Robert P. Higheagle: his name and family

[gregor]

Thanx Wolfgang,

I think you're right. I didn't have the time to look it up at SIRIS. And if I had looked more carfully, I would have noticed the difference between my two "Roberts".

CU

[clarkkimberling]

If someone were to try to identify individuals in the photo in Reply #11 of 27 Indian policemen present at the killing of Sitting Bull, it would be helpful to have a list of names. One such list is found in The Executive Document of the Senate of the United States for the First Session of the Fifty-second Congress, 1891-1892:

books.google.com/books?id=nAMpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR15&dq=%22Indian+policeman%22+%22Eagle+Man%22&hl=en&ei=zcxtTLObCYKmnQfBx73nBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22Indian%20policeman%22%20%22Eagle%20Man%22&f=false

On page 3 there are 37 names given after the words "A BILL granting medals to certain Indian policemen...survivors of the engagement which took place at Sitting Bull's camp...":

Marcellus Chankpidutah (Red Tomahawk), second sergeant
John Wambdi (Eagle Man), fifth sergeant
Thomas Tunkah (Stone Man), private
Louis Wahpahah (Hat), private
Hugh Chetahohonko (Swift Hawk), private
Luke Ptash (White Buffalo), private
Alexander Hochokah (Middle), private
Eugene Akichitahchigala (Little Soldier), private
Joseph Brown Wolf (Brown Wolf), private
Paul Hautaymaza (Iron Cedar), private
John Ishnawichah (Lone Man), private
Oliver Hehakawaketo (Looking Elk), private
Dennis Wahpahaichu (Take the Hat), private
George Iron Star (Iron Star), private
Richard Runninghawk (Running Hawk), private
Afraid of Hawk, special policeman
White Bird, special policeman
Magpie Eagle, special policeman
Iron Thunder, special policeman
Paints Brown, special policeman
Weasel Bear, special policeman
Rooster, special policeman
High Eagle, special policeman
Good Voiced Eagle, special policeman
Red Bear, special policeman
Bad Horse, special policeman
Cross Bear, special policeman
Black Pheasant, special policeman
One Feather, special policeman
Walking Shooter, special policeman
Good Voice Elk, special policeman
Cetanwicaste (Hawkman No. 2), special policeman
Brown Man, special policeman
Gabriel Waublihota (Gray Eagle) volunteer
Otter Robe, volunteer
Spotted Thunder, volunteer
Young Eagle, volunteer

The list includes both [Martin] High Eagle and [John] Eagle Man. It also includes Walking Shooter, whose Lakota name was Waukutemani. In Waukutemani's affidavit (Reply #4 above), it is High Eagle who "had hold" of Sitting Bull to prevent him "from getting away." However, in Black Elk's account, posted as Reply #55 at

amertribes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=hunkpapa1&action=display&thread=167&page=4,

it is Eagleman who is remembered rather than Higheagle.

In James McLaughlin's December 20, 1890 account, on page 8 of the above cited Executive Documents, Eagle Man is mentioned but not High Eagle. In McLaughlin's letter of December 16 - the day after the killing of Sitting Bull - printed on pp. 9-10, in the account of the killing, neither High Eagle nor Eagle Man is mentioned.

Thank you, Dietmar and Gregor, for the recently posted photos, showing Eagle Man, High Eagle, and his son, Robert P. Higheagle.

Clark

[kingsleybray]

On the parentage of Robert P. Higheagle - in the Col. A. B. Welch papers now at the Standing Rock Tribal Archives, there is a statement by Two Bulls. He said that his brothers were Bear Ribs II and High Eagle. Two Bulls is listed in High Eagle's band of Hunkpapa in the 1885 Standing Rock Rations List, and also is in the 1889 List of Hunkpapa Males at Standing Rock, in the cluster near High Eagle.

All this suggests that Bear Ribs I, the accommodationist Hunkpapa leader recognized as head chief of all the Lakota by Gen. Harney in 1856, and assassinated by non-treaty Lakotas in 1862, was the father of Bear Ribs II (born ca. 1842), Two Bulls (born ca. 1846) and High Eagle (born ca. 1843). Therefore he should be a grandfather of Robert P. Higheagle.

The band to which these men belonged was the Che-okhba or Droopy Prick band. Bear Ribs I was evidently 'brother' to Bear Face I (father of Bear Face II, Red Thunder et al. - LaDonna's Hunkpapa ancestors), of the same band, and to Running Antelope, of the related Sore Backs band.

Sorry I didn't catch this earlier - this has been a great thread.

Kingsley

[Dietmar]

High Eagle´s role in the Sitting Bull arrest can be seen in the drawing by Thomas Stoneman, who also was part of the police force. I tried to read the names on the painting, but couldn´t identify them all. If you can add some names, please let me know:

[gregor]

Lately I came across this picture with a label "High Eagle". A further caption says High Eagle, Teton Sioux 1890:



Unfortunately the resolution is pretty poor. Could this be "our" Robert P. Higheagle? For a comparison I manipulated the known Robert P.- Photo a little bit:



What do you think?

[clarkkimberling]

Robert Higheagle referred to Lone Man as his relative, and Lone Man (John Loneman) has also been referred to as Higheagle's uncle.

In both the Campbell notes and Densmore's Teton Sioux Music, Higheagle gives substantial translations of information told to him by Lone Man. The content and tone of these paragraphs suggest that Higheagle was indeed quite close to Lone Man.

Accordingly, Lone Man fits under the title of this thread. Perhaps someone can determine exactly how Higheagle was related to Lone Man.

Following in a copy of an article in the McLaughlin Messenger, Friday, February 2, 1923, published in McLaughlin, Corson County, South Dakota. Higheagle was a longtime resident of Little Eagle in Corson County, and he resided there at the time of his death in 1938.

John Loneman Of Little Eagle Dead

Well Known Indian Passed Away Monday Aged 74. Funeral Service

John Loneman, one of the best known elder Indians of Little Eagle district, died at his home there Monday morning, aged 74 years. He had been in poor health for some time, and was seized with his last illness two months ago.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, at the Sacred Heart church, and interment made in the churchyard cemetery, which is located on the land he owned and lived on. Rev. Fr. Vincent of McLaughlin, officiated at the services which were largely attended.

John Loneman was among the Indians who from his youth saw better things in civiization [sic] than the old way of living. In early manhood he joined the Sanding [sic] Rock police force, and was promoted to the position of sergeant and later captain of police by Major James McLaughlin, who was then Indian agent.

He was a member of the Indian police force that killed Sitting Bull in 1890. He was a leader among his race and always stood for what he considered right and justice.

Does someone have a photo of Lone Man?

Clark

[clarkkimberling]

In response to Reply 20, there is an image of Lone Man in Densmore's Teton Sioux Music. A similar image appears in Reply 2 of

amertribes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=teton&action=display&thread=513,

along with Lone Man's account of The White Buffalo Calf Pipe from pages 63-66 of Densmore, "recorded in the words of the interpreter, Mr. Robert P. Higheagle." Possibly this is the longest published piece of Higheagle's writing.

The image of Lone Man in Densmore matches the image shown at the previously mentioned webpage. Can someone identify the photographer? The image resembles a photo of Lone Man taken by Frank Bennett Fiske, indexed as 0086-0599 in the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

The webpage states that Lone Man died in April 1918, but this may be a mistake. What was the source of this date?

[miiqyy]

Please don't think I am crazy, I'm a very mature (old) woman who has always wished that I was from Native American decent.
Yesterday, I spoke with a medium (see you are starting to think I am nuts). She said I had an Indian guide, he was of the Lakota tribe. She couldn't understand what his name was but said I could refer to him as Kota. Getting on line, I saw Eddie Plenty Holes, there seems to be some spiritual connection with this gentleman. Can you give me any information on him.
Sorry to be a bother but I would like to find out more about him.
Thank you for any information you may provide.
JW

[Dietmar]

Welcome JW,

I will not comment your vision, but if you´re interested in Eddie Plenty Holes, that´s fine. Here´s a little bit about him:

www.american-tribes.com/Lakota/BIO/EddiePlentyHoles.htm

Best wishes

Dietmar

[Dietmar]

Clark,

here´s the Smithsonian Archive´s page of the Lone Man photo:

siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!14246~!0#focus
(copy full URL)

The portrait was apparently taken by Densmore.

[miiqyy]

I apologize if I offended anyone, that was certainly not my intention. I have always had respect and admiration for Native Americans.
JW

[clarkkimberling]

Dietmar,

Thank you for the SI photo of Lone Man in Reply 24. The text at the SI site has Lone Man as Miniconjou, whereas HinTamaheca, at Reply 2 of

amertribes.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=teton&action=display&thread=513,

has Lone Man as Oglala. Can someone clarify?

Recall that Robert P. Higheagle's mother was Miniconjou, that his father was Oglala, and that Higheagle referred to Lone Man as his uncle.

The image of Lone Man at HinTamaheca's contribution is the same as the SI photo.

HinTamaheca has Lone Man's death date as 1918, but another source has 1923. What is the source of the 1918 date?

Clark

[clarkkimberling]

Copied below is the letter Robert P. Higheagle wrote to James McLaughlin, dated November 28, 1921.

At that time, McLaughlin (1842-1923) was a United States Indian Inspector living in Washington, D.C., but during Higheagle's youth, McLaughlin was the Indian Agent at Standing Rock Reservation.

It is clear from the letter that Higheagle and McLaughlin had known each other during those years.







The letter is significant in several ways. For example, it places Higheagle's birth year as 1876, but reminds us that "an Indian does not care to tell his age." In other places, Higheagle recorded his year of birth as 1874, and in others, 1875. Several published accounts have "c.1873".

The letter is one of several over the years that Higheagle wrote expressing his strong desire to leave teaching and to become a farmer.

Perhaps in greater detail than any other, this letter records Higheagle's experience in the Outing System during his student years, which took him to Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Notes:

1. McLaughlin was 79 years old when this letter was written. It seems doubtful that he was in a position to advance Higheagle's interest in becoming a farmer.

2. Higheagle tactfully mentions McLaughlin's well known book, My Friend the Indian, published in 1910. For more on McLaughlin, visit

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McLaughlin_(Indian_agent)

3. During 1921, Higheagle had been transferred from teaching at the Pryor Day School, Crow Agency, Montana, to No. 21 Day School, Allen, South Dakota, Pine Ridge Agency.


Clark Kimberling

[clarkkimberling]

Here is a copy of a photo showing Martin High Eagle, father of Robert P. Higheagle, in the middle of the back row. The ten men are identified on back of the photo, as shown below the photo.

Identity of the photo:

A7270 Studio Portrait of Indian Agent and Native Americans,
Fort Yates, North Dakota. Photographer: Frank Bennett Fiske.
Judge Zahn Collection, State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Used by permission.





Can someone estimate the date of this photo and tell us the full names, including Lakota, of these men?

Clark

[swiftbird659]

I think the person on the left in the back row is Antoine Claymore. Standing Rock Sioux # 426 born 1851. The son of Bazile Claymore Sr. CR-945 and Mary White Woman.