Grahams

[bgwahinkpe]

Need family information on any or all the Graham families that experienced the 1862 uprising and relocation. Thanks

[bgwahinkpe]

Peacekeeper: Okay the Grahams I am looking for is Sarah Graham or Mazaskanskanwin and possibly her children or parents. Thats all I have for now. I did find her on the Flandreau records but that is the only place I found her. Also, the Grahams came from Minnesota and possibly from Kaposha as I read in an Iape article re: Mary Graham. I figure if Mary came from that area the others probably did too. Also on an 1870 federal census they are all listed with Steven Arrows family. Do you have any other pertinant information???

[wazi]

The Sarah Graham you are looking for was my great great great grandmother. She had several children, Sarah, jr, Mary, Alice, Hannah, and two sons I believe. I descend from Mary; Peacekeeper descends from Sarah, Jr.

wazi

[wazi]

Tidbit: Russel Means descends from Alice.

wazi

[bgwahinkpe]

Wazi:; Greetings!! Does Sarah Jr. have an Indian Name?? And is Mary Graham's Indian Yushdohan?? Can you let me know if your linked to the 1886 census?? I am at my wits end in trying to find the Graham background and its not easy. Who is Alice?? Is that Alice Ohiyewin?? Thanks so much for yourhelp.

[peacekeeper]

mary graham's indian name was shortened to yusdohe. at one point i believe it was mazayusdohewin.

jackie

[hermin1]

i believe the Flandreau museaum has information on the graham family.
You can also go towww.rootsweb.com to the World connect project link and. type in the name Capt. Duncan graham in the search engine boxes and you will see his tree.
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correction:
the comment I made re. Capt. Graham refers to His daughter, also called Sarah, whom died in North Dakota, in case this was the Sarah Graham you seek information on.

[hermin1]

jackie: Is that Hannah Feather the one that had that daughter Anna with what's his name
,? After he died she married someone else and died. soon after. One of the Eastmans was appointed anna's gurardian.

[peacekeeper]

harriet arrow flute aka mazataninwin aka muzza was the mother of anna arrow. stephen arrow was the father. when stephen died, harriet married zachary flute. in 1881, she died, and zachary asked for a guardian to be appointed for anna, since both parents had passed on.


jackie

[tamara]

has anyone researching the arrow family came across the name Pretty Arrow? -just wondering if there is a chance that Arrow became the shortened version of the name? Also what is the indian version of Arrow name?

Tamara

[peacekeeper]

Wanhinkpe

[linda]

Wazi, do you know what the names of Sarah's two sons were?
Thanks

[wazi]

I may have misspoken, I am only finding one son Tawasuota.

"The Dakota Grahams of Moody County" by JC Wade 2001-2002

In this final chapter, I will talk about the brother of the three sisters. he never lived in Moody County, but his descendents did; his name was Tawasuota, Many Hails.

In Charles Eastman's book, OLD INDIAN DAYS, he wrote in Chapter V, the Chief Soldier, the sad and tragic story of Tawasuota. In this account, Eastman writes that Tawasuota was a highly regarded warrior and that Little Crow had named him 'Taakicita', his Chief Solder. As such, when Little Crow decided to join and lead the Uprising in August of 1862, he told his Chief Solder to fire the first shot. This was done when Tawasuota shot and killed an unarmed white trader named James Lynd. Eastman relates how, directly after, Tawasuota anguished about the cowardly deed that he had committed. After the first day of the conflict, he began to look for his wife and two boys, but his mother told him that they had left with his mother-in-law and other Christian Indians for Faribault. After several more days of fighting, Tawasuota went to Faribault to find his family. This he did, and after a tearful goodbye left them and went to Canada. There he started a new family.

The two boys were known as James and William Jones. From records I have found, it would appear that the Jones name came from their mother's new non-Indian husband, James Christian Jones, and she took the name of Mary. Oral history says that both boys came to Flandreau, but I am not sure when this might have happened. James moved on back to Lower Sioux Agency in Minnesota where this story began, but again, I am not sure when this happened. James is listed in the 1886 Minnesota census at the age of 29, living with his mother Mary, age 52. A 1915 Minnesota census lists James with five children: William, dob 1891, Emma dob 1894, Joshua dob 1903, Howard dob 1906 and Posy, dob 1908. Other records show James; wife as Julia Bowers Jones and she did not die until 1949. I would guesss that the reason she was not listed on the Minnesota Indian census was because she was born in 1872 in Santee, Nebraska, and would be lsited on the Santee rolls.

My records show that there were two other choldren in this family: George St. Claire dob 1898 and Elroy Ambrose dob 1914. I knew two of these people, Howard and Elroy, and will say more about them later. The headstone for William is impressive with the following words, "In loving remembrance of Corp. Maurice W. Jones, Co. L. 136 INF 34th DIV. Born Mar 8, 1891, Died oct 24, 1918, at Camp Cody, Deming, N. Mex. A friend to his country and a believer in Christ."

I found William on the 1885 census at the age of 38 [this age seems too old to be consistent with the story told by Eastman] with a wife, Minidutawin, age 23. The 1886 census lists Minidutawin's English name as Ellen Jones and the couple have a child Herbert. The 1889 census lists the first child as Hobart and an unnamed baby boy. The 1890 census lists the first child as Hubart [but it could be a hurried Herbart] and the unnamed child is not listed. With the 1891 census we came back to Hobart and no other children.

[wazi]

cont...The Dakota Grahams of Moody County by JC Wade/

The actual reocrd of this Flandreau family is more telling as William and Ellen had five children before Hobart who did not survive and Hobart died at the age of 16 in 1901. The unnamed child was Horace, followed by Joseph, Ben, William, Amos and Harry. Of the twelve children, I only know of only two who survived to adulthood, Ben and Harry. And of these two, I knew Ben quite well as he didn't die until 1962. Harry is depicted in a military uniform in the Dorothy Lyford murals at the Flandreau Community Center.

Ben was a big lovable bear of a man who was married to Maude and they had one beautiful daughter, Evelyn. They were present at most family gatherings, and again this kid was never told how or why. Ben lived on the 80 acre tribal assignment that was the south half of the quarter section south of Flandreau on which sits the old casino building. We lived a mile west on great-grandmother Mary Graham's homestead and Ben and his family were frequent visitors. We helped farm his assignment and I have several memories of those times. The first was that there were two big rocks buried in the field that woudl jar your eye teeth every time you worked that field. Several times we would try to dig them out, and each time were sure they went halfway to China. The other memory was about Elroy. From time to time Elroy would show up at the farm and Dad would put him to work. One spring Elroy and I were disking the corn stubble at Ben's; I was using the older Ford tractor and Elroy was using the Ford that had a road gear. Elroy liked to go fast, and he put that tractor into road gear and took off diagonally across that corn stubble- the disk barely hit the ground, and I almost fell to the ground with laughter at the sight. When he would get close to the fence he would step on one wheel brake, make a u-turn on a dime and race back across the field. Elroy, also, like playing cards and playing a honky-tonk piano. he had a cleft palate and deformed hands, and whether he was playing cards or the piano, he always had a cigarette in the corner of his mouth with his head tilted for the smoke to rise. In a card game when he was going to make a killer play, he would raise the card in his left had over his head and slam it on the table talking all the time but with his cleft palate you aad to be quick to understand what he said. Elroy was quite a character and, again, his presence in the house was never explained to this kid.

In the late 50's while going to college, Grandma Allen and I were together before she took her annual trip over the winter to see her scattered family. It was during this time we took frequent trips into Minnesota to visit those she said were the last of Grandpa's family, Howard and his wife, Mabel, at Lower Sioux Agency, and on to Minneapolis to vist Grandpa's oldest sister Clara's daughter, Emma Day.

These trips and many others with Grandma were the times when all those things not told to this kid were unfolded and brought forth for understanding; a part of which I have tried to pass on with these stories about the Dakota Grahams of Moody County.

/s/JC Wade.

[wazi]

bgwahinkpe said:

Wazi:; Greetings!! Does Sarah Jr. have an Indian Name?? And is Mary Graham's Indian Yushdohan?? Can you let me know if your linked to the 1886 census?? I am at my wits end in trying to find the Graham background and its not easy. Who is Alice?? Is that Alice Ohiyewin?? Thanks so much for yourhelp.

Sarah Graham aka Mazakaskanskan (wife of James Graham aka Old Iron Man)
Mary Graham aka Mazayushdohewin aka Yushdohewin (daughter of Jacob Otherday)
Sarah Graham, Jr. aka Wakankoyakewin (married names, Barker and Dick)
Harriet (Graham?) aka Mazayataninwin aka Muzza (married names Arrow and Flute)
Tawasuota (have not found his English name yet)

I only know of oral statements regarding Alice Arrow sorry....I will post anything I may find.


wazi

[linda]

I had found a census with James wife Julia, son William, daughter Mary in the 1898 census of Birch Cooley. I am interested in the William born in 1819. Is there anything else you can tell me about him?
Thanks for sharing the stories, I love to hear about the old times weather it is about my family or not. Again Thanks for sharing.
L

[linda]

Does Alexander Grahams fit in this family anywhere?

[peacekeeper]

alexander graham is the son of duncan graham and a native woman. the cathedral of st raphael located in dubuque, has the record of his baptism. the mnhs also has a copy of these records.

jackie

[wazi]

linda said:

Does Alexander Grahams fit in this family anywhere?

I believe this Graham family can be located in the Prairie Island records. I do have some information on them and will look for it...My records are scattered...

wazi

[linda]

Thanks