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Post by gregor on Jan 27, 2019 11:03:59 GMT -5
Succeeding the Upper Platte Agency in 1868, Whetstone Agency was primarily responsible for the Sicangu people in Spotted Tail's band.
The first agency to be constructed within the Great Sioux Reservation established by the treaty of 1868 was named the Whetstone Agency after its initial location on
Whetstone Creek north of Fort Randall in Dakota Territory. Whetstone Agency was located on the Missouri River where the free
flowing whiskey trade caused Spotted Tail to insist upon relocating the
Agency away from accessible river traffic. The Agency first located on the White River near the Nebraska-Dakota
border, then moved to Beaver Creek in northwestern Nebraska. A year
later, it was moved to the site of the old Ponca Agency on the Missouri
River above Yankton. In 1874, it was renamed the Spotted Tail Agency, and moved to northwest Nebraska. Camp Sheridan was established near it. In October of 1877, the Brulé Indians of the Spotted Tail Agency were moved to Rosebud Creek near its junction with the south fork of the White River in Dakota Territory and in 1878, it was renamed the Rosebud Agency.
By 1889 there were more than 5,000 Lakota people registered at Rosebud Agency. Chief Milk (an Oglala) and his band were the first to settle on the Rosebud, making their home north of Bonesteel. Swift Bear followed and eventually settled south of Burke on Ponca Creek. Later Medicine Bull settled south of the White River; Good Voice established his band at Oak Creek; Quick Bear, Red Fish, and Red Leaf located in the Norris area, with Red Leaf later moving north of Burke. Other prominent headmen at Rosebud were He Dog, Two Strike, Hollow Horn Bear, Ring Thunder, Stranger Horse, and Yellow Hair. (Sorry, I lost the source) Rosebud Agency, abt. 1880s (click on the pics)
Gen. Crook ordaining Spotted Tail as "Chief of all the Sioux", 1876 St. Francis Mission, who is the priest? A Sichangu camp by Grabill ("Villa of Brule´"), 1891
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Post by Dietmar on Jan 27, 2019 11:18:07 GMT -5
Gregor, the priest in the St. Francis Mission picture is allegedly Father Emil Perrig. My first thought was Florentin Digman, because he was in charge of St. Francis and Perrig of Holy Rosary Mission school.
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Post by gregor on Jan 27, 2019 11:52:41 GMT -5
Rosebud Agency, Agents
1877 Captain Jesse M. Lee, acting Indian agent
1878 Agent W. J. Pollock
1879 Major Cicero Newell
1880 - ? Agent John Cook
1885 - 1886 Agent James G. Wright
1886 - 1890 Agent E.B. Reynolds
1891 Agent James G. Wright
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Post by Dietmar on Jan 27, 2019 12:00:00 GMT -5
Gregor, the list seems incomplete... Lebbeus Foster Spencer was agent at Rosebud from 1886 to 1890.
I got this list:
Agents at Whetstone, Spotted Tail and Rosebud agencies:
1871: J.M. Washburn
1872: D.R. Risley
1873-76: E.A. Howard
1877: Lt. J.M. Lee
1878: W.J. Pollock
1879: Cicero Newell
1880-81: J. Cook
1882-86: James Gregson Wright
1887-1889: L.F. Spencer
1890: James George Wright
SOURCE: U.S., Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior (Washington, D.C; Government Printing Office. 1871-I89O)
However, I think only the order is accurate, not so much the years given.
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Post by gregor on Feb 2, 2019 8:53:07 GMT -5
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Post by Dietmar on Feb 10, 2019 11:45:06 GMT -5
Some portraits of the Spotted Tail/Rosebud Indian agents: J.M. Washburn (no picture yet) D.R. Risley (no picture yet) E.A. Howard (no picture yet)  Lt. J.M. Lee  W.J. Pollock  Cicero Newell  J. Cook  James Gregson Wright  Lebbeus Foster Spencer  James George Wright |
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Post by kingsleybray on Feb 10, 2019 17:48:47 GMT -5
As I'm sure you know, Dietmar, your image of Jesse Lee is actually of Wm Philo Clark
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Post by Dietmar on Feb 11, 2019 9:10:40 GMT -5
Oh, dear, where did I put my head? Thanks Kingsley, I exchanged the picture.
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Post by Californian on Dec 15, 2020 0:24:59 GMT -5
ca. 1900 at Rosebud Agency - possibly by John A. Anderson click onto image to enlarge |
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Post by Tom on May 20, 2021 15:20:59 GMT -5
I am interpreting a map of a military expedition to the Back Hills in 1875. The map shows a campsite near the "Old Spotted Tail Agency" which is pictured north of Bordeau Creek on the east side of the White River. The diary entry says "camped near old Camp Spotted Tail." I have not been able to find a specific location for this place. Perhaps its an early location of the agency of maybe an early name and location of the Camp Sheridan, or both. Is the precise location known? By all available clues, it seems to have been located on White River near the Nebraska line.
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Post by rawhide on May 21, 2021 12:47:42 GMT -5
Hi there! Are You referring to R I Dodge's Black Hills Expedition in May-October 1875?
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Post by Tom on May 22, 2021 17:57:24 GMT -5
I only have Captain Mix's journal and map but it took place March 23 thru April 19, 1875. They were sent to remove miners from the area near Custer. He mentions encountering the trail made by the Indian Commission (1874) and following it part of the way. I am told there were two Spotted Tail locations: one on Big White Clay Creek and another farther south near the Nebraska state line. From Mix's map, it looks like the place is right about where White River crosses the Nebraska line but I can't find coordinates.
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Post by rawhide on May 23, 2021 1:16:13 GMT -5
Spotted Tail agency (also called Whetsone)was at northeast side of junction of Beaver Creek with White River, 1872-74, and after that (1874-77)farther up a branch of Beaver Creek, at that time called West Beaver Creek, south of Camp Sheridan.
According to Dodge Journal October 7 it was seven miles up the Beaver from old agency to Camp Sheridan.
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Post by Tom on May 23, 2021 18:40:39 GMT -5
Excellent--that's what I was looking for. Thanks!
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Post by kingsleybray on May 24, 2021 6:33:58 GMT -5
As rawhide pointed out the Whetstone Agency for Spotted Tail's people, the Brule Lakota, was located from 1872 through 1874 at the confluence of Beaver creek and White river. When the Army arrived to take control in March 1874 they first located on a prominent hill which commands the area. I was lucky enough to be shown the site a few years ago by historian James A. Hanson, director of the Museum of the Fur Trade in Chadron, Nebraska. You could still see earthworks and ditches where they dug in. During 1874 the agency, formally renamed Spotted Tail Agency, was moved 8 or so miles up Beaver creek. The Army moved too, and built Camp Sheridan a mile or so downstream.
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