Post by ephriam on Jan 27, 2006 0:53:02 GMT -6
I thought you might be interested in some unpublished background information on one of the Oglala eye-witnesses:
Respects Nothing was interviewed about his experience at the Little Bighorn by Eli S. Ricker on November 9, 1906, recorded in Tablet 29 pp. 1-24, of the Ricker Collection, Nebraska State Historical Society. The interview has been published in: Richard G. Hardorff, Lakota Recollections of the Custer Fight: New Sources of Indian-Military History (Spokane, WA: A. H. Clarke Co., 1991; reprinted Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997) pp. 24-34 and most recently, in Richard E. Jensen (ed.), Voices of the American West, Volume 1: The Indian Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903-1919 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005) pp. 302-307, figure 5. Unfortunately, neither of these authors provide any biographical information on this man. The on-line list by Gilbert lists Respects Nothing at the Standing Rock Agency in 1929, however, this is not correct.
Here is what I have been able to uncover on this individual:
RESPECTS NOTHING Takuni Oholašni (c1854-1923). A member of the Oyuhpe Oglala (Big Road’s band), he was approximately 22 years of age at the time of his participation in the Little Bighorn. A year later, his father, Bank (Maya), surrendered at the Red Cloud Agency on April 18, 1877. The young man cannot be identified in this document though he probably came in with his family. Big Road and many of the Oyuhpe Oglala fled the Red Cloud Agency that winter and escaped into Canada.
Big Road and his band surrendered at Fort Keogh in October 1880 and were transferred to the Standing Rock Agency the following year. Bank and his son, known by this time as End (Ihankeya), were counted in the Sitting Bull Surrender Census. End had been married earlier, the details of which are not known. He remarried about 1879-80 to White Cow Nation, with whom he remained for the rest of his life.
In May 1882, the Oglala at Standing Rock Agency were transferred to the Pine Ridge Agency. He is referred to as Respects Nothing for the first time in this document, suggesting that he was given this name during the 1881-82 period. Nicholas Ruleau noted that his name was also translated as Fear Nothing. By 1890, he had settled in the Wounded Knee District at Pine Ridge, still a member of Big Road's Oyuhpe band.
Respects Nothing died on the reservation on May 22, 1923.
Respects Nothing was interviewed about his experience at the Little Bighorn by Eli S. Ricker on November 9, 1906, recorded in Tablet 29 pp. 1-24, of the Ricker Collection, Nebraska State Historical Society. The interview has been published in: Richard G. Hardorff, Lakota Recollections of the Custer Fight: New Sources of Indian-Military History (Spokane, WA: A. H. Clarke Co., 1991; reprinted Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997) pp. 24-34 and most recently, in Richard E. Jensen (ed.), Voices of the American West, Volume 1: The Indian Interviews of Eli S. Ricker, 1903-1919 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005) pp. 302-307, figure 5. Unfortunately, neither of these authors provide any biographical information on this man. The on-line list by Gilbert lists Respects Nothing at the Standing Rock Agency in 1929, however, this is not correct.
Here is what I have been able to uncover on this individual:
RESPECTS NOTHING Takuni Oholašni (c1854-1923). A member of the Oyuhpe Oglala (Big Road’s band), he was approximately 22 years of age at the time of his participation in the Little Bighorn. A year later, his father, Bank (Maya), surrendered at the Red Cloud Agency on April 18, 1877. The young man cannot be identified in this document though he probably came in with his family. Big Road and many of the Oyuhpe Oglala fled the Red Cloud Agency that winter and escaped into Canada.
Big Road and his band surrendered at Fort Keogh in October 1880 and were transferred to the Standing Rock Agency the following year. Bank and his son, known by this time as End (Ihankeya), were counted in the Sitting Bull Surrender Census. End had been married earlier, the details of which are not known. He remarried about 1879-80 to White Cow Nation, with whom he remained for the rest of his life.
In May 1882, the Oglala at Standing Rock Agency were transferred to the Pine Ridge Agency. He is referred to as Respects Nothing for the first time in this document, suggesting that he was given this name during the 1881-82 period. Nicholas Ruleau noted that his name was also translated as Fear Nothing. By 1890, he had settled in the Wounded Knee District at Pine Ridge, still a member of Big Road's Oyuhpe band.
Respects Nothing died on the reservation on May 22, 1923.