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(SOME) NOTABLE PEOPLE US-DAKOTA WAR of 1862 Cop Yright © 2012 (SOME) NOTABLE PEOPLE US-DAKOTA WAR OF 1862 www.USDakotaWarMNCountyByCounty.com Cop yright © 2012 READ ABOUT IN: See Resource section for Book titles and Codes, (SOME)DAKOTA CHIEFS AND LEADERS COUNTY Journal titles and Codes Note: this list is far from complete, It is presented to show the many different kinds of people that were involved in the U.S. Dakota War of 1862. Big Eagle, Jerome (Wamditanka), born 1827 at Black Dog's Village, son of Chief Gray Iron, and succeeded him as chief. In 1857 he was at the Redwood Agency and joined the farmer band. He was a reluctant participant in the US Dakota War. DI.DU, DW.LCSS, TDE, TN, WW, Surrendered to Col Sibley at Camp Release, Dakota, Redwood, Brown, http://collections.mnhs.org/MN imprisoned at Davenport. Lived last years near Nicollet, Yellow Med., HistoryMagazine/articles/38/v3 Granite Falls. Renville, Lac qui Parle 8i03p126-149.pdf Good Road: band leader. Participated in the attack on the Yellow Medicine Agency warehouse. Father of the sub-chief Mankato (not the old chief for whom the town was named). His band members were noted as part of the group at the Ft. Snelling internment camp. DD. DII, TDE Dakota, Yellow Medicine, CM, DU, LCSS, LP, TDU, TDE, Little Crow McLeod TN, TT, Mankato, Chief Yellow Med. Renville, Brown DD, DU,DW, LP,TDE DD, DW, TDE, TN, biography in Mazomani (Iron Walker) Yellow Medicine TT, Red Iron (Maza Sa, Mazaxa) Lac qui Parle DW, TDU, LP, TN Shakopee (Little Six) a Mdewakanton chief whose village was located near present-day Shakopee in the 1840's, and after 1853 near the Redwood Agency. He participated in the attacks on settlers at Beaver Creek and Sacred Heart Creek,and in the battle of Wood Lake. He fled to Canada, where he was captured. He was returned to Fort Snelling and hanged in November 1865. Scott, Redwood DD. DU,DW, LCSS,TDE, TN Standing Buffalo (Tatanka Nazin), Sisseton Big Stone DD, DU,,LP, TDE, DUV, TDU, TN Wabasha, Winona, Nicollet, Renville, Yellow Medicine, Wabasha, Joseph (Wabasha III) Brown DU, DW, LCSS, TDE, TN Wacouta (Wakute)chief, opposed war, Redwood DII (photo), DU, TDE,TN (SOME) NOTABLE PEOPLE US-DAKOTA WAR OF 1862 DAKOTA WARRIORS Note: some Dakota varied in their attitudes toward the war: were at times friendly, sometimes ordered into fighting, other times were allied with the hostile group. Others were completely hostile at all times. DD, DU, DUV, DW, Linder Cut Nose, notorious warrior Yellow Med., Redwood website. TDE. LCSS Dowanniye Yellow Medicine DD, TDE Godfrey, Joseph (Otakle, Many Kills), black man married to Dakota woman, warrior, testified Dakota, Rice, Bown, against Dakota at trials, sentence lifted in Redwood, Yellow Med. DD, DW, DU, DUV, TDE, TDU, exchange for testimony Renville, Lac qui Parle WW, Medicine Bottle (Wakanozanozan) warrior, fled to Canada later was captured and returned, hanged Dakota, Washington, at Ft. Snelling 1865. Redwood, YM, DU, DW, LCSS, TDE, Rdainyanka (Rattling Runner) son-in-law of Wabasha, supported killing captives, angry at DU 117, DW 61,72-73, TDE, Wabasha, hanged at Mankato. Redwood, Yellow Medicine DUV, TN White Spider (John Wakeman)(Big Thunder), (Wakantonka);, fought with Little Crow and escaped onto the plains with him. Surrendered at Dakota, Yellow Med., Pembina Jan. 1864, imprisoned. Spent last years Redwood, Grey Cloud at Morton. Island, Renville DU,TDE, DII, DW Wowinape (Thomas Wakeman.)Little Crow's son, DU, DW,LCSS, TDE, TDU. escaped with him onto the plains, with Little Crow http://www.findagrave.com/cgi- when he was killed, later he and some friends bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3273 founded the Sioux Y.M.C.A at Flandreau SD. Brown, McLeod, YM 9206 FARMER INDIANS Lac qui Parle, Yellow Anawangmani, Simon Medicine DD, TDE., TDU, TN, LCSS Yellow Med., led 62 whites from the Upper Agency to safety in Shakopee, St. Otherday, John Paul TDE, TDU.TN helped rescue settlers, Peace Party. Locations.Redwood, see listing under Dakota Taopi Dakota, Rice Friendlies White Dog Redwood TDE DAKOTA FRIENDLIES Akipa (Joseph Renville Akipa) Yellow Medicine, LqP DD, DU, MH 1, TDE TN Anawangmani, Simon LqP, Yellow Med. DU, M&I, TN, Chaske, Robert Hopkins (Chaskedon) protected T.S. Williamson, helped rescue Sophia Huggins LqP, Yellow Med. DD, DU, TN Cloud Man, (Mahpiya-wicasta) Wahepton leader, had village at Lake Calhoun, Bloomington, then to MN.River Valley. Peace party Hennepin, LqP, Yellow Med. DD, LCSS, TDE Note: were there two leaders named Cloud Man The question needs clarification Cloud Man-Mdewakanton or only one? by historians. (SOME) NOTABLE PEOPLE US-DAKOTA WAR OF 1862 Crawford, Charles Renville;b. 1837, clerk at Yellow Medicine agency, at Ft. Snelling internment camp, scout for Sibley's 1863 expedition, llcensed Big Stone, Sibley, YM, preacher in later life on Sisseton Reservation. Traverse DD, DU, TDE, TN Crooks, John, Sacred Stone Man, protected seven captives between August 18, 1862 and Sept. 26, 1862. Redwood DU, Crooks, Mrs. Mary, Christian Dakota woman, protected Mrs. N.D. White throughout the conflict. Redwood DU Dakota, Brown, YM, Hakewaste, Robert (Good 5th Son) Renville DD. TDE, TT, DD, DU, TDE , photo: Good Thunder, Andrew, Christian Dakota, husband Redwood, Yellow Medicine, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File of Snana (Maggie Brass), protected captives Renville :GoodThunderandSnana.jpg LqP, Chippewa, Nicollet, DD, DU, LP,TDE, TDU, TN, PS- Lawrence, Lorenzo Yellow Medicine Ch. 10, WW Mazakutemani, (Little Paul), Christian Indian, Peace Party, spokesman, LqP, Chip, YM DD, DU,LCSS, TDE, TT, LP, MH2 YM, LqP http://www.findagrave.com Mazomani (Iron Walker), Wahpeton chief, delegate /cgi- to Washington 1858,protected whites at Upper bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid= Agency, peace party. 60977941 DD, DU, TDE, TT, LP Other Day, John, rescued and protected settlers, Nicollet, Yelow Medicine, DD, DU, TDE, TDU, DW,LP Red Iron (Mazasa), Wahpeton chief, opposed and halted Little Crow's journey, LqP DD, DU, DW, TDU, TT, Rdayamannee (Rattling Walker) protected Nancy McClure Faribault Huggan and other half breeds TDE Rdainyanka (Rattling Runner) son-in-law of Wabasha, supported killing captives, angry at DD, DW 61,72-73, DU 117, TDE Wabasha, hanged at Mankato. 196 Scarlet Plume LqP, Traverse? DD, DU, TDE, LP Standing Buffalo Big Stone DD, DU, TDE, LP,TN DD, DW, DU,TDE. TT, LP, TN, http://www.faribault.org/history Taopi LqP, Redwood, Rice 2/Taopi/Taopi_before.html Two Stars, Solomon LqP,YM DD, TDE Wakanmani (Spirit Walker) LqP DD, M&I, LP, DAKOTA WOMEN Frenier, Susan (Mrs. Joseph L. Brown) YM, more DD, DU, DW, TDE, TDU, TN Redwood, Yellow Med. Good Star Woman Henn, Goodhue TDE Hapanista (Mary LaBatte) Redwood? TT Mazadhewin, Winona (Abigail) Crawford, (Iron Ring). 1805-1897) Mother of Susan Frenier Brown, married to Akipa, mother of Charles R. Crawford and Thomas Crawford. Active in mission church at Yellow Medicine, cared for prioners in Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Mankato prison. Yellow Medicine, DD, MH 1:128 DU, TDE, WW, TN photo: Dakota,Redwood,Lac qui http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File Snana (Maggie Brass). Protected Mary Schwandt Parle, Hennepin, Rice. :GoodThunderandSnana.jpg Totedutawin, Catherine, active in church at Lac qui Parle Mission, protected settlers LqP, YM TDE, TDU, LqPDM, M&I, PS,TN (SOME) NOTABLE PEOPLE US-DAKOTA WAR OF 1862 Wakeman, Evelyn (Mahpiyatowin) (Blue Sky Woman): relative of Little Crow who fled with him to Dakota Territory and preserved the story of the war from the Dakota family perspective. Married to White Spider (John C. Wakeman) Henn. Redwood, Renville DD, TDE, WW http://dss.ucsd.edu/~rfrank/cla ss_web/ES- Maza Okiye Win (Woman Who Talks to Iron) 114A/Week%203/WilsonGrand (Isabel Roberts) Yellow Medicine motherAIQ20-1.pdf MIXED BLOODS some fought willingly, some were pressed into fighting, some were friendly, some protected and rescued escapees, some were taken prisoner Brown, Samuel J. DD, DU,LP, WW,TDE,TN Campbell, Antoine Joseph DD, CM, DU, MH 3, TDE, TN •Coursolle, Joseph. A mixed blood man born about 1833 in Devils Lake ND. After the death of his parents when he was young, he was reared and educated by Henry Sibley at Mendota. Joesph learned the blacksmith trade. With his white wife Jane Killkool and their several children, they lived at Traverse de Sioux between 1856 and 1860. They were living at the Redwood Agency by 1862. See Redwood County. TDE Dakota, Redwood, Nicollet DD, DUV, TDE, TDU Faribault, Alexander was a second generation fur trader who first came to the Cannon River Valley in 1826. He traded furs with the Wahpekute Dakota Indians. Rice CM, DD, TDE Faribault, David, Sr. testified at Dakota trials. Many years spent in various parts of MN and Dak. Territory. Traverse de Sioux, DD, DW, LCSS, LP, TDE, TN Dakota, Red Wing, Godfrey, Joseph (O'takle) Redwood, Wa? DU, DUV, TDE, DW, more LaFramboise, Joseph had trading post at Little Rock, Nicollet County in 1834; guide for Nicollet's 1838 exploration, 1854, living 4 mi. so. Of DD, DU,DUV, M&I, TDE, MH 3 Ft.Ridgely brother of Julia, protector. Nicollet, (in Manderfeld narrative), Lac qui Parle, Hennepin, Yellow Medicine, Lesueur, McClure, Nancy Faribault Huggan Big Stone, Rice, DD, MH1, WW, TDE Moores, John Redwood, Lincoln DD, DU DD, TDE, http://collections.mnhs.org/MN HistoryMagazine/articles/38/v3 Quinn, George Henn., Redwood 8i03p126-149.pdf DD, TDE, DW, TT, DII, TN. http://www.archive.org/stream/ Renville, Gabriel: leader protected settlers and siouxnarrativeof00renvrich/siou captives, (scout) YM, LqP, xnarrativeof00renvrich_djvu.txt Renville, John B., 1st child to be baptized at Lac Yellow Medicine, Chippewa, qui Parle, 1st Dakota ordained as a preacher Hennepin M&I, TDE, TN (SOME) NOTABLE PEOPLE US-DAKOTA WAR OF 1862 Nicollet-guide for Nicollet's Renville, Joseph Jr.
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