By Jeff Bowen
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During the decade of 1911-1921, the Native Americans were called upon by the Federal Government to help in Mexico to capture Poncho Villa and again in World War I. During the latter, as many as 30% of the young men of the Nations were in uniform. As a result of these actions and others, the Native Americans began to be recognized as true citizens of the United States. These records are only the first of many to be coming forth on the wills of the Native Americans. On 25 June 1910, the Legislation of the United States authorized the Interior Department to recognize the claims of various fallen Indians and their heirs. These will give a great deal of background on the families at the time.
Sample From Book Tine-Goo Ah (Susie Cat), Kiowa allotee #614 of Apache, OK, County of Caddo, being now of good health and strenth of body....
- I direct the payment of all my just debts and funeral expenses
- I direct that my trust allotment consisting of the NE qtr of Sec 12, T5N, R13@ of the Indian Meridian, be partitioned and disposed of as follows:
- I give and devise to my beloved husband, O-ye-bi (Albert Cat), Kiowa, allottee 615; Lizzie Cat, Kiowa allotee 2271; Winston Cat, born 1908, Kiowa allottee 3310; and Fred Cat, born 1910, Kiowa allottee. Etc. etc.
Surnames Included in This Publication ABRAHAM TAKES THE BOW, ADAMS, AFRAID OF HORSES, AGENCY, AGNES, AH-LOU-WAH-TSON-MY, ALEXANDER, ALLEN, ALLOTEE, ALLOTTEE, AMOUX, ANDERS, ANDERSON, ANDY, ANT, ANTELOPE, ANTELOPE NOSE, ANTONE, ARCHDALE, ARCHIBALD, ARKANSAS, ARMSTRONG, ARPAN, ASHFORD, ASHLEY, AUN-PAU-HOM, AUN-PO-HE, AXELBERG.
BAID, BAKER, BAND, BARROW, BARTCH, BEAR CHILD, BEARSKIN, BEAVERTAIL, BECKER, BEGS HIS OWN, BENEDICT, BENSELL, BERKEUPAS, BICHEA, BIG FOOT, BIG HAT, BIG HAWK, BIG HORN, BIG LAKE, BIG SUSIE, BIRD HOUSE, BLACK, BLACK BEAR, BLACK CLOUD, BLACKHAIR, BLACK RIVER FALLS, BLACKCLOUD, BLACKDEER, BLACKHAWK, BLUEDOG, BLUESTONE, BOGGESS, BOMMIN, BONGA, BORDEAUX, BOUNT, BOURISSAU, BOURISSEAU, BOWED HEAD, BOY, BRAVE BIRD, BRAZZILL, BREED, BRENT, BRETSCHNEIDER, BRIGHT WOMAN NO MOTHER, BRISETTE, BROCK, BROKEN KNIFE, BROCKEN PIPE, BRONCHE, BRONCHEAN, BROOKIE TOM, BROOKS, BROWN, BROWN EAGLE, BROWN TURTLE, BROWNING, BRUCE, BRYANT, BUCKLEY, BUG, BURBER, BURNETTE, BURTON, BUTTERFIELD.
CALIFORNIA, CANACA, CANADA, CANTOW, CANWAPA, CARMICHAEL, CARR, CARRUTH, CARUFEL, CASS LAKES, CASSEL, CAT, CENTER WOMAN, CHA-BE-SA, CHAH-YE-A-TO, CHARCOAL, CHASING HAWK, CHAY YE A TO, CHAY-YE-A-TO, CHIEF EAGLE, CHIEF GHOST, CHIEFGHOST, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTY, CHURCH, CIJAN, CIMAMINO, CIQUWICAKTE, CLAIRMONT, CLARK, CLAYMORE, COBURN, COCKRELL, COLBURN, COLBURNE, COLHOFF, CONHEPE, COOK, CORBETT, COTTONWOOD, COUNTER, COUNTY, COVINGTON, COZAD, CRAWFORD, CREEK, CROSH, CROSS, CROSS KILLER, CROW FEATHER, CROWFEATHER, CULBERTSON, CUT EAR.
DANSON, DARKS FOOL BEAR, DAUGHTERY, DAVID BAD BOY, DAVIS, DAVISIS, DAWSON, DAY, DECORAH, DEER, DEFORE, DELODGE, DENNIS, DEVENS, DICK, DICKENS, DICKSON, DIDDOCK, DIVES BACK WARDS, DOG HORN, DOG LISTENS, DOG SKIN, DOGSKIN, DOSHINKA, DOSS, DOUGHTERY, DOUGLKAS, DOWNS, DUBE, DUCHENEAUX, DUCK, DUNN.
E-PA-LEE-KIT-WE-YAH-LA-SON-MY, EAGLE, EAGLE PRUNTY, EDDY, EDIGAR, EHY, ELLARD, ENOS, ENSIGN, ESTES, EYAPAHA, EZ'BETH.HER BLANKET COMES.
FARRELL, FARRENSBY, FAROUR, FAST HORSE, FAY, FINLEY, FINNEY, FIRKE, FIRST, FISHER, FLEURY, FODDER, FORT TOTTEN, FOX, FREDERICK, FREEMONT, FRENCH, FRIDAY.
GABE, GALE, GARDNER, GARFIELD, GARNER, GARRETT, GARTER, GENERATION, GEORGE, GODFREY, GOOD BEAR, GOOD GOES AHEAD, GOOD TAIL WOMAN DUMB, GOOD VILLAGE, GOODELL, GOODWIN, GRAND, GRAY BEAR, BRAY SPOTTED HORSE, GRAYBEAR, GRAYHAIR, GREENCROW, CROVE, GROVES, VUEER, VWYN.
HA HAI TA, HACKETT, HAIL, HAIR FACE, HAKE, HALE, HALL, HAMILTON, HAMINE, HAMMACK, HANTEMAZAWIN, HAPA, HARDING, HARDY, HARE, HARGRAVE, HARNEY, HAS A TAIL, HAVARD, HAWLEY, HAZEN, HE ATE ENOUGH PLUMS, HE-YUME-WA-KE-MA-LITS, HE-YUME-WAKE-MA-LITS, HEAD, HEADBIRD, HEADERICH, HEAP-OF-BIRDS, HENAULT, HIGH CRANE, HILL, HILLS IN HOUSE, HINKANKOYAKEWIN, HITIKIA, HOLCOMB, HOLDEN, HOLDIMAN, HOLIDMAN, HOLLOWBREAST, HOLSTEIN, HOLY ROCK, HOLY WOMAN DOG LISTENS, HOO-IYE-DAY-AS-SUN-A-SIS-SUS, HOPKINS, HOPSIN, HORN, HOUK, HOULE, HOW-WY-HOW-WY, HOWLING ELK- HUNTER, HUTO, HUWLEY.
IDAHO, ILLINOIS, IRON HORN, IRVING, ITEOKAHI, ITOPAKTENA, IYATOYIK, IYOSANAJINWIN.
JACK, JACKSON, JACOBS, JANDRON, JEWETT, JIMMIE, JOCK BULL BEAR, JOHNS, JOHNSON, JONAS, JONES, JOURDAN.
KA-LU-LA-SON-MY, KANSAS, KAW-BATHCE, KAY-KAT, KE-AH-PAUM, KEEFE, KEEL, KEEP'S BONE, KELL, KELLER, KENTUCK, KENTUCK TSOU LICK, KENTUCK,TSOU-LICK, KESSLER, KETCH, KEZENA, KIDNEY, KILLS IN WINTER, KILLS THE CHIEF, KIMINIKOYAKEWIN, KINCAID, KINGMAN, KIT-CHI-KEW, KITT, KOOD-LAW-KOY, KOPLOTS, KOPLOTSILPILP, KOWN-PA-AH-LOO, KUNSPEE.
LADIANY, LADINEY, LAMBERT, LAMPSON, LAMUE, LAND, LANGIE, LANGLOIS, LANTZ, LARONGE, LARRABEE, LAST HORSE, LAW, LAWYER, LEAF, LEAN, LEBEAU, LECLAIRE, LEFTBEAR, LESTER, LIGHTFOOT, LIKE HIM, LINCOLN, LITTLE, LITTLE COYOTE, LITTLE HOOP, LITTLE KILLER, LITTLE OX, LITTLE SOLDIER, LITTLE WOMAN, LITTLEBEAR, LITTLECROW, LIVINGSTON, LIZZARD, LOBEHAN, LOCKE, LODGE, LONE FIRST BORN, LONG BEAT, LONG CAT, LONGTAIL, LOOKING BACK, LOOP, LOTS OF STARS, LOUDER, LOVES WAR, LOWE, LYMAN.
M-JOE-TAH, M-JOE-TAY, MCBRIDE, BCCLELLAND, MCCOMBE, MCDONALD, MCNEILLY, MCPHERSON, MADISON, MAG-QUAT, MAGMUSSON, MAGPIE, MAHPIICASNA, MAHPIICICASNA, MAHPIYAICICASNAWIN, MAJOR, MAKES GOOD, MALLETTE, MALLORY, MANN, MANY WOMEN, MARKS, MARPELIE, MARSHALL, MATHER, MATT, MAY ZHUCK GE SHIG, MAY-MAUSH-KOW-UN-AH-MO-QUAY, MAY-ZHUCK-E-GE-SHIG, AMYLE, MEAD, MEAN, MEDICINE, MEDICINE BEAR, MEDICINE BULL, MEDICINE HORSE, MEEGAN, MEES, MEET-ME-TAH-MA-NIM-MY, MEIS, MERIT, MERITT, MILES, MILLER, MILLS, MIN-DA-MIN, MINNESOTA, MINTHORN, MITCHELL, MOCCASIN, MONROE, MONTANT, MONTGOMERY, MOODY, MORGAN, MORRIS, MORRISON, MORTSOLF, MOSSMAN, MUNROE, MURPHY.
NAKISKINWIN, NAKS-TSA-A-LO, NAN-DA-KIS, NEBRASKA, NEIL, NEWMAN, NEWTON, NIGHT WALKER, NO NAME, NOEL, NORTH DAKOTA, NORTH-S DAKOTA, NORTON, NOW-KUM-GE-QUAH, NUM-KUM-GO-QUAH, NUNNE.
O-CUAY GUN, O-YE-BI, OBESHAW, OBOSHAW, OJIBWAY, OKLAHOMA, OLD BEAR, OLD HORN, OLD MARY, OLDBEAR, ONE FEATHER, ONE TOOTH, ONE WHO FLIES, ONEFEATHER, ONIHA, ONONHAL, OOKIYE, OREGAN, OREGON, ORTON, OSPU, OWENS, OYEMAZANA.
PABLO, PACKINEAU, PAHAKADOKISENI, PALMER, PANASO, PANE, PANKASKEWIN, PARKHURST, PAU-KO-YA, PAU-KO-YE, PAUL, PENDELTON, PERKINS, PETE, PETERS, PETERSON, PETRY, PHILBRICK, PICARD, PILLOW SHOOTER, PINCKNEY, PINK, PINS BIG SHIELD, PIT-YOU-STUNS NEY, POCHA, POFFENBERGER, POLKEY, POND, POOLAW, POPOPA, POUNDS THE IRON, POWAUKEE, PRATT, PRESTON, PRETTY EAGLE, PRETTY HORSE, PRETTY SHIELD, PROCTOR.
QUETON.
RAIN WALKING WOMAN, RANDOLPH, RATTLING HOUSE WOMAN, RATTLING LEAF SHOOTS TIGER, RATTLING THUNDER, RAWHIDE, RAY, RAYWOUD, REABIGSKINNY, READ, REAY, RED, RED BOY, RED CLOUD, RED DRESS, RED EAGLE, RED ELK, RED HAWK, RED PHEASANT, RED THUNDER, REDSTONE, REE, REED REEL, RENCOUNTRE, RESERVATION, RESERVE, REVARRE, REYNOLDS, RICE, RICHARDS, RIDES BEHIND THE OTHER WAY, RILEY, RIVER, ROBINSON, RODGERS, ROE, ROMSA, ROSENBERRY, ROSEBUD, ROSS, ROTH, ROUILLARD, ROY, RUNNING HORSE, RUNS AGAINST, RUSLER, RUSSELL.
SABINE, SAGE WOMAN, SAINT BAPTISTE, ST. PIERRE, SALLEE, SATE-PE-AH-TAW, SAUL, SAUMTY, SUN-KE-AH, SAUNKEAH, SAWYER, SCHNEIDER, SCHNIEDER, SCHOOL SCOTT, SCRIBNER, SEABAY, SECKES, SEE-AH-VAH, SETTER, SEVENSON, SHARP, SHE-BI-AS-I-NO-KWE, SHE-TAHS, SHEFF, SHEFF-GOKEY, SHEH-TAHS, SHELL, SHERMAN, SHICK, SHIPMAN, SHOOK, SHOOTS TIGER, SIMMONS, SKINNER, SKUNK, SLICKPOO, SLOWEAGLE, SMILE FOX, SMITH, SNYDER, SOCE, SOUTH DAKOTA, SPENCER, SPOTTED OWL, SPOTTED WOLF, SPURLING, SQUASH, ST PIERRE, STABLER, STANDING, STANDING BEAR, STANDING BUFFALO, STANDINGBULL, STANDSINTIMBER, STAR, STARR, STEAD, STEALS BEAR, STECKLEY, STEELE, STELZNER, STEWARD, STEWART, STILLS, STONECOAL, STOOPS TO CHARGE, STPIERRE, STRAIT, STUCKE, SUN-TOSE, SWAN, SWEENEY, SWENSON, SWIFT, SWIFT EAGLE.
TAH-LAH-TO-TI, TAKE THE SHIELD, TAKES THE HORSE ON THE PRARIE, TAKES THE SHIELD, TAKES THEM, TASAGYEGYEGIWIN, TASINAHINAPEWIN, TATANKAGINA, TATANKANPA, TAWOHOLAKONZEWIN, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THOMSON, THREE STAR, THUNDER, THUNDER CLOUD, THWING, TIBBITTS, TIDWELL, TILDEN, TIMS, TINE-GOO AH, TINE-GOO-AH, TIPPETT, TO-PAY, TO-WA-KO-NIE, TO-WIS-CHY, TOURTILOTT, TOWNSEND, TOWTH, TRIBE, TROTTOCHAND, TUNKAAHEWIN, TUNKANTIYOMANI, TURLEY, TUTTLE, TWO ELK, TOW HEARTS, TWO WOMEN.
VALLEE, VANDALL, VANDEVENTER, VINCENT.
WA JASHK, WA-JASHK, WAH-BUN-UN-UNG-OKE, WAH-WOO-AH-YETCHY, WAHACANKAWANJINA, WAHSISE, WAJASHK, WAK WAK, WAKINYANHUTE, WALKER, WALING BIRD, WALKING PRIEST, WALKING RED, WALKINGBIRD, WALKS FAST, WANCAKUTE, WANIJINA, WARNER, WARPEZEWIN, WASHINGTON, WASTEINAPEWIN, WATCHES LODGE, WATKINS, WAWENOTWAY, WAY-SHAY-WASH-KO-GI-JIG, WEBB, WER WICK AS, WER-WIC-AH, WER-WICK-AH, WEST, WESTON, WETTLIN, WHIRLWIND, WHIRLWIND HORSE, WHITE, WHTE BEAR, WHITE EYES, WHITE FEATHER, WHITE RABBIT, WHITEEAGLE, WHITEFEATHER, WHITESPIRIT, WHITRIGHT, WICANHPIDUTA, WICONSIN, WILBUR, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, WILNEETH, WILSON, WIND, WIND BLOW, WINDBLOW, WISCONSIN, WITCH-E-WAH, WITCH-E-WAY, WOLF, WOMANS DRESS, WOODBURN, WOODBURY, WOODS, WRAPPED HAIR, WRIGHT, WYOMING.
YAH-HAT-KOO-TAH-WAL-TE-MOON, YANKTON, YANNER, YELLOW HEAD, YELLOW THUNDER, YELLOWFOX, YELLOWHAIR, YELLOWROSE, YOUNG YUME-YEN-YEKT.
ZIMMERMAN.