Post by carlo on Aug 29, 2021 13:51:35 GMT -5
In August 1877, Crow Agent George W. Frost conducted a census among the Mountain and River Crows, listing the heads of families "entitled to annuities during the fiscal year ending June 30th 1878." The Mountain Crows included the Kicked In The Bellies division.
Many names are familiar for those who study the Great Sioux War, yet some known leaders or leading warriors are not included on the list. Reasons are either they were not listed as head of a family, they were listed under a different name, or they were part of the unenrolled people. The total count of the Crow nation came to 2980 people enrolled at the agency, with another estimated 300 "roaming and unenrolled."
Also, as a small nation there were typically less people who had the same name (unlike for instance the Lakotas), but we can still find several similar or identical names on the list. The most interesting of these is Sits In the Middle Of The Land, which was an alternative name for leading chief Black Foot, who is listed under Blackfoot. This Sits In the Middle Of The Land signed the 1873 Crow Treaty as a minor chief, as did Black Foot as a leading chief. I have yet to find any details on this man and whether they were in any way related. Potentially it could also mean that Black Foot was actually not named Sits In the Middle Of The Land, but this needs more research as well. For now, all we know is that there was another man named Sits In the Middle Of The Land.
First row is number given to the lodge (#1 to #719), second row is the number of family members, and the third row is the name of the head of the family. I also added some comments.
1 8 Peirre Shane [Pierre Chene aka Pierre Shane]
2 2 E. Willsome [spelling?]
3 4 Tom Kent
4 2 Dummy
5 2 Charles Searles
6 1 Charles Crooks
7 2 Mrs. Fox
8 4 Tom Stewart
9 3 No Heart
10 3 Mrs. Fisher
11 4 Mrs. Boyer
12 3 Tom Shane
13 2 Mary Parker
14 5 Mrs. Hundley
15 3 Mrs. Williams
16 4 Snake Woman
17 1 Cheyenne Woman
18 3 Brave
19 2 Joe Hill
20 5 Mrs. Suse
21 2 John Suse
22 2 Rock
23 4 Mrs. Bombard [spelling?]
24 3 Kills Quick
25 2 Jim the Bannock
26 2 Takes two guns
27 5 Small Boat
28 7 Poor Elk
29 3 Wants it Bad [Wants to Bad?]
30 2 Kills Plenty
31 4 Sticks a pin in the wood [spelling?]
32 4 A Horn that Spreads out [spelling?]
33 4 Falls down on his Face
34 4 The Old
35 3 The Lodge
36 4 Sees Fire
37 4 The Boy
38 3 White Hair
39 2 The Crane has wings
40 3 The Bullet shoots well
41 3 The Soft
42 7 Shot in the Jaw
43 6 Stiff Horn
44 3 A lance on top of the lodge
45 4 Hardy Bear
46 3 Smells very good
47 2 Sleeps with his bow
48 4 On the lookout
49 3 The Small Snow
50 2 Goes to the Woods
51 5 The Bear comes from below
52 4 The Old Porcupine
53 3 The Pet Buffalo
54 4 The Two men
55 4 Sees Everything
56 4 Strikes a Crane
57 2 She wants revenge
58 3 Bad name
59 3 Little Whetstone
60 3 Raises camp plenty
61 2 Got a Horse
62 4 Sits down in the middle
63 3 Plenty of Wind
64 2 Catches a man plain
65 3 Gets a Cloth
66 3 Crazey Head [Crazy Head]
67 2 Hunts an Otter
68 3 Bear Woman
69 2 Comes out of a hole
70 4 Strikes the ice
71 3 The Old Shape [spelling?]
72 3 The neck that breeds [breathes?]
73 3 Sees her Child
74 2 Knows that he is killed
75 2 Pretty Muskrat
76 3 Three Wolves
77 2 Kills one man
78 2 Digs a root
79 1 The Old Belt
80 3 The Rawhide
81 3 Medicine Porcupine
82 3 Charge on the Camp
83 3 Pretty Slave
84 9 The Coat
85 1 Bad Throat
86 4 Blackfoot [aka Sits in the Middle of the Land]
87 3 Puts on a hat
88 2 Bobtail Horse
89 8 White Bull
90 2 In the little f*g [spelling?]
91 3 The Woman
92 3 Paints her Face
93 2 The Clay
94 4 The Muskrat
95 4 Black Hawk
96 3 Strikes a Chief
97 5 The Split Gun
98 4 She Sings
99 3 Long Head
100 3 A Child
101 3 Knows her child
102 2 Spotted Woman
103 3 Pole Cat
104 3 She knows her enemy
105 3 A hill close to camp
106 3 Strikes two men
107 3 Two Whistles
108 3 Man ran by a white man [White Man Runs Him]
109 3 The Back
110 2 Strikes an enemy
111 2 Gets hold of a lance
112 4 Two Buffaloes
113 3 Strikes both ways
114 3 She sits Far off
115 3 The Iron
116 3 Strikes Twice
117 3 She has white hair
118 3 She Shoots a man
119 3 Kills her Enemy
120 3 The Nest
121 3 Big Hat
122 1 Sold a wolf
123 3 Got hair on his Face
124 3 Gives to the Sun
125 4 The Dog
126 3 The Yellow woman
127 4 Got plenty of enemy
128 2 Has a clan like a wolf
129 4 Tan Bagger
130 2 Strikes three times
131 4 Goes where it's pretty
132 3 Has eyes behind his head
133 2 Knows Plenty
134 2 Takes a child
135 4 Bad Snow
136 3 The Bird that talks
137 4 Crow Head
138 4 Shakes his tail
139 10 Bannock
140 9 John the Bannock
141 4 No Voice
142 4 Two Chimes
143 2 Medicine Pipe
144 3 Sees Plenty
145 3 Bull on top of the mountain
146 3 Strikes a Bonnet
147 3 The Old Fisk [spelling?]
148 3 Three
149 2 Catches Many
150 3 The Old Man
151 3 White Wing
152 7 Strikes a lance
153 3 Catches Pretty
154 3 Small Sun
155 3 Walks on top of the water
156 3 Kills Pretty
157 5 Pretty Lance [spelling?]
158 4 Strikes his enemy
159 2 Pretty Willow
160 2 Rattles his tail
161 4 Big Forehead
162 4 Snake
163 4 Strikes a woman
164 5 Yellow wig behind
165 3 Old Teeth
166 3 Blinkey
167 3 Strikes a man
168 2 Buffalo Woman
169 2 Sits by the river
170 9 White Forehead
171 5 Fine [spelling?]
172 4 Plenty of blackbirds
173 3 Plenty of water in his eye
174 2 The shield that rings
175 4 Goes to the water
176 1 The woman that rocks
177 4 Takes hair
178 2 Long bird
179 2 His mother
180 5 The Brave
181 2 No Name
182 2 Bad Mouth
183 3 The old kettle
184 3 The Brave
185 5 The Bad
186 3 The Fire
187 6 The Spaniard
188 5 The white shirt
189 4 Sings well
190 3 Pretty Lodge
191 2 The old woman
192 2 The pipe shows itself
193 5 River Head
194 6 One Father
195 4 Good Head
196 6 Spotted Horse
197 3 Long Tree
198 2 Rabbit Bull
199 2 Setting down plenty
200 1 Touch his enemy
201 1 Spotted Crane
202 4 Red Fox a river crow
203 1 Big Hair
204 5 White Crow
205 4 Red Plume
206 5 Black-haired woman
207 3 The Cayote [Coyote]
208 3 Antelope Head
209 2 Has no name
210 3 A gun that breeds [breathes?]
211 2 Sells off the land [spelling?]
212 1 Jim
213 5 Sharp Bear
214 5 Five
215 2 No water in his eye
216 10 The House
217 3 Knows his shield
218 4 Throws her privates away
219 3 Sits down in the swamp
220 1 Brings a cat
221 2 George Smith
222 7 The new lodge
223 5 Shot in the arm
224 6 Hunts her lodge [spelling?]
225 7 Bad wolf
226 8 Pretty eagle
227 10 Old man Riley, River Crow
228 3 Small wolf
229 6 Big bear
230 7 Sits in the middle
231 8 The dog that cries
232 3 Rides a bear
233 9 The old tobacco
234 4 Strikes a night
235 5 Medicine bear
236 4 The trail
237 6 The Hunter
238 1 Maj Jim [Major Jim]
239 1 Strikes among the people
240 1 Medicine water
Many names are familiar for those who study the Great Sioux War, yet some known leaders or leading warriors are not included on the list. Reasons are either they were not listed as head of a family, they were listed under a different name, or they were part of the unenrolled people. The total count of the Crow nation came to 2980 people enrolled at the agency, with another estimated 300 "roaming and unenrolled."
Also, as a small nation there were typically less people who had the same name (unlike for instance the Lakotas), but we can still find several similar or identical names on the list. The most interesting of these is Sits In the Middle Of The Land, which was an alternative name for leading chief Black Foot, who is listed under Blackfoot. This Sits In the Middle Of The Land signed the 1873 Crow Treaty as a minor chief, as did Black Foot as a leading chief. I have yet to find any details on this man and whether they were in any way related. Potentially it could also mean that Black Foot was actually not named Sits In the Middle Of The Land, but this needs more research as well. For now, all we know is that there was another man named Sits In the Middle Of The Land.
First row is number given to the lodge (#1 to #719), second row is the number of family members, and the third row is the name of the head of the family. I also added some comments.
1 8 Peirre Shane [Pierre Chene aka Pierre Shane]
2 2 E. Willsome [spelling?]
3 4 Tom Kent
4 2 Dummy
5 2 Charles Searles
6 1 Charles Crooks
7 2 Mrs. Fox
8 4 Tom Stewart
9 3 No Heart
10 3 Mrs. Fisher
11 4 Mrs. Boyer
12 3 Tom Shane
13 2 Mary Parker
14 5 Mrs. Hundley
15 3 Mrs. Williams
16 4 Snake Woman
17 1 Cheyenne Woman
18 3 Brave
19 2 Joe Hill
20 5 Mrs. Suse
21 2 John Suse
22 2 Rock
23 4 Mrs. Bombard [spelling?]
24 3 Kills Quick
25 2 Jim the Bannock
26 2 Takes two guns
27 5 Small Boat
28 7 Poor Elk
29 3 Wants it Bad [Wants to Bad?]
30 2 Kills Plenty
31 4 Sticks a pin in the wood [spelling?]
32 4 A Horn that Spreads out [spelling?]
33 4 Falls down on his Face
34 4 The Old
35 3 The Lodge
36 4 Sees Fire
37 4 The Boy
38 3 White Hair
39 2 The Crane has wings
40 3 The Bullet shoots well
41 3 The Soft
42 7 Shot in the Jaw
43 6 Stiff Horn
44 3 A lance on top of the lodge
45 4 Hardy Bear
46 3 Smells very good
47 2 Sleeps with his bow
48 4 On the lookout
49 3 The Small Snow
50 2 Goes to the Woods
51 5 The Bear comes from below
52 4 The Old Porcupine
53 3 The Pet Buffalo
54 4 The Two men
55 4 Sees Everything
56 4 Strikes a Crane
57 2 She wants revenge
58 3 Bad name
59 3 Little Whetstone
60 3 Raises camp plenty
61 2 Got a Horse
62 4 Sits down in the middle
63 3 Plenty of Wind
64 2 Catches a man plain
65 3 Gets a Cloth
66 3 Crazey Head [Crazy Head]
67 2 Hunts an Otter
68 3 Bear Woman
69 2 Comes out of a hole
70 4 Strikes the ice
71 3 The Old Shape [spelling?]
72 3 The neck that breeds [breathes?]
73 3 Sees her Child
74 2 Knows that he is killed
75 2 Pretty Muskrat
76 3 Three Wolves
77 2 Kills one man
78 2 Digs a root
79 1 The Old Belt
80 3 The Rawhide
81 3 Medicine Porcupine
82 3 Charge on the Camp
83 3 Pretty Slave
84 9 The Coat
85 1 Bad Throat
86 4 Blackfoot [aka Sits in the Middle of the Land]
87 3 Puts on a hat
88 2 Bobtail Horse
89 8 White Bull
90 2 In the little f*g [spelling?]
91 3 The Woman
92 3 Paints her Face
93 2 The Clay
94 4 The Muskrat
95 4 Black Hawk
96 3 Strikes a Chief
97 5 The Split Gun
98 4 She Sings
99 3 Long Head
100 3 A Child
101 3 Knows her child
102 2 Spotted Woman
103 3 Pole Cat
104 3 She knows her enemy
105 3 A hill close to camp
106 3 Strikes two men
107 3 Two Whistles
108 3 Man ran by a white man [White Man Runs Him]
109 3 The Back
110 2 Strikes an enemy
111 2 Gets hold of a lance
112 4 Two Buffaloes
113 3 Strikes both ways
114 3 She sits Far off
115 3 The Iron
116 3 Strikes Twice
117 3 She has white hair
118 3 She Shoots a man
119 3 Kills her Enemy
120 3 The Nest
121 3 Big Hat
122 1 Sold a wolf
123 3 Got hair on his Face
124 3 Gives to the Sun
125 4 The Dog
126 3 The Yellow woman
127 4 Got plenty of enemy
128 2 Has a clan like a wolf
129 4 Tan Bagger
130 2 Strikes three times
131 4 Goes where it's pretty
132 3 Has eyes behind his head
133 2 Knows Plenty
134 2 Takes a child
135 4 Bad Snow
136 3 The Bird that talks
137 4 Crow Head
138 4 Shakes his tail
139 10 Bannock
140 9 John the Bannock
141 4 No Voice
142 4 Two Chimes
143 2 Medicine Pipe
144 3 Sees Plenty
145 3 Bull on top of the mountain
146 3 Strikes a Bonnet
147 3 The Old Fisk [spelling?]
148 3 Three
149 2 Catches Many
150 3 The Old Man
151 3 White Wing
152 7 Strikes a lance
153 3 Catches Pretty
154 3 Small Sun
155 3 Walks on top of the water
156 3 Kills Pretty
157 5 Pretty Lance [spelling?]
158 4 Strikes his enemy
159 2 Pretty Willow
160 2 Rattles his tail
161 4 Big Forehead
162 4 Snake
163 4 Strikes a woman
164 5 Yellow wig behind
165 3 Old Teeth
166 3 Blinkey
167 3 Strikes a man
168 2 Buffalo Woman
169 2 Sits by the river
170 9 White Forehead
171 5 Fine [spelling?]
172 4 Plenty of blackbirds
173 3 Plenty of water in his eye
174 2 The shield that rings
175 4 Goes to the water
176 1 The woman that rocks
177 4 Takes hair
178 2 Long bird
179 2 His mother
180 5 The Brave
181 2 No Name
182 2 Bad Mouth
183 3 The old kettle
184 3 The Brave
185 5 The Bad
186 3 The Fire
187 6 The Spaniard
188 5 The white shirt
189 4 Sings well
190 3 Pretty Lodge
191 2 The old woman
192 2 The pipe shows itself
193 5 River Head
194 6 One Father
195 4 Good Head
196 6 Spotted Horse
197 3 Long Tree
198 2 Rabbit Bull
199 2 Setting down plenty
200 1 Touch his enemy
201 1 Spotted Crane
202 4 Red Fox a river crow
203 1 Big Hair
204 5 White Crow
205 4 Red Plume
206 5 Black-haired woman
207 3 The Cayote [Coyote]
208 3 Antelope Head
209 2 Has no name
210 3 A gun that breeds [breathes?]
211 2 Sells off the land [spelling?]
212 1 Jim
213 5 Sharp Bear
214 5 Five
215 2 No water in his eye
216 10 The House
217 3 Knows his shield
218 4 Throws her privates away
219 3 Sits down in the swamp
220 1 Brings a cat
221 2 George Smith
222 7 The new lodge
223 5 Shot in the arm
224 6 Hunts her lodge [spelling?]
225 7 Bad wolf
226 8 Pretty eagle
227 10 Old man Riley, River Crow
228 3 Small wolf
229 6 Big bear
230 7 Sits in the middle
231 8 The dog that cries
232 3 Rides a bear
233 9 The old tobacco
234 4 Strikes a night
235 5 Medicine bear
236 4 The trail
237 6 The Hunter
238 1 Maj Jim [Major Jim]
239 1 Strikes among the people
240 1 Medicine water