manonacloud

(21) Wo-he-wah-to-is/Man on Cloud; 2 men, 1 woman, 1 child, total 4;

Text Copyright (c) John L. Sipes 2004 Sipes/Berthrong Cheyenne Collections. Fort Marion and Darlington Agency, Indian Territory Sections, File Numbers 42-56. Enrollment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe Tribe of Indians at the Agency. (This census shows native name, English interpretation, number of men, women and children in the family with the total in family. Notation at end of this Cheyenne census states: "I certify on honor that the foregoing is a full correct and complete list of Cheyenne Indians - and those only - at the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Indian Territory, who are entitled to subsistance. (S)" Jon D. Miles, U.S. Indian Agent, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, I.T., March 1st, 1878.

Man on Cloud, 49 yrs. old, born in North Dakota, mother born in North Dakota, father born in Wyoming. (gt. gt. uncle of John Sipes)

Mad Wolf, 82 yrs. old, born in Wyoming. (Friend of Man on Cloud and they visited Carlisle Indian School in 1880)

Wolf Road, born in Dakotas, 53 yrs. old. (adopted brother of Man on Cloud. When Wolf Road died in 1911, (his wife Sioux Woman died in 1910), Man on Cloud helped take care of Wolf Roads step- son named Bud Howling Wolf. Buds mother was Sioux Woman. Wolf Road was 1/2 Sioux and 1/2 Cheyenne. Bud also stayed with the Standing Birds near Clinton on Turtle Creek.

1900 U.S Census of Southern Cheyennes, J.J. Chou, Ethnology Project, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Oklahoma.

Yellow Woman was previously married to Bear Stands Last and Sitting on the Ground, both died before allots. Charles Mad Bull was a nephew of Yellow Woman- his mother, Meeting Woman, and Yellow Woman had the same mother whose name was Bear Robe.

Touching Cloud married three times:
      Camping All Winter, died before allots.
      Children:
          Elk Woman, died before allots., single, no children;
          War Habit, died before allots.- no children;
          Mrs. Big Chief- no children. Mrs. Big Chief married three times:
          Touching Cloud, died before allots.;
          Long Back, died before allots., no children;
          Wrinkle Face- no children.

Man on a Cloud #20, 71 yrs. old, 11-15-1922
Marriages: Looking Out, died before allots., Cheyenne; No-wat, died before allots., Cheyenne; Yellow Woman #21, living, Cheyenne (married by Indian
Custom 38 years ago at Ft. Elliott, Texas, when he was a scout)
Children: none
Parents: Touching Cloud/Man on a Cloud, died before allots., Cheyenne and Mrs. Big Chief, died 9-13-1905.
Brothers and Sisters: Elk Woman 1/2 sister, Touching cloud, died before allots.
Yellow Woman was previously married to Bear Stands Last and Sitting on the Ground, both died before allots.
Charles Mad Bull was a nephew of Yellow Woman- his mother, Meeting Woman, and Yellow Woman had the same mother whose name was Bear Robe.
Touching Cloud married three times: Camping All Winter, died before allots.
Children: Elk Woman, died before allots., single, no children; War Habit, died before allots.- no children; Mrs. Big Chief- no children.
Mrs. Big Chief married three times: Touching Cloud, died before allots.; Long Back, died before allots., no children; Wrinkle Face- no children. (Ruby Bushyhead Coll.).
Note: From Standing Bird family oral histories- (Verna Standing Bird Yellow Cloud, Cleo Sipes, Woodrow Goose, Pete Bird Chief Jr., Sherman Goose, Prairie Woman Red Bird, Small Back Snake, Wilbur Standing Bird, No-wa-hy/Cora Flynn, Measure Woman Standing Bird, Henry Standing Bird, Medicine Water, Iron Shirt, Man on Cloud)
Man on a Cloud #20 was known in the family as Man Riding on a Cloud/Riding on a Cloud/Touching a Cloud. His father was Alights on a Cloud, killed by
the Pawnee (Wolf People) in 1852, on the South Loupe River in present state of Nebraska.
Man on a Cloud #20 or Riding on a Cloud alone pinned down Sgt. Major Elliott and his men at the (Lodge Pole River), Washita massacre in 1868, until other
warriors arrived and killed Elliott and his men. Arapaho Chief Big Mouth captured Elliotts horse and had it for several years.
Riding on a Cloud was born in 1845 in North Dakota. He was a Cheyenne Chief,
He is buried in the Calument, Oklahoma, cemetery and was a scout.

Cantonment Indian Agency, Canton, Okla., Oct. 16, 1926.
Miss Leah Bear Head, Seiling, Okla.
(This letter sent was asking information about $2.51 sent to Leah and her sister from the agency. E.J. Bost stated that the money was the share owed to her and her sister from the estate of thier deceased aunt named Marble. Marble was the wife of Man on Cloud. Man on Cloud was the brother of Medicine Water, POW.
Leah Bear Head was born 9/26/1909. Her sister Martha Bear Head was born 4/20/1912.)

Man on Cloud #2078, 87 yrs.old, 7-20-1939

Marriages: Marble, #2079, died 4-25-1925

Children: none

Parents:
Medicine Water No. 1/ Man Came Out New Died before allots. and Killer Woman #2082.

Brothers and Sisters:
   Iron Shirt #2080, same parents, died 4-16-1917;
   Medicine Road #1878, sister, 52 yrs., same parents; Others died while small;
   Medicine Water No. 2, 1/2 brother, 83 yrs. old, parents Medicine Water No. 1 and Old Yellow Hair, died 6-18-1924;
   Red Woman, 1/2 sister, adult, parents Medicine Water No.1 and Old Yellow Hair, died before allots.;
   Margaret White Shield #2543, 1/2 sister, 48 yrs. old; Parents Medicine Water No.1 and Old Yellow Hair, died 4-10-1900.
   Medicine Water No. 1 also married: Old Yellow Woman #780- children:
           New Medicine Man/Showing Up Last, died before allots.;
           Earrings, die before allots.;
           Medicine Water No.2;
           Red Woman;
           Margaret Whiteshield.
       Also married Elk Woman.

     Issue of Deceased Brothers and Sisters:
         Standing (Roman Nose), female, parents Yellow Corn/Sun Bear and Medicine Road,living;
         Measure Woman (Standing Bird) #1890, female, 73 yrs. old, parents Medicine Water
No.2 and Big Shield, living;
         Sprinkle Horse Woman (Murphy), #1882, female, 63 yrs.old;
         Small Back (Snake) #767, female, 73 yrs.old, parents Touching Cloud and Red Woman, living;
         Prairie Woman (Red Bird) #570, female, 69 yrs. old, parents White Shield and Margaret White Shield, living;
         Charles Hawk/Felix Quiver #2425, parents White Shield and Margaret White Shield, living.

Note: Standing Bird family Oral History states: Man on Cloud #2078 was born in 1852 in the Dakotas the same year his brother, Alights on Cloud, (father of Man Riding on a Cloud #20), was killed by the (Wolf People) Pawnee on the South Loupe River in present day Nebraska. Earrings, brother to Alights on Cloud and Man on cloud #2078, was also killed in the same fight with
the Pawnee. Man Riding on a Cloud #20 is a nephew to Man on cloud #2078. Man on Cloud #2078 visited Carlisle Indian School with his friend Mad Wolf and several other Cheyennes while traveling to Washington D.C. Writers of Cheyenne history have always confused Man on cloud #2078 with his nephew Man Riding on a Cloud #20. Man on Cloud #2078 was married to Marble #2079 which should be translated as Stone Road Woman or Hard Road Woman. She is buried at the Cantonment Indian Cemetery and he is buried at the Watonga Indian Cemetery. Iron Shirt
is buried at Watonga Indian Cemetery. Sprinkle Horse Woman is buried at Watonga Indian Cemetery. Measure Woman Standing Bird is buried at the Clinton Indian Cemetery. Henry Standing Bird (son-in-law of Medicine Water No. 2) and Medicine Water No. 2 are buried on a lone hill northeast of Clinton, Okla. with several other old Cheyennes. Mochi, wife of Medicine water No. 2
died in 1880 and was laid to rest with all honors of a Cheyenne Indian Warrior Woman along the Washita (Lodge Pole River). Medicine Water No. 2 died on the Standing Bird allotment 5 miles northeast of Clinton, oklahoma and was buried with all honors of a Head War Chief of the Cheyenne Bowstring Warrior Society. Man on Cloud #2078, Iron Shirt #2080, Alights on Cloud, and
their nephew, Man riding on a Cloud #20, were all Cheyenne Chiefs. Standing Bird ,
son-in-law, of Medicine Water No.2 was a Chief and Road Priest for the Native American Church. Man on Cloud #2078 led a war party to Texas in the early 1860s and captured a small Mexican boy that was adopted into the tribe and received an allotment in 1892. Man on Cloud #2078 was Sgt. of the Indian Police at Darlington, a Sgt. in the Cheyenne Indian Scouts, spoke against the land allotments in 1890-92, went to Washington D.C. for the tribe as spokesman. He rode and fought
with his brothers Medicine Water and Iron Shirt. Iron shirt and the extended kinship were camped in the floor of Palo Duro Canyon and attacked by soldiers in the Red River War of 1874-75 just prior to the surrender of the last Cheyennes at darlington and Ft. Reno when Medicine Water and Mochi were put in chains and shackles to be shipped to Ft. Marion.

Note: From Standing Bird family oral histories- (Verna Standing Bird Yellow Cloud, Cleo Sipes, Woodrow Goose, Pete Bird Chief Jr., Sherman Goose, Praireie Woman Red Bird, Small Back Snake, Wilbur Standing Bird, No-wa-hy/Cora Flynn, Measure Woman Standing Bird, Henry
Standing Bird, Medicine Water, Iron Shirt, Man on Cloud)
Man on a Cloud #20 was known in the family as Man Riding on a Cloud/Riding on a loud/Touching a Cloud. His father was Alights on a Cloud, killed by the Pawnee (Wolf People) in 1852, on the South Loupe River in present state of Nebraska.
Man on a Cloud #20 or Riding on a Cloud alone pinned down Sgt. Major Elliott and his men at the (Lodge Pole River), Washita massacre in 1868, until other warriors arrived and killed Elliott and his men. Arapaho Chief Big Mouth captured Elliotts horse and had it for several years. Riding on a Cloud was born in 1845 in North Dakota. He was a Cheyenne Chief, He is buried in the Calument, Oklahoma, cemetery and was a scout.

Man on Cloud, 50, full blood, husb. married Indian custom, father Man on Cloud Sr., dead, mother Mrs. Big Chief. Yellow Woman 49, full blood, Chey. wife, father Crooked Neck, dead, and mother Bear Robe. (This Man on Cloud was known as Man Riding on Cloud or Standing on Cloud in Standing Bird family and his father was, Alights on Cloud, killed by the Pawnee in 1852. He was born in 1845 and should show age as 57)

Man on Cloud, 50, full blood, Chey., married by Indian custom, father Medicine Water Sr. and Killer Woman. Marble, 45, full blood, chey., wife, father Bark on Tree and mother White Buffalo. (Man on Cloud visited Carlisle Indian School and was a Chey. Council Chief.)

1902 C&A Family Registar
Text Copyright (c) 2003 Ruby Bushyhead C&A Family Heirship and Estate Testimonies compiled by John Sipes.

Elected Indian Fair Committee for Feb. 12th, 1913, for the Calumet District Cheyennes are Herbert Walker and Joe Miguel. Alternatives are Howling Hawk and Victor Bushy Head.
Signatures of Cheyennes are: Little Chief, (his mark); Man on the Cloud or Riding on Cloud, (nephew of Man on Cloud from the Watonga District), (his mark); High Chief; Frank Hill; Robert White Eye, ( his mark); Mack Haag; Hugh Antelope; Doc Hill; and C.M. Wicks.
Kingfisher District Cheyennes are Buffalo Meat and Joe Yellow Eyes.
Alternatives are Andrew Tasso and Max Van Horn.
Signatures are Albert Red Nose; Sampson Kelly; Clark Starr; Raymond Buffalo Meat; Philip Cook; Sampson Lame Bull; Harry Hauser; Sioux Left Hand, (his mark); Medicine Bear, (his mark); Sore Head, (his mark); Stump Horn; Clark Starr; Orin Turtle; and John W. Block.

Cheyenne and Arapaho Delegation regarding Black Hills Claims.

Longdale News, Sept. 9, 1914.

STRAYED- From the Indian dance at Cantonment; one bay horse, star on forehead and white spot on side; one buckskinpony, well broke. Reward for informationl eading to their recovery. MAN ON CLOUD, WATONGA, OKLAHOMA

Hearing Before E. B. Meritt, Assistant Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, Feb. 12, 1920, Washington D.C. "Concerning the wish of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians to have the Cantonment Boarding School continued."