Son of the Stars personal story
This document relates details about a man who was Native American and a resident of Mercer County. The second and third pages appear to have information missing between them. Documents; 12.5 x 20 cm. "My indian name. Son of the Stars." " wife" Lucy Sears" "No indian nam...
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| Language: | English |
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Mercer County Historical Society;
1910
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| Online Access: | http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndshs-dm/id/735 |
| Summary: | This document relates details about a man who was Native American and a resident of Mercer County. The second and third pages appear to have information missing between them. Documents; 12.5 x 20 cm. "My indian name. Son of the Stars." " wife" Lucy Sears" "No indian name. 1/4 indian French & Assinobine [sic]. I heard my grand father was a brave warrior. He was killed in a battle by the souix. He was a handsome man and used to sneak in the enemies camp and court their woman [sic]. His brother was the chief of the the mandans. He also went to Washington to sign the first treaty and to represent the mandans. After he died his son Black Eagle was the appointed indian. . ." - Handwritten on first page. ". . . judge of Ft. Berthold reservation. He died a few yrs ago and my cousin Sitting Crow is still living and has taken his place. He is one of the leaders serving the three tribes on the Ft. Berthold Res. in politics and Gov. affairs. I spent most of my life in Mercer Co. I was adopted by John Nagel whom most of the old timers knows. He sent me to the Ft. Berthold mission school. After I left school I married Lucy Sears whom I met in N.D. She was from Poplar. My present occuation is raising stock. - Handwritten on second page. ". . . and after I left Dakota I came to Poplar Mont. and got a job with Tryc and Co. I worked for them 8 years off and on. The manager recommend me as one of the best stockmen who had worked for the Company. And my wife's father Louis Sears was one of the white man who came up in the boat that spread the small pox among the Mandans. One man in the boat had small pox. Thats where the Mandans were living on the banks of the Missouri river at Ft. Clark and Stanton." Handwritten on third page. Title created by staff. |
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