dance and send you the picture. A year after the battle he moved to Canada where I saw him again after Crazy Horse died.
All of our people wanted to know why some of the whites wanted to drive us out of the Black Hills. We knew that there were forests, animals and gold (in the hills) and the white people wanted these riches. They attained wealth and we were in great distress. We were led in a band to a place where we could not make any headway and if we did have anything to spare we could not sell it because we were too far from the train station.
When I think back to the time when we were free and had stags, deer and buffalo, I feel very sad especially when I go to bed hungry. I could tell you much more of my youth but since you wanted to know if Sitting Bull was in Custer’s fight I cannot tell you much more than I have.
Your friend, Standing Bear
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Honoured Sir, I have written what my husband told me and hope you can find someone to translate it. You will notice the mistakes but I have been here for 42 years and have no one to whom I can speak in German. Respectfully, Louise Standing Bear
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Post by gregor on Jun 20, 2022 13:00:13 GMT -5
Hi folks, back from holidays I would like to add another theory to our "man in the tipi". The reference to Texas Jack isn't bad, but whether Omohundro is the man in the tipi - I have my doubts. We came across Omohundro via the 4th Earl of Dunraven. So far so good.
Why not come back to Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin aka 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl? Dunraven has been to the States several times on hunting expeditions: in 1871 (with Bill Cody & Omohundro), in 1872 in Nebraska and Wyoming, in 1874 with Omohundro in Yellowstone Park (!) and in 1876 in Estes Park (Colorado).
In 1874 Dunraven was also accompanied by the English painter Valentine Walter Bromley, who made some interesting paintings (worth googling) of the expedition. Prints of Bromley's work can be found in Dunraven's book The Great Divide about the tour. The Earl was displeased by Bromley, who devoted most of his efforts to documenting Crow Indians rather than the wonders of Yellowstone. Hence the earl's displeasure was illustrated by the non-existent mention of Bromley in the book. I was hoping to find Bromley pictures showing the earl on the Yellowstone trip. So far without success.
The website www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/yellowstone.html cites an unknown source who wrote the following about the Dunraven company: "...Texas Jack, a tall powerfully built man, ....was dressed in a complete suit of buckskin and wore a flaming red neckerchief, a broad sombrero .... Shortly thereafter, came the earl and Dr. Kingsley [Dunraven's personal physician] both of whom were dressed in buckskins and wore large sombreroes."
BTW: The „Cody Hair and Van Dyke Beard Style“ and those buckskin suits were very popular in the 1870s .
It is known that Dunraven - quite a Victorian aristocrat - always believed in dressing for the occasion - and in this respect he is said to have been particularly impressed by William Cody's appearance. Maybe from Cody himself - there are sources that suggest Dunraven was gay (e.g. Barry H. Wiley. The Thought Reader Craze: Victorian Science at the Enchanted Boundary). But that’s another story.
H. B. Calfee is known to have photographed Yellowstone beginning from 1872/73. So it's quite possible that Calfee photographed Dunraven and Co. Calfee himself wrote that he photographed tourists in Yellowstone in 1874. What would have been more interesting for Calfee? To photograph an English nobleman or his guide?
Admittedly, it is very difficult to derive an identity from a blurred photo. But in my opinion, the eyes and nose parts also allow references to Dunraven (see my small photo montage with a Dunraven pic). As I said, another theory.
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Post by gregor on Jun 12, 2022 1:15:00 GMT -5
Chief Grass who signed the treaty at Fort Laramie in 1868 was actually an Oglala (Loafer Chief). He is not identical to John Grass or his father Grass/Used as a Shield, both Sihasapa. The Oglala Grass was also photographed by Alexander Gardner in 1868. So all three can be easily identified. Unfortunately I don't have access to my archive at the moment. Could post the pics in a few days though.
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Post by gregor on Apr 19, 2022 4:30:26 GMT -5
Hi Grahamew, some very nice and interesting photos! Thanks! Your photo "Red Feather - note the Teton dialect" indeed reminds me of the Oglala Red Feather, Crazy Horse's brother-in-law (see pic). The photo "Lakota (?) girl, Saskatchewan, circa 1900" of course shows Kate Blue Thunder, taken by Anderson around 1900. This is Red Feather about 1928
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Post by gregor on Apr 13, 2022 13:08:06 GMT -5
... yes, Gall and family
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Post by gregor on Apr 5, 2022 10:12:01 GMT -5
The Oglala Lakota/Mniconjou Lakota man known as Mathó Nájin (aka Standing Bear, aka Stephen Standing Bear) with his Austrian wife known as Mrs. Louise (Rieneck) Standing Bear, and two of their three daughters, in front of their home on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota - 1912{Note: When Stephen Standing Bear was in Austria as a performer with a Wild West Show, he caught Pneumonia and was hospitalized. Louise Rieneck was a nurse at the same hospital in Austria at that time, and later they were married when he got better and she came to South Dakota with him.} <button disabled="" class="c-attachment-insert--linked o-btn--sm">Attachment Deleted</button> This is what I have about Stephen Standing Bear and his European wife: In 1889, Standing Bear (no relation to Luther Standing Bear) decided to join Buffalo Bill's Wild West for two seasons in 1889 and 1890, where he toured Europe. In Austria, he suffered an injury that forced him to be left behind to recover. In 1890 or early 1891, while convalescent in an Austrian hospital, Standing Bear met nurse Louise Rieneck. Both fell in love. Louise Rieneck (1866 – June 21, 1933) was actually born in what is now Czechoslovakia, as was her mother Hedwig “Hattie” Therese Amalie Klepsch-Rieneck (1847 – 1914 in Chicago). Her father Ernst Georg Rieneck (*1836 in Ahrweiler/Germany – died in Chicago?) was born in Germany. In 1891, Standing Bear and Louise were married and returned to the United States in February, along with Louise's family. Some sources say that Louise spoke German, English and Czech. Obviously gifted with languages, she learned Lakota from Standing Bear. According to a newspaper article, Louise was a widow with a young child? Nothing special is known. Who was this kid? What happened? Louise and Stephen Standing Bear had 4 children together: Hattie (*1891), Lillian (*1894), Christina (*1897) and a son Maximilian, who died a few days after birth. Louise and Standing Bear lived near White Horse Creek until 1933. Louise died in a car accident that year and Standing Bear died shortly thereafter, wracked with grief and exhaustion. According to family sources, the two children in the above photo are grandchildren. Montreal Daily Witness, Feb. 20, 1891 Louise Rieneck at age 16
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Post by gregor on Mar 29, 2022 16:59:30 GMT -5
I know it's not easy - given the quality of the available images. Here is an other photo of Thomas S. Twiss. I played with it a little. I don't think it's completely out of question that Twiss is in the Arapaho photo of Hutton.
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Post by gregor on Mar 29, 2022 7:09:55 GMT -5
The Raynalds Expedition was repeatedly threatened by Sioux and Crow groups. In September 1859, to ease tensions, Thomas Twiss held consultations with the Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne near Deer Creek Station. If you are interested in reports / minutes of these councils, you can find information about the deliberations here: www.google.de/books/edition/United_States_Congressional_serial_set/mXRHAQAAIAAJ?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=Twiss+Arapaho+Deer+Creek+Nebraska&pg=RA4-PA13&printsec=frontcover(see pages 13 - 19 or insert " Deer Creek, N.T., September 18, 1859" in the search section of this book). The Lakota chiefs Man Afraid of his Horses, Bold Bear (Brave Bear Jun.?), Sitting Bear, Stabber & Standing Elk are mentioned. The Arapahos Little Owl, Friday, Cut Nose, Medicine Man (whose speech to Twiss is also reproduced) and the Cheyennes White Crow, Big Wolf & White Cow (?). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynolds_ExpeditionBTW: At Deer Creek Station Raynolds met the German missionary Moritz Bräuninger (1836 - 1860) - Raynalds wrote "Bryninger" - who was probably killed by Lakota warriors in 1860.Raynolds, in his surviving account, described "Bryninger" and his people as "God-fearing and devoted men, but ignorant of both the world and our language, and consequently poorly prepared for the tasks they set out to do." The Raynolds account (and another by Alexander H. Redfield) are the only contemporary written testimonies of the missionaries' presence in Montana and Wyoming.
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Post by gregor on Mar 29, 2022 6:48:08 GMT -5
Great findings grahamew!!! Thanks a lot.
BTW: The man with the Top Hat in the 1st photograph (lower left corner) ... could this be Thomas L. Twiss, the Upper Platte Agent at Deer Creek?
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Post by gregor on Mar 11, 2022 3:35:28 GMT -5
Greetings from France , I would like to know the name and the tribe of the man who appears in this picture recently discovered on the Net ! Any help will be appreciated Best regards !<button disabled="" class="c-attachment-insert--linked o-btn--sm">Attachment Deleted</button> Thanks to grahamew we know now he is Big Horse. Here two more interesting photos of this Cheyenne: Big Horse and family about 1878 (Ft. Sill) Big Horse and son Hubbell, Carlisle abt. 1880
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Post by gregor on Mar 11, 2022 2:48:52 GMT -5
What is the original source for Smutty Bear's statement: “We are called chiefs but we are only chiefs in name. Our power has departed we no longer have influence with our tribe. The young men are fools have no ears for they no longer listen to us. … Our Grand Father gave us medals. We were proud of them. They commanded respect and gave us influence with our people but the traders soon flooded the country with medals giving and selling them to the young men until they have quite all become chiefs and great men. They have refused to listen to our advice but do as they please. We have laid aside our medals as they are no longer of any use to us.” Here is one source: peabody.harvard.edu/galleries/breaking-silence-itinerary-delegates-washington-1857-1858Scroll down to "Monday, June 21, 1858" --> "Smutty Bear to an Indian Agent, 1848 (Smithsonian Education Department, n.d.)"
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Post by gregor on Feb 25, 2022 11:27:36 GMT -5
Thank you, Dietmar: The first photograph of Left Heron is from the magazine "Indians at Work," Jan. 15, 1934, p. 13. But I do not know about the second photograph. Where is that from? There is also a portrait of No Ears in Wolfgang Haberland, Ich, Dakota: Pine Ridge Reservation, 1909: Photographien von Frederick Wergold (Berlin: Reimer, 1986) p. 86. Anyone have that book who can scan and share the image? Here is a photograph of Good Hand (known later as Laura Clincher), one of the sisters of Left Heron and No Ears. In this family portrait taken in 1896, she poses with her husband James Clincher, a member of the reservation police at Pine Ridge, and three of her sons. The youngest is probably her infant son John who died a year after the image was taken. Original at the National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian). Here, No Ears (the best possible scan)
tumblr high quality pictures
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