Post by ephriam on Feb 12, 2010 18:06:53 GMT -5
There was a question raised on the Plains Seminar forum regarding a Two Kettle "chief" named Crow Eagle. I thought readers here might also be interested:
CROW EAGLE Wanbli Kangi (c1830s-c1880s?). Two Kettle. Born perhaps in the 1830s, he was the son of a Brule named Big Warrior. Crow Eagle married a Oohenonpa/Two Kettle woman probably in the 1850s and "joined her people." She was probably the daughter of a minor Two Kettle headman named Fat. Crow Eagle and his family settled at the Cheyenne River Agency. In the 1875 and in the 1876-77 census records for Cheyenne River, Crow Eagle is listed as a member of a small band led by Fat's son, Flying Laughing or Yells Flying (this would be Crow Eagle's brother-in-law). By the time of the 1886 census, his eldest son had assumed the name Crow Eagle and he and his wife cannot be identified, suggesting that they had probably died by this time. When asked if their father was a headman, both of Crow Eagle's sons said that he was not.
CROW EAGLE, PAUL (c1855-1929). Two Kettle. Born about 1855 or 1856, he was the eldest son of Crow Eagle and a grandson of the Two Kettle leader Fat. He was married three times as a young man; his last marriage to Good Woman (later known as Sophia Crow Eagle) occurring either about 1877 or 1882, sources vary. I have not yet found what his original name was but by 1886, he had assumed the family name of Crow Eagle. In 1888, he was selected as a delegate to Washington D.C. . The Indian agent at Cheyenne River wrote that he "has always been friendly with the whites and is classed as a progressive Indian." Further research is needed but he appears to have become a rising young leader at Cheyenne River. The quiver and bow described in Allely and Hamm,'s Encyclopedia of native American Bows (p. 154-155) was probably his. Paul Crow Eagle died April 7, 1929.
CROW EAGLE, GEORGE (c1858-1937). Two Kettle. Born about 1858, he was another son of Crow Eagle. His original Lakota name is not yet known but he later became known as George Crow Eagle (in many early census records, he was referred to as George Eagle). In a 1923 interview, he recalled attending the 1876 treaty council. When it came time to sign the treaty, the interpreter noticed that Flying Laughing was not present but that George (his nephew and a member of his band) was there; he was pressured in coming up for his uncle. "When I touched the pen," he explained, "they kind of rushed me through and I didn't know what I was doing." Flying Laughing's name now appears on the treaty though he did not actually sign. George married about 1890 to Madeline Crow Eagle and raised his family on Cheyenne River Reservation. He died May 15, 1937.
CROW EAGLE Wanbli Kangi (c1830s-c1880s?). Two Kettle. Born perhaps in the 1830s, he was the son of a Brule named Big Warrior. Crow Eagle married a Oohenonpa/Two Kettle woman probably in the 1850s and "joined her people." She was probably the daughter of a minor Two Kettle headman named Fat. Crow Eagle and his family settled at the Cheyenne River Agency. In the 1875 and in the 1876-77 census records for Cheyenne River, Crow Eagle is listed as a member of a small band led by Fat's son, Flying Laughing or Yells Flying (this would be Crow Eagle's brother-in-law). By the time of the 1886 census, his eldest son had assumed the name Crow Eagle and he and his wife cannot be identified, suggesting that they had probably died by this time. When asked if their father was a headman, both of Crow Eagle's sons said that he was not.
CROW EAGLE, PAUL (c1855-1929). Two Kettle. Born about 1855 or 1856, he was the eldest son of Crow Eagle and a grandson of the Two Kettle leader Fat. He was married three times as a young man; his last marriage to Good Woman (later known as Sophia Crow Eagle) occurring either about 1877 or 1882, sources vary. I have not yet found what his original name was but by 1886, he had assumed the family name of Crow Eagle. In 1888, he was selected as a delegate to Washington D.C. . The Indian agent at Cheyenne River wrote that he "has always been friendly with the whites and is classed as a progressive Indian." Further research is needed but he appears to have become a rising young leader at Cheyenne River. The quiver and bow described in Allely and Hamm,'s Encyclopedia of native American Bows (p. 154-155) was probably his. Paul Crow Eagle died April 7, 1929.
CROW EAGLE, GEORGE (c1858-1937). Two Kettle. Born about 1858, he was another son of Crow Eagle. His original Lakota name is not yet known but he later became known as George Crow Eagle (in many early census records, he was referred to as George Eagle). In a 1923 interview, he recalled attending the 1876 treaty council. When it came time to sign the treaty, the interpreter noticed that Flying Laughing was not present but that George (his nephew and a member of his band) was there; he was pressured in coming up for his uncle. "When I touched the pen," he explained, "they kind of rushed me through and I didn't know what I was doing." Flying Laughing's name now appears on the treaty though he did not actually sign. George married about 1890 to Madeline Crow Eagle and raised his family on Cheyenne River Reservation. He died May 15, 1937.