Post by hermin1 on Jun 12, 2013 10:46:03 GMT -5
Louie Garcia of the spirit lake Tribe graciously shares thwe Biography of Rev. Simon Tunkansaiciye:
Reverend Solomon Tunkansaiçiye
Dakota Presbytery
Solomon Makes Himself Red.
Tuŋkaŋsaiçiye (Tuŋkaŋ = Sacred Stone; Śa = red; Içiye (self reflecting). SWS # 567.
Waĥpetunwaŋ Dakota. Member of Inyankamani’s Band (Running Walker).
Father: Cloudman (Maĥpiyawicaŝta), Mother: Miniyodutawiŋ (Scarlet in the Water)
Born in Minnesota in 1833.
Siblings: Six brothers and one sister. Giiçiye (Makes Himself Brown), Cantemaza (Iron Heart), Lot (Iteozaŋzaŋ – Face in the Glass), Taokiye (His Great Help), Lazarus Skyman (Owiniku – Come Back in a Circle), Wakanhdidan (Lighting), and one unknown sister.
Educated at the mission school at Lac Qui Parle.
Joined the Hazelwood Church in 1858.
Participated in 1862 war.
Joined Major Brown’s scouts 1863 -1866.
Licensed to preach in 1867.
Ordained in 1868.
Stated Supply to the Scouts Church (Waŝtekicidapi) 1867-1868.
Pastor of Long Hollow Church (Kasizahanska) 1868-1869.
Dismissed to the Presbytery of Manitoba where he organized the Pahacokamaya (Middle Hill) Church at Fort Ellice 1880 – 1890. Returned to Dakota Presbytery 1890.
Pastor of Buffalo Lakes Church (Caŋyowansapi Bde) 1890.
Married Helen/Ellen Caehdewiŋ (Stepping Woman)
Children: three infant deaths, One child – Martha SWS# 588 (Mrs. Thomas Smith) and one adopted daughter Haggie Smith Williams.
Died: February 26, 1910 at Granite Falls, Minnesota.
Solomon Participated in the 1862 War.
Tried for murder:
Case number 92. The defendant between August 18, 1862 to September 28, 1862 participated in murders, robberies, and outrages on the Minnesota frontier particularly the battles at Fort Ridgely, New Ulm, Birch Coolie, and Wood Lake.
“At Fort [Ridgely] I fired one shot between the buildings. I fired twice at Birch Coolie and twice at New Ulm. I fired once at the last battle [Woodlake].”
Found guilty and sentenced to hang. His sentence was commuted by President Lincoln. He was pardoned in 1866.
Solomon the Scout
Solomon help scout for the 1863 and 1865 expeditions into Dakota Territory under General Henry Sibley.
Appointed Chief of the Sheyenne River Scout Post (Śaiyaowoju) by Major Brown on October 21, 1865. He was Chief of six scouts. The camp closed in December 1865 for the winter and reopened February 15, 1866 with 14 scouts assisting him.
Bibliography
Anderson, Gary Clayton Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Woolworth, Alan R. Minnesota War of 1862.
St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press 1988.
Dakota Presbytery Council The First Fifty Years: Dakota Presbytery to 1890
With Dakota Missions Past and Present A.D.1886.
Freeman, SD: Pine Hill Press 1984.
Diedrich< Mark The Life and Times of Cloud Man: A Dakota Faces His Changing World.
Ramsey County History: Spring 2001 Pp. 4-25.
Isch, John The Dakota Trials: The 1862-1864 Military Commission Trials including the Complete Transcripts and Explanatory Notes on the Military Commission Trials in Minnesota 1862-1864.
New Ulm, MN: Brown County Historical Society. 2012.
Johnson, Norma Chilson’s History of Fort Sisseton.
Pierre, SD: State Publishing and Printing 1996.
Lewis, Bonnie Sue Creating Christian Indians: Native Clergy in the Presbyterian Church.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 2003. page 112.
Willand, John Lac Qui Parle and the Dakota Mission.
Madison, MN: Lac Qui Parle County Historical Society 1964.
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