1. Valentine Trant McGillycuddy was a surgeon who served with expeditions and United States military forces in the West.
24 Facts About Valentine McGillycuddy
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Valentine McGillycuddy was considered controversial for his efforts to build a sustainable relationship between the United States and Native American peoples.
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Valentine Trant O'Connell McGillycuddy or M'Gillycuddy was born on February 14,1849, in Racine, Wisconsin to Irish immigrants Daniel McGillycuddy, a merchant, and Joana McGillycuddy.
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Valentine McGillycuddy had a brother 6 years older named Francis.
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When Valentine was 13, the McGillycuddy family moved to Detroit.
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Valentine McGillycuddy graduated from the Detroit Medical School at 20 years of age.
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Valentine McGillycuddy began working as a doctor at the Wayne County Insane Asylum and practiced medicine for one year.
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From 1871 to 1874, Valentine McGillycuddy worked for the United States Boundary Survey Commission.
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Valentine McGillycuddy became a topographer and surgeon for the International Expedition.
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Valentine McGillycuddy was sent out to Wyoming to continue his career as a topographer.
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Valentine McGillycuddy is credited with the discovery of the original warm mineral springs in Hot Springs.
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Valentine McGillycuddy was responsible for mapping the topography and geology of the region, while the expedition assessed the area for major gold deposits.
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Valentine McGillycuddy was appointed Assistant Post Surgeon at Fort Robinson in what became Nebraska.
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Valentine McGillycuddy was known to the Lakota at the agency as a "Friend of Crazy Horse," a notable Lakota leader.
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Valentine McGillycuddy treated Crazy Horse after he was fatally stabbed by guards who said he was trying to escape.
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Valentine McGillycuddy was appointed as Indian Agent in 1879, when he was 30.
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Valentine McGillycuddy served at the Pine Ridge Agency.
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Valentine McGillycuddy did not manage to achieve such friendly relations here as he had with Crazy Horse and other Lakota.
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Ostensibly under pressure to fire a loyal clerk for no reason he could see, Valentine McGillycuddy eventually resigned his post.
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Valentine McGillycuddy was suspended from his position in October 1882.
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Valentine McGillycuddy was appointed as South Dakota's first State Surgeon General.
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In 1890 Valentine McGillycuddy was elected as a delegate to the South Dakota State Constitutional Convention.
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Valentine McGillycuddy served as a medical inspector for an insurance agency until retiring in 1912.
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Valentine McGillycuddy was cremated, and his ashes were entombed at the top of Black Elk Peak.