25 OCT 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio as entered from creator of memorial is below divider.
06 DEC 2020 SAC to add spousal link. [Courtesy of Shane. Thanks!]
06 DEC 2020 SAC to add inscription. [Courtesy of Okie Bran. Thanks!]~Recognized as the most brilliant politician and Chief that the Osage Nation had known, Chief Bigheart had promoted and devised headrights for the Osage people before he died, ensuring the future economic welfare of the Osage people in the last bit of territory they could claim, Osage Co.,Okla. Born in Kansas at the Osage Mission, he was half-Osage; both parents were Indian. He attended Catholic mission school and as a convert, remained Catholic his entire life.
A Civil War veteran, he joined the Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, 1861 as a private,and was discharged as a First Lieutenant in 1865. He was fluent in Cherokee, French, English and Latin as well as Ponca and Sioux, and lived an active political life written about in many books. His close friend, Theodore Barnsdall, benefited from and gave benefits in oil production for both himself and the Osage people. Barnsdall named his 1st settlement and oil drilling claim "Bigheart" (the name has since been changed to Barnsdall)
06 DEC 2020 SAC to add spousal link. [Courtesy of Shane. Thanks!]
06 DEC 2020 SAC to add inscription. [Courtesy of Okie Bran. Thanks!]~Recognized as the most brilliant politician and Chief that the Osage Nation had known, Chief Bigheart had promoted and devised headrights for the Osage people before he died, ensuring the future economic welfare of the Osage people in the last bit of territory they could claim, Osage Co.,Okla. Born in Kansas at the Osage Mission, he was half-Osage; both parents were Indian. He attended Catholic mission school and as a convert, remained Catholic his entire life.
A Civil War veteran, he joined the Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, 1861 as a private,and was discharged as a First Lieutenant in 1865. He was fluent in Cherokee, French, English and Latin as well as Ponca and Sioux, and lived an active political life written about in many books. His close friend, Theodore Barnsdall, benefited from and gave benefits in oil production for both himself and the Osage people. Barnsdall named his 1st settlement and oil drilling claim "Bigheart" (the name has since been changed to Barnsdall)
25 OCT 2020, Memorial notes at or near time of transfer. Added gender. 1) Original bio as entered from creator of memorial is below divider.
06 DEC 2020 SAC to add spousal link. [Courtesy of Shane. Thanks!]
06 DEC 2020 SAC to add inscription. [Courtesy of Okie Bran. Thanks!]~Recognized as the most brilliant politician and Chief that the Osage Nation had known, Chief Bigheart had promoted and devised headrights for the Osage people before he died, ensuring the future economic welfare of the Osage people in the last bit of territory they could claim, Osage Co.,Okla. Born in Kansas at the Osage Mission, he was half-Osage; both parents were Indian. He attended Catholic mission school and as a convert, remained Catholic his entire life.
A Civil War veteran, he joined the Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, 1861 as a private,and was discharged as a First Lieutenant in 1865. He was fluent in Cherokee, French, English and Latin as well as Ponca and Sioux, and lived an active political life written about in many books. His close friend, Theodore Barnsdall, benefited from and gave benefits in oil production for both himself and the Osage people. Barnsdall named his 1st settlement and oil drilling claim "Bigheart" (the name has since been changed to Barnsdall)
06 DEC 2020 SAC to add spousal link. [Courtesy of Shane. Thanks!]
06 DEC 2020 SAC to add inscription. [Courtesy of Okie Bran. Thanks!]~Recognized as the most brilliant politician and Chief that the Osage Nation had known, Chief Bigheart had promoted and devised headrights for the Osage people before he died, ensuring the future economic welfare of the Osage people in the last bit of territory they could claim, Osage Co.,Okla. Born in Kansas at the Osage Mission, he was half-Osage; both parents were Indian. He attended Catholic mission school and as a convert, remained Catholic his entire life.
A Civil War veteran, he joined the Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, 1861 as a private,and was discharged as a First Lieutenant in 1865. He was fluent in Cherokee, French, English and Latin as well as Ponca and Sioux, and lived an active political life written about in many books. His close friend, Theodore Barnsdall, benefited from and gave benefits in oil production for both himself and the Osage people. Barnsdall named his 1st settlement and oil drilling claim "Bigheart" (the name has since been changed to Barnsdall)
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AGED 70 YEARS
A LOVING HUSBAND
A FATHER DEAR
A FAITHFUL FRIEND
LIES BURIED HERE
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