Post by writespretty on Oct 15, 2012 8:44:52 GMT -5
I am still researching the Big Nose family and the Yellow Breast family. I realize that I am certainly no expert, and I have much to learn. So, please bear with me if I repeat myself, or ask questions that may have many answers or no answers. The following is my original post. I have added my questions at the end.
"I am writing and illustrating a children's historical non-fiction book about a little girl named Susie and a Brulé Sioux woman who made a very special trade. It is called 'The Brown Crayon.' This is a true story handed down by my husband's grandmother Susie Ekleberry, who was the daughter of Howard and Claribel Ekleberry. The Ekleberrys lived near the Rosebud Reservation in Gregory County, South Dakota, 4 miles northwest of Bonesteel. Howard and Claribel Ekleberry are buried in Rosebud Cemetery.
I am researching the Sioux couple with whom the Ekleberrys were friends. The family called them Mr. and Mrs. Big Nose. They also had another couple who were visitors in their home by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Yellow Breast. The Yellow Breasts would come with the Big Noses to visit the Ekleberrys according to Susie's story. I have found ample documentation of the Yellow Breasts. They show up on many Rosebud census records. Her name was Bad Woman. But, I have found very little documentation for the Big Noses.
Susie recorded that her father, Howard Ekleberry traded with Big Nose for fence posts, and she also recorded that the Big Noses were visitors at their home several times a year for a number of years. Those years would have been between 1892 and 1910, and perhaps until Big Nose died. The Ekleberrys lived in Gregory county from 1892 until their deaths in 1946.
The 1910 Federal Census recorded a Big Nose living in Ellston Precinct, Gregory County, South Dakota. It also records the following information: Mother and Father born in South Dakota, Big Nose was 82, Upper Brule, Widowed, Received allotment in 1890 but was not living on it, Did not speak English. Mrs. Big Nose then, had apparently died before 1910.
I have a physical description of Mr. and Mrs. Big Nose from Susie Ekleberry Havens, and the stories about their visits.
I would like to find out Mrs. Big Nose's name, and any information about this Brule Sioux couple who were the contemporaries of the Yellow Breasts."
I have since found several more pieces of information about Yellow Breast. I figure if I can find more about Yellow Breast, I might find more about his friend Big Nose. Perhaps this assumption is incorrect. What do you think?
I have only two photos of Big Nose (one with A. A. Zorba) and the 1910 Census Record of him. Can anyone can give me an idea of where to look or where to look again - I would appreciate it.
Attached is the obituary for Yellow Breast. It is from the Omaha World Herald 28 Oct 1909. (I am a Nebraska girl.) It says, "It is stated that Yellow Breast was one of the conspicuous figures in the Custer massacre." I have been looking for "where it is stated." Do you know where that might be?
"I am writing and illustrating a children's historical non-fiction book about a little girl named Susie and a Brulé Sioux woman who made a very special trade. It is called 'The Brown Crayon.' This is a true story handed down by my husband's grandmother Susie Ekleberry, who was the daughter of Howard and Claribel Ekleberry. The Ekleberrys lived near the Rosebud Reservation in Gregory County, South Dakota, 4 miles northwest of Bonesteel. Howard and Claribel Ekleberry are buried in Rosebud Cemetery.
I am researching the Sioux couple with whom the Ekleberrys were friends. The family called them Mr. and Mrs. Big Nose. They also had another couple who were visitors in their home by the name of Mr. and Mrs. Yellow Breast. The Yellow Breasts would come with the Big Noses to visit the Ekleberrys according to Susie's story. I have found ample documentation of the Yellow Breasts. They show up on many Rosebud census records. Her name was Bad Woman. But, I have found very little documentation for the Big Noses.
Susie recorded that her father, Howard Ekleberry traded with Big Nose for fence posts, and she also recorded that the Big Noses were visitors at their home several times a year for a number of years. Those years would have been between 1892 and 1910, and perhaps until Big Nose died. The Ekleberrys lived in Gregory county from 1892 until their deaths in 1946.
The 1910 Federal Census recorded a Big Nose living in Ellston Precinct, Gregory County, South Dakota. It also records the following information: Mother and Father born in South Dakota, Big Nose was 82, Upper Brule, Widowed, Received allotment in 1890 but was not living on it, Did not speak English. Mrs. Big Nose then, had apparently died before 1910.
I have a physical description of Mr. and Mrs. Big Nose from Susie Ekleberry Havens, and the stories about their visits.
I would like to find out Mrs. Big Nose's name, and any information about this Brule Sioux couple who were the contemporaries of the Yellow Breasts."
I have since found several more pieces of information about Yellow Breast. I figure if I can find more about Yellow Breast, I might find more about his friend Big Nose. Perhaps this assumption is incorrect. What do you think?
I have only two photos of Big Nose (one with A. A. Zorba) and the 1910 Census Record of him. Can anyone can give me an idea of where to look or where to look again - I would appreciate it.
Attached is the obituary for Yellow Breast. It is from the Omaha World Herald 28 Oct 1909. (I am a Nebraska girl.) It says, "It is stated that Yellow Breast was one of the conspicuous figures in the Custer massacre." I have been looking for "where it is stated." Do you know where that might be?