Unkceyuta, Dung Eaters tiyospaye

[kingsleybray]

This important Miniconjou tiyospaye was founded, according to winter count traditions shared with me, at a great gathering of Lakota, Dakota, and Cheyenne people at Pipestone Quarry in 1623.

Ive been able to create a sequence of the main tiyospaye leadership over the period 1623-1875+. The leaders are all drawn from one family, but not necessarily as father to son. In one case (Corn Man I) a son-in-law succeeded as chief.

Time frame 1623+
White Shell
1650+
Backbone
1675+
Road
1700+
Whirlwind
1720+
Buffalo Cloud
1745+
Red Ghost
1770+
Ghost Shadow
1795+
Corn Man I (killed 1809)
1810+
Corn Man II (died 1847)
1850+
White Hollow Horn
1875+
Little Bear

[Dietmar]

Great Kingsley,

it's always amazing how far we can look back into the past with the help of winter count traditions.

[kingsleybray]

I've now been able to extend the line of leadership back through the 17th century to the time the band was founded by White Shell. See amended posting at the top of the thread.