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Part 6
Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institutes
American Indian Students, 1878-1923
Compiled and edited from American Indian student files held in the
archives of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia.
Jon L. Brudvig, Ph.D.
1994 & 1996
All rights reserved.
Original location: <http://www.umary.edu/~jlbrud/Hampton/HUINDBIO.htm>
Male Students: Names G to O
Looking Eagle, James (Wambdi-Wakita): Sioux (Lower Brule, SD)
September 1883-May 1884. Farmer, policeman, and enlisted
soldier.
Lorentz, John Ross: Wichita (Kiowa Agency, OK)
July 17, 1903-December 29, 1903. Dismissed for "grossly
immoral conduct.
Low Dog, Luke (Iyena wicakte=Killed Even Number): Sioux
(Standing Rock, ND)
October 1901-March 1905. Received a Carpenter's certificate
in 1905. Carpenter, farmer, agency clerk, and bank clerk.
Also known as Luke Lowell.
Lowe, Albert Thunder King (Trahripskaga=White Eagle): Winnebago
(Black River Falls, WI)
October 1907-December 1908. Suspended from HI for alcohol
use. Farmer and laborer. World War I veteran.
Lowe, Gilbert: Winnebago (Black River Falls, WI)
February 1909-May 1912. Attended Heidelburg University in
Tiffin, OH. Farmer and missionary's assistant. Also known
as Fred Thunderking.
Lushbaugh, Ernest: Pawnee (Pawnee, OK)
August 1885-November 1885. Left HI due to an illness.
Farmer. Later attended Chilocco where he was both a student
and an employee. Died on August 20, 1896.
*Lyman, Henry H. (Hoksina): Sioux (Yankton, SD)
November 1886 until graduating in 1889. Henry continued his
education after HI and graduated from Yale University's Law
School in 1891. Henry practiced law for one year in New
York City, but his health failed. He returned to HI to
recuperate before returning home where he taught at the
mission school until his death in 1893.
Mackey, Edward (Hehaka=Elk): Sioux (Santee, NB)
October 1893-July 1894. "Bad conduct."
Mahpiya-Mani (Mahpiyamani=Walking Cloud): Sioux (Crow Creek, SD)
November 1878 until his death at HI in June 1879.
Buried in the school cemetery.
Mandan, Daniel: Sioux (Yankton, SD) Son of Chief Fat Mandan.
December 1879-February 1881. Returned home due to an
illness and died May 31, 1881.
Mandan, Isaac: Sioux (Yankton, SD) Son of Chief Fat Mandan.
December 1879-June 1880. Left HI due to an illness.
Farmer and carpenter. Died February 6, 1886.
Mannington, James: Pawnee (Pawnee, OK)
September 1908-July 1911. Dismissed for "immorality."
Later attended a business college, farmed, and owned a
garage. World War I veteran.
Manuel, Victor: Pima (Sacaton, AZ)
Came to HI in December 1906 after graduating from the
Phoenix Indian School. Stayed until graduating in 1911.
Awarded a printer's certificate in 1909. Victor continued
his education at Eastman College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Printer in Arizona, member of the Arizona State Militia Band,
church leader, and union president. Victor was the
Indian Commissioner of the Presbyterian Church.
Many Birds, Charles (Bataku): Mandan & Hidatsa
(Fort Berthold, ND)
October 1881-October 1884. The son of Chief Old Wolf
ranaway from his summer outing placement. He continued his
education in North Dakota at the Fort Stevenson school and
died in January 1889.
*Maquimetas (or Makemitas), Mitchell: Menominee (WI)
November 1879-June 1883; February 1886-July 1887.
Wheelwright, teacher, clerk, logger, and farmer.
Also known as Mahkimetas, McKimetas, or Magnimetus.
Marsh (or DeMarsche), Joseph : Sioux (Cheyenne River, SD)
October 1881-July 1885. Farmer and stockraiser. Died
March 4, 1926.
Marshall, Albert: Sioux (Cheyenne River, SD)
July 1885 until running away from his outing placement in
October 1887. Interpreter, herder, U.S. Army Scout, rancher
and stockraiser. Became a United States' citizen.
Marshall, Charles: Sioux (Cheyenne River, SD)
November 1884-September 1888. Farmer, carpenter, policeman,
blacksmith, and mission helper. "Fine man." Also known as
Charles Marshall Gabe.
Martin, Maurice: Sioux (Standing Rock, ND)
November 1888-June 1890. Farmer, assistant carpenter,
policeman. "Doing very well."
Martin, Robert Bowman: Navaho (Fort Defiance, AZ)
September 1901-December 1903. Farmer, trader, interpreter,
trading post owner, and sheep herder. Member of the Tribal
Council.
Martine, Charles: Apache (Fort Sill, OK)
[M. Alice Bunn (a black HI student)].
November 1911-May 1916. Received an Agriculture certificate
in 1916. Farmer and golf course employee on Long Island,
New York.
Martine, Dewey: Apache (Fort Apache, AZ)
January 1905-January 1906. Expelled from HI for drinking
alcohol. Laborer. Died before December 1913.
*Martinez, John Estevan: Pueblo (Taos, NM)
June 1903-May 1906; October 1906 until graduating in 1908.
Spent 1909 working in New York and Massachusetts. Pursued
additional academic training at Mt. Hermon, Philips Academy,
and Dartmouth College. World War I veteran. Businessman.
Masters, William: Pawnee (OK)
August 1885-February 1886. Returned home due to an illness.
"Farming some." Died in 1889.
Matches, Walter (Nanhiyurs): Cheyenne
Arrived at HI on April 13, 1878 with Richard Henry Pratt and
the other Fort Marion prisoners. Left HI in October 1879 to
accompany Pratt to Carlisle, PA. Returned to his home at
the Cheyenne Agency in September 1880. Farmer, stockraiser,
and interpreter for the missionary.
Mato, Benjamin (Bear): Sioux (Lower Brule, SD)
October 1881-April 1882. Returned home very ill and died in
1882. Benjamin was the son of Medicine Crow, a warrior in
Long Mane's band.
Matonapi, Robert (Iyekapi): Sioux (Standing Rock, ND)
September 1891-July 1892. Returned home due to an illness
and died in 1893.
Matthews, Charles: Pima (Pima, AZ)
February 1881-July 1885. Left HI to attend the Educational
Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Butcher, freighter,
scout, and herder.
Mazakute, Simon (Rattling Iron): Sioux (Crow Creek, SD)
September 1883 until his death at HI on March 26, 1884.
Buried in the school cemetery.
McBride, Charles: Sioux (Crow Creek, SD)
[M. Susan Carpenter (HI); M. Bessie Swift (HI)].
June 1884-July 1885. Farmer, stockraiser, clerk, and
interpreter. "Doing well."
McCoy, James: Pawnee (Pawnee, OK)
October 1886 until his death at HI on July 18, 1889.
Buried in the school cemetery.
McIntosh, John Emery: Sioux (Sisseton, SD)
September 1897-January 1899. Expelled from HI for bad
conduct. Worked at the Minneapolis Stock Exchange. John
was later jailed for grand larceny (horse thief). Died in
1907.
McIntosh, Robert (Naki): Apache (San Carlos, AZ)
February 1881-May 1884. Farmer, interpreter for General
Miles during the Apache outbreak in 1886, teacher,
miner, and freighter. "Fiery Bob" married the daughter of
an Apache chief. Died May 31, 1914.
McIntosh, William Oliver: Sioux, Sisseton Band (Earl, WI)
October 1906-June 1910. Earned a Tailor's certificate at
HI. Tailor.
McNeill, William Hallie: Peoria (Miami, OK) (file missing)
October 1904-1908. "Poor influence."
Medegan, John (Thunder Feather): Chippewa (LaPointe, WI)
October 1901 until his expulsion in May 1902. Later
attended Valapariso University to study music. John was
the son of Joseph Medgan, a Chippewa chief.
Medicine Bull, Samuel (Tatanka-Wakan): Sioux (Lower Brule, SD)
October 1881-May 1884; November 1884-July 1886. Teacher,
carpenter, catechist, and farmer. Samuel was the son of
Chief Medicine Bull. Student file reports that Samuel "has
never wavered in his determination to serve his people."
Died in November 1916.
Medicine Crow, Fred (Rain in the Face): Sioux (Crow Creek, SD)
September 1897-April 1902. Painter, blacksmith, carpenter,
clerk and farmer. "Good name." Also known as Fred M. Crow.
Menz, Joseph: Sioux (Standing Rock, ND)
[M. Rebecca Cornelius (HI)].
October 1901-May 1905; October 1905-March 1907. Carpenter
and disciplinarian at the Fort Yates Boarding School.
Stockraiser and farmer. "Has an excellent record."
Metoxen, Adam: Oneida (WI)
September 1891-November 1892. Deemed "unpromising."
Farmer. Died in 1917.
Metoxen, Cornelius: Oneida (WI)
October 1893-April 1897. Laborer. "Drinks, doesn't do
much."
Metoxen, Jameson: Oneida (WI)
September 1891-July 1893. Expelled from HI for drinking.
Did well after his marriage. Farmer and church worker.
Metoxen, Joseph: Oneida (WI)
October 1909-March 1911. Farmer, assistant engineer,
laborer. World War I veteran. Died January 11, 1919 at
Camp McClellan, Alabama.
Metoxen, Joshua: Oneida (WI)
September 1891-June 1895; September 1895-June 1898.
Blacksmith and farmer. "Works hard."
Metoxen, Nelson: Oneida (WI)
October 1889 until running away from his summer outing
placement in Massachusetts in July 1890. Returned to HI in
September 1891 and left due to an illness in January 1893.
Blacksmith, industrial teacher, store owner, and Oneida Town
Chairman. "Steady, good man."
Metoxen, Redmond Marcellus: Oneida (WI)
October 1897-June 1900; October 1901-November 1903. Farmer,
general laborer, and logger. Died in April 1909.
Metoxen, Wilson: Oneida (WI) [M. Eliza Hill (HI)].
September 1891-June 1895; September 1895-June 1897.
Blacksmith, farmer, and chauffeur in Chicago.
Meyers, Garry: Omaha (NB)
August 1884-July 1887. Garry attended Carlisle after
leaving HI. Blacksmith, farmer, proprietor of an automobile
business, and storeowner. His daughter, Leta Von Felden
Meyers, also attended HI.
*Miles, Thomas (Muchuterwishek): Sac & Fox (Sac & Fox Agency, OK)
October 1882 until graduating in 1885. Attended Kimball
Union Academy, a school in Meriden, New Hampshire.
Thomas graduated from the medical department of
the University of Pennsylvania in 1892. Teacher, physician,
and Secretary of the Sac & Fox Nation.
Miller, Carl: Stockbridge (WI)
August 1895-June 1898. Logger, farmer, insurance agent.
Chairman of the Stockbridge Business Committee, Justice of
the Peace, and church elder. "Good home."
Miller, Edward: Omaha (NB)
July 1887-November 1888. Eddie was the three year old son
of Mary and George Miller who participated in HI's family
program.
Miller, Emerson: Stockbridge (WI)
August 1895-July 1897. Farmer and logger.
Miller, Frederick: Stockbridge (WI)
August 1895-June 1898. Farmer and logger.
Miller, George: Omaha (NB)
[M. Mary Sansouci Miller (HI Couple)].
July 1887-November 1888. George came to HI with his wife,
Mary, and two children, John and Edward. The couple's
daughter, Alice, was born at HI. George worked for the
Bureau of American Ethnology, assisting James Owen Dorsey
with the Omaha language. Farmer, and policeman. Died in
1921 or 1922.
Miller, John: Omaha (NB)
July 1887-November 1888. John was the one and a half year
old son of George and Mary Miller who participated in HI's
family program.
Miller, Tracy: Stockbridge (Gresham, WI)
October 1911-May 1915. Received a Steam Fitter's
certificate in 1915. Farmer and steamfitter.
Miller, Wellinton: Stockbridge (WI)
August 1895-July 1897. Farmer, logger, and carpenter.
Died on March 19, 1935.
Minisni, Eugene (Cold Water): Sioux (Yankton, SD)
October 1889-June 1894. Successful blacksmith and farmer.
Also known as Eugene Highrock.
Moncravie, Charles: Omaha (NB)
October 1886-January 1887. Left HI to due "diseased eyes."
Later attended Carlisle from 1888-1890. Farmer and
proprietor of an automobile livery.
Moncravie, Fred: Omaha (NB)
July 1887-July 1890. Sent away from HI for being a "
bad influence." Attended Carlisle, but ran away. Farmer
until enlisting in the Army.
Moncravie, Henry: Omaha (NB)
October 1886-July 1889. Dismissed from HI for "bad
conduct." Attended Carlisle. Manager of a club room and
athletic association and bank employee.
Moore, William H. (Neconwatuck): Sac & Fox (Sac & Fox, OK)
October 1888-March 1892. Farmer, bookkeeper, and postal
worker.
Moore, Wilson D.: Pawnee (OK)
October 1888-July 1890. Farmer and interpreter. Died in
1908.
Morgan, Albert: Omaha (NB)
October 1885 until leaving school due to an illness in July
1886. "Drinks, farms a little."
*Morgan, Jacob C. (Casimera): Navaho (Fort Defiance, AZ)
October 1898 until graduating in 1900. Returned to HI for
post-graduate work 1901-1903. Cabinet-maker, industrial
teacher, disciplinarian, builder, musician and band leader,
interpreter, and missionary. Later became an ordained
minister in the Christian Reformed Church. President of the
Navajo Progressive Association, Navajo Tribal Chairman
(1938-1942), and Vice-Chairman of the American Indian
Federation.
Morris, Edward (Bad Arrow): Omaha (NB)
August 1884-July 1885; September 1891-November 1892.
Expelled from HI for "bad conduct (epileptic)." Farmer.
Died in December 1916.
Morsea, Charles Roy (Soldier Boy or Charles Spotted Crow): Sioux
(Lower Brule, SD) [M. Claudia Broker (HI)].
September 1915-May 1918. Charles left HI voluntarily so he
could enlist in the Marines. World War I veteran. Power
plant engineer, secret service agent, and rancher.
Murie, Alfred: Pawnee (OK)
October 1886-September 1889. Farmer, carpenter, blacksmith,
and night watchman. "Good man." Died in 1918.
Murie, Henry [White Bird]: Pawnee (OK)
September 1915 until running away from HI on April 20, 1916.
Found work as a laborer in nearby Newport News, Virginia.
Henry returned to HI in September 1919 but left after a two
day stay. His father, Alfred Murie, also attended HI.
*Murie, James R. (Letawcutsjehawle=Young Eagle): Pawnee (OK)
October 1879 until graduating in 1883. Ethnologist,
interpreter, teacher, assistant disciplinarian and
drillmaster at Haskell Institute, bank clerk, and farmer.
James worked for the Field Columbian Museum and the
Smithsonian Institution compiling data on Pawnee Ceremonies.
He later became President of the Indian Farmer's Institute
and chief of the Skidi Band. His daughter, Caroline Murie,
also attended HI.
Naiche, Paul (Nahdeyol): Apache (Mount Vernon, AL)
March 1894-November 1897. Son of Naiche, the hereditary
chief of the Chiricahua Apache. Apache chief and carpenter.
Died February 18, 1898. Portrait painted by Angel DeCora,
a HI alumna and artist.
Nayen, William: Apache (San Carlos, AZ)
October 3, 1905 until running away from the school on
October 9, 1905.
Ninham, Albert: Oneida (WI)
July 1889-July 1893; October 1893-June 1896. Farmer,
logger, and stockraiser.
Ninham, John: Oneida (WI)
July 1889-October 1893. Farmer, logger, and railroad
employee. Murdered in August 1899.
Norcross, George (Hipoya): Mohave (San Carlos, AZ)
February 1881 until his death at HI on September 1, 1881.
Buried in the school cemetery.
O'Donnell, John: Chippewa (White Earth, MN)
October 1914-April 1917. World War I veteran. Laborer.
Ohetoint, Charles: Kiowa
Arrived at HI on April 13, 1878 with Richard Henry Pratt and
the other Fort Marion prisoners. Left the school in October
1879 to accompany Pratt to Carlisle, PA. Returned to the
Kiowa Agency in June 1880 and worked as a teacher, farmer,
and agency employee.
Old, Bull, James: Cheyenne (Colony, OK)
September 22, 1917 until leaving HI without permission on
October 20, 1917.
Omaha, Felix (Homna=Smells-of-Fish): Sioux (Lower Brule, SD)
September 1883-October 1884; November 1888-July 1890.
Farmer and clerk. Died on December 20, 1891. Also known as
Omana or Bite-Off-Homna.
*Oshkeneny, Michael (Young Man): Menominee (WI)
November 1879 until graduating in 1882. Returned to HI in
October 1886 for post-graduate studies and left the school
in February 1887 after making an unsatisfactory record.
Clerk, teacher, farmer, and logger. Michael was active in
tribal affairs and a Judge of the Indian Court. Also known
as Mitchell Oskenaniew.
Ota Akdi, Charles (or Charles Bought Plenty): Sioux
(Standing Rock, ND) (file missing)
April 1885-July 1886; October 1887-July 1890. Described
as a "good young man" who was "slow and unprogressive in all
save dress."
Otero, Eliseo: Pueblo (Los Lunas, NM) (file missing)
June 1903-1908. Awarded a Carpenter's certificate in 1908.
*Owl, Frel McDonnell: Cherokee (NC)
September 1914 until graduating in 1920. Later attended
Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. Frel graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1927. Teacher and administrator
in the Indian Service. Frel received the Department of the
Interior's Honor Award. After his retirement Frel returned
to North Carolina and operated the Piney Grove Camp. He was
the Chairman of the Cherokee Planning Board and Treasurer of
the Cherokee Historical Association. Dartmouth College
recognized Frel's lifetime achievements when it awarded him
an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in 1969. Frel died in
1980.
Owl, George Allen: Cherokee (NC)
November 1911-October 1914; September 1915-May 1917.
George left school after being drafted in 1917. He was a veteran
both world wars. Businessman, farmer, and Historical
Association employee. Cherokee Tribal Council Chairman,
Charter member of the Cherokee Historical Association, and
member of the Executive Council of the National Congress of
American Indians. George also organized an American Legion
Post at Cherokee, NC.
*Owl, Henry McLean: Cherokee (NC)
September 1912 until graduating in 1918. Carpenter, school
disciplinarian, and industrial teacher at Bacone College.
Henry later graduated from Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory,
NC, and received a master's degree from the University of
North Carolina. Teacher and school principal. Henry ended
his career working for the Boeing Aircraft Corporation.
Owl, Jonah: Cherokee (NC)
November 1896-October 1899. Farmer and laborer.
Owl, Noya: Cherokee (NC)
November 1896-August 1897. Left HI early due to illness and
died in 1897.
Owl, Theodore Addison: Cherokee (NC)
October 1902-June 1906. Graduated from Carlisle Indian
School in 1908. Government school farmer, industrial
teacher, and disciplinarian. Later changed his name to
Theodore O. Reed.
Owl, Thomas Stringfield: Cherokee (NC)
September 1920-June 1922. Graduated from Springfield
College in Massachusetts. United States Indian Service
employee and businessman.
*Owl, Walter David: Cherokee (NC)
September 1909-May 1915. Awarded a Blacksmith's certificate
in 1913 and graduated in 1915. Walter later graduated from
Springfield College in 1918. Y.M.C.A. worker and teacher.
Walter left his job at Haskell Institute to attend the
Colgate-Rochester Theological Seminary. Ordained minister
assigned to the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation in New York
after his graduation in 1927. 1932 recipient of the Golden
Arrow Award presented by the American Indian Council Fire
for his notable contributions to the improvement of Indian
life. Walter also served as the President of the National
Fellowship of Indian Workers of the National Council of
Churches.
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