Huntington Free Library Native American Collection CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 3 1924 102 029 448 Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924102029448 In compliance with current Copyright law, Cornell University Library produced this replacement volume on paper that meets the ANSI Standard Z39.48-1992 to replace the irreparably deteriorated original. 2006 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Green's Historical Series, EARL.V' DAYS IN KANSAS. Tales And Traditions of the Marias des Cygnes Valley. FROM ARVONIA TO QUENEMO, IN OSAGE CO. KAN. Being Narratives of many of the First Settlers, Stories about Mo ko hoko's Band of Sac &Fox Indians, who continued to live There until 1886. Lists of all Early Settlers, In Arvonia, Olivet, Melvern and Quenemo, the last two making Agency Twp. then. Complete Lists of all the Civil War Veterans, 1889, are given. Also at the last end. Chief Mokohoko's Life, Speeches, and Death there on the River, Drawn mostly from the First Settlers, by the Author while Uving there, the years 1880 to 1907. By C. R. Green, Oiathe, Kan. Being Volume FIVE of GREEN'S HISTORICAL SERIES. Nov. 1914. f]-: GREEN'S HISTORICAL SERIES, ^^- Karly Days In Kansas. C. R. Green, Author and Publisher of the Series, did not land on Kansas soil, until April 12th' 1867. As he was a School teacher, interested from 1856 in Kansas affairs, he naturally drifted into social terms with the "Early Settlers", and thus got his stories largely first handed- He has in his Historical Bureau got more than 300 Old Pioneer's narratives. They are in most cases taken about him, in the Counties of Leavenworth, Douglas, Franklin, Osage, Shawnee and Lyon. Where either Mr. Green has lived these 47 years, or those whose narratives he is now offering in his several Books, have lived. C. R. Green is a retired farmer, a member these 22 years of the Kansas State Historical Society. Age 69. Residing in a suburban home at Olathe Kan. His large Historical Reference Library, Mu- seum and Publishing Plant, are all at his residence. As he gets means out of one book, he goes ahead and issues another. They are all octavo in size, from 100 to 250 pp. bound in marble boards, and sold at i ct per page. Humble as the books are, the 2i yrs on market direct mostly from me, over 400 of the different Volumes have found their way into College and Public Libraries, Historic- al Societies and people in 16 States. It is not a money making en- terprise, I never expect to get $500. back that I am behind now. Uncle Sam pays me a pension, and I love the work better than being idle, so in this spirit the books are offered. In Keokuks Time On The Kansas Reservation. $ . 50 Tells stories of the Sac & Pox Indians, and Early Settlers. Vol No 1. .Judge L. D. Bailey's stories of Border Ruffian Troubles The Quantrell Raid, History Osage Co. 1876 etc. % .75 " 2. Along the Santa Fe Trail, Council City 1854-5, Superior 1856, and Burlingame 1856--'64. ' $ . 50 3. Along The Santa Pe and Lawrence Trails. Old Ridgeway, 1855, -'69. | .59 " 4. Annals of Lyndon, First Book. Its History for 25 yrs. $1.25 " 5. Tales and Traditions of the Marais des Cygne Valley, $ .50 Vols. 6 and 7, are partly printed, will be out in 1915 at 50& 75 cts. ..■-if "" INDEX TO CONTENTS OP THIS BOOK. Arvonia t^vp. Arvonia, its history and location. Page 5 J- Mather Jones and the Welch Settlers. 6 Lewis Humphries' Narrative, a life history. 7--8 The John Price Family, history and geneaology. 9 Nathan AnviU PerriU's Story. 11 James W. Jesse's Narrative. 13 Narrative of Robert Jones, and wife, Ann Jones. 17 Max Morton's Narrative. 18 Some Indian History, and picture of Pah cah horn mo wah. 19& 24 Some Arvonia Township History. 19 Settlers who had land under plow in 1870. 20 The Cottrells and the first schools of Arvonia, 21 The County Institute at Lyndon 1871, presided over by 22 County Supt. of Schools, Rev. John H. Barrows. 23 Joseph Burnham Grant's Narrative. 24-27 The Indians living there on the River. 26 Lucian R. Adams' 9 years a resident of Arvonia Twp. 27 List of residents of Arvonia Twp. in 1873. 28 to 31 Letter of Mrs. Lewis Humphries, 1913. 31 Soldiers of the Civil War living in Arvonia, in 1889. 32 Olivet t^vp. Old Olivet, 1869 — 1883. 33 Noble Elder's Narrative of Early Days there. 34 35 The town of Olivet in 1871. Its Population. 36 Sol Bower, an Early Settler of Olivet twp. 37 Charles Cochran's Narrative. 38 Lemuel P. Warner, and Family. 39 40 Olivets 1st Settlers, and their location. 3 pages — 40 43 Ex Soldier and Sailor's Roster, for Olivet twp. 1889. 44 Melvern. Soldiers Roster Melvern township, 1889. 45 46 War Relics, and Sol Hisey's War picture. (He died Oct. 4 '14 ) 48 Melvern's mix up of Pioneers and Indians for 17 years. 51 The Sauk Indian Quenemo's Story, by C. R. G. 15 pages. 52 67 Picture of young Quenemo and classmates at Carlisle, Pa. 56 A short version of " The Legend of Quenemo ". 66 Tom J. Smith's Story of the Indians, along the River. 68 69 Asher Smith's Narrative of a long lifetime- 70 72 The new county Alex Blake, and others tried to form. 71 Henry Judd's Story of Indian House Building. 73 74 Uncle BiUy Francis Family History. 75 76 Mokohoko's Neighborhood. Cyrus Case's Narrative. Death of Mokohoko. 77 78 Mokohoko's Band of Indians. 78 79 Ex County Supt. Jabez Adams' Story about the Indians. 80 81 Mokohoko's Speech. 81 Adams' account of Indian Dances and Burials. 82 83 Odds & Ends, Sac and Pox Indian history. 83 90 Mokohoko's old lodge 1885, as seen by Charles H. Shelton. 84 85 The Ottawa Herald Article of 1903. The wrongs done the Sac- 86 Sac & Pox history, revealing some of Mokohoko's troublesome hands in affairs, during Agent Martin's Term, 1866. 88 91 John P. Goodell's Soldier Record 1836. 91 What helped to lead up to the Black Hawk War of 1832. 92 Agency To^vnship history. Mr. Tracy's List of 867 Inhabitants in Agency twp. 1871- A to H Shaw kaw pa kof, the Orator of War Days. H Wa ca mo, a noted Sac Orator of later days. 1 The Keokuk -- Goodell and Shaw kaw pa kof, pictu)e. K Mrs, Julia Goodell. J Che kus kuk. K & L. PJSTD- CHIEF MOKOHOKO. For 45 years, a Scheming Sauk Indian Arvonia If any one starting in to read this expects a history complete of Arvonia township and its early settlers, they will be disappointed Writing up these several"JS[arratives" in 1904 for free publication in an Osage City paper, the editor found no room for them then. It is the S. W. Twp of Osage County. When organized in 1 8 7 it must have been twelve miles square nearly. Now it has may be one third that territory. The Marias-des- Cygnes River flows through it from west to east, and for 16 years after the whites had settled in Arvonia the peaceable Sac & Fox Indians of Mo ko ho- ko's Band had their wickyups along the shores of this classic stream and behaved themselves. They learned to work esjiecially good, in corn and spent their wages judiciously, Arvonia village was about 11 miles south of Osage City, and it was aboat 6 miles west to Reading in Lyon Co. on the Santa Fe, its ne.ires.} R. li. station until Lebo at the south was established about 1884. The village is on the south bank up in a :^ightly place ■ Coal abounds, but stock raising has been the cl.ief business. The following incidents are drawn from the nari-atives of some of Arvonia's first settlers, viz; James and Mis. Maria C. Jessee Lacian li. Adams, Nathan Anvil Perrill, Lewis Humphries, Robert and Mrs. Ann Jones, Max Morion, Solomon Bowers, John Price by his son Edward in 1897. Joseph Burnham Grant and others. Also the "County Records" have been used freely. Arvonia whs a place in the 70's and WU's principally settled by We.ca people. Some years back while attending a Green Family reunion in Oneida Co. N. Y. I had many inquries from Welch peo pie at Utica and Remsen, about their bretheren at Arvonia, Kan. It is true that the welch settlers have churches and old home associations renewed there again as back in Wales, but the mod- ern engiish language is taught in schools and used in churches and families. So that Arvonia can only be regarded now as a place where a large proportion of the first settlers only were Welch. This was because J. Mather Jones from Utica, N. Y. J. A. Whit- aker of Chicago, and a number of Welchmen expecting a rail road 6 to be built up the Marais-des-Cygnes valley in those early days, laid out the village in advance of the Santa Fe in 1869 and 70. Perhaps no more than 150 people ever lived in the town. They were Welch colonists from the old country as well as from other settlements in America. One of our greatest College men was the late Rev. John M. Barrows who came to Arvonia in 1870, preach- ed there, and in 1871 was elected Sup't of Public Ins't for Osage County. But he did not remain in the County more than two years Called to higher places he was at his death the President of the Oberlin College in Ohio.* Arvonia failing to get any railroad was from necessity tlien a tributary of Osa.ge City. J. Mather Jones and Whitaker, who had invested so largely there left in disgust. But good industrious citizens were leCfc behind who improved the fertle lands and made it one of the richest agriculturial sections of Osage County. LEWIS HUMPHRIES. To day [1920] I suppose there is no man in Osage County who came tb it in its infancy who has by a continuous residence here and carfull investments built up a larger fortune in Real Estate, than Lewis Humphries, storekeeper at Arvonia. He was born in Carmarthen, South Wales, in 18ii5. Came to America in 1855 and to Kansas in 1858. There were other settlers here before MrHnm phries. I select his narrative for the 1st because of its Historical value about Arvonia and the Welch people there. When he came to America in ,55 he stopped at Youngstown O. until '57 when he went to Ky. and the next year to Little Stranger Leavenworth Co Kan. In the sring of 1859, he went into Wabaunsee Co. near Wa- mego and entered a piece of Gov't land with a land warrant, this was about Mar. 1st. and May 2 1859 he joined a Pikes Peak gold expedition. He had to pay as his share $40. and drive an ox team across the plains. At Denver he met some old friends who told him it was all a humbug. He turned around come back poorer but wi- ser. Came to Emporia about Aug. '59, and thence to Burlingame. * Mrs. Ida M. Ferris, whose country hnme ii miles east (jf Osage City is well known to Osage county folks, and also know laer to be a good historical writer especially about the " Karly schools and Teachers of the County "- . Sic prepared and read Aug. 1912 at the (Jlrt Settlers meeting at I^yndon an excellent lengthy article on Dr. Barrows Life and experiences in O.sage Co. I do not think it has been put in print yet. C. K. Green. He went to work 3 miles S. E. of Burlirgame on Joe Marple's on Switzler Creek opening a coal drift. He got the chills by fall in this work. Joe Marple was a Phrenologist in those days and had a pile of skulls to show up the Science. Marples old stone house is yet in existence. Mr Titus kept a boarding house then over on the Trail by the bridge. Mr. Humphries quit long in Oct. or Nov. and footed it to Leavenworth. A friend by the name of Dick Bow- en of Emporia had sold out his claim for $900. in gold, cafiie along and seeing his condition and bad fortune, now being reduced to $5.00 said to him "come on go with me". They took the Lawrence trail to Leaven wovtli and a steamboat down the Missouri river to St Louis, He staid around East St Louis, coal mining and laboring until after the war. '* March 1866, Humphries took a steamboat for Port Benton, Mont. $140. cabin passage. Got there July 1st, thence by stage to Hele- na, and Virginia City where he went to gold mining. He followed this three audone half years, when he concluded that he had pile enough to enter some business of his own. These lines do not ex- press the hardships, loss from thieves, sickness etc, that one had to go through with in those rough places to wash out gold dust. And it was with great relief he pulled for the States Sept. 1869. By stage to Ogden the nearest railroad station, thence to Omaha St Joseph and Lawrence. Here he staid a few weeks and sent his gold dust to the U. S. mint, finding that he liad. $ 6000. for his 3^ years of Montana experience. At Lawrence he heard of Jones & Whitaker's Welch colony at Arvonia. The cars were then running only as far as Carbondale. T. J. Peters, Jones & Whitaker were trying to get the Santa Pe to run by way of Arvonia. Humphries says; I went down through Osage and Lyon Go's, thinking that while I was waiting I would go into the stock business. I finally settled on Arvonia. .Jones & Whitaker had a little supply store for the Welch with about an $ 800. stock. I bought their store, it was not large enough so I built anew store room in due time across main street on lot 19 bk 20. I commenced business there in the fall of 1869, bnt did not oc- cupy my new store room until the spring of 70. I kept the Post Office and had the only store there for about a year. I dealt in 8 General Mds. |This has been my place of business ever since. "About the close of 1870, B. "W. Burton a tinner came in with a stock of Hardware, he had a partner by the name of Johnson they did business here about 3 years when I bought them out and they went to Great Bend. J. Mather Jones and James A. Whitaker did all the Real Estate business. J. W. Rice was here a number of years with a wagon shop and furniture room. Judge John Rees had a general mds. store here 1874 76, about 3 years. Mr, John Thomas bought him out. Two years later the stock was moved to Imporia. Judge Rees died here about 1876". FURTHER NOTES BY LEWIS HUMPHRIES. Some folks not previously named. Isaac, David and John Lloyd, brothers from Iowa were prominent men. N. A. Perrill and the father, John Perrill County Surveyor, they had a fine half see. bottom farm 3 miles N. W. up the Marais des Gygnes River. J. D. W. Jones ( cattle Jones ) from Ohio. He joined his interests with Vinton Evans in the stock business, but lived in town. Evans died in 1874. Joe'.{ J; G. ) Booth an Englishman, and Ellis Evans' who came from Remsen, N. Y. all lived here then. Whitaker sold out his interest in the town" site to Jones in 1871, • he then gave his attention to farming. He opened up a 452 a' farm on the-bottoms near Arvonia, went into stock, mortgaged his farm' at 8 per cent for $ 9000. lost and broke up. The farm first passed' into A. J. Utleys hands, later Lewis Humphries. It is immediate- ly north of town in sections 9 and 16, worth 16 or 18 thousand. Mr. Whitaker lives near Los Angeles California. J. Mather Jones was an editor of weekly Welch paper at Utica N, Y. " The Driech Mirror". He sold it out to come here, but ac- ted as its correspondent afterwards. It was a paper "probably -30' years old then. It was used as an advertising medium, aud- sent all over to attract the Welch here. Mather had a brother who was. a minister at Philadelphia, Rev. T. W. Jones. Mather Jones went back to Utica, where he died about 1878-80. ^ ■ Speaking of churches and the ministers there, Mr. H. further adds that there were two churchtes in Arvonia.* The Calvanistic Methodists, [all Union] and the' Congregational, allWelch. Rev. Wm. Thomas was about the first minister in Arvonia. He came 9 from Catskill N. Y. He was here only a short time and left in 71 , Rev. T. G. Jones from Pa., a Congregationalist staid 2 or 3yrs. Then about 1872-74 the churches were dividecl. Rev. John R. Jones the first Calvanistic Methodist was here 3 years. He died here about 1875, He was red headed. His widow lives in Emporia. Rev. J. T. Evans another Methodist, came and was here 6 or 7 years. Rev. T. D, Phillips a Congregationalism came aboJt 1874 from Alliance, Ohio' and staid about two years. Now in giving these notes of my talk with Mr. Humphries abou'-, 1896. It was in his store with customers interupting ccca^'onally I may not have got his replies all down correctly, and he s ud then that he was not sure that his datrs were all correct. THE JOHN PRIC/-. FAMILY. Narrative given me Jan. 1897 by Edward Price, .^onol: John Price of Arvonia. John Price was born in South Wales in 1822. He was md. in "4.3 to Jane Jorman in Wales. Their 8 children were all born in Wales. They came to /imerica, landing at Iowa City la. April 24 1866. Moved to Newton la. same fait where they bought a farm which they lived on until 187], when they rem. oved lo Kan. landing in Arvonia October 24. Names and about the ages of the children then -1872. Mary Price 25, John — 20. William^ 17. Maggie— 15. Thomas — 1'3. Edward— 10. Evan— 8. Jennie— 6. My father settled one mile east of Arvonia. He bought 160 acres of Jones and Whitaker. Then in the spring of 1873 we bought an eighty cornering on the north, of liev. Wm. Barrows, father oL' Rev. John M. Barrows, They were English people, six in family the parents, Walter, JoanM., Mary and Ransom. Mary md, a Mr Greene. They all attained high places. When Rev. Joan M. and his wife were here two years ago he was then the minister of one of the leading Baptists churches of Chicago. After we settled in Arvonia brother John Price then of age went to Pellala, into amac'nine s'.iop. He change'! in succeading years and is now foreman iii the Santa Fe shops at Topeka. The rest of LS went on farming and stock' raising. 10 My sister Mary md. Thonias R. Jones about 1873 4. He was a farmer and coal miner around Arvonia. Mary died seven years later leaving no children. William Price went from the farm and joined John in la. Later he went to a foundry and machine shop in Blue Rapids Kan. ind and settled down there. Has five children, and living there yet. Maggie md. Lewis Humphries of Arvonia about 1838. They have one son, Lewis H. Jr. G yrs. old, Thomas left the farm and clerked for Lewis Humphries here ia Arvonia 4 years. Then w^ent into the Osiigo Go. Bank under T. L, jMarsliali Osage City, as their bookkeeper. Aftei'wards cleiked for NeAvman Bros, then to Topeka and fvan. City Kan. where he is head lool<: keeper for h'wartz, Childt t:ijd Zulsburger Pticlriiig Co. He md. GerLrucle Sawyer of Os;:ge City, sister ox Wesley Smiths wife. They I;avo fo; r cii;!c:iXi. , :.i^ live ai -'anhiis Citj' > xntlo woik for liis brother in law Lewis PL clerking an.! overseeing his I'arui interests until Oct. 7 1895, when 'le loi„ and toui. a phice as black smith in the Santa Fe shops at Topeka. Jiu': rhcuniati:-;ia obii^^;,'.! <; '•; ■", VJ him to quit that in less than a years time, ITo \\;.t,md. jnl Clara R. Dooley and has two children 8 and 4 yrs. old now. iJis home is now broken up but stop either with the father or Mr. H. Evan Price left home before Ed. clerking for Hismphries 4 yrs - in fact these different Price boys were with Humphries 25 yrs. and if I recollect aright after Mr Humphries death, Edward be- came chief adviser and assistant to the v/idow in the affairs of all her great estale. 1 know nothing further about Evan P's histoi-y. Jennie Price the younges child, born when they left Wales. when grown upmtk J. H. Jones a farmer and stock raiser of Ar- vonia. They only lived together two years, being divorced then. Each md. again, Jennie to a man by the name of Price, Tliey have one child Jennie 8 yrs. old and live in Topeka. We have followed briefly the lives of John Price's children- Of the parents in 1897, Edvrard said they lived in town, and that hig father then 75, w^as failmg fa,st. The papers fi-om 1890 gives news IW Cerrcction of a typographical blnudc-r on page li, at the head of Lewis Kumphi'ies narrative. Read it "' To day [1902 J", 11 NATHAN ANVIL PERRII.L'S STORY. A write up about him is found in the Perrili Chapt. Sec 8. Vol- 2 The Burlinsrame Book. Some errors in that, are corrected here. Lebanon Ind., June 25 1906. C. R. Green, Dear Sir- Some friend lias liiudly sent me two copies of the Burlingame Enterprise, June 7 & 11, where I presume brotlier Geo, W. Perrili of Salina incor- i:;orated in his article something gleaned from me in conversation in recent years. Wlia,t I saw is in the main correct as I remember. The maiden name of my first wiie was Miss. Ellen Conn, not Cowee. My youngest son John Anvil Perrili, died in 1901 not "05. My 1st wife Ellen died at Zionsville, Boone Co. Ind. June 14th; 1885. My second wife, Mrs. Sarah M. Molden-neeGidley to whom I was md. Oc^ 18 1887, died here March 17 1903 My son Harlan Page Perrili, 1:<. in in Aivonia township, is a Lieut, in the U. S. Navy. I will enclose a few items of "Early Times" on the upper Marais des Cygnes. Yours Truly, N. A. Perrili. SOME REMINISCENCES OF ARVONIA TOWNSHIP. By Nathan A. Perrili of Lebanon Ind. The first peraianeut seltlsr in what is now Arvonia tvvp. was a colored man, Pieldhig Buckner. Ha had refugeed from some point on lower E'all River, or the Verdigris country in Southern Kan. and was at one time livhig in Butler Co. He came to Osage Co. in 1865, and squatted on a part of sec. 26 twp. 17 R. 13, which belon- ged to Mr. Dole, who hud beeu the U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs when the firf,t of ihe Sac & Pox Trust lands were sold. This land wiih som.e across llie line in Lyon Co. Buckner afterwards bought. He had no doubt sought this out of the way place to take care of and conceal a goodly bunch of cattle acquired in the unset tied condition of aftairs further south during the war. Buckner sold out his lands to Lew Severy. My father had secured a half sec. ( s ^ sec 1 T 18 R 13 )and in the spring of 1865, had got Joe Best from up on 142 Creek, Santa Fe Trail, to move on?.nd improve the place. He moved back to his ownej^rly in 1866, and 1 upon my return from the army, settled down ^.n tlie liaif section, a part of the time boarding with some 12 tenaat, at other times batching as I liad done for some years on tlie Drag-oon, S. W. of Burling-ame, before the War. So I could properly be called the first white permanent settler in Arvonia Twp., as my father did not stay with me permanently until somewhat later, Late in 1866, Michael Bixler and his neph- ew George N. Bixler, secured a quarter section in 8 18 14, and set- tled on it early in 1867. Mr Standiford early in 1867 secured the North half 12 18 13, and North half of 7 18 14, and later in the yr. settled on it. One son in law. James T. Cowden coming with him and each building houses and becoming permanent settlers. .VLr S::andL ford- James I think his name was, died in the summer of 18iJ8. Later J. W. Jesse, another son in law moved down on to p. part of tills land from Douglas Co. Kan. He built a log house in the N. W. corner of 7 18 14 and for a short period we had a Post Office there. Mr Jesse was the depmty P. M. and kept the office, I being the post master. Arvonia starting up in 1869 took the post office there and the Swan River P. O. was discontinued for- ever. We got our mail by having the Star route from Burlingame to OUumwa deflect via the Neosho E,apids road from Salt Creek then called Onion Creek, to the Marias des Cygnes. The first wedding in Arvonia was that of George N. Bixler to Miss Lucretia J. Standiford, date forgotten. A log school house was erected near the N. E. corner of the S. E. ^ sec 1 18 13 in the fall of 1867, and the first school in the towmship tauo-ht in it during the winter of '67 '68 by Miss Emeline V. Perrill a sister of the writer, now Mrs. Todd, and resides in Salina. Below Mr. Bixler, a Mr. Smith settled down near the crossino- of the Ottumwa road. Cyrus Fillmore, John C. Tbomas, Joseph and Will Booth being further up the river towards Bixlers. Mr. Morris settled just north of me, and N. W. of him Mr Nickels with a son in law Eli Patterson settled. They being just below the Buckner farm. Merrill Co wee settled on the S. W. of sec. 6 18 11 Andrew and George Dobson settled in sec. 8 18 14, just west of Bixlers. And then the Welch colony of Jones and Whitaker came m and scattered well over that region. Arvonia would probablv have had a rail road instead of Reading had not some one talked to much. Then James Pagin Agent of Seyfert, McManus & Co of Reading Pa. , got very busy and drew the line via Readino- Of this, if you wan'; to know more, J. W. Jesse can tell you fuUv Yours Truly, N. A. Perrill. 1906 13 JAMES W. JESSE'S NARRATIVE. Taken by C. R. Green in 1896. James W. Jesse was born March 8 1838 in McLean Co. lU. His father, Wm. Jesse and family came to Kan. in 1854, settling at Bloomington Douglas Co. He was then but 16 years of age, but was active in the Free State cause serving in those Border Ruf- fian days in ranks along with old Anti Slavery leaders. His youthful appearance and apparent greenness often enabled him to pass through the bands of Missourians and do valuble ser vice for his company. He helped storm Fort Titus, and has writ- ten articles for historical purposes that no doubt have had their influence with historians. I saw some on the Wakarusa War that shows great activity in those days when Jim Lane, John Brown, and a host of good old abolitionists brought their Beecher rifles to Kansas, as well as their Bibles, and trained such bo\s as Jim how to grow up good Kansas citizens. A short biography of Mr. Jesse is given in Andreas' Hist. Kan. 1883 page 1553. I do not know the circumstances that caused Jim Jesse's remov - al back to 111, before the War. I presume it was the result of the drowth of 1860. But there he was when the Civil War came on and he enlisted in Co. K Bthlll. Inft. tor 3 years, in Col. Dick Ogles- by's Regiment. He served 3 yrs. and? days, coming home 1st du- ty sergeant. His service was in the Army of the Tenn. and bega n at Port Donelson, and ended Aug 2nd 1864. He was married there in McLean Co. 111. July 13 1865, to Miss Maria C. Standiford. They moved to Wm. Jesse's place in Kan, near Bloomington about May 15 1866, and raised two crops there. Mrs. Jesse said " my maiden name was Standiford, one of a large family which came to the Maria^ des Cygnes Valley the Spring of 1867. My father originally came from Muskingum Co. Ohio lo McLean Co. 111., and in the fall of 1866 to where we lived in Doug- las Co. He bought a seclion of land 2i miles N. W. of Arvonia. This much is yet in the hands of tlie family, and there seems lo be several of the family there yel, by the Usage County map of 1«7h. Mr Jesse says that in the fall of 1866 after they had got to farm- 14 ing on the place at Bloomington, heand his brother in law James T. Cowden. now of Reading, went down to John Petersons on the "110" where he bought wheat at $2 per bu. which they sowed but the grasshop23ers ate the life all out of it, after it came up so that it died. Aug. 1867 Mr. S!jandiford died, and Mr. Jesse's at once moved there to assist the mother in the care of the farm. They lived there 2 years. John and Anvill Perrill were their neigh- bors. John the father died along in the 80's. Anvill moved to Ind, and George who lived many years at Burlingame, now lives in Dak. or off west somewhere. [Bridgeport Saline Co. Kan. - Edt ] A daughter of John Perrill's md, one of Henry Todds sons and lives in Salina. There were of the Standiford Family in 1896, as follows ; Mrs. Maria S. the widowed mother. Thomas H. S. who yet owns and operates the homestead in sec 7. H. G. Landis of sec 12, who md. a Standiford daughter. Jim T. Cowden who lived same sec. and md. Marcy Standiford. James S. and D. J. Stemdiford who live there. George Bixler who md. a sister and recently moved to Oklahoma. Emma S. now Mrs. Southworth, and Mrs. James Jesse. Some of these now live in Reading. A colored man by name of Buckner had a claim near Reading. About 1871 he sold out to Severy, and went to Missouri. Some time after E'ather Standifords death and the birth of the 1st pair of twins, Lincoln Sherman and Logan Sheridan Jesse, a thousand dollar draft had to be cashed at Lawrence and the cash brought back to Osage county, to be paid in on Mrs. Standifords land. Mr. Jesse and his wife did the business. It was a risky bus- iness in those days to carry money and st.o[) all night on the road it was successfully accomplished by the wife placing it in a bas- ket along with the babys cloths, thns choosing a place that a hold up man would hardly liave looked for money. While living on the Standiford place Mr. Jesse kejat the Swan River Post Office. The semiweekly mail ran through from Burlin- game via Onion Creek, Swan River, Key WesD to Neosho Rapids and Ottumwa. Swan River was discontinued when Arvonia was started in 1870. Poster got his commission 'there about Dec. '70. The Santa Fe Bond extension of time election was at the School 15 Houss District No. 23, fall of 1833. To vote at the election spring of 1868 Mr. Jesse went to the cheese factory near Burlingame. Mr. Jesse was fortunate in getting his claim. As I have said else where when the sale of the Trust Lands took place in Washing- ton 1864:, they were bid off'in a great measure by those at Wash- ington. Pew of the sealed bids from Osage Co. were honored. [3] Charlie Cochran of Olivet, gave me a good history of it in 1894. Our good patriotic men of the nation were off to the War. In the I'ush of the speculators to gobble up this choice body of Indian lands held in trust by the Gov't to paj' for improvements made on the Sac & Fox Diminished Reserve, individuals at Washington did not have to put up a deposit when making a bid, hence irrespon- sible persons bid on pieces and failed afterwards to raise the pal- try sum per acre ($1|) to pay in on time, thus many thousand acres were found after the War to be yet in Gov't ownership. Nor could the speculators longer flourish. A clerk in one of the Dp'ts had selected wisely ahalf sec. in the Marais des Cygne bottoms 3 miles east of Arvonia. But getting on a spree spent his ($480) land money, aiid Mr. Jesse learned the condiLion of affairs in time to file on it Feb. 19 1869. The N. W. i sec. 18 Twp. 18 U 15,. Tiie oth- er qr. was taken by Daniel Webster who sold it about 1873 with very ordinary improvements to George Davis for !J^ 3500. About 1876 I was offered $6000. for my own qr. "About that time I bou't a rough prairie qr. near by for $400. so that out of my 320 1 ha.ve 175 acres in corn this year. (1896) The Marais des Gygnes runs through it. A good stone bottom in the river near my buildings marks the fording place of the Lawrence, Burlingame and Uttu- mwa road. "Mr. Jesse told a story how in those Early Days of the Trails out of Burlingame, the County Seat the County Cnm'rs to be good to the new settlers ontlie Trust Lands appropriaied a sum of $400. to improve this mail road. A prominent person near Burlingame got the job. He plowed two furrows along lh(- line tm each side down across the prairies to a place half mile up the livi-r where there was no ford, here he hauled and threw in ;i nuiulx-r of loads of rock, and made haste to draw his money. Tlie i)ile of rock may be seen there yet, but no one ever crossed there. The sta^e continued to use the old ford. 16 "That spring I broke twenty acres, built my house and moved there by Aug. '69. I had 50 cts in cash and a team when I went on to it, and my family consisted of wife and two children. Our neighbors in 1870, were as follows; Daniel Webster, Nat'l Smith, John C. Thomas, now the J. C. Booth place; Cyrus A. Fillmore, J. B. Grant, who sold out to Max Morton in late years and moved to Osage City. Joshua & John Stokesbury, John W. Davis who owned a qr. N. E. and sold it to John Sodistrom 1H71. A. M. McCauley, Lyman S. Griggs, Jerry Aiken and Mr Laffertys The last 1 all hving on a certain qr. now owned by F. Schroder. School District No. 23, John Perrill's, extended far enough around to embrace a good deal of what was our district No. 24 later. We built a scone school house and had 6 or 8 miles square for our ter- ritory at first. I served on both district School Boards. The house wa§ built about 1870 by the Welch. Our first teacher was Miss Susan Smith, one of a family near by. She taught two years then and afterwards a term. Her brother Nathaniel Smith taught 2 years. About 1884 our school house burned out, but we were able 10 use the walls again. In religious matters Mr. Jesse was a Universalist. Children born to Mr. and Mrs. James Jesse. Lincoln Sherman and Logan Sheridan, twins born March 21 1867, Ida May. l>orn May 18 1870. Feb 12 1896, Md. to John R, Schroder James William, born July 5 1871. Md. Eunice Tilford Feb 5 1896. Hmton Grant, born Dec. 9 1873. John Wilson born Jan. 22 1876. Cijiarles T. born July 21 1878. Emma Bell, born Dec. 18 1880. Frank Arthur, born April I'J 1883. Some years after I was there a terrible fever attacted the children at home and I think three died. Mr. Jesse had a very good recolection of early county affairs, especially where County Officers had proved unfaithful to their trusts as he thought in the sale of the 1150000. Santa Fe Rail Road Stock back to the Co. for $10000. cash, and the County left year by year for 30 years to bear a tax with which in 1899 to pay off the $150000. Bonds then due. Santa Fe Stock in '99, was above par. 17 NARRATIVE OP ROBERT JONES AMD WIFE, ANN JONES. Robert Jones was born May 1835, in Wales. His parents came to New York when he was 8 or 9 years old, somewhere in Onedia County, I think, but later moved to Lewis County, and when Rob- ert was about 15, or about 1850, to Illinois. Here he was married to Miss Ann Davis, December 29, 1868. They moved to Arvonia, Kansas, Feb. 1872, buying a quarter section, (se i sec 14 1 18) just south of the Marias des Cygnes, of Whitaker & Jones, for $1,350. Their family consisted then of one child, Willis N. Jones, two years old. Their neighbors were Wm. N. Jones and Pleasant Griggs northeast, and John Price west and John A. Jones, a broth, er of Robert, to the south. Wm. Jones now (1896) lives in Lebo. Mr. Griggs is dead, but the widow lives north of Mr. Lafferty's on the Sol Bower 80, in Olivet. John Price lives in Arvonia. J. B. Grant came about 1873, from Pennsylvania, they had six children. Mattie Grant, who married W. M. Headington; Bayar;! B. Grant, who married a McGregor, and is farming near Osage City, (later— 1900 runs the McGregor farm in Olivet; Grace Grant, a teacher in Washington or Idaho, Ina Grant, a teacher in Ottawa. Ralph Grant, a teacher in the Kibbee district, this county, Aarcn Geo. Grant is a graduate and teacher also. The Grant family re" sides in Osage City. Some of the teachers in their district. No. 24. Susan Smith, '71-72. Sarah O. Davis, now Mrs. J. C. Booth, spring term, 1872; Nathaniel Smith, Susan Smith again, Emma Speer, 1 876, she hved at Richview, now Mrs. Charles ^iger, of Osage City, DeUa Wales Mattie Grant about 1884, Carrie Prance, now Mrs. Mell Heaton of Lyndon; Jeniza Marshall Godsey 1890; WiUis N. Jones, Winnifred B. Green, Haley Darling and several others forgotten. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Congrega- tional Church in Arvonia, 2 miles west of them. Chadawalder Jones was their pastor in 1872, coming about the same time they did from Iowa. He was there two years; is now dead. Rev. Thomas. Phillips came in 1875, and was with the church two years; he was young but well liked. He is alive in Ohio. Rev. Henry Davis was next, he was there several years, giving good sat- isfaction. He went to Iowa. There was an interval of one year then with no pastor. 18 In 1884 Rev. D. Todd Jones came from Pa. He has been there 12 years and all like him. He is a man of family, 3 children. He preaches at Lebo once a month, and twice a month at the branch church at Pant Teg, which in Welsh means "Pleasant Valley." There are over 100 members in the Arvonia church, children and aU. MAX MORTON'S NARRATIVE. Taken by C. R. Green in 1896 Max Morton was born in Germany Jan. 19, 18.38. He came to America in 1857, to Canada, thence to Ohio, and later to Michigan. He was married to his wife Augusta, in Kalamazo co., Mich, m 1862. He enlisted in co. D, 17th Mich. vol. Infty, Aug. 1862, was in the Army of the Potomac. He got shot in the knee at the battle Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, and was discharged in consequence in about a year. He came to Arvonia, Kan. spring of 1870 and farmed Joe Booth's place for 2 years. Spring of 1872 he bought his first piece of land, the NW i sec. 12 of T 18 R 14 of Whitaker, paying 8 dollars per acre. There was a good spring of water on it, and about 65 acres of bottom land, the rest running up to the bluffs and upland. It was some of the McCoUough land. Mr. Morton did not go on to this land that year, but lived near by on the Lloyd Bros. farm. That year he built his stone house. Spring of 1 873 he moved on to his own place, and in 1B96 when I was there he owned the Grant farm near by and enough more up on the upland to make 865 acres. When they came to Kansas they had 3 children, Prankie, Seymore and Catharine. Prankie got drowned in 1883 at Hender- son, Ky., in the Ohio river. Rev. T. W. Jones used to preach in their town in Michigan, and told them about Kansas, so that when they came they had other company. Their neighbors in 1873 was the Smith family who had the S E i sec 12, the parent died and the three children took the place dividing it among themselves. In later years A. M. Sanderson got 62 acres of it. Max Morton 45, and Susan A. Smith who went back to New England kept the balance on the east side, northward it was 8 or 9 miles naked prairie to Osage City. David Griffith, Dave Jenkins and George Mann lived N E 3 miles while David L. Williams and Son lived 4 miles N W. 19 SOME INDIAN HISTORY, By Max Morton The Saukies were a White Indian, a remnant of the Sac and Fox tribe who had never moved for good from their Marias des Cygnes hunting and fishing grounds, though the tribe had been removed two or three years. They were perfectly honest, no good in thresh- ing, but good workers in cutting and husking corn. Humphrey would lend them goods, Geo. Mann would lend them traps, and they would make long hunting trips way off, but in time return and account for every cents worth. There was an old Indian by the name of Tep-0-Pot-emy who came along a cold March day of 1874, he was hungry and wanted to get filled up. He ate at McCauley's 2 miles east at noon, at Smith's about 2 o'clock, and at our place again about 4 o'clock. At each place he ate very heartily. Their capacity was simply as- tonishing. Geo. Mann married for his second wife Lorena Bolin. Mr. Mor- ton said that he knew Bryan of Plymouth well, remembers some of his articles in the Osage City Shaft, he was crazy as a loon on Greenbackism. Levi Smith married one of his girls. Another man well-known here who had peculiar views was old Mr. Phinney of Olivet, he resides now with a son at Overbrook. Mr. Phinney thought he could stop Bible Sunday School work. Mr. Morton had 4 children alive when I was there, two were born to them, Maud and Claude as twins, after they got on to their farm. Kate married Dr. W. E. Dixon of Derby, Sedgwick CO. Kansas. Seymour Morton lives ( ) When I was there Mr. Morton got his mail and traded at Osage City. He takes great pride in his weU-bred stock and weU-im- proved premises. His large stone house shows some distance, and his weU-tilled acres put us Americans to blush. SOME ARVONIA TOWNSHIP HISTORY. As stated before, this township in 1870 was 11 by 12 miles square and included territory that later went to make Ohvet. At the first township election April 4, 1870 a fuU set of officers were elected. Isaac W. Uoyd for his assessor services at the end of the year $50; John PerriU as road supervisor of District No. 1 20 gets $19.00; Jessee Evans of Dist. No. 2, $13.00; and John Stokes- berry of No. 3 $21.00; J. N. Jones, Twp. clerk, $6.00; John Lloyd, for road work, $54.00; J. Mather Jones, as Twp. treas. gets $10.00 for collecting money. A. N. PerriU is mentioned frequently in these old 1870 Arvonia Twp. records that I copied. Trustee Lloyd, among other reports made to the county clerk, files a list of "Improved Lands" of Arvonia, June 15, 1870. C A FiUmore, 20 acres, J C Booth, 24 acres G N Bixler, 10 acres Israel Bixler, 5 acres Michael Bixler, 20 acres Geo. Dobbins, 30 acres Andrew Dobbins, 20 acres Sherbin D Smith 38 acres James W Jessee 20 acres Joshua Stokesberry 15 acres Solomon Bowers, 20 acres A N PerriU, 90 acres Robert Morris 65 acres David Nickle 32 acres James Standiford 40 acres Chas Cochran 40 acres Lem P Warner 45 acres Francis Hindman 5 acres Douglas & Severy 80 acres. Total, 619 acres improved lands. I presume this was up and down the Marias des Cygnes Valley, and that of Frog creek, for no one lived and farmed on the uplands then. A person frequently traveled 8 or 10 miles across the naked prairie stretches from one settlement to another. At the April 4, 1871 township election Sol Bower was elected trustee. About Sept. 4, '71 the County Commissioners created the new township of Olivet and used some of Arvonia township in so doing. Sol Bowers resigned his office and was appointed Trus- tee for the balance of the year of the new township of Olivet. Isaac W. Lloyd was appointed trustee the balance of the year of Arvonia twp. In 1872, A. N. PerriU might nave been trustee. In 1873 Lucian R. Adams. Among the names of Arvonia settlers of these years not men- tioned above, I see the following mentioned as in other offices or as bondsmen: E. W. Burton, J. L. Lloyd, N. A. PerriU, Wm. N. Jones, James A. Whi taker, Lewis Humphries and others whose names are familiar names in Arvonia, but that I didn't stop to copy. Among the earliest teachers in the large school house in Arvon- ia was Mrs. Lavinia CottreU. She and her husband were from the 21 East, young people well connected here in Kansas. They were teachers, but owned a small place just out of Arvonia, I think on the road to Reading. They were active in Christian work in the Congregational church. Mis Cottrell was a fine singer, and the hus- band, Chas. CottreU led some of the more advanced youths through High School branches in the '70's so that in later years they were noted teachers of the county, as for instance, Miss Mattie Grant, who taught at Quenemo and later became Mrs. W. M. Headington, and has been a county superintendent in Moscow, Idaho. In 1881 Mr. Charles A. CottreU was elected to the office of county Clerk, and removed to Lyndon, filling the office two terms. Here the wri- ter first got acquainted with them, and heard their praise of the Arvonia people. The J. B. Grant family alluded to above in a few years removed to a fine home in Osage City. The children all took higher cours- es in education and are filling important places in the world's ac- tivity. Mr. Grant was trustee there in Arvonia along in the 'bO's, and rendered me lots of help in the revision of the soldier lists of 1889. He is a distant kinsman of General U. S. Grant, and h£.s as one of the officers of the Grant Geneaological Association attend- ed their meetings at Hartford, Conn. No township in Osage county has furnished men to more honor- able stations than Arvonia. Here it was that John H. Barrows settled in Kansas and served in his early life as a County Superin- tendent of schools. Peter Kirby, of Burlingame, though the third or fourth super- ' intendent of county schools was so acceptable that he was kept in office about six years. At the Nov. 1870 county election for the first time in the history of Osage County, the large scope of count- ry known as the Sac and Pox Reserve, demanded a share of the county offices. Lyndon, from her jjosition as a contestant of Bur- lingame in County seat war went in for getting representatives from this part of the county in county offices. Chas. Cochran was appointed to fliU one of the vacancies on the board of County Com- missioners, John H. Barrows was elected to the office of County Sup't. of Public Instruction. In 1873. Thos. Means of Que- nemo shows up as commissioner, and N. A. Perr?ll, of Arvonia, representative from the 60th District in the State Legislature. But 22 from that year of 1870, the next 4 years, the north side of the coun- ty was more populous, i etter organ'-^ed in political ways, saw to it well that the County offices staid on their side. Wlien Peter Kir- by went out Jan 9, 1871, he had school districts numbered up to 60 in his work. County Institute 1871. John H. Barrows did not quite serve his two years. Being fit- ted for the ministry, more important work called him elsewhere. But the Lyndon citizens and the people of the south half of the county were overjoyed to have him call a teacher's institute for August 15, 16, and 17, 1871, at Lyndon. The Lyndon Observer, by Hoover & Bently, was printed there then, and a copy of it owned by G. W. Miller, editor of tljc T yndon Times later on, had a full report and list of teacherp. present. The Chronicle failed to give any report. The OsR,ge City Shaft had just started, and its limited columns could give little more than pass- ing mention. Prof. Whitman, Miss Eva Tweed, later, Mrs. Lem Powell, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cottrell, E. G. Louk, Sarah O. Davis, later Mrs. J. C. Booth, John Reiker, of Quenemo, R. L. Graham, of Maxson, Major Newton, of Osage City, Oliver Barnett, later of Topeka, and many other teachers of the county were there. I have never seen this paper with the list in, and would be glad if someone would furnish me with said list for publication. Everybody enjoyed the Institute. Lyndon had a good school building to hold it in, and Rev W. W. Curtis said it was "one of the best." In 1874, June 19-20 another good institute was held in Osage City, the Free Press of Aug. 10, 1893 contains the names of 30 or more of leading county teachers. This is one of Mrs. Ida Ferris' excellent artic''es in her series of "Historical Sketches, reminis- cences of institutes and schools of Osage County" that she edited in 1893 in the Free Press, and which we hope in due time to have from her in book form. These County Institutes held at various points^ from Peter Kirby's time the next ten years were the means of making the cit- izens of the county m_oi'e sociable with each other. The men from county office and and county seat jealousies were like bears, but our youth and educators infused sociability into aJ sections by 23 their frequent Institutes at several places. Driving along Arvonia's roads in the eaaly '80's peddling some cider vinegar that I had shipped out from Ohio, I was very much impressed with acquaintanceship formed at J. C. Booth's, J. B. Grant's, Mr. Powell's Mr. Mann's and many other places of these early teachers who had taken schools for life and who were help- ing to make cheerful homes, in some cases where before were only bachelors. Rev. John H. Baerows, as Sxjpt. of Public Instruction. Prom many reports in the Osage County Chronicle, the year 1871 was a busy one with Mr. Barrows among the schools of Osage Counby. He resigned his oifice about April 1872, J. W. Morris be- ing appointed by the County board of Commissioners to fill Mr. Birrow's unexpired term of 9 m.onths. That fall Rev. L. J. Saw- yer was elected to the office. In the early part of '72 before Mr. Barrow's resignation, he travelled 270 miles on one trip visiting county schools. This is noted in the Chronicle of March 8, 1872. Some 18 years later, when John H. Barrows, then a noted Divine, pastor of a great church in Chicago, when delivering an address before the St. Louis Pi-esbyterian Social Union, entitled: "Amer- ica, or Christianty in the Nation" referred to this work in Osage County as follows: 18 years ago, while performing the duties of Superintendent of Public Instruction in one of the counties of Kansas, I rode one day acros the Marias des Cygnes river to visit a log school house in the heart of a deserted Indian Agency. A year before the Government had thrown open the Sac and Pox Reservation for settlement, and how the nations rushed in to en- camp upon that prairie sod which the plow shear had never turn- ed! From one hilltop I counted £0 newly built cabins. And what a hetrogeneous element they contained! my official position brought me in contact with Irishmen, Danes, Sweedes, Buckeyes, Badgers, Corn Crackers. Within a week I visited schools taught by persons from. Alabama, Maine, Canada, Prance and California, i was entertained by a Warwickshire Englishman, a Scotch High- la.nder, a Pennsylvania Dutchman, a Kentucky farmer, a New York Politician, a Connecticut Congregationalist, a Princeton The_ ologian, a Desciple of Andrew Jackson Davis, an Indian Methodist a warmhearted Baptist, and a Unitarian Major. Whatever may 24 be the ultimate destiny of such a society as that, its present peril is extreme. The many school houses which rising on the flowery uplands of the Indian Reservation may have already naturalized, and largely utilized those complex elements, but you and I know that ONE, the Christian Gospel which has given us all that is best in our his- tory, can compass the verdiired slope of the Marias des Cygnes or the shining mountains of Idaho and California, or the vast and va- ried plains of Texas with the imperial and enduring splendor of the moral law. JOSEPH BURNHAM GRANT'S NARRATIVE, Taken Oct. 1899 at his Osage City home. Joseph B. Grant was born March 18; 1833, at McKean, Erie Co., Pa. Martha Kenyon Luther was born in Fairview, Erie Co., Pa., Oct. 7, 1835. They were married there Oct. 30, 1861. Mr. Grant was out on a landseeker's tour, in June 1872, and in Lyon co. at a Mr. Appleby's met Alexander Bailey, who had bought 320 acres of Mr. Cable on the Marias des Cygnes, and Mr. Grant liked the country so well that he moved to Osage co., Kansas, Oct. 2, 1872. They got off the cars at Arvonia station, on the Santa Pe, went over to the village of Arvonia, 4 or 5 miles where they rented a good sized house and kept hotel the first year. It was called the '"Arvonia House." They had five children then. Mattie L. Grant, who is now Mrs. W. M. Headington, of Moscow, Idaho. Bayard Burnham Grant, who was a graduate of the Emporia Business College became a farmer, married Miss Florence Mc- Gregor and now (1903) hves on the old McGregor homestead near old Olivet. Grace Fanny Grant, who is at the State University, at Moscow, Idaho now. Melvina Gertrude Grant, Superintendent of the High School, Moscow, Idaho. Ralph Rawle Grant, Superintendent of the Santa Fe, N. M. High School. Our daughter Mattie is now a widow, Superintendent of Pubhc Instruction for the county that Moscow is in. PAH CAH HOM MO WAH, and BOY. Mokohoko's Band when moved to the Ind. Ty. in 1886, was known there as the KANSAS BAND. This chief, who died about 1902, succeeded PASHE POHO, who was Mokohoko's successor. when we compare Mokohoko's picture taken in Washington as early as 1859 '67, And this Indian and his grand son 40 years la- ter taken at Stroude, Okla, we can see the march of civilization. Pah cah hom mo wah, was one of the old timers of the Marais des Cygne Valley 0. R. Green. 25 • Mrs. Grant's talk. "We have a Kansas born boy, now 23, Aaron George Grant who is Superintendent of the City schools in Shullsburg, Wis. All of our children except Bayard are graduates of the Kansas State Normal School. A. G. Grant, our youngest, is also a graduate A. B. and A. M.. of the Kansas University and of Chicago. We are proud of all our six children. We lived in Arvonia until Oct. 1873 when we moved on to our farm northeast of Arvonia 2 or 3 miles. Max Morton owns it now, a,nd we moved into the city of Osage a year or two back. Mr. Grant, then past 64, could no longer run the farm alone and we sold there and bought an 80 south of Osage a mile or so, and our residence is near the old Dr. Rosenberg home. Charlie Cottrell. While living in Arvonia we sent our children to Johnson and Cot- trell, teachers. When we came, Mr. CottreU was Station agent at Arvonia station, driving back and forth to his home in Arvonia, 4 miles. Mrs. Vina CottreU was a lovely woman, and did not come on as soon as Mr. Cottrell. She and her little boy Charlie came from New Jersey the summer of 1873. and so she and Mr. John- son taught the school. Later she taught the Olivet school and Dis- trict 63 (the Booth,) and perhaps other schools about. Their little boy Charlie died there at Arvonia. Mr. Whitaker was their friend. \7hen we went to Arvonia the new stone school house stood there unused yet, Oct. '72, but Miss Sarah O. Davis, now Mrs. J. C Booth and sister of Mrs. Robert Jones taught the winter term, and Mr. Johnson, afterwards a merchant, who married a Spraguc, the spring teim. On the farm we were in the Booth district. There were never more than 25 pupils and much of the time only 12 present. M. B. Morris, a Congregational minister who lived in Arvonia taught the school the winter of '73 and '74. He is now pastor of the church in Salem, Oregon. Our neighbors there the first 3 or 4 years were: Max Morton, J. C. Booth, Wm. Booth, who both lived west. David S. Williams, north of Booth's. And east of us, the Smith's, Lloyd Bros., and FiUmores, the latter had bought out Cable. Ihe neighborhood north of us was thinly settled. There being no high school in Arvonia, Mattie went off to Emporia in 1877, i.nd a year later Bayard went. 26 The Indians Living There. When we moved out to our farm, we found a village of 100 or more Sac and Pox Indians living in our vicinity on the river, they were Moko-hoko's band who persisted in staying along the Marias des Cygnes river, for 16 years after the main tribe had been re- moved to the Indian Territory, and their reservation thrown open to settlement. Of course they could draw no annuities as long as they remained away from their tribe, so they worked for the "whitey" man, in corn-hoeing or corn cutting or husking, they did well, we had them, they were good workers. They had a ceremo- ny which they went thi'ough when they commenced their corn- cutting, sometime 25 working atone place. While they often moved their camp up and down the stream, this was a favorite place. The settlers sometimes oi; liged them to move, yet never because of any depredations or thieving, their herds of ponies at times, were a nuisance. There had been an old chief by the name of Chick-en-e-my who died about the time they moved, and was buried there as were other Indians. A 19 year-old boy named Si-O-kee, a nephew of Chick-en-e-my was made the band chief then. His father was bur- ied there also. Our son Bayard and this Indian boy Si-O-ke form- ed a warm friendshid and Bayard was shown many tricks of In- dian hunting and fishing. He was always welcome to their camp. One Sunday morning he went down to their camp, and they insist- ed that he stay for their dinner. They went so far as to kill a fat puppy for soup. After giving many excuses, he managed to get away. This band soon moved, but about 1880-81 when seme 50 more camped there, they were visited by the Pottawatomies from St. Mary's Mission, Kansas, and a big feast was planned. So the Mokohoko Band bought a lumpy-jawed steer cheap, and in time all were filled, and the farmer got his work done according to contract. They always attended all county Fourth of July or other big white folks' celebrations, dressed in picturesque garb, partly white and partly Indian folks style. In November 1886, they were removed the third and last time for good, by soldiers to the Indian Territory and watched there a year. '27 Joseph Burnham Grant was very much interested in Genealogy and local history. Once about 1B98 they drove clear over to my place, 2 miles east of Lyndon about 13 miles, to have me talk and advise with him about attending a Grant family reunion in New England. I found his wife, until then a stranger, wonderfully in- teresting to talk with, and after Mr. Grant went east and attended the Grant family reunion. (He was related to Gen'l U. S. Grant.) My wife and I visited in their family at Osage City, and had a de- lightful time of it. I never remember any acquaintanceship with the children more than at the county institutes of Lyndon. Writ- ing this note Oct. 1913, I will observe than Mr. Grant is dead and I heard that the home was broken up in Osage City, Mrs. Grant having gone elsewhere to live with her children. I do not know their address. C. R. Green, Olathe, Kan. LucianRoUin Adams was born in Wellington, O., April 9, 1832, came to Burlingame Kansas, April 25, 1856. The settlement was then caUed Council City. His narrative, which gives many names of the early settlers there is found in section 7 of the history of BurUngame, which is Vol. 2, of the "Early Days in Kansas" series. Mr. Adams lost his first wife in Burlingame, in 1866. When he moved to Arvonia twp. the summer of 1871, he had two girls, the oldest one was only 13 years old. He bought a farm 1 mile south- west of Arvonia, lived there until Dec. 1880, a little over 9 years, then moved back to Burlingame. He was township trustee 3 or 4 years of Arvonia in the '70s. As he was a good penman and care- ful officer, I have selected his roll of 1873 as the best to publish, although there were others earlier, but with not half the names on that Mr. Adams had. Mr. Adams died several years back, and is buried there in Burlingame. His girl Celia is dead also. Mrs. Oli- ver, his only daughter alive, has recently moved to Englewood, Clark Co., Kan. C. R. GREEN. 28 LIST OF RESIDENTS . ARVONIA TOWNSHIP, 1873, over 21 years old. L. R. ADAMS, Assessor. Assisted by Roll of 1874. Same Trustee. Males Age Females Age L R Adams, 41 Wm. Avery, 21 J M. Barrows 64 Mrs. .1. Barrows, 60 E M Barrows 2,3 Thos Bebb, 47 Eliza Bebb 47 Israel Bixler, 51 Mrs. Caroline M. Bixler 52 Michael Bixler, 49 Mrs. Susan Bixler 53 (ieo. N Bixler, 26 J C Booth 33 Mrs Sarah Booth 2:i Wm Booth 28 Mrs. Mary Booth 22 Geo Barrington 33 Mrs Sarah Barrington 29 Albert Bryan 30 H W Bryan 22 John Bryan 59 Mrs Mary Bryan 55 Ed Burton 28 Mrs, Lydia Burton 27 T S Cafferty 31 Mrs Mary E Cafferty 20 Ab Barclay 34 Mrs Mary E Barclay 20 U'm Collins ?2 (; A Cottrell 26 Mrs Lavlna Cottrell 27 .lames T Oowden 44 Mre MaryECowden 31 CeoWCowden 26 Mrs G W Cowden 27 .1 M McConnell 37 Mrs Keziah McConnell 32 Ceo W Cooper 31 Mrs >arah E Cooper 30 rhos K Davis 40 Mrs Kezia Co wee 30 Daniel Davis 49 Mrs Vlary A Davis 45 .1. W Davis 30 Mrs Ann J Davis 27 Robert Davis 26 Hannah Davis W'm Davis 45 W'm Davies 29 Anna Davies 29 A ndrew Dobson 58 Mrs Axie Dobson 28 '1 hurston Dunham 32 Mrs .Sdella Dunham CO Ceo Dowdill 37 Isabella Dowdill 28 Knoch Evans 31 Margaret Evans 26 Eliis Evans 27 Susan Evans 22 Evan Evans 54 Mrs Cathriue Evans 50 Vinton Evans 43 Mrs Sara h Evans M ,T Edman 22 Wm Erickson 24 David Edwasds 23 Mrs Martha Edwards 50 .1 S 'Cd wards 40 Mrs R R Edwaids 43 WmP Esler 60 Mrs Martha D Esler 58 Benj Ellerman 38 Eary J. Ellerman 29 29 L. R ADAMS' 1873, ASSESSORS ROLL ARVONIA TOWNSHIP Males Age Females Age Wm Foucaiinon 27 D G Freeburg . 28 S B Farnham 24 John Gillin 21 John Fillmore 42 Eliza Fillmore 39 C A Fillmore 44 Ruth Fillmore 42 Mitchell Gasbitt 23 J Gibbor, 24 J. B Grant 39 Mrs M K Grant 39 David Gray 29 Mary Gray 29 Owen Griffiths 34 Mary Griffiths 32 Thos J Griffiths 31 Mrs Ann Griffiths 28 Pleasant Griggs 48 Mrs Luannah Griggs 50 Lewis Humphreys 33 David Hughes -22 David Hannah 28 W O Hughfs 22 Nelson Hayden 55 Mis Martha Hayden 56 Eiioeh Hayden 28 Mrs Viola Hayden 23 A M Henderson 34 Mis Sarah J . H enderson 29 A R Henline 22 America Henline 21 Levi Henline 49 Mrs Eliza Henline 48 Hugh Hughes 35 Jane flughes 57 D Harris 23 Jane E Harris 24 H O Honawalt 29 N Hay worth 55 Cyiitha Hayworth 57 Kd Jenkins 47 (J D Jones 57 .lacobJonder 52 O Johnson 27 Thos John 23 Mary A John 32 Andrew Johnson 62 Mrs A Johnson 71 Isaac Johnson 40 Mrs IJohnson • 42 Henry A Johnson 33 Mrs Henry Johnson 28 Eh Jones 28 Mrs Ellen Jones 26 Hugh Jones 21 Mrs Aun Jones 47 Hugh Jones 40 Cathrine Jones 34 Humphrey Jones 52 G D Jones 51 John A Jones 3i Harriet Jones 35 John D J ones 35 Jane Jones 25 J D \V Jones 39 J Nai Jones 56 John N Jones 21 Magdalen Jones 54 John Nai Jones 54 Maiy Jones .37 Joseph Jones 59 Mary A Jones 46 J Joseph Jones 58 Mary T H Jones 56 J E Jones 39 Owen Jones John K Joues 43 Robert Jones 27 John Hichard Jones C2 T L J ones 19 Owen Jones 43 Scarab Jones 28 Hobert Jones 35 W'm N Jones 30 L. K. ADAMS' Males Thos Jones Thos B Jones Tbos L Jones Wm Jones Wm N Jon€S W T Jones Daniel J ones John Knight H a Landis E D Lewis Robert Lewis Henry Lewis William Lewis H B Leinfoot David L Lloyd Isaac W Lloyd Isaac Lloyd Frank Logeton E H Marcy J Molmsburj^ D T Morgan June Morgan M B Morris Robert Morris Max Morton Daniel Near David Nickel Maggie Nickel M Oliphant James Paine Eli Patterson John Perrill N A Perrill James Powers J W Pemberton David Prothroe E Puleston John Price Wm F Price Eees H Rees Abel Keas John Rees David Llees 1873, ASSESSORS ROLL Age ARVONIA TOWNSHIP Females 21 60 25 62 27 24 52 29 30 27 20 21 46 43 34 40 25 23 41 27 39 26 33 38 34 33 45 21 49 26 30 67 29 33 24 23 41 51 21 32 38 ■ 50 63 Wm T Jones Winnifred Jones Wm r Jones Louisa T J ones Han u ah L Jones Martha A Jones Mary Knight Margaret F Landis MrsE D Lewis Elizabeth Lewis Elizabeth Lewis Mrs H B Lienfoot Mrs David L Lloyd Mrs Mary A Loyd John Q Lloyd Mrs E H Marcy John Morgan Hannah Morgan Lydia Morgan Mrs M B Morris Lydia S Morris Mrs Francis Morton Mrs Julia Near Mrs Sophia Nickel R B Olifrtiant Mrs Narcisus Paine Laura Patterson Mrs Ellen Perrill Mrs E J Powers P M Pemberton Anh Prothroe Jane Puleston Mrs J Price Edward Rees Ann K:'es Margaret J Rees W R Roberts Age 21 50 36 29 42 28 2(5 28 20 46 33 23 37 25 36 40 33 28 26 27 29 26 43 41 27 22 24 33 19 51 41 51 71 27 34 22 31 L. R. ADAMS' Males D G Roberts J W Rice J W Standiford G R Smiley L Severy S T> Smith Levi S Smith Samuel R Smith W Stevenson Wm Thomas Jane A Thomas J O Thomas Robert Thomas T Terrill , F M Tassell John Umdenstock D R "Williams D S Williams T> W Williams E S Williams E O Williams H D Williams Reese W Williams Geo Watkins J A Whitakei J M Wetherill Daniel Webster V V\ aguer J W Wilmore Total 1873, ASSESSORS ROLL ARVONIA TOWNSHIP Age Females Age 60 Margaret Roberts 59 33 Lydia A Rice 29. 21 Marie Standiford 54- 28 Caroline Smiley 25 46 Evelina Severy 37 34 Susie A Smith 37 34 N R Smith 27 51 42 Lovilla Stevenson 27 56 Margaret Thomas 60 28 A. G Todd 41 M Thomas 36 58 Catharine Thomas 54 39 Martha Terrili 33 Maggie Tassell 23 39 Henrietta Umdenstock 37 43 Mary Williams SO 58 Nellie Williams 53 40 Margarette Williams 37 53 Jane Williams 53 3o D W Williams 35 22 R W Williams 35 46 35 Mrs Geo Watkins 28 47 Lucy Whitaker 35 64 Mary S Wetherill 48 36 Mrs D Webster 35 22 Mary Wagner 21 31 Martha J Wilmore 33 - _ - . - 555 MRS. L. HUMPHREY'S LETTER, OCT. 13, 1913. C. R. Green; I weU remember your coming into the store and talking over the events recorded in your pamphlet, with my hus- band, many a time. I have been anxious to purchase the book since. Mr. Humphries died May 14, 1909 of pneumonia, was sick only five days. He was active in his daily cares and business of farming and stock raising up to the time of his death. The store and merchandising was discontinued about the year 1903 In 1906, he, with others organized a bank in Lebo, Coffey co., called the People's State Bank, and was its president We had 32 only one son, Lewis Price Humphreys who is 23 years old now, bom Aug. 16, 1890, who lives at home with me in Arvonia. In ref- erence to Mr. Huihphrey's picture, we have an engraving some- where, but cannot locate it now, which we wiU be glad to furnish you with My father, John Price, died Aug. 28, 1897. My mother is still living at sister Jennie C. Price's home, 1011 Quincy St., Topeka, Kan. Mr. Green, I wiU assist you any time in this work. I remain, Respectfully, Mrs L. Humphreys. Address Route No. 1, Barclay, Kan. SOLDIERS OP THE CIVIL WAR As returned from Arvonia Township by the assessor, J. B. Grant, 1889, as residents then of the township. There had been about ten deaths and removals among old soldiers the six years previous to this. This jroU was compiled by C. R. Green in 1889 from county records and printed in the Osage City Free Press Dec. 5, 1889. J. K. Adams, James T. Cowden, Daniel N. Cable, Cyrus A. Fillmore, Jesse H. Getty, V. G. Haer, Lewis Jones, John Jones, H. G. Landis, Abraham Long, Daniel Near, Max Morton, James Powers, Abel Rees, S. R. Taylor, Eber Watson, Ellis Evans, George Bixler, Israel Bixler, Co. B, 21 Iowa Vol. Inf t. Co. B, 150 111 Vol. Inft. Co. E, 12 Kan. Cav. Co. C, 78 lU Vol. Inft. Co. A, 16 Iowa Vol. Inft. Co. B. Ohio Art'y Malitia Co. A, ri6 Ohio Vol. Inft. Co. A, 52 111. Vol. Inft. Co. K, 26 111. Vol. Inft. Co. P, 21 Ind. Art'y. Co. I, 188 N. Y. Vol. Inft. Co. D, 17 Mich. Vol. Inft. Co. I, 56 N. Y. Vol Inft. Co. H, 126 111. Vol. Inft. Co. K, 176 Ohio Vol. Inft. Co. C, 3 Iowa Cav. Co. P, 117N.Y. Vol. Inft. 20 Iowa Vol. Inft. Co. P, 1 Ind. Cav. Daniel Davis, Co. D, 2nd. N. Y. Art'y died Nov. 2, 1882, buried in A^rvonia cemetery. ;\v._r.s Spili Jic.n, Co. C, 12th U. S. Inft'y, KiUed in a well; no date given, uuried in Arvonia cemetery. End of Arvonia Township History. S3 OLD OLIVET 1869 '83, When the Sac and Fox Tiust Lands came into , market, 2 or 3 years after the close of the War, and were offered by the success- ful bidders at 4 and 6 dollars jjer acre by 1869, many prominent men of the older states came aud looked the Reserve over to see about establishing new towns. Tlie idoa of a Eailroad up the Ma- rias des Oygne Valley from Ottawa,, was a very common one in the 60's. As late as 1872 petitions were filed with the County of- ficials praying for an election date to vote Bonds, -see old papers bundle no"26 Clerks office. The building of the Santa Fe through the western part of the County in 1869-70, seemed to kill all other projects. Pomona, Quenemo, Melvern, Olivet and Arvonia, were all M. d, C. Valley towns founded in those days, waiting for the Ottawa and Emporia R. R. The historian of the Andreas' History of Kan published at Chicago iu 1883, has given such a concise account of the establishment Olivet, and Swedenborganism m those ''Early Days" that I am constrained to republish it as I find on page 15.^3 of above mentioned history. The Historian of 1882 undcuLlly at that early period found the Olivet iDromotors alive. Liem W. Pow- ells' Notes made in 1913, embraced in this chapter, tells us how few are alive to day. Over on the Ridge on the Ottawa and Empo- ria Railroad, built in 1884, 3 miles south is the new 01i\'et. One is known in history, the other as a lively present day Kan. town. C- R. Green, 1914. _ -r-rxTjirri After the survey, about one-third of ^ the lots were reserved as a dower for The townsite of Olivet includes all of sections 3 anri 10, and 80 acres of icction 4, Township 18, and Range 15 East. It is divided nearly in tlie mid- dle by the Marias des Cygnes River; which flows from, west to east. The site was located in 1869, by Rev. A. J Uart«ls, a ministevuf the New Church — Sweedenborgian— J. K. Elder and C, a college, and the remainder was al' sold at public sale, on May 1, the pro- ceeds, paying a small dividend to the- shareholders. A quarter section of' land near Arvonia had been purchased by the committee, and was sold to a member of the Company, who donated it to the College Association. Only a few of the buyers settled at once. P. loricke, they representing a com-] Among the first settlers were Rev. A. pany ovh shareholders, who had raised a fund of ■■*iO,000 in IStiS, for the pur pose of founding a town somewhere in Kansas. J. Hartels, 1. K. Elder, C. P. Loricke, Frank Hindman, James I ickscm, I r. i.B. llaslam, William Haslam, iieo. Phinney, .I.Q .Sook, I. \^ . Powell, P. 34 Hesler. H . J. Davis. In 1869. Olivet was incorporated as a city of the third class. William Has- 1am opened a general merchandise and drug store, and later H. J. Davis open- ed a hotel, iJartels & Munger started a saw-mill. Wagon and blacksmith shops, etc., were started. In 1870, Dr. .^weezy opened a store T. li. Haslam opened a brokers and exchange office, and some other bus- iness enterprises were started. Early in 1870, city bonds to the amount of .«10,000 were voted to aid in the erection of a flouring mill. Of this. *;J,00U were issued, after which it was abandoned as a public enterprise, but was completed on a smaller scale by Bartels & Munger. At tlie time of the first settlement, the nearest post otHce was at liurlin- game, twenty miles distant, and Wil liam Haslam would have mail for the neighbors brought over to his store whenever an opportunity occurred. In 1870, he was appointed postmaster, and Olivet made a post-office on a new mail route. It was expected that a rail road would soon be built up the Marias des ( ygnes Valley from Ottawa to Empo ria, and when the project failed, the new town began to decline at once, and many of the settlers left the coun- try. The only business hou.ses left are Dr. Sweezy's stoie, where is kept a small stock of drugs, and a cooper shop Operated a part of the year. (1882) In ]«73, a tire swept over the town, destroying two unoccupied residences, a few stables, and a great deal of grain, hay, and then moi e setl lers left the neighborhood. The population of the village was about :J00, but now numbers but a few families, and tlie town site is covered with farms. Several of the original buildings are yet standing. It was proposed by the founders of the towji to build a college, and make Olivet the headquarters for the Swedenborgians of the entire west. Noble G. Eij3ek's Narrative 1 aken by C. R. Green, 1896. I was 14 years old when we came to Olivet, Osage Co., Kan., Oct. 11, 1869. Mr. Bartels was here about a year ahead of me. Dr. Swezie came shout Nov, 1869, after us. Sol Bower moved up from Quenemo after his house was finished in the spring of 1870. I helped to move him. Peter B. Hesler, who settled in those days In Olivet is still alive, aged 82_ He lives with a widowed daughter in town by name of Mrs. Hanna. Hesler's wife, age 81, died this summer. He was a farmer and will an.swer all your ques- tions. When I was 22, I leftOlivet and went up to Reading, where I farmed three years, then I moved down to my 80 acre farm North of Olivet, where I now live. Bartels was the leader and organ- izer of the Swedenborg Society at Oli- vet. He lived in Illinois and traveled, and got folks to join the Colony per- haps 2 years before they came West. Dr. Swezie was an Indiana man. Old Mr. George Phinney, now 72, who lives with a son at Overbrook, was a Alich- igan man. C. V\ . \\ hited left Olivet for Lyn- don, and his daughter Alice married and lives in Colorado. ■J he Sweedenborg church at Olivet was kipt up long enough fo have three different ministers. l;ev. A J. Bartels, the leader of the Colony was the first. He now lives in Chicago. Rev. Good- lier is alive at Larned, Kansas. 'J he Snciefy died out. The grasshopper famine year of 1874 was a hard one for us settlers here. 35 Fred Woodbury came about J 875. McGregor who is a Brother-in-law of Dr. Swezey, has been here about 'il years. He has a 160 acre farm. M r- Bryan, over by Plymouth School house was a nice man. ElD£k Family Genealogy My parents were J. E. Elder and wife, Mary ^Newport Elder, who were married about 1847, in Indiana, Moth- er was a sister of Ephriam Newport, and they came to Olivet in 1869 togeth- er. Our folks had 7 children. Sarah E, who is now Mrs. McKay, living here. Julius S. Elder, a farmer, of OH- vet, Nohle G. Elder, a farmer address, Osage City; Lyman Y. Elder, a farm- er of Olivet; I'hos. G. Elder, a farmer, of Arvonia; Lulie L. now Mrs. James Laflerty, Osage City P. O.; Lettie Ann, now Mrs. Levi Feltner, Olivet. Father died Aug. 2nd, 1894, and is buried here in the Alpine burying ground. Mother lives with my sister, Mrs. Feltner. Old Settlers. The J. 1). Soolc family, there were 3 boys and 8 girls. Sarah E. Soolc, now dead, married Mr. Adams; Celia C. Sooli is my wife, Mrs. Elder; Melisa A. Sook, now Mrs. Walter M. Phinney, of Lebo, son of Geo. Phinney of Over- brook. Albert E. Sook married Mary Phinney,lives in Olivet; John M. Sook, single lives in Redwood, Minn; Henry Sook, of Melvern, was a child by second wife. The Ephraim "Nbwpoiit Family They took an 80 N W of Olivet. The old Grandfather Newport came on in a year or two and lived with them, but in several years returned to Indiana and died, iu Ephriam's family were Lottie and Louie, twins, now about 29 or 30 years old. Lottie married Fred Kurkondall, and they live with Mr Newport, their address is Osage < ity. Louie Newport married Oscar Ferris, a neighbor, and they live at Barclay. Urie Newport, the only son, now 2.iand single, is a telegraph operator in -Se- biaska or tiie west somewhere. I HE L. W. PuwiiLL Family IJe made his settlement on an 80, north of Olivet about 1870 He was married, but his wife diea about i878, leaving him two boys, Charles and Kd gar He afterward married Miss Eva 1 weed and lias two children by her, Mena andEllis. Powell hasprospered because he always attended strictly to business. Lorenzo D Lafferty came about 187 1 . They had two boys, James C Lafiferty' who is about 41, and Charles Laflerty, 26, who married a Morton. Sarah Laf- ferty, who has been dead 16 years, mar^ ried (ieorge Mann. Martha Lafferty married Milton Edwards, who lives here near the Alpine school house here. Lydia Lafferty married Nate Buck, and she died out in California- Mary Lafferty married Will Kurton, a mercliant of Melvern. Jou.s- IUtok I-'amii.y. He died here about 1875. Nathan Buck was the oldest. .Mary Buck mar- ried Med Van Gilder, and Melisa Buck married .vnderson Foster, both are dead. Chrislopher Buck is in (alifor nia with Nate Huck. Frank Buck is dead, and William Buck, Elijah iled-ie's son in-law lives with tbem in Illinois, AdOLPH J. B.4.RTELS. In some testimony given perhaps in 1)30.1870 about the county seat elec- tion, Mr Bartels says that he came to tlie site of Olivet about July, 1869. There was no settlement for several miies when he first cume. 36 Old Olivet's Population 1871. Assesment Roll for the town of Olivet aud Bartell's Addition as Returned by Sol Bower, Township Trustee, in 1871. I have omitted the lot valuations which as a rule was generally $5.00, with no personal property valujition on this paper. The additional information, after the hyphen is information given lately by Lem W. Powell, R. F. D. Osage City, Kan. While the Trustee showed up the maus name for every parcel of ground he had in Olivet, (sometimes 20 pieces) I have only given it once. Copied from Co. Clerks Recor.ds, Oct. 1913. C. R. Green. University Lands. A. J. BartelJs — ^Is dead. Dr. W. C. Sweezy. — He is dead, Mrs. S. lives with her son Alvah on the old home place. [This I am told embraces the larger por- tion of old Olivet. I wrote Mr. Alva Sweezy, Olivet, for a historical contribution about the family and place, without avail. C. R. G-.] Ephraim Newport, — Is living in Emporia Kan. T, B-. Haslam, — Lives on Manhattan Av. Manhattan, Kan. L. W. Powell, — Is oh his farm '2^ miles N. W. of old Olivet. S. A. (or G.)Phinney.-rDied in Riverside California, at his son Mont's, where hewent after the deatb of his wife in Ark. D. H.Taylor, A. O. Brickman,-dead. Matilda Florence, Christian Sauter, L. Deinke, Elvira Curry, P. Mueller, M. B. Ogden, O.J. Armstrong, John Fested, L. W. Pingree, J. Bamsberger, C. W. Whited,-dead. "E. Henrichs, Charles Graw, .. .Lindewald Youn^stoWD, Frells, .:. .Sloves, Shefler, J. Bilbie, J.J Parmer, S. Weber, . . Willetts, and VI. H. Hunt, so far have had nQdnformation scarcely filed against H.eirnE^mes. J.N. White,— moved to Ohio. H. I. Davis moved to Omaha Neb . . . .Sodistrom, — Are both dead. D. \V. Umdenstock, — married twice, lived last, 3 miles Nor,,h of Olivet, where his dan. Mrs. Mc Cright lives yet. The parents are all dead. Peter B. Hesler.— They are bolh dead. J. R- Elder,— They are both dead, Ncble Elder, a son, lives at Melvern Kan. J. Q. Sook,— died in .luue I'Jlo at Melvern. Mrs. Sook died there the year bel'ore. About 40 Individuals who owned froQi one to twenty lots each. End 87 SOLOMON BOWER, AN EARLY SETTLER IN OLIVET, Sol Bowers, has a 2^ page Narrative in Vol 4 " Annals of Lyn- don", pages 116--118, that covers nearly all his history up to about 1900. He came to the Sac & Fox Agency, by permission of Agent Wiley the Spring of 1867, and started up a hotel. He waited until the fall of '69 for the Sac & Pox lands to open and finally settled on the Trust Lands, just beyond Olivet, buying out a Mr. Ham- mond's rights. But not building and moving thereuntil the spring of 1870. He lived there until 1885, serving 7 terms as Trustee and two terms in the State Legislature, beside other offices, all before his removal to Lyndon. While only 53 yrs. old, his physical infirm ities rendered life on the farm unbearable. Buwer had a large cir- cle of friends among the Olivet and Melvern Pioneers, Honest and well educated he would have made a good Probate Judge in place of Alec Blake, but he would not put himself forward. See how he handles this N.S Brian matter that I wanted informa tion about 1896. " Confidential; I have ever endeavored to put in practice the fact that if I cannot say anything good of a person I will with hold the bad. Now with reference to Mr. Brian; their family and us visited together quite often. But it was only for the respect we had for Mrs. B and children. While Mr. B was an ac- comodating neighbor to me, and always friendly, for the irritable treatment to his family, I could not have that respect for him that I should like to hold towards my fellow man. He was a man of average ability. Was elected Justice of the Peace in Arvonia Twp. in 1871, was elected Trustee in Olivet twp. in 1874 or '75. The poetry you refer to was published I think in the Lyndon Signal, a paper of shorb life. The piece of poetry by Brian, was a Burlesque on Osage City. As soon as the City was incorporated they made the fight for tlie G-ounfcy seat, then at Burlingame, cla- iming their oohre beds would be worth millions to the place. Mr. Brian tried to show that the S. E- part of the county has had the ochre color, (meaning the Indians,) for years with little benefit". After Mr. Brian's death, Mrs. B moved to Wash. Ty. and md. again- I do not know her address now. Solomon Bower. Mrs. Bower died in Salt Lake City in 1897 and M. Bower down in Texas about 1902. They lie beside each other in the Lyndon bu- rial ground, while the mother and brother rest in Alpine Ceme'ry. 38 Charles Cochran's Narrative. In full, 2i pages long, will be found on pages 9 to 12 Vol 4 An- nals of Lyndon. Mr. C was born in 1833, and when he came on to the Sac & Pox Reservation in 1860, was so much in advance of its opening that he settled in Coffey Co, 2 miles south of where he lives now. But 54 years in one neighborhood, ought to entitle him to the title of an "Old Settler". In 1896 I found it expedient to publish his history among the first. I do not wish to duplicate it very much here, the Indian So co nut story, and list of Cochran's Early Day neighbors only being given. The Sac& Pox Indians, Soco nut's Band, dwelt in the days of the 60's all along Prog and Long Creeks. They were honest and would work some, hoeing, cutting up corn, etc. Every year when they picked up to go on their annual hunts, they always wanted to leave their trinkets, extra provisions and a lot of plunder in Char- lie's care. He says; my house was small I could only accommodate them sparingly. Old So co nut the chief, was rather behind one fall in getting off, and came with some hampers made out of rawhide filled with dried corn and beans, for their next season's consump- tion. If I took aU this stuff it would almost turn me out of doors, but here was where he wanted to leave it, and he was as firm in his begging as I in refusing. Finally he says, "Nice house white man got, you take 'em; me die: me never come back, maybe; you keep 'em." This was a new argument to me, and I had to give in and take his 3 boxes of dried corn and beans that were so delight- ful for succotash. One Sunday as Lem Warner and family were hurrying to get off to Sunday school, an old Indian came up and begged for a chic- ken and some potatoes for his sick squaw. After some pleading on the one side and hesitation on the other, Lem concluded that the easiest way out of it was to give him what he wanted. So he caug- ht the chicken, wrung it's neck and gave it to him. What was Lem's surprise to have the old Indian denounce him as a Sabbath breaker in the following terms: "You whitey man kill chicken on Sunday, you work Sunday, no good." We can imagine the indian policy pursued there afterwards. Lem. P. Warner a brother in law of Charlie Cochran's lived a half mile west then, but later be came the well known Melvern merchant. 39 Mr. Cochran now in his eighties on his farm 4 miles south of Ol- ivet, I guess has outlived nearly all his neighbors of the 60's who were grown men then. Here is his list 18 yrs. ago; Jesse Schreck and sons, John and Robert, Abram and Alec Wilson at Plymouth each with a large family. Wm. Boland, The Billy Francis family. Frank and Elmer Calkins, C. C. Scott, Fred Schroder, W. L. Nea- lly, and some who are gone. It was all settled below Cochran in 1869, for his was the last farm on Frog creek adjoining the line of the Diminished Reserve. His 5 children are given by name in the narrative of 1896. Charles B. Cochran, his youngest son now 40 yrs. old, runs their large farm, and while death has visited Char- lie's family, yet the old New Englander is there yet. Lemuel F. ^Varner. SOME WARNER FAMILY GENEALOGY. Ichabod Warner, the father of the above was born about 1804 at Bolton Ct. md. 1829 to Lucy Foster born July 25 1804, probably in Barkhamstead Ct. Lemuel F. born Sept. 1832 and Harriet E. were fruits of this union. Mr Ichabod Warner died early in life. Mrs. L Warner then md. Ebenezer Strong, of Hebron, Ct. about 1840. The Warner family continued to live there until 1855, When they removed to the neighborhood of Bloomington lU. Lem P. Warner, was married there at Hebron, Ct. to Cedalia A. Bean from Maine. Mr. Warner late in life use to talk with me much on antiquarian subjects. He had a pair of gold sleeve buttons, quaint old Spanish or French design, that had belonged to his Great grandfather of Colonial Days 1740 or '50, who was of either Spanish descent or had traveled in Spain before the Revolution. Among Lem Warner's neighbors in 1856 in 111. was a young school teacher from New Hampshire by the name of Charlie Cochran. The next year Mr. C md, Harriet E. Warner, and the lives of these two families run together. The mother, Mrs. Strong, lived with one and the other of these children out here in Kansas, the rest of her life, and it was a long one, for she was alive in 1899 at the age of 95, living at Charlie Cochrans in Olivet twp. In the early spring of 1860, a little colony was organized there in 111 for Kan, about 15 persons forming it. Warners, Cochrans, Ros- merrys and others. The trip of 450 miles by land to Baldwin was 40 made in six weeks. Cochran in his narrative of this settlement in Kan. has covered the life of the Warners in Olivet. Mr. Warner being disabled from war service, staid and looked after the homes while Cochran went to the War. It might have been 1871, that the Warners removed to Melvern and entered the mercantile business. I am not posted about this. I use to trade with them some after 1880, and.I use to seethe old Sac&Fox squaws of Mokohokp'sBand, ti^ading there a Jot, they liked Warner and his wife. They always kept their word with him The bucks worked out and allowed the squaws to buy living with some of the earnings. Mr Warner was telling me once the idea the Indians had of Uncle Sam's mail facilities. Two or three squaws came to him one day with a letter, which they wanted to send in haste to some one up at the Nemaha Agency in N. E. Kan. They had the idea that if stamped at both ends the letter went double quick. Warner was P. M. then as well as storekeeper at Melvern. Mr. Warner served a short time in the Price Raid, of Oct. 1864 in Co. A 16th Kan. S. M., and in late yrs. was made a G. A. R. Their only child Chester M. Warner was born in 1858 before they left in. And by 1896, the firm was L. P. Warner & Son. Mr. War- ner was a pleasant man, easy to approach, with good judgement in his business. Hence he was elected County Commissioner from his District in 1901, serving one term. Nov. 1902 Mrs. L. P. Warner died. This was a great blow to the husband, She fiUed an important place tlaere in the Melvern soci- ety, She was buried in the Melvern Cemetery. When over at Wav- erly Reunion of Ohio folks along about tliis time, held out a mile or two East of Waverly on the James claim, Mr. VV. told me that his brother in law Mr. Bean had settled on the claim about 'GO and that he, (Warner) had gone there in the early 60's and put uid hay for Bean, boarding at the nearest settler's 4 miles away. In 1904 Mr. Warner married Mrs- Sadie Booth — and took in tlie Louisiana Purchase Exposition as a wedding trip. While she was younger I expect than his son Chester, I never hear! but wiiat it was an agreeable relation all round. , They had previously closed out the mercantile business. But Mr. Warner was not to enjoy his new relation long, After some months illness he died April 8 1905. At this writing Chester M. Warners home is Hidalgo, Hidalgo Co. Texas, (on Rio Grande) JOHN GOODELL AND WIPE, JULIA MITCHELL GOODELL. Whose short sketches are found respectively on pages 91 and 102. -••' 41 Olivet's First Settlers. In 1879 a Historical map of Olivet Twp. gave names of every oc- cupant, and owner, throughout the 66 sections composing the twp. I believe Olivet has the same boundary line now, as then. But not quite the area of vacant land. For in a hot summer day then, I left O. S. Starr's afoot across the vacant Olivet prairie, a stretch of 5 miles the first tiling being encountered on the Osage City trail, ^ without house or drinking water. C. Clark being the first. My list commences with the north end of Olivet, Twp. 17 R. 15 E Land with house, Z , Land vacant, v . 1879. By C, R. G. Sec. 7, R. Mc Doagal the n. w. « , L. A. and D. Hendricks, the ecist half, v Ellen Dawson ^ and B. J. Laybourn the s, w. i a> " 8 , J, W. Wrigt n. w. v , J. P. Hedges v and E, Mabson v the n. e. i, H. J. Mc Master Z fhe s, w. C. Clark the s. e. ^ " 9 , AU held by E. Gillen and E, C. Buchner v . " 10 , M. H. Burkett S the n. e. Rest of sec J. W. Wright, v , " 15 , J. M. Chambers, n. e. v , Rest of sec. J, H. Wright v , " 16 , J. W. Wood V n. w. Rest of sec. J, W. Wright v . " 17 , C. Clark v the n. e. R. S. Stevens the n. w. and s. e. v , Jake Voglesang, 40 a ^ , and Annie Buck, 120 a 'Z the s. w- " 18 , R. S, Stevens all the sec. v , " 19 , Davis & Jones 28 a ^ out of n. w- J' W. W. balance of sec v. " 20 , Tom Mc Kay, 40 a " , E. Newport, 40 a S out of .s. e. Rest of sec, belonged to R. S. S. v , " 21 and 23 R. S. S. v, Sec 22 J. W. W. v, " 24 A. B. Trumbull the n. e. S > Rest of sec- R. Stevens v , " 25 , J. W. W. v , Sec. 26 and 27 R. S. Stevens v , " 28 W. R. Ferris and M.S. Wetherell each an 80 of n. e. v, J. W. Wright the rest of sec. v, " 29 , W. R. Ferris S , and M.S. Wetherell v 80 each, n. e. i , J. Steer the n. w. Dis't No 84, Pant Teg S. H. stood on this sec. N, Roads & O. Weaver 80 each s. w. v , J. W. Wright the s. e. v ■' 30 A Welch settlement. H. and T. Lewis 240 ^ in east half, also J Steer 80 v . D. M. Griffith « n. w. D. Jenkins ^ s. w. " 31 W. T. Jones v, n. w. H. J. Phillips v n. e. J. W. W, S; half v: " 32 W: Mann 80 v G: R: Mann 240 Z west half: A, and R, G, King 80 a ^ n, e, R, S, Stevens the bal of sec, 240 a v , "■ 42 " 33 J J Farner v , L. W. Powell, ^ each an 80, n. w. , Q, B. Det- wiler V n. e. J G Slonecker and R S Stevens v S. half sec. " 3i C L Carrier 80 v out of n. w. , R S Stevens bal of sec. " 35 E C Chapman v all the sec. " 36 of Twp. 17, J W Wright v whole sec. TWP. 18 OLIVET'S FIRST SETTLERS, Map of 1879. Land vacant = v , land with house on = ^ . Sec. 1 The n. e. G W Johnson ■ 90 a. T J Smith ^ 60 a. the s. e. S Smith ™ . s. w. is J W Jones™ . N. w of 1 and n. e. of sec. 2 J. M. Sweezey v .This is where the Niles Family came later to live. Sec. 2 L Compton v s. e. , T. B. McGregor v the s. w., J. McKee 118 V and T J Smith 44 a ™ in n. w. J M Sweezey the n. e. " 3 Embraced then by Olivet town plat. Names have been given. " 4 80 a out of s. e. .i Olivet town plat. J B Severance ™ 30 a. and H. Hindman 50 a ^ in the s. e. H Blankenship v 80 a in n. w. J W Wright 240 a v out of west half. " 5 C T Coleman 2 and Sol Bower ^ each 80 a in s. e. , EC Ch- apman V l20 a, M J Edmund ^ 40 a in n, e. P A Brown v the n. w. Bonny and Delage v the s. w. " 6 J W Wright whole sec. " 7 E A Jones north half v. J Sodistrom; " s. e. , L Karn v s. w. " 8 J A Whitaker, v 154 a n. w. . Alpine cemetery 6 a n. w. R J Gillean v n. e. J L Lewis ^ 62 a , L D Lafferty 141 a ^ , A M McCauley 43 a " , L S Griggs 73 a™ , all in south hall. " 9 J W Smith whole sec. The M. B. G. river twisted thro Sec. 8. " 10 A part of Olivet town plat. See page 36, names there in 1871. " 11 J Q Sook ™ n. w. H M Sook v n. e. M d C runs thro the two N Kribble s. e. ^ , W M Wyeth v 119 a, R S Stevens v 4l a s. w. " 12 J McKee v n. w. , J Wilson v 40 a, G W Johnson " 40 a and F Cramer 80 a ^ all in n, e. , J Sheerer s. e. ^ , W A Madaris v 40 a, E Fisher 40 a g , M Kirkpatrick 80 a g all in s. w. " 13 north half V R S Stevens. MJ Markley ™ 80 a, and Lucy' Underbill ^ 80 a in s. w. M Abbott^ s. e. Plymouth S. H. on it, " 14 M J Markley v 80 a in s. e. R S Stevens v rest of sec. " 15 all R S Stevens v,Sec 16 J W Wright v some years later the E. &0. R. R. went thro and Aurora & Olivet 2nd were started. " 17 E A Jones v south half. The n. w. J H Stokesberry ^ . 135 a L. S Griggs i 23 a. Street&Wilson v 57 a, C P Munger v 70a, "-■" .■:■--■--' iV ■ '■":■■'" ■ A'6 ■■ , ■ ■■■ - " ■■■:-■ ; ::'/-=;; and N K — V 10 all in n. e. The M. D. C. flows thro this Qr. " 18 J Stokesberry ^ n. w. G W Blackman v s. e. J L Garver V s. w. J W Jesse ^ and the stone S. H. ^ Dis't No. 24 n. w. " 19 J W Wright v west half, and H S Benjamin east half v. " 20 Lucy E, Underhill v n. e. R S Stevens v bal of sec. " 21 and 22 property of J W Wright v, " 23 S E 'Robertson 100 a v, and S B Wilson 60 a v the n. w. A M AVilson ~ n. e, R S Stevens south half of sec. " 24 N. half V R S Stevens, s. e. W J Parks ™on Frog Creek. N S Brian ^ s. w. also on Prog Creek- " 25 C Harriman ™ n. e. E U and B P Calkins ~ n. w. S. i R S S. " 26 6 occupants, In the s. e. C Tilford 80 a ™ and S. H. Dis't 29 ' P Schroder 80 a v also in s. e. Calkins 80 v, and H Selig ^ have the n. e. R Rissen 60 a ^ , and — Schroder 100 a ^ , n. w, C C Scott ^ the s. w. Prog Creek flows thro this sec. " 27 B E Newell 106 a v , Alice Newell, 106 av , R Newell 106 a V , all west half of sec. r Annie Lee v the east half. " 28 J W Wright all. Sec. 29 N E Smith 80 a v, H Pillman 80 v_. n. e. R S S bal. of 29 and all sec. 30 R S Stevens. " 31 W T Jones v n. w. H J Phillips v n, e. J W W. v south half. ': 32 and 33 v R S Stevens. '• 34 Bead of Prog Creek, M Stevian ^ n. w. CM Warner 80 a v; — Graham, 80 v s. w. L. P. Warner ° 120 a H. E. or Charlie Cochran 120 a g and D. Williams v 80 a, made up the south half. " 35 H E Cochran v n. w. R S Stevens v bal of sec. " 36 P J Marshall v north half sec, this had Long Creek on it. J Vinton 80 a | , E J Schreck 120 a j^ , J P Schreck 120 a v, " all in south half of sec. I drove a party of Eastern folks down to Schreck's Pord June 1883 to see the camp ox some 20 Sac & Pox Indians. Their dress was that of the wild sons of the for- est, the boys up to 16 stark naked when in camp. Thev were a part of Mokohoko's Band, which were all moved for good to the Indian Ty. Novem- 1886. The early settlers of Olivet, knew these 100 more or less Indians very well, and will testify to their strict honesty and sobriety. This brings us on to the Coffey Co, Line and END of Olivet Twp. Olathe Kan. July 1914 C R. Green. u ■ EX-SOLDIER AND SAILOR ROSTER for OLIVET Twp. 1889 G Burton Olivet Co.H57 Ind- Inft G L Boyd " " D 7 111 " H S Clafflin " " D 12 Mich Inft Chas Cochran '' " P 12 Kan " 1st Lieut- Mansfield Ewing Melvern Co M 8 Ind Cav Wheeler Gilgess Osage City Co F 2 Wis E B Glasgow Olivet " A 128 Ind Inft Q- M- S- W R Goodell Melvern '' B 10 111 Cav L S Griggs Olivet " D 66 Ind Inft Wm Godsey Osage City " I 49 Mo H V Hewes Olivet " L 6 Va Cav J W Jones Ohvet Co E 167 O V 1 J W Jessee " " K 8 111 Inff Sergt L D Lafferty " " K 53 Ind " J W Laybourn Osage City Co D 3 Ohio Inft A J McKelvey Olivet " D 12 Mich " E McKelvey " " C 15 '■ T B Niles Melvern " A 55 Ind " Corp D McMillen " "A 20 " T B McGregor Ohvet " B 140 " " 1st Lieut. E Newport Osage City " H 82 " Julius Plaunty " " G 1 U- S- Engineer an artificer ■ L W Poweh Osage City Co G 116 0- V Inft A P Spencer " " C 99 lU " 2nd Lieut J M Stebbins Lebo '' D 18 0. V, " W C Sweezey Ohvet " - 140 Ind " Surgeon Fred Schroder Ohvet U- S Navy, ships; Satilhte, and Preborn CO Scott " Co G 9 Kan- Cav T J Smith " " K 2 Neb " Corporal, Jake Voglesang Osage City Co E 162 O" V, I, Walter Waldie, " " F 5 Penn Arty. J H Stokesbery Co C 79 Ih Inft, died Apr, 22 1885, NoahKriebel " I 44 Ind " " Mar 28 1887, Removals from Olivet wtp from 1883 to'89 S Bohmau, 99 & J.R Meek 65 111, J H Bangs 1st Neb Cav, N Y Buck 40 Ind, S W Mundy 1st Tenn Cav, A M McCauley 81st Ind. L S VanGilder 28 Mich, and Sol Bower 2nd Iowa Cav, are all. 45 Kx Soldiers of Melvern twp 1889 There is quite a list of them. In 189i the Melvern G. A. R. Post only sent in the names of 28. and many errors in the table. Two or three from that table are given with the 1889 list below C. C. Catlin, who is yet alive, helped make this list 25 years ago. The P. O. address in all cases but four was Melvern. ■ W T Appier Cq. I l4 Kan. Cav G W Briner " H 138 Pa. Inft AFMO'Brian " A 2 W Va " L A Boone " K 98 111. Mt'd Inft Corporal D B Brink " B 13 " Inft Alec Crawford " D 27 N. Y. " " A 13 " H. Arty Morgan Cockrell '■ E 16 Kan Cav James Campbell Drum Major 42 Inft Mo. S. M. John Cavender Co G 8 la. " Corporal A Clark " G ,2 Mo. Cav Mo. S. M. C C Catlin " B 121 N. Y. Inft " G 1st " " Cav E Duffield. " H 12 Kan. Inft A W Dole " A 9 " Cav Joe Farley " P H la. Inft lost an arm E Failor " K 64 O. V. I. George Garvin " G 10 W Va. Inft corporal R R Glass " D 13 Conn. Arty Timothy Hicks " L 5 Kan. Cav R J Harper " D 39 Iowa Inft corporal J G Hutcheson " F 54 Ind A W Huffman " H 66 O. V. I, Ed Hunter " G 91 111. Inft Sergeant Alec Hutcheson " L 21 Ind. " David Hutcheson ■' - 17 Ind Light Arty T M Hicks " B 15 Kan. Inft, " " '• L 5 " Cav. B. B. Hill " P 47 Ind. Inft. J W Ingalls " F 2nd O. Art'y. 46 Edwin Judd " C Thomas Jones Co F Nich Kaufman " I Wm Lamdin " E A L Lanning " D W J Mavity " C F W Mundy " C 8 111 Cav. 14 Kan. [nft. 197 98 122 132 1st O. V. I. 111. Mt'd Inft. Ind. Tenn Geo WMc Mullen " K 26 Ind. B B Marsh " E T C McNabb " A J W McNulty " K J W Neal " C O F Overman " B H H Opdyke " P Isaac Perkins " K George Perkins " I B G Prather " G 111. Mo. O. 111. Monroe Pettigrew ' Wallace Roberts " W D Ragin " L 5 O S Starr " B 3rd D D Slocum " C 14 Henry Shreves " G . 33 L M Stevens " F 39 WmSandoe "G 93 John W Tracy " C 4 Zach Thomas " C 25 C M Tompkins " M Geo M Wilden " H Dewit C Warner ' ' A L P Warner " A John Whetston " P S B Enderton " E B P Slonaker " B Orrin Francis " B LR Hale " I Gourtland Lawson Co. D O J Beck " H 94 23 115 84 103 " 9 Kan. 15 " 2nd Col. 24 Ind. A 34 111 E 6 Iowa V. Cav Inft I. Inft Cav. Inft Cav Infi. Sergeant Lyndon 1st Lieut Sergeant Captain wagoner corporal Lieut Cav. I' Kan. " also CO B 15 Kan. cav. O. V. C. also Sergt U. S. Marine Ser N. Y. Inft 111. la. " Sergeant 111. Inft. la " Com. Sergt Wis " Sergeant 15 Kan. Cav. also co P 2nd Kan. Inft. 40 111 Inft Sergeant 108 " 16 Kan. State Militia, Price Raid. 9 Mo Cav. 11 Kan. " Ind. Inft. O. V. I. Minn Inft. detach batl'n 1865 57 O. V. I, 138 " " 42 142 1st a J P Liming Co C 175 0. V. Inft GeoWMcMillen « G 70 Ind. " Lyndon. W H Ph.illips " H 67 0, V. I. Kedron W W Stephens " D 17 la- " ThomasMcNeal " A 22 O. V- I. George Francis " B 142 0. V. I- I N Ransom Co C 49 Ind. Inft. Lived near '89 and was missed by the assessor. In 1890 he moved near O. C. Williams in Melvern tw"p and is listed here W B Vaughn A 14 Kan. Cav. C J Bixler E 11 Kan. Cav Joshua Harper A l7 Kan Cav O C Williams I 13 Kan S. M, P Latta 3rd Kan. S. M. Wm King Nugent's Mo. Militia. H Kelsey 3rd Kan. S. M. Asher Smith 3rd Kan. S. M. - Lytle Woods called out in Florida War in 2nd Tenn State militia. REMOVALS. In 1885 the assessors inade faulty Soldier returns from some townships, (Melvern seemed to be good enough) so that in 1889 the work was done more thorough. In those 4 years there were 27 old soldiers who saw xit to move out of Melvern tw'p as follows; J M Gilbert, Jonas Divilbiss, R T Tucker, J B Frame, J B Tra- cy, Wm Adams, J W Beck, J P Braden, Wm Cooper, G. Clafflin Thomas Cain, J Christ, Emery Hewes, H Johnson, J R Miller B P McWhinney, Peter McHenry, Leeman More, T W Mitchell, William Parker, James Swank, Levi Slaybaugh, John Thomas, Wm Vanderslice, C A VanHorn, Jesse Lee, P W Stice. Those dead in 1889 leaving Widows or Orphans. Emery Warner Co A 108 111; died in N. Q. Apr. 2 1865. The wid- o vv Mrs. Priscilla Warner, mother of the Warner Bro's, Melvern. W S Vainer Corp. Co I 77 O. V. Inft. died Julj 5 1872. Grave unmarked in 1889. Melvern. Dr. Chas VanOrman died Dec. 6 1887 He served in Co B, 35 111. and in 148 111. Left a widow and family of children. M. Goodell, widow qi Schuyler Goodell Co K 106 111. inft. who died Dec 23 1888. in Melvern. Maj. A. H. Jumper of 26 Ind. Inft. died Feb. 29 1888. The wid- ow and son Greeley, and others of the family live in Melvern. 3^" About 86 Soldiers names have been mentioned with this. 48 Vs^ar Relies Fifty Years After. We are now facing a new problem. After Fifty years I find there are very few of my old army uniform clothes, or war equipments that I can any longer get into. Prom a lad of 16 past, weighing 133 lbs. in 1862 when I enlisted, I grew to be 40 lbs- heavier by 1865. And in the 45 succeeding years could get into my old clothes, now a second growth causes me to weigh 200, and to girt 42 inches, and thus the reader is introduced to the new problem. Jan. 1914 wanting some pictures of my war relics to illustrate my books with, I had to content myself with my old army overco- at, hat, haversack, canteen, the gun and its accouterments. Even the customary blanket roll over the shoulder, containing my old Chickamauga pup tent and rubber poncho I hung on the photog- raphers rod. All for the sake of representing a Soldier about to go out on a 24 hour picket detail, which along with other men and officers marched out 2 or 3 miles and paced a beat two hours on and four hours off, the whole 24, guarding the Army. This my old overcoat was a warm friend in the army and on the Plains in '67. Desiring a picture of knapsack, uniform and a soldier on duty and having aU these traps I got Comrade Sol Hisey, Co. A 121st O. V. I. of Olathe, to come to the Gallery and pose for a picture in my place. It may be seen a page or two on. Comrade Hisey is in His 84 year, and a pretty smart man yet. He would however lean on his cane cut on the Perry ville battlefield, and otherwise shows that it was 50 years after when the picture was taken. Wlio among the old Boys have war time pictures to show? or who have war relics? I have a museum of them, When the soldier lists came in from the various Townships of Osage County in 1889 I went to the Co. Clerks Office and worked many days getting the tables ready for free publication. The rea- der has 3 of those lists reproduced here. There were about 986 Ex Soldiers in Osage Co. then. C. R. Green Aug. 1914 51 Melvern's mix up of Pioneers and Indians for 17 years. VThile all the Indians that -t;i,id here until ,86, ujj and down the Mar:i,is des Cygne Valley did not camp in ilelvern twp. yet their Cliief Mokolioko and liis successors camped so near Cyrns Case's farm at th'i.' moutli of Rocjc Creek, that Melyern always had them. No celebration in these year;^j was held near or far by old settl- ers but there was a good attendance from Indians generally well dressed, in a semi-civilized manner. Coming in and settling a few miles only from O. C. Williams and O. S. Starr in 1880, and the latter friends of ours, I soon got to chasing Indian history, with the result that two or three years ago 1 issued an Indian pamphlet about the Indian Quenemo. So far less than a doz copies have circulated in this Valley, and as it is largely Malvern history, by Melvern pioneers, I am going to reprint it here in the following pages. As far as I know O. C. Williams is living at his Nanton, Alber- ta Canada home. Mr. Starr and Mr. Calkins are alive in Osage Co. Williams says he paid thes^ Indians $ 118. one fall for work. Read some of Elmer Calkins letter; Olivet, Kan. Aug. 5, 1902. Mr. C. R. Green, Lyndon, Kan. Dear Sir; Yours received, and think I can help you a little. I came to Kan. with ray father and brother the 6th of Oct. 1869. Spent the winter at Quenemo, and moved up into the Richview neighborhood in 70. And there be- came acquaiited with Quenemo. He lived on my fathers farm, part of the tme until 1873, when the Gov't moved him with the other Indians to the Ty. But he came right back, with a number of oth- er Indians. Then he lived on and around our farm until sometime about 1680. Old Quenemo often worked for me, and I loaned him small sums of money at different times which he alwa.ys paid back. If any person helped to bury any one by the name of Quenemo, (at the Agency) in the year 1863, then there must have been two persons bearing that name, for I am positive that I knew him as late as 1880. I refer you to L. P. Warner, Respectfully Yours. Elmer Calkins. 52 The Saux Indian Quenemo. By C. R. Green, Historian, Lyndon, Kas., 1903. Among the mounted papers on lile in our Kansas Historical Society articles, is one contributed to a newspaper in 1894 by the late Major Henry Inman author of the Santa re Trail books. It is a very readable article entitled "How the town of Quanemo was named." However like many other tales and traditions handed down to us by the pioneers of the days when many Indian tribes dwelt here in Kansas along our streams crowded together in some cases, 50 years ago, this Quenemo story wiU bear some sifting out. Why! Said an old pioneer to me within the year, who lives within four miles of Quenemo and has lived in the terri- tory now called Osage county since November 14, 1854. I thought Quenemo was named from a woman, the wife of the Sac and Fox Indian interpreter John Goodell, the woman who in the Black Hawk war swam the Mississippi river with a child on her back to escape being shot down by the soldiers. Maj. Inman's story is nearer the truth than anything that I have ever seen in print, but living on the Sac and Fox Re- serve these twenty-three years and improving every opportun- ity to interview both white pioneers and many half blood Indians I feel that my investigations have not been in vain and that my story can be substantiated. One of the pioneers of the Reserve who came to Kansas in 1855 just in time to be one of the defenders of Lawrence against Sheriff Jones and his friends from Missouri, in time became a Government employee among the Sac and Fox Indians at Agency Hill and says one of his first jobs was to assist. in making a coffin for an old chief named Quenemo and he also assisted in the burying of him. That was in 1863 I suppose in the new Indian burial ground up at the large Mission building on the Hill. 0. S. Starr, 0. C. Williams, Elmer Calkins, Goorge McMillen and others all settlers of 1869 and '70 on the Reserve N. W. Melvem along the Marias des Cygnes knew Quenemo 53 very well and during the 70's when as one of Mo ko ho kos Band, later known as the Kansas band, he continued to live along the river in his wicky-up with his second wife between Melvem and Olivet and worked for some of these settlers. I think they are right, Mr. Calkins says that he was alive as late as 1880 for he lived on their farm. Finally when down in the Indian Ty. after his annuities dying there and was buried in his blanket by his fellow Indians on Deer Creek. Oh! the joys of a historian. To add to my confusion a hist- orian took up the cudgel against me and managed to bury on the classic banks of "The Swan River" right here in Osage "My Old Indian Quenemo." So this time out of desperation I helped pay the expense of a young man who having Indian blood in his veins was going to visit relatives and see to business among the Sac and Fox Indians in the Indian i y. I asked several questions in writing and he wrote down the answers. He went to the old Chief Moses Keokuk who is yet aJive more than 80 years old - jid whose only wife now is the well known half breed woman, Mary Mitchell Means, the child in July,1832, who was carried across the river on the squaws back above alluded to. Keokuk .. d Quenemo died down there some time prior to ISSO and was buried about 1% miles from the Agency. While the Sauks never learned to talk English veiy easily yet they could understand and make replies by signs and a few words,, so that Orlando S. Starr drew out considerable history from Quenemo as he helped him to hoe his crops and ate at his table. Investigations on Starrs part satisfied him that Quenemo was bom of a union of a Sauk warrior and an Ottawa or Seneca squav/ about 1805-8 back on banks back of the Huron of Lakes in what would now be Huron Erie or Sandusky counties, Ohio. At the close of the 18th century there use to be an Indian tov/n by the name of Pequatting on the Huron river 6 miles from Lake Erie. The city of Milan birth place of Thomas A. Edison and your humble servant has occupied the site of that old Indian town now nearly a century. 54 Black Hawk and his Sauk followers were allies of the British and every year back in the beginning of the 19th century were going back and forth from their homes on the Mississippi river to the British Post at Maiden, Canada, where they receiv- ed present for their faithfulness though living in United States Territory. I find in Missouri • history that lai-.-je banks of the Sauk used to hunt as far south 100 j^ears ago, as the Ozark Mountains on . the south side of the Missouri river. So we can account veiy well for tnis union of Sauk with Ottawa. What pleasant hunting grounds they found in Michigan and Ohio. They were at peace v/ith ail these tribes then which only a fev/ years later were moved to the Kansas, Nebraska Indian Territory. Quenemo says that he remained there on the banks of the Hui'on until after two Indians were hung for murder July 1, 1819, at the county seat, Noi-walk, O. These were the Ottawa Indians who had murdered a white peddler and it is a matter of court record in my old county of Huron. Quenemo now perhaps 15 removes west, of his history beyond the Mississippi fighting the Sioux or what part he took in the Black Hawk v/ar of 1832 or whose band he stayed with in Iowa on the Des Moines S-c - - Fox Reservation. I know not, in October, 1845, they left lov/a and went by land southward led by their agent, John Beach to Brunswick, Mo., near the mouth of the Grand River. Here they could be fed and more easily looked after because of the steam- boat service on the Missouri river to and from St. Loui.^, ^ho. gr at western Indian agency. By treaty they h.-.d in 13 '2 F?:ifi fully promised to give up their Iowa Reservation bv O"^- ■ 1845. The 2400 Sac and Fox confederate tribes were to r-oceive more than a million dollars and a new reservation in Kansas. When they moved from Iowa the question had not bern fully decided as to the exact location of the nev/ reservation, "^'b-^' winter of 1845-46 it was settled and Keo kiik, the f-^thor of T/Io^es known as the watchful Fox with most of the confedera,tion nnoved ■n tiie sni-ing up on to the Wa-ka-rusa in what later was Doud-'S county. That year they raised their squaw patch gardens thei-e 55 while Agent Beach had the agency building known later aa Greenwood Sac and l:tand it from inquiries Quen- emo never v.-as icaliy a chief, though alway.s spoken of by whites as if he was. He was naturally of a quiet, peaceable civilized nature. In reply to my written questions the other Indians simply called him "Brave" choosing from year to year to whose band he should belong. For they could not draw their annuities with- out being enrolled. I find by referring to an old pay roll of Agent Albert Vv'iley for the year 18'a8-69 loaned me by the heir of Maj. Wiley's papers Miss L M. Andrevv's Kenton, Ohio, that Quenemo and family drawing a total of 60 dollars each. Each man, woman and child, even Moko ho Ko the chief got the same viz. $20 unless by reason of blindness, old age or death when $20 more was added, S14840 annuities cash were paid then to 694 persons. Men, 227; women, 234; children, 233. The old settlers there all testify that liquor could not be got on the Reservation v:".£ily as it was against the law but that those v-;-,:^ 'vould have it had to go to some of the low graggeries in towns round about to have their big drunks. Our old Quenemo was not that sort for on a time he had fell sick with the ague and chills long in the 70's. He went to Dr. W. C. Sweezy of Olivet who prescribed quinine and whisky but could not supply him. He then went to Orlando Starr for whom he had worked a good deal and asked a loan of tv/o dollars to get the medicine with. After he got it it made two bottles and he left one of them there for safe keep- '■'-■-y for he had as r. second wife a squaw who vv^as a sort of ter- migant, nearly killing him one tim.e in their wiclcyup a couple of miles away in a fit of passion with a butcher knife. 56 Thus we catch a glimpse of old Quenemo who had he been able to talk English cotdd have told many interesting incidents of his Indian life since he left Ohio in 1820. Mr. Starr was bom there on the Firelands only 15 miles from Milan. His gi-andfather, Smith Starr, moved into Clarks- field from Connecticut about November 1817. Some thirty town- ships off the western end of the Western Reserve Northwest Ty. had been granted to a gi'eat number of sufferers from Fires along the Long Island Sound living in Connecticut by reason of British expeditions sent out during the Revolutionary war. In time the lands in the west surveyed up and being settled were called Fire- lands. The long land journey through woods over almost impassable swamps from Connecticut had consumed many weeks. The journey towards the last was a very tedious one — dense woods, deep streams to cross with now and then a settlers cabin or a camp of Indians. How rejoiced they were at last to reach their lands. The writers grandparents, uncle and aunt came 8 years later from Connecticut and settled in the adjoining town of Wakeman and his mother was born there in 1826 and thus he has heard stories of "Early Days There." I do not know how many children this family of Smith Starrs had when they came there. There were half grown boys for one of them Taylor Starr came to Baldwin in the 50's to help fight Kansas battles in the ranks of the Free State men, and died here "twice a pioneer." Smith Starrs riches were not very great in those days after the close of the war of 1812-15, when he arrived at his journeys end his team consisted of a cow and horse yoked together some way pulling a cart I presume for -hot is what my Great Grandfather Smith used in one of hi? journeys as late as the 30's. The cow was part of their living and when they got to their new home was turned out to graze on the marshes and by and by came up missing. A search around home in the woods by the youngsters did not reveal her whereabouts; no cow could be 57 found. A cow on the Firelands in 1818 was about as plenty as bears were here when our first settlers came, none at all. A .friendly Indian relieved young Starr's search for the cow by pilot- ing him a journey of 12 miles through the forests to an Indian town on the Huron river where as they drew up near young Starr heard the sound of the old familiar cow bell ringing in most gladsome tones accompanied by the shouts and laughter of a lot of Indian youths in play as they raced around the little Indian village after their leader who had the cow beil. "There's your cow" said his Indian guide. The lad went home satisfied that it was useless to hunt longer. The Indians had made venison of the cow. While Quenemo may not have been one of those Indian lads, yet he was of that age and living thereabouts. Fifty-two or three years now elapse, a grandson of that same old Ohio pioneer Smith Starr, a young man with family now comes out to Kansas to carves himself out a home. After a year or two residence at Baldwin the Indians are removed and the Sac and Fox Eseerve thrown open to settlement. He is one of the "Pioneers" who came in those years of 1869 and '70, one of the hundreds of old soldiers of the Civil War his name Orlando S. Starr. By the payment of money he secured the homestead rights from some settler earlier on the ground to a choice 160 acres 5 miles N. W. of Malvern out on the smooth level prairie in the Eichview neighborhood now. An acquaintance Scott Daniels se- cures a bottom farm a couple of miles distant on the Marias des Cygnes, he had been there a year longer and Starr now has plenty of work on his hands the breaking and fencing of his land- He has a good team and wagon that he brought from Ohio. It has enabled him to make a good living since his arrival in Kansas and lay up money beside to buy their ^lome. Daniels has a well timbered farm with numerous squaw patches on several parts of it where the prairie glades ran down to the river, but he has no team. Those little Indian patches are easily enlarged into fields and strong team help was needed so in those years of beginning these two settlers join forces and the crops are raised down on the bottom and in a year or two when Daniels leaves he places the farm in Starrs hands to manage and sell. 58 William Cables well known to "Burlingame people owned the iitixt bottom farm below on the Marias des Cygnes. This farm had an Indian Sac and Fox burial ground on it, later it was ov/n- ed many years by 0. C. Williams. The farm immediately above the Daniels farm also a river botcom farm was owned then by Samuel Calkins, the father of Elmer Calkins, who with Orlando Starr still lives there on the Reseive. We will now leave these settlers for the present who in many cases were squatters on claims for several months before the Reserve was proclaimed by the President open for settlement. Starr has told me that many tmes in those earlier years his shake cabin, small as it was, has sheltered of a night niri.iy both Indians and whites who rolled in their own blankets asked only the use of the fire and floor. Agent Albert Wiley helped the Indians to select another re- servation in the Indian Ty. in the spring of 1869 and the date of the departure of the Sac and Fox tribe from Agency Hill (later Quenemo) under the Government escort was Nov. 26, 1869. • All the full blood Indians were gathered in and removed. Mo ko ho ko and his band which in one of these years embraced three- fifths of the whole tribe were carried from the Resei'\'ation by force, Moko ho Ko when the first treaty under Agent Henry Martin February 18, 1867, was being made did all he could to keep the Indian from agreeing to trade off" their Reservation in Osage county. He showed them how back on the Des Moines, la-, Reservation the Government had faithfully through their agent John Chambers October 11, 1842, entered into covenant that if they would sell their Reservation there and remove to the new one on the headv-aters of the Osage that that should always be a perpetual residence for them and their descendants," October, 1845, they had left the Iowa Reservation and fulfilled their part nnd again October 11, 1859, the Sac and Fox nation had consented to the sale of the west half of their Reservation to the settlers and speculators that funds thus gained might be expended by Perry Fuller and others in the erection of houses on the Diminish- ed Reserve and the starting up of the Mission buildings. This ' -i"'' P ■:-^';^»""^----''" •^. ■ y ' ■ r. ■ -• . ■ . ' J^^H^^^ y '^mk ! '^tS? ♦.' ^ ; ..■a,«».,i; -- ;. ■ :^i -i^l i^* H B .J -^1 I^H^Bh '■.'-->■ ■•■. • ■' , •' ^^jp^ - , T^ «<■ l^.lK^Bi v^'';::;^ ^^H IP : ,<":'V;, .^g ^ '^5'J ll -. ^i^^m »-., ^^^SfS* w ■ jji^^^iS' «■ ,. ' ;!. ■,; ";'., . .^;; ,^^^ »». ., ' ■ .y , , ^;,i«•-'■^■■^■■^^«=*Br'::/a^s# ^^ .1;!.;:*.--''' ■; ^■'- ' The One Standing is Quenemo or Orilla Davis. Wm Hurr, the Sac & Pox Interpreter in 1903, told me that he had a step-son by the name of Orilla Davis, whose Indian name was Quenemo. That through his father Arthur Davis, the lad was a great grand son of our old Quenemo. Quenemo was then away attending the Indian school at Carlisle Pa. Later through the assistance of the Supt. of that school, I was able by paying to get this picture. Two of his fellow tribesmen were with him. To his left is Jim Thorpe, the noted Athlete. 61 . had been done and now the Indians had a nice compact Reserva- tion well watered and timbered and Moko ho ko wild Indian as le was knew what his band v/anted, knew that they were attach- ed to this home. He had been to Washington and was when he succeeded to the command of Hard Fishes band removed furth- ti up the Marias des Cy^es to the neighborhood of Rock 'Jreek holding himself aloof from civilizations, and can one blame ]' im ? From the treaty of 1859 for ten years drunken unprincipled '• hite traders, land speculators, sharks made these Indian tribes of Kansas their prey because while the Civil War was on our I ttter class of American citizens were largely at the front saving the nation. When General Grant came into office the whole Indian question was placed in the hands of Quakers. But though Mo ko ho ko did all he could to save his people Keokuk, Che-kus, Uc kuaw ho ko, Mut tut tah and Man ah to wah all chiefs with various followings the total not amounting to as many braves as Mo ko ho ko had, were influenced by liquor, by gifts of goods, and by other favors until after 18 months the treaty with some changes was got through Congress and proclaimed by the President October 11, 1868, one of its provisions being that no settlers were to be allowed on the diminished Reserve until the Indians were removed. One of the teamsters who went on this two or three weeks journey by land to help haul the Indians supplies and accompany the Indians, said that after they unloaded and started back counted Indians passed them every day returning to their old home. How many stayed there I never heard, Mo ko ho ko did not for him and his band, now reduced to Xrorn 12') to 80 dwelt on the Marias des Cygnes among the whites 17 years longer. Th9 Government gathered them up and took them with the half bloods down to their Indian Ty. Reservation again in 1873. This time Mo ko ho ko and his band were the only ones who returned. The settlers found that the Indian bucks were good "'orkers at crop tending and gathering nrd wrre honest and most of them sober, well behaved Indians of Quenemo stripe. Remain- ing as they did in Kansas away from their agency they could not draw any annuities so that they soon icalizcd that to live they had to labor. 62 They camped along the river. I met one evening a party of 15 or more coming out of a com field with com knives in hand where they had been shocking com up near Arvonia, with their families camped up there. 0. C. Williams, who carried on farm- ing extensively after I moved onto the Reservation in 1880 use to work them in very successfully and agreeably to all parties. So I have remarked at the beginning of this article Starr and Daniels hired Quenemo and later on Starr had old Quenemo to help liim ."-i < < i.il ^ .nies thus getting very well acquajited a *" Starr visited his wickyup near the Daniels farm. In the several years that Quenemo lived around there he made trips with his family down to Sac and Fox agency and stayed long enough to be en- rolled and draw his annuity and it was on one of these occasions about 1878 that he died. Evidently about the time that the treaty was made in 1859 he had married his second wife. His two boys went with the Indians and for themselves so that Starr never knew them- I learned in more recent years that one of them died without issue, the other whose name was Waw po la- Kah married and had left two children when he too died. The childrens names were Mrs. Tecumseth and Arthur Davis or else the boy died and Mrs. Tecumseth an Indian widow had married Arthur Davis. It is very difficult to trace kinship among Indians. I learned that up to Mrs. Tecumseth's marriage there had never been any Quenemo. but Orilla Davis, her son received that name He was picked out as a fit person to be educated at Carlisle Indian school in Pennsylvania and by payment of 50 cents the super- intendent of that school had an excellent picture taken of him and sent to me. It is presented herewith. Some of the half blood Indians thought that old Quenemo had had his picture taken- once and I was induced to advance $3.50 to get the loan of it but I failed. I was particularly interested in this because the Quen- emo Sanitarium in its published circular gave an Indian's pic- ture in its columns as old Quenemo which I carried down with me to the Sac and Fox Agency and showed to the Indian council through Mr. Hurr the Indian interpreters assistance one day when the chiefs and principal men of the nation were assembled. They immediately pronounced it a hoax. It was a St. Joe Med- 63 cine Go's, picture labeled Quenemo, it was that of some Sioux. In late years in Volume 11 of Kansas Hist. Societl a writer of an article on the history of the Sac and Fox Mississippi band used this spurious picture the second time for Quenemo Anyone at all versed in the peculiar dress and porcupine quill work and long visage of the Sioux warrior can detect the fraud. The Sauk and Fox are inclined to hav-^ a rounder .skull an-'i wear ornaments of necklai."e style, posing with ii ' )m .I'liiv-'k i ..rhaps. Here I will insert a short article that I wrote for a paper several years ago that throws more light on Quenemo's history. In my article thus far I have touched several points and em- braced in this for which the reader will pardon me the repetition I find from reading this article over after several years that it brings out Mr. Starr's story of Quenemo in a very interestiiii^ form. So many of the prominent chiefs and Indians of that Re- serve around Agency Hill used lirior to suoh an extent that it was very unpleasant to have them around THE INDIAN QUENEMO. A True Story of Indian Life by C. R- Green, Lyndon, Historian 1902 Lemuel F. Warner, brother-in-law of Charlie Cochran and pre- sent Co. Commissioner for our district of Osage couny has been here more than 40 years. Though on general principles a farm- er he has kept store at Melvern many years and is always an interesting talker on early day matters. Recently he was telling me how the Indians caught on to Uncle Sam's facilities, finding the advantages in sending communications to the Iowa band of Sacs up in Brown Co. near the Nebraska line. Two or three squaws from Mo ko ho ko's camp on Cyrus Case's farm came into his store one day, and after doing their trading, proceeded to dis- patch a letter, the post office also being in the store. They were anxious to have the letter go through quickly to its destination, therefore they placed a stamp at each end of the envelop and V/amer v/as interviewed as to further aid in its delivery. These Indians of Osage Co. worked. They earned very much more than if they had been with their tribe. I have met bands of 20 or more com cutters and buskers going to and from work. Orlando Starr's first acquaintance with Quenemo began in 1871, when he 64 came and asked for work to help hoe the crops. He and Daniels raised lots of truck crops to sell the miners in Osage City, Quen- emo had his wickyup near by on the Calkins or Daniels farm. The settlers never forbid them the use of camping places as a rule, for they never stole and often caught off the wild animait. that made raids on the whites' premises. Quenemo had a second wife then, a boy 8 or 10 years old, and a little girl some older. His first wife had been dead many years, leaving him two or three sons of the regular blanket Indian kind, 30 or 40 years old who went with the tribe. Starr thought Quenemo to be 75 or 30 then, as he was gray. His second wife was a vicious squinr of evil disposition, who Quenemo told Starr, had tried to kill him on an occasion with a butcher knife. Says Starr, "Quenemo was honest, temperate and a respector of Christian ways. He sat ip to the table and behaved as well as any white and had a very high sense of honor. He hoed and worked for me a great deai until as late as 1874. He was a good corn husker and him and I used to do such jobs together for the neighbors. He w-rKed a great deal for 0. C. Williams and others. One time he came to me out on my farm looking quite ill, he said he was sick and wanted some medicine but he had no money. He had money ow- ing to him off somewhere but was unable to go after it. He probably was sick with malaria, chills and ague. He wanted to borrow 2 dollar to get medicine. I had nothing but a 5 dollar bill but trusting him fully I gave it to him and he went up to Dr. Sweezie's at Olivet who prescribed medicine for him the re- quired whisky to put in probably quinine. The Dr. didn't have the whisky for his medicine. Back Quenemo came to ma a round trip journey of ten or twelve miles, gave me my change and told me the trouble about the whisky. All saloons, drug stores and individuals had to be careful about selling Indians liquor then as now, as it was against the laws of the government, I had none to give or sell him so he made arrangements with me to get some when next I went to Osage city as his case was very urgent he went and got another Indian by the name of Alec from the Indian camp two or three miles up the river to come and help me dig potatoes and prepare my loading for my trip the next day to Osage city where I got his whisky. Another time he had me get a pint for him, divide it and give him part at a time with quinine in it, to be used as medicine. "'lie respected the Sabbath day for I had a brotht''. Wm. ./UiHi, out here from Ohio visiting me ovsr Sunday and walked '-j.vi: to ciie bottom farm to see the. crops, while there we went lO c.il on Quenemo and his family in his wick/up on ( :.■. i:-; ^•1 c As we drew nigh we heard a rasping noise going on and v/hen we entered the hut saw Quenemo busily at woik; making a saddle tree with an old rasp. After some taik by which Quen- 2m o was led to ask what day it was, and finding it was Sunday 1 e at once put up his work, signifying that he did not wish to a v/ork on Sunday. Quenemo said he had lived not only oat in Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. He mai^i * V. Lii his fingers oh the ground that corresponeded very iv.Ji with Stand's maps and later Starr got maps and Quenemo - -owed him at once his old locations. la his earlier years with the tribe before +hs B!ack Hawk war they seemed to be among the Winnebagoe^ l; \V. ^cciisin Tathering wild rice a great deal and he says t'l^t he Lvcd on a reservation in those days in what was later the N. E, comer of Iowa, possibly opposite Prairie du Ch'e:.). This was a 20 mile strip running diagonally south we;:;: ward from the Mississippi river to the Des Moines ceded by the Sac and Foxes to the U. S. in 1830. Fort Dodge was on it. If the old India a was yet alive and talk as freely to me as he 'd to friend Starr 30 years ago what a bonanza he would be to my Historical Bureau- ' Pretending to no education yet the very soul of honor. An Indian easy to get acquainted with yet never begging a favor. Warner, Craig one of the early pioneers at the agency was ef the organizers of the proposed town that should Y^ Yxv'"-. up ther^ when the Indians were removed. It was left them to sug- gest an appropriate name for the new town. While ssverii > them were deliberating over the town plans I presume in the Indian council house in 1869 the door opened and Quenemo step- ped in. immediately wihout further thought Craig spbpe up "I name this town Quenemo after my old Indian friend here." 66 The story came direct to me from Dr. E. B. Fenn's lips who was a Govermnent Doctor there from 1866 among the Indians. Fenn asked Craig about it and was told the circumstances of naminj; it. Th meaning of Quenemo Dr. Fenn said was something "hoped for" "longed for" etc., which is a little different from that c : pressd in the legend of Quenemo" as interpreted by Geo. W. Logan who seemed among whites who were at Quenemo to bsst understand their legends — and mythology. John Capper obtained this definition for me in 1901 Quenemo I "I am longing for you" or "I am lonesome without you." A SHORT VERSION OF THE LEGEND OF QUENEMO. Ages ago the Dacotahs made a treaty with the Sauk and Foxes. One stipulation of which was that the women captured in war by either tribe should not be put to death as had te a t.. custom in their savage warfare before. At the does of one terrible conflict In which the Dacotahs were victorious seven of the Sauk and Fox squavv^s were captur- ed and carried off to the cold bleak country of the Dacotahs far the north. After remaining ;.. rs f"" some time they v/ere released, provided with a supply of dried buffalo meat and' set on their way south towards home. Many weary days wero consumed in wandering aimlessly through the deep pine forests of the upper Mississippi. At last the poor squa-vvs leaiized that they were lost and a heavy storm peculiar to that altitude com- ing on they constructed a rude hut of boughs in v/hJcli they .,repared to pass the winter or until the weather would aar.i.t u their continuing their journey. Weeks passed one by one the women died of starvation, until only one was left. She was (encente) and in her tc-rr:bb loneliness and helpless condition gave birth to a boy pappoose. In her misery as she looked upon her new bom babe, she uttered these words "Que ne mo-" ''Qne ne mo!" There is no'iinglish equivalent, but imagine all that expresses the deepest son-ow and most poignant sorrow. "0! my God! My God! why has thou deserted me?" The poor squaw with her pappoose struggled slowly south- when Spring came at last reaching her people and home with th: boy in fine condition. That she had been forced by starvation to feed on the flesh of her dead companions and thus by that means had lived to tell the tale to her people was something partaking of the supernatural. The warriors held a great council of seven days. One day -i each of the dead and one for the living and her child, and -I'i .ck a covenant with the squaw mother that this child should be a chieftain of his band and that as long as time should last the title should be called Quenemo and that there should never be but one Quenemo at a time. END. I have heard that there were in the 60's near the Agency a Quenemo Band, I think that about 1850-60 he belonged to Hard i-ish's Band east of Greenwood Agency at his death there for a short t?me it v/as Quenemo Band. Then Mo ko ho ko with Indians I'rom the Missouri Band of Suak and Foxes joined the Mississ- ippi Band and many of the latter joined the Mo ko ho ko be- cause he hated civilization. In Iowa Quenemo was with the band that kept further away fi"om the white man's influences, in Kansas Agent Chenault in his report of 1851 commends tlv: chief Tuck-quas Band of Sacs. He said that the chief never took . liquor. Had great influence over them and it was the best regu- lated one of all the Indians. Henry Clay Jones whose father was a Frenchman and mother a Fox squaw, bom back in Iowa so far as I know is living yet. I have been to his home in the nation and stayed with him. He is a well informed wealthy land owner with large family. He has always been with the confederate tribes. Has filled many responsible positions and his history v/i!l be given in full here- after. He is well known in Osage County, Kansas. Shortly before Quenemo's death the Osage Indians came to visit the Sac and Foxes. They were feasted and gathered in the council room 'The Calumet'. The Pipe of Peace v/ent the rounds and oratory was in order. Quenemo- arose and made a short speech in regard to the significance of the "Calumet" and its ornimentation. The trimmings of it by some oversight had been made red, which Quenemo said vras wrong— it meant v/ar. Thus this old Indian's last public utterance was that tended to draw down the blessings of the Great Spirit upon their Councils. At this time 1878 the confederate tribe of Sac and Foxes could not have numb(^ed 700. In 1845 they had numbered nearly 3000. Death by diseases small pox, bloody flux, pneumoai:? principally carried them off. In 1852-3 there was a falling off of 487 from all causes and when the tribe took their lands in sever- ality in late years there were about 500 and of that number at least 20 who had come down from the Iowa Reservation in 1845-46. END TOM J. SMITH-. Tom J Smith, an old soldier of the 2nd Neb. Cav., came to the Reserve Jan. 1870, and settled on the Marias des Cygnes River immediately west of S- Calkins. On the N. E. of Sec 1, T. 18, R J5 He sold out along about 1880 to G. W- Johnson, and removed to the vicinity of the Ford one mile east of Olivet. Now (1905j living for some jears at Melvern. He knew the Indians well who camped along the creek on Cal- kins', and up by John Sweezies (Niles) place. Chief among them was; Pemakanapa, Chuck enema, Que nemo, Skipukewa, a brother of Pern a kanap a and one other Smith tried to think of. Most all these were oldish Indians. Quenemo was hoeing corn for him one hot day and when he came out at the end of the row, went and laid down ia the shade of a corn crib and fell asleep. Here Smith found him but did not arouse him, as he kne w the old Indian would make up all lost time The Sac Indians who made up this Band, were the most virtu- ous and honest indians that Smith ever saw. He lent Chuck en e ma a rifle to use for a spell, and it happened to be just as the Gov't had decided to remove them the last time to the Ind. Ty. The Soldiers pounced down upon the Indian camp, held the bucks under guard, loaded their wickyups, or tents and traps etc Into the wagons and moved them all over near C. Case's, where the Indians were guarded day and night until they started. A day or two latar, Smith not caring to lose his rifle, went over to see Chuck en e ma about it. He had not been i^ermitted yet to get to his traps, and was in much distress of mind that Smith was out his rifle. But George Logan who was at the camp, came to the rescue, hunted up the rifle and Smith got it all right. 69 Smith said when he had got his bottoms along the river cleared of the brush and stumps, and began to plow, he often saw Indians watching him from out the timber, for he was plowing over the graves of their kindred. The graves often would have only a few stones around them, they never had any head or foot stones. One time Quenemo's squaw came to Smiths house greatly exci- ted, jabbering in her Indian, for few of them could ever talk very much English. It was something about a white and her Brave. Quenemo's wickyup was not more than a half mile away then and while the squaw was trying to make herself understood, up came Quenemo and they began a conversation which they appeared to settle with some difficulty. I presume this conference was held at Smith's, that no acts of hasty temper interfere. I think prior to this, was when she ran at Quenemo with the butcher knife and he averted the blow. They finally fixed up their fuss and went back to the hut and two or three children. Along about 1876-'77, the Quenemo family went off down to the Nation to enroll and draw their Annuities, and never came back together again. Some dysentery complaint carried him off, and he was buried there. Some time 2 or 3 years after they had gone when we had moved over near the Jones ford, Mrs. Quenemo came back and hunted up Smiths. She was so overjoyed to see Mrs. S that the women embraced, and thus showed that an Indian squaw may have emotions and show them some times. THE INDIANS FINAL, REMOVAL IN 1886. Dr. W. C. Sweezey was elected to the Legislature in 1884, and through the complaint of his brother John Sweezey, who owned the land where the Indians loved to camp most, and also complai- nts of Cyrus Case and others, the Dr. through Senator Plumb in V.^'ashington, got the Sect'y of War to issue an Order for their re- moval the 3rd time and guarding of them down there a year. 70 Asher Smith's Narrative. Asher Smith was born iu N- J. in 1826. He was reared at Orange and left there when 23. He learned to be a machinist and locomo- tive engineer, which he followed afterwars when, in 1851 he went to Wis. and run on a wooden rail track Milwaukee & Mississippi R. R. , About this time he was md. to Harriet N. Anderson, of Or- ange N. J. In the Peoples Herald of Lyndon July 19, 1906, is a two column article about Asher Smith's Early Railroading and his be- ing the oldest R. R. Engineer. It is interesting, but as I am only after Osage Co. History, it will not be reproduced here. Asher Smith moved to a claim near Clinton Douglas Co. Kan. the Spring of 1859. He bought some one off, he shipped the team and selves by R. R. and Mo. River to Leavenworth. It was the time of the Pikes Peak Gold excitement, but he came to farm. In Smiths own words: L. D. Bailey's 160 acre farm was near by. He was a Judge then and lived at Emporia. Peabody lived there on his farm, a lawyer and well off. I followed farming, selling out there in the latter part of 1865. My next farm was a 320 acre farm for $800. in sec 15, T. 15, 5 miles right east of Burlingame on the old Shawnee Reserve lands. A year and a half was the length of my ownership of this, when I went into the portable sawmill work- The farm sold in 1867, and I commenced to run the sawmill in the several counties, Leavenworth, Douglas, Franklin, Coffee, Osage and in later years, the Cherokee Nation. In the fall of 1869 I loca- ted my mill on Prog Creek, on Maj. Newton's farm 2 miles south of Plymouth, and in 1870 moved it down to Melvern. There were only a dozen buildings then of the Town. Warner & Cochrans store, John Hands store, M. Hollenbecks house, J. Wants house Pete Chevaliers log house, J. Naffsinger's house, J- WiLson house Asher Smith's saw and gristmill and near by his house. Thomas Boggs store, Office of J. Parker Ball. HoUman's shop who sold out to Elisha Hollenbeck. Mr. Smith made a plat of the town. In the '70s were the days of the County seat fight. When Osa^-e City and Lyndon were first arrayed against Burlingame, this part of the county naturally would vote for Lyndon, but Asher Smith tells of a great scheme once about 1871, hatched by several prom- inent gentlemen to divide Osage Co. through the center of Lyndon 71 get 3 miles of Coffee Co. Ty. and found a new County by name of Harvey, and locate the Co. seat at the Plymouth Settlement. Alex Blake Atty at Law, owned a farm of 450 acres at Plymouth, and lived there 4 yrs before they moved to Melvern, which was in 1874. He was elected Kepresentative to the Legislature in lb71, and along about March '72, they hatched this scheme that Blake was expected to spring on the Legislature and carry through at a rush. The Co. seat was to be on Joe Pattersons south of Plymouth. N. D. Fairbanks then had the sale of it, and Blake, Fairbanks, L. P. Warner and C. Cochran thinking to make a fortune, bought it. Smith says that they had long suspected some develtry was on hand effecting Melvern, so when Blake rode into town one Sunday evening and was holding a conferenc in an office with his friends, Bmibh crept quietly into a position to listen, and was so impress- ed with the gravity of the situation, that he wrote several letters to members of the legislature, and then got on to his horse in the middle of the niglit and rode 10 miles to mail them at Lyndon so that they would go to Topeka Monday and Lem Warner P. M. at Melvern would never know. The Legislature was exceeding shy 01 any county seat controversy, so Blakes Bill fell flat. Judge Alex Blake has an excellent 2 page narrative in the Book No 4 ''Annals of Lyndon ", pages 99 and 100. And speaks of their " Early Days at Plymouth Kansas ". Smith says of N. S. Brian's writings on the County seat squabble " The Marriage of the Marias des Cygnes, with Yellow Ochre ". Published in the Osage City Shaft or Free Press. This was a well written county seat piece in those days of 1871 - '74, 3 columns in length, and was splendid. It was a story in prose. I kept the paper for years. FURTHER MELVERN HISTORY BY ASHER SMITH. There were three 80s in the xMelvern Town site. Lytle Wood and Beacham were most interested. Elder Plowman came in from Gr- eenwood, and we organized four churches, Baptists, Methodists, Advents and Presbyterians. We built our stone School House in 1872, for we got Rep. Blake to legalize our Bonds for us. School was held 2 years in Cochran &V/arners store. I think the Records have all been burned. A Miss. Abbott of Melvern twp. was the 1st Echool teacher. She was teaching in the storebnilding when Supt 72 Barrows visited Melvern. She only had 28 or 30 per cent in her examination, but only having three scholars, her brother and two from Oscar Becks, she went on with her School and drew her money. Church, Sunday School, and funerals, have aU been held from Smiths old mill building. He continued in the miU business several years, he built a good building in two years. He took his Portable mill away, but in time brought it back again- In 1881 he went railroading as a locomotive engineer, on the San- ta Fe. He followed it until 1893. When the author of this book, in 1896, interviewed him he was 70 years young then as he express- ed it and could have talked another hour. Thomas Baxter came here and built his store about 1873. Mr. Mays bought out Naffsinger about 1876. Sherman Enderton didn't come into town until 1882. Wm Porter was a carpenter here at the first, and is here now. John Tracy is an old settler. Hiram Kelsey moved in from the farm and started a Blacksmith Shop, and sold out to Frank Smith who got drownded. Then L. A Boone took the shop- Thomas Boggs started a store here the very first. The R. R. has been here about 13 years, built 1883--84. ASHER Smith's 6 Children. Byron E. Smith born in 1848. An Engineer on the Santa Fe living in Topeka. 10 chil'eu.(He died Feb-l 1903. note by his widow 1914.) Minnie S. md. George Francis, 4 children. Rowena S. married Wm Wilkins a Machinist on the Santa Fe and lives in Emporia they have two children. Prank Smith md- Sadie Huffman of Melvern. They have 4 children. He runs the Melvern Livery Stable. Horace Smith and Pierre, a girl were twins- Pierre md. Dr. Cor- win of Melvern, and has 3 children. Horace Smith married a Miss. Guyder of Emporia. They have 2 children" Horace S is in the wire fence business. We have mentioned 6 children and there were 25 grand children that Asher thought of in 1896, The number of des- cendants in 1914, as per Mrs. Byron E. Smith, Topeka was 44 Asher Smith died about March 17 1908. suddenly at the home of a granddaughter in Kansas City where he was visiting. He was buried in Melvern beside his wife. He was 82 years old- Mr. Smith gave me notes enough about the 5 fires that Melvern had experienced up to 1896, to fill a half page more had I room. Prehaps on another page the changes of 18 years will be noted. 73 Henry Judd's Story of Ho^v The ^vhites built the Indian's Houses On The Reserve, 1862. Henry Judd of Melyern, was born Aug 12 1837, in Conn. He was reared at Stirling, 111. He says: I came to Grasshopper Palls Kan March 1856. I was single. I was a stonemason. In the Spring of 1857 I went to Topeka and staid there 8 years. I freighted some on the Plains. I married and settled down. I was in the 19th Kan State Militia, and was out on some of the occasions. I was at Law- rence after it was burned by Quantaell. April 1861 1 was at work on the job of the Indian houses at and near Quenemo, or Agency HiU as it was called then. My first job was the foundation and chimneys to Chief Keokuk's frame house half a mile north of the Agency, (It may be seen there yet though built 52 years ago beside the Mo, Pac. Track). We got the word of the firing on Port Sumpter, when at Keokuks. Sherman En- derton had came out from 111. the next Spring after I did, and lo- cated at Centropolis, so it came about that we took the job togeth- er of the mason work of 37 stone houses. Old Ben Johnson, now of Lawrence, then of Topeka, had the job of building all the houses frame and stone. 170 buildings, was the number that Bob Stevens was to build for the Government. Enderton and I just had the 37 stone ones, but lots of the others we had the foundations and chimneys to build. We built 11 stone houses on Rock Creek. We worked 10 men. the lime for our mor- tar was got by Morgan, who burned it on log heaps. He also got the stone everywhere, quarrying it out or picking it up, the flag stone from around Melvern being the best. Two size stone houses were built, for an 18 X 26 Morgan and us received $100. For an 18 X 30, $110. Morgan furnished the lime, the stone and the sand. We had nothing to do with the wood work We plastered them when roofed. Enderton and I got half the cash and paid our own mortar tender. We commenced April 1861, and finished June 1863. Enderton enlisted in the 11th Kan. Cav. and went off Sept. 1862 to see the 74 Rebellion put down. Prehaps it was then that Albert Knowles a Banker now of Topeka took a place as mason in the gang, winter did not stop the work. When we got 6 houses done we got Brady the Receiver to come down and Inspect them and draw our pay. The Indians didn't want the houses. They would build fires in the middle of the floor. They would live in their wickyups, stable their ponys in the house and cover the walls with their Indian drawings. We built several buildings on Salt Creek. Judd's Notes on Melvern. The 1st Melvern was laid out on 40 acres I think down on Oscar Beck's. L. F. Warner, Sherm Enderton, Alex Blake, Charlie Co- chran and James Beck were the prime movers of that attempt. They left that in the 1st year, and came up on to high ground. Harvey Beacham owned the North West i sec.lO T. 18 R. l6. A Mr. Want " " " East i " 9 " Wm. B. Mays " " South " i " 4 " James Beck & Lytle Woods, " half Section 3 " John Naffsinger, was in some way in sec 4. (Yet by old town plats of 1879 it is shown that the Mays Qr. was not in the Town Co) Plat then, which even that late only had 120 acres in it.- C. R.G Some of the old settlers here (about 1900) are Asher Smith, L. F. Warner, Alex Hutchinson, Sherm Enderton, Henry and Edw- ard Judd, Elisha HoUenbeck, Elder Plowman, Arthur and Willie Ball. These are sons of J. Parker Ball an early settler here who now lives at Hesston Harvey Co. For want of time no more were named. There was a saw mill in 1861 stationed at the mouth of Long Creek, a regular stationary engine and boiler. It was gone when [ came to settle here in 1868. I came here the winter of 1868 and took the S. W. Qr. of sec 16 18. 16. and own it yet. I bought the SO next north of my qr. in time . In 1889 I moved into Melvern. I have two girls and Ed,s folks have two boys. Sherman Enderton who had come from Sterling 111. the same place I did, and who had served through the War, located about a mile west of me. The interview was a brief one, as I was after the history that day of the building of the Indians houses on the Reserve. (C. R. G.) 75 The Uncle Biliy Francis Family. Wm. Francis was born in Muskingum Co. 0. Feb. 1st 1822. Ho died at Melvern, Feb. 19 1901. I was at his place interviewing him two or three years before his death. No farniiy in the south part of the County, took near the panes that Mr. Francis did at the be- ginning, to iutroduce blooded stock into the new region. (C. R.G.) Mr. "Wm Francis was reared in Licking Co. O. where he was md. to Cloe Clafflin of same place Nov. 21 1841. She died in Los Angeles Cal. Dec 31 1892. In 1865 he moved np into Delaware Co. wliere he farmed until the fall of '69. THE REMOVAL TO KANSAS. In the fall of 1868 George Francis my son who was now of age, and married, picked up and went out to Lawrence Kan. His wife had a brother by name of Charlie Ferrier there. George heard at once of the chance down on the Sac & Fox Reserve. Duge Schaf- fer, Joe Wallace, and others, all acquantances, took their claims Nov. '68. They pretty near had their choice then. George took the claim that Orin now lives on, viz; S. W. of Sec. 9 18 16. Orin Francis came on, Aug. 1869. He also had just got married. George got him to take his north 80. I sold out there in O. fall 1869, and March 15th next ive landed at Georges. I moved by car to Lawrence, where I hired 5 teams to draw my goods out to the Sac&Fox Reserve. I had a stallion and team of mules besides. The family went on to Ottawa, whei-e George met them. There was a whole load, my dau. Mrs. Hatfield and children, my wife and children, and mj wifes mother. I bought out John Duff Jeld's claim. N. E. Qr. Sec. 17. He had paid out on it, improved it built a log cabin, broke 40 or 50 acres, had out a little wheat. I paid him $1400. cash, and $200. more for stock, feed, tools and odds and ends. Loug Creek flowed through this quarter, and it proved a good investment. Eventually I got more land. Mrs. Hatfield got the qr. north and George the qr west of me so by '79 we had 720 acres there 2 miles S. W. of Melvern. I built my house the fall of 1870. 20XB2, li story high, with a cellar. We just had to have it, our family was so large. Mrs. Phe- be Clafflin, my wifes mother was 96 yrs old when she died. I got my first lumber at Bartell's in Olivet. Dr. Sweezie was there for the same purpose. My pine I bought of Fischell in Lyndon. 76 Billy FRA^fCIS' Neighbors In 1870. Old Davy Laming who sold out to Oliver Catlin and went to Wy . Henry Judd who still owns his farm and lives in town. Sherm Bnderton who lived one mile up the Creek. Above him was Caleb Smith where Stoolfires live. Vet Smith the Stucker claim. Old Davy Lane 1 mile N. W. Jacob Rookey is here yet on his claim. John Noblet was an early settler from la in 1871. He is on his claim yet. Old man Curchin's qr. just east of Orin's still be- longs to him but he lives in town. Old man Naff singer and Ander son Clark were north of us. Clarks was the same sec. the grave yard was in. It was used the first thing, Old man Harper, Mrs. and Mr. Beacham being about the first burials. The Francis men folks went into farming and stock raising, we kept out of stock speculation. I took 1st premium on my stallion at the Lyndon Fair the fall of 1870, and we bought a blooded cow and calf up by Burlingame for $150. a year or so later. Thus we worked up and weathered the hard years. We engaged in wheat raising considerable at first but later got out of it. By arrangement with the County Commissioners, along in the 70's, George and his wife went up and took charge of the Osage County Poor Farm. I guess he gave good satisfaction for he was there several years. However he was in a grocery store business with Major Burke there in Burlingame a while. William Francis Children, -9. Melissa Francis, born 1843, was Mrs Hatfield when with children she came with the father to Kansas in 1870. At the time ofMr. Fs death Feb. 1901, she was Mrs. M.F. Taylor Meridan Idaho. George S. Francis born 1846. Md Jane Ferrier in O. who died in 1872 He md. 2nd Minnie dau. of Asher Smith of Melvern. She bore him 5 children. 2 boys and 2 girls being alive when the mother died Dec. 1896. George has also died since the father did. Oren Francis b 1848. (the editor failed to get notes) There was a baby Norman who drew in the Lyndon Fair of 1870 a village lot as premian. Grandfather Francis said he run a big stock ranch Oren has also passed away since the father. Lucinda S. Francis; now Mrs T. Roberts, a widow with 5 childr- en living near the father, (about 1899 story writ down) 77 Zilplia Francis, married 0. E. Mc Farland, they reside in Los Angeles. They have 3 children. Marion Francis, wife and 4 children lived near the fathers when interviewed, in 1901 they were living near Wetmore Kan. Carrie May md. C. M. Thompson, who lives on the old Warner farm next west of Charlie Cochran in Olivet. They have 5 chil'en Clark Francis, born 1865, is unmarried, he is a Carpenter and lives in Los Angeles. Mr. F. did not mention Clarence Francis who died in Calif, in 1889. In 1914, Norman Francis and sister, Mrs. Irene Henry, grandchi- ldren of Uncle Billey's, lived in Lebo. None in Melvern. (0. S. S.) CYRUS CASE,S NARRATIVE. -MOKOHOKO. Cyrus Case was born Dec. 1st 1838, in Farmington Franklin Co. Maine. I lived there until I moved to Kansas. I had a good acade- my school education, as the noted Abbott Schools were there be- fore the War. Civil War Service. I enlisted Sep. 10 1862 for 9 mos in Co. E 24 Me. V. I. Then I served a few months in 1st D. C. Cav. there in Washington. I was transferred about Oct. 1864, to Co. C 1st Maine Cav. [ was an Orderly Sergeant in all three regiments. We were in the siege of Port Hudson. I was slightly wounded 3 times. We were let out of the service Aug. 1st 1865, and I went home to Farmington. Jan. 14 1869, I was married to Faustina McClure of same place. We started west pretty soon, aiid arrived in Ottawa Feb. 28 1869. I came out from the East with B. M. Kalloch, now of Ottawa and we took claims near each other. . I laid claim on the S. W. i Sec 31 17 17. while he took Wings claim. I am in Lincoln township, 3 miles east and 1 mile north of Melvern, The Marais des Cygne and Rock Creek both flow in on my farm. We settled in the midst of the Indians. We built the first house on this side, we lived a few weeks in an Indian house along with John Tracy. I cut and hauled Jogs for my lumber to Henderson's sawmillover on Tequas, near Jerry Hussey's present home. I built my house using native shingles. I had 50 acres all heavy bottom timber which I cleared all off. I paid $1.50 per acre, the Patent being signed by U. S. Grant. 78 Some of my neighbors in those early years were ; E. M. Kalloch, now dead, Dr. Floyd, dead, Wm Fleak, Joe Mc Milieu, Wm H. Connelly, Jabez Adams Sr. and boys, R. L. Gra- ham, T. L. and Joe Marshall, and others. I had a good team and did hauling for others. I use to haul goods from Lawrence for Rankin & Co. Quenemo, and for Dr. A. Wiley They use to ask me to drink, but being born and raised anti liq- uor, I was a well known Temperance man before Kansas made it a law. We generally did our trading in Ottawa. Once I killed and dressed a load of fat hogs and marketed them way down in Sum- ner Co. where I received 10 cts per lb. I went once down into Lynn Co to work on a R. R., but never got my wages. Kalloch and I owned the two Qrs. in partnership. I had 65 acres of prairie up on the Wing qr. I belong to the Baptist Society. I have been S. S. Supt of two Union Schools in this section as well as our own church school. The Mo Ko Ho Kg Band Op Indians. As I have said in another place we settled in the midst of the In- dians. When they were removed Nov. 1869, many were soon back here living along the River. Mokohoko's favorite camping place was on my timber bottom near where Rock Creek empties into the Marias de Cygne. He came there with about 100 of his follow- ers in the fall of 1869. He was a peaceable Chief that a White sel- dom saw unless they went to his hut. He wanted nothing to do with white men. Occasionally a family would pull off, go south and join their tribe. In fact it was quite a practice of many of his Band to generally go South in the winter, to hunt, fish, and seek warmer climate. Some times they managed to enroll and draw annuities. But Mokohoko and family always staid. In October 1875 my team went along with others to haul Mokohoko and others down there the second time. He was soon back. I went to law to get them off my place and to show Chief Mokohoko that if he didn't sign the Indian Treaty of 1868, giving the Sac & Fox Diminished heserve back to the Government, that there were all the other Chiefs who did and thus he was a tresspasser. Mokohoko and his Band set up a good defense, for they had Geo Powers as their lawyer, -while Judge Blake was ours about 1874- He only moved adoz. rods to get on another man. I never knew when he died. It might have 79 been in 1880 or before. He charged his followers to never reveal the time of his death or place of burial, and that his successor in office should never willingly leave the Reserve. Next in rank to Mokohoko was Ke a qaa, A fine specimen of an Indian about 45. He died about 1880, and I was down at the burial on the river bank on my land. They made quite a display, the cof fin being hewed out of a hollow basswood. I hired the Indians much. There were about 30 or 40 male adults Quite a large proportion of the Band were women and children. They never would have any Missionary among them, so their children the 16 years they continued here got no schooling. They were detirmined to stick to their wild tribal customs. They had good moral virtues, and when they sat at my table adopted our ways. Kelly was a half breed and Interpreter, he went off long before the last did. Old Co to pa, one of the Councilors was a fat jovial old fellow well known by the whites. Capt Sam, who was Chief after Mokohoko, was lame, of medium hight and heavy set It was m Nov. 1886 that a young man, Lieut Hayes of the 4th U. S. Cav. and about 20 privates, came from Fort Riley with or- ders to gather all the Indians together and remove them by wag- ons to their Reservation in Okla. where dwelt the Sac & Fox tribe My team went again to help haul them. They were treated kindly but had to be watched closely. They had ponies, and the first day or two out raced with the soldiers to get away. This was virtually Cyrus Case's talk one pleasant day about 1905 after they had sold their farm and were packing up to leave for Ceres, Stanislaus Co. Calif. However bad Mr. Case hated to break up and leave, he had for months been at the point of death from Brights Disease. The move has helped him. Their son Cyrus Walter Case born there on the Osage Co. farm May 3rd 1870. mar- ried Oct. 26 1898 to a Havereil Mass. lady, has brought two fine grandsons, Clifford Dwight, and Albert Fernald Case, into the Family' before they moved. And I hear nothing otherwise than that Cyrus Case and his Family who for 36 years labored to make their neighborhood in Kansas better, now enjoy the richest of life's blessings in their California home. C. R. G. Sep. 1914. 80 NARRATIVE OP JABEZ ADAMS JR. OF AGENCY TWP, EX-COUNTY SUPT. OP PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Early in the spring of 1869, my father Jabez Adams Sr., 4 bro's John C. , Wm H. , Isaac Adams and myself, moved from Douglas Co. Kan. and settled on Tequas creek, 5 miles south of Quenemo, then called SAC & fox agency. We soon learned that the Treaty with said Indians was not com- plete and much doubt existed among the new settlers about the Treaty standing the "test'' at Washington City*. Several weeks after our settlement there, I learned that a "Coun- cil" of Indian Chiefs and Government Officials would be held in the Agency (now Quenemo) for the purpose of completing the Treaty and arranging for the removal of the Indians. In company with many of the white settlers, I attended that Council. The Sac & Fox Indian Council Summer Of 1869. I cannot remember the date; but shall never forget some of the important business decided that day. The council was held in an enclosed greensward-embellished by fine shade trees. Besides the Chiefs and Braves whose business it was to be there, It seemed that every Indian living on the Reserve was there. Indians formed an inner circle around the officials; whites the outer circle. The ground was covered with people for many rods. My first surprise that day was the intelligent features of many of the noted Indians. In this brief account only two chiefs, Keo- kuk and Mokohoko will be mentioned. In symmetry and physiq- ue they were perfect. Keokuk fair, almost like a white man; Mo- kohoko, dark. Their physiognomies beamed with intellectuality and showed strong marks of philanthropy. They were neatly dre- ssed and made a fine appearance before the vast audience. When the officials had explaned to the interpreter the object of the meeting and he had rehearsed the same to the chiefs, they were called by turn. Keokuk and Mokohoko were the principal orators, and respon- ded promptly when called. With the Sac & Pox Tribe they were Clay and Webster. For, like them they were noted for their el- oquence, and esteemed for their untiring efforts for right. Their eloquence run in the same channel, but their finals reversed. * So much fraud used to get the treaty signed, and protests stopt. 81 Keokuk delivered with impressive ]mthos, the oration; "The Treachery of the Paleface" in driving the Indians from one reser- vation to another for the last hundred years. After settlement in each instance promising to let them alone forever. And now again we are to be driAen from this lovely home we all love so well. When the Paleface put us here he said, this is yours as long as the sun bedecks the Heavens. ' 'In conclusion my dear people the last thing I say is THE saddest op all, we must go; they WILL not let us stay". Half the audience seemed to be crying. MOKOHOKO'S SPEECH. Chief mokohoko then arose and delivered an address that would do honor to any statesman. His closing remarks were even more pathetic than those of Keokuk, aud when interpreted were about as follows; "Now my dear people, our noble Keokuk has been persuaded to put his hand to a "Paleface" paper; and they say it gives away our Kansas home. O, tell me not such sad words ! We cannot give up this happy home we have loved so long. I'll never NEVER, NEVER put my hand to the paper that says that we must leave here! * My own people who follow me shall live here in peace with thes e good paleface people so long as the moon and stars shine by night and the sun illumes the day. When my life is out, — wrap me in my blanket, — gently consign my sonl to the Great Spirit of all, — in that quiet nook on Tequas, — circle around my grave and let my friends and brothers say the last words for MOKOHOKO. * Soon after this council. Chief Keokuk and aU his followers mi- grated to their new home in the Ty. But Chief Mokohoko and his band of followers, erected their wigwams at the mouth of Rock Creek on the Marias des Cygne River, and hved there many years in peace with the white settlers. Mokohoko true to his word lived there until he died. ( Of course Mr. Adams knows aU about the forced removals of Mokohoko and his Band, who always as soon as they could, returned to this their true home. C. R. G- ) The Sac & Pox Indians have been friendly to the whites many years. In the spring of 1870, I attended an indian dance 2 miles from my homestead at their village; and learned many interesting things about their lives and peculiar habits. 82 Many white people think the "indian dance" rude and queer, so it is; but compared with our fandangoes the behavior and etique- tte is about equal. Early in the day, before beginning the dance, the best food obtainable is put on to cook. Every dance is atten- ded with a banquet. The dance continues all day by intervals. While dancers move in a circle they chant, the dogs bark, and the musicians blow horns and beat the drums' As I have attended but one indian dance I can only tell from that how they performed. They first dress up in their best, putting on all their beads, animal claw necklaces, and jewelry they posses. They dance in a circle- single file- The tallest "Buck" is put in the lead, next the taUest is second, and so on until aU the men and big boys are in. Then came the squaws and big girls in the same or- der, and after them the children. They had a swinging motion from side to side as they stepped forward and chanted. They ate three times during the day and rested a long time after each meal. The leader was supplied with a pair of buffalo horns which he wore on his head. A little feUow who carried water for the dancers aU day wore nothing but a common shirt. I learned that he was a Cheyenne indian whom they had captured and kept in slavery. There are two or three cemeteries on Tequas creek. I attended an indian burial at the one a half a mile east of our residence. This was in 1871. The deceased was a noted brave, I do not remember his name now. Long before the funeral procession arrived, two squaws had come and dug the grave about four feet deep. The body was brought to the grave by a little wagon drawn by two ponies. The funeral procession- in which many whites participa- ted, was somewhat similar to ours on such occasions, and the cer- emony at the grave was carried out much as our fraternal orders carry out theirs. The corpse was wrapped in his blanket and with head to the east placed in the grave. The braves and chiefs marched around the grave three times, Mokohoko in the lead, uttering apparently, some sad ceremony. Each one in the circle deposited something in the grave as they marched around. Tobacco I saw dropped in- At the end of the 3rd round the leader stopped at the head of the grave, the others com pleting the circle. In this position all stood still while the Chief delivered the funeral sermon. 83 During the exercises at the grave two bucks appointed for that purpose, divided the property of the deceased, (except ponies and gun) into two heaps of equal value. After the two squaws mentio- ned had filled the grave, each received one of the piles of proper- ty in payment for their services. After stones were pUed on the grave, a signal was given and all dispersed. Although these Indians lived here among the whites several yrs after Keokuks followers were in the Ty. I never knew or heard of their disturbing the settlers. They were peaceable, obliging and friendly aU these years. Government soldiers took them by force to the Ty. several times; but most of them returned each time. Yet the few who did remain there gradually reducd the 150 in the 16 years to less than 80 Indians when in 1886 the soldiers took them and aU they possessed down to their people in the ter ritory, and induced them to stay. They presented a sad scene when compelled to leave their old home for the last time. Their crying and weeping could be heard by many neighbors whose sympathy they had won. J. Adams, Quenemo Kan. March 1905 Odds and Knds About the Sac &: Fox Indians In Kansas, AS GATHERED UP THE LAST 20 YRS BY C. R. GREEN. MoKoHoKo, "He who floats visible near the surface of the wa- ter". A chief of the band of Sauk that took the lead in support- ing Black Hawk in their war of 1832. He was of the Sturgeon clan. The ruling clan of the Sauk, and was a bitter enemy of Keokuk. The band still retains its identity- It refused to leave Kansas when the rest of the tribe went to the Ind. Ty, and had to be removed thither by the military. Wm Jones, son of Henry Clay Jones In hand book of American Indians, Part First, page 930. May 18 1854, certain chiefs and others of the Iowa and Missouri Band of Sac & Fox tribe of the Great Nemaha Reserve, made a Treaty at Washington with the Gov't by which they ceded part of their Reservation, keeping 50 sections in Kansas next the Mo. R. and Neb. line that they proposed taking in severahty. This tract 84 of country they had received by cession in 1836. Some of the Sauk had already left and joined the Miss. Band on the Osage. And in 4 or 5 years Mokohoko came down. Signers; Petookemah. or Hard Fish. Wah pe mem mah, Moles or Sturgeon. Neson quoit or Bear. Mo ko ho ko, Jumping Pish. No ko what, or Pox, I presume it was on this occasion in 1854, while there in Wash- ington, that the two pictures of Mokohoko I present in this book, were taken, for on application to the Bureau of Ethnology, they were sent me free. See U. S. Book of Indian Land cessions Part 2 18th Report, page 792, and its references. Albert Wiley U. S. Indian Agt. taking charge at the Sac & Fox Agency, March 1867, in his report the 30th of July of that year says; "The wild Band under Mokohoko, is peaceable, docile and willing to assist in carrying out the wishes of the Government. He is a good man to his band, which comprises more than half Op the tribe. He says that he has not been recognized as a man and may have done some things not altogether right." Indian Agents Reports Published by the U. S. in 1868. In the winter of 1885~86, when the river was frozen, a young man, a cousin of mine Charles H. Shelton of Wakeman, Ohio was teaching school in the Wing District, near Mokohoko's old camp. One moonlight night desiring to mail a letter at Maxon P. O. 2 or 3 miles distant, he struck a bee line, which took him down thro' some timber along the river. Here he run on to a larger sized hut in which appeared some thing was going on, but with closed doors Charlie quietly proceeded to investigate the Indian question, But before he could much more than get a "peek", the guard was out and he was motioned off. Some secret council work was on. Mr Shelton dismissed his school long enough the day the sol- diers started with the Indians, to go and see them off. Captain Sam, the fat old chief had to be bound and lifted like a struggling hog into the wagon. 85 What one of sheltons pupils observed. Mrs. — Clarke, formerly Miss. Gonnely of Lincoln twp; and a large girl of the School, knew some of these Indians quite well. They were Register of Deeds about 1905 at Lyndon. I showed her my indian photos. She said the one I had marked as Con a pak a was Ka nope, a great friend of hers, who staid in Mokohoko's camp and hunted the prairie chickens around. Ka nope was very friendly to children and to the whites. Mr. Cross living near thot' Kanope the same as Capt Sam chief of the band. Mrs. Clark said not. Cross said they had the use of 5 acres from some one down along the River. They had quite a herd of ponies, that at the last run in the Riggs pasture. I am able to present Kanope's picture. A Petition to Congress For some Restoration of Annuities.— Doc. 690 H. R. March 22 1892. SpeUing as given; "Number of In Mo kaw ho ko's Band when removed to the Ty. in Nov. 1886; 93. Total number of Sac & Pox of the Miss" Band 800. "Mo kaw hoko and his band would not sign the Treaty of Oct. 14 1868, wherein provision was made for their removal- Mokawhoko and band were allowed to stay by the Gov't in Kansas until 1886, where they got no funds they claim. " $71045.40 has accrued to them, and they want it back out of the general Sac & Fox fund in §7000. yearly installments. (They never got this. When I visited the tribe in 1903, this Band lived aloof from the tribe over north of Stroude Okla, on Euchee Creek. I got several pictures of them from the Stroude Photog- rapher. There they were known as the "Kansas Band", and were drawing their annuities the same as the rest, C- R. G.) An Arti'Jle in the Ottawa Weekly Herald op Oct. 22 1903 "To The Old Home. - Indian Delegation Arrives From the Ty. A Story of Homesickness. A band of Sac & Poxes, contends that it has never parted with its Rights to the Reservation Lands. I am only giving extracts of this long article. The writer makes it appear thatPranldin County contained the Sac & Pox Reserva- tion, whereas it only had one fifth. Osage Co having the balance. "A pathetic story of homesickness is told in the arrival in Otta- wa Saturday of a band of three Sac & Fox Indians, who came to assert their rights to their old home land 86 All the passionate longing for old scenes and surroundings that are supposed to go with the instincts of civilization, seems to have actuated the Indians in their efforts to regain the land which the Gov't took from them. The coming of the Indians, is announced in a letter to Hon. J- P. (Jack) Harris, from the Sac & Fox Agency. And the letter expresses the hope that the Indians will be kindly received here, and humored in their almost childish belief that some day the Powers may return their old home to them. The names of the delegation are Alex Connelly, a half breed who acts as guide and interpreter, Kawtope, Matttaanne and an Indian described as the son of Geo Chaw ka no me, We have skipped a half column of interesting literature about the tribes history, all of which crops out in some one or other of my books "Mr. Harris often met the old Chief Mo - kohoko on his homesick wanderings back to the old camp, and heard his pathetic protest that he wished to live on the lands that the spirit liad given him; and where his children were buried. The chief died contending that he and his fellow tribesmen had never parted with their right to the lands in Franklin County. The writer goes on further to say in this and anoth- er article later; " that the Band after the tribe left, terrorized the .early settlers, committing depredations, and stealing supplies to keep themselves alive. The Gov't would pay no annuities unless the Indians went to the Reservation. The acts of the Indians be- came so aggravating that a move was finally started to wipe out the band, and an organization was actually started among the set- tlers, having for its object the extinction of the Band. Before the move could be carried out, the Gov't sent a detatch- ment of Cavalry under Gen. Sheridan, to round the Indians up and move them to the Indian Ty. Gen. Sheridan wasin Ottawa for some time and made many acquantances here. He knew Col. Ma- son and made the latters law office his Head Quarters. The troops got the Indians herded together, and marched them overland to the Ty-, as a band of cattle is driven, and nothing more been lieard of their claims here until the arrival of the party Sunday. ■'The Indian Pow- wow. Extracts from Ottawa Herald; Later. "The Indians arrived Saturday noon. Two Indians Kaw-to-pe and 87 Mat tan an ne, are quite old. The 3rd full blood in the party is a young fellow. The Indians talked through their interpreter to Mr- Harris in his office. The Chief talked first. Staring straight before them with great solemnity, and his countnance expressing never a change he talk- ed. When he sat down, the nest arose and endorsed what the chief said. Mr. Harris advised them not to go on to Washington, but to go to Quenemo, visit the land marks and George Logan. "The delegation still cherish the old belief that the Gov't will re- turn the tribe to the fox-mer Reservation, as soon as the story can be told to the Press of how the Chief of their Band refused to sign the Treaty. The letter from the Post Trader in the Ty. to Mr Harris, mentions the fact that the Indians rely on the friendship of a one legged man who formerly showed them great kindness. The man refered to is the late H- P. Welch. End Copied by C. R. Green at the Kansas Historical Rooms, Dec7, 1904 The writer of the above articles by not signing his name has left the responsibility to fall on the Herald Staff for the truth of some of those Statements. I take the followin exceptions. 1 st When the Tribe was removed Nov. 26 1869, which was in a peaceable manner, they were treated with great indulgence and tliree fourths of the tribe left their Diminished Reserve in Osage County and went willingly to the Nation. 2nd; There had been no trouble of any great consequence, the whites ci'owded in a year ahead of time to to take claims, This ir- ritated the Indians much, but the Indian Agent had a Sergeant and squad of soldiers sent there that drove the 'Sooners' out and satisfied the indians that the Gov't would protect them. 3rd; Gen. Sheridan had the Kan. Mo. Military Dpt. as Com'ander Sep. 12 1867 to March 4 1869, with Head Quarters at Leavenworth when not out at Fort Hayes aiding Gen. Custer fight the Plains Indians. After Mar. '69, Sheridan went to Chicago. 4th It is the testimony of hundreds of settlers that the Sac & Pox Indians were honest, and well behaved, especially Mo koho ko's Band that staid 16 years longer. G. R. Green. 1914. SAC & POX HISTORY THAT MO KO HO KO, HAD A HAND IN, ON The KAN. Reservation, in Agt. Martin's Time; 1866. Lawrence, Kansas, October 9, 1866. Sir; I have the honor to report that in accordance with your instructions of the 14th of August last, I proceeded to the Sac & Fox Agency on the 5th inst Upon my arrival at the Agency on the afternoon of the 5th, Antoine Gokey, the Interpreter who accompanied Mokohoko to Washington last spring, was sent out to notify all the Indians that an agent of the Department had ar- rived from Washington to investigate the charges against Major Martin, and to tell all of them to come to the Council-House early in the morning. They came on the next day (the 6th) about 12 o'clock: also Mr George Powers of Centropolis, and an attorney from Ottawa, H. P. Welch, esq., who appeared in the interests of the dissatisfied Indians- When all the parties were ready, the investigation was commenced, the interpreter and witnesses being duly sworn. The investigation continued on the 6th, both parties being permit- ted to examine and cross-examine. At dark there was an adjourn- ment until the next day. At 12 o'clock the next day the Indians again assembled, and when I was about to proceed with the investigation, I was inform- ed by Atty. Welch and Mr. Powers that the Indians desired to hold a council; that they thought they could settle their difficul- ties among themselves. To this I consented, and after several hr's delay they came into the council room. The chiefs made speeches and a paper setting forth the basis of their agreement was drawn up, interpreted to the chiefs and councillors, and signed by them, in this paper it is stat ed that Nokohoko shall hereafter be consid- ered as a chief by blood; that all other relations in the tribe shall remain as heretofore; that Mokohoko and other disaffected Indi- ans withdraw aU charges against Major Martin, and state that they have no further cause for complaint against him. and agree that the expenses incurred by Mokohoko and his band, including $600. attorney's fees shall be paid from the annuities of the Tribe. Although Attorney Welch declined to proceed any further with the investigation, and the Indians had declared themselves satis- fied, yet, as I had been sent by the Department to investigate in KANOPE, The Children's Friend. 89 regard to the charges preferred against Major Martin, and as he expressed a desire to have the investigation continue. I proceeded to examine all the witnesses that were available during the af ter- naon and evening of the 7th, and the forenoon of the 8th instant. All the testimony was carefully written down by a clerk employ ed by me for that purpose, and the same, together with the agree- ment signed by the Indians, is herewith transmitted for your consideration. The testimeny taken is not of the best character that could be desired. Nearly all the witnesses being connected with the Agen- cy. It was all that was available, and shows as follows in reference to the charges preferred against Major Martin. 1st, In reference to collusion with and receiving gratuities from traders, the witnesses, when interrogated upon this point, answ- ered that they knew nothing about it. 2nd, In reference to favoring one trading-house, resulting in the exaction of exorbitant prices from the Indians, the testimony shows that one house has been patronized, but the fact that exor- bitant prices have been exacted is not established- 3rd, In reference to the failure to properly enroll certain Indians, and the detention of annuities rightfully belonging to them. This charge relates to So kah nut and his band, whom the testimony shows to have been absent in the Osage country, and who were not enrolled at that time by order of the chiefs and council, but who have since returned to the tribe and have had the annuities lost by their absence made good to them. 4th, In reference to the combination of the agent and Keokuk to oppress that part of the tribe, who do not agree with his policy, and the charge that Keokuk and his abettors have grown rich out of the funds of the tribe. The testimony shows that three of the chiefs, Keokuk, Chekus kuk, and Pat a quaw, are those who have made some advancement towards civilization by living in houses and cultivating land; that Mokohoko who was, during the term of office of your predecessor, Gmmissioner Dole, removed fi'om office by Agent Martin, probably with the approval of the Commissioner and who. according to the agreement of the Indians of the 7th insS was reinstated, represents that portion of the tribe wlio prefer the Indian mode of life, and who do not desire to udopD the ways 90 of the white man. These I am satisfied, from the testimony, com- prise a majority of the tribe. While the testimony shows that Maj Martin has encouraged those who have made efforts in the way of civilisation, it does not show that the property which Keokuk pos- sesses has been acquired since Major Martin has been agent, ex- cept such as may have been derived from his efforts at agriculture. 5th, In reference to the charge that Major Martin has wrongfully appointed certain Indians "sheriffs and councillors", and paid them from the funds of the tribe, it appears that these officials were appointed and their salaries fixed by the chiefs. 6th, In reference to driving away of one Tesson by the agent, the testimony shows that this was done by order of chiefs and coun- cil, Tesson being a Menomonee, and that his son, who married a Sac woman and was adopted by the tribe has occupied the farm vacated by his father and has cultivated as much of it as desired. 7th, In reference to the charge that the agent has exerted his in- fluence to divide the tribe, it appears to me from all the testimony that any effort the agent has made to advance the Indians in civi- lization has been opposed by a majority of the tribe. The maintenance of the sheriffs and councillors, who the agent, Keokuk, Che ko skuck and Pah teck quah claim are necessary for the preservation of order and the transaction of business, will probably be opposed by that portion of the tribe who desire to retain their old tribal customs, and it wiU be a question for tlie Department to decide whether what appears to me to be a minor- ity wiU be sustained. This minority aU, or nearly all, wear the blanket, are unable to speak English, and differ only from the re- mainder of the tribe in this - - that they Uve in houses, make some advancement toward farming, are disposed to send their children to school, and to transact their business in a manner approaching that of the white man. It is proper to state that those favoring wild life raise small patches of corn. 8th, In reference to the Interpreter, Mr. Goodeil, the majority of the Indians seem to be very dissatisfied with him. The testimony shows no specific cause. That he waa not a half breed was the principal ground advanced by Mokohoko. The testimony shows nothing against his character as a man, but, on the contrary, rep- resents that he has set a good example to the Indians. 91 Although there are other parties in the Reservation qualified to interpret,! am not prepared to recommend that a change be direc- ted, as I do not feel satisfied from observation that the position could be better filled. 9th, The testimony shows that the Administration of Agent Mar- tin has tended to the improvement of the Indians, that there is less drunkenness and theft than there was prior to his term of office, and that he has been uniform in his treatment. While I was there, the Indians were quiet and orderly. I visited the shops and school. The former seems well conducted, and the children in the latter will compare favorably in advancement and deportment with those of the same age in any white school. I also visited the trading house and examined their books, making copy of some of the Indian accounts, which are submitted herewith. There are other points brought out by the testimony, which, for the sake of brevity, I will omit, and for which you are respectful- ly referred to the accompanying record of testimony. As I promised the Indians, I call your attention to the protest of Keokuk against the division of annuities in favor of members of the tribe of Iowa, and the request of all, for the early payment of their annuities. The papers accompanying your instructions to me are herewith returned. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant. W- R. Irwin. Special United States Agent. To Hon. D. N. Cooley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. JOHN P. GOODELL'S SOLDIER RECORD, 1833-36. Got by Hon. Chas. Curtis, in Washington D. C, for me in 1904. "John F. GoodeU, was born in Woodstock Conn, (no date given ) He enlisted June 12th. 1833 at Utica, N. Y. to serve 3 years, and was assigned to Co. B, U. S. Dragoons. He was discharged from the service June 12 1836, at Des Moines la. by reason of expira- tion of term of service." He was the Sac and Pox Indian Inter- preter in Iowa almost from leaving the service. He married in 1840 "juha" an Indian woman, of Pox Winnebago extraction, who prior to thab hi;d, had a wonderfull career, and was then a servant in the InJian AL,-erit Street's home. John Goodell came to Kansas 92 with the tribe. They lived in a civilized way, and raised children that were educated and stood foremost in the tribe for wealth and refinement. He died at Quenemo Kan. in 1868. His grave is lost. The GoodeU Family History, by C. R. Green, is Unpublished yet . WHAT LED UP TO THE BLACK HAWK WAR OF 1832. There is in our history a transaction in 1804-16, that though most a century has elapsed since it was done, seems in the light of history to have been very disgraceful on the part of our Government. The Louisiana Purchase was in 1803. After Pres. Jefferson had purchased Louisiana from Napoleou he hastened to establish peaceable relations with the Indians along the Miss, and Mo. rivers; and sought to quiet the title to lands held by the Indians east of the Mississippi. WiUiam H. Harrison was then Governor of the Indian Ty. of La. and iSupt. of Indian Affairs for that district, with headquarters at St Louis. To him was delegated in June, 1804, the responsibili- ty of making a treaty with the Sacs who, as Jefferson wrote, own the country in the neighborhood of our settlements of Kaskaskia and St Louis. The Treaty was made Nov. 3rd 1804, and included the Foxes, who were recognized as holding two fifths interest in the possessions ceded east of the Mississippi. But the remarkable phase of this first and very important trea- ty with these two tribes is that there is strong probability that not a single Fox or Musquakie was within a hundred miles of St Louis at the time the treaty was made. And that of all the Chiefs and warriors of the two tribes the Instrument bears the signature of but four Sacs and one half breed, the former of whom, as Black Hawk asserted and as the Sacs and Foxes have always affirmed, they had been dispatched to St Louis in the autumn of that year to plead for the freedom of a Sac who was being held at that Post on the charge of murder. The account of this Treaty, which took from Black Hawk and his Band all their villages and cultivated fields on the 111. side, around the mouth of Rock River, as given by Black Hawk is so representative of the Indian version of the case that it may well be incorporated here to throw light on the first, and perhaps greatest mistake, not to say blunder, made by our Government in deahng with these people. AGENCY TOWNSHIP HISTORY. INHABITANTS OF AGENCY TWP. 1871. Before the Sac and Fox Indians left new settlers began to come in and cquat on the Reserve. According to the Treaty they had no right there until the Indians left, which was not until Nov. 26, 1869. The Sac and Fos^ Reserve then extended M, of a mile into Franklin county. The Osage County Commissioners organized Agency Township in 1870. It extended westward from the Franklin Co. line 10 miles to David Stone- braker's on the east edge of the Trust or Speculators' Lands. Its extent north and south was 11 miles, or from the Coffey Co. line to one upon which Henry Lamond and Gibson lived, less than a mile north of Quenemo. This arrangement only lasted a year or so, when other townships were cut out of Agency territory. But this area of county included most of that occupied by the Indians — an area of 110 square miles, or 440 one hundred and sixty acre farms. Allowing some to have eighty acres would be at least 600 farms there. John W. Tracy was tha assessor in 1871 — I think he was also in 1870 — I had to use both years' rolls in making out this list of inhabitants of Agency Township, which numbers about 867. There were at this time two laid out towns, Quenemo and Melvern, in this district. There were many like George Logan who lived over in Franklin County, who assembled at Ouenemo and whose names are not mentioned in this roll. Mr. Tracy returned his assessor's roll to W. Y. Drew, County Clerk at Burlingame, June 20, 1871, and swears that it is a correct list of all adults in Agency Township, Osage County, Kansas. Changes were going on all the time by some selling out their claims and leaving, and others coming in. The Government gave the pre-emptor 3.3 months to pay the ?1.50 per acre when he got his land warrant. Mo ko ho ko's Indian Band still lived along the Marais des Cygnes river. The spelling of Mr. Tracy has been followed in most cases though I know some are wrong. C. R. Green Wm. Adams Jabez Adams, Jr. Robert Anderson Isaoc Adams Nancy Adams John C. Adams TSomas P. Alley James P. Alley Raiah H. Alley Maria M Alley Jchn Arnold Joseph H. Alley Jane Y. Alley Wm. Ashby H. M. Austin Minerva Austin Elisha Allen Wm. Allen Nancy Allen Geo Anderson M. W. Arnold Harriet Arnold Sarah E. Allen G. W. Andrews Hannah Andrews Jchn Anderson Cemita Anderson Jacob Arb Mary Arb Wm. Allison Eliza Allison S. R. Allen Mary Allen .T .1 eP. [A oD eoL teI. ) .1 B A. K. Burditt Martha Burditt H. E. Bussett Mary Bussett E. G. Bates Emma Bates Abram Bird Permelia Bird Thomas Boardman Adelia Boardman Oscar Beck Mary Beclc Richard Buckminister Abbie Buckminister John W. Berry Margaret Berry Charles Bixby Betsy Bixby Wm. Barker Alfred Billings Nellie Billings Jas. Brown Abigal Brown Marcus Bridge W. A. Christian Wm. H. Connely Jno. M. Connely Emiline Cookes Cyrus Case Faustina Case John Chenoweth Mary Chenoweth Buell Cronklute W. H. Converse Catherine Converse Abram Curcheom Mary Curcheom J. C. Crasher Cyrus Colter Sarah Colter Alex Crawford Geo. J. Cooper Joanna Cooper James N. Campbell J. C. Crasher Fielding Buckner Susanah Buckner J. H. Beauchamp Rosana Beauchamp James Beck Thos. Boggs F. F, Beauchamp ■\\m. Bitts Emma A. Bitts P. M. Bell John Bracelain Mary Bracelain John A Brady Enetta Brady P. Barrett Lucretia Barrett Wm. J. Brooten Mary Brooten Jessie Booth Mary C. Booth H .G. Burnham Nancy Burnham John Barrett C. F. Burney Emma Calkins S. Calkins Peter Chevalier Mary Chevalier Samuel Clark Jane Clark A. Collins Martha Collins C. Clafflin Ellen Clafflin Wm. W. Cook Wm. Chapman Charles Chapman Jackson Corbon Theressa Corbon B. F. Clayton Mary Clayton John J. Cole Mary Cole Wm. Correl Margaret Correl George Briner Joseph Barrett Wm. Beal Mary Beal N. S. Briant Amanda Briant Wm. Bolan Sarah Bolan J. P. Ball Mary Ball J. W. Bales Solomon Bales Sarah Bales Alec Blake Mary Blake Ephraim Bosler Mary Bosler John D. Barrett Polly A. Barrett A. Becker Phebe Becker B. Broderson Peter Broderson Ellen Broderson Lewis Casten Ready Casten Daniel Cable Wm. Cable Mary G. Cable John Calhoun Wm. Calhoun Warner Craig Charlotte Craig- Mary Craig John Craig B. T. Calkins L. T. Calkins Charles Cromie W. H. Clark Janet Clark Timothy Cheaney E. A. Cheaney Sylvester Courtwright Hulda Courtwright George Darby Mary Darby L. L. Donnell Catharine Donnell H. P. Donnell Clementine Donnell Thomas Donnell Charles H. Dickson Julia A. Dickson J. H. Dawson Mary Dawson Daniel Duff S. C. Evans Wesley J. Evans Dotia G. Evans Lyman Freaks Samuel Floyd Hester Floyd H. H. Ford E. C. Ford Wm. B. Fleak A. Farrand James Foster George Giesy Edna Giesj' John Gibbs Elsa A. Gibbs R. L. Graham Lopsol Gleau Elvina Gleau Bryant C. Gibbs W. F. Gosnold H. L. Hunt Ellen Hunt E. D. Hazeltine Ellen Hazeltine Price Howell Mary A. Hoffman Peter Hilman Wm. R. Humphrey Mary A. Humphrey J. I. Handly Christopher Hilman Margaret Hilman E. Hull J. M. Dean Jane Dean G. S. Douglas Mary Douglas Johnson Duffield Jane Duffield D. Duffield P. Duffield J. B. Dooty Lorena Dooty E. Duffield John T. Evans Christine Evans S. B. Enderton Martha Fleak Oran Francis Wm. Francis Clara Francis Geo. H. Friend Mary Friend 0. J. Ford E. M. Ford J. G. Grier or Greer Samuel Gilbert Matilda Gilbert James Glass Lucinda Glass F. Greave S. B. Gordon A. S. Gordon Sallathel Hewitt S. H. Hicks Marion Hicks E. Hughes Catharine Hughes Jerry Hussey Belinda Hussey Sargeant Hanson Esther Hanson R. S. Hopper B. B. Hill Mary H. Hill John Hoffman Margaret A. Donnell Pat Daugherty A. M. Daugherty Margaret Daugherty Joseph Douglas Rebecca Douglas Charles Diew John A. Douglas Amelia Douglas John D. Dyal Ellen Dyal Emaline Enderton S. B. Elliott Mary Elliott Godfrey Fine Martha Fine Daniel M. Fine Dr. E. B. Fenn Eliza W. Fenn Wm. S. Fell 11 Jerry France or Jenny C. B. Forsythe Gilbert Glass John Glass H. W. Glass H. Guy Emily Guy J. G. Gordon Mary A. Gordon Julius Gandion M. A. Holenbeck G. Holenbeck D. G. Hinman Mary Hinman R. G. Harper M. E. Harper Elijah Hedges Amanda Hedges O. Hanson Christina Hanson Thos. Howell Ellen Howell N. C. Hamilton D Lydia Hull T. C. Hanshaw John Halahan Mary Halahan Byron Hamilton Laura Hamilton Daniel Hare Catharine Hare L. B. Higgins Ames Herndry Ann Herndry Archibald Hart Caroline Hart Eviline Hilton J. H. Hand Hannah Hand Benj. Ide Eliza Ide J. H. Johnson Eliza Johnson Christopher H. Johnson Lydia E. Johnson James H. Kelley James G. Kelley S. P. Kelley E. M. Kalloch Lucia Kalloch Lewis F. Kaylor Mary A. S. Kaylor H. Kelsey Jane Kelsey John King Wm. King Samuel King James King James Liston Samuel U. Lamar Mary Lamar T. J .Liston Emma Liston James B. Lackey Sarah Lackey J. P. Lyman David Larsen"'-""- Mary LarseW'^ '•''"-" "> L. W. Hindman Joseph B. Hinsman Mary Hinsman John M. Harper Eliza E. Harper E. W. Hungerford Francis Hungerford Charles Haslma Catharine Hale Irvin Hatfield Melissa Hatfield Joshua Harper A. Hutchinson R. H. Hutchinson David Hutchinson R. P. Hill Jennie Johnson Jacob A. Johnson S. S. Johnson E. D. Jones Samuel Jones Sarah Jones John Kenny Julia Kenny James B. Kennedy Margery Kennedy Samuel Kenny Angeline Kenny Elvira King Wm. Kerr D. H. Kenan Amanda Kenan J. Kennedy Martha Kennedy Thomas Kilburn E. Listom Melvina Liston Aaron Laning Emma Laning James Laughlen Mary Laughlen Patrick Laughlen G. W. Largent Mahala Largent t). Lane - Lovina Hamilton Edgar Hunt E. Hunt Martha Hunt Eber Hunt G. W. Harrison E. Harrison Verdonia Hon Mary V. Hon Hans Hanson Phillip Huget Thomas Harper Daniel Hutchinson 0. P. Hastings Joseph Hogget Bsvelley Hogget Alden H. Jumper Amanda T. Jumper Peter Jochunson Stenie Jochunson Henry Judd Hannah Judd Charles Judd Geo. W. Kinney Jane Kinney Jacob Kauffman Magdaline Kauffman Wesley Kaulfman Mary Kauffman Nicholas Kauffman Barbara Kauffman Jacob Kounkle Martha A. Kounkle James Kerr Clarissa Kerr Laura Lovestone Jonas Lawson John C. Lawson Willis Landon Nancy Landon E. T. Labarrier J. M. Lock Mary Lock 0. D. Lee Harriet Lee E Phillip Latta Hannah Latta D. L. McGee A.manda M. McGee James L. McMillian John E. Midlebusher Peter Malley Nancy Malley E. M. Mcearty Julia McCarty Edwin L. Moore D. M. McFarland Rachel McFarland Wm. McBride Taylor McMillian Alex Marcourt Mary Marcourt B. B. Marsh Hugh Malley John Malley H. C. Mathias Chris McNulty - -.omas Means Mary Means T. L. Marshall Margaret Marshall Noah Nelson Francis Nelson Peter Nelson Neils Neison E. Norris Jane Norris Mary Norris John B. Norton H. E. Oxley Mary Oxley J. W. Olson L. B. Olson Geo. W. Perkins Frank Pickard Naoma Pickard Wm. Polmanteer Carolina Polmanteer B. S. Pate Elizabeth Pate Rachel Lane Henry Loveston Mary H. Marsh John T McLaughlin S. S. Miller Sarah Miller Ellen Morrison James Mittom Wm. Morrison Hester Morrison John O. Morrison John W. Mathers Elinor Mathers Joseph G. Marshall Violet M. Marshall Geo. W. McMullen Abbie E. McMullen C. C. Martin Ella Martin S. Mathis Sarah Mathis Henry Mays Julia Mays John Marsden Jane Marsden T. M. Newton Sophia Newton John Naffzigger Mary* Naffzigger Joseph NafFyinger Barbara Naffyinger Phillip Newcomer O. L. Overman Charity Overman H. H. Opdycke Joseph Pickett Joseph Patterson Hattie Patterson Wm. Patterson Maria Patterson B. G. Prather Mary Prather Wm. Lester or Lesler Fred Latta Jane Morris J. Menely Margaret Menely E. Merritt J. Y. Moore Eliza Moore W. G. Markley Mary Markly James Middleton M. Merritt J. Moore G. C. Morrell Anna Morrell John W. McNulty Louisea McNulty M. J. Mathias Wm. H. Mathias Nancy A. Mitchell George McMillen Sarah McMillen Lars Mickelson Bodel Mickelson Nathaniel Morris W. L. Nealey Ella A. Nealey W. F. Nealey Ellen A. Nealey E. C. Newton Hulda Newton Josephine Newcomer Eli Oldham Pauline Oldham Chas. L. H. Ogle Margaret Parks A. B. Parmquist R. E. Porter Sarah Porter Rachel Porter James G. Palmer Sarah Palmer Leroy Pate Martha A. Pate Hiram Penny M. J. Parks Sarah Parks John Rhiner Elizabeth Rhiner Daniel Rhodes Sarah Rhodes Joseph Roth John C. Rankin Mary E. Rankin Jacob Rock Catherine Rock John Rankin Jane Rankin B. Royer Joseph J. Riggin Robert Ripen Catharine Ripen W. H. RandaU George W. Smith A. J. Sutton Lola A. Sutton Joseph M. Smith Catherine L. Smith Joseph H. Storm Hester A. Storm Harvey Sutton Jane Sutton S. P. Smith Robert Shreck Susanah Shreck G. W. Sumner Martha Sumner Asher Smith Harriett Smith Byron B. Smith A. H. Sellers Almira Signer G. W. Stinebaugh J. E. Stansill Clarrissa Stansill Jonithan Smith W. Snedaker John Potts Josept Pickett Thos. Parker Caroline Parker Robert Parks James Rogers Martha Rogers G. S. Rice Eliza Rice W. B. Riddenen Joseph R. Rouze Eliza J. Rouze Andrew Richards Lucy Richards Israel Ransom Milton Redenbaugh Thomas Rankin Charlotte E. Rankin Stamp Royster M. Royer Abner Stevens Rebecca Stevens C. M. Sipple Lizzie Sipple Samuel Stump Thomas J. Sumner Wm. Smith Wm. Suander S. M. Smith Mary J. Smith C. C. Scott Mary Scott E. G. Sibert T Shrader Pauline Shrader Charles Shea Maria Shea Margaret E. Shrieves C. W. Shays Sarah Skarset W. H. Scott Margaret Scott H. C. Seagers J R. Sutton Wm. H. Phillips Sarah A. Phillips Neils Peterson Hans Peterson Hiram Perry Mary Royer Enoch D. Roberts George Ragin Martha Ragin James W. Ragan Mary M. Ragan James Roberts James Rogers Mary Rogers John Rogers Permelia Rogers John M. Reynolds Harriet Reynolds Wm. Ransom A. Ransom Louisa Sibert John Seeley Hariett Seeley T.evi Shrader Wm. L. Smith Sarah Smith C. S. Smith Maggie Smith Jacob Shreves Mary Shreves John D. Shaffer Jessie P. Shriek Elizabeth Shrieck T. J. Smith Mary C. Smith W. L. Signer H. L. Stevens Emma Stevens J. Servison Samuel Snow Jane Snow Phillip StoflFul J. Q. Sook D. T. Stonebraker G Melissa Snedaker James Stein Mary E. Steen W. W. Saulsbury Lusinda Saulsbury W. H. Sullivan John Tontzenhizer Adaline Tontzenhizer C Thompson Rachel Thompson John Tyree Eliza A. Tyree Geo. W. Towle Betsy P. Towle George Trance Samuel Varner Margaret Varner Wm. A. Wilson Catharine Wilson James L. Woods Elizabeth Woods J. J. Worley Sarah Worlev A. M. Wilcox Elizabeth Wilcox J. G. Want Elizabeth Want G. W. Williams M. S. Wag-oner Elizabeth Wagoner James M. Woods Lytle Woods Mary Woods Peter S. Withington Jane A. Withington John Walburn Jacob Wilson Mary Wilson L. M. Warner S. A. Warner A. R. Wiley G. A. Wiley Geo. W. Wildon Adaline Wildon James Wiley Frances Sutton Jesse Standback Clarinda Standback A. G. Seymour Lettie Seymour Sarah R. Stevens S. M. Thompson Nancy Thompson Wm. Trakes Sophia Trakes R. O. Tompson Susan Tompson C. M. Thompkins Sally A. Tompkins Leander Thompson P. Vanarsdale Nancy Vanarsdale Julia Wiley C. E. Watkins J. W. Watkins Thomas Williams Andrew Wood Jane Wood A. Wiley Ann Wiley Harrison Withington David Washington Margaret L. Washington A. M. Wilson Jugabo Wilson Samuel Wilson I .Wilkins G. Wilson Elizabeth Wilson Leonard P. Woodmus Hugh Woodmus James Woodmus Henrietta Woodmus J. D. Wilkinson Sarah Wilkinson John White Susan White N. G. Wilson Mary Wilson J. A. Stonebraker V/m. Smith O. S. Starr Mary Starr L. or S. M. Stevens John W. Tracy Hannah Tracy A. G. Tuller Nellie Tuller Andrew Tunnan Henry Thomas Eliza Thomas James Tripp David Tripp Robert Vanarsdale W. S. Varner Wm. Wentworth Wm. Whistler Sarah Whistler W. J. Washburn Medora Washburn T. M. Whitlow Lovina Whitlow Emeline Washburn John Watts P. J. Watts Margary Watts James Wallace Kate Wallace J. Wilkerson 0. C. Williams Emma Williams Samuel Wheeler Millicent Wheeler George Weber Neal Woolard Lucy Woolard L. T. Whittaker Melissa Whittaker Hatcher Wells E. Wells Uriah Watkins John Wentworth H Charles Zable Eliza J. Zinn Maria Yager August Zable John P .Young N. E. Young Sophia Zable ■ Joel Yager Mary Young J. W. Zinn A. Yager END SHAW KAW PAW KOF Dr. Fenn, •who never saw him but who heard much about him — when he came in 1866 said. He was a great orator who must have been the oracle of the tribe from the days of Black Hawk. He was not the wild impassionate kind against the United States. When they built the houses for the Indians he chose as his location a nice bottom near the mouth of Tequas Creek and 1 ad a good frame house built that a Mr. Bury lived in and his son-in-law Humphrey also in or near there among the first settlers one mile south of the Marais des Cygnes on thesouth side. Shaw kaw paw kof had 2 girls that are mentioned in the history of the schools. One, a little 10 or 12 year old girl, was a pupil in Rev. Duvall's Mission school where she accidently caught her dress on fire at an open stove and burned so that she died. The other girl was Jane who, when that happened, was probably up at Baldwin along with Fannie Goodell at school. Jane is alive now, the wife of one of the Indian Council. Shaw kaw paw kof is spoken of in the Indian history by several. Dr. I'enn explained his suicide as one that was common among Indians, who when getting old or helpless did not wish to burden their relations with care. He began to decline with consumption and feeling that his days were drawing to an end he called his Band together, for he was a. half chief, chanted his death song, seated himself on a log and with a gun showed his braves how to die by a bullet through his heart. THE KEOKUK-GOODELL-SHAW KAW PAW KOF PICTURE Mrs. Fannie Whistler Nedeau was showing me an ambrotype that she prized much. One time at Fort Leavenworth John Goodell had taken Keokuk and the orator, Shaw kaw paw kof, into a gallery and had their pictures Laken along with his. I guess the only one ever taken of the great orator and, as it was taken in war days shortly before Shaw kaw paw kof shot him- self through the heart, is one of historical value. A GROUP OP 4 SAC AND POX CHIEPS. Taken In Washington In The 60'.s, WAW COM MO I give the spelling as found in Agent Wiley's pay roll of 1868 (i?. M1/3. Fannie Whistler Nedeau and Walter Baptiste spelled it "Waw ka mo." To Mrs. Nedeau I am indebted for the picture and information. He was about 60 when the picture was taken. He was a half chief — a councilman of the tribe. He died about 1894. He was a noble Indian; a man of great influence a man of steadfast convictions. Mrs. Nedeau prized his picture among her collection as one of the best. He always wore the Indian garb. He it was who when Moses Keokuk was converted to Christianity and commenced to wear the white man's dress along in 1873-74 ignored him entirely. Waw com mo thought that a head chief like Keokuk should retain the customs of his tribe. The second picture of Waw com mo standing was taken by the Government when he went to Washington Nov. 1868 with Keokuk. Hare we see him with all the Indian dress-up finery. Most valuable of all is the necklace of bear caws which seemed to be pecuiar to the two or three tribes of which the Sauks were one. Waw com mo seems to have come into prominence as an orator after the death of Shaw kaw paw kof. On occasions ike a visit to Washington or an important council of the Indians, etc., the old head chiefs had these lav^yers of the Nation do the pleading. If the whites could not understand they had their interpreters. In some cases the chiefs themselves were great orators, as was chief Mo ko ho ko. THE COL. E. B. TOWNSEND GROUP A picture of a group of Sac and Fox Indians and employees at the Sac ?.nd Fey Agency, Oklahoma, taken about 1882 at the request of Col. Townsend, a sijerial U. S. Indian Agent visiting there, whose picture is the one standing at the left. William Hurr, an educated Indian who acted as interpreter at times, but was a missionary there in 1882, stands next to Townsend. Chief Moses Keokuk stands next. Fourth — stands Henry Clay Jones, a quarter blood Fox, at that time the regular Gov't Interpreter. Last in line was Rev. Miller, a visiting Presbyterian minister. The left one of the Indians sitting was a dead chief's widow. Next to her, with a bear claws necklace on and a tomahawk pipe in his hand, was Chief Che kus kuk. Waw com mo, the great orator, sits in the center. Names of the other two chiefs at the right with boy between forgotten. All the chiefs were dead by 1900. The line of men in the rear made a background and also encouraged the Indians to sit for their picture. This particular picture mounted in good shape was presented to Dr. E. B. Fenn and wife, who were stationed at that place at that time. Mrs. Fannie Whistler Nedeau, speaking of them March 12, 1903, said that old Chief Che kus kuk was the last full blood Fox chief eft when the picture was taken. He and her own squaw mother were cousins and Mrs. Julia Goodell who raised her was also a cousin of Chief Che kus kuk's. C. R. Green JULIA GOODELL Was of Sauk and Winnebago stock. Born in Wisconsin about 1810. Died at the Sac & Fox Agency, Indian Ty., June 8, 1880. When young she was the Indian wife Lieut. ( - Mitchell, an officer of the army stationed in Wisconsin, who about this time, 1826-27, left the army and became an agent of the American Fur Co., of which Jacob Astor was the head. Mary Mitchell was born to this union in about 1827. This child, after five marriages and a life time of history, became the wife of Moses Keokuk and is alive to-day so far as I know. Julia Goodell got mixed in with the Sauk under Black Hawk and was in that war of 1832 in 111. and Wis. At the battle of "Wisconsin Dells" between the Illinois Volunteers and Black Hawk's forces when the Indians were, without exception of brave, squaw or child, most unmercifully chased, shot down and drove into the Wisconsin River which was at flood tide that July, Julia saved the life of herself and child by lashing it to her back and plunging into the waters while many were being snot while sv/im- n.ing to the opposite shore an eighth of a mile away. Kow she wao helpad out after being carried around in a whirlpool by her Winnebago Prophet kins- man; how her child, Mary, was eventually educated in Philadelphia, and Julia. the mother, in 1840 became the wife of John GooJell, the official interpreter 01 Ag3nt Joseph M. S.reet, and her family of several children, two or three of whom are alive yet, all makes history enough to be in a small book by itself. She experienced conversion to Christianity under Rev. R. P. Duvall near Centropolis about 1860 — perhaps the first one in the tribe. She proved in later years to be a veritable "Mother in Israel" to all, whether whites or Indians, who came her way. This testimonial and picture I present in the name of Mrs. Dr. E. B. Fenn and Mrs. Fannie Whistler Nedeau, who lived ir. the home or beside it for years and knew well the various mcident.s of Julia Goodeli's life from her frequent talks about it. E Julia and John Goodells portraits will be found oq another page. Mary Mittl-i'lJ and Harali (-iooi.cll .s arc al.so gi^eu as tln'y ai-e all tliat aie le.Lt alive 1912 ot Julia's uhildreu by ilio lwo iiu&ijaiids- THiS liBOKUK-GOODELL-SHAW KAW PAW KOF PICTURE Mrs. Fannie Whistler Nedeau was sliowing me an ambrotype that she prized much. One time at Fort Leavenworth John Goodell had taken Keoltuk and the orator, Shaw kaw paw kof, into a gallery and had their pictures taken along with his. 1 guess the only one ever taken of the great orator and, as it was taken in war days shortly before Shaw kaw paw kof shot him- self through the heart, is one of historical value. CHE KUS KUK Che kus kuk was one of the head chiefs along with Keokuk. He seems to have been the leading representative of the Fox tribe after Powesheik's death and thus when that part of the tribe demanded a head chief the Gov't appointed him in Agent C. C. Hutchinson's term 1862, and he so continued until 1889, the period of his death, when Mah ko sah toe was put in. This gave Che kus kuk a salary of $500 a year, for 27 years. Mrs. Fannia Whistler Nedeau says that Che kus kuk was the last full blooded Fox Chief left, that he was a cousin to Mother Goodell. It was undoubtedly the fact of his good salary that kept him from going with the Fox Indians to the Agency established after the war at 'iama on the Iowa river. 1 presume from in- quiries thac 1 have made that there are at least it) or 100 Fox Indians or haU uiOOLis tnax remain with tne old Mississippi fcand of Sac & Fox in Oklahoma yet. Iilrs. Fenn was telling me how she went along with the Doctor to visit several Indians about 1867. Che kus kuk, when the offer in 1860 was marie vo build rouses on tiacts if they would select them, chose as his location whac would now be the N. E. corner of N. W. %, Sec. 5-17-17, or else on the S. K. of SiC. 6, on Salt creek pernaps S miles up the stream from the agency. i)r. G. W. iviiller was one of ..ne first of the new settlers to live in Che kus kuk'.; c^a SLOi.BLabin. There were two or three buildings here all of which are in rains. He lived bere until they left Nov. 26, 1869. He was a sober, sociable, honest Ind.an, who was much aiound the schools, stores and Agency — gener- tiiiy v/ork.ng m han.iony wicn both Keokuk and tne agents. I will not repeat wiiat Las been ^aid by various persons in their narratives or in my history thus far. lie sent his boy, Joseph Che kus kuk to the Mission school and later to asubscripLion school conducted by Leida Pox whose narrative is in Vol. 3. He was in Washington once or twice and from the Gov't Indian gallery 1 got his picture. It occurs again in the group taken at the Sac & Fox Agency 1882 for the benefit of special Agent E. B. Townsend, which the reader will find by turning to a group of Indians the front row sitting down. Che kus kuk is the only one in the group with a cap on or bear claws neck- lace. Many of the settlers of this day who were boys when their parents came to the Reserve either knw Ch kus kuk or have heard pleasant anecdotes about him. He never made any effort to become rich. He was free hearted with both whites and Indians. Che kus kuk was well known to the Fenns. They went and called on him once, in a wigwam then somewhere on Salt creek. He came to the Doc- tor's home once to have a tooth pulled but as the Doctor got ready to do it he was fearful of its pain and in spite of Mrs. Fenn's talk opened the door and put off to the traders store, where the Doctor followed him. In an hour or so the Doctor pulled it for him, when he wrapped it up carefully in a piece of paper and requested theDoctor to give that to his white squaw and tell her he was "no squaw afraid to have tooth pulled." Mrs. Fenn spoke of him very highly, of his uprightness and great in- telligence. He ate at the Doctor's table and had good table manners. They knew Joseph Che kus kuk — he is dead now, as well as his father. When the Doctor and wife lived at the Agency in Indian Ty. a man and wife who had traveled 7 years came there to learn all about the Sac and Fox Indians. Though they spent all summer there they gleaned but littlfe in- formation. The Indians seemed to have no wish to impart talk; answered didn't know. When the Creeks went to war with some Indians, 1879 or thereabouts, they came via the Agency and left $28,000 in money with Keokuk, who buried it and kept it safely until the Creeks came back and claiined it. C. R. Green