Sioux, Sisseton Agency, 1893 Scout and Soldier Payrolls http://ftp.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/_na/other-tribal/sioux/1893/ This file was transcribed by Vicky Valenta and proofread by J. Valenta Submitted to the USGenWeb Census Proejct(r), http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2008 by Vicky Valenta Transcriber@US-Census.org =========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project File Manager, Connie Burkett All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== YEAR 1893 TITLE RG 75 Subgroup: Sisseton Agency NARA KC TRIBE Sisseton Wahpeton Mdewakanton Wapakoota JURISDICTION Sisseton Agency -----------------------Begin Actual Transcription-------------------------- The following "Payroll to Soldiers and Scouts" was transcribed by Vicky Valenta from Preservation Copy of the original document obtained from the - National Archives-Central Plains Region 2312 E. Bannister Rd Kansas City MO 64131 RG 75, Subgroup: Sisseton Agency File: Payroll to Soldiers and Scouts ("Elrod’s list of scouts") This document was transcribed exactly as it appears. The misspelled names are as they appear on the document. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cover page- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PER CAPITA PAY ROLL of payments made by M. D. SHELBY, Special U. S. Indian Agent to Scouts and Soldiers, and Descendants of deceased Scouts and Soldiers of the SISSETON, WAHPETON, MEDAWAKANTON and WAPAKOOTA bands of Sioux Indians. $30,666.66 paid $205.81 per capita February and March, 1894 under Act of Congress of March 3, 1893 (27 Stat., 624) $49,066.64 paid $391.65 per capita Octobdr (sic) and November 1895 under Act of Congress of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 889) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INDEX (first part missing) of names of Beneficiaries (original) to the agreement with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians, approved March 3, 1891 (26 Stat., 1035). (Signed) S. H. Elrod, special Agent at Washington D. C. February 8, 1892. Endorsement: Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, February 9th, 1892 "The foregoing enrollment of members of the Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medawakanton and Wapakoota bands of Sioux Indians who served as scouts and soldiers in suppressing the Sioux outbreak of 1862, or in the war of the rebellion, as the same appears on pages 2 to 49, both inclusive, is respectfully submitted to the Department for approval. (Signed) T. G. Morgan, Commissioner Department of the Interior, February 16th, 1892 "The foregoing roll of Sioux scouts and soldiers is hereby approved. (Signed) GEO. CHANDLER Acting Secretary." =============================================================================================================================================================================== INDIAN| | | PAGE_NO LINE_NO INDIV # NAME |FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME |BENEFICIARIES SEX AGE RELATIONSHIP |TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================== Pg.1 1 10 . Joseph Moose a Charles Moose . . son . . 2 . . . . b Jane Moose . . daughter . . 3 . . . . c Sarah Moose . . daughter . . 4 . . . . d Esther Moose . . daughter . . 5 . . . . e William Moose . . son . . 6 . . . . f Joseph Moose, Jr . . son . . 7 11 . Henry Bruisson . . . . . . 8 12 . Thomas Robinson a Charles Robinson . . son . . 9 . . . . b Elizabeth Robinson . . daughter Name reads "or Isabelle" . 10 . . . . c Martha Robinson . . daughter . . 11 . . . . d Ellen Robinson . . daughter . . 12 . . . . e Stephen Robinson . . son . . 13 . . . . f Madeline Robinson . . daughter Name reads "now Cummings" . 14 . . . . g Mary Jane Robinson . . wife #1 . . 15 . . . . h Mary Robinson . . wife #2 . . 16 . . . . i Louise Bluestone . . daughter . . 17 . . . . j Sarah Mackey . . daughter . . 18 13 . John Moore . . . . . . 19 14 . Joseph Montoure . . . . . . 20 15 . Sylvester Montour . . . . . . 21 16 . Joseph Osier . . . . . . 22 17 . Peter St. Antoine a Nancy St. Antoine . . daughter . . 23 . . . . b Charles St. Antoine . . son . . 24 . . . . c Clement St. Antoine . . daughter . . 25 . . . . d Emma St. Antoine . . widow . . 26 . . . . e Emma Welkin . . daughter . . 27 18 . Daniel B. Bailey . . . . . . 28 19 . A Lachapel a Julia Lachapel . . widow . . 29 . . . . b Maggie Alexander . . daughter . . 30 . . . . c Theresa McGuire . . daughter . . 31 . . . . d Henry Lachapel . . son . . 32 . . . . e Matilda Lachapel . . daughter . . 33 . . . . f Andrew Lachapel . . son . . 34 . . . . g Samuel Lachapel . . son . . 35 . . . . h Phlicite Lachapel . . daughter . . 36 . . . . i Pauline Lachapel . . daughter . . 37 . . . . j Benjamin Lachapel . . son . . 38 . . . . k Frederick Lachapel . . son . . 39 20 . David Crate . . . . . . 40 21 . George Campbell . . . . . . 41 22 . Hercules P. Lachapelle a Joseph Lachapelle . . son . . 42 . . . . b Andy Lachapelle . . son . . 43 . . . . c Amanda Lachapelle . . daughter . . 44 . . . . d Peter Lachapelle . . son . . 45 23 . Louis Prescott . . . . . . 46 24 . George LaBatt . . . . . . 47 25 . Joseph Coursolle a Ellen Coursolle . . widow #1 Name #2- "Now Mrs. Turpin" . 48 . . . . b Jane Coursolle . . widow #2 . . 49 . . . . c Irene Shephard . . daughter . . 50 . . . . d Henry Coursolle . . son . . 51 . . . . e Joseph Coursolle . . son . . 52 . . . . f Mary LeClair . . daughter . . 53 . . . . g Elizabeth Felix . . daughter . . 54 . . . . h Minnie Campbell . . daughter . . 55 . . . . i Delia Coursolle . . daughter . . 56 . . . . j Acelia Coursolle . . daughter . =============================================================================================================================================================================== INDIAN| | | PAGE_NO LINE_NO INDIV # NAME |FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME |BENEFICIARIES SEX AGE RELATIONSHIP |TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================== Pg.2 57 26 . Joseph LaBatte . . . . . . 58 27 . George W. Laturelle a Elizabeth Laturelle . . widow . . 59 . . . . b Joseph A. Laturelle . . son . . 60 . . . . c Eva Laturelle . . daughter . . 61 28 . John Mar piya wa kanza a Ta ta eya win . . widow . . 62 . . . . b V P Mitchell . . adopted son . . 63 29 . Henry Balland . . . . . . 64 30 . Bernard La Bat . . . . . . 65 31 . Francis LePointe . . . . . . 66 32 . Lewis Walker . . . . . . 67 33 . Alexis Lafromboise a Emma Lafromboise . . widow #1 . . 68 . . . . b Ellen Lafromboise . . widow #2 Name- "or Ce ki ya" . 69 . . . . c David Lafromboise . . son . . 70 34 . Edward Larimie a Rosalie McCoy . . sister . . 71 . . . . b Louisa Carpenter . . sister . . 72 35 . Henry Belland Sr. a Mary Belland . . widow . . 73 . . . . b Mary Baasen . . daughter . . 74 . . . . c Kate Baasen . . daughter . . 75 . . . . d Jane Gauthier . . daughter . . 76 . . . . e Henry Belland Jr. . . son . . 77 36 . Wes wh ne main . a Fanny La Rose . . sister . . 78 . . . . b Solomon Ross . . nephew . . 79 . . . . c Amos Ross . . nephew . . 80 37 . Wm Lafromboise . . . . . . . 81 38 . Joseph Robinette a Louis Robinette . . brother . . 82 . . . . b Mary Rose . . sister . . 83 . . . . c Emma Champaign . . sister . . 84 . . . . d Harriet LeClair . . deceased sister . . 85 . . . . e Frank LeClair . . son of dec.sister . . 86 . . . . f Meady LeClair . . son of dec. sister . . 87 . . . . g Agnes LeClair . . dau of dec. sister . . 88 . . . . h Lilly LeClair . . dau of dec. sister . . 89 . . . . i Edie LeClair . . son of dec. sister . . 90 . . . . j Celine LeClair . . dau of dec. sister . . 91 39 . A J Campbell . . . . . . 92 40 . Ta k chauk pa ma za . a Wi can rpi ma za win . . sister . . 93 41 . David Gammell a Hannah Sully . . widow . . 94 . . . . b Mary Cross . . daughter . . 95 . . . . c William Gaummell . . son . . 96 . . . . d John R Gaummell . . son . . 97 42 . Peter Boyer a Mary Coon . . sister . . 98 . . . . b Antoine . . brother . . 99 43 . Peter Felix . . . . . . 100 44 . Francis Fredel . . . . . . 101 45 . Jeremiah Campbell . . . . . . 102 46 . Charles Lawrence . . . . . . 103 47 . Dana Felix . . . . . . 104 48 . Mah piyah ak in ya nam ani . a Samuel Robinson . . son . . 105 49 . Scott Campbell a Medeline Campbell . . widow . . 106 . . . . b Mary Aungie . . dec daughter . . 107 . . . . c Herbert Aungie . . son of dec daughter . . 108 . . . . d Silas Aungie . . son of dec daughter . . 109 . . . . e Howard Aungie . . son of dec daughter . . 110 50 . Robert Weston . . . . . . 111 51 . George Pay pay a Wy hien . . widow . . 112 . . . . b Daniel . . son . . 113 . . . . c James . . son . . 114 . . . . d George . . dead son . . 115 . . . . e Winona . . daughter . =============================================================================================================================================================================== INDIAN| | | PAGE_NO LINE_NO INDIV # NAME |FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME |BENEFICIARIES SEX AGE RELATIONSHIP |TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================== Pg.3 116 52 . William S Adams a Mary Haines . . sister . . 117 53 . Benjamin Young . . . . . . 118 54 . Joseph Young . . . . . . 119 55 . Charles Mitchell . . . . . . 120 56 . Wa ha can ka ma za . . . . . . . 121 57 . Richard Faribault . . . . . . 122 58 . Daniel Faribault . . . . . . 123 59 . Eca na jin ka . . . . . . . 124 60 . Rin un yan ke . . . . . . . 125 61 . Ma za ka ha mni . . . . . . . 126 62 . Wa su ki ye . a Can des ka . . widow . . 127 . . . . b Wa kam wa ne cha . . son . . 128 63 . Wa kan di maza . . . . . . . 129 64 . Ta ta yu ha ma nee . . . . . . . 130 65 . Ka jo ja . . . . . . . 131 66 . He wa kan na . a Ma ka ca ja ma nee win . . widow . . 132 . . . . b Mi ni eh ota . . son . . 133 67 . Is na ahi ci ta . . . . . Name-"or Ho gan yu tex ne" . 134 68 . Aki ci ta ci ga dan . a Mi neca ga win . . daughter . . 135 69 . Wamdi ey ya . . . . . . . 136 70 . Daniel Paul . . . . . . 137 71 . Ta te pi ya . . . . . Name-"or Ah au zi wi caye" . 138 72 . Wa she cu cat ka . . . . . . . 139 73 . Na ga ska ta . a Hda ka ya ka win . . widow . . 140 . . . . b Ota ka ya ka . . son . . 141 . . . . c He han can dizka . . . No relationship listed . 142 . . . . d Mani wa kan win . . daughter . . 143 74 . Oh oi ca ge . a William See ka he tinyana . . son . . 144 75 . Alexis Demarse . . . . . . 145 76 . Hu pa hu na . a Oya pa ta win . . widow . . 146 . . . . b Ti si wa kan win . . daughter . . 147 . . . . c Oeya ta ka win . . daughter . . 148 . . . . d Hu pae sna win . . daughter . . 149 . . . . e Ta eya ka win . . widow #2 . . 150 77 . Ke quenduta . a Samuel Hapa wa ka ka . . son . . 151 . . . . b Ma za ka ga ka win . . daughter . . 152 78 . Owa kn wa . a Eshe . . widow . . 153 . . . . b Mar piya ciga dau . . son . . 154 79 . Sun ka wam dee . a Wam dux ka ta win . . daughter . . 155 80 . Wi can rpi wa kan . . . . . . . 156 81 . Mi ne ya ta ha waste . . . . . . . 157 82 . Aki ce ta ciga dau . . . . . Name- "or Wa can si dye" . 158 83 . Ma ka na ha yza . . . . . . . 159 84 . Ma ta iy an ka . a Ma ka ha win . . widow Name #1- "sometimes Ia max ta" . 160 . . . . b Eypa ha win . . daughter . . 161 . . . . c Chaskey . . . Note-"Children of 84b and . 162 . . . . d Ki ka gin . . . therefore not entitled to . 163 . . . . e Cetanna . . . receive shares-10435-92 . 164 85 . Ma ka inde ya . . . . . . . 165 86 . Ta cy an ke duta . a Kiw an ka win . . widow Note- "see 26817-92 . 166 . . . . . . . . Leaves no descendants =============================================================================================================================================================================== INDIAN| | | PAGE_NO LINE_NO INDIV # NAME |FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME |BENEFICIARIES SEX AGE RELATIONSHIP |TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================== Pg.4 167 87 . Francis Langie a Rosalie Langie . . daughter Name #2- "now Rosalie Miller" . 168 . . . . b Josephine Cook . . daughter . . 169 . . . . c Antoine Langie . . deceased son . . 170 . . . . d Mary Ann Langie . . daughter . . 171 88 . Francis Langie Jr. . . . . . . 172 89 . Oya ja na . a Wica ta dan . . widow . . 173 . . . . b Cetanska . . son . . 174 90 . Hi di ya de ya . a Min ney eya du tawin . . widow . . 175 . . . . b Wa ha can ka maz ina . . son . . 176 . . . . c John Eyanpaha . . son . . 177 . . . . d Tohn aih pe to win . . daughter . . 178 . . . . e At ha ta . . son . . 179 . . . . f Han ka ta ke cha win . . daughter . . 180 91 . Wa ka ksan . . . . . . . 181 92 . Angus M A Brown a Elizabeth Brown . . widow Note-"Parties to Siss and . 182 . . . . b Edmund Brown . . son Wah agreement and not . 183 . . . . c Daisy Brown . . daughter entitled." . 184 93 . Eha ka na jin . a Ma za ha da gi win . . widow . . 185 . . . . b Ton echa ta ka win . . daughter . . 186 . . . . c Eya wa kan wi na . . daughter . . 187 . . . . d Cha pi na . . daughter . . 188 . . . . e Ena iys ea ka win . . daughter . . 189 94 . Ta wa ha can wa ka . a Owa cah cwas te win . . daughter . . 190 95 . Ho ksni du na du ta . a Na ga iys ja tawin . . widow Name #1- "or Wa kan hdi owan ca" . 191 . . . . b Kas da na . . son . . 192 96 . Pa xa kiye . a Ma ka na ha bozawin . . daughter . . 193 97 . Si ha han ska . a Wi can rpi wax te win . . daughter Note- "see 26817-92" . 194 . . . . b Sun ka hi ya hi pi . . son . . 195 98 . Long Foot . a White shell . . son Note by name #1-"or/same person" . 196 . . . . b Good Star . . daughter . . 197 99 . Pretty Lightining . a Elk or Upan . . widow . . 198 . . . . b His Day . . son . . 199 . . . . c Spotted Wind . . daughter . . 200 . . . . d Standing Buffalo . . daughter . . 201 . . . . e William Santee . . son . . 202 . . . . f Iron Seat . . daughter . . 203 . . . . g Iron Horn Dog . . deceased son . . 204 . . . . h Her fore cane . . widow of deceased son . . 205 . . . . i Eugene . . son of deceased son . . 206 100 . Wa su du ta . a Yellow Stone . . widow . . 207 . . . . b His Song . . son . . 208 . . . . c Jingling Cloud . . son . . 209 . . . . d Daylight . . widow #2 . . 210 . . . . e Bringing . . daughter . . 211 . . . . f Holy Rainbow . . daughter . . 212 . . . . g Went to See the Elk . . son . . 213 101 . Ma ka ok ani kda . . . . . Name- "or Hinya" . 214 102 . Hen ak at am ahice . a Hawk . . widow . . 215 . . . . b Little Elk . . son . . 216 . . . . c Daylight . . daughter . . 217 103 . Mark Wells . . . . . . 218 104 . Norman G. Wells . . . . . . 219 105 . Henry G. Wells . . . . . . 220 106 . Xunk ax da ya ma ni . . . . . . . 221 107 . Hin han ka yag mama . . . . . . . 221 108 . Xavier Fresniere a Caske . . son . =============================================================================================================================================================================== INDIAN| | | PAGE_NO LINE_NO INDIV # NAME |FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME |BENEFICIARIES SEX AGE RELATIONSHIP |TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================== Pg.5 223 109 . Charles Blackstone a Na gi koy ak ewin . . sister Name #1- "or Owan casna" . 224 . . . . b Sarah Good thunder . . adop m mother * * Written as it appears. . 225 110 . Alfred Miller a Nattie Wabasha . . sister . . 226 111 . Joseph Roullard a Elizabeth White . . daughter . . 227 . . . . b Alexander Roullard . . son . . 228 . . . . c Oliver Roullard . . son . . 229 . . . . d Peter Roullard . . son . . 300 . . . . e Charles Roullard . . son . . 301 . . . . f Samuel Roullard . . son . . 302 . . . . g Ma ka a kan man kewin . . widow . . 303 . . . . h Joseph Roullard Jr. . . son . . 304 112 . George Thompson . . . . . . 305 113 . Wax icun ma za . a Eagle Feather . . widow #1 . . 306 . . . . b Oyate . . widow #2 Note-"not entitled see 23445092" . 307 114 . George Campbell a George Campbell . . son . . 308 115 . Jack Frazier a Mary Rocque . . decsd daughter . . 309 . . . . b Frank Rocque . . son . . 310 . . . . c Phoebe Rocque . . daughter . . 311 . . . . d Joseph Rocque . . son . . 312 116 . August Gammell 1 a Francis Gammell . . decsd father . . 313 . . . . 2 b Adell Gammell . . decsd sister . . 314 . . . . 3 c . . . No name listed on this line . 315 . . . . d David Gammell . . decsd brother . . 316 . . . . e Peter Gammell . . son of #1 . . 317 . . . . f Frank Gammell . . son of #1 . . 318 . . . . g Elizabeth Gammell . . dau of #1 . . 319 . . . . h Philomine Gammell . . dau of #1? . . 320 . . . . i Carrie Thompson- crossed off . . dau of #2 . . 321 . . . . j Mary Thompson . . dau of #2 . . 322 . . . . k Hanna Sully . . widow 3 . . 323 . . . . l Mary Cross . . daughter of #3 . . 324 . . . . m William A Gammell . . son of #3 . . 325 . . . . n John R Gammell . . son of #3 . . 326 117 . Alexander McLeod a Nancy McLeod . . widow . . 327 118 . John Otherday a Jacob Otherday . . brother . . 328 . . . . b Narcisse Renville . . sister name crossed off- "not ent (X)" . 329 . . . . c Maza Otherday . . sister name crossed off- "not ent (X)" . 330 119 . Numpapi . a Ne sa ho ma za win . . daughter Note- "Parties to the agree . 331 . . . . b Tun kan mane kiya win . . daughter see 23446-92 . 332 . . . . c Ton kan triya ma newin . . daughter with 29809 auth" . 333 . . . . d To pa win . . daughter . . 334 . . . . e Sophia Hutachawin . . daughter . . 335 120 . Tur ma ga . a Ta te yo pa . . widow . . 336 121 . Tih do nica . a Winona . . daughter . . 337 . . . . b Piyaiyotanka . . son . . 338 . . . . c Hec ha wi ca ye . . son . . 339 122 . Joseph R. Brown a Susan F. Brown . . widow . . 340 . . . . b Lydia A Rice . . dec daughter . . 341 . . . . c Agnes Rice . . dau dec dau . . 342 . . . . d Rose Rice . . dau dec dau . . 343 . . . . e Sarah Rice . . dau dec dau . . 344 . . . . f Mary Rice . . dau dec dau . . 345 . . . . g Martha Rice . . dau dec dau . . 346 . . . . h Angus Mi?e Brown . . dec son . . 347 . . . . i Daisy Brown . . daugh dec son . . 348 . . . . j Edmund Brown . . son . =============================================================================================================================================================================== INDIAN| | | PAGE_NO LINE_NO INDIV # NAME |FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME |BENEFICIARIES SEX AGE RELATIONSHIP |TRANSCRIBER'S REMARKS =============================================================================================================================================================================== Pg.6 349 . . Joseph R. Brown, continued k Elizabeth Brown . . widow dec son Angus . . 350 . . . . l Ellen Allanson . . daughter . . . . . . . m Samuel J Brown . . son . . . . . . . n Amanda Hines . . daughter . . . . . . . o Emily Parker . . daughter . . . . . . . p Augusta Robertson . . daughter . . . . . . . q Joseph R Brown Jr . . son . . . 123 . Hok si da du tah . a Yu ha ki ?i na jin . . dec son . . . . . . . b Chaskey . . son . . . . . . . c Hepan . . son . . . 124 . John Redhat . . . . . . . 125 . Andrew Sherman . . . . . . . 126 . David Boyd . . . . . . . 127 . James Mazanoh ta ke a Star Frazier . . brother . . . . . . . b Charles Frazier . . brother . . . . . . . c Kitty Mary . . sister . . . . . . . d Wiya . . mother . . . 128 . Louis Vasenir a Louis Frenier . . cousin . . . 129 . Sag y nu aza . a Cek pa win . . mother Name #1-"Same as No 122-see 26817-92" . . 130 . Maza ica htag mani . a Apewin . . sister . . . 131 . Solomon Flute a Sophie Flute . . widow . . . . . . . b Judith Flute . . daughter . . . . . . . c Elizabeth Flute . . daughter . . . 132 . Joseph Flute a Anna Flute . . widow . . . . . . . b Mary Oldman . . daughter . . . 133 . Sag ye ma za . a Garvin Whipple . . cousin . . . . . . . b Eli Jones . . nephew . . . 134 . Standing Soldier . a Nancy S Jones . . daughter . . . . . . . b Jane Sky . . daughter . . . . . . . c Fannie Moose . . daughter . . . . . . . d Ellen Iron Elk . . widow . . . 135 . William Findley a Weh de ga . . aunt . . . 136 . Francois Demars a Rosalie Conterier . . daughter . . . . . . . b Alexis Demars . . son . . . . . . . c Madeline Rabidoux . . dec dau . . . . . . . d Noah Rabidoux . . son of dec dau . . . . . . . e Nelson Rabidoux . . son of dec dau . . . . . . . f Mary Lanon . . dau of dec dau . . . . . . . g Maglove Rabidoux . . dau of dec dau . . . . . . . h Isabelle McIntosh . . dau of dec dau . . . . . . . i Lena White . . dec dau of dec dau . . . . . . . j Emily White . . dau of dau of dec dau . . . . . . . k Ferdinand White . . son of dau of dec dau . . . . . . . l Forest White . . son of dau of dec dau . . . 137 . Joseph Martin a Eugene Martin . . son . . . 138 . Lawrence Prescott a Ephram Prescott . . son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End of page 6 and all of page 7- I hereby certify on honor that the foregoing enrollment of the names of members of the Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medawakanton and Wapakoota bands of Sioux Indians who were enrolled and entered into the military service of the United States, and served in suppressing the Sioux outbreak in 1862 or in the United States army during the was of the rebellion and of the members of their families and descendants of such as are dead and as the same appeared the foregoing pages 5 yo (sic) 49 inclusive, was made by me under instructions from the Office of Indian Affairs, referred on page 1 of this book and is correct and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief; being prepared from the best information available; and I further certify that no one of the persons named as the original beneficiaries was or is a party to the agreement with the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indians, approved March 3, 1891 26 Stat. 1035 (Signed) S. H. Elrod Special Agent & Washington D. C. Feb. 8, 1892 Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs February 9th 1892 The foregoing enrollment of members of the Sisseton, Wahpeton, Medawakanton and Wapakoota bands of Sioux Indians who served as scouts or soldiers in suppressing the Sioux outbreak of 1862, or in the war of the rebellion, as the same appears on pages 2 to 49, both inclusive, is respectfully submitted to the Department for approval. (Signed) T. G. Morgan Commissioner Department of the Interior February 16th 1892 The foregoing roll of Sioux scouts and soldiers is hereby approved. (Signed) Geo Chandler Acting Secretary