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Post by Don Blake on Feb 9, 2005 14:39:39 GMT -6
I don't think you can say Inkpaduta was the leader of the Santee uprising as Walt Cross does elsewhere on the board; I'm aware he was notorious for the Spirit Lake Massacre (1857?), but what had his band been doing in the interim? Were they associated with the Northern Lakota or had they been functioning as an entirely independent unit? Had they been in Canada? Were they associated with a particular agency?
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Post by Walt Cross on Feb 10, 2005 15:14:53 GMT -6
Hi Don. You might be interested in reading these two books on Inkpaduta, I found them readily available through inter-library loan (if you haven't already).
Parsons, John W. and Kennedy, Stephen Inkpaduta and the Sioux Indians. Okoboji Protective Association, Okoboji, Iowa 1998.
Van Nuys, Maxwell Inkpaduta – the Scarlet Point; Terror of the Dakota Frontier and Secret Hero of the Sioux. Privately Published Denver, CO 1998.
Ole Bloody Antlers was not the leader of a large following and of course they were ostracised by the other Santee and their leaders. But they pretty much precipitated the uprising, that's why I said he was a leader. Little influence, but wroght a lot of violence.
Walt
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Post by bigpond on Feb 10, 2005 19:35:19 GMT -6
Hi guys, I have a book"the history of the Santee Sioux" written by Roy W.Meyer
The Wahpekutes had been split about 1840 by dissension leading to the murder of their old chief,Tasagi,by a rival,Wamdesapa.The following of the latter including Inkpaduta were expelled from the tribe and led a nomadic life on the prairies in modern day,Eastern South Dakota,and ajoining parts of Iowa and Minnesota.
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Post by Walt Cross on Feb 10, 2005 21:22:22 GMT -6
Thanks, that's one I didn't know about. Does it talk about the Little Big Horn at all or mention Inkpaduta's twin sons?
Walt
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Post by bigpond on Feb 11, 2005 7:06:13 GMT -6
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Post by Don Blake on Feb 11, 2005 11:12:50 GMT -6
Interesting article. Gary Clayton Anderson delves a little into the Spirit Lake Massacre in Kinsmen of Another Kind and Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux.
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Post by bigpond on Feb 11, 2005 16:46:36 GMT -6
Don, there's also a mention of Inkpaduta[Red-On-Top] in Custer's Fall
by David Humphreys Miller
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Post by bigpond on Mar 6, 2005 17:05:02 GMT -6
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Post by elisabeth on Mar 7, 2005 10:26:17 GMT -6
Anybody know any more about his two sons? The story goes that they were the ones who finally killed the 'bravest man', but I've never heard their names or any other info.
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Post by Walt Cross on Mar 10, 2005 11:43:41 GMT -6
Yes, one was named Gray Earth Track (also known as Noisy Walker, not to be confused with Noisy Walking, a Sioux) and the other White Earth Tracking. They were twins. They did indeed kill the "Bravest man" although WET was mortally wounded doing it. His brother took the very powerful horse and bragged for many years he had killed "Custer". Of course it was not Custer he had killed.
Walt
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Post by bigpond on Mar 14, 2005 19:05:13 GMT -6
page 290 "Lakota Noon"
Sounds the ground as he walks-Inkpaduta son. And in a different paragraph, Walks under the ground who had Long Hairs horse. Sounds to me the same Santee son of Inkpaduta
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Post by Walt Cross on Mar 15, 2005 23:20:46 GMT -6
Yes, you are correct. Souinds The Ground As He Walks is another name for Noisy Walking. It seems each band of Sioux spoke a slightly different dialect and so the names changed a bit depending upon which band was talking about a warrior. I'm sure the changes in their dialects were closer than when translated into English. Very good observation BigPond.
Walt
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Post by Walt Cross on Mar 15, 2005 23:23:34 GMT -6
Also, the reference to the horse. That very handsome and powerful horse actually belonged to Lt. Harrington. Not only did the warriors remark its obvious power, but Pvt. Thompson of Co C noted the horse in his diary. Something to the effect of "Lt. Harrington rode a powerful horse that day, almost more than the lieutenant could easily handle".
Walt
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