Post by Dietmar on Sept 18, 2008 10:23:33 GMT -5
Good Voice (Ho Waste) was according to historian George Hyde a Wazhazha leader.
Good Voice in Carlisle Indian School by John Choate
The earliest mention I found of him is in the Waggoner/Bettelyoun book “With my own Eyes”: "In 1865, after the Battle of Horse Creek, Good Voice and Coarse Voice were Indian Hunters kept at Fort Mitchell with their families. These were taken to Omaha" (I guess as prisoners?).
In one of the Ricker interviews half-breed interpreter William Garnett stated that Good Voice was part of the Lakota delegation to Washington in 1875, although I can not find him in the group photograph that was taken of that delegation.
In December 1876 he was one of the Indian leaders mentioned in a large peace party to get Crazy Horse coming to the agencies.
Dutch/American historian Richard Hardorff gave the following information about Good Voice:
- leader of a band of Wajaje Brule
- member of delegation to Washington in 1877
- enlisted in the U.S. Indian Scouts in 1877
- later became one of the first on the reservation to adopt the white men´s dress
He also cited the Ricker interview of Louis Bordeaux, who described Good Voice´s role in the death of Crazy Horse. When Crazy Horse fled from Red Cloud agency to Touch-the-Cloud´s camp at Spotted Tail in autumn 1877, Good Voice and Horned Antelope, Indian Scouts at Camp Sheridan, were sent down to watch him and not let him get away. Good Voice as the principal scout was even ordered to shoot his horses or shoot him if necessary to not let him escape from Touch-the-Cloud´s camp.
Moreover, in a newspaper story of 1877 (Chicago Times, Sept. 7, 1877) after Crazy Horse´s death, Good Voice (named here as a Brule chief) is cited: “the Indians do not blame the whites for killing Crazy Horse, and that he brought it all upon himself.”
As stated above Good Voice went to Washington in 1877. The photographs of the 1877 delegation are the earliest images I have found of him so far.
In 1888 Good Voice visited Washington again with the large delegation from several Lakota reservations. It must have been also in the 1880s, when Choate photographed him at Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.
George Hyde writes about him in 1889, when the Crook commission wanted to find an agreement with the Lakota to get their reservation lands. Good Voice (Wazhazha) was backing in council Hollow Horn Bear, who was spokesman for the Lakota then, not to sell their land.
Dyke´s “Rosebud Sioux” book has him as a “subchief” of the Brule, who camped at Oak Creek in 1897. There also is this newspaper article about him:
Last but not least I have found this newspaper article somewhere in the internet:
Good Voice was photographed by John Anderson at Rosebud agency several times, for example in 1894 and 1900. In Sprague´s "Rosebud Sioux" there is a photo of him as a very old man.
Good Voice in Carlisle (edit from a group photo)
Good Voice in Washington 1888 (edit from a group photo)
Good Voice at Rosebud Reservation (edit from a group photo)
Please post anything you can add on Good Voice´s biography. Thanks.
Dietmar
Good Voice in Carlisle Indian School by John Choate
The earliest mention I found of him is in the Waggoner/Bettelyoun book “With my own Eyes”: "In 1865, after the Battle of Horse Creek, Good Voice and Coarse Voice were Indian Hunters kept at Fort Mitchell with their families. These were taken to Omaha" (I guess as prisoners?).
In one of the Ricker interviews half-breed interpreter William Garnett stated that Good Voice was part of the Lakota delegation to Washington in 1875, although I can not find him in the group photograph that was taken of that delegation.
In December 1876 he was one of the Indian leaders mentioned in a large peace party to get Crazy Horse coming to the agencies.
Dutch/American historian Richard Hardorff gave the following information about Good Voice:
- leader of a band of Wajaje Brule
- member of delegation to Washington in 1877
- enlisted in the U.S. Indian Scouts in 1877
- later became one of the first on the reservation to adopt the white men´s dress
He also cited the Ricker interview of Louis Bordeaux, who described Good Voice´s role in the death of Crazy Horse. When Crazy Horse fled from Red Cloud agency to Touch-the-Cloud´s camp at Spotted Tail in autumn 1877, Good Voice and Horned Antelope, Indian Scouts at Camp Sheridan, were sent down to watch him and not let him get away. Good Voice as the principal scout was even ordered to shoot his horses or shoot him if necessary to not let him escape from Touch-the-Cloud´s camp.
Moreover, in a newspaper story of 1877 (Chicago Times, Sept. 7, 1877) after Crazy Horse´s death, Good Voice (named here as a Brule chief) is cited: “the Indians do not blame the whites for killing Crazy Horse, and that he brought it all upon himself.”
As stated above Good Voice went to Washington in 1877. The photographs of the 1877 delegation are the earliest images I have found of him so far.
In 1888 Good Voice visited Washington again with the large delegation from several Lakota reservations. It must have been also in the 1880s, when Choate photographed him at Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania.
George Hyde writes about him in 1889, when the Crook commission wanted to find an agreement with the Lakota to get their reservation lands. Good Voice (Wazhazha) was backing in council Hollow Horn Bear, who was spokesman for the Lakota then, not to sell their land.
Dyke´s “Rosebud Sioux” book has him as a “subchief” of the Brule, who camped at Oak Creek in 1897. There also is this newspaper article about him:
Todd Country Tribune on June 1929:
On July 9 and 10 the Indians will celebrate the raising of a tombstone presented by the Government as commemorating his service as a U.S. Army Scout to Chief Good Voice. Good Voice was known as a chief who induced his Indians to stay away from the Ghost Dances and to work their land and care for the stock and it was through his efforts that the first church and school were built at Okreek [Oak Creek].
Last but not least I have found this newspaper article somewhere in the internet:
From: "Aberdeen American," Aberdeen, SD, 5 February 1909, page 1. HOLLOW HORN BEAR AT INDIAN BUREAU CHIEF ORATOR OF ROSEBUD INDIANS S DEMANDING ANNUITIES A Fortune Delayed The bureau has been holding out on his tribe some $300,000 of money which the tribe thinks ought to be distributed to minor children. It represents part payment for the lands of the Rosebud reservation, the department maintaining that it would be a waste of the money to turn over their shares to the minor children. The law, however, provides for the distribution, and the Indians want the cash. Hollow Horn Bear hopes to take home about 50,000 copies of his picture on the $5 certificates. Along with Hollow Horn Bear is a delegation of Sioux, one of whom is Chief Good Voice. Oddly enough, Good Voice is no orator at all; he grunts occasionally, but Hollow Horn Bear does the talking. Reuben Quick Bear, High Pipe, John Colombe, Eagle Horse and Stranger Horse are the others of the delegation. Colombe is a thrifty aborigine. He owns more land than he can tell about. The government gave him 640 acres, his wife 320, and each child 160 acres, and Colombe has never got far enough in mathematics to be able to figure all the holds in the family. He lives on a 20-acres piece at the corner of his estate, and rents the rest to white men. "White man works for me," he says disdainfully as he cranks up the carburetter of his auto; for he owns and drives a machine.
Good Voice was photographed by John Anderson at Rosebud agency several times, for example in 1894 and 1900. In Sprague´s "Rosebud Sioux" there is a photo of him as a very old man.
Good Voice in Carlisle (edit from a group photo)
Good Voice in Washington 1888 (edit from a group photo)
Good Voice at Rosebud Reservation (edit from a group photo)
Please post anything you can add on Good Voice´s biography. Thanks.
Dietmar