from 1818-1918

Compiled from: Treaties, Censuses, Annuity Payments, Letters, Ration Rolls.
By: Risė Supernaw Proctor
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DOCUMENTS

YEAR

LISTING OF HEREDITARY CHIEFS

SIGNING DOCUMENT

COMMENTS

 

 

 

 

Treaty with Arkansas

1818

Kraka ton (Dryman)

Born 1780 Died 1840

 

 

Hra da spaa (Eagles Bill)

 

 

 

Mahraka (Buckwheat)

 

 

 

Honkadagni

Good Sacred Angel

 

 

 

 

Treaty at Harrington, Ark Terr

1824

Hacke ton  (Dryman)

 

 

 

To non seka

 

 

 

Ki ah hacketady  (Lame Chief)

Name translates to: Passes along Chief; called Lame Chief because of being lame.Lame Chief (b. 1800 D. 1874) was father to Tall Chief.

 

 

Saracen

Appointed by GOV:

Quapaws staying in Ark with land grants under Saracen:

Joseph Duchassien, Interpreter

Francois Imbeau

Baptiste Socie

Joseph Bonne

Lewis Bartelmi

AntioineDuchassin

Baptiste Imbeau

Francois Coupot

Joseph Valliere

 

 

 

 

Letter to Great War

Chief & Father President

1827

Sarrasin

 

 

 

Wad it ta

 

 

 

Ked et ta honka

 

 

 

 

 

Letter to Father President

1831

Heck Too (Dryman)

 

 

 

Saracen

 

 

 

Tononqunka

 

 

 

Ka hi ketteda (Lame Chief)

 

 

 

 

 

Letter to Great War Chief Brother

1831

Hek a ton (Dryman)

 

 

 

Sarracen

 

 

 

Kahiketteda (Lame Chief)

 

 

 

Tonojinka

 

 

 

 

 

Council held in Jefferson County Ark Territory

1832

Hek a tton

 

 

 

Tononjinka

 

 

 

Kah hi kateda

 

 

 

 

 

Letter to Great War Chief  Agency on Red River

1833

Tonozekah

 

 

 

 

 

Arkansas Treaty

1833

Hack a tton (Dryman)

The three hereditary principal chiefs

 

 

Ka he ketteda (Lame Chief)

“

 

 

Tau non jinka

“

 

 

Saracen

Appointed Chief-acknowledged by only 1/10th of tribe

 

 

 

 

Treaty with Comanche & associated tribes

1835

Hi katoa (Dryman)

 

 

 

 

 

Annuity Roll-money received

1838

Hacka ton (Dryman)

 

 

 

Ki he kahte dah (Lame Chief)

 

 

 

Wate she (Joseph Lane #1)

Born 1800 Died 1865

Letter on Treaty Agreement to Great Father

1840

Hack a ton

 

 

 

Watte she

 

 

 

 

 

Letter to Great Father

1849

War te she

 

 

 

Ton no shekah

 

 

 

Keh he kete da

 

 

 

 

 

Neosho Indian Agency Regarding Quapaws

1849

War tesha

 

 

 

Ton no shekah

 

 

 

Kac he kete da

 

 

 

 

 

Payment Acknowledgement

1850?

Cah hic cahteda (Lame Chief)

 

 

 

Lewis Quapaw (Kahzhikah)

Aka Little Turtle son of Ton non she kah?.

 

 

 

 

Confederate States with Quapaw

1862

Wat to shinekkatehda

Joseph Lane #1

 

 

Ka hi kehtohte (Lame Chief)

 

 

 

 

 

Agreement with Cherokees & other tribes

1865

George Wate she Lane

Aka Om PahJinka translates to Little Elk. Born 1835 Died 1874 (middle name was Wate she)

 

 

Lewis Quapaw (Cahzhikah)

 

 

 

Wa she honka (Tall chief)

Louis Angel aka Wahzhihunkah and/or Kah hi kahstehtah

 

 

 

 

Treaty with Seneca, mixed Senecas, Shawnees, Quapaws, etc

1867

Ka she cah (Lewis Quapaw)

Aka Little Turtle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agreement of monies received per 9th Article of Treaty of 1867

1869

Hic kahteda (Lame Chief)

 

 

 

George Lane

George Wahte she Lane aka Om PahJinkah was son of Joseph Lane #1. 

 

 

Cah she kah (Lewis Quapaw)

 

 

 

 

 

Payment Document

1869

(Cah) Hic cahteda

 

 

 

George Lane

 

 

 

Cah she cah

 

 

 

 

 

Authorizing Power of Attorney

1870

Cah hic cahteda

 

 

 

George Lane

 

 

 

Cah she cah

 

 

 

 

 

Ration Rolls

1871

Louis Angel (Tall Chief)

 

 

 

Lame Chief (Kah Hi Kah Ted Dah)

 

 

 

Lewis Quapaw (Cahzhikah)

 

 

 

 

 

Letter to Enoch Hoag

1872

Lewis Quapaw

 

 

 

 

 

Annuity Rolls

1872

Cah Hic cahtedah

 

 

 

Lewis Quapaw

 

 

 

George Lane

George Lane died 1873.  Joseph Lane #2 aka Om pahgahkahni or Good Elk) was the  son of George Lane.  He was born in 1865.  Joseph Lane #2 told the Quapaw Tribe when asked to live on Quapaw Reservation in 1885, that he was no longer with the Quapaws. He was with the Osages and that he wanted no land at Quapaw and did not want to be a Chief.  He had never served as Chief. 

List of Quapaw Chiefs

1873

Same as above.

 

Agreement with MO River Ft. Scott and Gulf RR Co.

1874

Cah hic kahte da

(Lame Chief died in 1874)

 

 

 

 

Letter of Receipt of Goods

1875

Louis Angel (Tall Chief)

 

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1879

Louis Angel (Tall Chief)

Most of Quapaws with Tall Chief in Osage Lands. Total 200

 

 

Lewis Quapaw

Lewis Quapaw appears to have died in 1880.

 

 

Charles Blackhawk Quapaw

Quapaws at Quapaw site totaled 35 and led by Charles Blackhawk Quapaw (appointed). 

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1880

Louis Angel (Tall Chief)

Quapaws Osage Country total 200

 

 

Charley Blackhawk Quapaw

Quapaws on Quapaw Reservation total 35.

Charles Quapaw     5

John Madison          4

Alfonso Valliere     3

Thomas Crawfish   5

James Silk       3

Big George Lane    2

John Honka    3

Little Turtle   3

Frank Valliere  6

Huldy Reid   1

Total                      35

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1881

Louis Angel

Charley Quapaw

 

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1882

Louis Angel

Charley Quapaw

 

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1883

Louis Angel

Charley Quapaw

 

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1884

Louis Angel

Charley Quapaw

 

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1885

Louis Angel

Charley Quapaw

 

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1886

Louis Angel

Charley Quapaw

 

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1887

Louis Angel

 

 

 

Charley Quapaw

Quapaw Tribe asked those Quapaws remaining in ARK to move to Quapaw IT and also added families from other tribes.  Total 61  individuals at Quapaw.

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1888

Louis Angel

Quapaws living on Osage lands started going back to Quapaw.

 

 

Charley Quapaw

 

 

 

 

 

Census Rolls

1889

Louis Angel

Most of Quapaw tribe back to Quapaw Reservation that wanted to go back.  Several Quapaw families stayed with the Osages.

 

 

 

 

Documents

1890

John Medicine

Started appointing Acting Chiefs (English speaking) to work with the Government.  All Quapaws back in Quapaw except those that chose to stay with Osages:Lombards, Lanes, Baltimores, Youngs, Browns, Aikens, Nixes, Cedars, Downings,  etc.

 

 

Pete Clabber

 

Brief History of the Quapaw Tribe of Indians by Vern E Thompson (Quapaw Attorney) pp.31

The Quapaws by W. David Baird pp. 68 & 101

Tar Creek by Larry G. Johnson pp.82

The Quapaw Indians by W. David Baird pp.114

OGAXPA by Quapaw Tribe pp.48

Paths of our Children by George Sabo pp.79

Bob Whitebird 1970 Interview

Mary MaudeSupernaw Ibid

Roberta Redeagle Ibid

Victor Griffin Ibid

Irvin Wilson Ibid

 

1918

Tall Chief-Louis Angel died.

Recognized as Last Hereditary Chief of the Quapaw Tribe.

 

Sam Houston Memorial Museum Historical Exhibit:  "Photographs of Fred Lookout and Louis Angel are also on display. Lookout served the longest term (1924-1949) of any Osage chief in the 20th century. Angel, also known as "Tall Chief," was the last Quapaw chief chosen under the old-fashioned traditions. Some commentators refer to his as "the last real chief of the Quapaw." "

All documents referenced housed in Risė Supernaw Proctor library.  

     Spellings of Chief’s names varied by interpreters, documents and years.