Fred Tatsup

Fred was a Bannock man from the Fort Hall Reservation

Day of the Run, June 17, 1902 - Fort Hall Indian Reservation land ceded by the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes for settlement (photo courtesy of Idaho State Historical Society)

Lander Road Cutoff- Idaho Junction
Image Credit
1. Upper Left- An image of the second Fort Hall built in 1870. National Archives / William Henry Jackson
2. Lower Left- The original 1834 Fort Hall. Painting by Bethel Farley; made using an Idaho Highway Planning Survey image of the Fort. National Archives
3. Photography of Bannock Tribal members by a wickiup (a seasonal housing structure) taken in 1871. NPS / Yellowstone’s Photo Collection
LOCATION: 17 miles east of Fort Hall, Idaho and the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Business Center
SIGNIFICANCE: The Lander Road of the California Trail rejoined the main branch of the combined Oregon and California Trails 17 miles east of Fort Hall, Idaho. It avoided the dry, summer desert conditions of southern Wyoming, providing emigrants with more food and water for both their livestock and themselves.

The end of the Lander Road's construction between Burnt Ranch, Wyoming, and Fort Hall, Idaho did not mean the end of the project. One item still had to be done- negotiate with the Native American Tribes whose land it was built on for the right of way. In 1859, Lander brought wagon loads of goods to give to the Shoshone, Bannock, and other Tribes in exchange for the privilege of crossing their land peacefully. On July 3, at the Green River crossing in what is today Wyoming, a celebration was held to disperse gifts to the Shoshone and to celebrate the 4th of July. The peaceful, festive celebration was attended by about 800 Shoshone, 300 emigrants (who happened to be in the area), and the soldiers and cavalrymen of Lander's command that were traveling with him.
"The ceremonies were witnessed by over 300 emigrants who happened to be near at the time. The Indians were then informed...the presents that they were to receive were given them because they had been friendly to the white men, and recommended that their friendship should continue. Col Landers then addressed the emigrants, telling them to treat the Indians kindly, and live in peace together."
-Albert Bierstadt, July 5, 1859
Source: “Lander Road Cutoff- Idaho Junction (U.S. National Park Service).” Www.nps.gov, www.nps.gov/places/lander-road-cutoff-idaho-junction.htm. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

Biography:
Fred Taksup was born c. 1860 probably in Idaho, he did not show up in Indian census reports until 1891 (at least by the English name Fred). His parents are unknown by name but his father was Bannock and his mother was Shoshone.

According to Carla Joinson in her book Vanished in Hiawatha, Fred was admitted to the Canton Asylum on January 30, 1905, and diagnosed with galloping paresis, later post-death in 1910 revised to syphilitic paresis (Galloping paresis, also known as galloping tongue syndrome, is a rare movement disorder that causes involuntary, wave-like lingual movements. Syphilitic paresis, also known as general paresis (GP) or general paralysis of the insane (GPI), is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder that occurs when the brain is damaged by untreated syphilis.).

In the letter dated February 17, 1934, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Dr. L.L. Culp advised that Fred died at the Canton Asylum on February 6, 1905, only 7 days after arrival, and was buried in teh Canton Hiawatha Cemetery tier 4 plot 42.

His profile is part of the The Canton Asylum One Place Study.

Research Notes:
-married 1st wife c. 1891, married 2nd Aggie c. 1894-1903, married 3rd Mo-vin-za c. 1904. 2nd wife Aggie shown living BHS beginning in 1904. Fred disappears from the Indian census in 1905, Mo-vin-za is shown HF, Aggie BHS
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Sources:
1891 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n322/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 323/816, line 36, census of the Bannock Indians, Fort Hall Agency

1894 Jun - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n344/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg, 345/816, line 1 (age 35 b=1859), census of the Bannock, Fort Hall Agency

1895 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR6-FT8M : Sat Mar 09 12:03:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Fred Tatsup, 1895, pg. 407/816, line 5x (age 36), census of the Bannock Indians, Fort Hall Agency, State of Idaho

1896 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n509/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 510/816, line 15, census of the Bannock Indians, Fort Hall, Idaho

1897 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR6-5Y7R : Sat Mar 09 20:14:36 UTC 2024), Entry for Fred Tatsup, 1897, pg. 576/819, line xx, census of the Bannock Indians, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho

1898 Aug 25 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP73-QTJB : Thu Mar 07 15:16:25 UTC 2024), Entry for Fred Tatsup, 1898, pg. 596/819, line 17 (age 37), census of the Bannock and Shoshone, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho

1899 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n629/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 630/816, line 16, census of the Shoshoni and Bannock Indians, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho

1900 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR6-R5VP : Sat Mar 09 04:46:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Tatsup, 1900, pg. 692/819, line xx (age 39, wife Aggie Too-naz-e-gah age 37), census of the Bannock and Shoshoni Indians, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho

1900 Jun 16&26 - "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSR6-D27 : Tue Mar 05 22:01:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Fred Tatsup and Aggie Tatsup, 1900, pg. 35/57, line 33, census of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Bingham, Idaho

1901 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n748/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 749/816, line 15, census of the Shoshone and Bannock Indians, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho

1902 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll139unit/page/n5/mode/1u.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 6/589, line 14 (age 41, wife Aggy age 39), census of the Shoshone and Bannock Indians, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho

1903 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRM-FPB3 : Sat Mar 09 14:50:16 UTC 2024), Entry for Fred Tatsup, 1903, pg. 68/592, line 15 (age 42, Aggie age 40), census of the Bannock and Shoshoni (Fort Hall)

1904 Jun 30 - "United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR4-PLDH : Sun Mar 10 06:02:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Fred Tatsup, 1904, pg. 126/592, line 15 (age 43, b=1861), census of the Bannock and Shoshone Indians, Fort Hall agency, Idaho

1905 Feb 6 - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14493812/fred-takesup: accessed April 18, 2024), memorial page for Fred Takesup (unknown–6 Feb 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14493812, citing Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400).
(Curator Note: name is misspelled)

1905 Feb 6 - Hilton, M. (Ed.). (2023, July 10). Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians Historical Marker. Historical Marker. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=183486 Photo by Ruth VanSteenwyk, July 10, 2023, courtesy of HMdb.org

Big Day 7-3-05 · Fred Taksup 2-6-05 · Peter Greenwood 9-22-05

1905 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll139unit/page/n185/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 186/589, line Fred disappears to Canton, census of the Bannock and Shoshoni, Fort Hall Agency, Idaho

1910 Oct 12 - Camp Verde School: 1910-27; Canton Insane Asylum: 1910-22, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155854182?objectPage=674, line 37, Table 7 Form of mental disease of those admitted since opening of Asylum