Spotted Crow

https://amertribes.proboards.com/thread/849/whirlwind-soldier

According to Father Powell, Spotted Crow was born in 1814. In 1854, when he was only 40 years old, he was chosen as one of the younger Southern Cheyennes to sit in the Council of the 44. His office as a Cheyenne Council Chief was reniewed in 1864. Shortly after he was killed at Sand Creek at age 50.

https://amertribes.proboards.com/post/5659/thread

Whirlwind Soldier was the son of the Cheyenne council chief killed at the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864.

https://amertribes.proboards.com/post/5595/thread

Tangle Hair was the father of both Spotted Tail and a daughter (don't know her name) who married Spotted Crow (Cheyenne) and produced Whirlwind Soldier.

References

• https://amertribes.proboards.com/post/5664/thread George Bent's letter to George Hyde, identifying Spotted Crow as being among the chiefs killed at Sand Creek: … “ I will give you the names of princible [sic] Chiefs killed at Sand Creek[.] White antelope. Standing Water. One Eye. War. bonnet. Spotted Crow. Two Thighs. Bear Man. Bear Robe. Yellow Shield. Yellow Wolf who was very old. one of old chiefs. one of Arapahoe chiefs was killed. name Left Hand. … all the Indians that were not killed. walked to Smoky River. to this Camp. I was with the party after this fight. Cheyennes and Siouxs send war-parties. in all directions to kill all white men they ran across. Respectfully, Geo Bent Colony. Okla March 15th 1905.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre The Sand Creek massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre, the battle of Sand Creek or the massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry[5] under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory,[6] killing and mutilating an estimated 69 to over 600 Native American people. … The massacre is considered part of a series of events known as the Colorado Wars. … The massacre disrupted the traditional Cheyenne power structure, because of the deaths of eight members of the Council of Forty-Four. White Antelope, One Eye, Yellow Wolf, Big Man, Bear Man, War Bonnet, Spotted Crow, and Bear Robe were all killed, as were the headmen of some of the Cheyenne military societies.[59] Among the chiefs killed were most of those who had advocated peace with white settlers and the U.S. government.[60] The net effect of the murders and ensuing weakening of the peace faction exacerbated the developing social and political rift. Traditional council chiefs, mature men who sought consensus and looked to the future of their people, and their followers, were opposed by the younger and more militaristic Dog Soldiers.

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