Sitting Holy

[john1010]

This my first post, so I'll just lay out what I've been able to find soo far, if anyone can go further back or elaberate on this part of my family tree that would be welcomed.



Sitting Holy (Wakan Iyotaka) a Wablenica Oglala born about 1862-64

according to the Tiyospaye site



In the book "Participants in the Battle of the Little Big Horn: A Biographical Dictionary of Sioux, Cheyenne and United States Military Personnel", Sitting Holy is listed at age 13 Future husband of "Blanket",

The first couple censuses he is listed as Sitting Medicine and his wife is listed as Good Robe, I believe this is just a mistranslation, from what I've seen alot of names seem to evolve in the 1880s and 1890s depending on how they are translated and altered to english. It also appears that the names and ages of his sisters get mixed up a bit between the records.



1886 census, he is listed as

Sitting Medicine 23

Good Robe 18 wife

Shell 13 sister

Yellow Eyes 19 sister

Wears Eagle 2 niece

Clown 50 mother



1887

Sitting Medicine 23

Her Good Blanket 20 wife

Shell Dish 18 sister

Brown Eyes 14 sister

Clown 56 mother

Eagle (Wears Eagle) 4 listed as daughter



1889

Sitting Holy 26

Her Good Blanket 23 wife

Clown 59 mother

Shell Dish 21 sister

Eagle 7 niece



1893

Sitting Holy 31

Blanket 27 wife

Susie (Wears Eagle) 9 niece



Lucy Clown 48 mother, unknown why she is now listed as 49 and 3 years before she was 59

Jennie Yellow Eyes 20



1895

Sitting Holy 33

Blanket 29 wife

Jennie Clown (Yellow Eyes) 22 sister



Brown Eyes 32 married to Sun Bear

Susie 11 daughter



1896 This is the earliest I have found of his involvement with Buffalo Bills Wild West Show.



1897

Sitting Holy 35

Blanket 31 wife

Jennie Clown 24 sister



1898

Sitting Holy 36

Blanket 32 wife



Jennie Clown 25 married James Little Chief 28



In regards to the Gertrude Käsebier photographs from this time frame, there was a Luke Big Turnips born 1876 son of Big Turnip (born 1848) and Lone Woman (born 1856) however I belive with the rosters and contracts I've found I think its safe to say the photos are of Sitting Holy and that maybe Gertrude just forgot what names went to which photos, also I dont belive Sitting Holy was ever a "chief" of anything, it was a wild west show, I'm sure everyone with a head dress was called a chief.





1899

Sitting Holy 37

Blanket 33 wife



1900

Sitting Holy 38

Blanket 34 wife



1901

Sitting Holy 39

Jennie Sitting Holy "Blanket" 35 wife (a little strange that her name is now her sister-in-laws name, but the age still matches "Blanket")



1905

Sitting Holy 43

Jennie Sitting Holy "Blanket" 41



After 1905 it looks like Jennie Sitting Holy disappears from the record



1907

Sitting Holy 45

Mary Sitting Holy 23 wife, daughter of Yellow Bear (1848-1913) and his second wife Day Holy (1855-1930)



1910 George Wilber Sitting Holy is born



After 1910 Sitting Holy and Mary's son George Wilber Sitting Holy traveled with them as part of the show, he is listed Geo Sits Holy and George Sitting Holy in the childrens section of the rosters/contracts.





1916 John Sitting Holy is born, in 1920 he is listed as died.



George continued to do shows into his adulthood as part of the 101 Ranch Real Wild Weast and Great Far East Shows.





1925 last census with Sitting Holy, may have died this year

Sitting Holy 63

Mary Sitting Holy 41 wife

George (listed as Wilber) 15



1926 census only shows Mary and George (listed by his middle name Wilber)



by 1930 Mary marries Alex Lakota, George is listed as step son on the census.



1934 George marries Ella Little Spotted Horse, daughter of David little Spotted Horse (1863-1934) and Eliza Fire Thunder (1862-unk), together they have my grandfather Russell L. Sitting Holy that same year.

[ephriam]

John:

I can add a few more details:

The 1890 Pine Ridge Agency census is the one that lists the families by bands (tiyospaye). It shows Sitting Holy and his family in the Wablenica band.

In the 1900 federal census, Sitting Holy and Blanket are shown to have been married for 14 years (married about 1886) and that they had no children as of 1900.

His first wife, Jennie Sitting Holy, died June 17, 1905 (Pine Ridge Agency death records)

In the 1906 Pine Ridge census, Sitting Holy is listed by himself and as a widow.

The 1910 federal census shows him with his show group in New Jersey and notes that he has been married for four years (married circa. 1906)

In 1913, George Wilber Sitting Holy received his allotment on Pine Ridge in section 18, township 40 north, range 35 west (BLM Records)

In 1916, Mary Sitting Holy (formerly Mary No Braid) received her allotment on Pine Ridge in section 36 township 43 north, range 44 west (BLM Records)

His son, John Sitting Holy, died May 9, 1920 and was buried in the Little Soldier Cemetery.

Sitting Holy died Dec. 17, 1925.

[Dietmar]

I think we already had an discussion about the Sitting Holy portraits and whether or not they show Close to The Lodge. Can´t find it right now...

[john1010]

Feb 1, 2020 10:52:28 GMT -5 ephriam said:

John:

I can add a few more details:

The 1890 Pine Ridge Agency census is the one that lists the families by bands (tiyospaye). It shows Sitting Holy and his family in the Wablenica band.

In the 1900 federal census, Sitting Holy and Blanket are shown to have been married for 14 years (married about 1886) and that they had no children as of 1900.

His first wife, Jennie Sitting Holy, died June 17, 1905 (Pine Ridge Agency death records)

In the 1906 Pine Ridge census, Sitting Holy is listed by himself and as a widow.

The 1910 federal census shows him with his show group in New Jersey and notes that he has been married for four years (married circa. 1906)

In 1913, George Wilber Sitting Holy received his allotment on Pine Ridge in section 18, township 40 north, range 35 west (BLM Records)

In 1916, Mary Sitting Holy (formerly Mary No Braid) received her allotment on Pine Ridge in section 36 township 43 north, range 44 west (BLM Records)

His son, John Sitting Holy, died May 9, 1920 and was buried in the Little Soldier Cemetery.

Sitting Holy died Dec. 17, 1925.




So, I looked into the "No-Braid" angle, it looks like Mary was married to George No Braid in 1904 or 1905, after 1905 there's no other record of George, I think he may have died and by 1907 Mary is married to Sitting Holy, the only other Mary No Braid I could find is Mary No Braid born 1900 to Abel No Braid the uncle of George No Braid, so I maintain that Mary was the daughter of Yellow Bear and his second wife Holy Day (Day Holy).