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Baptiste Eugene “Big Bat” Pourier Famous memorial

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Birth	:	16 Jul 1843 St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
Death	:	17 Sep 1928 Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Red Cloud Cemetery, Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0776839, -102.5837514
Description	:	Western Frontiersman. He was a Frenchman who left home on an expedition at the age of 15 to trade with the Indians, and it was this early contact that made him into one of the most acclaimed scout guides and interpreter of the times. During these trading trips, he met Oglala Lakota chief Red Cloud and their friendship endured until Red Cloud's death. He was called "Big Bat" to distinguish him from Baptiste Garnier, another scout for the military. On his first trip to Wyoming he met John Richards, a fellow Frenchman and a frontiersman who was married to... Read More	Western Frontiersman. He was a Frenchman who left home on an expedition at the age of 15 to trade with the Indians, and it was this early contact that made him into one of the most acclaimed scout guides and interpreter of the times. During these trading trips, he met Oglala Lakota chief Red Cloud and their friendship endured until Red Cloud's death. He was called "Big Bat" to distinguish him from Baptiste Garnier, another scout for the military. On his first trip to Wyoming he met John Richards, a fellow Frenchman and a frontiersman who was married to a Lakota Indian. In 1868 he married Richards daughter Josephine and spent the rest of his life with her. By 1869 he moved his family to Fort Laramie where he interpreted for the Fort Laramie Peace Conference. In 1874 he guided General George R. Crook into the Black Hills to keep miners out in a effort to honor the Indian Land Treaty Agreements. While scouting for General Crook nine days after the Battle of Little Big Horn he managed the company to escape being trapped by pursuing warriors. When Oglala Lakota leadeer Crazy Horse was murdered at Fort Robinson, Nebraska in 1877, he carried his body back to Beaver Creek, where Crazy Horse's Sundance Grounds were located. After the Wounded Knee Massacre 1889, he went to Washington as a interpreter for the delegation of Sioux at the Indian Bureau. After that incident, he moved to Wounded Knee and quite the scouting service. He became a horse trader for a while and tried to live in Saint Charles, South Dakota but soon returned to the Reservation.

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Baptiste Eugene “Big Bat” Pourier Famous memorial's memorial is located at: Red Cloud Cemetery, Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota County, USA.
When did Baptiste Eugene “Big Bat” Pourier Famous memorial death?
Baptiste Eugene “Big Bat” Pourier Famous memorial death on 17 Sep 1928 in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 43.0776839
Longitude: -102.5837514

Family Members:

Spouse

Josephine Richard (Reshaw) Pourier

(1853 - 1937)

Children

(unknow - unknow)

Alice Aldene Pourier Brown

(1870 - 1959)

Louis Richard Pourier

(1873 - 1937)

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Pourier Jones

(1875 - 1929)

Joseph “Joe” Pourier

(1878 - 1907)

Emil Pourier

(1882 - 1954)

Mary Lovie Pourier McGaa

(1884 - 1984)

Helen Delphine Pourier Swallow

(1886 - 1970)

Peter Pourier

(1888 - 1960)

Rose Pourier Tibbitts

(1890 - 1969)

Charles Pourier

(1893 - 1944)

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Coordinate: 43.0776839, -102.5837514

2. Cortier Family Cemetery
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7. White Clay Cemetery
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11. Saint Matthews Episcopal Cemetery
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12. Our Lady of the Sioux Cemetery
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13. Saint Paul Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1863700, -102.4290800

14. Holy Jumping Eagle Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2028590, -102.4513820

15. Messiah Episcopal Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1499300, -102.3779400

16. Black Tail Deer Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2258400, -102.4787900

17. Presbyterian Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.1503300, -102.3781000

18. Native American Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0886002, -102.3550034

19. Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.0619800, -102.8166200

20. Slim Buttes Cemetery
Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota County, USA
Coordinate: 43.0621700, -102.8168100

21. Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
Wounded Knee, Oglala Lakota County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1445912, -102.3657458

22. Wounded Knee Monument
Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota County, USA
Coordinate: 43.1410300, -102.3619600

23. Spotted Bear Family Cemetery
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24. Saint Agnes Catholic Cemetery
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