Eyewitness to the Death of Crazy Horse — Charles Roubideaux

The following is from my continuing study of two distant Robidoux cousins: 

LOUIS ROUBIDEAUX (1847-1914), half Sioux and half French, US Army Indian Scout, Rosebud Reservation Police Captain, and US Government Interpreter.

AND, his brother 

CHARLES ROUBIDEAUX (1854-1931), half Sioux and half French, US Army Indian Scout.

Camp Robinson, Nebraska 1877

Both brothers were stationed at Camp Robinson, Nebraska, in 1877-1878.

They both served in the US Army, as INDIAN SCOUTS (USS), under General Crook during the time period known as the Great Sioux War of 1876 (aka the Black Hills War) which was a series of battles and negotiations that occurred between 1876 and 1877 involving the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and the United States.

The cause of the war was the desire of the U.S. government to obtain ownership of the Black Hills, Dakota Territory.

THE DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE

Charles Roubideaux was standing next to Crazy Horse when he was killed on September 5, 1877.

To learn more about events at Fort Robinson in the late 1870s, and the death of Chief Crazy Horse I recommend reading, “The Death of Crazy Horse : A Tragic Episode in Lakota History,” by Richard Hardoff.

LINEAGE BACK TO ANDRE ROBIDOU DIT L’ESPAGNOL

Charles Robidoux (Roubideau) Indian Scout 1854-1931

(my 6th cousin 4x removed)

Joseph Sellico Robidoux 1815-1864 -- Father of Louis C Robidoux (Roubideau) Interpreter

Francois (François) Robidoux (1788-1856) early California explorer 1788-1856 -- Father of Joseph Sellico Robidoux

Joseph Robidoux III 1750-1809 -- Father of Francois (François) Robidoux (1788-1856) early California explorer

Joseph Robidou II 1722-1771 -- Father of Joseph Robidoux III

Joseph Robidou 1701-1778 -- Father of Joseph Robidou II

Guillaume (William) Robidou 1675-1754 -- ather of Joseph Robidou

Andre Robidou dit L’Espagnol 1643-1678 -- Father of Guillaume (William) Robidou

Be sure to check for other posts on my other blog at https://a-drifting-cowboy.blogspot.com/

For Mary, Many Days WHITE CLOUD — All Roads Lead Back to La Prairie

Mary (Many Days) Robidoux nee WHITE CLOUD, was the first generation of one of the main families of what is referred to as the Métis people, the offspring of European men who married Native American women. 

Métis people would play a major role in the 19th century fur trade in Missouri and Kansas.

Joseph Robidoux IV statue at Robidoux Row, St Joseph, MO

Mary (Many Days) Robidoux was the daughter of Joseph Robidoux IV (1783–1868), founder of St. Joseph, Missouri — a prominant Fur Trader, and an Otoe-Ioway Woman whose name is unknown.

Mary (Many Days) Robidoux 1805–1884 (5th cousin 5x removed)

BIRTH ABT. 1805 • Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA

DEATH 29 JUNE 1884 • Horton, Brown, Kansas, USA

Mary was the 4x great granddaughter of Andre Robidou dit L'Espagnol one of the pioneers of La Prairie

According to Tanis C. Thorne’s book, “The Many Hands of My Relations: French and Indians on the Lower Missouri,” University of Missouri Press, 1996…

“Here in 1805 Joseph Robidoux fathered a child, Mary, by an Indian woman. This daughter would marry Chief White Cloud of the Ioway, producing a chiefly line among that tribe. ... The kinship networks established between St. Louis independent traders and ranking native families in the years between 1800-1825 consolidated authority among the clan leaders linked to trader interests.”

Joseph Robidoux’s French-Ioway daughter, Mary (Many Days), married Ioway Chief Francis (Mahaska II) (The Younger) White Cloud (1811–1856) (image above).

They had at least four children:

James (The gro wo nung) White Cloud Ioway Chief (1847–1940) (6th cousin 4x removed)

BIRTH ABT 1847 • Kansas, USA

DEATH 1940 • Iowa Reservation, Brown Co., Kansas

Jefferson White Cloud Ioway Chief (1846–1893) (6th cousin 4x removed)

BIRTH 1846 • Iowa Point, Doniphan, Kansas, USA

DEATH 9 FEBRUARY 1893 • Ioway Indian Reservation, Brown, Kansas, USA

Two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth White Cloud, both of which married Joseph Tesson.

Following the death Chief Francis White Cloud Mary married a second time to Francis X. Dupuis. 

From “History of Nebraska,” Page 23 (FX Dupuis)

Francois Xavier (Frank) Dupuis (1810–1897) (3rd cousin 4x removed)

BIRTH 05 DEC 1810 • La Prairie, Quebec, Canada

DEATH 17 NOV 1897 • Reserve, Brown, Kansas, USA

He was one of the earliest trappers in Richardson County, Nebraska.

He is descended from Pinsonneau, Dupuis, and Bourassa pioneers in La Prairie.