INDIANS #2a Contents Sitting Bull at West Point?................p.2 Co I, 2d US Inf, Comprised of Sioux........p.3 Pvt Chiquito & Medal of Honor, 1875........p.4 Indians in the Civil War...................p.6 .....p.7 See also: indian2 USAMHI 1) West Point 2) Indians RefBranch js 1979 NOTE: SITTING BULL AT WEST POINT? According to the book cited below, Sitting Bull attended the US Military Academy as a member of the class of 1848. Using the pseudonym Thomas F.M. McLean, he was appointed from the state of Missouri, but failed to graduate because of a "deficiency in conduct." It seems he was involved in a drunken brawl at Buttermilk Falls, near West Point, and also "under the cloak of a false marriage," impregnated a loccal girl, Effie Conklin. He was later seen by former classmates in Arizona and other areas of the West, where he led Indian raids on settlements. See: Johnson, W. Fletcher. Life of Sitting Bull.... n.p.: Edgewood, 1891. pp. 29-36. E99D1J72. Historical accuracy of the above: None. For accurate information on Cadet Thomas McLean, expelled from West Point and who may have lived in Arizona, see the Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York (U410H1A1). After Little Big Horn, assertations were made that Sitting Bull was not only a white graduate of West Point, but also a linguist, a Mason and a Catholic. See Dictionary of American Biography, ed by Dumas Malone (NY: Scribner's, 1964), Vol IX, p. 193. Strangely, no one, so far as I know, has ever claimed he was a communist or a former left fielder of the New York Yankees. USAMHI Indians - Mil Serv RefBranch js 1978 NOTE: COMPANY I, 2d US INFANTRY, WHEN IT COMPRISED OGALALLA SIOUX BG John Brooke, commanding Dept of the Platte, reported 5 Sep 1891: An effort was made to enlist a company for the Second Infantry at the Pine Ridge Agency, which was not successful, but five Indians having (sic) been enlisted. The principal objection to the enlistment of Indians at this point came from the chiefs and the fact that they were satisfied with the present condition and having also an objection to serving as foot soldiers. (Sec War Rpt, 1891, p. 252). The next year, Brooke's report reflected progress: The enlistment of Indians was continued, and Company I, Second Infantry, was recruited from the Ogalallas, at Pine Ridge, to its full strength and stationed with its regiment at Fort Omaha, Nebraska. (Sec War Rpt, 1892, p. 123). Lieutenants Abner Pickering and Peter Marguart simultaneously served in Company I between 1892 and 1894. CPT William Turner was the commander of Company D at that time, while James Miller captained Company I. See: U.S. War Dept. Secretary of War Reports, 1891-1893. Vol I. Wash, DC: GPO, various dates. UA24A145. _________. Official Army Registers for January, 1892, 1893, and 1894. Wash, DC: Adj Gen's Office, various dates. BiogRm. Shaw, Frederick B. One Hundred and Forty Years of Service in Peace and War: History of the Second Infantry, United States Army. Detroit: Strathmore, 1930. 446 p. 603-2-1930, UHRm. USAMHI Indians-MilSrv RefBranch dv 1981 PVT CHIQUITO & MEDAL OF HONOR, 1875 A Research Note Concise info on Pvt Chiquito's award appears in the below- cited register, identifying him as an Indian Scout, with birth and place of entry into service unknown. His Medal of Honor was issued on 12 Apr 1875 for "gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches" during winter 1872-73. 23 others received the medal during the same winter campaign, including 9 other Indian Scouts. See: U.S. Dept of Army. The Medal of Honor of the United States Army. Wash, DC: GPO, 1948. pp. 218-19. RefColl. The medals were presented to the Indian Scouts at Ft. Bowie, Arizona Territory, according to Schott, Joseph L. Above and Beyond: The Story of the Congressional Medal of Honor. NY: Putnam's, 1963. p. 49. UB433S3. Chiquito, a headman of the Coyotero band of Sierra Blanco Apaches, was among those scouts recruited by C.E. Cooley, Nov 1872, at Camp Apache. Gen George Crook's winter campaign, 1872-73, against Apache bands in the Salt River area and Tonto basin is described in the following sources: Bourke, John G. On the Border with Crook. Lincoln: UP of NE, 1971; orig pub 1891. 491 p. E83.866B782. Mason, Joyce E. "The Use of Indian Scouts in the Apaches Wars, 1870-1896." PhD dss, IN Univ, 1970. Chap 11, esp pp. 43-59. E83.866M368. Thrapp, Dan L. Al Sieber: Chief of Scouts. Norman: UP of OK, 1964. pp. 106-116. F811S5T5. Pvt Chiquito p.2 Wharfield, H.B. Alchesay: Scout with General Crook.... Pamphlet, 1969. 53 p. E90A38W45. _________. Cooley: Army Scout.... Pamphlet, 1966. 102 p. F811C77W5. See esp pp. 16 & 39-44. The Crook-Kennon Papers (Arch) incl General Order 14, Dept of Arizona, dated 9 Apr 1873 (Scrapbook of Mrs. George Crook, 1871-78). The four-page document contains names of individuals cited for extraordinary performance. In one list, 42 soldiers, guides, scouts and others are praised "for good conduct during the difficult campaigns and engagements." Chiquito's name is included. See also: -"Indian Scouts" (Ind-Mil Srv) -Awards-MOH -"Apache Wars" (Ind War-SW) USAMHI Indians - Mil Serv RefBranch la 1987 INDIANS IN THE CIVIL WAR A Working Bibliography Abel, Annie Heloise. The American Indian as Slaveholder and Secessionist: An Omitted Chapter in the Diplomatic History of the Southern Confederacy. 3 vols. Cleveland, OH: Clark, 1915. E540I3A13. Armstrong, William H. Warrior in Two Camps: Ely S. Parker, Union General and Seneca Chief. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse UP, 1978. E99S3P3254. Britton, Wiley. The Union Indian Brigade in the Civil War. Kansas City, MO: Hudson, 1922. E493.5Ind.K3B75. Buice, Sammy David. "The Civil War and the Five Civilized Tribes-- A Study in Federal-Indian Relations." Thesis, Univ of OK, 1970. Microfilm D-B34. Danziger, Edmund Jefferson. Indians and Bureaucrats: Administering the Reservation Policy During the Civil War. Urbana, IL: Univ of IL Press, 1974. E93D23. Franks, Kenny A. "The Career of Brigadier General Stand Watie." Confederate Veteran XXXIV (Mar-Apr 1986): pp. 16-27. Per. _________. Stand Watie and the Agony of the Cherokee Nation. Memphis, TN: Memphis State UP, 1979. E99C5W433. Perdue, Thelda. Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society, 1540-1866. Knoxville, TN: Univ of TN Press, 1979. E99C5P394.