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Post by carlo on Dec 10, 2013 6:15:44 GMT -5
Does anyone have more details on a Yankton or Yantonai headman named Pretty Voice Eagle? His Dakota name is properly translated as Good Voice Eagle. He was interviewed for the book by Dixon, "Vanishing Race", where he states he was born in 1841. A 1909 Wanamaker photo is located here: www.gutenberg.org/files/27616/27616-h/27616-h.html#fig72 He is possibly Yankton, but SIRIS has him listed as Yanktonai. As a young man he was in a Two Kettle-Miniconjou camp, and he was in Ft. Lincoln with Custer in 1876, both of which might be evidence of him being Yanktonai rather than Yankton. I have been unable to uncover any other information about this man, other than what's in "Vanishing Race", so anything will be helpful! (Note: this is not the same man as another Good Voice Eagle who was part of the agency police that arrested Sitting Bull.) Many thanks, Carlo |
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Post by lgarcia on Dec 11, 2013 12:04:07 GMT -5
Does anyone have more details on a Yankton or Yantonai headman named Pretty Voice Eagle? His Dakota name is properly translated as Good Voice Eagle. He was interviewed for the book by Dixon, "Vanishing Race", where he states he was born in 1841. A 1909 Wanamaker photo is located here: www.gutenberg.org/files/27616/27616-h/27616-h.html#fig72 He is possibly Yankton, but SIRIS has him listed as Yanktonai. As a young man he was in a Two Kettle-Miniconjou camp, and he was in Ft. Lincoln with Custer in 1876, both of which might be evidence of him being Yanktonai rather than Yankton. I have been unable to uncover any other information about this man, other than what's in "Vanishing Race", so anything will be helpful! (Note: this is not the same man as another Good Voice Eagle who was part of the agency police that arrested Sitting Bull.) Many thanks, Carlo If Wamblihowaste was alive in 1909 then there is probably a probate on file at the reservation Reality office or in Aberdeen (South Dakota) at the Area Office. Perhaps some one on the board knows his probate number or to which reservation he is enrolled at. Some reservations are guarded as to who they give out probate information to. The probates are public records, so locating the reservation and probate number is important when contacting Aberdeen. Be prepared to pay a large fee to access the probate as usually no one will look through it for the information. The probate can contain many, many pages at perhaps 25 cents a page copying fee, and postage. |
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Post by rteagle on Feb 12, 2014 20:57:06 GMT -5
I am also looking for as much information I can find for Wamblihowaste - Pretty Voice Eagle - as he is my great grandfather. We have some information that we found on the US Census rolls, and a last will stating some of his relatives and some horses. We have an original "photo/lithograph" type painting of him which is the same picture used in the Vanishing Race. About 8 years ago we travelled to Cheyenne River Agency in Eagle Butte to see if we could find out more but didn't have that much time to talk to any elders who may have known of him - as recommended by some of the tribal members. They also suggested to go to Pierre to do more research as many of his tribe travelled so much at that time; though I have not been able to get there to research.
I also found a bit more from a Lakota Professor at the University of Indiana who had similar info - but not much more than we have handed down to us.
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Post by carlo on Feb 13, 2014 10:09:10 GMT -5
Hello rteagle, and welcome to the boards here.
I have yet to uncover anything else on your great grandfather, if I do I will post it here.
Re. band affiliation, would you be able to confirm he was in fact a Yanktonai leader?
Carlo
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