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Post by tamara on Sept 3, 2006 22:12:57 GMT -5
I have run across the site in the past but I spook easy! anpahotanna tanka!!! (Big chicken!)
McLaughlin is a rez town and is named after james mclaughlin. I think there was something on that site about the Alex Johnson here in Rapid City... lots of spooky places ( I am sensing a halloween/history theme )
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Post by derockbraine1 on Sept 4, 2006 8:23:07 GMT -5
Hi, I live in McLaughlin but don't know which house belonged to Major James McLaughlin. However, there is a library named after him, lots of interesting books esp. about him. I did read one of them. I found two of my GGrandfather's mentioned in his book. McLaughlin is no spookier than other rez towns. Lots of teen suicides. derockbraine1
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Post by tamara on Sept 4, 2006 11:40:48 GMT -5
lol I understand. I thought that about some of the other places mentioned in the website. I doubt that McLaughlin is haunted as a whole and I know people have told me that their relatives have lived there for years. Everytown has a potentially haunted house or place. On the Sisseton Reservation, sometimes people say there is an eerie light seen at the old Presbyterian Church. They also say the old jail is haunted. Lots and lots of stories actually. My thinking is that when it comes to wanagis, there is much more to be considered than just a haunted house type thing!! lol
Some are those that were unable to make their journey. But I do think that wanagis are unstable and one doesnt know what to expect. Me, I have healthy respect for the things I do not understand, and do not mess with things that could injure anyone. I have no desire to mess with wanagis!!
-see the halloween theme?? LOL
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Post by tamara on Sept 6, 2006 1:10:58 GMT -5
SHIELDS CHIEF IRON RICE COUNTY JOURNAL 01/JAN/1908
TO THOSE WHO VISITED THE BEAUTIFUL INDIAN BOOTH AT THE CHRISTMAS BAZAAR AT THE GUILD HOUSE EARLY IN DECEMBER AND WERE INTERESTED IN THE OLD INDIAN CHIEF IRON SHIELD, WILL REGRET TO HEAR OF HIS DEATH WHICH OCCURRED DEC. 20, AT HIS HOME ON THE RESERVATION, SOUTH OF MORTON. FARIBAULT WAS ONE TIME HIS HOME AND WHEN HE VISITED IT WHICH WAS FOR THE LAST TIME, HE SEEMED IN THE BEST OF HEALTH, THO 75 YEARS OF AGE. HIS INDIAN NAME WAS WA-HA-CAM-KA-MAZA AND HE WAS AT ONE TIME A CELEBRATED SIOUX INDIAN CHIEF, AND WAS A WARM PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE LATE BISHOP WHIPPLE. DURING THE SIOUX OUTBREAK IN 1862 IRON SHIELD WAS A FRIEND OF THE WHITES AND ONE OF GENERAL SIBLEY'S MOST TRUSTED SCOUTS, AND RENDERED MUCH VALUABLE SERVICE, ON ONE OCCASION SAVING MANY WHITES FROM MASSACRE BY PERSONAL EFFORTS WHICH ENDANGERED HIS LIFE. AMONG HIS MOST VALUED TREASURERS WERE LETTERS SIGNED BY GENERAL SIBLEY WHILE HE WAS AIDE-DE-CAMP, BEFORE AND AFTER THE BATTLE OF WOOD LAKE. HE WAS A CHRISTIAN INDIAN AND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH WAS A WARDEN OF THE MISSION CHURCH AT BIRCH COULEE. HIS HOME WAS IN FARIBAULT FOR MANY YEARS AND HE WENT TO THE RESERVATION ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD SATURDAY FROM THE MISSION CHURCH WITH IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES.
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Post by derockbraine1 on Sept 6, 2006 7:50:44 GMT -5
Hi Tamara, I did locate a picture of Henry Iron Shield with his family standing behind a plow, I will look for it and can email it to you if you want to post it, I don't know how to post pictures on this website. derockbraine1
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Post by wapate on Sept 6, 2006 9:47:47 GMT -5
Tamara
Thanks for that "Rice County" post, we will be adding it to our family book, just another story of the Loyality of "Old Bet's" Family, it was even carried on by her nephew.
The Joseph Ironshield written about in your Rice County Jornual posting is the son of "Hinhdaku" (He Who Is Coming) and he is a brother of "Old Bet's".
Wapate
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Post by tamara on Sept 6, 2006 9:55:13 GMT -5
That would be fantasic! Thank you for your help
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