Chas was born in 1844.
1 He was the son of
Unknown Unknown. Chas Janis married
(?) Goes In Cloud circa 1874.
1 Chas Janis was aa Freedom Certif. In 1877 at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA; A Chas Janis was listed in the Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger of November 8, 1876, He was listed as a "Head of a Household" with a family consisting of : 1 "Buck",3 "Squaws", 1 "M. Children", No Band affiliation was given.[The Crazy Horse surrender ledger, c1994, p.28]
Chas Janis recieved 1 "hide ticket" on January 30, 1877. These tickets were exchanged for cattle hides by Agency Officals from beef cattle issued on the hoof for food. These tickets were then sold to the agency trader for about $2.50 each. When agency began slaughtering the cattle themselves, Indians were given tickets "in lieu" of hides. This practice was discontinued early in 1877. [The Crazy Horse surrender ledger, c1994, p.93]. He was issued another ticket on March 1st, 1877.
"Family heads received rations corressponding to the number of people for whom they were responsible, this particular figure being recorded during January and Febuary 1877. Surviving issue records from Red Cloud are long paper strips each denoting the band name and the number of familes. A family was designated by number, not name, and as the head received the family's rations, an agency clerk punched the corresponding number on the strip." [The Crazy Horse surrender ledger., (1994), p.14]. Chas Janis's family received 5 ration tickets and is counted with the Sioux. [The Crazy Horse surrender ledger., (1994), p.142].
His family was listed in the Crazy Horse Surrender Ledger of February 16th, 1877, he was listed as a "Head of a Household" with a family consisting of : 1 "Adult Males", 2 "Adult Females", 1 "Children Male", 0 "Children Female". He was also listed with the Oglala Sioux under Young Man Afraid of Horse Band with 1 lodge. [The Crazy Horse surrender ledger, c1994, p.60].
2 Chas was listed as Head of the Household on the Indian Census at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA, in 1886. A grandmother was listed as living with him named Falling _ames (b. 1806). .
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