 The
man and the woman on the left is Lewis Broken Jaw and his wife, Louise
Broken Jaw, 1913.
The family on the right is Jack No Ear,
second spouse of Creth Little Cook. The child is Alfred No Ear. Jack No
Ear died and Creth remarried her first husband, Big Snake.
These names are simply attempted by English
speaking interpreters to simplify the lovely descriptive language, No Ear
could have been, "He Will Not Hear Quarreling." The interpreter
wrote down, "No Ear."
Lewis Broken Jaw was the brother of Esther
Broken Jaw, Little Cook, mother of Elizabeth Little Cook. Lewis's branch
of the family returned to Nebraska with Chief Standing Bear. Lewis visited
the area and his family here, only occasionally.
Sa-Su-Weh, Daniel Clark Jones, grandson of
Elizabeth Little Cook, worked to film the story, "The Trial of
Standing Bear," and it was aired nationally on PBS, one hundred years
after the event occurred. The story was about the Ponca's forced removal
from their Nebraska lands to Oklahoma.
Although the Ponca and Osage were
separated, only by the Arkansas River, and were supposed to be both a
branch off the Sioux, they were so different in personality. It was the
Osage who named them, "Pah-Hahn-Kah," Gentle Leader". *The
word Pah actually meant nose, or that part of the body to go before the
rest, or in an English description, " leader."
It is sad to see the lovely, descriptive
language no longer used, but since it is a difficult language to master
few speak it. Too, the quiet gentle way so far apart from our everyday
world is missed.
A member of the Ponca tribe, Liz King
Switch, Indian name, Who-Cha, descendant of Sam Little Cook tells:
"My daughter missed the bus and didn't
come home from school. I went to look for her and found her sitting on the
steps of the school. She was sitting, patiently waiting. As we drove out
the drive a coyote ran across the road in front of the car and I said to
her, "Look! The old man has been watching you."
This is in agreement with their teaching
that tells when a person is in a place where he shouldn't be, the coyotes
sits off at a distance in the woods and watch their people relatives.
It is true, there is no other animal as
like a human as a coyote. He is crafty, quick, inventive, and a survivor.
The Poncas respect him and call him, "old man," or one who is
wise.
Also, it is a warning, "Even when you
think you are getting away with something, there is always someone there
to see what you are doing. If it is but a coyote, remember, he is your
relative."
*Page 129, The Osages, John Joseph Mathews,
O.U. Press
In March
of the year 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Robinette along with their daughter. Tanya,
and brother Sandy Taylor visited the Ponca tribe at White Eagle, Oklahoma.
We of the Flood-Jones family were honored with their visit to our own home
in the Osage.
Upon their return to
Nebraska five inches of snow fell on them and their home and we received
good rains to break our short drought. It was a way of marking, for us,
our mutual pleasure at having met some of the tribe who was broken away
from us so many years ago when Standing Bear returned to Nebraska.
Here is some of Sandy Taylor's research into the Broken Jaw name. I
feel this is rare and priviledged information shared.
The information below was provided by Joy Tibbits
Donna,
Thank you for your permission. I have enclosed the
chart with your information. Does it look okay?
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Ponca Name
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English Name
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Donna Flood and Melvin Hardman, 1975
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1.
He-Sah-Dah
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Rainmaker, Straight Paths
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2.
Mah-Kahn
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Medicine
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3.
Ne-Kah-Pash-Nah
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Deer
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No touching of deer meat
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4.
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Half-Breed Clan
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Children of intermarried.
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5.
Wah-Zhah-She
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Osage clan
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The children of this clan are given snake names.
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6.
The-Ah-He-Dah
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Warrior clan
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The chief’s clan
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7.
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Elk clan
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8.
Nu-Hay
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Ice clan
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There were only a few of these
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9.
Man-Chu
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Bear clan
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These returned to Nebraska
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10.
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Buffalo clan
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Do not eat Buffalo or Deer meat. Policemen. Annie's [Little Cook]
Indian name was Hay-Thaht-Dah-Way, referring to an eagle
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11.
The-He-Dah
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Blood clan
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According to Cloe Eagle Rhoades, descendant, "We consider
ourselves to be servants to the people."
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12.
Unknown name
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According to Melvin Hardman, who is no longer living, there were
twelve clans, but he didn't know this last one.
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Sandy and I are good friends. He has helped me so much in compiling
this genealogy. He is a gold mine of information. I intend to give these
books to Sandy before I publish them anywhere. He can just look at things
and tell me where I've goofed. Not to say there won't be plenty of goofs
involved. I have decided to go the way of databases or else this book
would be way too large. I do have more Brokenjaw info in other databases
in the other Ponca genealogy book which include the following:
Names from early census records and ethnologists [James Owen Dorsey and
Alice Fletcher & Francis LaFlesche
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Broken Jaw
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Broken Jaw, De-be-rah; 1874 Over the Land Band #4, lived in Grey
Blanket Village; 1 man;
1 woman; 2 boys
Broken Jaw; The´baxon; male;
Over the Land Band, 1874
Fletcher & LaFlesche Census
Broken Jaw, Lah-bah-hah; 1878 Little Picker Band #5,
lived 1¼
mile SE
Agency, owned 3 ponies; 1
man;
2 women;
3 boys; 2 girls
Broken Jaw; ¢a-ba´-qan; male; Makan clan;
Dorsey p. 39 "
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Broken Jaws
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Broken Jaws, Hay-bah-hon; 1860 One Leg Band #18; 1
man;
1 woman; 2 girls
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1880 Dakota Territory Census
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Census #
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English Name
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Ponca Name
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Related
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Sex
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Age
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Born
About
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101
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Broken Jaw
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The-ba-kan
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head
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M
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54
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1826
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102
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Ice Woman
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Nu-ge-win
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wife
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F
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46
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1834
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103
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Old Buffalo
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Te-han-ga
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son
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M
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17
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1863
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104
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Kaw’s Head
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Kan-ze-sa
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son
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M
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15
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1865
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105
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Big Belly
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Ni-ha-tan-ga
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grandson
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M
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3
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1877
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106
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Makes Ground Dusty By Stamping
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son
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M
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4 months
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1880
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Nebraska Allotment Rolls [Unlike in Oklahoma, married women did not
receive allotments in their name. They were listed on the roll, but no
allotment acreage was assigned.]
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Allot
#
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1890 Allotment Roll
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1915 Allotment Roll
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25
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Anna Brokenjaw Knudsen, female, adopted child of Mary
Knudsen, age 8, 90.06 acres
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Anna Brokenjaw Knudsen(Rhodd), allotted 80 acres, all of
allotted land patented or sold by 1915
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71
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Lewis Brokenjaw, Kanzepa, male, father, age 25, 320 acres
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Brokenjaw, Lewis, living in Sep 1915, competent, part of
allotted land patented or sold by 1915
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Mary Brokenjaw, female, wife, age 18
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72
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Augusta Brokenjaw, female, daughter, age 1, 80 acres
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Brokenjaw, Augusta, dead 30 May 1892. Heirs are Lewis
Brokenjaw, Mary Keg Brokenjaw.
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145
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Edward Buffalo Chief or Edward Brokenjaw, male, son of
Luther Brokenjaw, age 10, 80 acres
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Buffalo Chief, Edward, living in Sep 1915, competent
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155
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Brokenjaw, Thebahan, male, father, age 64, 320 acres
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Brokenjaw, dead 6 Apr 1898
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156
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Benjamin Brokenjaw, male, son, age 10, 80 acres
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Brokenjaw, Benjamin, dead 19 Mar 1892. Heir is Lewis
Brokenjaw.
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180
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Luther Brokenjaw, male, father, age 29, 320 acres
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Brokenjaw, Luther, dead 11 Jun 1893, all of allotted land
patented or sold by 1915
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Rising Sun, female, wife, age 23
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181
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Alfred Brokenjaw, male, son, age 3, 80 acres
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Brokenjaw, Alfred, dead 24 Aug 1906. Heirs are Edward
Brokenjaw and Mildred Crazy Bear.
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Nebraska Households from Census & Annuity Roll Records. "NC" is short
for "Nebraska Census" and "NA" is short for "Nebraska Annuity" [I 've only
completed this through 1884, but will go much longer. I will just put the
first and last year someone is listed in the household. I have hopes of
doing this until 1914, which will take many months to complete.]
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Brokenjaw
1880-1884
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Brokenjaw,
The-ba-han, male, head of household,
( Nov 1880 NC #101, age 54; Aug 1882 NC #16, household of 1
man & 2 boys ; Aug 1883 NC #13, household of 1 man & 2 boys; Jul
1884 NC #92, age 58)
Ice Woman, Nu-ge-win, wife of Brokenjaw in 1880 ( Nov 1880
NC #102, age 46, not listed after 1880)
Brokenjaw, Luther or Old Buffalo, Te-han-ga, male, son of
Brokenjaw ( Nov 1880
NC #103, age 17, head of household in 1882)
Brokenjaw, Lewis or Kaws Head, Kan-ze-pa, male, son of Brokenjaw (
Nov 1880 NC #104, age 15;
Jul 1884 NC #94, age 19)
Big Belly, Ni-ha-tan-ga, male, grandson of Brokenjaw, ( Nov 1880
NC #105, age 3); died 4 qtr 1883 (5 Mar 1884 NA # 99)
Brokenjaw, Benjamin or Makes Ground Dusty by Stamping, Manasude,
male, son of Brokenjaw ( Nov 1880 NC #106, age 4 months;
Jul 1884 NC #95, age 4)
Visible Sun, Migthitanin, wife of Brokenjaw in 1884 (Jul 1884 NC
#93, age 55)
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Brokenjaw, Luther
1880-1884
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Brokenjaw, Luther or Old Buffalo, Tehanga, male, head of household
(Aug
1882 NC #17, household of 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy; Aug 1883 NC #14,
household of 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy; Jul 1884 NC #131, age 25
Brokenjaw, Emma Uhipatan, male, wife of Luther Brokenjaw in 1884
(Jul 1884 NC #132, age 17)
Brokenjaw, Edward or Roll Over, Okipata, male, son of Luther
Brokenjaw (Jul
1884 NC #133, age 4)
Brokenjaw, Anna or New Hawk, Gthedanwitega, female, daughter of
Luther Brokenjaw (Jul 1884 NC #134, age 2)
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I have also completed the 1900 Federal Census for Oklahoma &
Nebraska. I thought you might find the following entry of interest:
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32.1
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Little Cook, Esther, widowed, landlady, mother of 9 children, 6
living, lived in fixed home
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head
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F
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born in 1848
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age 51
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born in Nebr
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0 white
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32.2
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Little Cook, Fannie, widowed, mother of 1 child, 0 living
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daughter
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F
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born in 1871
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age24
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born in Nebr
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0 white
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32.3
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Water, Jesse, landlord, married 8 years
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son-in-law
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M
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born in 1864
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age 36
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born in Nebr
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0 white
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32.4
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Water, Annie Little Cook, married 8 years, mother of 1 child, 0
living
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daughter
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F
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born in 1871
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age 28
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born inNebr
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0 white
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You may certainly use any of this on your website.
From: rlfflood@cableone.net
To:
joytibbitts@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Permission
Date: Thu, 29 Oct
2009 13:02:26 -0500
Joy,
So good to hear from you and what a wealth of
information this is. May I please list it on my page with the
genealogy on Electric Scotland's website?
Of course, use any information I have. There is, just
to inform you, discussion about me listing 12 clans, when there are
only 7 or 8 clans now. These 12 clans were given to me by an elder
who is no longer living. I know they are real because I heard my
grandmother speak of them. I have them listed here:
Here is where the Broken Jaw material I received just a
couple years ago, and I would like to add your material here, too, of
course, giving you credit?
This material you send me validates the Bear clan
returning to Nebraska as Melvin Hardman told.
Thank you so much.
Donna
BROKEN JAW, Agent wrote “that on the evening of the 11 inst. Five
Ponca Indians with their families stole off from this reservation, and
a reported as having started for their old reservation in Dakota, viz.
Iron Thunder, four in his family; Broken Jaw, five in family; White
Dog, eight in his family; The Bear, two in family; and Little Cook
five in family, making twenty-four (24) persons in all.” (15 April
1879 Ponca Agency Letter)
BROKEN JAW, father of Louis Brokenjaw, Luther Brokenjaw, Knows the
Country, Benjamin Brokenjaw, Esther L. Cook and Mrs. Henry Bear (1902
Nebraska Name Revision Roll #46)
BROKENJAW; land patented 4 May1916; document # 613410; (Nebraska,
Ponca Land Patents, Access Genealogy Website at
(http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0009826
2
September 2009)
BROKENJAW, was married to Nujawin. They were parents of Luther
Brokenjaw who died 11 June 1893, Lewis Brokenjaw and Benjamin
Brokenjaw;
allotted 26 May 1891, died 6 April 1898, heirs were the
following:
1.
Lewis Brokenjaw, son, 7/288
2.
Jeffrey Knows the Country, grandson 24/288
3.
Albert Roy, granddaughter, 24/288
4.
Joe Four Eyes, grandson, 24/288
5.
Hairy Bear, son-in-law 18/288
6.
Annie Little Cook Waters, granddaughter, 9/288
7.
Philip No Ear, husband of granddaughter,
3/288
8.
Katherine No Ear, daughter of granddaughter 2/ 288
9.
Sarah No Ear, daughter of granddaughter 2/ 288
10.
Sadie No Ear, daughter of granddaughter, 2/288
11.
Creth Others (nee Little Cook), granddaughter 9/288
12.
Lizzie Personeau, granddaughter 9/288
13.
Henry Little Cook, grandson, 9/ 288
14.
David Little Cook, grandson, 9/288
15.
Edward Brokenjaw, grandson, 24/288
16.
Anna B. Rhodd, granddaughter, 24/288
17.
Joseph Crazy Bear, son-in-law,, 12/ 288
18.
Perry Crazy Bear, great grandson, 12/288
(Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Archives, Brokenjaw estate, Nebraska probate
#95561-15, p. 1)
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