13) Charles Blue Jacket, son of George Blue Jacket and spouse unknown, was born about 1816 in the River Huron, Michigan Territory area, and married about 1833, (17) Pa-Wa-Se. Charles died 29 Oct 1897 in Blue Jacket, Indian Territory, and was buried in Blue Jacket, Craig Co., IT. Pa-Wa-Se died about 1841.

Charles Blue Jacket's Indian name - Kal-we. He married three times and is said to have provided this world with 23 children. To date, we can account for 20. He became a Methodist minister and, at the Shawnee Methodist Mission in Kansas City, translated sermons for the Shawnee with Charles Journeycake for the Delaware. Charles was a government interpreter and the last chief of the Shawnee tribe. His interpretative skills were used at the signing of the Shawnee Treaty of 1854 in Washington DC>

Pa-wa-se was baptized 24 Aug 1841 at the Shawnee Mission Methodist Church. Her son, Robert Blue Jacket, was also baptized that same day. There is a name "Ma-ci-wa-pea-ski-kill" on the line following Pa-wa-se and just before Robert's name. Is this perhaps one of the names of the three missing children born. to Charles?

Children:

18*Robert Blue Jacket b. 1 Apr 1840 d. 25 Mar 185a

He also married 25 Mar 1843 in Shawnee Mission, Johnson Co., KS Terr., (19) Julia Ann Daugherty, who was born about 1820. Julia Ann died 11 Jul 1870 and was buried in Shawnee Cem., Johnson Co., KS. Julia Ann Daugherty's Indian name - Wah-nah-ta-the-qua

Charles, along with his brother Henry, was baptized into the Shawnee Mission Methodist Church on 13 Feb 1842. This same register shows Charles marriage to Julia as Indian names, Kal-we to Wi-ni-ta-be-kwa.

In a letter to Joab Spencer dated 17 June 1907, Sallie (Blue Jacket) Gore relates that her mother, Julia Ann Daugherty, had 13 children by Charles. As of 10 Dec 1995, the Blue Jacket genealogical group could only account for Ten.

Children:

20*Sarah (Sallie) Blue Jacket b. 7 Jan 1844 d. 22 Apr 1924

21*David Likens Blue Jacket b. 15 Sep 1846 d. 4 Apr 1919

1394*Joseph Armstrong Blue Jacket

1361*Angeline Blue Jacket

22*Price K. Blue Jacket b. 5 Mar 1854 d. 6 Jan 1881

23*Willis G. Blue Jacket b. 26 Jan 1856 d. 18 Aug 1891

24*Silas Daugherty Blue Jacket b. 21 Jan 1858 d. 22 Jan 1923

25*Henry Clay Blue Jacket b. 26 May 1860 d. 8 Mar 1914

26*Julia Ann Blue Jacket b. 5 Jul 1863 d. 2 Feb 1865

27*Richard M. Blue Jacket b. 2 Feb 1866 d. 25 Jan 1884

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He also married 8 Jan 1871, (37)

Louisa Captain

who was born about 1850. Louisa died 5 Apr 1915 in Nowata, Nowata Co., OK and was buried in Blue Jacket, Craig Co., OK. Louisa Captain - Dawes Roll No. 27636, Card No. 3876. She was the granddaughter of Moses and Betsy Silverheels.

Children:

38*Hattie Blue Jacket b. 11 Sep 1871 d. 30 Aug 1873

39*Charles Blue Jacket b. 15 Sep 1875 d. 2 Oct 1875

40*Cora B. Blue Jacket b. 14 Mar 1877 d. 18 Aug 1931

41*Simon Blue Jacket b. 10 Aug 1879 d. 23 Dec 1902

42*Mary B. Blue Jacket b. 15 Aug 1881 d. 25 Jul 1960

43*Jane Blue Jacket b. 15 Aug 1881 d. 22 Jul 1891

44*Louis Blue Jacket b. 26 Nov 1884 d. 30 Sep 1978

45*Lucinda A. Blue Jacket b. 9 Jan 1887 d. 12 Oct 1905

46*Amanda Blue Jacket b. 17 May 1889 d. 14 Apr 1909

[edited by Vaughn Pedersen and Carlyle Hinshaw, 27 Aug 2001]