Also known as Miwakan Yula.
11 Also known as Miwakan.
10 The nationality of
George Sword was Oglala Lakota Sioux.
8,9,10,11 George was born in 1846.
5,4,6,8 He was the son of
(?) Brave Bear. Another source states that his was also listed with a birthdate in 1847.
10,11 Chief (?) Rocky Bear was travel on May 16, 1870 at
Washington, D.C., USA; "On May 16, [1870] Red Cloud arrived at Fort Fetterman with about 500 of his followers to send him on his historic journey to the Great Father. The other Oglalas were: Brave Bear, and his son Sword (a shirt wearer) of the Bad Faces, Red Dog, Yellow Bear, and High Wolf of the Oyukpas, Sitting Bear of the True Oglalas, Little Bear, Long Wolf, Bear Skin, Brave, Afraid, Red Fly, Rocky Bear, Swing Bear, Black Hawk, and The One That Runs Him Through, who probably represented the warriors. 11....Two days later, the delegates arrived at Fort Laramie to meet former commanding officer Col. John E. Smith who had returned from Washington to escort them. Accompanying the party were the Indians' hand-picked interpreters, John Richard, Jr. (Red Cloud's personal favorite), W.G. Bullock, James McCloskey, and Jules Ecoffey. On May 26, the party left Fort Laramie and arrived safely in the capital on the first of June. The New York Times published many detailed reports of the historic visit of the Oglala and Brule spokesmen 15. .....Commissioner Ely S. Parker and Secretary of the Interior Jacob D. Cox kept the Indians waiting for two days before meeting them on June 7 for the first of several discussions. For over a week the Lakota guests were treated to lavish displays of diplomatic hospitality, and although the Oglalas must have felt overwhelmed at times, Red Cloud, their primary spokesman, remained solemn and business like. They were determined to obtain information for their people and would not shirk their responsibilities. 17 Red Cloud voiced the opinions of all the delegates. He asked the president to abandon Fort Fetterman and prevent settlers from entering the Big Horn and Black Hills country. In addition, the Oglalas expected guns, ammunition, and provisions. Finally, he declared once more that his people would not relocate to the Missouri. 18
The Indians returned to the Office of the Commissioner on the tenth. Secretary Cox, Govener J A. Campbell of Wyoming Territory, former peace commissioners Vincent Colyer and Felix R. Brunot, and their wives were also present. The proceedings had been relatively calm up to this point but Red Cloud created a furor when he angrily informed Cox, who was carefully discussing the terms of the 1868 treaty, that "this is the first time I have heard " of it and "do not mean to follow it" He contended, instead, that the paper he and others "signed" merely provided for the removal of the forts from the Powder River country and formal peace with the whites. Other representatives supported Red Cloud's assertions, and all blamed their interpreters for lying at Fort Laramie council. 19
.... The Oglalas could live on the headwaters of the Big Cheyenne River northwest of Fort Fetterman outside the boundaries of the Great Sioux Reservation but within the limits reserved for hunting. Although they would be expected to trade at the Missouri River they would not have to travel there to receive their annuity goods. The commissioners also asked them to summit the names of those they wanted as their agent and traders. Red Cloud responded that he disapproved of military men for agents, as they frightened his people, nor poor men for agents who would be tempted to steel their annuities. 20 He felt that Benjamin B. Mills would make a fine agent and could trust W. G. Bullock as trader. 21
On June 14, Red Cloud and the other delegates arrived in New York City where he and Red Dog were scheduled to speak at Cooper Institute on the sixteenth.
.... The Indians left New York City immediately after Red Cloud's speech at Cooper Institute and arrived back at Fort Laramie on 26 June"
[Price, Catherine, 1956-, Chiefs, headmen, and warriors : Oglala politics, 1851-1889 / by Catherine Price. 1987. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Purdue University, 1987. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 300-313). Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1993, pg. 68-73].7 He traveled with
Chief (?) Red Cloud to on May 26, 1870.
7 George Sword was mlt active duty after 1877 at
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA; He was a Captain of the US Indian Scouts at Pine Ridge Agency. He married
Lucy Ann (?) circa 1883.
6,5,4,3,8,9,10,11 George was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls in 1886.
6 George was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Porcupine District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on July 1, 1890.
3 Capt. Geo Sword, chief of police with Buffalo Bill's Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, S.D. / W.R. Cross, portrait & view photographer, ... Hot Springs, S. Dak. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington
George was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, White Clay District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on July 1, 1892.
8 George was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on July 1, 1894.
9 George was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on June 30, 1895.
10 George was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Wakpamini District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on June 30, 1896.
11 George was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Wakpamini District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on June 30, 1904.
5 George was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Wakpamini District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on June 30, 1905.
4 He was ordained before 1910 at
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA; Became a decon after his service in the Indian Police. George died on October 17, 1910. His body was interred after October 17, 1910 at
Pine Ridge, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, at St. Mathews Episcopal Cemetery.