Draper Manuscripts: Kentucky Papers, 1768-1892

Container Title
Sioux
Item   9a
Anpetu-tokeca (Other Day)
Note: Anpetutokeca rescued sixty-two persons from the Massacre of 1862 in Minnesota.
WHi Image ID: 27615.
Item   9b
Cut Nose
Note: Who in the Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, murdered 18 women and children and 5 men.
WHi Image ID: 27616.
Item   9c
Mrs. Ed St. Cyr (He-no-nee-kaw)
Note: Portrait of Mrs. Ed St. Cyr (He-no-nee-kaw), of the Sioux tribe. The text on the back reads: “Mrs. Ed. St. Cyr. She died about two years ago. I helped dig her grave. Her first husband was Little Priest, and she was the only woman on the scouting expedition of which he was the leader. Her Indian name was He-no-nee-kaw (eldest daughter).” -- Oliver Lemere, 1926.
WHi Image ID: 27617.
Item   9d
Sioux Native Americans and wigwams near St. Paul
Note: WHi Image ID: 27618.
Item   9e
Mrs. Alexander (Elick) St. Cyr
Note: The text on the back reads: “She came back to Wisconsin, has been dead some time. ” -Oliver Lemere, 1926.
WHi Image ID: 27619.
Item   9f
Old Bets
Note: Sioux woman, “120 years old, will long be remembered with gratitude by many of the Minnesota Captives for her kindness to them while among the Sioux in 1862.”
WHi Image ID: 27620.
Item   9g
Papoose
Note: WHi Image ID: 27621.
Item   9h
Sha-kpe (Little Six)
Note: Sioux chief engaged in the Massacre of 1862 and boasted of having killed thirteen women and children.
WHi Image ID: 27624.
Item   9i
Te-He-Do-Ne-Cha (One Who Forbids His House)
Note: Sioux warrior who was executed at Mankato for his involvement in the Massacre of 1862.
WHi Image ID: 27630.
Item   9j
U-Se-Do-Ha, Dakota (Sioux) Belle
Note: WHi Image ID: 27633.
Item   9k
Sioux Village of Yankton (Dakota Territory)
Note: From Martin's Gallery of Minnesota views.
WHi Image ID: 27639.
Item   9l
Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan (Medicine Bottle)
Note: Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan engaged in the Massacre of 1862 and was a prisoner at Fort Snelling.
WHi Image ID: 27646.
Item   9m
William Riley
Note: WHi Image ID: 27647.