South Dakota

Mission Services at Two Kettle Village

Rev. S. G. Wright

By Miss M. M. Lickorish The church at Two Kettle Village on the Cheyenne was dedicated May 19th. I was delighted to receive an invitation from Mr. Riggs to accompany the party from Oahe. We crossed the Missouri River in a boat, and on the other side took the carriage that had to be sent around by Pierre, an extra distance of thirty-two miles, in order to cross on the bridge. Doctor and Mr. Frederick Riggs, from Santee, now joined us, and the day being pleasant, the prairie covered with the wild flowers so abundant here, we had a most … Read more

Perils of Missionary Life

Perils Of Missionary Life Rev. T.L. Riggs, our missionary at Oahe, Dakota, thus describes the loss of a team and the peril of his fellow missionary, Rev. J.F. Cross: “I wished to cross my team on the ice to the west side of the Missouri and keep it there for use during the breaking up of the river. Being very busy with some writing, I asked Mr. Cross to take my team over when he started to return to the White River, sending a man with him. Mr. Cross’s team went over safely, but mine, which Mr. Cross himself was … Read more

Oahe School, Dakota

By Miss Julia E. Pratt A very sad incident came into our life as a school last winter, which has accentuated anew the ignorance and the superstitious heathenism of these Indian people. One of our little boys was sent to the dormitory one morning to do some work to which he objected, and, while pretending to obey, he took one of the other little boys with him and ran away. Their absence was not discovered until it was too late to overtake them, and as their home was only ten miles away, and we knew they were good walkers, as … Read more

1889 – 1891 Indian Mission Staff Members

1889 – 1891 Indian Mission Staff Members 1889 Santee Agency, Nebraska Normal Training School Superintendent and Missionary, Rev. A.L. Riggs, Santee Agency, Neb. Treasurer Mr. Joseph H. Steer, Santee Agency, Neb. Teachers Mr. J.A. Chadbourne, Bridgewater, Mass. Miss Harriet B. Ilsley, Newark, N.J. Miss Susie M. Furman, Canandaigua, Mich. Miss Edith Leonard, Scotland, Mass. Miss Cora I. Riggs, Santee Agency, Neb. Miss Ella Worden, Topeka, Kan. Native Teachers, James Garvie, Santee Agency, Neb. Jennie M. Cox, Santee Agency, Neb. Eugenia LaMoore, Brown Earth, Dak. Matrons, (Dakota Home), Miss L.H. Douglass, New Haven, Conn. (Bird’s Nest), Miss Harriet A. Brown, Rocky … Read more

One Day’s Missionary Work

A Trip Among the Out Stations The out-station work among the Indians is a feature almost peculiar to the Indian Missions of the A.M.A. These stations are the picket-lines pushed forward into the Reservations beyond the line of established schools and missions. Each one consists of a cheap home connected sometimes with a cheap school-house, and these are occupied by one or two native Indian missionaries who teach and preach, and thus accomplish an immediate good and lay the foundation for the more permanent church and school. The Association has about twenty such stations on the Cheyenne and other rivers … Read more

Conference with Indian Commissioners

The Annual Conference of the Board of Indian Commissioners with the representatives of the various religious bodies having charge of Indian Missions was held in the parlors of the Riggs House, January 8th. The presence of Senator Dawes, Representative Cutcheon, and other distinguished persons, gave weight to the deliberations, and special interest was added to the meeting by the troubles now prevailing in the Dakotas among the Sioux Indians. Commissioner Morgan, Captain Pratt of the Carlisle School, General Armstrong of Hampton, and the Secretaries of the Missionary Societies presented an array of facts and of recent information that gave a … Read more

Christmas at Fort Yates, Dakota

Our readers will be glad to welcome Miss Josephine E. Barnaby to her new field of work, and to a place in the pages of the Missionary. She is of the Omaha tribe, was a student at Hampton, then spent some time in a training school for nurses in New Haven, Connecticut, and is now the assistant of Miss Collins at the Grand River Station. Miss Collins writes of her: “Josephine is very much interested in her work. She said to-day, ‘I wish every one interested in Indians could come here and stay long enough to see how the foundation … Read more

South Dakota World War 1 Draft Registration

Bennett County (Following hosted at SDGenWeb Archives ) Draft Registration Buffalo County Draft Registration Custer County Draft Registration Haakon County Draft Registration Harding County Residents of this County in 1917-18 and Persons with Links to this County Hyde County Residents of this County in 1917-18 and Persons with Links to this County Jackson County Draft Registration Jones County Draft Registration Mellette County Draft Registration Shannon County Draft Registration Stanley County Draft Registration Sully County Draft Registration Todd County Draft Registration Ziebach County Draft Registration Name Index Surnames A – C Surnames D – F Surnames G – I Surnames J … Read more

South Dakota Census Records

South Dakota Census online research should begin with what is available online for free. If this proves fruitful then congratulations! If not, then I would suggest signing up for the online census images (links to the right) where you can access all the available online South Dakota census information directly from your computer at home. 1880 Bon Homme County South Dakota (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project) Index Dakota Territory Lyman County South Dakota (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project) Index Mellette County South Dakota (hosted at USGenWeb Census Project) Index A-K Index L-Y Part 1 See Census Images Online for ALL … Read more

South Dakota Cemetery Records Aurora to Meade Counties

South Dakota Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the South Dakota county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Aurora County Beadle County Following Cemeteries (hosted at Beadle County, South Dakota Tombstone Transcription Project) St. Martin’s Cemetery St. Patricks Cemetery St. Williams Cemetery Sand Creek Cemetery Shue Creek Cemetery Bennett County Bon Homme County Brookings County Brown County Following Cemeteries (hosted at Brown County, South Dakota Tombstone Transcription Project) Bath Memorial Cemetery Scandinavian Lutheran Cemetery Wayside … Read more

South Dakota Cemetery Records Mellette to Ziebach Counties

South Dakota Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the South Dakota county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Mellette County Miner County Graceland Cemetery (hosted at Interment) Minnehaha County Moody County Pennington County Following Cemeteries (hosted at Pennington County, South Dakota Tombstone Transcription Project) Bell Park Cemetery Old Iowa Settlement Cemetery Pactola Cemetery Rockerville Cemetery Following Cemeteries (hosted at Interment) Mountain View Cemetery Owanka Cemetery Perkins County Potter County Roberts County Sanborn County Shannon County … Read more

Biography of H. E. Casteel

Herbert E. Casteel, one of Rock Island County’s most enterprising and highly regarded citizens, prominent in banking and business circles and a self made man, was born in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, March 15, 1860, and was the son of Appleton and Elizabeth Gardner Casteel. Mr. Casteel’s strides to prominence are the result of hard toiling and struggle in his early days and his keen business methods and perseverance in later years. Terminating his studies in the public schools of Davenport, he was not any too well provided with education with which to enter the great field of business struggle, … Read more

Biography of William Fisk Eastman

William Fiske Eastman, co-editor with P. S. McGlynn, of the Moline Daily Dispatch and Weekly Review-Dispatch, and postmaster of Moline, was born in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, November 11, 1844. His parents were Charles W. Eastman, Doctor of Medicine, and Cynthia (Fiske) Eastman. He attended the public schools of his native village and Union Academy in the neighboring village of Belleville. Graduating there he attended Union College at Schenectady, New York, graduating in the scientific course in 1866, and taking first honors of that course. In the meantime he had been teaching in the district schools, earning in this … Read more

Steele, Thomas – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Thomas Steele, 86, of Baker City, died July 4, 2003, at his home. His funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Sister Kay Marie Duncan of Pathway Hospice will officiate. There will be a reception afterward at 990 Park St. Visitations are today until 8 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave. Disposition is by cremation at Gray’s West Pioneer Crematory. Thomas’ move from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the Baker Valley was inspired by his brother-in-law and he drew straws with his wife, Evelyn, to determine if … Read more

Biography of C. B. McVay

C. B. McVay is secretary and treasurer of the Western States Portland Cement Company of Independence. He has been identified with the manufacture and sale of cement for over fifteen years, that having been the chief work of his life. He was born in Yankton, South Dakota, in 1878. His ancestors, the McVays, were Scotch people who settled in Pennsylvania more than a century ago. The father, William H. McVay, was born at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1839, was reared and married near Warren County, Ohio, his wife, Rebecca Rutan, being a native of Trumbull County, Ohio. In 1876 he moved … Read more

Danser, Lantz “Ray” – Obituary

Lantz “Ray” Danser, 67, a proud veteran, died June 27, 2007, after a short battle with cancer. There will be a memorial service at 10 a.m. Saturday at the McEwen Bible Fellowship on Highway 7. Survivors include his daughter, Shelley Ruth Arentz Danser of Baker City; his son, Lonnie F. Danser of Texas; and his wife, D.A. “Bobbie” Danser of Sumpter Valley. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Pathway Hospice in Baker City. Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, July 3, 2007 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor