Papers, 1879-1919 (bulk 1900-1917).

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Papers, 1879-1919 (bulk 1900-1917).

Consists of correspondence, diaries, clippings, financial records, photos and other papers, most of which relate to Brennan's career as superintendent of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Frequent correspondents with Brennan are Thomas Sweeney of Rapid City; Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; James McLaughlin, Ralph H. Ross, F.E. McIntyre, F.C. Campbell, General Marion P. Maus, the First National Bank of Rapid City, and Buell and Garner, attorneys at Rapid City. Topics of interest include: treaties of 1868 and 1876; Pine Ridge census data, 1901-1904; allotment and surplus reservation land, 1909, 1911; Rodman Wanamaker Expedition, 1913; Black Hills Council, 1913-1914; Frank Good Lance wife abuse case, 1916; mixed marriages; Dakota Indian customs; Zitka Lanuni (Lost Bird); Dakota land cessions; Sitting Bull's death; capture of Crazy Horse; Buffalo Bill's movie re-enactment of the Wounded Knee massacre, 1913; and the Lightning Creek Battle, 1903.

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South Dakota State Archives

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Sells, Cato, 1859-1948

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Cato Sells was born in Vinton, Iowa in 1859. He graduated from Cornell College at Mount Vernon, Iowa and began the study of law. In 1891 he married Miss Lola McDaniel at Vinton. In 1907 he opened a law office in Cleburne, Texas. He was National Democratic committeeman from Texas and became the state leader in the campaign to elect Woodrow Wilson. He served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1913 until 1921. After his term, he moved to Fort Worth from Cleburne. He died in Fort Worth on Decemb...

McLaughlin, James, 1842-1923

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Wanamaker, Rodman, 1863-1928

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Campbell, F. C. (Frederick Charles)

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Brennan, John R., 1848-1919.

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Indian agent, businessman. Brennan came to the Black Hills of Dakota from Denver in 1875. In 1876 he was a founder of Rapid City, S.D., later owning the Hotel Harney. He acted as Superintendent of Pine Ridge Agency for 16 years (1900-1917). From the description of Papers, 1879-1919 (bulk 1900-1917). (South Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 38883388 ...

Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917

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Buffalo Bill was employed as a scout by the United States 5th Cavalry, 1868-1872. In 1869 he participated in the Battle of Summit Springs, Colorado, in which the 5th Cavalry defeated Cheyenne Indians. From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, South Dakota, 1896 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162229 From the description of Letter : Saint Louis, Mo., to Joseph Witherspoon Cook, Greenwood, S.D., 1896 May 23. (Unkno...

Sitting Bull, 1831-1890

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Sitting Bull, also known as Tatanka Iyotake or Tatanka Iyotanka or Ta-Tanka I-Yotan, was a Native American shaman and leader of the Hunpapa Sioux. He was born in 1831 in South Dakota. He fought against the Crow Indians and was wounded in battle on several occasions. Sitting Bull greatly opposed the encroachment of the white men. He led Sioux and Cheyenne warriors against U.S. soldiers of the 7th Cavalry at the battle of Little Bighorn. After the battle, in which many were killed, Sitting Bull le...

Maus, Marion P. (Marion Perry), 1850-1930

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Marion Perry Maus was born in Maryland on August 25, 1850. He attended West Point Military Academy and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the First Infantry in 1874. He served at various posts in Nebraska and Dakota Territory, including Fort Randall and Fort Sully. He later was posted to Texas and Arizona in the 1880s and California in the 1890s. He served in the Spanish-American War in Cuba and after the war in the Philippines. He retired in 1913 as a Brigadier General. From th...

Brennan family.

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McIntyre, F. E.

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Crazy Horse, approximately 1842-1877

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Crazy Horse (b. approximetly 1840-d. September 5, 1877) was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota in the 19th century. He took up arms against the United States government to fight against encroachment by white American settlers on Indian territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His participation in several famous battles of the American Indian Wars on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman massacre in 1866, in which he acted as a deco...

Good Lance, Frank.

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Ross, Ralph H.

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Lost Bird, -1920

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Sweeney, Thomas Richard, 1914-

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