Cheyenne girl in Carlisle School
Hauser / Cheyenne
The most tragic events in the history of the Cheyenne tribe were the Sand Creek (1864) and the Washita River (1868) massacres. When Chivington's and later Custer's troops mounted a surprise attack on the peaceful and undefended Cheyenne villages, more than a hundred innocent women, children and old men were killed in each of these battles. Amazingly, some of the Cheyenne people survived both of these battles, including our ancestors Matches Woman and her daughter Ghost (Amy).
There are conflicting reports about who was Ghost's father. In a letter from Ruby Bushyhead, the probate clerk at the Concho Agency to Mardi Girvin (Marjory Balmer) it is stated that the father of Ghost and the husband of Matches Woman was Red Owl. However, the name Red Owl is listed neither among the Cheyenne survivors nor among the victims at Sand Creek. ....... continue
- A1. Matches Women, Cheyenne, Sand Creek surviver, lvd:1832/1922, m1. No-ki-ist (Sitting Bear), m2. White Fool;
- B1. [m1]: Amy (Ghost), Cheyenne lvd:1854/1927, m1. Herman Hauser, m2. Waldo Reed;
- C1. [m1]: Emil Henry Hauser, b:1877/1882, died in Mennonite School fire;
- C2. [m1]: Mary Hauser, lvd:1879/1955, m. Robert Reginald DePoe; <== DePoe family
- C3. [m1]: Emil Hauser, lvd:1884/1941, m. Dollie Stone;
- D1. Mary Emily Hauser, b:1914;
- D2. Emil Wauseka Hauser, b:1915, m. Jeanette Goings;
- D3. Peter Herman Hauser, b:1923;
- C4. [m1]: Peter Oscar Hauser, lvd:1886/1935;
- C5. [m1]: Johanna Hauser, b:1887;
- C6. [m1]: Louisa (Teeth Woman) Hauser, b:1890, m. N. White;
- C7. [m1]: Anna Hauser, b:1892, m. Simon Needham;
- B2. [m2]: Dell Whiting, Cheyenne, lvd:1873/1894;
- B3. [m2]: Many Roads, Cheyenne, lvd:1874/1892;
- B4. [m2]: Tall Wolf, Cheyenne, lvd:1877/1892;
- B1. [m1]: Amy (Ghost), Cheyenne lvd:1854/1927, m1. Herman Hauser, m2. Waldo Reed;
