Thomas Lone War

Lone War was a man of the Oglala Lakota band of the Titowan (Lakota) division of the Great Sioux Nation

Source: Wikipedia contributors. "Pine Ridge Indian Reservation." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 28 Apr. 2024. Web. 17 May. 2024.

Source: Native Hope. “Sioux Native Americans: Their History, Culture, and Traditions.” Blog.nativehope.org, Native Hope, 1 Aug. 2021, blog.nativehope.org/sioux-native-americans-their-history-culture-and-traditions.

Lakota camp near Pine Ridge Reservation, southwestern South Dakota, U.S., 1891. - Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biography:
Lone War was born in March 1872, to unknown Sioux parents, both from Montana. It is not known when he started using the English name Thomas but he is referred to as such in the Culp letter dated February 17, 1934. Sometime in 1892, he married Brings Blue Hair, aka Jennie Thunder Hawk, daughter of Chief Thunder Hawk, and with her had four (4) children; Mary, Anna, Martin, and Mattie.

According to Carla Joinson in her book Vanished in Hiawatha, Lone War was admitted to the Canton Asylum on April 28, 1908, at age 52, and diagnosed with Epileptic dementia (Epilepsy and dementia have a bidirectional relationship, and people with epilepsy are more likely to develop dementia than those without epilepsy. The mental disease manifests itself with brief periods of increased amnesia or unresponsiveness. We see involuntary repeating movements, often of the hands and arms, or the face (chewing, lip-smacking, or swallowing.)

In the letter dated February 17, 1934, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Dr. L.L. Culp advises that Lone War is named Thomas, died at the Canton Asylum on December 24, 1909, and is buried in the Canton Hiawatha Cemetery in tier 4 plot 32

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

Research Notes:
-The nationality of (?) Lone War was Oglala Lakota Sioux.[2,1,3,4] Also known as (?) Zuya Wanjila.2 Also known as (?) Zuya Isnala.[1,3,4] (?) Lone War was born in 1871.[1] Another source states that he was also listed with a birthdate in 1872.[2,3,4] He married (?) Brings Blue Hair circa 1892.[1,2,4] (?) was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Porcupine District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on June 30, 1894.[2] (?) was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Porcupine District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on July 1, 1895.[3] (?) was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Porcupine District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on June 14, 1896.[4]%28?%29 was listed as the "Head of the Household" on the US Indian Census Rolls at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Porcupine District, Shannon Co., South Dakota, USA, on June 30, 1904.[1]

Child of (?) Lone War and (?) Brings Blue Hair
Mary Lone War b. May, 18931,[2,4]
Citations
1. [S159] 1904 Indian Census, Pine Ridge Agency, National Archives.
2. [S269] 1894 Indian Census, Pine Ridge Agency, National Archives.
3. [S561] June 30th, 1895 Indian Census, Pine Ridge Agency, National Archives Microfilm Publication M595, 692 rolls
4. [S158] June 30th, 1896 Indian Census, Pine Ridge Agency, National Archives
(See full sources below)
Source: Stevens, Mike. “Tiyospaye - Person Page 205.” Freepages.rootsweb.com, 2 Mar. 2010, freepages.rootsweb.com/~mikestevens/genealogy/2010-p/p205.htm#i17407. Accessed 16 May 2024.
-Neither the family Thunder Hawk nor the family Lone War appears in the 1887 census of Pinetop Ridge Agency Oglala Sioux and Cheyenne census
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Sources:

1894 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll366unit/page/n176/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 177/514, line 4181, census of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota

1895 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll366unit/page/n431/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 432/514, line 4269 (age 23 listed by himself? wife back listed with family Thunder Hawk age 19), census of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota

1896 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll367unit/page/n41/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 42/655, line 1548 (age 24), census of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota

1897 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll367unit/page/n207/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 208/655, line 1431 (age 26), census of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota

1898 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll367unit/page/n451/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 452/655, line 4059 (age 25), census of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota

1899 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll367unit/page/n593/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 594/655, line 3820 (age 27, Martin has disappeared), census of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota

1900 Jun 21 - "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTX-QFM : Thu Apr 11 19:11:55 UTC 2024), Entry for Lone War and Brings Blue Horses, 1900, pg. 218/649, line 37, census of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota

1902 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll368unit/page/n396/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 397/622, line 3617 (Head age 30), census of the Pine Ridge Indians and Mixed-bloods, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

1903 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll368unit/page/n551/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 552/622, line 3623 (Head age 31, Anne disappears), census of the Pine Ridge Indians and Mixed-bloods, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

1904 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll369unit/page/n84/mode/1.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 85/467, line 3631, census of the Pine Ridge Indians and Mixed=bloods, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

1905 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll369unit/page/n230/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 231/467, line 3724, census of the Pine Ridge Indians and Mixed=bloods, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

1907 Jun 30 - “Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, https://archive.org/details/indiancensusroll369unit/page/n385/mode/.... Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 386/467, line 3638 (age 35), census of the Pine Ridge Indians and Mixed-bloods, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

1909 Dec 24 - Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14493851/lowe-war: accessed May 15, 2024), memorial page for Lowe War (unknown–24 Dec 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14493851, citing Hiawatha Asylum Cemetery, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; Maintained by Graveaddiction (contributor 46528400).

1909 Dec 24 - 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

Baptiste Gingras 12-19-09 · Lowe War 12-24-09 · Silas Hawk 5-12-10

1910 Aug 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=676, line 104, Table 7 Form of mental disease of those admitted since opening of Asylum