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Letters from Bishop Hare and Frederick ManfredJordan DobrowskiAugustana College, Sioux Falls`
Manfred to Milton
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“I wanted to write even before I started school. My aunt Kathryn... asked me once what I wanted to be. I asked what was the greatest thing a man could be come. She said, 'a poet.' 'That's what I'm gonna be,” I said. I was five then.”
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January 21, 1959Dear John- Have been here in N.Y.C. at McDowell, Obolensky Inc for almost two weeks, reading the M.S. of HORSE a last time, plus listening to all sorts of book and editorial talk.
John, McDowell hopes that you do not sell your article on Manfred until after book is out May 28. I agree. Why don't you wait a month before starting it – perhaps even until you have read both HORSE and ARROW? There is just a possibility that both may get top attention - this would help you with your article as well as give you another peg on which to hang it all.
…I'm far behind in my work, and as of now, I don't think I'm coming in April. I'm also [canceling] my two Sioux Falls dates. I have to keep working. That's first. (over)Traveling tires the devil out of me. I won't have an original thought for another two weeks. (though I did enjoy myself here between sessions.) (and I'm crazy about my editors and publishers.)
Affectionately,Frederick
●Frederick Feikema●“Feike” Feikema●Frederick Manfred
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“Christ has come to the Dakotas and gathered them under the protection of the cross, that they have accepted him, and their homes have become Christian homes.”
Yankton Agency. DEC 12/82My dear [Heckaliah] Burt:
I think it of the first importance that the Great Sioux Reservation should no longer be a block in the way of civilization and sh'd be divided up among the tribes who occupy it. Then civilization could penetrate into the seam which would be made by such a division. But it is also of the highest importance that the rights of the Indians shall be protected....
…Ever people, the Yanktonais, have
an undoubted right in the Great Sioux Reservation. Their right to the Reservation they now occupy is disputed by some. They would act unwisely if they surrendered their certain right and reserved to themselves only an uncertain one...
…Please advise some of their chief men in my name not to give up their right to their share of the Great Sioux Reserve except upon this as a condition. Precedent is that the U.S. gives them a sure title to their present Reserve or as much of it as they need.
[to:] Honorable, Newton Edmunds, Chairman of Sioux Commission
Y – agy DEC. 21/82My dear Sir
I am thoroughly in sympathy with the effort now being made to divide up the Great Sioux Reservation among the several tribes, who now hold it in common. and have learned with pleasure of the measure of success which, according to current reports, has attended the efforts of the the Sioux Commission....
… I beg leave to draw your attention to the fact that the right of the Yanktonais of the Crow Creek Reserve to their present home is held by some to be imperfect and to ask whether it would not be possible for your Commission to arrange... that, on their [illegible] the Yanktonais of their rights in the Great Sioux Reserve was of the Missouri River, their title to their present Reserve, a so much of it as they need, shall be placed beyond dispute.
Very TrulyYour obedient Servant
“...beseeching the Great Father [President Chester A. Arthur] for protection from the Dakota whites, who were everyday clamoring more loudly for the Indian lands.”
“The chief man in that commission [Newton Edmunds] is the chief robber of the Indians for the last fifteen years. He lied to the Yanktonais and Two Kettles at old Fort Sully in 1865, he divided with Livingston and Hanson when they robbed you for over ten years... Send your people to advise all the other Indians to stop the council about the land, and get an honest man to take your side.”
Captain W. E. Dougherty
To: W. H. Hare“Burt, missionary at Crow Creek has telegraphed Dougherty to come immediately to Crow Creek and take charge. Shall send Burt off the reservation unless you take the matter in hand. Have written.”
To: Hon. H. Price“I am at a loss to answer this telegram and beg to refer the matter to you. I cannot take the matter in hand till I
hear both sides.”
To: Edmunds“I suppose you are aware...that a great number of people in that vicinity do not want the Indians to part with any portion of their land... in some cases those who profess the most love for the Indians are those who for selfish purposes prefer the Indians to remain Indians.”
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Manfredabove: Gaske ppt on USD.eduleft: anglicanhistory.com
Questions?Center for Western Studies (CWS): Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. “John R. Milton.” Exhibit.Center for Western Studies (CWS) Archives: Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. "The Evolution of a Name: Frederick Feike Manfred." Names 2, no. 2 (June 1954)."Frederick Manfred." The University of South Dakota. Accessed January 24, 2012. http://www.usd.edu/arts-and-
sciences/english/frederick-manfred.cfm."Hare, William Hobart." Episcopal Church. Accessed January 24, 2012.
http://archive.episcopalchurch.org/109399_12692_ENG_HTM.htm.Hyde, George E. A Sioux Chronicle. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. 129.Teller, H. M. Sioux Indian Nation: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior. Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2006. 25.Thompson, Harry. "Manfred Discussion." Interview by author. January 19, 2012."Niobrara Cross." The Episcopal Church in South Dakota. Accessed January 22, 2012.
http://www.diocesesd.org/WHO_WE_ARE/BISHOP/HISTORY/niobrara_cross1.htm.
