Louisa or Lula Wa ya wa wi yan Garfield

   Cause of her death was Pnuemonia, TB or asthma - lung related.

  General Notes:

Lula Garfield was born in Montana May 30, 1873 - specific date came from a tombstone I saw in Poplar. I think her given name may have been Louisa but she is not know by that name. Her Indian name is Wa ya wa wi yan according to a 1901 census . This is Dan Mitchell’s future wife, our great-grandmother. According to the July 31, 1888 census rolls, she was listed as the daughter of Eagle, age 70. She was listed as Assiniboine. Her father’s Indian name was Wammdi which means Eagle in Sioux. I know this incorrectly spelled, and I realize that the census taker just wrote down the name how it sounded. She was number 9, he was 160 on theYear: 1888; Roll: M595_151; Agency: Fort Peck. Her Indian records are not recorded in the Mitchell family pedigree at Fort Peck! It says record not found. I did find some census records that show her Indian blood and I plan on submitting this to Fort Peck with the purpose of having everyone’s blood quantum corrected. No mother was listed for her. She was age 15 at the time. That means her father was 55 when he had her if this is accurate.

Her brother (shown on Indian census) as James Garfield says his father is white and born in Ireland. This would mean that Lula was 1/2 Assiniboine.

She was last listed on the June 1907 census as Dan' wife before her death.

  Medical Notes:

According to Theresa Howes, her mother Ursula said that Lula suffered from "asthma" and got very sick and was sent to a hospital or sanitarium for TB. The children were waiting for her to come home at Christmas time and she never did. The children were sent to different boarding schools after that.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Marriage Contract, 1888, Wolf Point, Montana. According to obituary and 8 children were born from this marriage.

• Cemetery. according to montana death records, this is lula's death date. It says Lula Mitchel only one "l" at the end of Mitchell, but I think this is the same person

Louisa married Daniel E. Ma-To-Na-Pa "Bear Paw" Mitchell, son of Joseph aka Dave or David Indian name: Bloody Knife Mitchell and Isabelle St. Germain, in 1888 in Wolf Point, Montana. (Daniel E. Ma-To-Na-Pa "Bear Paw" Mitchell was born on 28 Feb 1864 in Winnepeg Manitoba Canada, died on 18 Jun 1940 in Fort Peck, Montana and was buried in Fort Peck, Montana.). The cause of his death was Advanced age.

  Marriage Notes:

Marriage info according to Obituary. Eight children said to be born from this union.