Hyancinthe Ignace ‘Char-kee-tarn’/’Tchee-kee-tarn’ Parisien

Hyacinthe “Tchee-kee-tarn” Parisien. (b. 1825)

Hyacinthe also called Char-Kee-Tarn and Tchee-kee-tarn was the son of Hyacinthe Parisien Sr. and Josephte Carrière. His paternal grandparents were Bonaventure “Geai”Parisien dit Leger and Isabelle “Lizette” (Saulteaux). Tchee-kee-tarn married Marguerite Letendré, the daughter of Louis Letendré and Marie Hallett in 1848. They lived at St. Joseph, Turtle Mountain and Wood Mountain. The family appears on the Turtle Mountain Band annuity rolls for 1872. Their daughter Marie Rose (b. 1874) married Louis“Weesug” Jerome St. Matte Davis was born October 24, 1869, the son of William Davis Sr. and Marie Valle. Louis was also known as “Wee-sug.” He was one of the members of the Turtle Mountain Police in the early 1900s. Hyacinthe was a counselor for Chiefs Little Shell II and III.

Compiled by Lawrence Barkwell Coordinator of Metis Heritage and History Research Louis Riel Institute 1

Counselors for Little Shell III in the 1890s [These men also served as counselors for Little Shell II: Ayse-sense]. Sas Swaine Poitras (67); Kug-kay-dway-wash-kung, William Davis (70), Paydway-walsh-kum,Louis Lenoir; Boin-ence Davis (73); Kar-yence Delorme (50), a son of Auguhk-quay; Sharlo Bottineau(68); Ossaotit, Francois Desmarais (55); Tchee-kee-tarn Parisien (68); Batees-shish Valley (58), son of Norbace Valley; Ahkee-win-nini, Alex Jannott (58); Tcheer-kuhk, Joseph Desmarais (56); Bayriss, CorbetGrant (55); Karn-nar-dah, Antoine Heneult (59); and Jean Batees Gorin (Champagne, 57).

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When HYACINTHE IGNATIUS Ignace PARISIEN was born about 1825, in St. Norbert, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, his father, Hyacinthe Ignace Parisien Léger, was 27 and his mother, JOSEPHTE CARRIERE, was 21. He married MARGUERITE LETENDRE dit BATOCHE in 1848. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1885 and Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, United States in 1890. He died in 1899, in North Dakota, United States, at the age of 75.