Heber Mansfield Creel Papers, 1878-1881

Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1873, to June 14, 1877, when he graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieutenant, 8th Cavalry, June 15, 1877. Transferred to 7th Cavalry, Sept. 30, 1877. Aug. 23, 1878, He was on escort duty, transferring Indian prisoners to the Indian Territory, Sep. 3 to Oct., 1878. Afterword he was on duty with Cheyenne Indians, with a view to learning and writing a complete grammar and dictionary of their language, between Oct. and Dec., 1878, and at Ft. Reno, I. T., Dec. 9, 1878, being with Cheyenne Indians engaged in preparing a Dictionary of their Language, to Dec. 30, 1879. He resigned his committion, July 1, 1882.

Engaged in estate business, stock-raising, and farming at Devil's Lake, North Dakota, which town he located in 1882; Chairman of Board of County Commissioners, Ramsey Co., N. D., 1885-1886; Register of Deeds, 1889-1895; member of State Senate, 1896-1900; Congressional Nominee on Fusion ticket, 1898; Special Agent, U. S. Department of Agriculture, after 1903; author of dictionary and grammar of Cheyenne language and of work on Indian sign language.

Inspector and Judge Advocate General with Rank of Colonel, North Dakota National Guard, April 2, 1891. Brigadier-General, Adjutant General, North Dakota, June 29, 1905. Major-General, National Guard, North Dakota, Retired, Jan. 7, 1907, at His Own Request.