Post by sav on Apr 4, 2006 20:46:41 GMT -5
Excerpt taken from the book "Through Dakota Eyes".
Narrative 2
Lightning Blanket's Account.
Lightning Blanket or Hachinwakanda was also known as Red Star or Wichunkpeduta & later as David Wells. He was born in 1832 in a Mdewakanton village on the lower Minnesota River & moved with his band to the reservation in late 1853. He participated in the first & second battles of Fort Ridgely but surrendered at Camp Release in late September.
After being tried & convicted by the military commission, Lightning Blanket was sentenced to be hanged. He received a reprieve & spent three years in the prison camp at Davenport, IA. While in prison, he became literate in Dakota, converted to Christianity, & in 1864 married Manikiyahewin, the youngest widow of Little Crow. Upon his receiving a pardon in 1866, they moved to the Santee reservation & in the late 1880's settled in Minnesota near Morton. His wife died at Morton on March 3, 1900. In 1908 he narrated an account in Dakota of the first & second battles of Fort Ridgely to Josheph Coursolle, who translated it into English. It was published in the Morton Newspaper in 1908 & many times afterward. He died at Morton in about 1914.
Narrative Source: Lightning Blanket or Hachinwakanda (David Wells), "Stories of the Battles of Fort Ridgely, August 20 & 22, 1862." Morton Enterprise, August 28, 1908, p. 1.
Our Pedigree chart shows Red Star & Moves Her as parents to Solomon Gray Bear. My ggg-grandfather. It's likely that Manikiyahewin might be "Moves Her". However, there is no verification to this. We've translated "Manikiyahewin" as "To cause; To walk". So it's likely that "Manikiyahewin" is "Moves Her". Once again, we're not sure bout Manikiyahewin. We've searched for marriage records in Davenport, IA. & still found nothing. Flandreau, Morton, & Santee have also been difficult to find anything on David Wells. Moves Her is even more boggling. "Through Dakota Eyes" is the most info we've found on Red Star.
Toksa
Narrative 2
Lightning Blanket's Account.
Lightning Blanket or Hachinwakanda was also known as Red Star or Wichunkpeduta & later as David Wells. He was born in 1832 in a Mdewakanton village on the lower Minnesota River & moved with his band to the reservation in late 1853. He participated in the first & second battles of Fort Ridgely but surrendered at Camp Release in late September.
After being tried & convicted by the military commission, Lightning Blanket was sentenced to be hanged. He received a reprieve & spent three years in the prison camp at Davenport, IA. While in prison, he became literate in Dakota, converted to Christianity, & in 1864 married Manikiyahewin, the youngest widow of Little Crow. Upon his receiving a pardon in 1866, they moved to the Santee reservation & in the late 1880's settled in Minnesota near Morton. His wife died at Morton on March 3, 1900. In 1908 he narrated an account in Dakota of the first & second battles of Fort Ridgely to Josheph Coursolle, who translated it into English. It was published in the Morton Newspaper in 1908 & many times afterward. He died at Morton in about 1914.
Narrative Source: Lightning Blanket or Hachinwakanda (David Wells), "Stories of the Battles of Fort Ridgely, August 20 & 22, 1862." Morton Enterprise, August 28, 1908, p. 1.
Our Pedigree chart shows Red Star & Moves Her as parents to Solomon Gray Bear. My ggg-grandfather. It's likely that Manikiyahewin might be "Moves Her". However, there is no verification to this. We've translated "Manikiyahewin" as "To cause; To walk". So it's likely that "Manikiyahewin" is "Moves Her". Once again, we're not sure bout Manikiyahewin. We've searched for marriage records in Davenport, IA. & still found nothing. Flandreau, Morton, & Santee have also been difficult to find anything on David Wells. Moves Her is even more boggling. "Through Dakota Eyes" is the most info we've found on Red Star.
Toksa
???belle age 28 female Indian keeping house born Minnesota
