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McGillycuddy, agent / ca. 1940

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Title McGillycuddy, agent / ca. 1940

Creator McGillycuddy, Julia B. (Julia Blanchard)

Date 1940

Place Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.), California, Dakota Territory, South Dakota--Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Language English

Subjects Cheyenne Indians, Indian agents, Oglala Indians, Physicians, United States

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Formerly known as Ayer MS 545a.
Published with modifications as: McGillycuddy, agent : a biography of Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy / by Julia B. McGillycuddy. Stanford University, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1941. Reprinted as: Blood on the moon : Valentine McGillycuddy and the Sioux / by Julia B. McGillycuddy ; introduction by James C. Olson. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1990.
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Summary Carbon copy of typewritten manuscript biography of Valentine McGillycuddy, written by his second wife, mainly describing her husband's experiences on the Great Plains, 1875-1886, and focusing on his years as Indian agent at Pine Ridge. Included are descriptions of McGillycuddy's encounters with Calamity Jane, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, and Sitting Bull.

Biographical/Historical Note Surgeon, topographical engineer, and Pine Ridge Indian agent. Michigan born Valentine McGillycuddy practiced medicine there briefly before serving as a topographical engineer and surgeon for the U.S. Lake Survey under Comstock, the 1874 U.S. Boundary Survey, and the 1875 Walter P. Jenney expedition to the Black Hills. He later was a surgeon with Gen. George Crook at the Rosebud action and on the Black Hills march, and at Camp Robinson, Nebraska. In 1879, McGillycuddy was appointed agent for the Oglala Sioux (later also a Cheyenne band) at the Pine Ridge Agency. Although considered an excellent agent, McGillycuddy's tenure was marred by confrontation with Red Cloud and his supporters. He was relieved in May, 1886, as a result of political manueverings. Later serving on the Dakota governor's staff, McGillycuddy observed the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee and tended its wounded. He died in California in 1939.

Extent 1 v. (156 leaves) ; 28 cm

Format Biographies

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 3127

BibID 132052

Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2498px × 3390px 24.26 MB

Filename 991320528805867_Ayer_MS_3127_00139-1.TIF

Unique Identifier NL11K0P1