{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM WALKER,\\nProvisional Governor of Nebraska Territory.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "THE\\nPROVISIONAL GOYERNMENT\\nOF\\nNebraska Territory\\nAND\\nTHE JOUE^ALS OF AVILLIAM WALKER\\nPbovisioxal Governor of Nebraska Territory\\nEDITED BY\\nWILLIAM E. CONNELLEY,\\nMoinber Nebraska State Historical Society; Corresponding Memlier Kansas State His\\ntorical Society; Chairman Committee on American Ethnology, Western\\nHistorical Society, Kansas City, Missouri\\nA SPECIAL PUBLICATION\\nOF\\nTHE Ts^EBEASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY\\nLINCOLN, NEB.:\\nSTATE JOURNAL COMPANY, PBINTKE3\\n1899", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.\\nOFFICERS: CONSTITUTING BOARD OF MANAGERS.\\nJ. Sterling Morton, President, Nebraska Cit}\\nKoBERT W. Furnas, First Vice-President, Brownville.\\nG. M. Lambertson, Second Vice-President, Lineolu.\\nCharles H. Gere, Treasurer, Lincoln.\\nHoward W. Caldwell, Secretary, Lincoln.\\nCOMMITTEES.\\nPublication The Secretary, S. L. Geisthardt, S. D. Cox.\\nObituaries R. W. Furnas, Geo. L. Miller, W. H. Eller.\\nProgram The Secretary, J. L. Web^jter, J. M. Woolworth.\\nLibrary Jay Amos Barrett, Mrs. S. B. Pound, Prof. F. M. Fling\\nJay Amos Barrett, Assistant Secretary and Librarian.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nVAGB\\nPreface v\\nThe Wyandots 1\\nThe Walker Family 5\\nThe Provisional Government of Nebraska Ter-\\nritory 17\\nDocuments Relating to the Provisional Govern-\\nment OF Nebraska Territory 43\\nA Brief Sketch of Abelard Guthrie 101\\nThe Journals of William Walker First Book. 153\\nThe Journals of William Walker Second Book. 299\\nIndex 407\\nILLUSTRATIONS.\\nFACING\\nPAGE\\nGovernor William Walker {Frontispiece).\\nMap of the Wyandott Purchase 1\\nJoel Walker 8\\nRussell Garrett 16\\nWilliam Cecil Price 32\\nJoel Walker Garrett 48\\nAbelard Guthrie 96\\nQuiNDARO Nancy Guthrie 112\\nWilliam Walker 153\\nJohn W. Gray-Eyes 256\\nIsaiah Walker 288\\nMatthew R. Walker 304", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nIt is now almost twenty years since I commenced the col-\\nlection of original documents delating to the early history oi\\nNebraska Territory. Those published in this work are a\\nportion of the collection which I have made. They were\\nobtained principally from the Wyandots, now either dead or\\nliving in the Indian Territory; for few of them remain yet\\nat the old home at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansiis\\nKivers. I found them anxious to have the-e })apers preserved\\nfor this purpose they gave tliem to me. I have been given\\nall the assistance tliat the Wyandots could render as well in\\nthis as in all matters pertaining to their history, manners,\\ncustoms, and ancient religious beliefs. It was my good for-\\ntune to have the confidence of Matthias Splitlog, H. M.\\nNorthrup, Mrs. Lucy B. Armstrong, the Walkers, the Zanes,\\nthe Longs, and other prominent Wyandot f;imi!ies, for the\\nwhole time of my residence in the Wyandot Purchase at the\\nmouth of the Kansas River.\\nWhen there was nothing remaining to be learned on these\\nsubjects from one person or family I took up the work with\\nanother, and this led me to visit the Indian Territory to\\nsee and talk with the AVyandots on the Reservation at the\\nQuapaw Agency. I was kindly received by the Wyandots\\nthere, and they assisted me to the full extent of their ability.\\nI wish to mention particularly the services and aid that Mr.\\nAlfred Mudeater and his excellent wife gave to this work.\\nIn addition to the generous hospitality which I enjoyed in\\ntheir home, Mr. Mudeater was always ready to take me to\\n(V)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "VI PREFACE.\\nany part of the Wyandot Reserve that I desired to visit, or\\nto send for and bring any Wyandot to his house that I de-\\nsired to see and converse with. In the matter of recollec-\\ntions of the customs, manners, and history of the Wyandots,\\nI am more indebted to Mrs. Sarah Daojiiett than to any one\\nelse there; but Hon. Silas Armstrong was of great assistance\\nto me. I have never asked a single Wyandot for informa-\\ntion that was not freely given to the extent of his knowledge\\nand ability.\\nIn addition to those mentioned above and in another part\\nof this work, I desire to mention the following persons\\nthat have aided me in this work: William Walker McMul-\\nlan, of Kansas City, Kansas, grandson of Governor AValker\\nMiss Jessie S. McAl]3ine, granddaughter of Joel Walker;\\nMiss Carrie Hamlin, granddaughter of Isaiah AValker;\\nJacob Guthrie, of Coffeyville, Kansas, and James Guthrie,\\nof Chetopa, Kansas, and their wives Mr. Kussel B. Arm-\\nstrong^ and wife; Miss Mina Lane^; Mrs. Frank H. Betton^;\\nM. T. Betton^; Miss Florence Betton^; Rev. C.W\\\\ Backus^;\\nMrs. A. B. Northrup^; Kenneth L. Browne^; John A. Hale^;\\nJames S. Gibson^ J. B. Garrett^ (married Governor Walker s\\ndaughter Martha); John S. Stockton^; Mrs. Carrie Lof-\\nland^; John R. Matney^; the Robitaille brothers, Wyandotte,\\nIndian Territory; and William Bearskin. Eldredge H.\\nBrown and his family were very obliging and gave me valu-\\nable assistance. The Cotters, Zanes, and many other AVyan-\\ndot families aided me.\\nHon. F. G. Adams, Secretary of the Kansas State Histori-\\ncal Society, has been particularly helpful to me and I am\\nindebted for aid to Hon. John Speer, President of the Society.\\nMordecai Oliver, one of the members of the Congressional\\nCommittee to investigate the Border Ruffian troubles, gave\\nKansas City, Kan.\\nSeneca, Mn.\\nArgentine, Kan.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE. vii\\nme much valuable information of those incidents and trans-\\nactions on the border that so aroused the whole country.\\nJudge William Cecil Price, of Sprinojfield, Mo., gave me\\nmuch very valuable information concerning the political con-\\nditions existing in Missouri during the period covered in\\nthis work.\\nAs to the historical value of the documents published\\nherein I prefer to let them speak for themselves. That they\\nsupply a want in the history of Nebraska and Kansas which\\nhas been felt by all writers on the subject, will, I believe,\\nbe readily admitted. For some of them I searched unsuc-\\ncessfully for fifteen years both in Wyandotte county, Kansas,\\nand the Indian Territory.\\nAs a large part of this work is devoted to the Journals of\\nGovernor William Walker a few words here in relation to\\nthem may not be amiss.\\nGovernor Walker did not w-rite his Journals for publica-\\ntion. While he would never have objected to having them\\nmade public he never once thought of their becoming valu-\\nable historical documents and records. If he had, the record\\nwould have been written much more full and complete than\\nit was. On the subject of preparing papers of this character\\nfor the press a very eminent authority says:\\nIt would seem to be an editor s privilege (if, indeed, it is not his\\nduty) to correct verbal and grammatical mistakes or inaccuracies, in\\nbringing forth the letters of a person after death, written without any\\ndesign of publication but, in doing this, great caution should be\\nobserved that the writer s meaning and purpose are not changed or\\naffected. C. W. Butterfield, in Preface to Washington- Irvine Letters.\\nIn preparing Governor Walker s Journ als for the press I\\nhave made few corrections, by no means going to the limit\\nallowed by the above conservative rule. I have:\\n1. Corrected any errors that haste or inattention caused", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "viii PREFACE.\\nin orthography. These were rare. Governor Walker was\\na remarkably accurate writer in this respect.\\n2. Supplied punctuation marks where they w^ere omitted,\\nif, in so doing, Governor Walker s full meaning could be\\npreserved.\\n3. In some instances separated an entry into paragraphs\\nother than those made by the writer.\\n4. Occasionally supplied capital letters, but in no instance\\nhave I substituted small letters ior superfluous capitals used\\nby the w^riter. In Governor Walker s day more capital\\nletters were found in MSS. than at the pi-esent time.\\n5. Enclosed in brackets words supplied to complete the\\nevident meaning.\\n6. Written the names of the days of the week in full.\\nSometimes Governor Walker abbreviated them.\\nThis is a special publication of the Nebraska State His-\\ntorical Society.\\nAt the request of H. W. Caldwell, Secretary, and Jay\\nAmos Barrett, Assistant Secretary and Librarian, I attended\\nthe Annual Meeting of the Stnte Historical Society, at Lin-\\ncoln, January 12, 1898. I laid the papers published herein\\nbefore the Society s meeting held in the evening of that day.\\nThe President of the Society, Hon. J. Sterling Morton, and\\nall members wdio had opportunity to exiimine them recog-\\nnized their historical value. The Society believed that in\\nthe interest of the history of the State the papers should be\\npublished. A committee was appointed to arrange for their\\npublication. The committee is as follows:\\nEx-Governor Kobert W. Furnas, Vice-President of the\\nSociety.\\nProf H. W. Caldwell, Secretary.\\nMr. Jay Amos Barrett, Assistant Secretary and Librarian.\\nHon. C. H. Gere, Treasurer.\\nHon. A. J. Sawyer.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "PREFACE. IX\\nAn agreement to pub]ish the papers was readied. The\\ncommittee have stood ready, willing, and anxious at all times\\nto do anything possible to help me make the work all that\\nit should be, and I have availed myself freely of their assist-\\nance. For their genei ous aid, their kindness and courtesy,\\nI here tender my grateful acknowledgment.\\nIt is fitting, too, that I mention the labor performed and\\nthe attention bestowed upon this work by my wife. She en-\\ncouraged me to persevere in the collection of the material\\nfor this volume. She also, with painstaking care, deciphered\\nmany a page of difficult manuscript and prepared it for the\\npress.\\nWilliam E. Connelley.\\nBeaxeice, Nkbeaska, May 7, 1898.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "fia]^-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "THE WYANDOTS.\\nThe Wyandots^ belong to the Iroquoian Family of North\\nAmerican Indians. They are the descendants of the Tion-\\nnontates or Tobacco Nation of the Huron Confederacy.\\nTheir legends and folk-lore indicate that they are of extreme\\nNorthern origin as a tribe, and their history confirms this.\\nThe Hurons were visited by the Jesuits early in the seven-\\nteenth century. They lived then between Lake Simcoe and\\nthe Geoi gian Bay of Lake Huron, in what is now the prov-\\nince of Ontario, Canada. The Tionnontates lived a little\\nmore to the south and east, in the Blue Mountains, about the\\nsouthern shores of the Bay of Nottawassaga. They were\\ncalled Petuns, or the Tobacco Nation, by the French, because\\nthey cuhivated tobacco in sufficient amount to form a con-\\nsiderable commerce in its barter and exchange with other\\ntribes.\\nIn 1649 the Iroquois destroyed the Huron Confederacy.\\nOf all the Huron Nations, the Tionnontates alone retained\\na tribal organization after this catastrophe. The fragments\\nof the broken tribes fled northward along the Great Lakes,\\nand were for years wanderers in those dreary wastes. As\\nthey increased in strength and became blended into a single\\ntribe or people with the name Wyandot, they gathered about\\nMackinaw, and from thence began slowly to descend the\\nGreat Lakes, and stopped at Detroit. Here they were Pon-\\ntiac s best and bravest warriors. In the wars between the\\nRead Parkman s The Jesuits in North America, for the early history of the Wy-\\nandots and the Hurons.\\n2 (1)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "2 THE WYANDOTS.\\nBritish and Americans they were on the side of the English\\nuntil the war of 1812, when about half the tribe sided with\\nthe Americans. At the close of the war that portion of the\\ntribe that had adhered to Great Britain settled permanently\\nin Canada, and those who had espoused the cause of the\\nUnited States remained about the western end of Lake Erie,\\nin what is now Ohio and Michigan. Their Ohio lands were\\nin what is now Wyandot County. Here Methodism was in-\\ntroduced among them and a Mission established.^ On March\\n17, 1842, they ceded their Ohio lands to the United States.^\\nThey were the last of the tribes to relinquish their lands in\\nOhio.\\nIn July, 1843, the Wyandots followed in the steps of the\\nother tribes and moved beyond the Mississippi. Here in\\nthe Indian Territory they purchased the land in the fork\\nof the Missouri and Kansas Rivers from the Delawares.*\\nThey brought with them from Ohio a well organized Meth-\\n1 Jolin Stewart arrived in the Wyandot country in November, 1816. He was a\\nMethodist, but had not been authorized by his Church to preach. He preached, how-\\never, to the Wyandots with success through the winter of 1816-17. He went to Mari-\\netta, Ohio, in the following spring but returned, later. On August 7, 1819, Rev. J. B.\\nFinley was appointed to an oversight of the work begun by Stewart, and the Mission\\nwas taken in charge by the Ohio Conference.\\nEead Finley s History of the Wyandot Mission (Cincinnati, 1840); and History\\nof American Missions (Worcester, 1840), 540.\\nEevision of Indian Treaties, 1017.\\nThe Wyandots left for the far West in July, 1843, and numbered at that time about\\n700 souls. Howe s Historical Collections of Ohio (Cincinnati, 1847), 549.\\nAmong the many authorities confirming this, see Laws of the United States of a\\nLocal or Temporary Character (Washington, 1884), 849. The agreement between\\nthe Delawares and Wyandots is there set out. The Delawares donated to the Wyan-\\ndots three sections of land and sold them thirty-six sections. For this land the\\nWyandots paid the Delawares $46,080.00. This agreement was sanctioned by Congress,\\nJuly 25, 1848. The Wyandots had made a treaty with the Shawnees while yet in Ohio\\nwhereby they were to have a strip of land adjoining the State of Missouri running\\nsouth from the mouth of the Kansas Eiver in the Shawnee Eeserve, but the Shawnees\\nfinally repudiated this treaty. The Wyandots complained that when the Shawnees\\nand Delawares were homeless they had spread a deer skin for them to sit down upon\\nand given them each a large tract of land to the two tribes the greater portion of\\nOhio, in fact; and now that the Wyandots were without a home, the Shawnees would\\nnot even sell them one, and the Delawares exacted from them more than the true\\nvalue of the land sold. I have the copy of the treaty retained by the Shawnees, but it is\\nunsigned. It was given me by Charles Blue-Jacket, Head Chief of the Shawnees.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "THE WYANDOTS. 3\\nodist Church, a Free Mason s Lodge, a civil government, and\\na code of written laws which provided for an elective Coun-\\ncil of Chiefs, the punishment of crime and the maintenance\\nof social and public order.\\nIn 1855 the Wyandots accepted the allotment of their\\nlands in severalty, and dissolved their tribal relations.^ A\\npart of the tribe was dissatisfied with this action, and re-\\nsumed their tribal relations.^ They purchased a tract of\\nland in the Indian Territory from the Cowskin Senacas,\\nand there re-established their own government.^ Those\\nliving on this reservation number about 300. As a tribe\\nthey are poor, but many individuals are quite well to do.\\nThey are intelligent and industrious and are all self-support-\\ning. The Government maintains a good school for them\\nand it is well attended.\\nThe Wyandots were always brave and humane warriors.*\\nThey adopted persons captured in war;^ no instance is\\nknown of their burning and torturing a prisoner. The\\nWyandot tribe stood at the head of the Confederacy of the\\nNorthwestern tribes formed to oppose the settlement by\\nwhite people of the Territory Northwest of the Ohio River.\\nThe tribes composing this Confederacy were all removed\\nEevision of Indian Treaties, 1020.\\nId., 844.\\nId., 839.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6Howe s Historical Collections of Ohio (Cincinnati, 1847), 549: The Wyandots\\nwere the bravest of Indian tribes, and had among their chiefs some men of high moral\\ncharacter. With all other tribes but the Wyandots, flight in battle, when meeting with\\nunexpected resistance or obstacle, brought with it no disgrace. With them, it\\nwas otherwise. Their youth were taught to consider anything that had the appear-\\nance of an acknowledgement of the superiority of the enemy as disgraceful. In the\\nbattle of the Miami Rapids, of thirteen chiefs of that tribe who were present, one only\\nsurvived, and he badly wounded. Some time before this action, Gen. Wayne sent for\\nCapt. Wells, and requested him to go to Sandusky and take a prisoner, for the purpose\\nof obtaining information. Wells who had been bred with the Indians, and was per-\\nfectly acquainted with their character answered that he could take a prisoner, but\\nnot from Sandusky, because Wyandots would not be taken alive.\\nThe Walker, Hicks, Brown, Zane Armstrong, Driver, Mudeater, and other Wyan-\\ndot families were all founded by captives who were adopted into the tribe.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "THE WYANDOTS.\\nwest of the Mississippi Kiver, In October, 1848, a great\\nCongress of these tribes was held near Fort Leavenworth.\\nThe ancient Council-fire was re-kindled and the Wyandot\\ntribe confirmed in the honorable position so long held by it.^\\nGovernor Walker s Journal, Oct., 1848.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "THE WALKER FAMILY.\\nWILLIAM WALKEK, SENIOR.\\nThe subject of this brief sketch was born in 1770, in or near\\nGreen Brier, some of his relatives say, Rockbridge County, Va. He\\nwas captured by a war party of the Delawares in the early part of the\\nsummer of 1781, being then eleven years of age. There was in the\\nneighborhood a small stockade or temporary fort, to which the in-\\nhabitants fled for safety whenever an alarm was raised. The settlers,\\nat the time this attack was made, were entirely off their guard noth-\\ning calculated to excite their alarm had occurred for a long time, and\\nall, old and young, male and female, were busily engaged in their\\nfields. Young Walker and (I think) his Uncle were ploughing corn,\\nthe former riding the horse and the other holding the plough. When\\ncoming out at the ends of the rows and in the act of turning they were\\nfired upon from behind the fence, wounding the man in both arms.\\nThe lad sprang from the horse and both fled towards the fort. He\\nwas captured before getting out of the field and the wounded man\\novertaken and killed within a few yards of the Fort. No attack was\\nmade upon the Fort, tho there were only a few women and children\\nin it. The invading party commenced a rapid retreat and after travel-\\ning four or five miles halted in a thick wood, from which a reconnoi-\\ntering party returned to the invaded district. In the afternoon the\\nparty returned to the place of rendezvous laden with plunder and\\naccompanied by another party of Delawares which the prisoner had\\nnot seen before, and to their mutual astonishment Aunt and nephew\\nhere met. Mrs. Cowan was captured in another part of the neigh-\\nborhood by this second party. This was a distinct party, tho they\\nmoved and travelled together. These two were the only prisoners\\nthey took.\\nThen commenced the return march, which was attended with much\\nfatigue and suffering, and to add to their distress, notwithstanding the\\ncountry abounded with game, yet the warriors w\u00c2\u00abre singularly unfor-\\n(6)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "6 THE WALKER FAMILY.\\ntunate in their hye hunts. They travelled several days on a very small\\nallowance of dried meat, still urging their way as fast as they could\\nconsistently with the power of endurance of the prisoners; still fearing\\na pursuit and rescue. To their great joy the warriors killed a fat\\nBuffiilo just as they were camping.\\nDuring their march to the Ohio River he availed himself of the\\nopportunity of breaking to his aunt his intended attempt at an escape;\\nbut she promptly interposed her objections to so rash an act, which\\ncould not be otherwise than a failure, and which would, in all proba-\\nbility, bring upon them fatal consequences pointing out to him the im-\\npossibility of successfully eluding pursuit and recapture, and the cer-\\ntainty of his perishing from hunger, even if he eluded recapture.\\nCrossing the Ohio all hope of a rescue died within them. They\\nejaculated a long farewell to home, family, and dear friends; their\\nhearts sickened and sank within them but their cup of anguish was\\nnot yet full, for here the two parties separated. The Aunt and nephew\\nbade adieu to each other. It was the last sad adieu they never met\\nagain.\\nThe party having the young captive proceeded direct to the Indian\\nsettlements on the Sciota, where, resting a few days, proceeded to their\\nvillages on the Whetstone, now Delaware, Ohio, where he underwent\\nthe discipline of running the gauntlet; out of which, as he frequently\\nstated, he came with very little bodily injury. He was then adopted\\ninto, as he said, a very good family and treated with kindness. The\\nclan to which he belonged seemed more inclined to the chase and other\\npeaceful pursuits than following the war path. How long he re-\\nmained with his adopted relatives I am unable to determine, four\\nor five years, at least. While his party attended a council at Detroit,\\nthe subject under consideration being the treaty concluded at Fort\\nMcintosh the winter before, these Delawares there met with a large\\nbody of Wyandotts, among which was an adopted white man named\\nAdam Brown, who, when a man grown, had been captured by the\\nWyandotts in Dunmore s war in Greenbrier County, adopted and was\\nmarried, was influential and respected by the tribe. The youth at-\\ntracted his attention and a conversation in English ensued, the latter\\nnot having entirely forgotten his native language. Brown, finding\\nout where he was from, and knowing his family, determined upon\\nransoming him. Negotiations for this purpose were opened, but here", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THE WALKER FAMILY. 7\\nan almost insurmountable obstacle presented itself. It was contrary\\nto Indian customs and usages to sell an adopted person on account of\\nthe reputed ties of relationship. This, with the unwillingness of the\\nfamily into which he was adopted to part with him, rendered the\\nproject a ho{)eless one. The influence of the Wyandott Chiefs and\\nthat of the Military Commandant were invoked. An official speech to\\nbe delivered to the Delawares by Skan-ho-nint (One bark canoe), was\\nagreed upon. If this proved unavailing, the attempt was to be aban-\\ndoned as fruitless. The points taken may be thus briefly stated We\\nWyandot ts are your uncles and you Delawares are our nephews.\\nThis you admit. Where, then, would be the violation of our law\\nand custom if, all parties being agreed, an adopted nephew should\\nchoose to reside in the family of his uncle? This would be only an\\ninterchange of those social amenities which are proper among relations\\nthere would be no purchase in the case; your uncle would be loath, in-\\ndeed, to insult his nephews by an oifer to purchase their adopted son.\\nOur father, the Commander, who joins with us, promises, as an earnest\\nof his good will towards his Delaware children for their compliance\\nwith his and your uncle s wishes, to make your hearts glad (with Rum)\\nand bestow upon you, and especially upon the immediate family of the\\nyouth, valuable presents out of the King s Store house, such as\\nBlankets, Cloths, guns, ammunition, cJ (Here the Com dt con-\\nfirmed the promise.) After the delivery of the speech, time for de-\\nliberation was asked for and granted. Whether the argument was\\ndeemed conclusive against the objections, or the promised presents acted\\nas a salve to their consciences, it is sufficient to state that the Delaware*\\nacceded to the proposition and next day the transfer was duly made.\\nThe subject of these negotiations knew but little about the details of\\nthese doings beyond the transfer, and being content to remain with\\nhis newly formed acquaintances, gave himself but little concern about\\ntliem.\\nTHE EANKIN FAMILY.\\nJames Kankin was born in Tyrone, Ireland. At an early-\\nage he engaged in the service of the Hudson s Bay Company,\\nThis sketch is taken from Governor Walker s account of his father, in the William\\nWalker Ciorrespondence in the Draper Manuscript Collection in the Library of the\\nWisconsin State Historical Society.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "8 THE WALKER FAMILY.\\nand was for many years high in position with that great\\ncorporation. He had charge of many important branches of\\ntheir extensive business in the fur trade of the North. Hav-\\ning mastered the intricate details of the Indian trade, and\\nacquired a sufficient sum to enable him to do so, he embarked\\nin the business for himself He was very successful in this\\nventure, and in the course of time accumulated a large for-\\ntune. For many years Detroit was the point from which he\\ndirected his business.^\\nTHE MONTOUR FAMILY.\\nAbout the year 1667 a French gentleman named Montour settled\\nin Canada. By a Huron Indian woman he had three children one\\nson and two daughters. The son, Montour, lived with the Indians,\\nand was wounded in the French service, in a fight with some Mo-\\nhawks, near Fort La Motte, on Lake Champlain, in 1694. He de-\\nserted from the French, and lived with the farr Indians the\\nTwightwees (Miamis) and Diondadies (Petuns or Wyandots). By\\nhis assistance Lord Cornbury prevailed on some of these tribes to visit\\nand trade with the people of Albany in 1708. For his endeavors to\\nalienate the upper nations from the French, he was killed in 1709\\nby the troops under Lieutenant le Sieur de Joncaire, by orders of the\\nMarquis de Vaudreuil, Governor of Canada, who wrote that he would\\nhave had him hanged, had it been possible to capture him alive.\\nOf the two daughters of the Frenchman Montour, one became\\nconspicuously known as Madame Montour. She was born in Canada\\nabout the year 1684, captured by some warriors of the Five Nations\\nwhen she was but ten years old, taken to their country and brought\\nup by them. It is probable that she lived with the Oneidas, as, on\\narriving at maturity, she was married to Carondawana, or the Big\\nTree, otherwise Robert Hunter, a famous war-chief of that nation.\\nThis is the best account I have been able to make np from documents in possession\\nof Mrs. Lillian Walker Hale of Kansas City, Kansas, and some letters written to the\\nWyandotte Gazette in 1870. I feel that more should be said, but I have been un-\\nable, so far, to obtain the information necessary to make a more detailed statement.\\nMr. Eankin was a remarkable man in many respects, and was held in high esteem by\\nthe Wyandots.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "JOEL WALKER.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "THE WALKER FAMILY. 9\\nHe was killed in the wars between the Iroquois and Catawbas, in the\\nCarolinas, about the year 1729.\\nSo great became the influence of Madame Montour with\\nthe Indian tribes, and so proficient was she in their various\\nlanguages, that she was for many years in the pay of the\\nColony of New York, and her influence was ardently sought\\nby the Government of Canada. No important Council be-\\ntween the colonies and the Indian tribes was held without\\nher being present. She lived at various places in the West,\\nfrom the country of the Iroquois to that of the Miamis at the\\nwestern extremity of Lake Erie. She had a sister, married\\nto a Miami. Count Zinzendorf was the Bishop and head of\\nthe Moravian Church. In the fall of 1742 he visited the\\nvillage of Madame Montour. He preached there in French\\nto large gatherings. It is said that she was deeply affected\\nwhen she saw Zinzendorf and learned the object of his visit.\\nShe ha d entirely forgotten the truths of the Gospel, and,\\nin common with the French Indians, believed the story orig-\\ninated with the Jesuits, that the Saviour s birth-place was\\nin France, and His crucifiers Englishmen.\\nMany strange things are told of this remarkable woman.\\nIt was persistently maintained that she was the daughter of\\na former governor of Canada. There was never any governor\\nof Canada named Montour, and her ancestry is well estab-\\nlished. It is not certainly known how many children she\\nhad. We have definite accounts of three. Her daughter\\nwas known as French Margaret. It is reasonably certain\\nthat she had another daughter, who was one of the converts\\nof the Moravian Mission, at New Salem, Ohio,\\nand that she was a living polyglot of the tongues of the West,\\nspeaking English, French and six Indian languages. Her\\ntwo sons were Andrew, alias Henry, and Louis, Andrew\\nMontour s work is a part of the history of the exploration\\nand settlement of the Ohio Valley and the Great West, and", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "10 THE WALKER FAMILY.\\nSO important and extensive were his services that no account\\nof them can be attempted here.^\\nI have been, as yet, unable to trace definitely the ancestry\\nof Gov. William Walker to any particular descendant of the\\nFrench gentleman, Montour. But that he is descended from\\nthis French gentleman there can scarcely be a question.\\nThis original Montour married a Huron woman, and his son\\nlived with the Diondadies (Petuns or Wyandots). The\\nWyandots of history are the descendants of the Petuns, or\\nTobacco Nation of the Huron Confederacy. When the\\nWyandots lived in Wyandotte County, Kansas, there were\\nstill Montours belonging to and living with the tribe, and\\nthey were allotted their proportion of the land belonging to\\nthe Nation when the holdings were assigned in severalty.\\nThe name was erroneously written Monture by the allot-\\nting agent.\\nJames Rankin married Mary Montour. She belonged to\\nthe Big Turtle Clan of the Wyandot tribe. They were mar-\\nried at Detroit. There is reason to believe that Mary Mon-.\\ntour was the descendant of Catherine, a granddaughter of\\nMadame Montour. This accords with the best information\\nI have been able to obtain from the old people of the Wy-\\nandot tribe. By Indian law the child always belongs to the\\nclan of the mother, and in the instance of so noted a name,\\nit is more than probable that the name Montour was always\\nretained by her children.\\nMary Montour was born in 1756. After their marriage\\nJames Rankin became a Wyandot by adoption, and he spent\\nmost of his life from that time, with the Indians but at the\\nsame time pushed forward his business of trader. He gave\\nhis children a good education, and for this purpose removed\\nto Pennsylvania, in his last days, and there died.\\nThe foregoing account of the Montours is taken and compiled from Chriatopher\\nGist s Journals, by William M. Darlington.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "THE WALKER FAMILY. 11\\nMary Montour Rankin, like her ancestors, had great influ-\\nence in the Councils of her people. Many interesting ac-\\ncounts and traditions of her hospitality and influence in the\\ntribes about Detroit are remembered to this day by her de-\\nscendants.\\nOf the children of James and Mary Montour Rankin I\\nknow of but two, James and Catherine, James came west\\nwith the Wyandols, and died in what is now Wyandotte\\nCounty, Kansas. Catherine married William Walker, Sr.\\nCatherine Rankin was born June 4, 1771. I have not\\nbeen able to determine the date of the marriage of William\\nWalker and Catherine Rankin, but their first child was born\\nOctober 14, 1789. Walker had lived with Adam Brown\\nuntil his marriage. He took the side of the Americans in\\nthe war of 1812, and rendered valuable service to his coun-\\ntry. Many of the Wyandots espoused the cause of Great\\nBritain, and Walker was in constant danger of death. He\\nwas afterward Indian sub-agent for the Ohio tribes, and it\\nwas under his administration that Methodism was introduced\\ninto the Wyandot Nation. For an account of his valuable\\nservices in this work see the History of American Missions;\\nWorcester, 1840 and Finley s History of the Wyandot\\nMission. He died at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, January 22,\\n1824.^ His wife died at the same place, in December, 1844.\\nWILLIAM WALKER.\\nWilliam Walker was the son of William and Catherine\\n(Rankin) Walker. He was born in what is now Wayne\\nCounty, Michigan, March 5, 1800.^ He belonged to the\\nManuscript letter from Governor Walker to his mother. Now in my possession.\\n2 There are two dates given. In the old family Bible of William Walker, Sr., now\\nowned by Mrs. Mary Haff, the date is put down as March 5, 1799. This date is used\\nby Mr. Lane in his obituary notice of Governor Walker s death. Governor Walker\\nalways says when writing of the matter that he was bom March 5, 1800. In his Jour-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "12 THE WALKER FAMILY.\\nBig Turtle Clan of the Wyandot tribe.^ He had two In-\\ndian names. The first was Hah-shah -rehs, meaning the\\nstream over full the second was Sehs -tah-roh, meaning\\nbright, and is taken from the brightness of the turtle s\\neye as seen in clear water.^\\nAs much of his life will develop in this work, little need\\nbe said here. He was given a good education at a Metho-\\ndist school at Worthington, Ohio. Besides the English, he\\nread and spoke Greek, Latin and French. He spoke the\\nWyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Miami, and Pottawatomie\\nIndian languages. He was Head Chief of the Wyandot\\ntribe while it was yet in Ohio,^ and was Postmaster of the\\ntown of Upper Sandusky, Ohio.* He was for a time a\\nteacher in the Mission school there.^ He was twice mar-\\nried.^ His first marriage was to Miss Hannah Barrett, at\\nUpper Sandusky she was at the time a student in the Mis-\\nsion school. The date of this marriage is April 8, 1824. Of\\nthis marriage were born five children, two sons and three\\ndaughters. Hannah Walker died December 7, 1863.\\nApril 6, 1865, he was married at Dudley, Hardin County,\\nOhio, to Mrs. Evelina J. Barrett. She was the widow of a\\nnals he mentions tliis date as his birtliday. He was certainly correctly informed in\\nthe matter of the date of his birth. The entries in the family Bible of William Walker,\\nSr., have the appearance of having been made all at the same time. K they were it is\\npossible that an error was made in recording the date of Governor Walker s birth.\\nHis mother belonged to the Big Turtle Clan. By Wyandot law the children be-\\nlong to the clan of the mother. Two persons belonging to the same clan are not per-\\nmitted to marry.\\nI have not been able to find any record left by Governor Walker in which he had\\nwritten his Indian names. But that they are correctly written here a hundred Wyan-\\ndots or more have assured me.\\n8 Governor Walker was a modest and retiring man. He left little of record that\\nconcerned himself, except as to his health. That he was Head Chief of the Wyandots\\nin 1835-6 is established by Howe s Historical Collections of Ohio (Cincinnati, 1847), 445.\\nManuscript letters of the late John Johnston, of Piqua, Ohio, for many years In-\\ndian Agent for the Ohio Indians. These letters are now in my possession.\\nHistory of the Wyandot Mission Finley.\\nHis family Bible so states. It is owned by his grandson, William McMullan, Kan-\\nsas City, Kansas.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "THE WALKER FAMILY. 13\\nbrother of his first wife. She died August 28, 1868. No\\nchildren by this marriage.^\\nAfter the death of his father, William Walker was the\\nmost influential man in the Wyandot Nation. Intellectually\\nhe was one of the greatest men of that tribe of Indians, a\\ntribe acknowledged strong in Council.\\nHe was an eloquent speaker, and as a forceful writer on\\npolitical subjects he has been surpassed by few men. He\\nwrote many valuable papers on passing eveuts from the\\ntime of his removal West to the beginning of the war these\\nwere published in the newspapers in Ohio and Missouri, and\\nfew of them can be found now. He wrote some excellent\\npapers for literary publications.\\nHe was an ardent Democrat, and a slave holder. He\\nhated abolitionism and contended for the rights of slavery\\nas he understood those rights, to the commencement of the\\nwar. But he was never in favor, so far as I have been able\\nto learn, of secession. I have a speech which he delivered\\non the 4th of July, 1864, in which he says that the war was\\nuncalled for and without any justification. He was loyal to\\nhis country. He was elected a member of the Lecompton\\nConstitutional Convention, and was present and participated\\nin the proceedings.*\\nGovernor Walker was kind and gentle in his demeanor\\nand bearing towards others. He was a lover of his home\\nand was devoted to his family. He had the French love\\nfor company and conversation and all social enjoyments.\\nOf his selection as Provisional Governor of Nebraska\\nTerritory it is unnecessary to speak here. The facts are set\\nforth in another part of this work.\\nAU these facts were taken from his family Bible, except the statement She was\\nthe widow of a brother of his first wife. This I ascertained, by inquiry, from his and\\nher relatives.\\nWilder s Annals of Kansas, 127. He says so in his correspondence now in the\\nLibrary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "14 THE WALKER FAMILY.\\nThe last years of life were sad and sorrowful ones for\\nGovernor Walker. He had lost both his wives and all his\\nchildren by death. There is little doubt that he welcomed\\ndeath as a friend. He was heart-broken by the loss of his\\nfamily. He speaks of himself as being stricken with\\ngrief, and says, and now I stand like a blasted oak in a\\ndesert, its top shivered by a bolt hurled from the armory of\\nJove.\\nThe poem Oft in the Stilly Night was a favorite one\\nwith all the Wyandots.^ One of the last entries ever made\\nin his journal is a quotation from this poem, and is as follows\\nOft in the stilly night,\\nE er slumber s chain has bonnd me,\\nFond mem ry brings the light\\nOf other days around me\\nThe late Mrs. Lucy B. Armstrong s favorite stanza is as follows\\n3. Yet when I look above\\nThis mansion thus forsaken\\nTo that where God in love\\nMy friends so dear has taken,\\nMy doubts are quelled,\\nMy fears dispelled\\nFor faith s sweet pledge is given\\nThat those so dear\\nAre hovering near\\nTo welcome me to Heaven.\\nChobtts. Thus oft in the stilly night\\nE er slumber s chain hath bound me\\nEeligion pours her light\\nOf heavenly joys around me.\\nBelow is the same stanza in the Wyandot language\\n3. Yah-rohn-yah -yeh eh-mah-tih\\nNoh-mah -deh sah-yah-kah-quah,\\nHah-tsah-yooh-hooh-tah-dih\\nNohn-dih-yah yah-teh -yeh-ah-hah.\\nDooh shah-tooh-rah t tah-yah-rah-nyeh-oha,\\nDih-yah zhooh-tih dah nyeh-ehn-tah-rih\\nDab kah -tooh ah t ah-roh-mah-nyeh-oh,\\nNehn dih tah-kih-oh-yah-gyeh-ah -tehs.\\nChoeus. Dooh-neh tah-wah -rah-tah\\nTooh-reh-zhah-ih mehn-tsah -yeh\\nYah-reh-weh-zhooh-stih neh\\nKweh-ah-yeh-ohs wah-tih ah-stih-eh-quahs.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "THE WALKER FAMILY. 15\\nThe smiles and tears\\nOf boyhood s years,\\nThe words of love then spoken,\\nThe eye that shone,\\nNow dimmed add gone.\\nThe cheerful heart now broken.\\nWhen I remember all\\nThe friends so link d together,\\nI ye seen around me fall\\nLike leaves in wintry weather,\\nI feel like one\\nWho treads alone\\nSome banquet-hall deserted.\\nWhose lights are fled,\\nWhose garlands dead,\\nAnd all but he departed.\\nThus oft in the stilly night.\\nAgain he says\\nIt costs rae a pang to break up housekeeping, having kept house\\nfor forty-five years with so many pleasing associations\\nWhatever fortune may betide me in the future, I will say\\nSweet vale of Wyandott, how calm conld I rest\\nIn thy bosom of shade with the friends I love best.\\nWhen the storms which we feel in this cold world shall cease.\\nOur hearts like thy waters shall mingle in peace.\\nThe following is copied from the Wyandott Herald of\\nFebruary 19, 1874:\\nOBITUARY.\\nGovernor William Walker.\\nThe distinguished gentleman whose name heads this article was for\\nmany years as well known in Kansas as any citizen in the State.\\nHe was born at Gibralter, Michigan, March 5th, 1799, and died at\\nthe residence of Mr. H. H. Smalley in Kansas City, Mo., on Friday,\\nthe 13th inst., having accomplished seventy-five years of useful and\\neventful life.\\nGovernor Walker received a thorough education at Worthington,\\nOhio, under the immediate instruction of the venerable Bishop Chase.\\nFrom his Journal.\\nHon. Vincent J. Lane established the Herald in 1872. He is still its editor and\\nproprietor.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "16 THE WALKER FAMILY.\\nAfter acquiring his education, William Walker entered almost at\\nonce upon an active life in behalf of the North American Indians in\\ngeneral, and of the Wyandott Nation in particular, among whom he\\nbecame leader and counselor, devoting the best years of his life to\\ntheir interests.\\nAs early as 1831 he visited the Platte Purchase as agent of the\\nWyandott Nation with a view to purchasing a new location for it.\\nHe was at the treaty of St, Marys and rendered efficient services to all\\ncontracting parties.\\nHe was for some years the private Secretary and friend of Gen.\\nLewis Cass, his secretaryship beginning after the close of the war of\\n1812, and the friendship continuing until the death of the General.\\nIn 1843 William Walker came to Kansas with his tribe, where he\\nhas remained ever since, except when he was called away on business\\nor for his health which for some years has been feeble.\\nHe acquired his title of Governor in 1853, when he was appointed\\nProvisional Governor of Kansas Territory,\\nWith him died more Indian archaeological knowledge than has been\\npreserved by any writer on the subject. Indian antiquity and history\\nwere his special study, and being an Indian hi^iself, highly educated\\nand with a natural taste in that direction, his success was not surprising.\\nHe furnished Schoolcraft with a large amount of information con-\\ntained in his works on the Indians of North America, and also gave\\nGeneral Butterfield many incidents contained in his new work on\\nCrawford s campaign against Sandusky.\\nGovernor Walker wrote much himself for newspapers and periodi-\\ncals but unfortunately has left none of the results of his deep research\\nin a form to be used by the historian or antiquary.\\nHe was buried on Saturday last in Oak Grove Cemetery, with Ma-\\nsonic honors, having been one of the Charter Members of Wyandott\\nLodge No. 3, and for many years an honorary member thereof.\\nSo has passed away one of our oldest and most valued citizens.\\nHe who first bore the title of Governor of that territory\\nembraced within the present bounds of Kansas and Nebraska\\nsleeps upon the banks of the Missouri River, at the mouth of\\nthe Kansas. To the shame of both States, be it said, no\\nmonument of any kind marks his last resting place.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "RUSSELL GARRETT.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "THE\\nPROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nOF\\nNEBEASKA TEEEITOET.\\nI.\\nI commenced the collection of facts concerning this period of\\nthe history of Kansas and Nebraska more than fourteen\\nyears ago. Some of the persons from whom I obtained\\nstatements and with whom I consulted are named here:\\nH. M. Northrup, Nicholas McAlpine (son-in-law of Joel\\nWalker), Lucy B. Armstrong, R. W. Clark, H. T. Har-\\nris, H. C. Long, Matthias Splitlog, Michael Hummer,\\nMrs. Lillian Walker Hale, William McMullan, Hon.\\nFrank H. Betton,^ Sanford Haff, Mrs. Mary Haff, E.\\nF. Heisler, Hon. W. J. Buchan, S. S. Sharp, M. B.\\nNewman, Stephen Perkins, W. H. H. Grinter, Hiram\\nMalott, John G. Pratt, John C. Grinter, Geo. U. 8.\\nFrank Holyoke Betton was born in Derry, Eockingliam County, New Hampshire,\\nAugust 1, 1835. He came to Kansas in 1856. He has been an active man, connected\\nwith various enterprises, the principal of which are the milling, lumber, and insurance\\nbusiness. He has been successful and has an elegant and commodious home at the little\\ntown of Pomeroy in Wyandotte County. He was appointed Commissioner of Labor for\\nKansas, which office he held many years, and was a faithful and capable official. He\\nwas married to Susanah Mudeater, daughter of Matthew Mudeater, March 8, 1860. Of\\nthis marriage were bom 1. Silas, bom January, 1861, died September 13, 1873; 2.\\nFlorence, born September 8, 1862; 3. Frank Holyoke, Jr., bom November 17, 1863; 4.\\nCora Estelle, born August 18, 1868; 5. Matthew Thornton, born July 12,1870; 6. Susannah\\nW. J., born December 5, 1871; 7. Ernest L., born July 13, 1881. All born in Wyandotte\\nCounty, Kansas.\\n3 (17)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "18 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nHovey, R. M. Gray, Ebenezer Zane, Rezia V^ilcoxen,\\nand V. J. Lane, Editor of the Wyandott Herald, and\\nfor many years the personal and political friend of Gov-\\nernor Walker. George W. Martin, Editor of the Kansas\\nCity, Kansas, Gazette, furnished me valuable aid. In\\naddition to these, and many others of Wyandotte County,\\nKansas, I have consulted Mrs. Sarah Dagnett, Alfred\\nMudeater, Mrs. Julia Mudeater, Eldredge H. Brown,\\nSilas Armstrong, Smith Nichols, Mrs. W. H. Stannard,\\nHenry Hicks, B. F. Johnson, Mrs. Mary Walker, Mrs.\\nMargaret Pipe, John W. Gray-Eyes, Mrs. Carrie Lof-\\nland, James Long, Benj. Mudeater, Allen Johnson,\\nAllen Johnson, Jr., Head Chief of the Wyandots, John\\nBarnett, George Wright, David DeShane, Mrs. Jack-\\nson (supposed to be more than 100 years old), Charles\\nBlue- Jacket,^ and many other intelligent and reliable\\nWyandots and Shawnees in the Indian Territory.\\nCharles Blue-Jacket was the son of a Shawnee Chief of the same name. He was\\nbom in what is now the State of Michigan, on the banks of the River Huron, in 1816.\\nHis grandfather was Weh-yah-pih-ehr-sehn-wah the famous Shawnee Chief who waa\\nassociated with Mih -shih-kihn -ah-kwah, or Little Turtle, the Chief of the Miamis, in\\nthe battle in which General Harmer was defeated by the Northwestern Confederacy of\\nIndians, in 1790. In the battle in which Wayne defeated the Confederacy, Weh-yah-pih-\\nehr-sehn-wah or Blue-Jacket, or Captain Blue-Jacket, as he was called, commanded\\nthe allied Indian forces. The ancestors of the Blue-Jackets were war chiefe, but never\\nvillage or civil chiefs until after the removal of the tribe to the West.\\nWhen Charles Blue-Jacket was a child his parents moved to the Piqua Plains in Ohio.\\nIn 1832 they removed to that part of the Shawnee Eeservation in the West now in Wy-\\nandotte County, Kansas. Here Charles Blue-Jacket lived with his tribe. He moved\\nto the Indian Territory in 1871. His home was at the town of Blue-Jacket, named for\\nhim by the M., K. T. Railroad Co. He was a Chief always after coming to Kansas.\\nHe was an honest man and much loved by the Shawnees, and greatly respected by the\\nwhite people. He died in December, 1897, at his home, from the effects of a cold con-\\ntracted while searching for the Shawnee Prophet s grave in Wyandotte County, Kansas,\\nthe previous summer. Mr. Blue-Jacket was well acquainted with Lah-uh -leh-wah -sih-\\nkah called after he became the Prophet, Tehn-skwah -tah-wah, and sometimes Ehl-\\nskwah -tah-wah, and was present at his burial in 1836 in Shawnee Township, Wyandotte\\nCounty, Kansas. Mr. Blue-Jacket was a Free Mason. He was married three times,\\nand tweaty-three children were bom to him. His youngest child was born in 1889.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TEREITORY. 19\\nSome of the statements were contradictory, and few of\\nthem agreed exactly in all details; but in all material\\nmatters there was substantial agreement. I have not\\nrelied entir ely upon oral evidence in an y case where\\nthere was a record. C. W. Butterfield, the well known\\nauthor, rendered me valuable assistance.\\nThe territory embraced in Nebraska as bounded in the\\nbills introduced in Congress (which uniformly failed of pas-\\nsage), was obtained from France in the purchase from that\\ncountry of the province of Louisiana. The treaty between\\nFrance and the United States by which Louisiana was ceded\\nto the latter was signed in Paris on the 30th day of April,\\n1803.^\\nFrance delivered possession of Louisiana to the United\\nStates on the 20Lh day of December, 1803, at the City of New\\nOrleans. Mr. Claiborne, Governor of the Territory of Mis-\\nsissippi, represented the American Government upon this\\noccasion, and M. Laussat represented the Government of\\nFrance.^\\nBut the authority of the United States Government in, and\\nthe exercise of power over that part of the Louisiana Pur-\\nchase of which the original Nebraska was a part, dates from\\nMarch 10th, 1804, when Amos Stoddard assumed the duties\\nof Governor of Upper Louisiana.\\nOn March 26th, 1804, Congress divided the territory ac-\\nquired by the purchase of Louisiana into two parts. One of\\nthese was called the Territory of Orleans, and comprised that\\npart of the country south of the north line of the present\\nState of Louisiana. The other contained all the remainder\\nAndreas s History of Nebraska, 46.\\nAnnals of tlie West (1850), 534.\\nAndreas s History of Nebraska, 46.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "20 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nof the vast province, and was named the District of Louis-\\niana. This District was attached to the Territory of Indiana\\nfor the purposes of government.^\\nOn March 3d, 1805, Congress changed the name of the\\nDistrict of Louisiana to that of the Territory of Lou-\\nisiana, and detached it from the Territory of Indiana. It\\nwas erected into a Territory of the second class, and\\nJames Wilkinson was appointed its Governor by President\\nJefferson.^\\nOn June 4th, 1812, Congress changed the name of the\\nTerritory of Louisiana to that of the Territory of Mis-\\nsouri, and provided a system of government for the new\\nTerritory. On January 19th, 1816, the Legislature made\\nthe common law of England the law of the Territory.^\\nThe Territory of Arkansas had been created from terri-\\ntory taken from the Territory of Missouri, in 1819. Mis-\\nsouri was admitted as a State in 1820-21. The Platte\\nPurchase was added to Missouri by the adroit statesman-\\nship of Colonel Benton, in 1836. The territory compris-\\ning the States of Arkansas and Missouri as now consti-\\ntuted was taken from the Territory of Missouri. All that\\narea of Missouri Territory, except that portion taken for\\nthe States of Arkansas and Missouri, remained de facto as\\nwell as de jure Missouri Territory. It had no capital no\\nseat of government, it had very few white residents. It\\nextended north to British America, and on the west it was\\nbounded by the extreme limits of the Louisiana Purchase.\\nOn June 30th, 1834, the old Territory of Missouri was\\ndivided. For the purposes of the Act, it was declared to be\\nIndian Country what it had always been, in fact, and\\nAndreas s History of Nebraska, 46.\\nAndreas s History of Nebraska, 46. St. Louis was made tbe capital. Frederick\\nBates was appointed Secretary. Eeturn J. Meigs and John B. C. Lucas were appointed\\nJudges. The Governor and Judges constituted the Legislature.\\nAndreas s History of Nebraska, 46.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 21\\ncame to be called and spoken of as the Indian Territory.\\nThe criminal laws of the United States were declared to be\\nin force in any part of it within the exclnsive jurisdiction of\\nthe United States.-^ The crimes committed by one Indian\\nagainst the person or property of another Indian were ex-\\ncepted. The South division, including all that part of the\\nIndian Country west of the Mississippi River that is\\nbounded north by the line of lands assigned to the Osages\\nproduced east to the State of Missouri, west by the Mexican\\npossessions, south by the Red River, and east by the west\\nline of the State of Arkansas, was annexed to the State of\\nArkansas. The jurisdiction of the United States District\\nCourt of Missouri was extended over the remainder of the\\nTerritory of Missouri. The Annual Register of In-\\ndian Affairs for the year 1835 defined the boundaries of\\nthe Indian Territory as follows: Beginning on Red\\nRiver, east of the Mexican boundary and as far west of\\nArkansas Territory as the country is habitable, thence down\\nRed River eastwardly to Arkansas Territory thence north-\\njvardly along the line of the Arkansas Territory to the\\nState of Missouri, thence up Missouri River to Pimcah\\nRiver; thence westwardly as far as the country is habitable,\\nand thence southwardly to the beginning.\\nIn 1834 a considerable portion of the Territory of Mis-\\nsouri, on the North, was set off to the Territory of Michigan.\\nWhat remained was still the Territory of Missouri, and so\\nremained until the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of\\nMay 30, 1854. Then the Territory of Missouri was extin-\\nguisbed wiped out but not till then. Whether in its\\n1 The term Exclusive jurisdiction of tlie United States was probably used on ac-\\ncount of the contention over the line or boundary between Louisiana and Texas, then\\na part of Mexico. A neutral ground between the two countries had been agreed upon\\na beautiful arrangement for the pirates and free-booters then in the Gulf of Mexico\\nin great numbers.\\n2 Annals of the West (1850), 542.\\nHistory of American Missions (Worcester, 1840), 540.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "22 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\npristine glory, or shorn of much of its extent, it had,\\nthrough all this time (1820-1854), a government one in\\nfact and one in law but it was an exceedingly limited one\\nin its powers. It came very near being no government at\\nall. Its functions were all condensed into the dicta of the\\nUnited States District Court of Missouri. There was no\\nordinary Territorial Government for what was then the\\nIndian Country during all these years, except what was\\ndecreed by that Court for what was left of Missouri Terri-\\ntory was attached by the act of Congress of 1834 to that\\ntribunal to be looked after.\\nAs much as ten years before the passage of the Kansas-\\nNebraska bill the want of a more effective government for the\\nIndian Territory was recognized. In 1844, the Secre-\\ntary of War recommended the organization of a Territorial\\nGovernment and, acting on this recommendation, Mr.\\nDouglas, of the House Committee on Territories, introduced\\na bill to establish the Territory of Nebraska, on the 17th of\\nDecember, 1844. This bill was referred to the Committee\\non Territories an amendatory bill was reported on January\\n7, 1845, which was referred to the Committee of the Whole\\non the State of the Union, and no further action was had\\nthereon.\\nThe next effort for the organization of Nebraska Territory\\nwas made in 1848. Mr. Douglas had, in the meantime, been\\nelected to the Senate, Here he introduced a bill, which, on\\nthe 24th of April, 1848, was made the order of the day for\\nMonday, the 24th of the same month, but nothing further\\nwas done with the bill.\\nOn December 4th, 1848, Mr. Douglas gave notice that he\\nwould introduce another Nebraska bill. This bill was in-\\ntroduced and was referred to the Committee on Territories,\\nDecember 20, 1848, and no further action was had thereon.^\\nSee the Statement of Abelard Guthrie, in this work, for an account of these bills.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASELA. TERRITORY. 23\\nThis was the last effort of Congress to organize the Territory\\nof Nebraska prior to the movement of the people of the\\nTerritory themselves for the establishment of a Territorial\\nGovernment.\\nIn the years 1849 and 1850 thousands of people passed\\nthrough Nebraska Territory, as the country was beginning\\nto be called, on their way to California. The emigrant tribes\\nof Indians residing in the Territory had been removed from\\nthe country further east where they had lived near and had\\nmuch intercourse with white people, and they possessed and\\nenjoyed many of the institutions of civilization. These tribes\\nwere located on the borders of Missouri, with the inhabitants\\nof which State they traded and bartered many commodities.\\nThe leading tribes were the Wyandots, the Delawares, the\\nShawnees, the Miamis and Kickapoos. In all these tribes\\nwere men of education and influence. They comprehended\\ntheir condition and could plainly discern the tendencies of\\nthe times. It was obvious to them that they were occupy-\\ning the country through which the great highway to the\\nPacific Ocean must be built in the near future. Along this\\nline of road must be settlers, and these settlers must live on\\nland then belonging to the Indians. The Indian had had\\nenough experience to know that the word forever written\\nin his title to the soil was intended to mean until the white\\nman wants it. The pressure along the western line of\\nMissouri was increasing, and white men looked across an\\narbitrary line and saw the Indian country and behold it\\nwas very good, and they wanted it; and the Indian knew\\nthey wanted it. It was plain to the intelligent Indians that\\nthe tribes would soon be compelled to move. If they must\\nsell their lands, they wanted as good a price as could be ob-\\ntained. To enhance the value of their lands it was necessary\\nthat white men should have liberty to settle in their vicinity\\nin numbers, and for the purpose of allowing them to do so", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "24 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nthe Indian tribes themselves moved for the organization of\\nNebraska Territory. Foremost in the movement was the\\nW^yandot Nation, which occupied the land between the\\nKansas and Missouri Rivers, at the mouth of the Kansas.\\nThe emigrant tribes, adhering to their ancient customs,\\nlooked to the Wyandots to take the initiative. The Wyan-\\ndots were the keepers of the Council fire of the Northwest-\\nern Confederacy of Indian tribes which opposed so long and\\nso successfully the settlement of the Territory Northwest of\\nthe Ohio River. The great Council fire had been re-kindled\\nin the West, at a Congress of the tribes held near Fort\\nLeavenworth in October, 1848, and the position of the Wy-\\nandot Nation, as the head of the Confederacy, confirmed and\\nrenewed. It was necessary that any movement among the\\nIndians that would affect the interests of the tribes of the\\nancient Confederacy should originate with the Wyandot\\nNation, if it expected to receive consideration.\\nDuring the first session of the Thirty-second Congress in\\nthe winter of 1 851-2 and the spring of 1852 these people\\npetitioned Congress to establish a Territorial Government in\\nthe Territory of Nebraska. Little or no attention being\\ngiven their petitions, they concluded to adopt a more effect-\\nive course one which Congress could not so easily ignore.\\nThey decided to elect a delegate to the Thirty-second Con-\\ngress and send him to attend the last session of that body,\\nto be held in the winter of 1852-8. Those most active in\\nthis course were, William Walker, Matthew R. Walker,^\\nMatthew R. Walker was a brother of Governor Walker. He was born June 17, 1810.\\nHe belonged to the Big Turtle Clan. His Indian name was Eah -hahn-tah -seh. It\\nmeans twisting the forest, i. e., as the wind twists the forest, and it refers to the\\nwillows and reeds along the streams as they are swayed by the breeze. He was one\\nof the leading business men of the Wyandot Nation. Before the Wyandots removed\\nfrom their home at Upper Sandusky he made a trip from Ohio to the Senecas, and to\\nthe Delawares and Shawnees, for the purpose of selecting a home in the West for his\\ntribe. This was in 1841. Governor Walker had visited the country about the mouth\\nof the Kansas River in 1833. On the reports of these and some others of the tribe, the\\nWyandots came to what is now Wyandotte County, Kansas, when they removed West.\\nMatthew E. Walker lived on the banks of the Missouri where the mansion of Georg\u00c2\u00a9", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 25\\nJoel Walker/ Isaiah Walker, Abelard Guthrie, Francis A.\\nHicks, George I. Clark, Charles B. Garrett, Russell Garrett,\\nJoel W. Garrett, Matthew Mudeater, Silas Armstrong and\\nJohn W. Gray-Eyes.\\nFowler now stands, in Kansas City, Kansas. He married Lydia B. Ladd. One of their\\ndaughters is Mrs. Lillian Walker Hale, the well known writer.\\nThe first communication of a Masonic Lodge in what is now Kansas, was held in\\nMatthew K. Walker s home, and Mrs. Walker acted as Tyler, there not being enough\\nMasons present to fill all the official places. The Masons met informally at his house\\nup to July, 1854, when a warrant was obtained from the Grand Lodge of Missouri au-\\nthorizing J. M. Chivington, W. M., M. E. Walker, S. W., and Cyrus Garretr, J. W. to\\nmeet and work U. D. V. J. Lane says the first meeting under this dispensation was\\nheld August 11th, A. L. 5854, and a Lodge of Masons U. D. was duly organized. The\\nofficers of the Lodge were installed by Bro. Piper, D. Gr. M. of Missouri.\\nIn May, A. L. 5855, a charter was granted from the G. L. of Missouri to M. R. Walker,\\nW. M., Eussell Grarrett, S. W., and Cyrus Garrett, J. W., authorizing them to meet and\\nwork, under the name of Kansas Lodge No. 153, A. F. A. M. The first meeting\\nunder this charter was held July 27, A. L. 5855. On the 27th of December, A. L. 5855,\\na meeting of the Lodges of the Territory of Kansas was held in Leavenworth City, at\\nwhich Wyandotte, Smithton, and Leavenworth Lodges were represented. At this\\nmeeting the G. L. of Kansas was organized. Matthew E. Walker was an officer of the\\nGrand Lodge. In the by-laws of Wyandotte Lodge No. 3, A. F. A. M., of Kansas\\nCity, Kansas (the oldest Lodge in the State), is tbe following\\nWyandotte Lodge, No. 3.\\nIn Menrioriam.\\nMatthew R. Walker, P. M. P. S. G. W.,\\nOct. 15th, I860.\\nMatthew E. Walker was Probate Judge of Leavenworth County, Kansas, when it\\nincluded what is now Wyandotte County. He is buried in the old Huron Place Ceme-\\ntery in Kansas City, Kansas. On the monument over his grave is the following inscrip-\\ntion:\\nM. R. Walker\\nBorn\\nJan 17 1810\\nDied\\nOct 14 1860\\nJoel Walker was also a brother of Governor Walker. He was born in Canada West.\\nThe three dates of his birth that I have found are all different. In the family Bible of\\nhis father the date is July 17, 1813. In Governor Walker s Journal the date is February\\n18, 1813. On his monument it is February 17, 1813. His Indian name was Wah -wahs\\n(Way-wahs) and means lost turtle or turtle in a lost place and was given to com-\\nmemorate his birth which was on this wise His mother, Catherine Walker, like all her\\nmaternal ancestors, was familiar with the languages of many of the tribes of the North-\\nwest, and she had great influence with them. Her presence was required at many of\\nthe Councils of consequence. At one time she was sent for to act as interpreter in an\\nimportant meeting that would determine some question for some tribe, relating to the\\nwar of 1812. Her period of maternity was fulfilled, or nearly so, and she desired not to\\ngo. But as the Council could not proceed without her the warriors procured a wagon\\nand team and having bundled her into this rough conveyance started away in the dark-\\nness, over rough roads. In the black darkness of the cloudy night the horses left the", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "26 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nOn the 12th day of October, 1852, the election for a Dele-\\ngate to Congress was held in the Council House of the Wy-\\nandot Nation. The entry in Governor Walker s Journal on\\nthat date says: Attended the election for Delegate for Con-\\ngress from Nebraska Territory. A. Guthrie received the\\nentire vote polled.\\nThe officers of this election were Judges, George I. Clark,\\nSamuel Priestley and Matthew R. Walker Clerks, William\\nWalker and Benjamin N. C. Anderson. The names of the\\npersons who voted at the election are as follows: Charles B.\\nGarrett, Isaac Baker, Jose Antonio Pieto, Henry C. Norton,\\nAbelard Guthrie, Henry C. Long, Cyrus Garrett, Francis\\nCotter, Edward B. Hand, Francis A. Hicks, Russell Garrett,\\nSamuel Rankin, Nicholas Cotter, Joel W. Garrett, Isaac\\nLong, Thomas Coon-Hawk, Jacob Charloe, Wm. Walker,\\nGeorge I. Clark, Benjamin N. C. Anderson, Matthew R.\\nWalker, Samuel Priestley, Henry Garrett, Wm. Gibson,\\nPresley Muir, Joel Walker, Isaac Brown, Jas. Long, Jno.\\nway, and they were soon driving aimlessly about througli the dark woods. The result\\nwas as she had feared. She was seized with parturient pains and a son was born to her\\nwhile she was lost in the forest. His name was to keep this event in memory.\\nWhen Wyandott City (now Kansas City, Kansas) was laid out a street was named\\nWawas, for Joel Walker. Strangers called it Wah -wahs street, but the proper pro-\\nnunciation is Wa -wahs (Way -wahs). Some years ago a City Council, wholly ig-\\nnorant of the City s histoiy and the history of its founders, changed the name of the\\nstreet to Freeman Avenue, because one Freeman built a fine residence on it. The\\nold name should be restored.\\nJoel Walker was married to Mary Ann Ladd (born July 1, 1819, died January 8, 1886)\\nin Franklin County, Ohio, May 19, 1844. Their children were 1. Florence, bom\\nMarch 20, 1845, died Oct. 6, 1845; 2. Maria W., bom June 17, 1S47, died Feb y 26, 1891;\\n3. Justin, born April 6, 1849; 4. Ida E., born Feb y 22, 1851, died Feb y 16, 1866; 5.\\nEverett, born August 27, 1853, died March 30, 1S88. Only Maria W. was married; she\\nwas married to Nicholas McAlpine (born in County Down, Ireland, April 5, 1835) June\\n21, 1866. Their children are: 1. Eobert L., born May 8, 1867; 2. Jessie S., born July\\n19, 1874; 3. Mary A., born January 24, 1882; 4. John W., born June 30, 1887.\\nOn the monument over his grave in the old Huron Place Cemetery is the following:\\nIn\\nWIemoriam\\nJoel Walker\\nBorn in Canada West\\nFeb 17 1813\\nDied in Wyandott Kansas\\nSept 8 1857.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 27\\nLynch,^ William Trowbridge, John W. Ladd,^ Daniel Mc-\\nNeal,^ Edward Fifer, Peter D. Clark and Henry W. Porter.*\\nThe purpose to hold an election to elect a Delegate to Con-\\ngress from Nebraska Territory met with much opposition from\\nthe representatives of the Government of the United States\\nthen in the Indian Territory. Governor Walker says that\\neven the discussion of the settlement of the country attracted\\nthe attention of the Interior Department and drew forth of-\\nficial intimation that the government could not allow any\\nportion of that Territory to be occupied by white people; and\\nthat the President was authorized to employ, if necessary,\\nthe military force of the United States in removing from the\\nIndian Country all persons found there contrary to law.\\nMr. Guthrie says that one Colonel Fauntleroy, Command-\\ning Officer at Fort Leavenworth (and now I believe of the\\nrebel army), threatened to arrest me if I should attempt to\\nhold the election. And in another communication (to the\\nNew York Tribune August 9, 1856), I met with many\\ndifficulties, and on one occasion was threatened with impris-\\nonment by the commanding officer of one of the military\\nposts in the Territory, for my attempt at revolution, as he\\ncalled it. Notwithstanding the fact that the military au-\\nthorities forbade the holding of the election, the people went\\nforward with their purpose. Seeing both their threats and\\ntheir commands disobeyed, the election held, and Mr. Guth-\\nrie chosen, the opposition changed tactics, and called an\\nelection for Delegate at Fort Leavenworth. At this election\\na Mr. Banow was selected to oppose Mr. Guthrie. The in-\\ntention was to choose Banow and defeat Guthrie at the sub-\\nOften spoken of in Governor Walker s Journals, and sometimes called Jonny O\\nBludgeon.\\nJohn Wanton Ladd, bom in Warrick, E. I., Angnst 10, 1793, died in Wyandotte,\\nKansas, Sept. 25, 1865. Buried in Huron Place Cemetery. He was the father-in-law\\nof Matthew R., and Joel Walker.\\nWas a hired man in the Nation. Worked for Governor Walker.\\nHe is the Old Connecticut mentioned in Governor Walker s Journal.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "28 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nsequeut election, and send Banow forward for the purpose of\\npreventing Mr. Guthrie from obtaining his seat, or to contest\\nthe seat if the Territory was organized and Mr. Guthrie ad-\\nmitted as Delegate. This action of the military was inspired\\nby Senator Atchison of Missouri.\\nThe people however, wanted the Territory organized, and\\nrefused to become a party to this movement for delay, polit-\\nical advantage, and confusion. Mr. Guthrie defeated Banow\\nat this subsequent election by a vote of 54 to 16.\\nThe opposition to Territorial organization was next felt in\\nWashington. At that time there were two opposing and\\nbitterly hostile factions in the Democratic party in the State\\nof Missouri. One faction stood for moderation and the rights\\nof slavery under existing laws without effort to extend it by\\nthe repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and was in favor of\\nthe organization of Nebraska Territory. This faction was\\nled by Colonel Thomas H. Benton, Willard P. Hall, Frank\\nP. Blair, Jr., and to some extent by the St. Louis Republi-\\ncan, the principal Democratic newspaper of the State. The\\nother faction was radical, aggressive and extreme in favor of\\nall matters and measures put forward by the slave power of\\nthe South. The real leader and the inspiring genius of this\\nfaction was William Cecil Price,^ of S^^ringfield. Senator\\nWilliam Cecil Price was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, and is a direct descend-\\nant of Lord Baltimore, who settled Mai-yland. He came with his parents to Green\\nCounty, Missouri, in 1828. Was prominent in politics of the State until the war. Was\\nan able lawyer, and was elected Probate Judge, Circuit Judge, District Attorney, Mem-\\nber of the Legislature, State Senator, Member of Congress, and held other positions of\\nhonor and trust. Organized and carried to a successful issue the fight on Colonel\\nThomas H. Benton, but in doing so divided the Democratic party of Missouri. Was\\nTreasurer of the United States under President Buchanan. Was an advocate of seces-\\nsion, and selected Claiborn Jackson to be the candidate of the Democratic party of Mis-\\nsouri for Governor. Joined the Confederate army. Was captured at Wilson s Creek\\nand for a long time confined in the military prison at Alton, Ills. He is one of the old\\nschool Southern gentlemen. He had a keen sense of humor. A friend once intro-\\nduced him to a stranger, and remarked Judge Price was in the United States Treasury\\nunder President Buchanan. Yes, said the Judge, and in the penitentiary under\\nPresident Lincoln.\\nJudge Price was the leader in Missouri of the extreme and radical element of the", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 29\\nAtchison, Sterling Price and others were his able Lieuten-\\nants. All the outrages of the Border Ruffians were com-\\nmitted at the dictation of this faction, which was bitterly\\nopposed to the organization of Nebraska Territory unless\\nslavery could be expressly made one of its fundamental in-\\nstitutions. Mr. Guthrie set out for Washington, November\\n20th. On December 1st he wrote to Governor Walker, from\\nCincinnati, that he had traveled from St. Louis to Cincin-\\nnati with the Missouri Senators, Atchison and Geyer, and\\nthat no assistance from them could be expected.^\\nWhen Mr. Guthrie arrived in Washington he set to work\\nwith great energy to accomplish the purpose for which he\\nhad been sent. On December 9th he wrote Governor Walker\\nthat Willard P. Hall, member of the House, had prepared a\\nbill and would introduce it the following week.^ The bill\\nprovided for the organization of the Territory of the Platte\\nwith the following boundaries On the south, the thirty-sixth\\ndegree and thirty minutes; on the north, the forty-third\\ndegree; on the west, the summit of the Kocky Mountains;\\non the east, by Missouri. So effective were Mr. Guthrie s\\nefforts that the Chairman of the Committee on Territories\\nassured him that if Mr. Hall did not introduce his bill, the\\nCommittee would introduce one for the same purpose. Mr.\\nHall introduced his bill on the 13th of December, and it was\\nreferred to the Committee on Territories. Hall s bill was\\nnever reported by the Committee, but in lieu thereof William\\nA. Pichardson, of Illinois, from the Committee, reported a\\nbill on February 2, 1853, providing for the organization of\\nNebraska Territory, with boundaries identical with those in\\nHall s bill. In the Committee of the Whole the bill met\\nDemocracy until the war, but since then has not been active in politics. He insists yet\\nthat slavery is right, and that it was a blessing to the negro. Sterling Price was his\\ncousin.\\nSee letter published in this work, page 76,\\nThis letter is published herein, page 78.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "30 THE PKOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nwith strong opposition from Southern members and was\\nreported back to the House with a recommendation for its\\nrejection, but on February 10, 1853, it passed the House by\\na vote of 98 to 43. On the following day it was sent to the\\nSenate where it was referred to the Committee on Territories,,\\nof which Stephen A. Douglas was Chairman. On February\\n17th, Mr. Douglas reported the bill without amendment.\\nSeveral unsuccessful efforts were made to have it taken up.\\nThe Congressional term would expire by limitation March\\n4, and Mr. Guthrie was anxious to have it taken up as long\\nbefore that date as possible. In the expiring hours of the\\nsession (March 3) it was taken up and by a vote of 23 to 17,\\nlaid on the table. Mr. Guthrie believed he had a majority\\nfor it in the Senate, and could it have been brought to a vote\\nat an earlier date it is probable th^t it would have passed the\\nSenate. Mr. Guthrie says in his letter to the New York\\nTribune that the bill was not brought to vote, but in this\\nhe is in error.\\nAlthough he failed in securing the passage of his bill, Mr.\\nGuthrie virtually accomplished the object sought in his elec-\\ntion. He forced a consideration of the question of the organ-\\nization of Nebraska Territory. The passage of the bill for\\nthat purpose through the House and the close vote upon it in\\nthe Senate convinced the slave power that the question would\\nhave to be settled at the coming session of Congress.\\nII.\\nIt was determined by the Wyandots that a Territorial\\nConvention for the purpose of organizing a Provisional Gov-\\nernment for Nebraska Territory should be held on the day\\nappointed for their national festival, the Green Corn Feast.\\nTheir annual National election was often held on this ancient\\nanniversary. In the year 1853 it was fixed to fall upon\\nTuesday, August 9th. The other emigrant tribes were noti-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 81\\nfied of this intention, and asked to send delegates; and all\\nwhite men then resident in the Territory among the emigrant\\ntribes were requested to be present and participate in the\\nwork. Kussell Garrett says these notices were written.\\nOnly such white persons as were then in the service of the\\nGovernment in the capacity of Agents, Missionaries, Agency-\\nfarmers, Agency-blacksmiths, and Agency-carpenters, and\\nthe licensed Indian traders were permitted to live in the\\nIndian Territory. Colonel Benton was advised of this\\nconclusion of the Wyandots, and he approved it, if, indeed,\\nhe had not urged it.\\nAnother factor was entering into the movement for Terri-\\ntorial Government for Nebraska. This was the fixing of\\nthe location of the line of the railroad soon to be built be-\\ntween the Pacific Ocean and the Missouri River. Iowa\\nwanted the initial point of this road on her western border,\\nand Missouri contended that the valley of the Kansas River\\nwas the logical, most central, and most practicable route.\\nEver since the enormous and phenomenal emigration to\\nCalifornia, the initial point of this great national highway,\\nas it had been called by Colonel Benton, had been a matter\\nof contention between the people of Iowa and Missouri, and,\\nto a certain extent, of the country at large. The North,\\ngenerally, favored Council Bluffs as the starting point, and\\ninsisted that the valley of the Platte was the route of greatest\\nutility, from a national standpoint. The South contended\\nthat the mouth of the Kansas River was the better location\\nfrom which to start.^ The controversy followed the old line\\ndrawn between the North and the South by the question of\\nthe extension of slavery, and was the one matter upon which\\nthe factions of the Missouri Democracy could unite.\\nIn 1850, Colonel Benton had introduced in the Senate\\nA fair statement of the contention in this matter is given in the paper of Hadley\\nD. Johnson, a portion of which is printed in this work, page 83.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "32 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nhis bill for the location and construction of this great na-\\ntional highway, and explained its leading features. From\\nthat time the matter was one of general discussion, and op-\\nposing forces were seeking to fix the line of the road where\\nit would best subserve their interests. A meeting in the in-\\nterest of the Missouri or central route was appointed for\\nJuly 26, 1853, in that part of the Indian Country or\\nNebraska Territory immediately west of Missouri. The\\nBenton Democracy, for some reason unknown as yet, de-\\ntermined upon the organization of the Provisional Govern-\\nment of Nebraska Territory at this meeting.^ It is known\\nthat Colonel Benton believed that the point at the mouth of\\nthe Kansas Biver would at some time in the near future be-\\ncome a great commercial center. He had been defeated for\\nSenator in 1850-1 in the Missouri Legislature. Senator\\nAtchison denounced his attempt to organize Nebraska Ter-\\nritory and charged him with the intention of removing his\\nresidence to the mouth of the Kansas Biver for the purpose\\nof being elected United States Senator for Nebraska when\\nit should be admitted as a State.^ V^illiam Cecil Price has\\noften asserted to me that this ambition was the cause of Col.\\nBenton s efforts to organize Nebraska Territory at this time.\\nThe determination to organize the Provisional Govern-\\nment of Nebraska at the Convention in the interest of the\\nCentral Boute made it necessary that this meeting should\\nbe held in the Council House^ of the Wyandot Nation.\\nSee his remarks on the bill, made when he introduced it, published in this work,\\npage 88.\\nI have been unable to determine the cause of this. Judge Price does not think it\\ncould have been because the opposing faction of the Democratic party was intending to\\nattempt to organize a Provisional Government in Nebraska Territory. To the best of\\nhis recollection, no such intention was ever entertained. But he admitted that Colonel\\nBenton may have believed this, and that his belief may have hastened his actions.\\nMany of the old time Democrats of Missouri have told me this, among them Judge\\nPrice, General Shelby, and Judge Oliver.\\nThe Council House stood in the center of what is now Fourth Street in Kansas\\nCity, Kansas, at the point where it is crossed by Nebraska Avenue. It is thus de-\\nBcribed by Mrs. Sarah Dagnett I can t tell the size. It had three windows on each", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "JUDGE WILLIAM C. PKICE.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "OF NEBEASKA TERRITORY. 33\\nAbelard Guthrie was, perhaps, the only Wyandot notified\\nin advance, of this change in the programme. Governor\\nWalker in his Notes says In the summer of 1853, a\\nTerritorial Convention was held pursuant to previous notice\\nto be held in Wyandot. The Convention met on the 26th\\nof July This statement does not say that the no-\\ntice was that the Convention should meet on the 26th of\\nJuly. In Governor Walker s entry in his Journal, describ-\\ning the Convention and its proceedings, he states that he\\ndid not attend this meeting until noon and then only after\\nhe had, Cincinnatus-like, been sent for. It is more than\\nprobable that he did not know of the change in the order of\\nevents until he arrived at the Council House. The series of\\nResolutions adopted by the Convention and which served\\nthe Provisional Government as a Constitution bears only\\none resolution in his hand-writing. And it was not his in-\\ntention to accept the position of Provisional Governor.\\nPublic office had no attractions for him. He intended that\\none of his brothers, Matthew R. Walker or Joel Walker,\\nsplendid business men of great energy, and both possessing\\nfine executive ability, and several years younger than him-\\nself, should be selected as the Provisional Governor of Ne-\\nbraska Territory.\\nAmong the delegates to the Convention were the follow-\\ning persons William Walker, Russell Garrett,-^ Silas\\nside and two in the east end and two in tlie west end with the door between those in\\nthe west end. I remember it stood that way east and west. It was a frame building\\nand plastered. Always had a large box stove, as we had only wood to burn those days.\\nThe furnishings were of the most common kind benches and common chairs, with\\none large square table. I can remember the table well, because they used to keep the\\nmoney gold and silver stacked up on it during a payment time. The bulk of the\\nmoney was kept at the Agency building across the street. Once during a payment a\\nbox containing $1,000.00 was stolen, they supposed never was found so we were short\\nthat much.\\nEussell G^arrett lives at the present time in Ventura, California. He is the only\\nDelegate to the Convention known to be now living. He wrote his recollections of this\\nConvention for me. The following is taken from his letters\\nThe building in which the Convention was held was a little, one-stoi-y, frame build-\\n4", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "34 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nArmstrong, W. F. Dyer,^ Isaac Munday,^ James Findley,\\nGrover,* William Gilpin^ (afterwards Governor of\\nColorado), Thomas Johnson, George I. Clark, Joel Walker,\\nJoel W. Garrett, Charles B. Garrett, Matthias Sj^litlog,^\\ning, built and used for a school house and Council House. It stood on what is notv the\\ncenter of Nebraska Avenue and Fourth Street. It was a clear and pleasant day. You\\nask how delegates were chosen. By sending invitations to those who were interested\\nin the formation of a Territorial Government to come and meet with us. There wore\\nabout forty met with us. I think they all voted in the Convention.\\nThe forty were exclusive of the Wyandots.\\nW. F. Dyer lived and kept a store on Grasshopper Eiver at the Military Crossing\\non the road leading from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Eiley, Eussell Garrett writes me.\\nHe was afterwards County Treasurer of Jefferson County, Kansas. See Kansas His-\\ntorical Collections, Vol. 3, 305.\\nIsaac Munday was a blacksmith for the Delawares and lived at the Delaware\\nCrossing. This was the point where the Military Eoad from Fort Leavenworth to\\nFort Scott crossed the Kansas Eiver. This was only a very short distance above the\\npoint where the S. W. Corner of the Wyandot Purchase was fixed on the Kansas\\nEiver. His house is marked on one of the old maps of the Wyandot Purchase, al-\\nthough it was on Delaware land. Eussell -Garrett says: I remember Isaac Munday\\nvery well. He was a blacksmith for the Delawares. He had a shop and lived at what\\nwas called at tnat time the Military Ferry. It crossed the Kansas Eiver on the Mili-\\ntary Eoad leading from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Scott. He lived at Westport, Mo.,\\nbefore he was appointed blacksmith for the Delaware Indians. I now remember that\\nhe was a Delegate to the Convention. I do not remember where he went to when the\\nDelawares got through with him, if I ever heard.\\nJames Findley was an Indian Trader at that time and lived at the Delaware\\nCrossing. He traded with the Delawares and Shawnees. I have this information\\nfrom many persons yet living in the Indian Territory, and from Major John G. Pratt.\\nEussell Garrett says: James Findley lived at the Military Ferry. He was an Indian\\nTrader. He kept a variety store and traded with the Delawares. He lived there\\nwith his family, as did Munday the blacksmith.\\nGrover was the son of a Missionary to the Delawares. I have not been\\nable to learn his given name. He was either D. A. N. Grover or Charles H. Grover.\\nThese were brothers, sons of a Missionary from some Church in Kentucky, to the Dela-\\nwares. They were both in the Council of the Legislature of 1855, D. A. N. as a member\\nand Charles H. as Assistant Clerk. From the quotations from their speeches given by\\nWilder, I should think that Charles H. was with the Delawares at the time, and if he\\nwas, he is the one that attended this Convention. They were lawyers. I find this in\\nEussell Garrett s letters to me I knew a Mr. Grover and he was there, but I do not\\nknow where he lived or what he did. But his father was a Missionary among the In-\\ndians and was shifted around from pillar to post, so I cannot tell where he lived at that\\ntime. It may be that his son lived with him. I do not remember where they went to.\\nWilliam Gilpin was at that time editor of some newspaper published at Independ-\\nence, Mo.; or if not editor, in some way connected with it. He addressed the Conven-\\ntion. So says Mr. Garrett.\\nMatthias Splitlog was a Cayuga-Seneca by descent, his ancestors having been from\\neach of those tribes. His immediate ancestors married into the Wyandots and furn-\\nished them some of their bravest warriors and chiefs. He was born in Canada in 1816,\\nhe has often told me. He married Eliza Charloe, a Wyandot, and came West with the-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 35\\nTauromee, Abelard Guthrie, Matthew R. Walker, Francis\\nA. Hicks, John W. Gray-Eyes, Irvin P. Long, H. C. Long,\\nCaptain Bull-Head, Baptiste Peoria, the Blue-Jackets and\\nother Shawnees.\\nThe only written account of the Convention and the pro-\\nceedings that I have been able to find is that in Governor\\nWalker s Journal, and which is as follows\\nMonday, July 25, 1853. Cool and cloudy morning. Resumed\\ncutting my grass. Warm thro the day. Sent Harriet to Kansas\\nfor some medicines for Mr. C. who has every other day a chill. In\\nthe evening three gentlemen rode up and enquired if W. W. resided\\nhere. Upon being assured in the affirmative they stated they wished\\nto stay all night. I sent them to C. B. G s. They said they were\\ndelegates to the Rail Road meeting in Nebraska on the 26th inst. I\\nwould gladly have entertained them, but owing to family sickness I\\nwas compelled to send them where I did.\\nTuesday, July 26, 1853. Very cool and clear. Went over to C.\\nB. G s and got my scythe ground. Warm day.\\nOn yesterday morning One- Hundred- Snakes Standingstone died\\nof Mania a potu.\\nAt noon a messenger was sent for me to attend the Rail Road\\nConvention. I saddled my horse and rode up to the Wyandott Council\\nHouse, where I found a large collection of the habitans of Nebraska.\\nThe meeting was called to order and organized by the appoint-\\nment of Wm. P. Birney of Delaware, President, and Wm. Walker,\\nWyandot Nation. His home was in what is now Connelley s Addition to Kansas City,\\nKansas. Here, at an early day, he built a horse-mill for grinding corn, but was of so\\neccentric a disposition that he often refused to grind. He had a large family of\\nchildren and much land was allotted to him for them when the Wyandots accepted their\\nlands in severalty. These lands increased enormously in value and made him the fam-\\nous Millionaire Indian. Unprincipled white men swindled him out of much of his\\nmoney. He built and equipped a railroad from Neosho, Mo., to the Arkansas State line.\\nThis road is now a part of the Pittsburg Gulf main line. He was an ingenious man\\nand could copy and construct almost any piece of machinery that he had opportunity to\\nexamine thoroughly. It was by taking advantage of his love for machinery that scoun-\\ndrels interested him in schemes for the purpose of robbing him. He made his home in\\nthe Seneca country when the Wyandots moved to the Indian Territory. Here he\\nerected a fine house and a fine church-building. He died there late in 1896.\\nWilliam P. Birney was an Indian Trader at Delaware in the Delaware Eeserve,\\nnear the present village of White Church, Wyandotte County, Kansas. I have been\\nable to learn but little of him. He remained in Wyandotte County, Kansas, at least", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "36 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nSecy. A Committee was then appointed to prepare resolutions ex-\\npressive of the sense of the meeting. James Findley, Dyer and\\nSilas Armstrong were appointed.\\nIn accordance with the resolutions adopted, the following officers\\nwere elected as a provisional government for the Territory For pro-\\nvisional Governor, Wm. Walker; Sec y of the Territory, G. I. Clark;\\nCouncilmen, R. C. Miller, Isaac Mundy, and M. R. Walker.\\nResolutions were adopted expressive of the Convention s prefer-\\nence of the Great Central Rail Road Rout.\\nA. Guthrie, late delegate was nominated as the Candidate for re-\\nelection. Adjourned.\\nWhile uo boundaries were fixed for the Territory for\\nwhich the Provisional Government was organized it was\\ntaken as a matter granted that the Territory included the\\nsame area as defined in the Hall and Richardson bills.\\nThe organization of the Provisional Government of Ne-\\nbraska Territory gave general satisfaction to the people of\\nMissouri. Each faction of the Missouri Democracy became\\nnow intent on securing the Delegate to Congress to be elected\\nin the following October. In this contest the Price- Atchi-\\nson faction had a tremendous advantage as they controlled\\nthe patronage of the Indian Bureau of the Department of\\nthe Interior, while Mr. Guthrie, Benton s representative,\\ncould only depend upon his own personal efforts and the\\npersonal efforts of his friends.\\nHand-bills were printed containing the record of the pro-\\nceedings of the Convention. These were distributed, and\\nwere copied into the newspapers of Missouri. In Governor\\nWalker s Journal mention is made of this fact:\\nThursday, July 28, 1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nA. Guthrie called upon and dined with us to-day.\\nRec d the printed proceedings of the Nebraska Territorial Con-\\nuntil the commencement of the war. He is frequently mentioned in Abelard Guth-\\nrie s Journals, and on the 13th of January, 1860, Guthrie s Journal speaks of him as\\nliving at that time in Quindaro City, or of his owning houses there.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 37\\nvention. Great credit is due the Proprietors of the Industrial Lu-\\nminary in Parkville for their promptitude in publishing the pro-\\nceedings in hand-bills in so short a time.\\nIII.\\nTLe first duty of the new Government was to call the\\nelection for Delegate, as directed by the resolutions of the\\nConvention. Governor Walker s mention of this event is\\nas follows\\nSaturday, July 30, 1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWell, by action of the Convention of Tuesday last I was elected\\nProvisional Governor of this Territory. The first executive act de-\\nvolving on me is, to issue a Proclamation ordering an election to be\\nheld in the different precincts of one delegate to the 33rd Congress.\\nMonday, August 1, 1853. Issued my proclamation for holding\\nan election in the different precincts in the territory on the second\\nTuesday in October, for one delegate to the 33rd Congress.\\nThis proclamation was printed and distributed throughout\\nthe Territory; and in all probability it was printed in most\\nof the newspapers of Missouri.^ Their preparation for dis-\\ntribution is mentioned by Governor Walker:\\nMonday, August 8, 1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Geo. I. Clark, Sec y of the Territory,\\ncalled this morning and delivered the printed Proclamation {SOO\\ncopies) for circulation.\\nIt had been the hope of Colonel Benton and Mr. Guthrie\\nthat no candidate would be put forward to stand for election\\nagainst the regular nominee of the Territorial Convention.\\nWhile the leaders of the Price- Atchison Democracy of Mis-\\nsouri had opposed the organization of a Provisional Govern-\\nment and believed that the slave power could prevent the\\nadmission of Nebraska Territory and the recognition of its\\nProvisional Government, it still believed it best to partici-\\npate in the election for Delegate to Congress. A strong man\\nSee Hadley D. Johnson s statement, page 83.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "38 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nin thorough, syripathy with the extremists of the slave power\\nof the South was sought for and found in the person of Rev.\\nThomas Johnson, Missionary of the M. E. Church, South,\\nto the Shawnees. Mr. Johnson resided near Westport, Mis-\\nsouri, in the Shawnee country. The Shawnee and Kickapoo\\ntribes are closely related by blood, and Mr. Johnson s nomi-\\nnation was made in the country of the latter tribe. Governor\\nV^^alker says A few days after the adjournment of this\\nConvention another rather informally was called at Kicka-\\npoo, at which Mr. Johnson was nominated as Candidate for\\nDelegate. The latter then yielded to the wishes of his friends\\nand became a candidate in opposition to the regular nomi-\\nnee.\\nHaving secured a strong candidate the Price-Atchison\\nDemocracy brought to bear every influence at their com-\\nmand to secure his election. The Commissioner of Indian\\naffairs came to the Territory where he remained more than\\na month to influence personally the emigrant tribes (and\\nperhaps the other tribes) to vote for Mr. Johnson. Governor\\nWalker leaves us enough evidence to confirm this.\\nTuesday, September 6, 1853. Mr. Commissioner Manypenny\\ncame over in company with Rev. Thos. Johnson to pay the Wyan-\\ndotts a visit. The Council being in session I introduced him to the\\nCouncil. To which body he made a short address.\\nThursday, October 6, 1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nReceived a letter from Maj. Robinson informing me that Com.\\nManypenny wished to have an interview with the Council to-morrow.\\nFriday, October 7, 1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nAttended a Council called by the Com. of Indian Affairs.\\nSpeeches were passed between the parties on the subject of the Terri-\\ntorial organization, [and] selling out to the gov t.\\nTuesday, October 11, 1853. Attended the election for delegate\\nto Congress, for Wyandott precinct. Fifty-one votes only were polled.\\nA. Guthrie 33.\\nTom Johnson 18.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 39\\nThe priesthood of the M. E. Church made unusual exertions to\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2obtain a majority for their holy brother. Amidst the exertions of thei(\\nobsequious tools it was apparent it was an up-hill piece of business in\\nWyaudott.\\nExecuted a commission to J. B. Nones as Commissioner and No-\\niary Public for Nebraska Territory.\\nMonday, October 31, 1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI suppose we may safely set down Thomas Johnston s election for\\ndelegate as certain. It is not at all surprising, when we look at the\\nfearful odds between the opposing Candidates. Mr. Guthrie had only\\nhis personal friends to support him with their votes and influence,\\nwhile the former had the whole power of the Federal government,\\nthe presence and active support of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,\\nthe military, the Indian Agents, Missionaries, Indian Traders, c.\\nA combined power that is irresistible.\\nThe Territorial Council canvassed the returns of the elec-\\ntion at the Wyandot Council House Nov. 7, 1853, and issued\\na Certificate of election to Mr. Johnson on Nov. 8th. Gov-\\nernor Walker notes these transactions in his Journal\\nMonday, November 7, 1853. Attended at the Council House at\\nan early hour, tho in poor health.\\nThe Territorial Council, Sec y and Governor, then proceeded to\\nopen the returns of the Territorial Election. After canvassing the\\nReturns it appeared that Thomas Johnson had received the highest\\nnumber of votes and was declared elected delegate to the 33rd Con-\\ngress.\\nEev. Thomas Johnson was horn in Virginia, July 11, 1802. He was assassinated in\\nhis own home in Kansas, near Westport, Mo., January 2, 1865.\\nHe was sent by the M. E. Church to preach to the Shawnees in the Indian Terri-\\ntory, in 1829. After laboring here for some time, he was compelled to abandon his\\nwork on account of poor health, and he then moved to Fayette, Mo. In 1847 he was\\nprevailed upon to resume his work in the Shawnee Mission Schools. From this time\\nuntil his death he was prominent in the councils of the Price-Atchison Democracy of\\nMissouri in their eflorts to introduce slavery into Nebraska and Kansas. He was elected\\nPresident of the first Territorial Council of Kansas Territoi-y, in 1855. This was the\\nUpper House of the Legislature that enacted the Bogus Laws. The laws fill a\\nlarge volume. Many of them are infamous.\\nMr. Johnson was a good man. The cause which he believed a holy one was in fact\\na bad one and was hastened to destruction by the madness of its advocates. His firm\\nbelief in its righteousness is not surprising, for it had been instilled into his mind froia", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "40 THE PEO VISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nTuesday, November 8, 1853. J. W. Garrett deputy Secretary,\\nattended at my House and we issued the certificate of election to\\nThomas Johnston delegate elect to the 33rd Congress.\\nThe Wyandots felt outraged by the action of the Commis-\\nsioner of Indian Affairs but as their interests were so largely\\nin his hands they could do nothing else than submit without\\nprotest, and this they all did, except Mr. Guthrie. He filed\\na contest for the seat of Delegate and vigorously attacked\\nthe Commissioner of Indian affairs in the public prints. He\\nspent a portion of the winter in Washington and labored\\nfor the Territorial Government of Nebraska until he was\\nconvinced that the slave power would organize two Territo-\\nries, and endeavor to make one slave, and permit the other\\nto come into the Union, free. In relation to Mr. Guthrie s\\nattacks on the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Governor\\nWalker says:\\nSaturday, November 12, 1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMr. Guthrie called and examined the election returns for dele-\\ngate, and intends taking copies of them.\\nThursday November 24, 1853.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWrote a communication to Col. Manypenny, Commissioner of\\nIndian Affairs, correcting an error in a communication published in\\nthe Missouri Democrat by Mr. A. Guthrie in relation to a speech\\ndelivered by the former to the Wyandott Council.\\nThursday, January 12, 1854.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nRec. two letters from A. Guthrie. In trouble again. Wants cer-\\ninfancy. He did what he believed to be right. He was a true and humble Christian\\nand an eloquent and earnest minister of the Gospel. There is an excellent biography\\nof Mr. Johnson in Andreas s History of Kansas, page 300. It was prepared by his\\nfriend, Eev. Nathan Scarritt, of Kansas City, Mo.\\nJoel Walker Garrett was the son of George Garrett, who died February 17, 1846,\\naged 46 years. George Grarrett was the brother of Charles B. Garrett. He married\\nNancy Walker, sister of Governor Walker. Joel Walker Garrett was their oldest child.\\nHe was born June 18, 1826. He married Jennie Ayers. Their daughter Nina lives yet\\nin Kansas City, Kansas.\\nJoel Walker Garrett was appointed Deputy Secretary of State for Nebraska Territory,\\nand he seems to have performed most of the labor attached to the Secretary s Office.\\nHe died August 25, 1862.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 41\\ntificates to prove his charges against Commissioner Manypenny. I\\ncan t help him much.\\nSaturday, January 28, 1854.\\nRec d an Ohio State Journal. This is the amount of my mail.\\nGuthrie out on Col. Manypenny again. The former, I fear, will come\\noff second best. He is imprudent and rash.\\nBut bitter as the fight became between Johnson and\\nGuthrie, they were not the only candidates voted for at this\\nelection. Governor Walker says\\nUpon canvassing the returns it was found that a third candidate\\nwas voted for in the Bellevue precinct, in the person of Hadley D.\\nJohnston, Esq., who rec d 358 votes.\\nFrom information derived from that precinct it appeared that Mr.\\nJohnston was an actual resident of Iowa, and at that time a member\\nof the Legislature of that State; and an additional circumstance\\ntending to vitiate the election in this precinct, was that a large ma-\\njority of the voters were actual residents of that State. The officers\\nwere compelled to reject these returns.\\nMr. Johnson s statement will be found in another part of\\nthis work. His credentials consisted only of the Certificate\\nof the judges and clerks of the election stating the fact that\\nhe received a certain number of votes in the election held\\nin the Bellevue precinct. The poll-books must have been\\nsent to the Provisional Government as the returns were can-\\nvassed there; and it is more than probable that Mr. John-\\nson s certificate was not written until after it was known\\nthat the votes of the Bellevue precinct had been rejected by\\nthe Territorial Council.\\nGovernor Walker s Journal says on March 27, 1854,\\nHeard that Hon. Thomas Johnson, Delegate elect from\\nthis Territory, returned from Washington yesterday.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "42 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nIV.\\nThe cause of the failure of the Provisional Government\\nof Nebraska Territory to secure recognition from the Gov-\\nernment of the United States was the division of the Terri-\\ntory it represented into two separate Territories by the\\nKansas-Nebraska bill. Governor Walker says in his Notes\\nthat the provisional government of Nebraska continued in\\nexistence till after the organization by Congress of the two\\nTerritories and the arrival of A. H. Reeder, the first Gov-\\nernor of Kansas.\\nV.\\nWhat did this movement for the organization of Ne-\\nbraska Territory accomplish? It forced the Thirty-third\\nCongress to action. This action and its consequences are\\nmatters of history. The results which Mr. Guthrie claims\\nfor himself in his statement to Congress are justly the re-\\nsults of this whole movement. The claim that these results\\nwere due to the organization and efforts of the Provisional\\nGovernment of Nebraska Territory is certainly entitled to\\nconsideration, at least.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 43\\nDOOUMEI^TS RELATING\\nTO\\nTHE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nOF\\nI^EBRASKA TEERITORT.\\nPREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.\\nAdopted July 26, 1853, in the Council House of the\\nWyandot Nation, in what is now Wyandotte County, Kan-\\nsas, but at that time in what was known and spoken of as\\nNebraska Territory; said Convention being held for the pur-\\npose of selecting provisional officers and organizing a Pro-\\nTisional Government for Nebraska Territory. This is the\\nConstitution of the Provisional Government of Nebraska\\nTerritory the first State Paper of Nebraska and Kansas.\\nThese resolutions are copied from the original now in my possession. It was given\\nto me by Mrs. Margaret Pipe, a Wyandot, now living in the Wyandot Eeserve in the\\nIndian Territory. Governor Walker spent much time, when in the Indian Territory,\\nat the home of Irvin P. Long, and as he had no home at that time, he carried all his\\nimportant papers to the Wyandot Eeserve with him. He gave Mr. Long this and other\\npapers. Mrs. Pipe cared for Mr. Long s household during the last years of his life and\\nher daughter was adopted by Mr. Long and made his heir by will. She did not know\\nthe historical value of these papers, and in house cleaning burned large quantities of\\nthem, as useless rubbish, so she said. Some of his papers he carried to Ohio with him\\na short time before his death, and he gave some of his Journals and many of his papers\\nto some one in Columbus to keep long enough to copy certain portions of them. I am\\nconfident this was a Mr. Geo. W. Hill. None of them were ever returned to him.\\nGovernor Walker died at the house of Mr. Henry Smalley, now of Springfield, Mo.\\nMrs. Smalley says that after his death some one representing a Historical Society came\\nand got some of his books and papers. So, to date, these invaluable papers are scattered\\nabroad. Mr. H. M. Northrup and Nicholas McAlpine both told me that the mice de-\\nstroyed many of his papers, including his History of the Wyandots.\\nI searched for this paper for many years. I looked through hundreds of receptacles\\nfor old papers in the public offices of Wyandotte County, Kansas, with the hope of\\nfinding it.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "44 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nWhereas it appears to be the will of the people of the United\\nStates that the Mississippi Valley and Pacific Ocean shall be con-\\nnected by railroad to be built at the national expense and for the na-\\ntional benefit; it becomes the duty of the people to make known their\\nwill in relation to the location of said road and the means to be em-\\nployed in its construction. In selecting a route the greatest good to\\nthe greatest number should be the first consideration and economy\\nin the construction and in protecting the road should be the second\\nIn estimating the greatest good to the greatest number, present\\npopulation alone should not govern, but the capability of the regions\\nto be traversed by the road, for sustaining population should be con-\\nsidered\\nEconomy in the construction will be best secured by the cultivation\\nof a productive soil, where materials for the road exist, along and\\ncontiguous to the line of road whereby provisions, labor and materials\\ncan be obtained at low rates. Then the farmers with their teeming\\nfields will ever be in advance of the railroad laborer to furnish him\\nwith abundance of wholesome food at prices which free competition\\nalways reduces to a reasonable standard. At the same time they will\\nbe a defense to the work and the workman against savage malice\\nwithout the expense of keeping up armies and military posts. These\\ntoo will be the surest and safest protectors of the road when finished\\nand without expense to the Government. But should the road be\\nconstructed through barren wastes and arid mountains and upon the\\nfrontier of a foreign and jealous and hostile people an immense and\\nexpensive military power must be erected to protect it a power ever\\ndangerous to freedom and desirable only to despots. In view of these\\nfacts therefore be it\\nResolved That from personal knowledge of the country and from\\nreliable information derived from those who have traveled over it we\\nfeel entire confidence in the eligibility of the Central Route as em-\\nbracing within itself all the advantages and affording all the facilities\\nnecessary to the successful prosecution of this great enterprise.\\nResolved That grants of large bodies of the public lands to corpo-\\nrate companies for the purpose of building railroads, telegraph lines\\nor for any purpose whatever are detrimental to the public interests,\\nthat they prevent settlement, are oppressive and unjust to the pioneer\\nsettler and retard the growth and prosperity of the country in which\\nthey lie.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "OF nebrase:a territory. 45\\nResolved That we cordially approve of the plan for the construction\\nof a railroad to connect the Mississippi valley and Pacific Ocean re-\\ncently submitted to the public by the Hon. Thomas H. Benton whereby\\nthe settlement and prosperity of the vast country between Missouri\\nand California will be promoted and the construction of that great work\\nbe rendered much cheaper, more expeditious, and more universally\\nuseful.*\\nResolved That it was with profound regret that we heard of the fail-\\nure of the bill to organize a government for Nebraska Territory that\\njustice and sound policy alike demand the consummation of this meas-\\nure and we therefore respectfully but earnestly recommend it to the\\nfavorable consideration of Congress and ask for it the earliest possible\\npassage.\\nResolved That the people of Nebraska cherish a profound sense of\\nobligation to the Hon. Thomas H. Benton and to the Hon. Willard\\np. Hall of Missouri for their generous and patriotic exertions in sup-\\nport of the rights and interests of our territory and that we hereby\\nexpress to them our grateful acknowledgements.\\nWhereas it is a fundamental principle in the theory and practice of\\nour government that there shall be no taxation without representation\\nand the citizens of Nebraska being subject to the same laws for the\\ncollection of revenue for the support of government as other citizens\\nof the United States it is but right that they shall be represented in\\nCongress, therefore be it^\\nResolved That the citizens of Nebraska Territory will meet in their\\nrespective precincts on the second Tuesday of October next and elect\\none delegate to represent them in the thirty third Congress.\\nResolved That this Convention do appoint a provisional Governor,\\na provisional Secretary of State and a Council of three persons, and\\nthat all election returns shall be made to the Secretary of State and\\nbe by him opened and the votes counted in the presence of the Gov-\\nernor and Council on the second Tuesday of November next and that\\nSee in another part of this work this plan, and Colonel Benton s remarks to the\\nUnited States Senate when he brought ia his bill, page 88.\\nThe Hall-Eichardson bill.\\nIf there remained any question as to who inspired the movement to action at this\\nparticular time, this Resolution would settle it.\\nThis preamble is crossed out, in the original document, by drawing the pen diago-\\nnally through it each way.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "46 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\na certificate of election shall be issued by them to the person having-\\nthe largest number of votes.\\nResolved that while we earnestly desire to see this territory organ-\\nized, and become the home of the white man, we as earnestly disclaim\\nall intention or desire to infringe upon the rights of the Indians hold-\\ning lands within the boundaries of said territory\\nResolved that the people of Nebraska territory are not unmindful of\\nthe services rendered by our late Delegate in Congress the Hon Abel-\\nard Guthrie, and we hereby tender him our sincere thanks and pro-\\nfound gratitude for the same\\nResolved that this Convention nominate a suitable person to repre-\\nsent Nebraska territory in the 33rd Cougress\\nResolved that Editors of Newspapers throughout the country fav-\\norable to the Organization of Nebraska Territory and to the Central\\nRoute, to the Pacific Ocean are requested to publish the proceedings-\\nof this Convention\\nResolved That the Editors of newspapers throughout the country\\nwho are favorable to the organization of Nebraska Territory and to\\nthe Central Route to the Pacific Ocean are requested to publish the\\nproceedings of this Convention*\\nEndorsed on the back are these words\\nPreamble and resolutions to be submitted to the Nebraska Conven-\\ntion to meet on the 26th July 1853\\nTo this point the Eesolutions are in the same handwriting, a small, rather heavy,\\nrunning hand, having some appearance of having been written with a quill pen. The\\nink is a deep black. I feel confident that they were written by Mr. Dyer, as he was\\nthe Chairman, of the Committee on Eesolutions, appointed by the Convention.\\nThis Resolution is in the handwriting of Governor Walker. The ink used was of a\\npoorer quality than that used by Mr. Dyer.\\nThis and the two preceding Eesolutions are in the handwriting of Abelard Guthrie.\\nThe ink used was a dark blue. Mr. Guthrie must have carried a bottle of this ink with\\nhim. He seems to have used no other kind for some years.\\nThis Eesolution is in Mr. Dyer s handwriting, and must have been written before\\nthe meeting of the Convention, at the same time the other Eesolutions in Dyer s hand-\\nwriting were prepared, probably some days before the Convention. Guthrie evidently\\noverlooked the fact that this Eesolution was already written, as his last one is almost\\nexactly like it.\\nThis indicates that the Resolutions were drawn up some considerable time before\\nthe Convention met.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 47\\nPROCLAMATION.\\nIn pursuance of the sixth Resolution adopted in the general Con-\\nvention of the citizens of Nebraska Territory to organize a provisional\\ngovt and other purposes held in Wyandott City on the 26th ultimo,\\nembraced in the following words, viz: Resolved: That the citizens\\nof Nebraska Territory will meet in their respective precincts on the\\nsecond Tuesday of October next, and elect one delegate to represent\\nthem in the thirty third Congress of the United States\\nI, William Walker, by virtue of authority in me vested as Pro-\\nvisional Governor of Nebraska Territory, do issue this my Proclama-\\ntion, notifying the legal voters in the said Territory to meet in their\\nrespective precincts on the second Tuesday in October next ensuing,\\nthen and there to elect one delegate to represent this Territory in the\\n33rd Congress of the United States, under such rules and regulations\\nas the Territorial Council may prescribe.\\nGiven under my hand [and] seal at Wyandott City, Ne-\\nbraska Territory, this the 1st day of Aug, Anno Domini\\n1853 and of the Independence of the United States the sev-\\nenty seventh year W^ Walker\\nProvisional Governor of the Territory of Nebraska\\nG. I. Clark\\nSecy of the Territory\\nEndorsed on back\\nThe Industrial Luminary\\nNebraska\\nThis Proclamation is a model in brevity, strength of language, and the absence of\\nunnecessary, official tautology.\\nG\u00c2\u00aborge I. Clark was the son of Clark who married Brown, daughter of\\nAdam Brown, the adopted white man who was Chief of the Wyandots, and who pur-\\nchased William Walker, St., from the Delawares. See sketch of the Walker fam-\\nily, in this work. George I. Clark was bom June 10, 1802. He was a man of influence\\nin the Wyandot Nation, and was elected Head Chief. He was a good man. Abelard\\nGuthrie says in his Journal I mourn his loss with tears the first that have moist-\\nened my eyes for years. He belonged to that faction of his people that favored the\\nold Church and opposed slavery. He and J. M. Armstrong maintained that slavery was\\nwholly foreign to ancient Wyandot customs and usage. They said, with entire truth,\\nthat any member of the tribe must necessarily be as free as any other member of it.\\nThat the tribe in ancient times either killed or adopted all prisoners of war. If adopted.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "48 THE PEOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nEULES FOR CONDUCTING THE ELECTION.\\nRales adopted by the Territorial Council of Nebraska, prescribing\\nthe manner of conducting the election of Delegate to the 33rd Con-\\ngress of the United States\\nFirst. On the 11th day of Oct next ensuing, the voters in each\\nprecinct will assemble at the hour of 10 o clock A. M. and shall pro-\\nceed to appoint three Judges of election and one Clerk who shall,\\npreviously to entering upon their respective duties, be sworn to act\\nfaithfully, fairly and impartially in conducting the election. The\\noath to be administered by the Seignior Judge, then by a Junior\\nJudge to him.\\nSecond. The seignior Judge shall then proclaim publicly the open-\\ning of the polls and add, Voters prepare your ballots.\\nThird. The voters shall vote by ballot printed or written, and the\\nseignior Judge shall receive the ballots and announce the names of\\nthe voters, the Clerk recording the names of such voters in the appro-\\npriate column of the Poll book the Judge then depositing the bal-\\nlots in a Box or some other suitable receptacle.\\nFoui th. The Polls shall be kept open from 11 o clock A. M. till\\nthe hour of 4 o clock P. M., when the Judge shall publicly proclaim\\nthe Polls closed\\nFifth. To insure a full vote from all the voters present, at J past\\n3 P. M. the Seignior Judge shall publicly proclaim that in one half\\nhour more, the Polls will be closed\\nSixth. The Judges and Clerk shall then proceed to canvass the\\nvotes and as each ballot is read aloud, the clerk shall enter in the\\ncolumn under the name of each candidate the ballot so cast for each\\nthey were entitled to all tlie privileges of those born into the tribe. He and the wife\\nof Abelard Guthiie were cousins, and he seems uniformly to have supported Guthrie.\\nHe married Catherine They had three children 1. EichardW.; 2. Harriet W.;\\nand 3. Mary J. They are buried in Huron Place Cemetery. The following is copied\\nfrom the stone at the head of George I. Clark s grave:\\n(Square and Compass.)\\nGeorge I. Clark\\nHead Chief of the\\nWyandott Nation\\nBorn\\nJune lO 1802\\nDied\\nJune 25 1858\\nAged 56 Yrs\\n7 Mo 8 Ds.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "JOEL WALKER GARRETT.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY.\\n49\\nrespectively. The Clerk shall then under supervision of the J[udge8]\\nadd up the votes cast for each Candidate and enter the aggregate at\\nthe foot of each column. The Seignior Judge shall then publicly an-\\nnounce the result.\\nSeventh. The Judges shall then append a certificate at the bottom\\nof the Poll book officially signed by them and countersigned by the\\nClerk Fold up and seal and forward the same by some safe convey-\\nance to the address of\\nGeorge I. Clark\\nSecretary of the Territory of Nebraska\\nWyandott City\\nEndorsed, Poll Book\\nfor Preciact\\nNebraska Territory\\nSi[x]th Unnaturalized citizens or foreigners are excluded from\\nparticipating in the election the same as in the States.\\nAdopted Sept 10, 1853.\\nGeo I. Clark\\nSecretary of the Territory\\nApproved\\nW^ Walker\\nProvi^ Governor.\\nFORM.\\nReturn of the election held in the precinct of\\nNebraska Territory for Delegate to the 33d Congress of the United\\nStates on the second Teusday in Oct 1853\\nVoters Names\\nCandidates Names.\\nA. B.\\nC. D.\\nE. F.\\nV. D. Hale\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\n1\\nJ. L. H\\nJ. L. S\\n1\\nThoO. s\\nD. A. L\\nW. M. O\\nP. S\\n1\\nT. P\\nL. G", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "50 THE PEOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nPrecinct Nebraska Territory Oct 1853.\\nWe the undersigned Judges of the election for this precinct, certify\\nthat the above is a correct account of the votes polled in this precinct\\nfor delegate to the 33rd Congress of the U. S. and that C. D. reed a\\nmajority (or plurality as the case may be) of all the votes cast\\nPOLL BOOK OF THE PRECINCT OF OLD FORT KEAR-\\nNEY, NEBRASKA TERRITORY/\\nI Certify that pursuant to a Call for an election to be held on the\\n2d Mondey of Oct 1853 at Old fort Kea[r]ney Commencing at 12 M.\\nand closing at 4 O.Clock P. M. for a Del[e]gate to Congres[s] for\\nNebra[s]k[a] Ter[r]it[or]y\\nNo. 1 H. P. Downs\\n2 Thomas Helvey\\n3 John. B. Boulwane\\n4 Wm. C. Folkes\\n5 Joel. Helvey\\n6 Isham Holland\\nI Certify this is a Correct Statement of an elettion held this the\\n10th day of October 1853 given unde[r] my hand as above Stated\\nJoel Helvey\\nH. P. Downs Judg\\\\_e] of an electian\\nClerk of an election\\nThis poll book is, I believe, entitled to tbe distinction of complete originality. I\\nhave studied it deeply and have failed to find even an intimation or suggestion in it as\\nto whom the six votes it records as having participated in the election were cast for.\\nThe following is from Eev. William H. Good s Outposts of Zion (Cincinnati, 1864),\\npage 264. Mr. Good was at Old Fort Kearney in August, 1854, reaching the house of\\nMajor Downs on the first\\nEeturning to Oregon, I again took stage early on the morning of August 1st, and\\nabout midnight, crossing the State line, reached Sidney, Iowa. Here I again left the\\nstage, obtained a horse, and set off with a guide for the Territory, about fifteen miles\\ndistant. Eeaching the Missouri Eiver opposite Old Fort Kearney, I was surprised to\\nfind a fine steam ferry-boat. The enterprising proprietors of the two young cities just\\nlaid out at the site of the old fort, determining to take time by the forelock, had\\nmade provision for an anticipated amount of travel and emigration, and consequent\\nferry patronage, which has never been realized. My first crossing at this point was\\nunder pleasant auspices. But this was of short duration, and many weary hours have\\nI since lingered and shivered, or sweated upon the shore, waiting the slow movements\\nof one of the most dilatory flat-boat transits upon the river. Many of the early im-\\nprovements in this country, especially in the vicinity of contemplated cities, were", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 51\\nPOI.L BOOK OF THE PRECINCT OF MIAMI, NEBRASKA\\nTERRITORY.\\nAt an Election held at Miami, in the Osage River Agency, on\\nTuesday, the 11th day of October 1853 for the purpose of Electing\\nahead of the times, and were compelled to take a step back till the actual wauts of the\\ncountry should call for their reappearance.\\nOld Fort Kearney was an evacuated military post, the name and the troops having\\nbeen transferred to a new post about two hundred miles up the Platte Elver. A sub-\\nstantial block-house, one old log dwelling, and the remains of a set of rude, temporary\\nbarracks, were all that was there to be seen of the old fort. Squatters had taken pos-\\nsession of the lands, and the two rivals, Nebraska City and Kearney City, had been\\nlaid off, the one above and the other below the mouth of South Table Creek. The site\\nof the old fort, now of Nebraska City, is bold and fine. I found a single frame shanty\\nerected, in which were a few goods, and a single settler in the old fort cabin in the\\nperson of Major Downs. The Major had served through the Mexican war, accompanied\\nby his heroic wife; afterward was a sergeant among the troops at the garrison, and, on\\nits evacuation, had been left in charge of the government property. Being on the ground\\nand in actual possession at the passage of the organizing act, he laid his claim upon\\nthe land on which the fort stood, and became the original proprietor of Nebraska City.\\nI found him to be a frank, generous hearted soldier, possessing some noble traits of\\ncharacter, with some unfortunate remains of army habits. He took me to his house,\\ntreated me kindly and generously, exhibited quite an interest in my mission, took\\ndown his city plat, and, in my presence, marked off certain lots, since risen to a value\\nequal to five times the outlay and expenses of my whole trip, which he then and there\\ndonated to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Major D. has since served one term in\\nthe Nebraska Legislature, and has been appointed Major-General of the militia of the\\nTerritory. Others became interested witli him in the proprietorship of the city, and\\nin the result he reaped but little pecuniary benefit from his early occupancy. But in\\nmy reminiscences of Nebraska pioneers I shall never forget Major Downs and his ami-\\nable lady. Their house has always been open for personal accommodation or for public\\nreligious service, and his large heart has always stood out in generous actions. They\\nhave both for some time been seeking for a higher life. I hope to meet them above.\\nEarly in the following winter Mr. Good again visited Old Fort Kearney and he leaves\\nus this record of the event (see page 319):\\nAfter a laborious week s travel, I succeeded, on Saturday afternoon, in reaching the\\nferry opposite Old Fort Kearney, alias Nebraska City. But the steam ferry-boat was\\ngone, and slender substitutes were left. The ice was running in large quantities, and\\nthe prospect gloomy of reaching my intended point for the Sabbath, though now in\\nsight. Ordinary ferrying was suspended. Finding, however, a bold, skillful man\\nwhose kind services I have repeatedly since had in time of need about to cross, we\\ntied ourselves on to his fortunes, entered the skiff, and made our way through the vast\\nfield of floating ice to the opposite shore.\\nAgain in Nebraska City, I called on my friend Major Downs, who, meantime, had\\nerected a large frame hotel. His house was crowded to its utmost capacity, and the\\nweather severe. He ofiered to take me in, but the prospect was forbidding. I\\ninquired for the preacher, whom I understood to be on the ground, and was pointed\\nto a cabin on the opposite side of Table Creek, at quite a distance, where he was\\nMajor D. has since served honorably in his country s cause as Lieutenant-Colonel of\\nNebraska Volunteers. 1863.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "62\\nTHE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\na Delegate to represent Nebraska Territory in the next Congress of\\nthe United States the following is the result\\nVoters Names.\\nJames Chenault\\nDavid Lykins\\nJoseph Jebo\\nWilliam A. Heiskell\\nLuther Paschal\\nJohn Paschal\\nTliomas I. Hedges....\\nBaptiste Peoria*\\nAndrew Kaskaskia\\nMitchell\\nPeter Cloud\\nChin. gwa. ke.\\nKah. a. sha....\\nah.\\no\\n.2\\n03 03\\nn-!\\nmm\\nc3 a\\ni.\\n2-g\\na\\nS\\ni^\\nv\\nO\\nH\\n1\\n2\\n3\\n4\\n5\\n6\\n8\\n9\\n10\\n1\\n2\\n3\\nsupposed to be boarding. Dark was about setting in, when, leaving my young com-\\npanion to the chances of the hotel, and taking my course, I set out on foot for the\\nplace. The creek intervened, with a thicket of timber and brushwood, and the\\ncabin was lost from my view. It grew darker and darker as I crossed the creek and\\nascended the opposite hill, till I found myself entangled in the brushwood, and\\nbewildered in my course. For a time I wandered and called, but met no response.\\nThe lights in the city were yet to be seen. Wishing to take an observation while I\\ncould, I drew out my pocket-compass, lighted a match, and took the course; then\\nstarted again, traveling as I could, and calling aloud. At length, through an opening\\ncabin-door, I espied a light, and heard a female voice in response. Seldom has a gentle\\nvoice fallen more gratefully upon my ear. I made way to the place, and was invited\\nin. The preacher was not there, the husband was absent, and the lady was alone with\\nher little children. I told her who and what I was. Late and dark as it was, I ac-\\ncepted her kind invitation for the night, was well entertained, and formed an ac-\\nquaintance with a worthy Christian lady. The husband returned soon, and I made\\nthe brushwood cabin my home during my stay.\\nOn the day following, being the Sabbath, Major D. tendered a room of his hotel for\\npublic service, and I occupied it for preaching. The day was cold; men kept within\\ndoors; some rudely running up and down stairs; a group of shivering Indians stood\\nand looked curiously on; but there was a goodly number of attentive and solemn hear-\\ners, and I trust the seed was not sown in vain. The Major would have me dine with\\nliim, but, to secure the object, had to take me in privately and seat me before the rush\\nof hungry men in waiting was let in, for frontier s-men are proverbial for appettte, and\\nnot always very deferential to the appetites or the positions of others.\\nThis was all of the first quarterly meeting for Old Fort Kearney mission.\\nBaptiste Peoria was the leading man of the Peoria tribe. I have been unable to\\nobtain material for even a brief sketch of his life.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY.\\n53\\nVoters Names.\\nPe. si. ah\\nJoe Peoria\\nBattiste Basure\\nChal. U. lie\\nKen. ge tali no sah\\nJack Boys\\nGo. to. kah. poo. ah\\nSe pah. ka. ah\\nPah. kon. ge. ah\\nKish. e. wan. e. sah\\nTah. wah. kwah. ke. naw. gah.\\nPe. tah. nah. ke. kah. poo. ah..\\nO. zar. ah. ke. yow. gah\\nMah. kon. sah\\nKah. ke. Ian. gwau. gah\\nWah. pah. koo. se. ah\\nChah. pen. doo. ce. ah\\nBazie Boye\\nLewis Deq nine\\nCapt. Big Legs\\nSam Delaware\\nLittle Doctor\\nKil. son. sah\\nWan. sah. pe. ah\\nWah. pan. e. kah. poo. ah\\nNap. shin, gah\\nNah. wan. ge. ah\\nKil. son. sah\\nKe. no. zan. yah\\nGo. to. kahs. pco. ah,.\\nWap. shin, gah\\nLewis Peckham\\nElie Geboe\\nOld Beaver\\nYellow Beaver\\nWilson...\\nKish e kon. sah\\n9\\n20\\n1\\n2\\n3\\n4\\n5\\n9\\n30\\n1\\n2\\n3\\n4\\n5\\n6\\n7\\n8\\n9\\n40\\n1\\n2\\n3\\n4\\n5\\n6\\n7\\n8\\n9\\n50\\n60\\n00\\nThere is a certain uniformity and a noticeable sameness in the vote of this precinct\\nthat must have struck Mr. Guthrie as being remarkable, at least.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "54 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nEndorsed on back\\nMessrs. Munday, Miller fe Grover\\nDelaware\\nMiami Polls.\\nCERTIFICATE OP ELECTION.\\nWhereas at the late general Convention of delegates which assem-\\nbled in Wyandott City, Nebraska Territory, on the 26th day of July,\\n1853, among the Acts of the said Convention, was the adoption of the\\ntwo followiDg Resolutions, viz: 6 Resolved. That the citizens of\\nNebraska Territory will meet in their respective precincts on the\\nsecond Tuesday in October next, and elect one delegate to the 33rd\\nCongress.\\n7. Resolved. That this Convention do appoint a provisional Gov-\\nernor, a provisional Secretary of the Territory and a Council of three\\npersons, and that all election returns shall be made to the Secretary\\nof the Territory and be by him opened and counted in the presence\\nof the Governor and Council on the second Tuesday in November\\nnext, and that a certificate shall be issued by them to the person having\\nthe highest number of votes And Whereas in pursuance of the\\nabove Resolutions, elections were helu, ^cturns were made to the Secre-\\ntary and by his deputy opened and counted in the presence of the\\nGovernor and Council, and it appearing that Thomas Johnston having\\nreceived the highest number of votes is, by virtue of authority in me\\nvested, declared duly elected delegate to represent Nebraska Territory\\nin the 33rd Congress of the United States.*\\nGiven under my [hand] at Wyandott City this the 8th\\nday of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and\\nfifty three and of the Independence of the United States the\\nseventy seventh year\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWm Walker\\nJoel. W. Garrett Provisional Governor\\nDeputy provisional Secretary of the Territory\\nThomas Johnson must have carried the original certificate of election to Washing-\\nton with him. But the original from which this is copied is in my possession, and while\\nit may have been intended for the first draft of the certificate it is well executed and is\\nin Governor Walker s handwriting. It is most probable that the certificate was issued\\nin duplicate, one copy being retained by the Provisional Goverment; the other given\\nto Mr. Johnson.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "OF NEBEASKA TERRITORY. 55\\nAPPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS COMMISSIONER\\nOF DEEDS.\\nRichmond Va Febj 25th 1854.\\nDear Sir:\\nI will be much obliged to you, if you will confer upon me the\\nappointment of Commissioner of Deeds, c for the territory of Ne-\\nbraska. Below are the signatures of members of Congress to whom I\\nbeg leave to refer you as to ray ciiaracter and qualifications*\\nVery Respectfully,\\nYour Ob* Seyt-\\nAbel Upshur Mayo.\\n2h His Excellency\\nThe Governor of Nebraska.\\nJ. M. Masox ^7 tt g g\\nM.T.HuA^TER/ ^^-U-S-^^\u00c2\u00b0^tors.\\nJ. S. Caskie 1\\nJ. Letcher. Representatives\\nP. S. I am authorized to refer also to Senators Thomas J. Rusk\\nand Samuel Houston of Texas.\\nRespy.\\nA. U. Mayo.\\nLETTER FROM O. H. BROWNE TO GOVERNOR\\nWALKER.\\nMillersville\\nAnne Arundel Co.,\\nMaryland\\nOct. 17th 1853\\nHis Excellency\\nWilliam Walker\\nProv.. Governor c.\\nSir\\nI have taken the liberty of enclosing the\\nMaryland State Capitol Gazette, a leading Democratic paper, contain-\\ning a notice of Nebraska, which I hope will meet your approbation.\\nThe signatures are genuine autographs and not a list of names furnished by Mr.\\nMayo for Governor Walker to write to if he so desired.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "56 THE PEOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nIf I can be of service to you personally, or to the Territory, let me\\nknow in what manner, and your wishes shall be imperative with me\\nAllow me to subscribe myself personally and politically and sin-\\ncerely^\\nYour Friend\\nO. H. Browne\\nLETTER FROM GOVERNOR WALKER TO O. H.\\nBROWNE.\\n[The following letter, it is believed, is a letter to O. H.\\nBrowne, Esq., the writer of the foregoing letter. It is evi-\\ndently not an answer to the foregoing, but one of a corre-\\nspondence of which it was the commencement. This\\ncorrespondence resulted in Mr. Browne s coming to Kansas\\nto live, as suggested in the following letter. He settled in\\nOsage County and engaged in farming, and was elected to\\nthe Legislature in 1865 he was then 45 years old his Post-\\noffice was Bidgeway. He died in Bice County, July 22,\\n1874, aged 59 years.]\\nMy dear Sir\\nYour favor of the reached me while confined to my bed\\nwith a violent attack of Pneumonia, from which I am now slowly re-\\ncovering. I am not sure that gin horse prudence would, as the\\nScottish poet would say if consulted, sanction this attempt at clerical\\nlabor, while so enfeebled in body and depressed with mental embecil-\\nity and weakness: certain I am, my worthy physician would inter-\\npose his earnest remonstrance against any such premature labors.\\nBut it is my desire, if I can do nothing more, to tender to you my\\nwarm thanks for your favor and the slip enclosed containing yonr\\nletter addressed to the p Accuse me not, my dear sir, with\\nfulsome flattery when I say that I listened to its reading with ad-\\nmiration and delight, and mentally exclaimed, This is just what is\\nso much needed at the present juncture -facts and figures that are in-\\ncontrovertible.\\nIn his Journal Governor Walker mentions writing to Mr. Browne.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 57\\nI must be brief. I wish here to state a fact that you may not be\\naware of, that slavery has existed in what is now called Kansas Ter-\\nritory, and still exists, both among Indians and whites regardless of\\nthe exploded Mo Com. Some of the slaves are held by the former by\\nvirtue of their own laws and usages, and some by regular bills of sale\\nfrom citizens of Mo. How will this description of Indian prop-\\nerty be protected if the change in D s bill, so clamorously called for,\\nbe made? Will that clause in the First section which provides That\\nnotliing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights\\nof person or property now pertaining to the Indians in the said Terri-\\ntory protect them in their right to this kind of property? To my\\nmind this is not so clear.\\nBe pleased to accept of the thanks of the Officers of the Prov gov t\\nfor your able defence of them.\\nFor your information, which you may use hereafter should occasion\\narise, I will state that there is not one of these men intermarried with\\nthe Indians. Of the members of the Territorial Council [torn away\\nhere] R. C. M. [R. C. Miller] a native, I believe of the Ancient Do-\\nminion is a licensed trader among the Pot[tawatomie] Indians. M I.\\nM. [Isaac Mundy] a native of Ky is the Gov t B S [blacksmith]\\namong the Dr [Delaware] Indians. M. R. Walker a Quadroon\\nWy and G. I. Clark Secy is a native of Canada, and your hum-\\nble servt another Quadroon and a native of Michigan. My colleagues,\\nas you say, justly are all the right kind of men, and eminently\\nworthy of the distinguished positions assigned them by their fellow\\ncitizens\\nIn your application for an appointment in the judiciary by all means\\nchoose one in this Territory. It is in every respect superior to N\\nin climate soil and icdeed all the elements promotive of general thrift\\nand prosperity. The other will, in climate prove, I am sure, too\\nLabradorian for you. It is a sterile, cold and uninviting region when\\ncompared to this. Lying between the parellels of 40 49\u00c2\u00b0. This\\nTerritory will be the Cynosure of the enterprising emigrant and will\\nfill up more rapidly than the other,\\n[No signature.]", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "58 THE PKO VISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nGOVERNOR WALKER S NOTES ON THE EARLY HIS-\\nTORY OF NEBRASKA.\\nNOTES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF NEBRASKA.*\\n[In] The year 1852, public attention, especially in the West, was\\ndrawn to the occupation of those large tracts of land held by the\\nUnited States for the use of such Indians as may still emigrate from\\nthe States East of the Mississippi, at that time vacant. And consid-\\nering also the fact that, except the Six Nations of N. Y. there were\\nno more Indian tribes to be removed to these parts; and conpidering\\nalso that these large bodies of surplus land must, if the Govt policy\\nbe adhered to, remain unoccupied in all time to come. Independently\\nof this, another grave question presented itself furnishing matter for\\nserious and sober reflection. A guarrantee was made to all the Emi-\\ngrating tribes that in the Country assigned them West, no territorial\\ngovernment shall ever be formed over them, nor become subject to any\\nState authority.\\nThese questions were discussed at public meetings, in private circles\\nand in the public Journals with considerable earnestness. These dis-\\ncussions attracted the attention of the Interior Department and drew\\nforth official intimations that th\u00c2\u00ab government could not allow any por-\\ntion of that territory to be occupied or settled by white people; and\\nthat the president was authorized to employ, if necessary, the military\\nforce of the U. S. in removing from the Indian Country all persons\\nfound therein contrary to law.\\nBut unfortunately for the government, it turned out that it was the\\nIndians, not the indigenous, but the Emigrant Indians themselves\\nespecially the Wyandotts that warmly favored the occupation by white\\npeople of the vacant lands and ultimate organization of the territory.\\nThey foresaw that the pressure Westward and from the Pacific slope\\nEastward of emigration would ere long force the government to aban-\\ndon its restrictive policy. The Wyandotts and such whites as were\\nwithin their [tribe] took the initiatory step, by holding an election for\\na Delegate to Congress in the fall of 1852, and elected M ^A. G. a\\ngentleman every way qualified to represent this [Territory in Con-\\ngress]\\nThis MS. is unsigned, but it is in Governor Walker s handwriting. I obtained it\\nwith the resolutions or Constitution of the Provisional Government.\\nAbelard Guthrie.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 59\\nThe Missouri delegation in Congress were, with the exception of Col.\\nBenton and Hon W. P. Hall, opposed to the measure, and nothing\\nwas aeconiplislied, but an increased interest excited and public atten-\\ntion aroused to the importance of this novel measure inaugurated\\nby two parties, in which the Indians and the ever restless and\\nerratic whites coalesced and opposed the very policy intended for the\\nprotection of the former.\\nIn the summer of 1853, a Territorial Convention was held pursu-\\nant to previous notice to be held at Wyaudott. Tiie Convention met\\non the 26th of July when the following proceedings took place:\\n(See Industrial Luminary herewith sent)*\\nA proclamation was issued in pursuance of the 10th Resolution\\nordering an election for a Delegate to the 33rd Congress on the 2nd\\nTuesday in Oct. and designating the precincts at which the polls\\nshould be opened.\\nA few days after the adjournment of this Convention another\\nrather informally was called at Kickapoo, at which JVP Thomas John-\\nson was nominated as Candidate for Delegate. The latter then\\nyielded to the wishes of his friends and became a Candidate in oppo-\\nsition to the regular nominee. The election was held accordingly.\\nUpon canvassing the returns it was found that a third candidate was\\nvoted for in the Bellevue precinct, in the person of Hadley D. John-\\nston Esq who reed 358 votes.*\\nFrom information derived from that precinct it appeared that M\\nJohnston was an actual resident of Iowa, and at that time a member\\nof the Legislature of that State; and an addititional circumstance\\ntending to vitiate the election in this precinct, was that a large ma-\\njority of the voters were actual residents of that State. The officers\\nwere compelled to reject these returns. Upon canvassing the returns\\nit was found that Thomas Johnson of Shawnee had received a ma-\\njority of all the votes cast and was declared duly elected. Many\\npoliticians and Editors of public Journals whose standard of political\\nmorals was of the straitest kind viewed these proceedings with de-\\ncided aversion and regarded them as revolutionary c mobocratic law\\nThese Notes were evidently intended for publication in some newspaper, most\\nprobably the Ohio State Journal. This is the rough draft of what the communcation\\nwas when rewritten.\\nThis is the same number of votes given in Mr. Johnson s certificate of election.\\nSee Mr. Johnson s statement in another part of this work.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "60 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\ndefying, unprecedented, illegal forgetting the several provisional\\ngovts of California, Oregon, New Mexico c.*\\nIt is here worthy of remark that in each of the emigrant tribes of\\nIndians elections were held and they voluntarily and freely participated\\nin them; showing clearly that they anticipated and were prepared for\\nthe change in their political condition which they saw would soon be\\nwrought out. As was the case with M G who was elected Delegate\\nthe year previous, Congress being averse to a departure from the\\nline of sav[f]e precedent by admitting delegates from unorganized\\nterritories, refused to admit M^ Johnson to a seat in that body. The\\nprovisional government of Nebraska continued in existence till after\\nthe organization by Congress of the two Territories and the arrival of\\nA. H. Reeder the first Governor of Kansas. Of all the remarkable\\nevents that transpired subsequently, are they not written in the\\nbook of Chronicles of Kansas Territory\\nNEBRASKA TERRITORY.\\n[The document of which the following is a copy is in the\\nhandwriting of Governor Walker. The paper is not com-\\nplete, it being only a portion of the first draft of an article\\nfor some periodical. It has no date.]\\nNEBRASKA TERRITORY.\\nThe first movement looking to an organization of this Territory\\nwas made in 1845. Senator Douglas then Chairman on Territories\\nreported a Bill for that purpose; but the measure not meeting with\\nmuch favor with the Senate, was laid aside and but little more said\\nabout the measure till the summer of 1852, when a few daring and\\nresolute spirits in the Wyandott nation determined upon making a\\ndemonstration in favor of its organization, by concerting measures\\nfor holding an election for a delegate to Congress. But a serious\\nquestion at hand had to be solved Who would go, if elected, and run\\nthe risk of having to pay his own expenses to, at and from Washington,\\nas it was extremly doubtful whether the delegate so elected would be\\nEspecially the papers of the South, and many of the Democratic papers of the\\nNorth.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 61\\nadmitted to a seat. M A. G. a man of talents and some experience\\nin public life, having done the State some service in other responsi-\\nble positions, ofiered his services was duly elected amidst the oppo-\\nsition of Government officials, the military esjiecially.\\nThere being no existing provisional government in the Territory\\nto give official evidence to M^ G. of his election, he took with him\\nthe Poll Books as prima facia evidence of his election.\\nAs was feared, he was not admitted to a seat in the House, tho his\\nelection was admitted, yet he did good service on his own charges\\nin the character of a Lobby member. As evidence of this it will\\nbe recollected that the Committee on Territories in the House reported\\na Bill for the organization, which finally passed the House by a vote\\nof 98 to 43\\nUpon the Senate, especially the Chairman of the Com. on Territo-\\nries (]VP D.) rests the responsibility of its failure in that body. The\\nmetes and bounds of the Territory as fixed in the bill, are as follows:\\nThe 43 degree of North latitude on the Missouri river, thence run-\\nning West to the base of the Rocky Mountains thence South fol-\\nlowing the meanderings of said base to latitude 36\u00c2\u00b0 30 minutes,\\nthence East till it intersects the N. W. corner of Arkansas, thence\\nfollowing the Missouri State line North to the place of beginning.\\nThe bill was so framed as not to violate any of the j3oIitical or\\nproperty rights secured to the Indians holding lands in the territory,\\nsecured to them by treaty stipulations. A clause in the first section\\nof the Bill provides that nothing in this Act contained shall be con-\\nstrued to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to\\nthe Indians in said territory, or to include any territory which, by\\ntreaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said\\ntribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any\\nState or Territory The above clause was supposed to be amply\\nsufficient to guard all the rights of the Indians and to preclude the\\npossibility ol any violation of treaty stipulations with the latter.\\nSTATEMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.\\n[The document of which the following is a copy is in the\\nhandwriting of Governor Walker. It is from the archives", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "62 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nof the Wyandot Nation, and is a record of the official views\\nof the Legislative Committee, the highest tribunal of the\\ngovernment. It is a legal document, and was probably\\nhanded to the Council of Chiefs during a joint session of the\\ntwo bodies. As all parties were present it is possible that it\\nwas not considered necessary to have the paper signed by\\nthe members of the Legislative Committee. While it is not\\ndated, it is evident that it was written during the time when\\nthe Wyandots were working for the organization of a Terri-\\ntorial Government for Nebraska. And it would seem that\\nthis document conclusively shows that the Government of\\nthe Wyandot Nation was then taking part in this move-\\nment.\\nThe paper was given to me by Hon. Allen Johnson, Jr.,\\nHead Chief of the Wyandot Nation in the Indian Terri-\\ntory.]\\nThe Legislative Committee previous to adjournment deemed it\\nnecessary to make some formal and official expression of its views upon\\nour Indian relations as they now exist, and upon our relation with the\\nUnited States in the present aspect of affairs.\\nFirst, then, it is well known that for the last hundred years a league\\nhas existed between the following tribes, viz: Wyandott, Delaware,\\nChippewa, Ottawa, Pottawottomie, Sliawnee and Miami. This League\\nunanimously elected the Wyandott the Keeper of the Council fire,\\nwhere all diplomatic and other important matters involving the in-\\nterests of the several tribes composing this league were to be discussed.\\nWhether in peace or War this league maintained a unity of mind and\\naction in all important measures. On the happening of any impor-\\ntant event interesting to them, it appears from past history, that the\\nKeeper of the Council fire was the member whose duty it was to ap-\\nprise the members by a confidential runner bearing the ojicial wampum,\\nof the nature of the information received.\\nIn pursuance of this understanding mutually entered into, the tribes\\ncomposing this Confederacy naturally looked to the Wyandott for all\\nofficial information of importance to them. Thus the principles of", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TEREITORY. 60\\nthis compact were kept up till By the action of the U. S. Gov t\\nthe tribes composing this Confederacy removed from the North and\\nEast to the west of the Mississippi. This caused some derangement\\nin our intercourse with each other caused an interruption of the usual\\ninterchange of friendly ine-sages. Thus matters continued till the\\nautumn (Oct) of 1848, when the members of the league assembled\\nfor the first time in the West and demanded Where is the Council\\nfire f The Keeper promptly responded When I rose from my seat\\nin the East with my face to the West, I snatched the only fire brand\\nyet burning in the Council fire and bro t it with me and here my\\nbrethren I rekindle it in the West. Light the pipe and scour up my\\ndish and Camp kettle again. At this first session West, all the\\nformer arrangements of the league were solemnly renewed and two\\nother tribes joined us and agreed to incur the responsibilities and abide\\nby the regulations and joint acts of the league, viz the Kickapoos\\nand Kansas. It is well known the Sacs and Foxes played an un-\\nmanly part on this occasion and we have had no explanation.* The\\nWyandott being thus formally re-appointed the Keeper of the Council\\nfire in the West, the obligation still rests upon him to discharge faith-\\nfully those obligations he incurred when originally invested with this\\nmark of distinction.\\nSecond. Our relations with the U. S. Gov t. It would seem from\\npresent indications that the present Indian policy is about to undergo\\nan important, and to us emigrant tribes, vital change. Heretofore\\nthe general policy has been to purchase the domain of the Red men\\nlittle by little and confining him to narrower limits with the view, as\\nthe Gov t said, of compelling him by the extinction of game, to re-\\nsort to agricultural and civilized pursuits. This not working well,\\nor rather it was the excuse, the injurious and demoralizing effects of\\nThis incident is mentioned by Clarke in his Traditional History of the Wyan-\\ndotts, page 132.\\nA group of Fox Indians were noticed to be rather reserved and distant at this gen-\\neral Council, and who knew of a certain dark bead belt then in the hands of the Wy-\\nandotts with the shape of a tomahawk of a red colour on it, indicating some contem-\\nplated warfare whenever it was exhibited in a general Council. They knew, too, of\\nthe hostile incursions their forefathers used to make against the Wyandotts and other\\ntribes about Detroit, over a century ago how they were chastised by them at different\\ntimes, and that they never made peace with each other.\\nThe group of Fox Indians watched the Wyandotts with an eagle eye, and no sooner\\nthan they observed the crimson tomahawk exhibited than they were off to their homes\\non their ponies, followed by wolfish-looking dogs.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "64 THE PROVISION^AL GOVERNMENT\\nbeing surrounded by a dense white population being so palpable, in-\\nduced the government again to change the whole policy to that of\\ncolonizing the E-ed race in a new country West, to be assigned them\\nby the Gov t and to be theirs as long as grass grows and water\\nruns. Where they could have their choice of pursuits, either the\\nchase or agricultural and where they and their descendants would be\\nfree from the trammels of State or territorial laws, and be governed\\nby their own laws, usages and customs. And in order to this the\\ngovernment threw around the emigrant tribes its strong protecting\\narm. This change in its policy took place about twenty two years\\nago. The next and present apprehended change is that of purchas-\\ning of us emigrant tribes the lands assigned, or rather sold to us to\\nbe our perpetual home. This presents to us a new question. If we\\nsubmissively fall into this new line of policy, what is to become of\\nus? further west w^ can not go nor indeed to any other point of the\\ncompass, as the Gov t has no more rich-soiled, timbered and watered\\nterritory on this continent to bestow upon the Red man. What are\\nthe emigrant tribes to do? In this exigency the Committee would\\nrespectfully suggest to the Executive Council the propriety of send-\\ning the messenger loith the Wampum to the tribes composing the Con-\\nfederacy and such other tribes as emigrated from the East as we may\\nbe upon friendly terms with, apprising them of this apprehended\\nchange with a view to a consultation upon the propriety of uncover-\\ning the great Council fire, and devising the measures necessary to be\\nadopted in this new case.\\nLETTER FROM GOVERNOR WALKER TO SOME UN-\\nKNOWN PERSON IN OHIO.\\nWest Jersey, Nebraska, Jan 19, 54.\\nDear Sir\\nYour letter dated the 4th inst was rec d yesterday, and although\\npretty well over run with similar letters, some yet unanswered, yet I\\nGovernor Walker bestowed the name Jersey upon the creek running through\\nKansas City, Kansas, into the Missouri Eiver. He named his homestead West Jersey,\\nwhy, I do not know; his home in Ohio may have been Jersey. Governor Walker s\\nhouse stood on what are now lots 4, 5, 6 and 7, in block 4, Sunnyside Addition to Kansas\\nCity, Kansas. The grounds and garden enclosed with the house included the remain-\\nder of block 4, the south half of block 3, the north half of block 6, lots 1 to 25 inclusive\\nin block 5, and all streets and alleys included in these bounds. His house had been the", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITOHY. 65\\nfeel bound to give precedence to enquiries from the Buckeye State.\\nI will endeavor to give you such information in regard to the charac-\\nter of this frontier and this Territory as I can command. My travels\\nin the Territory have been chiefly through the Southern portion;\\ntherefore, cannot give you much from personal observation in regard\\nto other parts but must rely upon information derived from other\\nsources for a general description.\\nThen fancy me Chief Magistrate of this wild and untamed terri-\\ntory, seated upon a bleak boundless prairie, with a furious wind from\\nthe mountains whirling snow, leaves, grass c in circling eddies\\nround my head, with an icicle pendant from my proboscis, as long as\\na 10*^ nail, with my saddle on my lap for a writing desk, pouring my\\nwarm breath into my pen to thaw the congealing ink anon thrash-\\ning my arms round my body to quicken circulation in my chilled fin-\\ngers, while my company, composed of Wyandotts Shawnees Dela-\\nwares and a quadroon Frenchman as Fort man, are attending to our\\nanimals. The devil and Phoenix bitters! how can I write in this\\nfix? O here s a mitigant. Antoine appor [part of this sentence torn\\naway at this point] id voire Boutielle de eau de vie et um cruche aus-\\nsitot. Your good health, Sir. Ahem, Tres bien. Taut mieux. But\\nstop. I forget myself. I am not on an exploring tour, taking notes\\nof observation. Sure enough I m in my own domicile, at my own\\ncomfortable fire side. Yes, I faix, there s M^^ W. seated cosily in her\\narm chair and the girls one reading the latest Novel (sorry to say it,\\nbut tis true) and the other gleaning political news from the National\\nIntelligencer and your humble servant at the writing table. My\\nnegro domestic enters and announces the Thermomaker 10\u00c2\u00b0 below\\nNero. But I m wandering from the matter on hand no more di-\\ngres^iions episodes c, but to the point. Nebraska Ter extends to\\nthe 43rd parallel of N. lattitude and running S. to the parallel of 36\u00c2\u00b0\\nold Delaware pay-house, where the Delawares came to receive their annuities from the\\nagents. Governor Walker improved it and built additions to it until it was two stories\\nhigh and contained ten or twelve large rooms. The building and most of the additions\\nwere of logs, but it was weather-boarded, and was a comfortable, roomy, delightful old\\nhome. Nothing remains of it now except a few stones of one corner of the foundation.\\nThe heavy door which had a square hole cut in it, through which the agent passed out\\nthe money to the Delawares, was always retained in use by Governor Walker. It was\\na rough, rude piece of workmanship, and Mrs. Walker wished to replace it with a more\\nrespectable looking one, but the Governor would not suflTer this to be done.\\n6", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "66 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\n30 bounded on the E. by Mo Iowa and on the west by the upurs\\nof the E-ocky Mountains.\\nIt is a rich champaign country beautifully undulating and well\\nwatered generally well supplied with stone and I have no doubt\\nbut time will develop large and rich pits of coal. The chief deficiency\\nis the want of good building timber. The timbered lands are confined\\nto the streams. These wending their ways to their points of debouch-\\nment are fringed with timber. There are exceptions to this rule.\\nThere are some high rolling ridges timbered with a somewhat stunted\\ngrowth of Bur Oak Hickory, but these are valueless except for\\nfuel. These immense praries are doubtless produced by the annual\\nconflagrations of the tall grasses, weeds and undergrowth of wild\\nshrubbery, rendering it impossible for a young growth of timber to\\nsurvive these fearful ravages produced by the brand of the wild and\\ntame incendiary; as often by the latter as the former. This scarcity\\nof timber will always be a drawback indeed an insurmountable ob-\\nstacle to a compact settlement. But there are to be found, as will be\\nmore abundantly proved, whenever a geological survey shall be made,\\nall the elements provided by the god of nature, to supply these defici-\\nences, such as an abundance of stone for building houses and fences,\\nadded for the latter purpose Osage thorn, Stone coal for fuel. There\\nis every variety of soil. The high rolling lands after a crop or two\\nof corn yield fine wheat. Rye and Oats crops. The lower lands for\\ncorn, Hemp, Tobacco c and the soil [is] inexhaustible. There is one\\nimportant item that I cannot omit mentioning which operates seriously\\nagainst the durability of the soil, especially in hilly or broken lands.\\nThere being the want of substantial clay or marl basis and the upper\\nsoil being [of] a light loamy character, the heavy rains peculiar to\\nthis country, sweep away, when tilled, the soil to the bottoms, rivers\\nor ravines, presenting in a few years an unseemly sight of sterile\\nknobs, fissures fe gutters. This obj does not apply to the slightly un-\\ndulating or level lands.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 67\\nto\u00e2\u0084\u00a2s?ioSf HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. {gr?:\\nABELARD GUTHRIE.\\n[To accompany bill H. R. No. 381]\\nMr. Loomis, from the Committee of Elections, made the following\\nREPORT.\\nApril 3, 1862. Ordered to be printed.\\nThe Committee of Elections, to whom was referred the memorial of Abe-\\nlard Guthrie, praying to be allowed mileage and per diem as dele-\\ngate from Nebraska to the thirty-second Congress, have had the\\nsame under consideration and respectfully report\\nOn the second Tuesday of October, A. D. 1852, the people of Ne-\\nbraska, (then an unorganized Territory,) desiring to secure a territorial\\ngovernment, elected the memorialist as their delegate to the thirty-\\nsecond Congress.\\nIn pursuance of this election he came to Washington, and on the\\n17th day of December, 1852, presented his memorial to the House of\\nRepresentatives, asking to be admitted as a delegate. This memorial\\nwas duly referred, and a report was made thereon and ordered to be\\nprinted, but no further action was had upon it. But a bill was im-\\nmediately introduced for the organization of a government for that\\nTerritory, which passed the House ot Representatives on the 18th day\\nof February, 1853, by a vote 98 yeas to 43 nays. The bill was sent\\nto the Senate, and there received the approval of the Committee on\\nTerritories, but as the ses ^ion terminated on the 4th of March follow-\\ning it failed to become a law, and the memorialist was never admitted\\nas a delegate, nor was any compensation ever allowed him for coming\\nand remaining here for the purposes aforesaid.\\nThe memorial now under consideration asks for the usual per diem\\nand mileage, as before allowed in similar cases. This claim has long\\nbeen pending before Congress.\\nOn the 19th of July, 1856, the Hon. Israel Washburn, as chair-\\nman of the Committee of Elections, made a report in favor of the\\nclaim, accompanied with a bill granting the memorialist mileage not", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "68 THE PEOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nto exceed two thousand dollars, and his per diem of five dollars per\\nday from the time of presenting his memorial at the 2d session, 32d\\nCongress, to the close thereof, but no further action was had thereon.\\nYour committee find that several claims similar to the one now\\nunder consideration have received the sanction of both houses of\\nCongress.\\nIn 1850 Hugh N. Smith petitioned the House to admit him as\\ndelegate from New Mexico, and A. W. Babbitt made application to\\nbe admitted as delegate from Utah. To these applications it was ob-\\njected, among other things, that the Territories which they claimed to\\nrepresent were unorganized, and that their boundaries had never been\\ndefined and, further, that these gentlemen were appointed by dele-\\ngates to territorial conventions or assemblies, and not chosen by the\\npeople in their primary meetings. The decision of the House was\\nadverse to the claimants, but Congress passed an act to pay them\\nmileage and per diem.\\nThese cases are similar in principle to that of the memorialist, or,\\nif there be any difference, it is in favor of the latter, as he was desig-\\nnated or elected by the people themselves in their primary assemblies.\\nYour committee believe that it was important to have an organ-\\nized government for Nebraska at the time the people of that Terri-\\ntory sent the memorialist here as their delegate.\\nIn the years 1849 and 1850 it is estimated that more than one hun-\\ndred thousand emigrants passed through that Territory on their way\\nto California, Utah, New Mexico, and Oregon.\\nThe memorialist came here in good faith and with good reason to\\nbelieve that the Territory would be organized, and he admitted as a\\ndelegate. The vote of the House before mentioned recognized in a\\nmost emphatic manner the propriety of its organization, and must\\nhave made the memoralist feel confident that he would be admitted\\nto his seat as a delegate before the close of the ses-^ion.\\nYour committee, therefore, recommend the passage of the accom-\\npanying bill.\\nA.\\nTo the House of Representatives of the United States now in session:\\nGentlemen Your memoralist begs leave to represent to your hon-\\norable body that he was elected by the people of Nebraska Territory", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "OF NEBEASKA TERRITORY. 69\\nas their delegate to the second session of the 32d Congress; that he ac-\\ncepted the trust, came to Washington, presented his credentials and\\nexerted his best abilities to serve his constituents, but was not ad-\\nmitted to a seat in the House, for the reason that there had been no\\nTerritorial government for Nebraska established, and therefore the\\nelection was unauthorized by law. A bill, however, was immediately\\nintroduced into the House for the organization of a government for\\nNebraska, and passed the House of Representatives, but was lost in\\nthe Senate.\\nIt was confidently believed by the friends of the measure that the\\nbill would pass the Senate, and that I would then be immediately ad-\\nmitted to a seat in the House as delegate, and this confidence continued\\nup to the last day of the session, when it was too late, amidst the gen-\\neral press of business, to take the necessary steps to obtain an appro-\\npriation for my per diem and mileage; and since that time a long\\nand painful illness has made it impossible for me to bring the matter\\nto your notice. I am fully aware that there is no law authorizing\\npayment in such cases, and therefore I throw myself upon the gener-\\nosity of Congress, as did the delegates irom Utah and New Mexico,\\nwho came here under similar circumstances, before goveriiments were\\norganized for those Territories, and were paid. And I respectfully\\nask to be treated with the same liberality.\\nVery respectfully,\\nAbelard Guthrie.\\nWashington City, D. C, June 14, 1856.\\nB.\\nPersonally appeared before me, Thomas J. Williams, a justice of\\nthe peace for the District of Columbia and county of Washington,\\nAbelard Guthrie, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that, in\\npursuance of public notice, an election was held in the Territory of\\nNebraska on the second Tuesday of October, 1852, for a delegate to\\nrepresent the said Territory in the Congress of the United States, and\\nthat at the said election he received a majority of all the votes given,\\nand was declared duly elected. That the evidences of his election,\\nconsisting of the poll-books and tally-lists of each precinct, or certified\\ncopies thereof, were handed, together with a memorial setting forth the", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "70 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nfacts of said election and praying to be allowed a seat in Congress, to\\nthe Hon. M Phelps, of Missouri, to be presented to the House; and\\nthat M Phelps afterwards told him that he had presented them,\\nwhich he believes to be the fact, for in subsequent conversations with\\nthe Hon. M Ashe, then chairman of the Committee of Elections, he\\nalluded to them as being before his committee. The deponent further\\nstates that he has caused search to be made for these papers in the\\noffice of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and they cannot\\nbe found.\\nGiven under my hand and seal this 2nd day of July, 1856.\\nThos. J. Williams, [L. S.]\\nJiLstice of the Peace.\\nC.\\nWashington City, D. C, June 30, 1856.\\nSir: I called upon Mr. Buck, who made a search for my papers,\\nbut they can nowhere be found. The following is an extract from the\\njournal of the House of Representatives, second session of the thirty-\\nsecond Congress\\nFriday, December 17, 1852.\\nBy M Phelps: The petition of Abelard Guthrie, praying to be\\nadmitted to a seat in this House as a delegate from the Territory of\\nNebraska; which was referred to the Committee of Elections.\\nThis record does not state, as it should have done, that my creden-\\ntials were with the memorial. The committee to whom they were re-\\nferred did not, I believe, make a report, for the reason, as I stated in\\nmy former letter, that I desired it kept back until the bill organizing\\nthe Territory should have passed both houses.\\nI was in Washington a short time during the latter part of the winter\\nof 1854, when I memorialized Congress for my pay and per diem, but\\nleft soon after, and no action was had upon my application. In the\\njournal of the House of Representatives, first session thirty-third\\nCongress, is the following entry\\nThursday, February 23, 1854.\\nBy M^ Edgerton: The memorial of Abelard Guthrie, to be al-\\nlowed mileage and per diem as delegate from Nebraska Territory,", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 71\\nOrdered that said petitions, letters and memorial be referred to the\\nCommittee on the Judiciary.\\nI think it quite probable that among these said petitions, letter,\\nand memorial were the original evidences of my election presented\\nby M^ Phelps on the 17th December, 1852. They were, however,\\nreferred to the wrong committee. I was told when I started home\\nthat they would, if opportunity oifered, be reported back to the House\\nand be referred to the Committee of Elections. This was probably\\nnever done, and yet they are not on file with the papers of the Judi-\\nciary Committee.\\nThere was evidently culpable neglect in some quarter, but I do not\\nknow who was to blame. But I do not think it reasonable or right\\nthat I should lose my claim from this cause. The records of the\\nHouse present facts enough, I think, to justify the hope that you will\\ngrant the relief I ask.\\nMy credentials consisted of one of the poll-books and tally-list\\nfrom each precinct, or certified copies thereof; I am not certain now\\nwhich. These, under the circumstances, were thought to be the best\\nevidences of election that I could present. They, and my memorial\\naccompanying them, were, I believe, all the papers submitted to the\\nHouse on the occasion of my asking a seat as a delegate from Ne-\\nbraska.\\nI am, sir, very respectfully, yours,\\nAbelaed Guthrie.\\nHon Israel Washburn,\\nChairman Committee of Elections.\\nP. S. Enclosed herewith is an affidavit setting forth the facts of\\nmy election.\\nD.\\nWashington City, D. C, June 26, 1856.\\nSir I desire to say a few words explanatory of the circumstances\\nconnected with my application for mileage and per diem as delegate\\nto Congress from Nebraska Territory, showing the necessity of send-\\ning a delegate to Congress at the time I was elected, in doing which I\\nwill quote from a speech delivered in the House of Representatives\\non the 16th May, 1854, (see Appendix to Congressional Globe, p.\\n715,) by the Hon. S. Mayall, of Maine. M Mayall says:", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "72 THE PEOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nIn accordance with the recommendations of the Secretary of War,\\nM Douglas, of the House Committee on Territories, gave notice on\\nthe 11th December, 1844, of a bill, and the 17th of the same month\\nintroduced the same, (H. R. 444,) to establish the Territory of Ne-\\nbraska, and it was referred to the Committee on Territories. M\\nAaron V. Brown, on the 7th of January, 1845, reported back an\\namendatory bill, and it was referred to the Committee of the Whole\\non the state of the Union, and no further action was had thereon.\\nThe next movement in favor of Nebraska was made by M Doug-\\nlas, in the Senate, by the introduction of a bill, (No. 170,) which, on\\nthe 20th April, 1848, was made the order of the day for Monday,\\nthe 24th of the same month, but no further action was had thereon.\\nIn the Senate, December 4, 1848, M^ Douglas gave notice of\\nanother Nebraska bill, and also a bill for Minnesota and New Mexico\\nand on the 20th of the same month the Minnesota and Nebraska bills\\nwere referred to the Committee on Territories of that body, when\\nanother opiate was administered to Nebraska. Four years of dead\\nsilence on the part of Congress in relation to Nebraska now ensued.\\nIn October, 1852, the people of Nebraska elected a delegate,\\n(M Guthrie,) who came to this capital, and, as all know who were\\nmembers of the last Congress, urged with great zeal the organization\\nof a government for that Territory. A bill was reported, and on the\\n18th of February, 1853, it passed the House of Representatives, by a\\nvote of 98 to 43. It went to the Senate, received the sanction of the\\nCommittee on Territories, but was never brought to vote, but on the\\nmorning of the 4th of March was consigned to its grave.\\nThus it will be seen that four years had elapsed since the last abor-\\ntive attempt to organize a government for Nebraska, and the people of\\nthat Territory had but little reason to believe their interests would be\\nattended to until they sent a delegate to urge them upon the consid-\\neration of Congress. They had observed that this course had been\\npursued by the people of Oregon, of Utah, of New Mexico, and of\\nMinnesota, with success.\\nUnder these circumstances, and with these examples before them,\\nthe people of Nebraska held an election, and I was chosen delegate.\\nAt Fort Leavenworth, however, (where the largest body of citizens\\nresided,) the officer in command of the post forbade an election. Sub-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 73\\nsequently however, certain persons proposed holding another election,\\nto overturn the first. This election was held at Fort Leavenworth,\\n(the commanding officer having abandoned his opposition,) and re-\\nsulted in a large majority for me I think 54 to 16.\\nThis second election I gave no attention to, knowing that it was\\ncontrary to all law and usage regulating popular elections; but my\\nfriends at the fort, (not soldiers,) having been prevented from voting\\nat the first election, determined to remove all shadow of a right of my\\nopponent to contest my claim to a seat in Congress, by giving me a\\nvery decided majority at this election also. But the judges never sent\\nme the returns; nor would I have presented them had they done so,\\nfor the reason already given. I was now universally admitted to be\\nthe rightfully elected delegate, and met with no further opposition.\\nThe number of votes given at my election was not large, for the\\nreason I have already staled. Besides, the citizen population of the\\nTerritory was very small, and could not increase under the restrictions\\nof the law of 1834, regulating trade and intercourse among the In-\\ndians, which, you will remember, formed the ground of opposition\\nto the passage of the Nebraska bill, on the 18th of February, 1853,\\nbut which was satisfactorily answered by the friends of the bill on that\\noccasion.\\nIn addition to what I stated in my memorial, I will add, that,\\nanxious to get my mileage and per diem, I went to Judge Douglas on\\nthe last night of the session, when the civil and diplomatic bill was\\nbefore that body, and asked him if the appropriation could not be put\\non the bill. To which he replied, that if the House Territorial com-\\nmittee would recommend it, he would try to get it on, adding some\\nreasons why it should come from the House. I immediately went to\\nthe chairman of that committee. Colonel Richardson, and stated the\\nfacts to him, and he and all the other members of the committee then\\nin the House, (a majority of the whole,) signed the recommendation,\\nand I took it to Judge Douglas, who showed it to the members of the\\nSenate committee; but some of these objecting, on the ground that the\\nappropriation should be made in the House, the judge thought it bet-\\nter to let it drop for the present; and nothing more was said about it.\\nI have spent much money in obtaining a government for Nebraska,\\nand that, too, from the best motives, and thougli evil has grown out\\nof it, both for myself and the country, it was not my desire it should", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "74 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nbe so; and I think I am entitled to the same remuneration that other\\ninformal delegates received, and I ask nothing more, but would re-\\nspectfully urge that, should your committee favor my application, the\\nmost speedy course will be pursued to enable me to get the money.\\nI am, sir, with great respect, yours,\\nAbelard Guthrie.\\nHon. Israel Washburn,\\nChairman Committee of Elections.\\nE.\\nWashington City, D. C, July 20, 1861.\\nMr. Chairman: Understanding your committee have doubts of\\nthe propriety and necessity of a government for Nebraska, (now Kan-\\nsas,) at the time I came here as its delegate, I desire to say a few words\\non the subject. I need not remind you that this Territory lies im-\\nmediately west and south of the State of Missouri, but it may be well\\nto call your attention to the fact that the vast emigration to California,\\nOregon, Utah, and New Mexico had to pass through its whole length.\\nAt that time the usual landing for emigrants starting from the states\\nby water was at Kansas City, about one mile from the northeast\\ncorner of Nebraska, (Kansas,) and, although many went across the\\nStates by land, they all directed their course to this point or neighbor-\\nhood. Here the overland journey commenced, and the sudden change\\nfrom the comforts of civilized life to the exposures of such a journey\\nproduced much sickness which, from the fatigues of travel and\\nthe want of care, generally ended in death, for the country was unin-\\nhabited, except very sparsely, by Indians, and the journey of more\\nthan two thousand miles, to be performed by ox teams before the fall\\nof the early mountain snows, admonished the emigrants of the dangers\\nof delays, even to nurse their sick. This great thoroughfare was\\nstrewn with their graves. Only those familiar with the hardships\\nand dangers of such a journey can form a just conception of the em-\\nbarrassments and fatal consequences of this condition of things. By\\nthe organization of this Territory it was opened to settlement, and\\nsoon the hospitable door of the pioneer was opened along the route for\\na distance of two hundred miles, where the invalid could enter and be\\neared for. Had the Territory been organized several years earlier, as", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 75\\nit should have been, I think I may safely say thousands of human\\nlives would have been saved and a vast amount of human suffering\\nprevented. For you will remember that during the years 1849 and\\n1850 more than one hundred thousand emigrants crossed this Terri-\\ntory on their way to California, Utah, Oregon, and New Mexico, and\\nyet not one word was said in Congress about establishing a govern-\\nment for it or even opening it to settlement. Was not this silence\\nsignificant? Under such circumstances, is it reasonable to urge that\\nit was not time to move in this matter? Has there, in the history of\\nthis country, been a more urgent case of the kind Congress was evi-\\ndently impressed with its importance for in the House the bill for\\nthe organization, after a violent but brief struggle, passed by a vote of\\nnearly two to one, and even in the Senate there was an ascertained\\nmajority in its favor. It may not be improper here to state, that of\\nthe southern members who voted for the measure, I think less than\\nhalf a dozen were returned to Congress.\\nAllow me also, if you please, to submit the following propositions:\\nIf your committee have any sufficient evidence, or can obtain any,\\nthat it was the intention of the party then in power, or any other\\nparty, to organize this Territory within any reasonable or definite\\nperiod, I will abandon my claim.\\nIf the committee have any sufficient evidence, or can procure any,\\nthat there was any other course as likely to succeed in securing an\\norganization as that of sending to Congress a man acquainted with\\nthe condition, wants, soil, climate, and resources of the Territory, I\\nwill give up my claim.\\nIf the committee have any sufficient evidence, or can get any, that\\nit was not the design of the slave power to secure this Territory, by\\nquiet and stealthy legislation and colonization, for the benefit of its\\nfavorite institution, I will abandon my claim. But here I wish you\\nto examine the law of 30th June, 1834, annexing this Territory to\\nthe State of Missouri for judicial purposes; and the law of 1836, an-\\nnexing to the same State forever and for all purposes the very large\\naud fertile portion of this Territory lying between the Iowa State\\nline and the Missouri river, cutting us off entirely from contiguous\\nfree Territory, the effects of which were disastrously felt during our\\ncivil troubles, and to the present day; and also to the several abortive\\nattempts of the late M Douglas to organize this Territory.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "76 THE PKOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nIf the committee have any suflBcient evidence, or can obtain any,\\nthat this Territory would not eventually have been received into the\\nUnion as a slave State under the skillful management and well ma-\\ntured plans of southern statesmen and their northern friends, I will\\nabandon my claim.\\nIf the committee have any evidence, or can get any, that my move-\\nment for a government for Nebraska did not frustrate this design, I\\nwill abandon my claim.\\nIf your committee have any sufficient evidence, or can obtain any,\\nthat the republican party would have been in existence but for this very\\nact of mine in forcing upon the consideration of Congress the policy of\\nerecting a territorial government over this magnificent region, (which\\nthe slave power had already practically grasped, and was guarding\\nwith jealous care,) I will abandon all claim to per diem and mileage.\\nIn this connection it is proper I should state that I am not a can-\\ndidate for any office whatever, as my senators and representatives will\\nbear me witness. But when I get the money I ask at your hands,\\nand to which I think myself justly, though not legally, entitled, I\\nwill return to the cultivation of my grapes and gooseberries.\\nI will only add that I am fully aware of the apparent extravagance\\nof the pretensions I have here put forth, but I am also fully pursuaded\\nof their entire justice, and that the humbleness of the instrument em-\\nployed is the weightiest objection that can be urged against them.\\nAbelard Guthrie.\\nHon. Henry L. Dawes,\\nCliairman Committee of Elections, U. S. House of Representativei.\\nLETTER FROM ABELARD GUTHRIE TO GOVERNOR\\nWALKER.\\nCincinnati, Ohio, December let 1852.\\nWilliam Walker, Esq.\\nDear Sir,\\nHaving a little leisure I drop you a line to tell you how I am\\ngetting along. Tiius far I have traveled faster than I expected and\\nif I had felt well enough I could have taken the cars this morning\\nand have arrived in Washington City tomorrow night suet are the\\nwonderful facilities for travelling from this point eastward. From St.\\nLouis I travelled in company with Senators Geyer and Atchison of", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 77\\nMo. and Representatives Richardson and Bissil of Ills. I am sorry\\nto say our Missouri Senators are by no means favorable to our Terri-\\ntorial projects. The slavery question is the cause of this opposition.\\nI regret that it should interfere it ought not. Mr. Atchison thinks\\nthe slaves in Nebraska* are already free by the operation of the Mis-\\nsouri Compromise Act, and asks a repeal of that act before any thing\\nshall be done for Nebraska this would put us back till doomsday\\nfor no Congress as our Government now stands will ever repeal that\\nact. But for myself I do not consider it binding upon the people in\\nmoulding their State institutions. However since the South take a\\ndifferent view of it we must fight it out. I foresee the struggle will\\nbe a fierce one but it will be short and tiierefore not dangerous. I\\ndid not expect to accomplish this object without trouble; and I feel\\nprej)ared for it. One incentive to determined perseverance is the fact\\nthat I beat Banow at his own election, so Mr. Atchison informs me.\\nI shall certainly endeavor to merit the good opinion my friends have\\nformed of me. I am full of hope and confidence as I have been from\\nthe start. I called to see Col. Benton but he had gone to Washing-\\nton, this is fortunate for he is our friend and can do us great service.\\nThe measure mil succeed! short as the time is, and with an opposition\\nwhere we ought to have support. I think you, Garret, Matthew and\\nIsaiah Walker should locate your sections very soon,^ for after the\\nTerritorial organization I apprehend they will not be recognized\\nthere will be no land set apart for Indian purposes as now. I will\\ntell you in confidence (hat no treaty with the Wyandots can be con-\\nfirmed until the Territory be organized. You need not tell this to\\nany one because the folks in that country are so jealous of me that\\nthey would attribute the declaration to unfriendly feeling when God\\nknows that I have been but too warmly their friend and still am. I\\nwant you to write to me soon and often. I shall be in Washington\\nabout Sunday. My respects to Mrs. Walker.\\nVery respectfully\\nYour Obedient Servant.\\nAbelard Guthrie\\nGovernor Walker, Matthew R. Walker, Francis A. Hicks, the Garretts, and other\\nWyandots owned slaves. There may have been slaves held in other emigrant tribes,\\nbut I do not know whether there were or not.\\nHow he was mistaken! In less than three years from that time Congress repealed\\nthe Missouri Compromise.\\nThis refers to land guaranteed to many individuals of the Wyandot Nation by the\\ntreaty by which they ceded their lands in Ohio.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "78 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nLETTER FROM ABELARD GUTHRIE TO GOVERNOR\\nWALKER.\\nWashington City 9th Dec. 1852.\\nWm. Walker, Esq.\\nMy Dear Sir, Although I have but little to communicate I feel\\nvery much like trying to say something if only to drive away the blues.\\nThere is no business that tries a man s patience and good nature so\\nmuch as trying to do business with men who feel that their self inter-\\nests are not intimately connected with your projects. I have ascer-\\ntained almost to a certainty that I shall not get my seat. But that is\\na small matter. I never expected it and am not disappointed, but my\\nfaith is still strong that much will be effected. M7 Hall has proposed\\na Bill organizing one Territory, he has given it the name of Platte\\nwhich I don t like but don t care much about the name though I\\nshall try to have the old name retained. His bill has not yet been\\nintroduced but it is already and I think will be presented next week;\\nif not another will be introduced by the Committee on Territories.\\nThe Chairman of that Committee has given me assurances to that\\neffect. M Hall s bill says nothing about slavery but leaves un-\\ntouched the Missouri Compromise. The Territory it is pretty confi-\\ndently believed will be free. Another measure highly beneficial to\\nour interests will be the appropriation of one hundred thousand dol-\\nlars to enable the President to negotiate with the different tribes for\\ntheir surplus lands aad other purposes. You will therefore have\\nCommissioners authorized to treat early in the spring. This is im-\\nportant and you may regard it as a fixed fact. I forgot to state to\\nyou the boundaries prescribed for our Territory by M Hall s bill;\\nthey are these On the South thirty sixth degree and thirty minutes\\non the north the forty third degree on the west by the summit of the\\nrocky mountains east by Missouri these are ample boundaries and\\njust what we want.\\nI have paid so little attention to politics since I came here that I\\nam entirely in the dark about the distribution of offices after the\\nfourth of March and indeed it is [a] thing I care d d little about.\\nNebraska and its interests are the all absorbing topics with me. I am\\nalready housed. I wish you would write to me very soon and I\\nThere had been discussion at this early date of organizing two or more Territories-\\nfrom the Indian Country or Indian Territory.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 79\\nwould be glad if you would take a little pains to let [me] hear how\\nmy family are and how they are getting along.\\nI shall write to you presently again and may then try to entertain\\nyou with a little gossip.\\nMy best respects to M Walker\\nBelieve me\\nI am truly your friend\\nAbelard Guthrie.\\nI arrived here the day before the opening of the session being\\neleven days after leaving home.^ The weather is mild as June.\\nHow is it in Wyandot?\\nA. G.\\nABELARD GUTHRIE S ADDRESS.\\n(Wyandotte Gazette, Oct. 4, 1862.)\\nTiie following is an extract from an Address to the voters\\nof the Congressional District. He was at that time an In-\\ndependent candidate for Congress. The whole address is\\nprinted in the Gazette; the following is the only portion of\\nit which has any reference to historical matters:\\nEighteen years ago I became a resident of what is now the State\\nof Kansas. Ten years ago solitary and alone I proposed to the\\npeople of the then Territory to make an effort to secure a Territorial\\nGovernment. Tliis was the first act in that great national drama in\\nwhich the whole American people are now actors, and the whole civ-\\nilized world intensely interested spectators.\\nThe Republican party owes its existence to this movement. My\\nproposition met with much opposition from Government officials and\\nothers. One of them, Col. Fauntleroy,* commanding officer at Fort\\nLeavenworth (and now I believe of the rebel army) threatened to ar-\\nrest me if I should attempt to hold the election. However an elec-\\nMr. Guthrie seems always to have been devoted to his family. His wife was a very\\nintelligent and spirited woman.\\nRapid traveling for those times.\\nThis statement was framed to influence votes at the time. I think the expression\\nsolitary and alone can scarcely be accepted as describing the inception of the move-\\nment.\\nT. T. Fauntleroy, Colonel of First Dragoons. Wilder s Annals of Kansas, 30.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "80 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\ntion for Delegate to represent the Territory in Congress was held on\\nthe 2nd Tuesday of October, 1852, and I was chosen Delegate. We\\nchristened our new Territory Nebraska, for as yet it had no legal\\nname. I proceeded to Washington and had my petition and evi-\\ndence of the election presented to Congress, and virtually succeeded\\nin my mission by getting a bill for organization passed by the House\\nof Representatives, and a favorable report from the Committee on\\nTerritories of the Senate.* But the opposition to the measure had\\nbeen very violent and obstinate throughout, and the organization was\\nnot perfected until the next session of Congress.\\nThe South had already taken possession of this territory, had\\nplanted its favorite institution within it, and believed itself secure in\\nits stolen acquisition. Kansas (then Nebraska) was the arbiter of the\\ndestinies of the Republic. This was well understood by the South.\\nHence the desperate struggle so familiar to us all to secure it. Had\\nshe succeeded, the slave power would have been omnipotent, for the\\nPacific States were already strongly imbued with the Southern senti-\\nment, and Kansas was the only link needed to perfect the chain which\\nwould unite those regions to a common destiny. I am assuming nothing\\nmore than the facts will warrant, when I say that my agency in call-\\ning public attention to this Territory, and impressing the claims upon\\nthe consideration of Congress, defeated the crafty and ambitious de-\\nsigns of the slave power, and opened this beautiful and fertile country\\nto free men and free labor. Kansas owes her civil existence to my\\nefforts in her behalf. I have never before appealed to her people for\\nany acknowledgment of the services I have rendered. But the pres-\\nent seems a fitting opportunity to do so.\\nAbelard Guthrie.\\nQuindaro, Kansas 8th Sept. 1862.\\nTHE ORGANIZATION OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA.\\n(Copied from N. Y. Tribune, Aug. 9, 1856.)\\nTo the editor of the New York Tribune.\\nSir In your remarks on the vote on Governor Reeder s claims to\\na seat in the House of Representatives as delegate irora Kansas, you\\nNebraska had been proposed as the name, in the Douglas bills for organizing\\nthe Territory. It is from the Pawnee word Ne-brath-ka shallow river.\\nIt was defeated in the Senate, March 3, 1853.\\nThis is a good statement of the facts.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITOEY. 81\\nsay, Cases are frequent of the election of such delegates in the most\\ninformal and unauthorized manner. We are confident the first dele-\\ngate from Kansas, (then called Nebraska), the Rev. Thomas Johnson,\\nwas 80 elected. This is a mistake, but one I should pass unnoticed,\\nwere it not for the injustice it does myself.\\nI was the first delegate elected to Congress from Kansas (then\\ncalled Nebraska). I was elected by a spontaneous movement of the\\npeople, and I came to Washington in accordance with their expressed\\nwill, presented my evidences of election, and, though not admitted\\nto a seat in the House, I pressed the interests of my Territory upon\\nthe consideration of Congress with such success that a bill for its\\norganization passed the House of Representatives by a large majority,\\nand would have passed the Senate had it been brought to a vote at\\nthat session but unfortunately for the country and myself, this was\\nnot done.*\\nI was elected for the second session of the 32nd Congress. [Met\\nDec. 6, 1852] In the autumn of the succeeding year, 1853, a con-\\nvention of the people of the Territory assembled at Wyandotte, and\\nestablished a provisional government a measure first suggested and\\nthe plan proposed by myself. At this convention I was nominated\\nfor re-el ectiou. But a portion of the convention voted and another\\nconvention was called at which M^ Thomas Johnson was nominated\\nas my competitor. The Chief of the Indian Bureau at Washington\\nsided, both by money and personal influence, with my opponent.\\nThis I can prove. The repeal of the Missouri compromise was now\\nfirst agitated, and it was thought important to success that the Terri-\\ntory should be represented by one favorable to that measure. Hence\\nthe interference. And as all the Indian agents were under the control\\nof the Government, they obtained a very large Indian vote persons\\nwho were not citizens of the United States, nor willing to become such,\\nand who voted against me, because these agents told them if they\\ndid not do so I would be elected and bring them under the white man s\\nlaws. But a majority of actual citizens voted for me, yet the certifi-\\ncate of election was given to my competitor by the provisional gov-\\nernor. I contested the election, but the committee on elections, to\\nThis is more in accordance witli the facts than his expression solitary and\\nalone.\\nMr. Guthrie seems to have forgotten, or never to have known, that the Senate\\nvoted on his hill.\\n7", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "82 THE PEOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nwhom the subject was referred, never came to any decision thereon.\\nM^ Johnson obtained lucrative employment in the Indian Department\\nand through the instrumentality of Indian treaties made himself rich,\\nand I was taken sick and have been on the verge of the grave most\\nof the time since.\\nIt was not the policy of the pro-slavery party to have the country\\nnorth of 36\u00c2\u00b0, 30 minutes, known as Nebraska, opeued for settlement\\nat all; and for that reason it was set apart for Indian colonization,\\nand its settlement by white men was forbidden by law under heavy\\npenalties. The few whites there were there by sufferance and by li-\\ncense. But circumstances, which it is not necessary for me here to\\nrelate, impelled me to urge upon the people of the Territory the neces-\\nsity of a territorial organization. I met with many difficulties, and\\non one occasion was threatened with imprisonment by the command-\\ning officer of one of the military posts in the Territory, for my attempt\\nat revolution, as he called it.\\nBut to give a history of my early struggles in behalf of Nebraska,\\nthen including Kansas, would take more time than I have inclination\\nto spare. Yet I can say, without fear of refutation, that but for my\\nefforts there would not be either Kansas or Nebraska open to the\\nsettlement of the white man. I have sacrificed much money and more\\ntime than any other living man in the cause of Kansas, and have never\\nreceived one cent in return not even the usual mileage and per diem\\nhitherto paid to informal delegates. Then do not, I beg of you, de-\\nprive me of the honor to which I am entitled. I have paid dearly\\nenough for it, and think I should have full credit for what I have\\ndone. In your almanac of the current year you have done me similar\\ninjustice, and I trust you will make the correction in both cases.\\nIn regard to Gov. Reeder, I entirely agree with you. He ought to\\nhave been admitted, and I so urged whenever I had a Congressman s\\near, without reference to the man, I mean Reeder, who to tell the\\ntruth, is very far from being without sin, although, had he even done\\nhis duty as Governor of Kansas, the present condition of affairs could\\nhardly have been averted it was a foregone conclusion.\\nYours respectfully,\\n(Signed) Abelard Guthrie.\\nWashington, D. C, Aug. 6, 1856.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "OF I^EBKASKA TERRITORY. 83\\nABELARD GUTHRIE THOMAS JOHNSON DELE-\\nGATE TO CONGRESS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 KANSAS TERRITORY.\\n(From Wilder a Annals, under date of July 28, 1S53.)\\nIn 1855, a correspondent to the Chicago Press, made the statement\\nthat a convention was held at Wyandotte July 28, 1853, a territorial\\ngovernment organized, and a delegate to Congress nominated. Abe-\\nlard Guthrie was put forward by a friend of Thomas H. Benton, and\\nRev. Thomas Johnson by the friends of D. R. Atchison. Guthrie\\nreceived the nomination. Late in the fall, Thomas Johnson was\\nbrought out as a candidate, and was elected by Indian votes. He\\nwent to Washington, but the Territory was not organized, and he\\nwas not received as a delegate. The Washington Union spoke of\\nhim as The Rev. Thomas Johnson, a noble specimen of a western\\nman. In the New York Tribune of August 9, 1856, M Guthrie\\ngives his account of this provisional government.\\nHADLEY D. JOHNSON^S STATEMENT.\\n(Excerpt from a paper read before the meeting of the Nebraska State Historical\\nSociety, January 11, 1887, by Hon. Hadley D. Johnson. Taken from the\\nTransactions and Reports of the Nebraska State Historical Society, Vol. 2,\\npage 85 and following.)\\nAs early as 1848, the subject of the organization of a new territory\\nwest of the Missouri river was mentioned, and in congress I think a\\nbill was introduced in that year, but did not become a law, and in\\n1852 the subject having been long discussed, a bill was introduced, but\\nagain without result. In 1852, however, the railroad question hav-\\ning been agitated more generally during the preceding year, during\\nthe session of 1852-3, a bill was reported to congress providing for\\nthe organization of the Territory of Nebraska, within the boundaries,\\nsubstantially I believe, now embraced in the states of Kansas and\\nNebraska. Prior to this, however, some of the citizens of western\\nMissouri, and a few persons residing or staying temporarily in the\\nIndian country west of the Missouri river, took steps to hold an in-\\nformal election of a delegate who should attend the coming session of\\ncongress and urge the passage of the territorial bill. This election,\\nthough not sanctioned by any law, and informal, was ordered to be", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "84 THE PEO VISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nheld by a meeting of a number of persons held in the Indian country\\nsouth of the Platte river, who fixed a day on which the election was\\nto be held, and designated certain places at which votes would be re-\\nceived. Among the places named, appeared Bellevue or Traders\\nPoint. A newspaper printed somewhere in Missouri, containing a\\nnotice of this election, accidentally came into my possession a few days\\nprior to the date fixed for the election. On reading this announce-\\nment, I immediately communicated the news to prominent citizens of\\nCouncil Bluffs, and it was at once decided that Iowa should compete\\nfor the empty honors connected with the delegateship. An election\\nat Sarpy s was determined on arrangements made with the owners\\nof the ferry-boat at that point to transport the impromptu emigrants\\nto their new homes, and they were accordingly landed on the west\\nshore of the Missouri river a few hundred yards above Sarpy s trad-\\ning house, where, on the day appointed, an election was held, the re-\\nsult of which may be learned from the original certificate hereto an-\\nnexed, a copy of which was sent to the Honorable Bernhart Henn,\\nthe member of the house of representatives from Iowa, by him sub-\\nmitted to the house, and referred to the committee on elections, but\\nfor reasons obvious to the reader of the proceedings of congress imme-\\ndiately following, no report was ever made by that committee in the\\ncase.*\\nI may remark here that I consented with much reluctance to the\\nuse of my name in this connection, and for several reasons: I was\\npoor and could not well afford to neglect my business and spend a\\nwinter at Washington; the expenses of the trip I knew would be a\\nheavy drain upon my limited exchequer; besides I had so lately neg-\\nlected my private affairs by my service at Iowa City. However, I\\nBelview, Nebeaska Teeeitoey, Oct. 11, 1853.\\nBe it known that at in pursuance of Eesolutions heretofore adopted an election was\\nheld at this place on this the Eleventh day of October 1853 being the second Tuesday\\nin raid month for delegate to Congress for the Territory of Nebraska at which the un-\\ndersigned were duly appointed Judges and Clerks.\\nAnd we do hereby certify that the number of votes cast at said election was three\\nHundred fifty-eight Votes of which Hadley D. Johnson received Three Hundred fifty-\\neight votes.\\nMakshall Finley\\nE. P. Snow\\nMuNSON H. Clark Judges\\nFranklin Hall\\nJefferson P. Cassady ClerJcs\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 85\\nfinally yielded to the earnest request of a number of my personal\\nfriends, who were also ardent friends of the new scheme, and con-\\nsented to the use of my name, at the same time pledging my word\\nthat I would proceed to Washington if chosen and do the best I could\\nto advance the cause we had in hand. In addition to the ballots cast\\nfor me for delegate at this election, the Rev. William Hamilton re-\\nceived 304 votes for provisional Governor Dr. Monson H. Clark re-\\nceived 295 for Secretary, and H. P. Downs 283 for Treasurer.\\nThese proceedings at Sarpy s lauding were followed by various\\npublic meetings in Iowa, (and also in Missouri) at which resolu-\\ntions were adopted, urging the organization of Nebraska territory.\\nAmongst others, meetings were held at Council Bluffs, St. Mary s,\\nGlenwood, and Sidney, at which the actions at Sarpy s were endorsed.\\nEarnest and eloquent speeches were made by such leading citizens as\\nHon. W. C. Means and Judge Snyder of Page county. Judge Green-\\nwood, Hiram P. Bennett, Wm. McEwen, Col. J. L. Sharp, Hon. A.\\nA. Bradford, L. Lingenfelter, C. W. McKissick, Hon. Benjamin\\nRector, Charles W. Pierce, Dan. H. Solomon, Downs, I. M.\\nDews, George Hepner, Wm. G. English, Geo. P. Stiles, Marshal\\nTurley, Dr. M. H. Clark, and others.\\nIn the month of November, Council Bluffs was visited by Hon.\\nAugustus C. Dodge, Col. Samuel H. Curtis, and other distinguished\\ncitizens of other states, who attended and addressed meetings of the\\npeople of the town, warmly advocating the construction of our con-\\ntemplated railroads, and the organization of Nebraska territory. In\\nits issue of December 14, 1853, the Council Bluffs Bugle announced\\nthat H. D. Johnson, delegate elect from Nebraska, passed through\\nour place on his way to Washington last week.\\nIn compliance with my agreement, I set about making arrange-\\nments to visit the national capital, which, as you may suppose, was\\nnot easily accomplished. Before starting, however, a number of our\\ncitizens who took such a deep interest in the organization of a terri-\\ntory west of Iowa, had on due thought and consultation agreed upon\\na plan which I had formed, which was the organization of two terri-\\ntories west of the Missouri river, instead of one as had heretofore been\\ncontemplated, and I had traced on a map hanging in the oflBce of\\nJohnson Cassady a line which I hoped would be the southern\\nboundary of Nebraska, which it finally did become, and so continues\\nto the present time.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "86 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nIn starting out upon this second pilgrimage, I again faced the\\ndrearj desolate prairies of the then sparsely settled Iowa, but not as a\\nyear before, solitary and alone. B. R. Pegrara, then a young and\\nenterprising merchant of Council Bluffs, being about to visit St. Louis,\\nit was agreed that we should travel in company to Keokuk, he with a\\nhorse and buggy, I with a horse and saddle. The trip was accom-\\nplished in safety, and on arriving at Keokuk, we took a steamer for\\nSt. Louis, shipping the horses and buggy.\\nOn arriving at St. Louis, I tried in vain to sell my horse for a\\nsatisfactory price, and leaving him with a friend to be sold afterwards,\\nI took a steamer bound for Cincinnati, whence I boarded a railroad\\ntrain for Washington. (I remark in parenthesis that my horse was\\nnot sold, but subsequently died, to my great grief and considerable\\nloss.)\\nOn my arrival at Washington (early in January, 1854,) I found\\nthat a bill had already been introduced in the senate, and I think re-\\nferred to the committee on territories, of which the Hon. Stephen A.\\nDouglas was chairman. This bill provided for the organization of\\nthe territory of Nebraska, including what is now Kansas and Ne-\\nbraska, or substantially so. I also found, seated at a desk, in the House\\nof Representatives, a portly, dignified, elderly gentleman, who was\\nintroduced to me as the Reverend Thomas Johnson. He was an old\\nVirginian a slave holder, and a Methodist preacher. This gentle-\\nman had also been a candidate for delegate at the informal election,\\nand was credited with having received 337 votes. He had preceded\\nme to Washington, and together with his friends, ignoring our Sarpy\\nelection, had, through some influence sub rosa, been installed in a seat\\nat a desk aforesaid, where being duly served with stationery, etc., he\\nseemed to be a member of the house.\\nPrevious to this time, in one or two instances, persons visiting\\nWashington, as representatives of the settlers in unorganized territory,\\nand seeking admission as legal territories, had been recognized un-\\nofficially, and after admission had been paid the usual per diem allow-\\nance as well as mileage, and in the present case I think ray namesake\\nhad looked for such a result in his own case, but for my part I had\\nno such expectation.\\nOn being introduced to M Johnson, who seemed somewhat stiff\\nand reserved, I alluded to the manner of my appointment to the pres-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 87\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acnt mission, which, like his own, was without legal sanction, but was\\nfor a purpose told him there was no occasion for a contest between\\nus for a seat to which neither of us had a claim; that I came there to\\nsuggest and work for the organization of two territories instead of\\none; that if he saw proper to second ray efforts, I believed that we\\ncould succeed in the objects for which we each had come.\\nAfter this explanation the old gentleman thawed out a little, and\\nwe consulted together upon the common subject.\\nHon. A. C. Dodge, senator from Iowa, who had from the first\\nbeen an ardent friend and advocate of my plan, introduced me to Judge\\nDouglas, to whom I unfolded my plan, and asked him to adopt it, which,\\nafter mature consideration, he decided to do, and he agreed that, as\\nchairman of the committee on territories, he would report a substitute\\nfor the pending bill, which he afterwards did do, aud this substitute\\nbecame the celebrated Nebraska Bill, and provided, as you know,\\nfor the organization of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.\\nThe Hon. Bernhart Henn, at that time the only member of the\\nhouse from Iowa, who also was my friend and warmly advocated our\\nterritorial scheme, finding that the Rev. Thomas Johnson was seated\\nin the house and posing as a member and not wishing to see him\\nmore honorably seated than myself, interceded, I presume with one of\\nthe doorkeepers, who admitted me into the house and seated me at a\\ndesk beside my friend, the minister, wlio it afterwards appeared was,\\nlike myself, surreptitiously admitted to the seat occupied by him, un-\\nknown to the speaker, or perhaps to the chief doorkeeper.\\nThe fates decreed, however, that we were not to hold our seats a\\ngreat while, for one day the principal doorkeeper approached me as I\\nsat in my seat, and politely inquired who I was, and by what right I\\noccupied the seat; and being by me answered according to the facts,\\nhe informed me that as complaint had been made to the speaker, he\\nwas under the necessity of respectfully asking me to vacate the seat,\\nas such was the order of the speaker. I replied to him, that of course\\nI would do so, but, I added, as my neighbor on the left occupied his\\nseat by a right similar to my own, I felt it to be my privilege to en-\\nquire why I should be ousted while he was permitted to remain. On\\nthis the doorkeeper turned to M Johnson, who corroborated my state-\\nment, whereupon the two Johnsons, as we were called, were incon-\\ntinently bounced and relegated to the galleries.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "88 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nI never learned, nor did I care to know, whether I was removed\\nat the instance of the friends of M Johnson, or whether a M^ Guthrie,\\nwho had also been a candidate for delegate, had fired a shot at his\\nadversary, the Rev. Thomas. If the latter was the case, in firing he\\nhit two birds. I did not feel hurt by this event, but believe that the\\ndignity of the other Johnson was seriously touched, and himself\\nmortified.\\nI ought perhaps to mention the fact, that in our negotiations as to\\nthe dividing line between Kansas and Nebraska, a good deal of trouble\\nwas encountered, M Johnson and his Missouri friends being very\\nanxious that the Platte river should constitute the line, which obvi-\\nously would not suit the people of Iowa, especially as I believe it was\\na plan of the American Fur Company to colonize the Indians north\\nof the Platte river. As this plan did not meet with the approbation\\nof my friends or myself, I firmly resolved that this line should not be\\nadopted. Judge Douglas was kind enough to leave that question to\\nme, and I offered to M^ Johnson the choice of two lines, first, the\\npresent line, or second, an imaginary line traversing that divide be-\\ntween the Platte and the Kaw. After considerable parleying and\\nM Johnson not being willing to accept either line, I finally offered\\nthe two alternatives the fortieth degree of north latitude, or the de-\\nfeat of the whole bill, for that session at least. After consulting with\\nhis friends, I presume, M^ Johnson very reluctantly consented to the\\nfortieth degree as the dividing line between the two territories, where-\\nupon Judge Douglas prepared and introduced the substitute in a re-\\nport as chairman of the committee on territories, and immediately,\\nprobably the hardest war of words known in American history com-\\nmenced.\\nHIGHWAY TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.\\nIn the Senate of the United States, December 16, 1850.\\nAgreeably to notice, Mr. BENTON asked leave to bring in a bill\\nfor the location and construction of a great central national highway\\nfrom St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Bay of San Francisco, on\\nthe Pacific ocean; and said that, not being of the committee to which\\nthe consideration of the bill might be referred, he took occasion to ex-\\nplain its leading features before it was referred, so that its object", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TEERITORY. 89\\nmight the better be understood in the committee. It conforms, he\\nsaid, to all the ideas of a national highway.\\nFirst centrality. I deem this a cardinal idea in every conception of\\na national road; and my bill conforms to it. It is central under all\\naspects. It is to begin and to end between the parallels 38\u00c2\u00b0 and 39\u00c2\u00b0\\nof north latitude, and, with slight deflections, to follow these latitudes\\nfrom the Mississippi to the Pacific. These are the middle latitudes\\nof the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They cover\\nthe central parts of the Atlantic States, the centre of the valley of the\\nMississippi, cut the centre of all the territory west of the Mississippi,\\nand strike the Pacific coast both at the central point of our posses-\\nsions, and that of the whole North American coast. Beginning and\\nending between these latitudes, and following, with little variation,\\nthe route which the bill proposes fulfills with rigorous exactitude the\\nessential condition to every national highway that of centrality.\\nSecondly. It is to be national in its form and use, consisting not\\nof a single road adapted to a single kind of transportation, but of a\\nsystem of roads adapted to all kinds of traveling, and of all kinds of\\ncarrying, free from monopoly and private interests, and free from\\ntolls. It proposes a railroad and a common road, to be begun at\\nonce, and the common road finished next summer; with such other\\nroads, either macadamized, plank, or additional tracks of railroad;\\nand a margin for lines of magnetic telegraphs, all running parallel to\\neach other, and at sufficient distances apart to avoid interference, and\\nyet near enough together to admit of easy transition from one to the\\nother. This fulfills another requisite of nationality; for a nation\\nmust contain people of all conditions, rich and poor; and of all tastes\\nand tempers, and addicted to all the modes of traveling. Some, to\\nwhom time is everything and money nothing, and who demand rapid-\\nity, without regard to cost. Others, to whom money is an object,\\nand time a subordinate consideration, and who want a cheap convey-\\nance, no matter how slow. Others, again, who may choose to carry\\nthemselves, going on a horse, or in a vehicle, or on foot. All these\\nwill be accommodated, and without crowding or jostling; a mile wide\\nfor the whole, and an ample track for each, gives room for all.\\nThirdly. Accommodation to the different parts of a nation is an-\\nother requisite of nationality. This projected highway fulfills that\\ncondition. It accommodates all the populations west of the Missis-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "90 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nsippi. Its straight line would accommodate California and Utah, and\\nthe Territories hereafter to be formed on the Kansas and Arkansas.\\nA short branch at or near Bent s Fort would lead to Santa Fe; an-\\nother branch would lead to the Mormon settlements on the Great Salt\\nLake, if the main way does not pass it; and a branch, still lower\\ndown in the Great Basin, would lead to Oregon. Thus, a straight\\nline, and two or three branches, will accommodate all our populations\\nwest of the Mississippi California, Oregon, New Mexico, and\\nUtah and also the valuable Territories which may soon be formed\\non the Kansas and Arkansas.\\nFourthly. Nationality requires the work to be done by the Na-\\ntional Government, and owned by it when it is done: and so the bill\\nprovides. The construction and the jurisdiction of the highway are\\nboth to be in the hands of the General Government; and these are\\nthe hands in which every public and national consideration would re-\\nquire them to be. The means are to come from the public resources;\\nand, what amounts to a particular propriety in this case, they are to\\ncome from the places where the roads are to go; they are to come\\nfrom beyond the Mississippi from beyond the frontier of Missouri\\nso as to leave untouched all the present sources of revenue, now\\nneeded for the payment of the principal and interest of the new na-\\ntional debt. The means proposed in my bill are: 1. A strip of land\\nfrom the frontiers of Missouri to the Bay of San Francisco, one hun-\\ndred miles wide and sixteen hundred long, for the main highway.\\n2. A strip fifty miles wide and about two hundred long, from a point\\non the main road, on the upper Arkansas, to Santa Fe, for the New\\nMexican branch. 3. A strip fifty miles wide and about five hundred\\nlong from some point on the main highway in the great basin to the\\nmouth of the Columbia, for the Oregon branch. 4. The income\\nfrom the customs and the sales of the public lands in California, Ore-\\ngon, New Mexico, and Utah, over and above the expenditures in\\nthose places. 5. Loans in anticipation of these resources, founded\\nupon their hypothecation.\\nIn these strips, a breadth of one mile wide is to be reserved for the\\nmain, leading highway in the reservation of one hundred miles wide;\\nand one thousand feet each is to be reserved for the branch roads in\\nthe reservations of fifty miles wide.\\nThese are the resources for constructing this great national highway", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 91\\nall of them national all tq be derived from the new countries to\\nwhich the highways are to go and amply sufficient in my opinion\\nfor the speedy accomplishment of the work. The lands set apart in\\nthe three slips will be about one hundred and fifty millions of acres,\\nor the one tenth part of the public lands belonging to the Federal\\nGovernment; in which, after deducting for the tracts of the highways,\\nand for donations to first settlers, and for private claims, and gold\\nmines, and for that which may be unfit for sale, it is probable that one\\nthird, or fifty millions of acres, may be made available at the present\\nminimum price for constructing the roads. That would be about\\nsixty millions of dollars. The income from the customs would be\\nconsiderable and immediate. San Francisco alone would probably\\nyield $2,000,000 the ensuing fiscal year; and increase forever. The\\npublic lands to be sold in California and the three Territories, after\\nall deductions for liberal donations to first settlers, will still be large,\\namounting in a few years to some millions of dollars per annum. The\\nproceeds of the whole the reserved slips, the custom-house revenue,\\nand the income from the land sales will soon be eight or ten millions\\nper annum; which, with loans in anticipation of these avails, will\\nyield enough to have the system of roads commenced at all points\\nboth ends and the middle, and all along at the same time; and with\\nmen enough at work upon every flection to finish the whole in as short\\na time as any one section of it could be finished.\\nThese are the leading features of the bill, every one fulfilling the\\ncondition of nationality, and preserving to this highway the exalted,\\nbeneficent, and disinterested character of a public work. No tolls, or\\nlocal jurisdictions, or private interests to debase or injure it; none such\\nshould ever be allowed to degrade the character, impede the use, or\\ndiminish the utility of such a work.\\nPracticability, and upon the parallels indicated, is the only ques-\\ntion and that the concurrent voice of experienced men enables me to\\nanswer. The men of the mountains the men who have spent their\\nfifteen, twenty, or thirty years in the region of the Rocky Mountains,\\nand in the regions beyond they answer the question, and say that\\nthe loaded wagon can now go upon that route, with a little assistance\\nat a few points some axes and pickaxes to remove some obstruc-\\ntions. These men say there is a way for a straight road across the\\ncontinent; and they can show it, and mark it out, and that about as", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "92 THE PEOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nfast as a horse can trot. There is an idea become current of late a\\nnew-born idea that none but a man of science, bred in a school, can\\nlay off a road. That is a mistake. There is a class of topographical\\nengineers older than the schools, and more unerring than the mathe-\\nmatics. They are the wild animals buffalo, elk, deer, antelope,\\nbears, which traverse the forest, not by compass, but by an instinct\\nwhich leads them always the right way to the lowest passes in the\\nmountains, the shallowest fords in the rivers, the richest pastures in\\nthe forests, the best salt springs, and the shortest practicable lines be-\\ntween remote points. They travel thousands of miles, have their\\nannual migrations backwards and forwards, and never miss the best\\nand shortest route. These are the first engineers to lay out a road in\\na new country; the Indians follow them, and hence a buffalo road\\nbecomes a war-path. The first white hunters follow the same trails\\nin pursuing their game; and after that the buffalo road becomes the\\nwagon road of the white man, and finally the macadamized or railroad\\nof the scientific man. It all resolves itself into the same thing into\\nthe same buffalo road; and thence the buffalo becomes the first and\\nsafest engineer. Thus it has been here, in the countries which we\\ninhabit, and the history of which is so familiar. The present na-\\ntional road from Cumberland over the Alleghanies was the military\\nroad of General Braddock, which had been the buffalo path of the\\nwild animals. So of the two roads from Western Virginia to Ken-\\ntucky one through the gap in the Cumberland Mountains, the other\\ndown the valley of the Keuhawa. They were both the war-path of\\nthe Indians and the traveling route of the buffalo, and their first white\\nacquaintances the early hunters. Buffaloes made them in going from\\nthe salt springs on the Holston to the rich pastures and salt springs of\\nKentucky; Indians followed them first, white hunters afterwards\\nand that is the way Kentucky was discovered. In more than an\\nhundred years no nearer or better routes have been found and science\\nnow makes her improved roads exactly where the buffalo s foot first\\nmarked the way, and the hunter s foot afterwards followed him. So\\nall over Kentucky and the West and so in the Rocky Mountains.\\nThe famous South Pass was no scientific discovery. Some people\\nthink Fremont discovered it. It had been discovered forty years be-\\nfore long before he was born. He only described it, and confirmed\\nwhat the hunters and traders had reported, and what they showed\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 93\\nhim. It was discovered or rather first seen by white people in\\n1808, two years after the return of Lewis and Clark, and by the first\\ncompauy of hunters and traders that went out after their report laid\\nopen the prospect of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountains.\\nAn enterprising Spaniard of St. Louis, Manuel Lisa, sent out the\\nparty; an acquaintance, and old friend of the Senator from Wiscon-\\nsin, who sits on my left, [General Henry Dodge,] led the party his\\nname Andrew Henry. He was the first white man that saw that\\npass; and he found it in the prosecution of his business, that of a\\nhunter and trader, and by following the game, and the road which\\nthey had made. And that is the way all passes are found. But\\nthese traders do not write books and make maps, but they enable\\nother people to do it. There are plenty of these men in the Great\\nWest at present men who know every pass in the mountains, every\\nford in the rivers, every spot fit for cultivation, and the best and\\nshortest way from any one point to another who know every buffalo\\nroad and every Indian war trail, between the Mississippi and the Pa-\\ncific ocean and these men can go and mark out a road from the fron-\\ntier of Missouri to the bay of San Francisco, as fast as a horse can trot.\\nAnd they can cut out a common road, passable for wagons and car-\\nriages, with the aid of some axemen and some pickaxes, in the course\\nof next summer, and upon the parallels which I have mentioned, with\\noccasional slight deflections. There is a good route for the system of\\nroads which should constitute the national central liigliway from the\\nMississippi to the Bay of San Francisco a good way and central a\\nbetter way than any one not central that can be found in the United\\nStates. It is up the main branch of the Kansas, along the Upper\\nArkansas, along the Huerfano river, the Utah Pass, out at the head of\\nthe Del Norte, through Roubidoux s Pass, and thence across the valley\\nof the Upper Colorado, and through the Great Basin, crossing the\\nSierra Nevada near its middle, or turning it on the south; the whole\\nway nearly free from obstructions, a great part of it fertile, with wood\\nand water fit for inhabitation, arid brushing the present settlements of\\nNew Mexico and Utah. I have the map, and the description of the\\ncountry, but cannot use it because the author is not here. I know\\nwhat I say, and stake myself upon it. It will cross the Rocky\\nMountains between three and four degrees south of the South Pass,\\n(now a misnomer, so called at the time because it was south of Lewis fe", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "94 THE PEOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nClark s route,) and can be traveled earlier in the Spring, and later in\\nthe Fall, on account of grass, and easier all the Winter. This route,\\nbesides fulfilling all the requisites of a national highway, fulfills an-\\nother condition of high and national treaty obligation. It traverses\\nthe ground which the protection and defence of the country requires\\nto be occupied to be garrisoned that country which lies about the\\nheads of the Arkansas and Del Norte the hunting ground and war\\nground of the Utahs, Arapahoes, Navahoes, and other tribes which\\nmake war upon New Mexico and upon us. We are bouud by treaty\\nstipulations to protect Mexico against these Indians, and are bound\\nby duty to protect our own people against them. A line of military\\nposts is necessary through their country to give that protection and\\nthis bill provides for it as a part of the road system, and also provides\\nfor the settlements which are to support the posts.\\nI have demonstrated the nationality of this work its practicabil-\\nity and the means in our hands for making it; I do not expatiate\\nupon its importance. When finished it will be the American road to\\nAsia, and will turn the Asiatic commerce of Europe through the\\nheart of our America. It will make us the mistress of that trade rich\\nat home and powerful abroad and reviving a line of oriental and\\nalmost fabulous cities to stretch across our continent Tyres, Sidoos,\\nPalmyras, Balbecs. Do we need any stimulus for the undertaking?\\nAny other nation, upon half a pretext, would go to war for the right\\nof making it, and tax unborn generations for its completion. We\\nhave it without war, without tax, without treaty with any power\\nand when we make it all nations must travel it with our permis-\\nsion and behave themselves to receive permission. Besides riches\\nand power, it will give us a hold upon the good behavior of nations\\nby the possession which it will give us of the short, safe, and cheap\\nroad to India.\\nThe work is great, but nothing compared to our means, and to the\\nmagnitude of the object, or to what was done by the Incas of Peru\\nbefore the New World was discovered. Their two roads from Quito\\nto Cuzco (to say nothing of many shorter ones) were each nearly as\\nlong, both over more difficult ground, equal in amount of labor re-\\nquired, and more commodious than the proposed system of roads from\\nthe Mississippi to the Pacific ocean. One of our classic historians\\n(Prescott) thus describes them", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TERRITORY. 95\\nThere were many of these roads traversing different parts of the\\nkingdom; but the most considerable were the two which extended\\nfrom Quito to Cuzco, and, again diverging from the capital, continued\\nin a southern direction towards Cliili. One of these roads passed over\\nthe grand plateau, and the other along the lowlands on the borders of\\nthe ocean. The former was much the most difficult achievement,\\nfrom the character of the country. It was conducted over pathless\\nsierras buried in snow; galleries were cut for leagues through the\\nliving rock; rivers were crossed by means of bridges that swung sus-\\npended in the air; precipices were scaled by stair- ways hewn out of\\nthe native bed; ravines of hideous depth were filled up with solid\\nmasonry; in short, all the difficulties that beset a wild and mountain-\\nous region, and which might appal the most courageous engineers of\\nmodern times, were encountered and successfully overcome. The\\nlength of the road, of which scattered fragments only remain, is vari-\\nously estimated, from fifteen hundred to two thousand miles; and\\nsome pillars, in the manner of European milestones, were erected at\\nstated intervals of somewhat more than a league, all along the route.\\nIts breadth scarcely exceeded twenty feet. It was built of heavy flags\\nof freestone, and, in some parts at least, covered with a bituminous\\ncement, which time has made harder than the stone itself. In some\\nplaces where the ravines had been filled up with masonry, the moun-\\ntain torrents, wearing it for ages, have gradually eaten a way through\\nthe base, and left the superincumbent mass such is the cohesion of\\nthe materials still spanning the valley like an arch. Over some of\\nthe boldest streams it was necessary to construct suspension bridges,\\nas they are termed, made of the tough fibers of the maguey, or of the\\nosier of the country, which has an extraordinary degree of tenacity\\nand strength. These osiers were woven into cables of the thickness of\\na man s body. The huge ropes, then stretched across the water, were\\nconducted through rings or holes cut in immense buttresses of stone\\nraised on the opposite banks of the river, and there secured to heavy\\npieces of timber. Several of these enormous cables, bound together,\\nformed a bridge, which, covered with planks, well secured and de-\\nfended by a railing of the same osier materials on the sides, afforded a\\nsafe passage for the traveler.\\nThe other road of the Incas lay through the level country between\\nthe Andes and the ocean. It was constructed in a different manner,", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "96 THE PEOVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nas demanded by the nature of the ground, which was for the most\\npart low, and much of it sandy. The causeway was raised on a high\\nembankment of earth, and defended on either side by a parapet, or\\nwall of clay and trees and odoriferous shrubs were planted along the\\nmargin, regaling the sense of the traveler with their perfumes, and\\nrefreshing him by their shades, so grateful under the burning sky of\\nthe tropics. All along these highways, caravansaries were erected at\\nthe distance of ten or twelve miles for the accommodation of travelers,\\nmilitarily constructed for security, and supplied with water brought in\\naqueducts when not found at the place. Couriers, in relieves, and\\nrunning swiftly, carried dispatches the whole extent of these long\\nroutes at the rate of one hundred and fifty miles a day and, besides\\ndispatches, often carried fish from the distant ocean, and fruits and\\ngame from the hot regions on the coast, to be served up fresh at the\\nInca s table in the imperial capitals.\\nThe Baron Humboldt, the Nestor of Scientific Travelers thus\\nspeaks of the remains of the same roads from his own personal ob-\\nservation\\nAs we were leading our heavily-laden mules with great difficulty\\nthrough the marshy ground on the elevated plain del Pullal, our eyes\\nmeanwhile were continually dwelling on the grand remains of the\\nInca s road, which, with a breadth of twenty-one English feet, was\\nthere remaining by our side. It had a deep understructure, and was\\npaved with well cut blocks of blackish trap-porphyry. Nothing that\\nI had seen of the remains of Roman roads in Italy, in the South of\\nFrance, and in Spain, was more imposing than those works of the\\nancient Peruvians, which are situated, according to my barometric\\nmeasurements, 13,258 English feet above the level of the sea or\\nmore than a thousand feet higher than the summit of the Peak of\\nTeneriffe. There are two great artificial paved roads, or systems of\\nroads, covered with flat stones, or sometimes even with cemented\\ngravel; one passes through the wide and arid plain, between the Pa-\\ncific ocean and the chain of the Andes, and the other over the ridges\\nof the Cordilleras. Milestones, or stones marking the distances, are\\noften placed at equal intervals. The road was conducted across rivers\\nand deep ravines by three kinds of bridges stone, wood, and rope\\nbridges; and there were also aqueducts for bringing water to the rest-\\ning places (caravansaries) and to the fortresses. Both systems of roads", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "OF NEBEASKA TEERITORY. 97\\nwere directed to the central point, Cuzco, the seat of government of\\nthe great empire, in 13\u00c2\u00b0 31 south latitude, and which is placed, ac-\\ncording to Pentland s map of Bolivia, 13,378 English feet above the\\nlevel of the sea. The two important capitals of the empire, Cuzco and\\nQuito, thus connected by two different systems of roads, are 1,000\\nEnglish geographical miles apart, in a straight line (S. S. E. N. N.\\nW.) without reckoning the many windings of the way; and, includ-\\ning the windings, the distance is estimated by Garcilasso de la Vega\\nand other conquistadores at 500 leagues.\\nSuch were the roads constructed on our own continent before the\\ndiscovery of the New World, and by a people whom we consider un-\\ncivilized, and who certainly had but few of the helps of civilization\\nno knowledge of iron no mechanical powers no beast of burden\\nbut a sort of sheep the lama too light for the draught, and too\\nweak for the burden only carrying an hundred pounds ten miles in a\\nday; and yet a people who constructed two such roads, each near about\\nas long as from the Missouri to the Pacific one at a mountainous\\nelevation only about a thousand feet lower than the summit of Mont\\nBlanc, and the other in the arid sands of the lowlands, under a tropi-\\ncal heat, and both in a direction to cross successive mountains or riv-\\ners, and both executed in a style of accommodation that we do not\\npretend to rival military protection, safe lodging, water, shade,\\nbaths, the perfume of odoriferous shrubs! and mails, messages, and\\nsmall burdens transported upon them at the rate of one hundred and\\nfifty miles a day, without horses and without steam, by men running\\non foot alone. After seeing such a system of roads on our own conti-\\nnent, devised and established by such a people, what is there to pre-\\nvent us, the vanguard of the Anglo-Saxon race, and the descendants\\nof the elite of Europe, to open the system of roads which my bill pro-\\nposes a common road, on which the mail stage is to run one hun-\\ndred miles in twenty-four hours, and a letter horse mail two hundred\\nmiles in the same time a railway on which the cars are to fly, like\\nthe express trains in England, forty-two miles to the hour an elec-\\ntric line along which, and across the continent, people are to commu-\\nnicate as they would hold converse across a room\\nMr. President, if there ever was a time when nationality and cen-\\ntrality should pre-eminently govern the action of Congress in great\\n8", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "98 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT\\nmeasures, this is that time and the system of roads I propose is one\\nof those measures.\\nI now ask leave to bring in the bill.\\nLeave was granted, aud the bill was read.\\nA BILL to provide for the location and construction of a central na-\\ntional highway from the Mississippi river, at St. Louis, to the\\nBay of San Francisco, on the Pacific ocean.\\nBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the\\nUnited States of Amet loa in Congress assembled,\\nThat a district of territory one hundred miles wide, and extending\\nfrom the western frontier of Missouri to the Pacific ocean, and corre-\\nsponding as nearly as may be to the central latitudes of the United\\nStates, together with the revenue from lands and customs in Cali-\\nfornia, Oregon, New Mexico, and Utah, so far as not required for ex-\\npenditures therein, shall be set apart and reserved for opening com-\\nmunications with California, Oregon, New Mexico, and Utah, by\\nmeans of a central national highway from St. Louis to the Bay of San\\nFrancisco, to connect with ocean navigation in that bay; with a\\nbranch of said highway to Santa Fe, in New Mexico; and a branch\\nto the tide-water region of the Columbia river, so as to connect with,\\nocean navigation at that point; and also a branch to the city of the\\nGreat Salt Lake, if said central highway should not in its proper\\ncourse pass that city and a breadth of fifty miles shall be set apart\\nand reserved for the location and construction of said branch roads\\nrespectively.\\nSec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said central national\\nhighway shall consist of a system of parallel roads adapted to differ-\\nent modes of travel and transportation, and a margin for lines of\\nelectro-telegraphic wires, whereof one common road and one iron rail-\\nroad shall be immediately opened and constructed; and such other\\nroads shall be hereafter opened and constructed as Congress from\\ntime to time may authorize; and in order that the said national cen-\\ntral highway may be constructed on a scale commensurate to its im-\\nportance, and adapted to the wants of present and future time, and\\nin order to allow convenient space for all the parallel lines of road\\nwhich commerce and travel may require thereon, a breadth of one\\nmile shall be allowed through the reserve of one hundred miles and\\nthe said branch roads shall equally consist of a common road and a\\nrailway, and such other roads as Congress may from time to time au-\\nthorize and direct, with a margin for a line of electro-telegraph wires,\\nand a breadth of one thousand feet shall be allowed through the re-\\nserve of fifty miles for such branch roads each, respectively and each\\ntrack for a road shall be entitled to a space of one hundred feet wide,\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "OF NEBRASKA TEHRITORY. 99\\nand when finished the said iron railway, or ways, shall never be sub-\\nject to any toll or tax beyond that which may be necessary to provide\\nrepairs; and the said common roads shall be forever free from any toll\\nor tax, and shall be kept in traveling order by the care and expense\\nof the Federal Government.\\nSec. 3. Arid be it /mother enacted, That the President be author-\\nized and I equested to cause all the authentic information in possession\\nof the Government, or in its power to procure, necessary to show the\\npracticability of a route for said central highway, to be collected and\\ndigested into brief memoirs, illustrated by topographical and profile\\nmaps, to be laid before Congress as soon as possible; also, that he be\\nauthorized and requested to cause further surveys aud examinations\\nto be made, and the results to be laid before Congress as soon as pos-\\nsible; aud for that purpose to employ as many citizen civil engineers\\nas may be necessary.\\nSec. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon as Congress shall\\nfix upon the routes of said central highway and branches, the Presi-\\ndent shall be and hereby is authorized and requested to cause the In-\\ndian title to be extinguished upon a breadth of one hundred miles, to\\ncover the route of said central highway; and also to extinguish the\\nIndian title upon suitable breadths of fifty miles each, covering the\\nsaid branch roads and the location and construction of the central\\nhighway shall immediately be commenced, both for the common road\\nand the railway, and with a force calculated to finish the common\\nroad in one year, so as to be passable for wagons and carriages, and\\nthe railway in ten years.\\nSec. 6. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the said common\\nroad is finished, the same shall be a post road, and a daily mail car-\\nried thereon in wagons, or coaches, or sleighs, when necessary, at the\\nrate of at least one hundred miles in twenty-four hours; and a daily\\nhorse mail for light letters and printed slips, at the rate of at least\\ntwo hundred miles in twenty-four hours.\\nSec. 6. And be it further enacted, That as soon as said railway, or\\nany sufficient part thereof, shall be completed and fit for use, the use\\nthereof shall be granted, for a limited time, to such individuals or\\ncompanies as shall, by contract with the Government, agree to trans-\\nport persons, mails, munitions of war, and freight of all kinds, pub-\\nlic and private, in vehicles furnished by themselves, over the same, at\\nsuch reasonable rates as shall be agreed upon Provided, That if other\\nroads shall hereafter be constructed on the ground reserved for roads\\nby this act, the same company or persons shall not be allowed to have\\nthe contract for transportation, or any interest in more than one road\\nat the same time.\\nSec. 7. And be it further enacted. That military stations shall be\\nestablished on the line of the central highway and its branches, at\\nsuch places as the President shall direct.\\nLorc.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "100 THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.\\nSec. 8. And be it further enacted, That donations of land, to the\\nextent of one hundred and sixty acres, shall be made to each head of\\na family, widow, or single man over eighteen years of age, who shall\\nbe settled on the line of said central highway and branches, and\\nwithin the bounds of the extinguished Indian claim, within twelve\\nmonths after the time of such extinction of title; and pre-emption\\nrights, to the same extent, shall be allowed to all similar settlers after\\ntwelve months; and the residue of said reserved districts, except gold\\nmines and placers, and private claims, or donations or pre-emption\\nrights, shall be sold, and the proceeds applied to the construction of\\nthe roads.\\nSec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred\\nthousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-\\npropriated, shall be and the same hereby is appropriated, and placed\\nat the disposition of the President, to defray the expenses of carrying\\ninto effect the tiiird and fourth sections of this act, for the collection\\nand preparation of information and the extinction of Indian titles\\nnecessary to the selection and location of the route for said central na-\\ntional highway and branches.\\nSec. 10. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be law-\\nful for the President of the United States to contract with the Mis-\\nsissippi and Pacific railroad Company for their interest in so much\\nof said road as shall be within the State of Missouri, and to purchase\\nthe same at a price not exceeding their actual expenditures, the said\\npurchase to be subject to the ratification of Congress.\\nThe bill was read a first and second time by its title, and referred\\nto the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed.\\n[From the Congressional Globe, 2d Session, Slst Congress, 1851,\\npage 56.]\\nI\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "A BEIEF SKETCH\\nOF\\nABELARD GUTHRIE,\\nTHE FHIST DELEGATE TO CONaHESS FROM NE-\\nBRASKA TERRITORY.\\nI.\\nAbelard Guthrie was born five miles north of Dayton,\\nMontgomery County, Ohio, March 9, 1814. He was of\\nScotch-Irish extraction, and was possessed of all the persist-\\nency and tenacity of purpose of that hardy people. His\\nparents were born in Pennsylvania, and were among the\\nearly emigrants to Ohio. They were closely related to the\\nprogenitors of the present Todd (or Tod) family of Ohio and\\nKentucky.\\nThe following genealogical information concerning Mr.\\nGuthrie s family was kindly furnished me by my friend, J.\\nV. Andrews, Esq., the wealthy banker, of Kansas City,\\nKansas. It is taken principally from Pennsylvania Gen-\\nealogies, chiefly of the Scotch-Irish, and German, by\\nWilliam Henry Egle, M. D., M. A.; Harrisburg, Pa., 1896.\\nJohn Andrews came from Londonderry, North Ireland,\\nto Pennsylvania, in 1737. He located on the Manada, Han-\\nover Township, Lancaster County. His name appears on\\nthe first Assessment, for the East End of Hanover. He\\nmarried Miss Jane Strain of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.\\nAmong his children were Hugh, Robert, John, and James.\\nJohn was a physician he had charge of the Philadelphia\\nHospital died unmarried.\\n(101)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "102 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nCaptain Hugh Andrews was born August 31, 1764. He\\nmarried Ann Speer, wiio was born October 2, 1764, and died\\nJune 25, 1797. Their children were four in number 1.\\nIsabella; 2. James; 3. John; 4. Margaret.\\nCaptain Hugh Andrews was married a second time, to\\nMiss Elizabeth Ains worth, who was born August 31, 1780.\\nThey were married September 10, 1799, and moved to Day-\\nton, Ohio, where he bought property. He bought, also, two\\nthousand acres of land on Mad Kiver, five miles north of\\nDayton. He improved this tract of land and built a house\\non it in which he lived, and where he died May 17, 1811.\\nElizabeth Ainsworth was the daughter of John Ainsworth,\\nand the granddaughter of Samuel Ainsworth all born in\\nLancaster County, Pennsylvania. The children of Hugh\\nand Elizabeth (Ainsworth) Andrews were: 1. Nancy Speer,\\nwho married David Shaw; 2. Samuel Ainsworth, who mar-\\nried Miss Margaret Ramsey 3. James, who married Mary\\nCornelia Van Cleve; 4. Eliza, who married Alexander\\nStephens; 5. Hugh, who married Phoebe Cook.\\nJames Andrews and Mary Cornelia (Van Cleve) Andrews\\nhad eleven children, six of whom grew to manhood and\\nwomanhood, among whom were John Van Cleve Andrews\\nof Kansas City, Kansas, the banker above mentioned, and\\nwho married Miss Mary E. Hill of Lincoln, Nebraska. He\\nlived ten years in Pueblo, Colorado four years in Topeka,\\nKansas; then moved to Kansas City, Kansas.\\nMrs. Elizabeth (Ainsworth) Andrews married James\\nGuthrie, April 22, 1813.\\nJames Guthrie was born in Lancaster County, Pennsyl-\\nvania, August 19, 1784. His ancestors were Scotch-Irish\\nPresbyterians who came early to Pennsylvania from the\\nNorth of Ireland. He came to Ohio in 1809, and engaged\\nin teaching school in and about Dayton. He was an ener-\\ngetic man of somewhat eccentric character, but held in high", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 103\\nesteem for his industry, public spirit, and genuine worth.\\nHis wife Elizabeth (Aiusworth) died September 1, 1850.\\nHe was married a second time this second marriage caused\\nhim and his children much trouble. He died August 3,\\n1860. He and his first wife are buried in Woodland Ceme-\\ntery, Dayton, Ohio, with other kindred.\\nThe children of James Guthrie and his wife Elizabeth\\n(Ainsworth) were: 1. Abelard, born March 9, 1814; 2.\\nEloisa, born June 19, 1817; married Jacob Light; 3. Mar-\\ngaret, born May 19, 1819; married Isaac Strohm.\\nAbelard Guthrie was married early in the year 1844, in\\nwhat is now Kansas City, Kansas, to Miss Quindaro Nancy\\nBrown, a Wyandot-Shawnee girl, of the Big Turtle Clan of\\nthe Wyandot Tribe and the Turtle Clan of the Shawnee\\nTribe. Miss Brown was born in Canada West, and was the\\ndaughter of Adam Brown, who was the son of Chief Adam\\nBrown, who bought Governor Walker s father from the\\nDelawares. Miss Brown s mother was a Shawnee. Mrs.\\nGuthrie was, at the time of her marriage, said to be the\\nmost beautiful girl in the Wyandot Nation. She was tall\\nand of faultless form. Intellectually she was a superior\\nwoman. She was a faithful wife, a devoted, Christian\\nmother. She died at her home on Russell s Creek in the\\nCherokee Country, Indian Territory, April 13, 1886, and\\nis buried in the cemetery at Chetopa, Kansas.\\nFour of the children of Abelard Guthrie and his wife\\nQuindaro Nancy (Brown) lived to maturity, two sons and\\ntwo daughters: 1. James; married Grace they\\nhave four children 1. Lucy; 2. Percy; 3. Hugh; 4. Ray;\\nLucy is Matron of the Government School at Wyandotte,\\nIndian Territory.\\n2. Abalura; married Charles Graves; died, leaving one\\nson, Clarence Graves.\\n3. Norsona; married Edward S. Lane, brother of Hon.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "104 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nV. J. Lane, the veteran editor of the Herald, of Kansas\\nCity, Kansas. They have two sons; 1. Marsh; 2. Vernon.\\n4. Jacob married Dora they have two children\\n1. Wade Abelard 2. Robert.\\nWhen Abelard Guthrie married Miss Brown he was\\nadopted into the Bear Clan of the Wyandots, and given the\\nname Tah-keh -yoh-shrah -tseh, which means the twin brain,\\nor the man with two brains. The name was given to denote\\nhis recognized ability. He was supposed, by the Indian\\nsystem of name-giving in this particular instance, to possess,\\nafter his adoption, the brain of the white man and the brain\\nof the Bear {i. e., the Indian).\\nHe died suddenly in Washington City, of heart failure,\\nJanuary 13, 1873. He was there at the time urging upon\\nCongress the justice of some long neglected claims of the\\nWyandots and himself, and the Shawnee claim of his wife\\nand family.\\nII.\\nAbelard Guthrie was not a large man. In his Journal,\\nFebruary 28, 1862, he gives his height as five feet, nine and\\nthree-fourths inches, and his weight as one hundred and\\nfifty-seven pounds. His eyes were blue, his complexion\\nfair, his hair auburn. His features of face were rugged and\\nstrong; mouth large, mobile, firm. Until the very last\\nyears of his life he wore bis hair like the Indians formerly\\nwore theirs long, and falling over his shoulders. He was\\na man of strong religious nature and convictions. All\\nthrough his Journals he speaks of his faith and his trust in\\nGod. He even writes some of his prayers. Had it not been\\nfor his strong belief in the justice of the overruling provi-\\ndence of God, he says often in his Journals, he could not\\nhave survived many of his trials and troubles.\\nIn his writings little is revealed concerning his early life.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 105\\nHe speaks of having attended school. He was a man of wide\\nexperience and extensive information. His mind was rugged\\nand retentive. He was quick to decide and fearless to exe-\\ncute. He was daring, and perseverance was the strongest\\ntrait of his character. He was nervously restless and ener-\\ngetic. Compulsory inaction was to him what the cage is to\\nthe lion. He was honest, honorable, and direct in business\\ntransactions himself, so much so that he was credulous and\\nsomewhat lax in binding others to strict performance of their\\nstipulations. This trait caused him to trust unworthy and\\ndishonest men, and the result was financial ruin, and life cut\\nshort by disease superinduced by worry.\\nFor some years he was chief clerk in the office of John\\nJohnston, Esq., Agent at Piqua, Ohio, for all the Ohio In-\\ndians. In this capacity he had much business to transact\\nwith the Chiefs and principal men of the Wyandots and thus\\nbecame acquainted with them. He seems to have taken\\nmuch interest in the welfare of the Wyandots from the first,\\nand to have rendered them important service in the negotia-\\ntion of the treaty by which they ceded their Ohio lands to\\nthe Government.\\nIn the summer of 1842 President Tyler appointed Guthrie\\nRegister of the United States Land Office at Upper Sandusky.\\nHe took charge of the office and administered its affiiirs for\\na time. No action was had on his nomination until near the\\nclose of the year 1843, when it was rejected. His rejection\\nwas the result of the political conditions existing at the time,\\nand not of any charge of incompetency or unfitness to admin-\\nister the office. This was in the unsettled times caused by\\nthe death of President Harrison and the demoralization of\\nthe Whig party by the action of President Tyler. The Wy-\\nandots had already left Upper Sandusky when he was noti-\\nfied of his rejection by the Senate, they having departed in\\nthe previous July. His disappointment was keen, and he", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "106 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nwas so mortified for the moment that he determined to follow\\nthe Wjaudots West. He arrived at the mouth of the Kan-\\nsas River in January, 1844.\\nMany years afterward he made the following entry in his\\nJournal\\n13th February 1858\\nTo-day I have been overhauling a large number of old letters and\\npapers- How much I could say on the subject! These silent memen-\\ntoes of the past, how many reminiscences and associations do they call\\nup! and what a picture of the meanness, the treachery and the false-\\nhood of man do they present Not one of these correspondents now\\neven writes to me and how full are all these letters of the warmest\\nprofessions [of] friendship. And it is not the most agreeable circum-\\nstance that these friends were the most numerous and the most punc-\\ntual when any good fortune sprang up in the way. For instance\\nwhen I was appointed Register of the Land office at Upper Sandusky\\nby the President of the United States many old friends who had been\\noppressed with cares to such a degree that they had ceased to write\\nany but business letters, now found leisure to renew their correspond-\\nence with me; but after my rejection by the Sanate and my exit to the\\nludian Country, their cares and embarrassments again compelled them\\nto drop me until I was sent to Congress by the people of Nebraska,\\nwhen again I found the affections of my friends as fresh and strong as\\never, if not much improved by the few years of oblivion. This\\nmomentary gleam of prosperity however soon passed away and disease\\nand poverty compelled me to retire from the field of political strife\\nand my friends in their excess of delicacy were unwilling to obtrude\\nupon my solitude [and] entirely deserted me. Now for two or three\\nyears I have been struggling with disease and poverty and I have not\\nin that time rec d one letter from any of my former friends; but mis-\\nfortune may also have fallen upon them. And it would be another\\nstrange coincidence, should my present enterprise be successful, and\\nbe loUowed by a revival of old and withdrawn or latent friendships?\\nYet I doubt not most if not all of these young men were sincere in\\ntheir professions of friendship and could not foresee what effect ad-\\nversity would have upon the growth of this delicate plant. But I\\nbelieve I can conscientiously say before God that I never dropped or", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 107\\nneglected a friend on account of his misfortunes or want of success.\\nIn God I trust and he will sustain me only as I am just.\\nWhen Mr. Guthrie left Upper Sandusky he did not in-\\ntend to remain for any great length of time in the West.\\nHe expected to look over the great prairies and return to\\nOhio after a visit with his friends, the Wyandots. But\\nhow little does any man control his own destiny, or even\\nthe actions or events of a brief day of his existence! The\\nvast extent, the beauty, the fertility of the country west of\\nthe Mississippi River was a revelation to him. He was im-\\npressed with the immense possibilities of the virgin country,\\nthe extent of which he now only began to comprehend. His\\nastute mind grasped at once the possibility and to some de-\\ngree the extent of the development which the resources of\\nthis vast domain would reach in the quick-coming future.\\nLike all men of great mind, he was charmed with the\\nthought that he might become a factor in the transformation\\nwhich he foresaw.\\nHe had met Miss Brown in Ohio, and, it is said, desired\\nvery much to marry her before she came West, but this was\\nopposed by her father, who always bore a strong aversion\\nand dislike to Mr. Guthrie. There is little doubt that he\\nhoped to return with her as his bride to Ohio. In the early\\nsummer of 1844 Abelard Guthrie and Quindaro Nancy\\nBrown were married, in what is now Kansas City, Kansas.\\nThis was one of the first weddings, if not the very first, in\\nwhat is now Wyandotte County, Kansas.\\nin.\\nI cannot state positively that Abelard Guthrie was in the\\nMexican War, although there is every probability that he\\nwas. Many Wyandots went into the American Army in\\nthis war and fought well for their country. A man of", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "108 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nGuthrie s disposition could hardly resist the temptation to\\ngo into the army, under the circumstances then existing.\\nWhether he was a soldier or not, he was, in some way and\\nin some capacity, in Mexico in the year 1848. In a manu-\\nscript letter, now in my possession, from John Johnston,\\nEsq., Indian Agent at Piqua, Ohio, to Governor Walker,\\nMr. Johnston speaks of the death of his son in Mexico. He\\nsays he had the body brought home and buried by his wife.\\nMr. Guthrie may have performed this service for his old-\\ntime friend and employer. If so it is possible that the fol-\\nlowing Journal refers to this. It is to be regretted that the\\nJournal ends so abruptly. Why it was interrupted and not\\nresumed cannot now be ascertained\\nA FRAGxMENT OF ABELARD GUTHRIE S JOURNAL.\\nLeft Cincinnati Sunday morning at past 10 o clock the 20th\\nFeby 1848, for New Orleans on board the steamboat United States\\nCapt Caldwell and arrived at New Orleans on Monday morning the\\n28th February.\\nLeft New Orleans 10 o clock P. M. Sunday the 5th March 1848 on\\nboard the steam ship Edith and passed over the bar of the Balize at\\n11 o clock A. M. the 11th March.\\nLeft Vera Cruz at 8 o clock A. M. Wednesday 15th March under\\nescort of 350 infantry 80 horse and a train of 40 waggons, the escort\\nbeing under the command of Col. Williams of the Michigan Volun-\\nteers and encamped the first night about five miles from Vera Cruz\\nthe road lies over a succession of barren sand hills; the next 2 miles are\\nover or rather through a constant succession of hills of saudy earth\\ncovered with many varieties of acacia and cactus. The road through\\nthese hills is perfectly level but narrow and crooked and must either\\nhave been once the bed of a stream of water or excavated by im-\\nmense labor. In any part of this narrow defile twenty resolute wtll\\narmed men could have driven us back and no more secure hiding\\nplace for an ambuscade could be wished It would have been impos-\\nsible for our men to have fought with any effect in a pass so narrow\\nnor could they have pursued a foe through the chaperal so armed is", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "ABELAED GUTHRIE. 109\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acvery thing of the vegetable kind with thorns or spikes that no one\\ncan penetrate them without sharing to a certainty the fate of the man\\nwho picked up a briar bush and scratched out both his eyes The\\nnext mile is a rich black sandy soil and indeed all save the first 2\\nmiles is well suited to cultivation. This day the weather was cool\\nand pleasant. I wore woolen clothes and was neither too cold nor\\ntoo warm.\\n16th March. Resumed our march this morning at 6 o clock. After\\na march of about ten miles over a most beautiful prairie country of\\nrich yellow soil we halted at a spot where 54 Georgia volunteers 30\\nLouisiana volunteers attacked a band of guerrillas about two hund.\\nstrong and lost in killed 6 Georgians 1 Louisianian. The body of\\nthe latter was carried away and the others left on the field. It was\\nto collect and bury their bones that we here halted. While searching\\nfor the bones two shots were fired at us from a distant hill by guer-\\nrillas. One of those killed in this encounter was a waggoner. After\\nthe guerrillas were routed Col. Briscoe of the Louisiana volunteers\\nthe commander of the escort ordered a retreat directing the waggon-\\ners to take each a mule from his wagon and save himself, the mur-\\ndered man s mule became stubborn and his companions deserted him.\\nSo soon as the guerrillas saw the waggons and driver abandoned they\\nreturned and took possession of the abandoned property and killed\\nthe driver his body was not recovered. We found the bones of the\\nGeorgians and carried them to Cordova for interment. This night we\\nencamped on the west bank of the Solidad a beautiful little river\\nabout twenty miles from Vera Cruz at a ranch (farm) called San\\nDiego, owned by a guerrilla Chief named Zanobia; it was deserted\\nas indeed were all the ranches (farms) thus far. This day was warm\\nwith alternate cloud and sunshine, but the heat was not oppressive.\\nThe Solidad afforded the finest bathing which our men engaged in\\nwith a hearty good will. The attack above alluded to under Briscoe\\nwas on Saturday the 19th Feb. 1848.\\nI7th March. About a mile from last night s encampment we found\\nthe bones of a wagon master who had been killed by guerrillas about\\na month before when out upon a scouting party. He was drawn into\\nthe danger by mistaking the Mexicans for Americans nor did he dis-\\ncover the error until in the very midst of his foes. He was buried\\nthe next day by his companions but his body was torn from its grave", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "110 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nand the grave filled up. This day s march was about 1 5 miles over a\\nhilly prairie of rich black sandy soil but not tillable with the plow be-\\ncause of the great quantities of fragments of stone that lie upon it.\\nIn this day s march we saw the remains of ancient walls which in all\\nprobability once composed an immense city. Nothing now is to be\\nseen but the innumerable straight lines of stones composing squares of\\nall sizes and frequently so large as to have many partitions marking\\noff rooms of various sizes and forms. This night we encamped at a\\nranch called Palo Verda (green tree) where we had to carry water 1^\\nmiles and bad at that though we had not seen a drop since morning.\\nHere the beef contractor for the Army killed a cow and calf which I\\nwas told belonged to the old lady who kept the ranch but though she\\ndemanded pay for it I could not learn that she received anything.\\nThis was the more outrageous from the fact that we had been treated\\nwith great kindness by this woman and her family; she having given\\nus freely a barrel of excellent water which had been brought a distance\\nof two miles and kept in large earthen vessels until it was cold a\\nmost delicious treat after a whole day s thirst. I now learned that\\nour beef killer had contracted with our government to furnish beef to\\nthe army at nine cents a pound a good business certainly on the part\\nof the contractor for as he paid nothing for the beef and paid nothing\\nfor the services of the soldiers who were required to assist him in\\nbringing it into camp the profits were very handsome. These con-\\ntractors are attached to every division of the army whether in quarters\\nor station or on the march. And though I have heard of private\\nsoldiers being bucked and gagged for taking beef in the same way,\\nindeed I have heard of no instance of private soldiers killing animals\\nfor food but were punished for it. I cannot believe our government\\nhas sanctioned knowingly a contract for paying a man 9 cents a pound\\nfor stealing beef. In the morning the water keg of our kind hostess\\nwas missing and she sent a complaint to that effect to Col. Williams\\nbut as the train was then in motion he said he could not think of los-\\ning the time it would require to search all the wagons but had rather\\npay for the keg. But I am not aware that he did. This day was\\nwarm but for the most part cloudy and in the evening we had a slight\\nshower of rain though in the mountains we could see it pouring down\\nin cataracts and the constant flashes of lightning and peals of thunder\\nshowed that a violent storm was raging there. These mountains have", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. Ill\\nbeen in view for two days though we have been marching directly\\ntoward them.\\n18th March. This morning the sun rose from a dark cloud but for\\nhalf an hour before it was visable we could see its reflection on the\\nsnowy top of the Orizaba still about sixty miles distant. The other\\nmountains the Chickawuta seemed only about two or three miles off\\nyet they were really nearly twenty. This deception is produced by\\nthe extraordinary transparancy of the atmosphere To-day for many\\nmiles the road on either side as far as the eye could see were the re-\\nmains of stone habitations which must have been a sort of rural city\\nthe spaces between the ruins being sufficiently large for extensive gar-\\ndens. We saw a stone wall of excellent workmanship thrown across\\nthe bed of a dry stream, designed to form a reservoir for the purpose\\nof supplying the cattle and farmers with water during the dry season.\\nThe dam was broken down in one place no doubt with a view of de-\\npriving the Americans of water in this dry region. The labor ex-\\npended on this wall would doubtless have been sufficient to have made\\nhalf a dozen wells and certainly the water would have been much bet-\\nter yet there is not a single well of water between Vera Cruz and\\nCordova save the miserable apology for one five miles from the former\\nplace.\\nIV.\\nAbelard Guthrie was an Argonaut a pioneer in Cali-\\nfornia. So restless a spirit could not behold thousands of\\ngold hunters sweep by his very door without himself con-\\ntracting the feverish desire to be a partaker in their adven-\\ntures, their dangers and in the golden harvest. It is sup-\\nposed a hundred thousand men crossed the plains in 1849\\nand 1850. A great number of these started from Westport,\\nMo., and many from Fort Leavenworth.\\nA number of Wyandots organized themselves into a min-\\ning company early in 1850. Their purpose was to dig gold\\nfrom the mines and wash it from the beds of streams in\\nCalifornia. For the names of these Wyandots see Governor\\nWalker s Journal, luider date May 15, 1850. On that date", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "112 A BEIEF SKETCH OF\\nthe party set out upon the long and painful journey to the\\ngold fields beyond the Sierras. They were six months\\non the road across the boundless prairies, the frightful moun-\\ntains of barren rock, the parched and dreary wastes of\\nburning sands. They worked along the Feather E-iver, and\\nRussell Garrett says they found an abundance of gold.\\nWe are not informed when Mr. Guthrie returned from\\nCalifornia, but it was some time before the summer or fall\\nof 1852.\\nV.\\nMr. Guthrie, in the summer of 1852, directed his efforts\\ntoward securing a Territorial organization for the Territory\\nof Nebraska, with bounds practically those of the present\\nStates of Kansas and Nebraska. In this, all the evidence I\\nhave been able to obtain and examine shows that he was\\nacting with, and largely for. Senator Thomas H. Benton\\nof Missouri, although he says the idea was his own, and\\nthat solitary and alone he undertook this work. His\\nJournals are full of references to his work as a Delegate to\\nCongress from Nebraska Territory, but they contain no ex-\\ntensive statement of the movement which sent him there. I\\nhave not been so fortunate as to find those covering the\\nyears of the movement for a Territorial Government for\\nNebraska Territory. My account of his services, so far as\\nthey relate to this movement, is written in another part of\\nthis work.\\nVI.\\nIn 1862 Mr. Guthrie made some effort to have all the In-\\ndian Country between the States of Kansas and Texas\\nerected into the Territory of Lanniwa, and provided with a\\nTerritorial Government. He prepared a bill for this pur-\\npose and advocated its passage. The bill was introduced by\\nSenator Pomeroy of Kansas. The merits of the bill and", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "QUINDARO NANCY GUTHRIE", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 113\\nthe policy which it outlined were discussed in the columns\\nof the New York Tribune.\\nVII.\\nDuring the troublous times in Kansas Territory immedi-\\nately succeeding the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill\\nthere was no point within her borders where Free-State peo-\\nple from the East could land unmolested to enter the con-\\nflict for liberty and freedom then raging there. The Mis-\\nsouri River towns of the Territory were little more than\\ncamps for border ruffians, and it was often necessary for set-\\ntlers from the Northern States to enter Kansas by the way\\nof Iowa and Nebraska. The necessity for a Missouri River\\ntown where the Free-State sentiment prevailed was recog-\\nnized, and the building of such a town urged by Free-State\\nmen and Free-State interests.\\nGuthrie was identified with the Free-State movement in\\nKansas Territory from its inception. He was a Delegate to\\nthe Big Springs convention. But he did not aspire to lead-\\nership in the movement. Like John Brown and other\\ngreat men of the day, he believed it was to be only a tem-\\nporary expedient which would carry the struggle for free-\\ndom in Kansas through a preliminary stage, then be suc-\\nceeded by something broader a National party. Others\\nof Kansas, some of the so-called great men, never got be-\\nyond this point in Kansas politics. When the Free-State\\nparty was absorbed by the Republican party they were left\\nfloundering about without rudder, chart, or compass, and\\ncould never make up their minds about the relative merit\\nof existing political parties, but were found first in one and\\nthen in another, as the opportunity for office or gain seemed\\nto them best for the time being.\\nAt this time steamboats on the Missouri River furnished\\nthe only means of communication with the East, aside from\\n9", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "114 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nthe overland freighter s wagon and ox-team, consequently a\\ngood landing for steamboats was of the first importance in\\nselecting a town site. Ascending the Missouri after it be-\\ncomes the State line, the first good landing on the Kansas\\nside is some six miles above the mouth of the Kaw. Here\\nthe yellow waves of the mud-laden Missouri surge against a\\nlimestone ledge, and deep water is as reasonably certain as\\nthe capriciousness of this erratic river will allow at any point.\\nThe land along this broken shore was owned by the Wyan-\\ndot Indians, but by a recent treaty they were permitted to\\nsell it. Guthrie, being a Wyandot by adoption and a prom-\\ninent Free-State man, was invited to take an interest in the\\nnew town. To this he was not averse. But there were pro-\\nslavery and anti-slavery factions in the Wyandot Nation,\\nand it was necessary that both be represented in the Town\\nCompany, for otherwise it might be difficult, if not impossi-\\nble, to purchase the required Indian land. For this reason\\nJoel Walker, a brother of Governor Walker, and a splendid\\nbusiness man, was solicited to take an interest, which he did,\\nand became one of the founders of the Free-State town.\\nThe Free-State city was named Quindaro, in honor of\\nMrs. Guthrie. The plat was filed in 1860, but the survey\\nhad been made in 1857, and lots were sold in that year. A\\ncity was rapidly built. Stone and brick blocks rose along\\nthe broken bluffs and serpentine gullies and ravines. Here\\nwas to be the crossing of the Missouri Kiver and Rocky\\nMountain Railroad, and lands for terminal facilities for this\\nroad were provided.\\nAfter two years of unparalleled prosperity the town be-\\ngan to decline. Nature and not man selects sites for great\\nmarts. It was soon seen that the great city of Kansas, and\\nthe Valley of the Missouri, was to be built on the site indi-\\ncated by Senator Benton, at the mouth of the Kansas, and\\nprincipally on the Missouri side of the State line. Honest", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 115\\nmanagement would have made Quindaro a thriving village,\\nbut not having that, it fell almost as rapidly as it rose. The\\nbusiness blocks were deserted and became the habitations of\\nbats and owls. To-day one may see these ruins in the frag-\\nments of old walls remaining scattered over the town site.\\nAfter the civil war many negroes from Missouri took up\\ntheir residence in these ruins, and they own most of the old\\ntown site yet.\\nThis venture was the financial ruin of Guthrie. He put\\ninto it all he possessed, and endorsed for the Quindaro City\\nCompany and different members of the corporation to such\\nan extent that he was overwhelmed with debts. For fifteen\\nyears he struggled with these debts, and finally sank into\\nthe grave beneath their weight.\\nVIII.\\nI give here a few quotations from Mr. Guthrie s Journals.\\nSome of these excerpts indicate a spirit of bitterness in the\\nwriter. He may, perhaps, be justly charged with a denun-\\nciation too severe. But when one has read all the circum-\\nstances under which he wrote, as they are recorded in his\\nJournals, he will, I believe, be constrained to admit that the\\nprovocation was great often exasperating. His arraignment\\nof Governor Robinson is severe in the extreme, but I believe\\nno more so in his Journals than in a pamphlet which he\\npublished, a copy of which can be seen in the Library of the\\nKansas State Historical Society. These Journals are of in-\\nterest at this time as showing how many of the patriotic men\\nof his time misjudged President Lincoln. I have taken the\\nfollowing extracts at random and as representative of the\\nwhole Journal, and not for the sentiment expressed, in a\\nsingle instance.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "116 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nMarch 9, 1858.\\nTo-day I am forty four years old. Alas, what have I done with\\nthese 44 years More good than I have credit for, less evil than I\\nam charged with. And yet how much more good I might have done I\\nand how much evil I might have avoided But oh how much have\\nI suffered and how little have I enjoyed Yet in every vicissitude\\nof life my hopes and my faith in the future were never diminished\\nfor I know that God sets all things right.\\nWent to Quindaro and voted for Walden, Ed. of the Chindowan\\nfor Delegate to frame a Constitution the other gentlemen on the ticket\\nI know nothing favorable of and therefore I did not vote for any of\\nthem.\\n14th March, 1858.\\nIn the evening I went over to Alfred Gray s and we talked prosily\\nenough upon general topics for a short time I returned home. Why\\nare men in good health sometimes so much duller than at others? I\\nsometimes think I can coin ideas as fast as other men but at other\\ntimes it is a labor to think or to talk upon the most commonplace\\nsubject, and what is strangest this stupidity is most oppressive just\\nafter reading an interesting book.\\n9th April, 1858\\nI was shown a letter to-day from Gov. Robinson speaking in the\\nmost confident language of his success in getting a grant of land for our\\nrailroad. Should this enterprise succeed Quindaro will be the great\\ncity of the West, and it is believed that with my present property I\\nwill be a rich man, so people tell me and so I would like to believe.\\nWhat immeasurable felicity must be that of the rich man who feels\\nand knows that God has bestowed upon him this much of his favor\\nfor wise and useful purposes.\\n12th April 1858\\nGov. Robinson is much to blame for these embarrassments. The\\ndebts I have been paying are his and now I am obliged to disappoint\\nand injure my own creditors. Robinson may turn out an honest man\\nbut he is certainly a very callous one and such an one as I hope\\nnever again to do business with.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "ABELAED GUTHRIE. 117\\nTuesday 13th April 1858\\nWent to Kansas City intending to go to Shawnee to see Capt.\\nParks but meeting him in Kansas City I did my busines\\nand to try to get the Captain to get the Shawnees and Delawares to\\nbuild a bridge over the Kansas river at the point nearest to Chilli-\\ncothe in the success of which he is largely interested. The measure\\nI propose would make it a place of considerable importance whereas\\nwithout it there will be no town. The Captain I believe thinks well\\nof my project and said he would bring it up in Council. A bridge\\nat this point will be as advantageous to Quindaro as at any other\\nhence my interest in it.\\nThursday 15th April 1858\\nI have never suffered more anguish of mind than I have suffered\\nwithin the last month on account of pecuniary embarrassments. I\\nhave aimed at a fortune but it would be dearly earned were this state\\nof things to last long. After all the old Indian life, with all its pov-\\nerty and hardship is the happiest.\\nWednesday 15th [September, 1858.]\\nWent to Wyandot city to attend the Free State County Conven-\\ntion as a delegate from Quindaro. The convention was conducted\\nwith harmony and goodfeeling but it made no declaration of princi-\\nples on which to act as a permanent party, the chief desire appearing\\nto be to unite as far as practicable the anti slavery element in the\\ncounty, and the control of the territorial legislature but without refer-\\nence to any line of policy designed for the public good. I was put on\\nthe *Committee[ to draft a platform and resolutions expressive of\\nthe views and designs of the convention and endeavored to have prin-\\nciples enunciated in support of which we could labor permanently, but\\nit was contended that if we took decisive grounds upon the great ques-\\ntions of the day we would drive off the moderate men of the demo-\\ncratic party who would otherwise support nominations made solely on\\nthe question of free or slave State. How hard is it to conquer preju-\\ndice after reason has yielded everything! And how often does temp-\\norary expediency triumph over and trample down truth justice and", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "118 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nwise policy Tiiis convention was composed of as intelligent and fine\\nlooking men as I ever saw assembled on a like occasion, yet I never\\nbefore saw so little display of independence and outspoken truth and\\nsuch studied cowardice and timidity, and all appeared felicitated with\\nthe manner in which they had hid their heads in the sand. Poor\\nostrich we laugh at thy simplicity and imitate thy example with\\ngravity and diligence?\\nThis is the first nominating convention I have attended in the Ter-\\nritory, and after spending a thousand dollars in obtaining a govern-\\nment for the Territory (and without my efforts there would have been\\nno territorial organization) and opening the country to white settle-\\nment, I had not money enough to buy myself a dinner and so fasted\\nfrom morning till my return home at night. The humiliation of such\\npoverty was more painful than the want of food and more painful\\nstill it has been brought upon me by the ingratitude and dishonesty\\nof men who owe to me all they are worth.\\nMonday 4th October 1858.\\nAttended the election, but was too weak to stay long on the ground.\\nThis election presented scenes which cannot but lessen one s confidence\\nin the popular will; the catholics voted in a body at the dictation of\\ntheir priest, and the Indians sold their votes for a dinner, whisky,\\nand some of them probably received small sums of money. Yet with\\nall this competition on the part of the democracy, the free State party\\nreceived 99 votes out of the 157 cast. Alas, the poor Indian despised\\nby those who use him and spurned by those he opposes and who have\\nbeen his only friends Ungrateful, ignorant and unprincipled how\\nsoon will thy sad fate be sealed.\\nFriday 15th October 1858\\nThis trouble and all others I have suffered the past year [comes]\\nfrom overcoufidence in C Robinson who authorized me to buy lands\\nbut leaves me to pay for them not even coining near me but avoiding\\nme as if he was afraid of hearing the truth. I have never known\\nsuch cold blooded ingratitude before. I have placed unbounded con-\\nfidence in him and he has shown as boundless a disregard of honor,\\ngratitude and honesty.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 119\\nMonday 8th November 1858\\nHealth improving, but am confined to my room. Last night I\\nslept sweetly and without sweat a providential blessing for I had\\nprayed to God that he would grant me a sweet and refreshing nights\\nsleep and that prayer was answered. I was amazed and transported\\nwith agreeable emotions at this unexpected change.\\nThursday 18th November 1858\\nAttended a meeting of the citizens of Quindaro which I under-\\nstand was called with a view to consider projects for the future wel-\\nfare of the town, but I was satisfied from the composition of the\\nmeeting that no good could result from its action and therefore left\\nit at an early hour. The meeting was held at Alfred Gray s office.\\nCharles Robinson who was to have been there skulked off as he al-\\nways does when any responsibility may be thrust upon him.\\nSaturday 20th November 1858\\nM Alfred Gray was here wanting me to agree as a member of the\\nQuindaro Co. to release M Nichols from the payment of five hundred\\ndollars which she owes the Co. on the condition that she will edit and\\nconduct The Chindowan for one year, which it is proposed to re-\\nvive. The agreement with M Nichols is to terminate at the end of\\nany quarter; provided other arrangements shall be made for the publi-\\ncation of the paper, in which case we are only to release her in pro-\\nportion to the time she acts as Editor.\\nWednsday 9th March 1859\\nToday am I forty five years old long eventful years, fruitful of\\ntroubles to myself of benefits to others! My acts misunderstood,\\nmy words distorted, my motives impugned. Others claim the re-\\nwards of my labors and history seems disposed to favor the fraud,\\nbut I have an abiding confidence in the justice of that overruling\\nPower who shapes the destinies of man.\\nTuesday 15th March 1859\\nStarted to hunt my grey pony, Fanny, and called at Frank Cotter s", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "120 A BEIEF SKETCH OP\\nto get Thomas Crooks to go with me as he wants to buy the pony but\\nhe was not there and I rode out to Young America a grog shop\\na mile further on where it was supposed I could find him, but he had\\nleft. Such a scene as this grocery exhibited I never before beheld\\nIndian women and men were lying about as if a battle had been fought\\nand these were the slain, some yet stood, others leaned against what-\\never they could sieze upon and others were reeling about, all the vic-\\ntims of whiskey. This hell is kept by a white man who it is\\nreported steals from and robs these wretched votaries of Bacchus.\\nThis sink of iniquity is on one of the public highways, and yet no\\neffort is made to abate it. Our laws are said to be defective in this\\nrespect which may account for this shameful neglect of a vital moral\\nduty.\\nMonday 4th April, 1859.\\nCapt. Parks died about 6 O clock last night. He was tho t to be\\nabout QQ years old. He has been for several years. Head Chief of\\nthe Shawnees but General Cass, who employed him as interpreter\\nwhen in the Indian service, stated in a speech in the U. S. Senate in\\n1853 while a Shawnee claim was under discussion that Parks, then\\nin Washington was a pure white man and had been captured by the\\nIndians when very young. But among the Shawnees he claimed to\\nbe of Shawnee extraction and the claim was universally acknowl-\\nedged. He was plausable, shrewd, unscrupulous and avaricious and\\nhad accumulated a fortune of sixty or seventy thousand dollars.\\nSaturday, 9th April, 1859.\\nI remarked that the debt was not mine and I would not pay it. He\\nsaid he would sue me immediately and I told him to do so. This\\nnote was given for lands bo t for C. Robinson others and Robinson\\nwas to give his note, on which I was to go as security, and my note\\nwas to be returned to me. After I had given the note however Rob-\\ninson avoided the fulfillment of his promise and thus I am held re-\\nsponsible for his debt. I told Smith, Robinson s confidential tool that\\nI wished to settle this and other matters amicably but settled they\\nmust be, and I am led to believe from Smith s remarks that Robinson\\nwill not pay unless compelled, showing that he is a swindler of the\\nworst stamp.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "ABELAED GUTHRIE. 121\\nMonday 23rd May, 1859.\\nWent to Quindaro where I met Charles Robinson. The cool vil-\\nlainy of this man would be incredible did I not witness such repeated\\nevidences of it. About thirty months ago he left with me $700 to\\nbuy a piece of laud for him and I gave him a receipt for the money.\\nThe land belonged to Isaac W. Zane and lies in Missouri opposite\\nQuindaro; the price was $1400 and he required $800 in hand this\\nI paid him advancing $100 of my own money and gave my note for\\nthe remaining $600 payable in one year, Robinson being absent. I\\nhad therefore to secure myself by taking the Bond for a deed in my\\nown name. To-day when I saw him in the Q. Go s office his man\\nChapin presented the bond to me with an assignment written on the\\nback of it which he requested me to sign this assignment conveyed\\nall my right to Robinson and authorized Zane to make him a deed,\\nRobinson remarking at the same time that he would take up my note\\nand close up the whole business, but said nothing of the $700 receipt\\nor the $100 advanced! When I mentioned these things he said he had\\ngiven me credit on the books and probably destroyed my receipt\\nbut the books were examined and no credit [had been] given His\\ndesign was evidently to get the title to the land perfected to have me\\npay the note of $600 and when time should favor, present my receipt\\nand compel me or my estate to pay it also The $100 he seemed to\\nconsider already safe in his pocket\\nAfter the repeated acts of treachery and ingratitude of which he is\\nguilty this proposition would seem more like a premeditated insult\\nthan the trap of a cunning scoundrel Yet this is his peculiar plan of\\noperations he assumes that people will regard him as above suspi-\\ncion; pretends great ignorance and simplicity in business; to entrust\\nthe care of his affairs to others who have no character to sustain nor\\nreputation to lose; he is in fact a perfect confidence man with a more\\nthan ordinary amount of cunning.\\nTuesday 7th June, 1859\\nAttended the Election for two Delegates to the convention to frame\\na State constitution. I voted for one free State man and one Demo-\\ncrat because I knew the other professedly free State man W. Y. Rob-\\nerts was dishonest and has heretofore abused and betrayed the confidence", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "122 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nreposed in him. I believe a government is safer in the hands of a\\ngood man professing bad principles than in the hands of a bad man\\nprofessing good principles, because the former will endeavor to have\\ngood results flowing from his administration while the latter expects\\nhis name and profession to paliate and cover up his corrupt and tyran-\\nical government. Besides I would prefer at this moment, the Demo-\\ncrats should form the Constitution in which they will be compelled to\\nyield much to the proslavery party which will make their constitution\\nso objectionable that the people will vote it down, and then we will\\nremain in our Territorial condition a year or two longer which I most\\ndevoutly desire for we are not only not able to support a State govern-\\nment, but the demagogues who now lead the Republican party, would\\ndoubtless get all the oflSces of trust and profit, which would involve\\nus in debts and difficulties for years to come. In two or three years\\nmore these men will sink to their proper level and honest men may\\nbe found to manage our public affairs.\\nSunday 12th June, 1859.\\nm\\nA pleasant Sabbath day, family at church, I at home until near\\nevening I rode down to William Walker s but he was not at home.\\nSaw a strange assemblage of Germans from the neighboring towns,\\nnear M Stewart s (the gardener) men, women and children\\nmaking merry they had a drum, a brass band, a bar for the sale of\\nlager beer, and sang and danced till night. They said they were cele-\\nbrating in the old Country style, this particular Sunday probably in\\nhonor of some good old Saint.\\nFriday 17th June, 1859\\nM Guthrie and her sister Margaret rode to the payment and I\\nwalked, a distance of S^ miles. Apparently but few Wyandots were\\npresent, as they were lost in the multitude of whites most of whom\\nhad claims on Indians Some honest and many I believe utterly dis-\\nhonest. It is alleged by the Indians themselves that they have paid\\nthe same debts several times but have received no credits nor took re-\\nceipts Some of them however having learned the value of receipts\\ndemanded them on making full payments and in a few instances have\\ndisconcerted and disappointed their creditors by exhibiting their re-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 123\\nceipts when dunned others have unfortunately lost them, and these\\nand those having none were threatened with a lawsuit (of which they\\nare much afraid) unless they should satisfy the demands against them.\\nIf the Indians are to be believed, thousands of dollars are thus fraudu-\\nlently obtained. Will a just retribution overtake these dishonest\\ncreditors?\\nWednesday 29th June, 1859.\\nMet C. Robinson with whom I had some plain talk about the man-\\nagement of the Quiudaro Go s affairs and about his own acts. He is\\na thorough villain, cool, calculating, heartless, ungrateful and auda-\\ncious.\\nThursday 25th August, 1859.\\nWent to Quindaro in the evening and received two letters, one\\nfrom Isaac Strohm my brotherinlaw the other from Chas. W.\\nWingard of Lockhaven Chester County, Pennsylvania; the former\\nenclosing one from M^ Anna Guthrie, my stepmother announcing\\nthe illness of my father who it seems attained his seventy-fifth year\\non the 19th day of this month. Strange that I should never have\\nheard his age before These letters are coldly formal and convey no\\nintimation that my revered father has mentioned my name on his sick\\nbed, or in any way evinced a desire to see me. Yet I know he can not\\ndislike me, nor can I think otherwise than that my presence would be\\nagreeable to him. I ought to be there and I do most earnestly desire\\nto attend him in his last sickness, but I have not the money to carry\\nme thither. I know the worst construction would be placed upon my\\nhasty visit by the expectant friends who surround him, and this would\\nbe a sad drawback upon the satisfaction I would otherwise feel in a\\nfaithful discharge of my filial duties. My father is one of the best\\nmen I ever knew I should say the best strictly honest in all his\\ndealings, and honorable in all his feelings. The uppermost traits in\\nhis character are properly alluded to by M Strohm, who says His\\nruling traits for kindnesses, desire for the hospitable treatment of the\\nvisitors at his house, and reluctance to appear troublesome, are strongly\\nshown in his deportment now. I do pray to God that he may live\\nmany years in perfect health of body and mind not only on his own", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "124 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\naccount but on mine for I wish to have it in my power to smooth\\nand gladden his future years with the means of a free exercise of his\\nbenevolence and munificence. No man ever enjoyed the performance\\nof a good act more than he.\\nMonday 12th September, 1859.\\nStarted early and entered the Mississippi river 10 O clock A. M.\\npassing St. Charles at past 8 O clock A. M. I never pass St.\\nCharles without looking at the Convent of the Sacred Heart with\\nmingled feelings of interest and indignation for it was the home for\\ntwo years of my little girls Abalura and Norsona. As their educa-\\ntion had been almost entirely neglected T was anxious that their\\nstudies should be confined to the common branches of a good English\\neducation. But the ladies wished to give them lessons in music and\\ndrawing and I was surprised [to] find charges for these studies. I\\nagain forbade it but the ladies were very importunate and had the\\nchildren write letters urging me to give my consent to have them take\\nlessons in music and drawing. And when M Guthrie visited her\\nchildren they obtained her consent and thus the useful branches of\\ntheir education were much neglected and they returned home very\\nlittle improved in intellectual culture. Their bills for clothing were\\nalso enormous, and I afterwards learned that the nuns induced them\\nto give up their clothing when the least sullied and sometimes on the\\npretext that it had become too small for them. This clothing was\\neither sold or given to the poor so that these nuns enjoy a fine repu-\\ntation in St. Charles for their large charities. People little know and\\nindeed as little care, that they rob their pupils or rather their wards\\nthat they may indulge their display of liberality. Strange that these\\npeople having abjured the vanities of the world should be so avari-\\ncious and so ambitious of securing the approbation of the outside\\nworld. They knew that they were deceiving me in relation to my\\nchildren s studies and best interests and in regard to the expense in-\\ncurred for clothing.\\nTuesday 13th September, 1859.\\nLeft Dayton at J past 10 O clock A. M. and arrived at my father s\\nat 11 A. M. finding my father improved in health for which I thank\\nGod with devout gratitude. But my father did not know me and", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 125\\nwhen told who I was he said Why Abelard you look old 1 Alas\\nhe little knew what agony of mind the Kansas swindlers had given\\nme and how cares and troubles multiply the tracks of time 1\\nFriday 16th September 1859.\\nPa seemed very restless last night and I overheard him from my\\nroom complaining that he was very unhappy ending with the words\\nI fear, I fear, I fear. Grandmother his second wife, replied\\nvery calmly I did not know it, my dear. I thought you were very\\nhappy. He was silent. What was the cause of his uneasiness I\\ncould not imagine as he talks to me very little never about his con-\\ndition either of body or mind.\\nJim [iiis brother, or half brother, James Andrews] told me some\\nstrange things about this Grandma who it seems is a very shrewd\\nselfish woman. Shortly after her marriage with Pa he went to Day-\\nton at a time when the waters were very much swollen by recent rains\\nand he was not able to return the same night, a very unusual thing\\nwith him; she was very much alarmed at his absence and feared he\\nhad been drowned and had left no will; and immediately on his re-\\nturn she insisted on his making a will in view of the uncertainity of\\nlife. He yielded to her wishes, and it was supposed all was satisfac-\\ntory. But in his recent illness when his life was dispaired of she pre-\\nvailed on him to make another will by which she is made his sole\\nheir So far as I am concerned I care not a cent but there are others\\nwho are entitled to kindly remembrances, they have loved and served\\nhim well but God who orders all things right will not permit the\\nconsummation of this wrong.\\nSaturday 17th September, 1859.\\nHeard the distinguished Abraham Lincoln of Illinois make a speech\\non the slavery question. He is an able clear headed man, but not an\\nagreeable speaker. His speeches appear to better advantage in print\\nthan in their delivery.\\nMonday 19th September, 1859.\\nI stay to-night at the City Hotel kept by W\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Atkinson When\\nI wanted to go to my room he looked at his register for my name and", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "126 A BEIEF SKETCH OF\\nthen said There had been a person of that name in Dayton a few\\nyears ago he was a dark looking fellow a lawyer, had gone North\\nmarried a Squaw emigrated to Nebraska was a member of Congress\\nc. He seemed never to suspect that he might be talking to and\\nabout the same individual and he was rattling along with my history\\nat a rate and with such a mixture of truth and falsehood I was con-\\nstrained to make my bow in the midst of his interesting revelations.\\nSaturday 14th January, 1860.\\nThis morning I discovered that George had taken the bark off\\nfrom one of the finest linden trees in my park, to bottom an old\\nchair with. I have not lately been so hurt and irritated and I told\\nhim I had rather he had burnt all the chairs I had than have killed\\nthat fine tree. The thing has oppressed my mind all day even when\\nI was not thinking about it, I felt that there was something that\\ndistressed me without being able at the moment to remember it. I\\nhad, too, repeatedly told him not to touch a tree in that grove. How\\nlittle above the brute is a man who will wantonly disfigure any of\\nGod s glorious handiwork\\nFriday 16th February, 1860.\\nRec d a letter from my sister Eloisa informing me of the death of\\nour sister Eliza Stevens. This news most painful and unexpected\\nfills my whole soul with the saddest thoughts. I saw her but a few\\nmonths ago in excellent health and spirits looking forward to years\\nof serene enjoyment and these alas! had but commenced when the\\ndread summons came and life with all its promised joys was ex-\\nchanged for the silence and gloom of the grave. Ah what an exchange\\nThe gloom of the grave extends even to me and my heart is heavy\\nand my soul is sick with its dampness and darkness and the powers\\nof the mind are subject to the emotions of the heart. I am without\\nthought and my whole being seems lost in a vague, indefinite and in-\\nexplicable feeling of profound sadness, not only embracing the death\\nof my dear sister, but her whole life, for alas! that life brings up its\\nmournful history and strews its joyless memories around her grave\\nAdieu my sister always beloved and as long to be mourned.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 127\\nMonday January 6lh 1862.\\n[Mr. Guthrie was in Washington City at that time.]\\nHad some conversation with F. P. Stanton who is contesting Genl.\\nLane s right to a seat in the Senate. M Stanton assures me he has\\n[an] understanding with Gov. Robinson whereby his action as Sena-\\ntor would be governed, and will feel himself at full liberty to take\\ncare of the interests of other sections of the State than those in which\\nRobinson is especially interested, and to persons opposed to Robinson.\\nShould Lane leave the Senate I would certainly prefer Stanton to\\nany of those now spoken of for the succession.\\nWednesday January 8th, 1862.\\nListened awhile to a debate in the Senate on the contested case be-\\ntween Lane and Stanton. It is one in which an honest difference\\nof opinion may be entertained, but with the facts as I understand\\nthem I should vote for the admission of Stanton to the seat, other-\\nwise the provision of the Constitution designed to guard against exec-\\nutive influence with members of Congress by making the acceptance of\\noffice under the Executive a disqualification for a Seat in the Senate\\nTrue General Lane s appointment was not authorized\\nby law, but that instead of favoring his cause should weaken it, be-\\ncause the president might find frequent occasion for gratifying the\\nambition of Senators by these marks of favor\\nCalled to see M Dawes, chairman of the Committee of Elections\\nto which my claim for mileage and per diem as delegate from Nebraska\\nwas refered and he encouraged me to hope for success saying the Com-\\nmittee thought favorably of the claim but wanted to be prepared to\\ndefend it before the house.\\nThursday 9th [January 1862]\\nSpent 2 or 3 hours with Col. Sims formerly of Missouri but now\\nof Kansas. I urged upon him (he has much influence with Missouri\\nmembers of Congress) to get the members of Congress from Missouri\\nKentucky to meet and devise some means whereby we may be able\\nto restore peace to the country. Kentucky and Missouri at this time\\ncontrol the administration; and if their delegations in Congress should", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "128 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nagree upon some practicable decisive plan of action, I have no doubt it\\nwould be successful. But I am convinced that any scheme to receive\\nthe necessary support of the people at large must look to the ultimate\\nextinction of slavery.\\nFriday 10th January, 1862.\\nM Pomeroy told me M Dawes of the House had expressed an\\nopinion to him adverse to ray claim for mileage and per diem. This\\nis very different from what he led me to believe when I called to see\\nhim two or three evenings back. There is a want of manliness, of\\nhonor and justice in eastern men that will always run counter to the\\nbetter qualities of the western heart. And even the Republican party\\nas such are constrained by the same narrowness of views which tran-\\nscends its action defeats its objects, and disappoints the country. I\\nhave performed an important service for my country and now the\\nvery men who are reaping the rich fruits of that service hesitate to\\npay me the usual wages for it!\\nHeard Dr. Cheever, of New York, deliver a lecture in the Smith-\\nsonian Institution on the subject of slavery and our duties and rela-\\ntions to it. It was a terrible denunciation of the policy of the ad-\\nministration and military men yet its truthfulness could hardly be\\ncontroverted. His views of our duty under the constitution were in\\nsome respects new to me but were maintained with much ingenuity\\nif not ability. He advocated the immediate abolition of slavery\\nand the conquest of the rebellious States. I would have prefered\\nthe gradual emancipation of the slaves but the terrible alternative\\nforced upon us by the rebellion of either losing the Territory alto-\\ngether or of liberating the slaves and thereby undoing that worthless\\nand even dangerous which has at the same time been the\\ncause and the sinews of the war. The French assembly in their first\\ndeclaration, to intimidate the German princes said, That it was not\\nwith fire and sword they meant to attack their territories but by what\\nwould be more dreadful to them the introduction of liberty. See\\nEdmund Burke s works vol. 4, page 52. This would to some extent\\noverturn the social order, but I do not think this evil could be of\\nlong duration. The amalgamation of the races; the absorption of the\\nAfrican by the Anglo-Saxon or rather the white race would probably\\nbe more rapid than now as a much larger white population would", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "ABELAED GUTHRIE. 129\\nsoon iill those States; whites from all the States and all countries\\nwho now and for many years were afraid to seek homes in the South\\nbecause of the savage despotism that everywhere prevailed there.\\nThis morning I handed Senator Pomeroy of Kansas a resolution\\nwhich I wished him to introduce into the Senate, but which he proba-\\nbly will not do; it is this:\\nResolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary be directed to enquire\\ninto the expediency of making provision by law for the payment\\nannually for a period of twenty years an amount of money equal to\\nten dollars per capita of the slave population as shown by the census\\nof 1860, to such of the so called slave States in proportion to the\\nnumber of slaves contained in each, as shall establish a system of\\nemancipation whereby slavery shall cease to exist within twenty years.\\nBut on further reflection I think this bounty should only be given\\nto the loyal States even though but nominally so. As for the others\\nI now think the abolition of the system should be immediate and un-\\nconditional, both as a means of stopping the war and as a punish-\\nment for the rebellion. And I think the slaves should be armed and\\npermitted to take a part in the conflict. If we do not use more vigorous\\nmeans to put down the rebellion the new government it has set up\\nwill be recognized by the European powers, which they are a^^ anxious\\nto do because the principles of our government like those of the\\nFrench revolution are penetrating into every nation of Europe and\\nundermining the thrones of their rulers. The continuance of our\\npresent form of govern uient with its territorial integrity, will finally\\noverthrow the monarchies of Europe. We should not deceive our-\\nselves by their pretended sympathy or friendship. They will attack\\nus as soon as they have prepared the public mind of Europe for it\\nand are fully apprised of our own impotency, which is not yet fully\\ndemonstrated.\\nSaturday 11th January 1862\\nIn the Library of Congress I examined a volume of the Washing-\\nton Union and discovered my old circular when first sent as dele-\\ngate from Nebraska (now Kansas) It is in the Union of 18th Jan-\\nuary 1853 part Ist\\nSunday 12th January 1862\\nIn ray room all day reading and writing a pamphlet on the subject\\n10", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "130 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nof our present troubles and dangers; I feel well pleased\\nwith it so far, and think it contains at least as much good sense as I\\nfind in most of the speeches in Congress.\\nMonday 13th January 1862\\nDiscovered that all my papers refered by Genl. Lane to the Com.\\non Indian Affairs had been refered to sub committees. Lane had\\nassured me he would have thein refered to himself and fairly ex-\\namined but he deceived me in this as in everything else. He has\\ntreated me with the grossest ingratitude and injustice. His duplicity\\nhas greatly endangered the loss of my claims. Yet people are crazy\\nwith adulation of this insincere, egotistical, ungrateful demagogue for\\nthat is his true character.\\nThursday 16th January 1862\\nGenl. Lane advised me to get M Samuel V. Niles an Attorney\\nto attend to my business. This would not have beea necessary had\\nhe attended to his business as Senator or redeemed his promises as\\nfriend. M Niles, I believe was his Attorney in the Jenkins con-\\ntested land claim, and he probably pays him by giving him other\\nbusiness. I went to see M Niles and left my papers with him and\\nhe is to have them examined by morning and give his opinion of the\\ncase.\\nSaturday 18th January 1862\\nWent with Genl. Lane, Maj. Abbot M.^ Niles to the Indian Office\\nand heard M Niles read the statements of Abbott and Matthew King\\nin explanation of the part they took in the Clark Hall swindle among\\nthe Shawnees; also the argument of M Niles in defence of Maj.\\nAbbott. The papers were prepared with skill and ability and may\\nsave Maj. Abbott from removal, but I fear the case will not stop\\nthere and that Maj. Abbott will be ruined in the end. The Shawnees\\nwere evidently swindled out of about $18,000 by Clark fe Hall,\\nwhich Maj. Abbott as Indian Agent should have prevented. I\\nhave hitherto regarded Maj. Abbott as an honest man and I have\\nno doubt he was imposed on by this Clark who is represented as a\\ngreat rogue. I sincerely hope Maj. Abbott will be able to escape", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 131\\nfrom this difficulty and yet I dont see how he can unless Clark\\nHall will refund the money which now seems improbable.\\nI have been to see M Niies and finally agreed to give him twenty\\nper cent of all he can obtain on My Wife s claim, except the land on\\nwhich he is to charge nothing. This is rather a bad bargain, but I\\nbelieve members of Congress form partnerships here with claims\\nagents and will give no attention to the business of a constituent un-\\nless it first goes through one of these mills. Whether the toll is then\\ndivided or not it is impossible to say, but I have no doubt it is. They\\nwould probably not enter into such an arrangement with a constit-\\nuent because the danger of exposure would be much greater. People in\\nWashington City who never saw Kansas and care nothing for her\\ninterests monopolize more of time, are treated with more consideration\\nand have more influence with our Senators than I have, and it is not\\nimprobable other constituents are treated in the same manner but to\\nme it [is] peculiarly ungrateful for these men all owe to me their\\nelevation.\\nSunday January 19th 1862.\\nCalled to see Col. Sims of Kansas formerly of Missouri. He told\\nme [he] had overheard a conversation between a M reporter\\nof the Philadelphia Press and a M Winslow who claims to be the\\nwife of Col. Winslow now in the service of the United States on the\\nPotomac, in which were discussed the prospects of the rebellion, both\\nare earnest secessionists and expressed their confidence that Genl. Mc-\\nClellan is with them and other officers were also named as ready to\\nbetray the cause of the Union at the first favorable moment The\\nvery walls of this accursed city breathe treason Yet our stupidly\\ncredulous President is pouring out the treasure of the country in the full\\nbelief that he is re-establishing the authority of the Government\\nwhile the rebels actually command both armies! My God! can human\\nwickedness go farther! Has God abandoned this country to the pow-\\ners of hell! What enormous unpardonable sin has brought upon us\\nthis degradation, this utter depravity I shall again see Col. Sims to\\nlearn if any thing can be done to meet and defeat this foul plot to\\nutterly ruin the best government ever established by the wisdom and\\ncourage of man.\\nGrenl. Lane and family started to Kansas The Genl. is a great", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "132 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nlion here and his room is always filled with visitors, at this moment\\nthere is not a man in Washington more sought after. The Genl.\\niiims at the Presidency although some hints are thrown out that his\\nSouthern expedition is designed to establish his power permanently\\nin the Indian Country or Texas. It would not surprise me if ambi-\\ntious military men would endeavor to break up the Union to secure\\neach a fragment wherein to fix himself in power. Yet I hardly think\\nthe scheme can succeed. The people at large nor the soldiers are not\\nprepared for such gigantic treachery and ingratitude. I think there\\nis good reason to believe that many of them dream of Kingdoms,\\ncrowns and regal sway. I can not understand on what other prin-\\nciple our armies are so large and inefficient. May a terribly just\\nretribution speedly overwhelm the conspirators!\\nWednesday January 22d 1862\\nHave been in my room most of the day reading speeches on the\\ncharge of treason against Senator Bright. It seems to me very clear\\neven from M B s own answers to questions addressed to him that he\\nis more the enemy than the friend of his country and is an unsafe\\nman to be in the councils of the nation. Just such men have brought\\nupon us our present calamities. And love of country and fidelity to\\nits government should be an indispensable qualification of a public\\nofficer and even the private citizen who is deficient in these virtues\\nshould be regarded with suspicion and aversion.\\nCol. Sims spent an hour or so with me this evening. He says M\\nWinslow refered to Sunday last is the Sister of Roger A. Prior late a\\nMember of Congress from Virginia.\\nThursday January 23rd 1862.\\nWent to see M^ Niles, (who it seems is a grandson of Hezekiah\\nNiles who published Niles Register which I believe was the first\\nnewspaper I ever saw,) to hand him some memoranda of precedents\\nin favor of M Guthrie s claim. M Niles thinks the prospect of\\nsuccess favorable.\\nThursday 30th January, 1862.\\nCalled to see Hon. M. F. Conway. M Wilson of the Senate s", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 133\\nCommittee on Military Affairs moved in the Senate to have the Chair\\nappoint a member to fill the place of M Lane of Kansas and the\\nmotion was agreed to. I inferred from this that Lane would not re-\\nturn to the Senate and went to see M Conway to have him go to\\nM Doolittle Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs and re-\\nquest him to make the same motion in reference to Genl. Lane s place\\nin the Com on Indian Affairs, and to ask the appointment of Genl.\\nPomeroy to succeed Lane. Conway objected to having it done imme-\\ndiately as it was uncertain about Lane s going into the army, and\\nwould be displeased with this premature removal. My object was to\\nanticipate the movement by some one else and to secure the place for\\nPomeroy in whom as a Senator I have great confidence. He is in-\\ndustrious and faithful and we greatly need such a man on that Com-\\nmittee; although Lane would suit me very well and may perhaps\\nhave more influence but Pomeroy is more reliable and attentive to\\nbusiness. However Conway said he would see M Doolittle in the\\nmorning and have him keep the Committee as it is until Lane is\\nheard from and in the event of Lane s resigning to have Pomeroy\\nappointed. Lane is certainly acting very strangely if not insanely.\\nConstantly beset by an army of sycophants who pander to his vanity\\nand obey his behests he turns a cold shoulder to old and real friends.\\nNo man that does this can long enjoy the confidence and respect of\\nany class of men for the sycophant loves new idols, and the earnest\\nman will not long be trifled with and then the ungrateful man is de-\\nserted and prostrated. Pomeroy made a good remark last night; he\\nsaid I will take care of my friends and they and I cjan take care of\\nmy enemies.\\nSaturday 1st February, 1862.\\nIn my room most of the day writing my pamphlet on the condi-\\ntion and prospects of the country. If I can get it published soon I\\nthink it will be conceded to have some merit. I have not yet fixed\\non a title.\\nSunday 2nd February, 1862.\\nFinished my pamphlet on the condition and dangers of our gov-\\nernment but will yet have to make corrections and a more methodical\\narrangement of the topics.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "134 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nMonday 3rd February, 1862.\\nReceived my Indian Territory bill which I had forgotten at home\\nand for which I wrote to M^ Newman. He sent it with a few lines\\nto Genl. Pomeroy.\\nDropped a note in the Post Office for M Wattles requesting him\\nto come and see me. He also is trying to have the Indian Country\\ncovered by a territorial Government and we agreed to compare our\\nrespective plans and prepare a bill from the better features of each.\\nAt home most of the day reading and writing my pamphlet which\\nI have entitled On the diffioulties and dangers that beset the Nation\\nor rather I have spent a part of the day in correcting it.\\nTuesday 4th February 1862.\\nMailed a letter I wrote yesterday to James H. Lane urging him to\\nreturn to the Senate. Genl. Lane has a thirst for military fame because\\nit is the kind that administers most extravagantly to his insatiable\\nlove of honors. I have great doubt of his real desire to command\\nthe expedition to Texas. But by not having his wishes complied\\nwith he enjoys the eclat of attempting to make a great sacrifice\\nto save the country; and of increasing public confidence in his mili-\\ntary talents, which are indeed of a very low order, except in these very\\nessential qualities of vigilance and discretion. Lane wishes to keep\\nhimself perpetually in the public eye, and he is undecided how to\\naccomplish it.\\nWednesday 5th February, 1862.\\nM Augustus Wattles of Kansas called to see me and I read to him\\nmy bill for the establishment of a Territorial goverument for the\\nIndian Country south of Kansas. He appeared to be satisfied with\\nits provisions but took it to examine it more at his leisure. He also\\nhas a bill prepared for the same purpose and will bring it tomorrow\\nand we are to compare the two together and determine which shall be\\npresented to the committee.\\nM Willis Gaylord called to see me in relation to my claims for\\npay and mileage as delegate, and I agreed to give him twenty per\\ncent to attend to the business for me rather than suffer the delay\\nwhich I see is purposely occasioned to get a fee for somebody. M G.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 135\\nis a brother to M\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 Pomeroy and it seems is in partnership with a\\nM Edward Clark a fact I did not know before; nor was I at\\nall aware that he was engaged in the business of presenting claims.\\nSaturday 8th February, 1862.\\nTo-day I learn that the war is hereafter to be under the immediate\\ndirection of the President through his Secretary of war without the\\nintervention of the highest officer in the army, (now McClellan) as\\nhas hitherto been the practice. Of this course I heartily approve for I\\nhave long doubted the loyalty and ability of McClellan, besides too\\nmuch deference has been paid to these professional military men, who\\ngenerally lack sound judgment so all important to success in all the\\npursuits of life, and perhaps most of any in military life.\\nThe foreign news this evening is that the French Emperor would\\ndeclare his intention to interfere in our civil war, to his Legislative\\nCouncil on the 27th ultimo. This I have long looked for but it is\\nnot only the French Monarch but he will be backed by England and\\nall the European governments for there is evidently a combination\\namong them which has for its object the overthrow of this govern-\\nment because of its republican form and institutions. It will be a\\nwar of political systems as indeed it already is. The South seeking\\nto consolidate its power in the hands of the few and to assimilate its\\nform of government to those of Europe will naturally enlist their\\nsympathies, as it already has done, and very soon secure their alli-\\nances offensive and defensive. If we are true to ourselves, however\\nand exert but a moity of the courage and self denial of our revolu-\\ntionary ancestors we will come forth from the terrible struggle a better\\nwiser and more powerful nation than before. God grant us these\\nhigh virtues in such perfection as the emergency demands!\\nSunday 9th February, 1862\\nCalled to see Hon. M. F. Conway and talked with him nearly an\\nhour about our National troubles. M C. voted against the passage of\\nthe bill making U. S. notes a legal tender and I cordially approve\\nof this vote. But M^ C. has some views in regard to our future pol-\\nicy that I cannot endorse. He thinks if France, (as she now threat-\\nens) breaks our blockade which I would regard as a declaration of", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "136 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nwar and acknowledges the independence of the Southern Confeder-\\nacy as it is called that we should acquiesce. I differ from him\\nentirely in this regard for I believe if we should have to raise an army\\nof a million of men it is our duty, and indeed our only hope of salva-\\ntion, to do it and fight combined Europe as I have no doubt we shall\\nhave to do, on our own soil, and I have no doubt we can do it\\nsuccessfully and crush the rebelion besides.\\nMonday 10th February, 1862\\nM Wattles spent the evening with me in comparing our respective\\nplans for the organization of the Indian Country south of Kansas for\\nthe especial use of the Indians. I think his plan is crude and not\\nequal to the necessities of the object. Last summer at the extra ses-\\nsion of Congress I prepared a bill for this purpose, but Genl. Lane\\nwhom I wanted to present it to the Senate was opposed to organize a\\ngovernment over any territory for Indian settlement exclusively.\\nHis wish was to destroy the Indian not to civilize him. I think\\nunder a mild and simple government with laws executed by them-\\nselves the Indians might under the fostering care of the United States,\\nbecome a united and homogeneous people, and in time form a valu-\\nable State of the Union. Without a measure of this kind they must\\nsoon become extinct. I am well pleased with the attention M\\nWattles gives the matter, but his plans seem ill-digested and ill-\\njudged.\\nTuesday, 11 February, 1862\\nM Wattles has been here much of the day perfecting his territorial\\nbill. But withal I think it a bungling piece of work and have no\\nidea Congress will pass it in the form he has now got it. I have\\nmade a good many suggestions which he adopted but still it does not\\nplease me.\\nThursday 13th February, 1862\\nM Wattles left on My table a copy of the N. Y. Tribune contain-\\ning an article against erecting an exclusively Indian State south of\\nKansas. The article was probably written by M Lucy B. Arm-\\nstrong. M Wattles wanted me to answer it and I accordingly wrote\\nthe greater part of a reply, but feel to dull too finish it.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 137\\nThursday 20tli Februarj 1862.\\nHanded M Augustus Wattles my reply to Yarahkonehta in the\\nN. Y. Tribune. The writer is supposed to be M Lucy B. Arm-\\nstrong and urges some plausible but erroneous reasons against the\\norganization of the Indian Territory south of Kansas. I have en-\\ndeavored to answer these objections. The article is not well written\\nand should have been carefully corrected.\\nSaturday 22nd February, 1862.\\nToday was to have been a gala day for the double purpose of cele-\\nbrating the birth of Washington and our recent victories over the rebels.\\nThe former is entitled to all the honors which a grateful nation can\\nbestow, but the rejoicing over the latter is premature. Celebrations\\nshould only be accorded to those events great or small in themselves\\nwhich have an important agency in producing a desired consumation,\\nand should therefore be reserved until the crowning act is performed.\\nWe can all feel the inspiration and confidence these victories should\\nproduce but our open manifestations of joy should be restrained until\\nthe possibility of defeat and disaster shall entirely disappear. We\\nhave now arrived at the critical point when a little treachery may\\noverturn the whole fabric of our hopes founded on the brilliant events\\nof the last few days. And I greatly fear that treachery is even now\\ndoing its accursed work. Else why should the immense army of the\\nPotomac lie idle and permit the rebels to withdraw their forces and\\nuse them against our little armies in North Carolina and Tennessee?\\nThese armies are performing the most signal service and if backed by\\nour army on the Potomac would soon end the war. This deliberate\\ntreachery, (as I believe it to be) is exciting public criticism and sus-\\npicion, and there seems to be a general inclination to demand a forward\\nmovement of the armies of the Potomac; but may not treachery be as\\nsuccessful in moving forward as in lying still? and may it not be\\neven more fatal to the interests of the country? I confess I see no\\nhope of safety but in the removal of McClellan from the chief com-\\nmand of the army, and the appointment of a true man in his place.\\nWho this true man should be is a question of most difficult solu-\\ntion, but any truly loyal man would be preferable to this doubtful\\none.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "138 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nThursday, 27th February, 1862.\\nHearing Genl. Lane had again telegraphed to his friends here to\\nmake another effort to secure to him the command of the army\\nsupposed to be destined for Texas. These persistent efforts to secure\\na position never promised him and in violation of army regulations\\nwithout any good reason has very much lessened the confidence and\\nrespect he had hitherto enjoyed both here and in Kansas. There\\nseems to me a species of insanity in some of this man s eccentricities.\\nHe has treated me both discourteously and ungratefully But I have\\nborne these things in silence but I feel that his protracted absence\\nfrom his duties as Senator is a serious wrong to Kansas. I\\nshall now try to have his place on the Com. of Indian Affairs filled\\nby the appointment of Genl. Pomeroy.\\nSunday 2nd March, 1862.\\nSnow fell to the depth of 2 or 3 inches, and I have remained in the\\nhouse all day reading very little and talking less. In the evening\\nhowever, I had quite an animated conversation with M Thompson a\\nboarder, and the sister-in-law of Genl. Waddy Thompson of South\\nCarolina. She professes strong Union sentiments and has some em-\\nployment from the Government, but defends the intolerence, virulence,\\nand despotism of the South. The views she entertains or expresses in\\nregard to the rights of northern men who become citizens of the South\\naccord with the true spirit of slavery every where and are clearly in\\nconflict with the guaranties of the Constitution. She insists that no\\nanti-slavery man has a right to express opinions unfriendly to the\\ninstitution of slavery; that if any one entertains such opinions he\\nmust suppress them or leave the slave States. This is the evil spirit\\nwith which we are now at war and against which we are sending our\\nimmense armies.\\nThursday 6th March 1862.\\nSpent an hour with Genl. Pomeroy. He signed a recommendation\\nfor Moses B. Newman s appointment to an Indian Agency in Kansas\\nexpecting to get for him the Delaware Agency. Genl. Pomeroy\\nalso agreed to have the Pacific Railroad bill altered so as to make\\nQuindaro a point. He agreed to introduce and have passed the bill", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 139\\nM Wattles and myself have been preparing to establish a Territorial\\nGovernment exclusively for Indians over the present Indian Country\\nSouth of Kansas.\\nFriday 7th March 1862\\nIn the proceedings of Congress as published in the Daily Globe is\\na short message from the President conveying a resolution which he\\nrecommends Congress in substance to pass. It is M^orth remembering\\nthat on the 10th of January of this year I handed to Senator Pom-\\neroy a Resolution which I wished him to present to the Senate having\\nin view the same object now recommended by the President and my\\nresolution differs only from his in being more specific.\\nSaturday 8th March 1862\\nBo t two copies N. Y. Tribune containing my article on the subject\\nof the organization of a new Indian Territory South of Kansas.\\nSunday 9th March 1862\\nToday I complete my forty eighth year and enter upon my forty\\nninth. It seems strange that a man should live so long and\\naccomplish so little. Yet my course has not been a barren one. Few\\nmen have performed acts out of which more important events have\\ngrown. The successful effort to establish a government for Nebraska\\n(now Kansas) originated with me and under most discouraging cir-\\ncumstances, and out of this act sprung the republican party and the\\nwonderful events that have followed in such quick succession. And\\nthough I get but little credit for this now, history must and will do me\\njustice.\\nI start upon the new year with bright hopes and much confidence\\ndashed only by the lowering clouds that overhang the political horizon.\\nI have painful forebodings of disaster near at hand. It is generally\\nunderstood that our great armies of the Potomac march against the\\ntraitors tomorrow although a general battle may not take place for a\\nday or two after. I have all confidence in the courage of our men, in\\ntheir numbers and equipments, but I have no confidence in their princi-\\npal officers, such as McClellan, McDowell nor indeed in any man from\\nthe military school at West Point. Far better would it be for this\\ncountry had that institution never existed. It is the nucleus around", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "140 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nwhich will gather the enemies of free government and it has and\\nalways will instil into the minds of its pupils sentiments favorable to\\nthe establishment of independent hereditary orders in the State. I\\nregard this institution as more dangerous to the liberties of this coun-\\ntry than African slavery itself, and henceforth I shall devote what\\ntime I can to its abolition.\\nTo day I have prayed again and again most earnestly for the suc-\\ncess of our armies in the coming battles. In God I trust and He\\nalone can defeat the treachery which I fear is meditated against us.\\nHe alone knows the hearts of all men and can disappoint their wicked\\nschemes. May He remember us in this our day of terrible trial\\nM^^ Thompson sislerinlaw of Genl. Waddy Thompson of South\\nCarolina told me to-day that a Secession female friend of hers told\\nher yesterday that the Confederates (rebels) would be victorious in\\nthe great battles so soon to be fought; that all Richmond is full of\\nconfidence in the result. It seems this Secession friend gets letters\\nregularly from her sister in Richmond Virginia communicating im-\\nportant information and no doubt receiving the same in return. How\\nthis correspondence is kept up is a mystery although this Secession\\nfriend said she received them through Fortress Monroe. M Thomp-\\nson professes to be a Unionist.\\nCalled to see Genl. James H. Lane who has just returned with his\\nfamily from Kansas.\\nBorrowed Principles and Acts of the Revolution by Hezekiah\\nNiles from his grandson Samuel V. Niles. This book I have been\\nlong wanting to get and this is the first copy I have seen.\\nMonday 10 March, 1862.\\nIt is now stated upon apparently good authority that the rebels\\nhave abandoned and retreated from all their strong holds about Wash-\\nington while for the last two or three days our hopes and fears have\\nbeen excited to the highest pitch by mighty preparations for a great\\nbattle and while this very farce is being enacted the prompters in it\\nmust have well known there would be no enemy to fight.\\nTuesday 11th March, 1862.\\nIt is now ascertained that the rebels have abandoned their reputed", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 141\\nstrong holds at Manassas. That they should thus have been per-\\nmitted to escape will be a wonder to the world but it confirms what I\\nhave long believed that our army of the Potomac is controlled by\\ntraitors who have an understanding with the rebels. These men may\\nhave found it impracticable for many reasons to yield a victory to the\\nrebels and rather than capture their force or meet them in battle, it was\\nunderstood that that the cause of the Union could be more seriously\\ndamaged by the rebels withdrawing and striking a blow when su[)e-\\nrior numbers might give them a victory. The whole management of\\nthe war on the Potomac is without a parallel in all history for imbe-\\ncility, treachery, cowardice and extravagance. Should the retreating\\nrebels not attack Genl. Banks or Genl. Burnside, the probabilities I\\nthink are that the war is in a great degree ended, and the retreat was\\nprobably prompted by a consciousness of a sinking cause.\\nSaturday 15th March 1862.\\nCalled upon Genl. Lane to talk with him about Indian claims I\\nhad entrusted to his management, but he was very taciturn, only\\nsaying he would now attend to my business. This is indeed all as a\\nbusiness man I could ask, but his whole manner was cold and desti-\\ntute of cordiality. I felt indignant at this manifestation of indiffer-\\nence and perhaps should have expressed it; but Lane either is or affects\\nto be deeply wounded by the explosion of his military projects he\\ndoubtless does feel the apparent and comparative neglect of the swarms of\\nsycophants who clustered around him when he had offices to bestow and\\nglory in prospect. I have more than once cautioned him against the\\nselfishness and hypocracy of these flatterers and I trust his comparative\\nsolitude will now lead him to a juster estimate of his real friends.\\nSunday 16th March 1862.\\nPrepared the following amendment to be placed on the Indian ap-\\npropriation bill, and handed it to Augustus Wattles with the request\\nthat he would get some member of the Senate s committee on Indian\\nAffairs to have it put in that bill. I should have done it myself but I\\nhave so much business before that committee that lam afraid of appear-\\ning too troublesome. This law I urged as essential to the protection of\\nthose poor creatures it is designed to benefit; for I have seen them", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "142 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nshamefully robbed among the Wyandots and among the Shawnees\\nand I have no doubt it is done among all the tribes:\\nAnd be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Interior be and\\nhe is hereby directed to cause settlements to be made with all persons\\nappointed by Indian Councils to receive moneys due to incompetent or\\norphan Indians, and to require all moneys found to be due to said\\nincompetent or orphan Indians to be returned to the Treasury of the\\nUnited States, and moneys so returned shall bear six per cent interest\\nuntil paid by order of said Secretary to those entitled to the same;\\nand no moneys shall hereafter be paid to persons appointed by any\\nIndian Council to receive moneys due to incompetent or orphan\\nIndians, but the same shall remain in the Treasury of the United\\nStates until ordered to be paid by the said Secretary to those entitled\\nto receive them, and shall bear six per cent interest until so paid.\\nThursday 20th March, 1862\\nCalled upon Genl. Lane who told me he would have the papers\\nin the Wyandot cases refered to himself for examination and report\\ntomorrow. Genl. Lane may act faithfully in his attention to my busi-\\nness but I have serious fears. Personally he treats me badly I have\\nnot seen one of his old enemies approach him who has not been treated\\nwith more cordiality. I have certainly done him some service when\\nhe needed it and did not expect such an exhibition of ingratitude.\\nMonday 24th March, 1862.\\nThis evening I called to get Lane [to] assist me in getting the Wy-\\nandot papers into his hands so as to be able to report by Wednesday\\nbut he did not seem disposed to take any interest in the matter and\\ntreated me with marked neglect I shall not again go to his room.\\nBoth before his election and since he repeatedly assured me he would\\nattend to any business I should have before Congress.\\nWednesday 26th March, 1862.\\nIn my room most of the day under the influence of medicine.\\nM^ Wattles spent an hour with me and informs me that there is a\\ncombination of men in power here to force the Indians in Kansas into\\ntreaties whereby their lands shall be secured to this association of Gov-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "ABELAKD GUTHRIE. 143\\nernment officials. Senator James H. Lane of Kansas Commissioner\\nWra. P. Dole and Secretary Caleb B. Smith are said to be concerned\\nin this cruel and gigantic system of fraud.\\nM Niles called to tell me that Genl. Lane assured him he would do\\nall he could for M^^ Guthrie s claim and would see him this week\\nagain to look over the evidence. M N. insists that I must see Lane\\ntomorrow and let him (Niles) know when Lane will see him. I dis-\\nlike very much to call upon Lane his personal ill treatment of me\\nhas created a repugnance to visiting him which I shall feel it difficult\\nto overcome.\\nM Blake Rev. M Richmond called to see me. M Richmond is\\nnow Chaplain to one of the Wisconsin regiments, and a few years ago\\nmade some noise in the world by being imprisoned by the Austrian\\nauthorities in Hungary for, as he says, nothing more than some\\nthoughtless expressions of sympathy for nations struggling for free-\\ndom. How long, at the present rate of travelling toward despotism,\\nwill it be till men shall be imprisoned in this country for like ofi enses?\\nThe imbecility of this administration is only equaled by its cruelty,\\nits tyrany, and total disregard of law and every principle of justice.\\nAre we really to have three years more of this execrable reign This\\ndisgraceful rebellion might have been suppressed long ago and at half\\nthe expense already incurred, had it but suited the interests of those\\nat the head of affairs to have done no.\\nThursday 27th March, 1862.\\nCalled to tell Mr. Niles that Genl. Lane would be at leisure this\\nevening to examine the papers in M^^ G s case.\\nM*^ Niles after seeing Genl. Lane called to see me and I agreed to\\ngive him five hundred dollars if he would get my Wyandot claims\\nthrough at the same time as M Guthrie s, to which he agreed. I\\nhave done this because I am not well enough to bear Lane s stupid\\nindifference without retaliating which would probably get up ill blood\\nand possibly cause him to oppose me, for he is sometimes governed\\nby the merest trifles, and never by reason and justice except as he is\\nimportuned into it.\\nFriday 28th March, 1862.\\nHad a good deal of conversation with young Doolittle, clerk of the", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "144 A BEIEF SKETCH OF\\nSenate s Com. on Indian Affairs from which I learn Genl. Lane has\\nnever given the least attention to my business notwithstanding all his\\npromises. The cool ingratitude and heartless stolidity of this man\\nastounds me And yet I must not tell him what I think of his con-\\nduet\\nMonday 31st March, 1862.\\nWent with Judge Helfenstein to see M Campbell Chairman of the\\nHouse Committee on the Pacific rail road. My object was to get\\nQuinardo and Atchison named as points in the bill, but M C. says\\nhis Committee are unwilling to name any other point than the one\\nnow named Kansas City this of course gives that town an immense\\nadvantage over all others and particularly in Kansas. Thus we see\\nthe revolting spectacle of men whom Kansas has made, for Kansas\\ngave the Republican party to the world, enriching the enemies of the\\nGovernment and the very men who resorted to every means fair and foul\\nto drive the anti-slavery population of Kansas from their new homes,\\nand I who made Kansas civilly and more remotely the Republican\\nparty am without influence among or benefit from the very men who\\nowe all they are to the almost immediate results of my labors.\\nI read with feelings of the deepest grief and alarm an editorial in\\nthe Daily Globe of this city of this date advocating the establishment\\nof a large standing army in this country. If this is to be the result\\nof the sulijngation of tiie rebels I have no hesitation in saying that it\\nwould have been better to yield their success without a struggle if\\nthat alternative would have exempted us from the curse of a stand-\\ning army but it would not. I only measure evils on the supposition\\nthat the acceptance of one would secure us against the other. I am\\nsatisfied the war was necessary to preserve (he simplicity of our form\\nof government; and if managed with but ordinary wisdom this would\\nspeedily have been attained. But with an imbecile head it is not\\nstrange that the same incompetency should pervade every branch of\\nthe public service.\\nApril 1st Tuesday 1862\\nM Augustus Wattles came to see me and says some radical meas-\\nure will be adopted in regard to the Indian tribes. At the extra Ses-\\nsion of Congress in July last I prepared a bill setting apart the Indian\\ncountry south of Kansas for the colonization and permanent home of", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 145\\nall the Indian tribes East of the Rocky Mountains but Senator Lane\\nof Kansas (of whom I expected better things) opposed the measure\\nopposed any measure designed for their melioration; and would not\\npresent my bill except to oppose the policy. At this session M Wat-\\ntles has also undertaken a similar project in behalf of the Indians,\\nbut we concluded it was better to wait until the next session of Con-\\ngress. But it seems both friends and foes of the Indian are impatient\\nto have something done for or with the Indians. I have therefore\\nundertaken to prepare another bill with which I shall take more\\npains and much subsequent reflection will enable me to make it more\\nperfect.\\nSunday 6th March [April] 1862\\nThis evening I have written a letter to Horace Greeley about the\\ndangers and troubles of the country. The hasty and inconsiderate\\nlegislation of Congress, the arbitrary acts of the Executive, the dila-\\ntory if not treacherous conduct of the military, the vast proportion\\nof the Negro question all fill my mind with the saddest forebodings.\\nAnd I believe our only means of avoiding total ruin is to unite while\\nwe may the councils of true men and elect to office men who will\\ncarry out a policy dictated by calm and earnest patriotism. We must\\nreorganize party with a wide and more comprehensive basis of princi-\\nples.\\nWednesday, 9th April, 1862\\nHave learned that Lane has totally neglected my business although\\nhe has several times assured me he would have it all done just as I\\nwished Why he should so persistently lie to me and deceive me I\\ncan not imagine for he is certainly under some obligations to me and\\neven if he were not I am entitled to fair and open dealing. He is an\\nenigma to me. I often think he is insane, or his extraordinary moral\\nobliquity at least often produces effects so nearly like it that one is in\\ndoubt as to the true origin of his aberation of mind. Pomeroy on\\nthe contrary has greatly exceeded my expectations in ability, industry,\\nfidelity and reliableness, and makes himself respected by friends and\\nfoes.\\n11", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "146 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nThursday l7th April, 1862\\nCalled at the Senate document room and got a copy of the bill in-\\ntroduced into the Senate yesterday by Genl. Pomeroy for the organ-\\nization of the Territory of Lanniway. This bill I prepared myself\\nwith the view of securing a permanent home for the Indians. On\\nreading it as printed, I find some errors which may have been in the\\nmanuscript; and some omissions I did not detect before. Having the\\nwhole thing before me now in a printed form I think I can make\\nsuch corrections and alterations as will eflPect the object I have in view\\nA suitable government for the Indians under which they may live\\nin peace and security.\\nThursday 24th April, 1862.\\nI found among the papers a private letter to Lane in reference to\\nthis and other business which could not but have prejudiced my in-\\nterests. Lane may have put this letter in inadvertantly but a man\\nwho would thus by negligence do an act so injurious to one trusting\\nin him is unworthy of confidence and official position of any kind.\\nLane is really one of the most unprincipled men I ever knew without\\na particle of honor, gratitude, or honesty. No wonder the countrv\\ngoes to ruin when such men rule it.\\nFriday 25th April, 1862.\\nCalled to see Genl. Lane twice to get him to recommend Col. Chas\\nSims to the President as a suitable person for the office of Superin-\\ntendent of the new mint (to be) at Denver City. Lane signed it with\\napparent cheerfulness, saying he would do anything he could for Col.\\nSims. All this looked most encouraging, but when I called on Genl.\\nPomeroy he said both he and Lane had sigued a recommendation for\\nanother person and of course [could not] consistently sign this. He\\nsaid besides Genl. Lane s brother in Indiana was a candidate for\\nthe same office and he thought Genl. Lane had a promise in favor of\\nhis brother. Now if these things are so how much more honest and\\nsatisfactory would it have been if Genl. Lane had frankly stated all\\nthe facts What is there to be gained by such double dealing", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 147\\nThursday 8th May 1862.\\nCalled to see Genl. Pomeroy who informs me that Lane did not\\nattend the meeting of the Indian Committee on Wednesday although\\nhe told me the night previous he would do so. Was ever man more\\ndestitute of gratitude and truthfulness Lane s treachery and false-\\nhood give me much trouble and anxiety. He occupies a place in\\nwhich he obstructs my business; if he were away I should get along\\nmuch better. His conduct is entirely inexplicable. Nothing but a\\nheart as black as hell could impel a man to so much baseness as this\\nman is guilty [of] meantime I am the victim. My whole soul is\\nfilled with anguish from the discouragements, ill treatment, and embar-\\nrassments that overwhelm [me] and but for my poor family I had\\nfar rather be in my grave than thus submit to these oppressions, and\\nhumiliations. I cannot withdraw ray mind from the wretched con-\\ndition to which I am reduced.\\nWednesday 2l8t May, 1862.\\nA day of disappointment and mortification. As the Senate Com-\\nmittee on Indian Affairs were to meet, I went to see Genl. Lane to\\nurge him to attend the meeting as he has all my business under hia\\nmanagement and professes to feel a deep interest in it. But he told\\nme he could not attend. I then went to M Niles my Attorney and\\nrecommended by Lane and requested him to see Lane and urge upon\\nhim the necessity of his attendance. This he promised to do and at\\nonce wrote a letter to Lane upon the subject. This letter I sent into\\nLane by his son. Lane attended the meeting and the Committee\\nagreed to report favorably on M^^ Guthrie s claim. I afterward\\nvisited the Committee room myself and M Doolittle, Jr, the clerk\\ntold me he was then making out the law the Committee proposed\\nto pass. I then went into the Senate gallery and soon after saw\\nM Doolittle Jr take some papers to M Harlan who after examining\\nthem took them to Lane who on looking over them hastily took his\\npen and erased several lines. I afterwards learned these were the law\\nfor the relief of M Guthrie and that Lane had struck out all that was\\nessential in the case. The law or joint resolution as it now remains is\\nworth just nothing at all and I could months ago have had it settled\\nmore to my satisfaction without any trouble. The Committee has twice", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "148 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nagreed to this claim and why Lane should thus defeat it after pretend-\\ning to be its principal champion is really a mystery. But the mystery\\nmight be solved if we could understand the business of M Legate,\\nAbbott s (the Shawnee Agent) Agent here. Lane has evidently be-\\ntrayed me and th: t treachery has been brought about by some under-\\nderstanding between Lane, Abbott, and Legate. I have no words to\\nexpress my indignation at, and detestation of this baseness. Lane s\\ntreachery and ingratitude are the most gross it has been my misfortune\\nto experience. But he shall yet pay the full penalty of his villainy.\\nThis evening I called to see Genl. Lane and met M Niles there\\nLane pretends to have done all he could to secure a more favorable\\nissue. The audacity of the scoundrel is most consumate.\\nSunday 25th May, 1862.\\nCalled to see Genl. Poraeroy to show him the law introduced by\\nSenator Harlan for the relief of M Guthrie and proposed to him to\\nhave it amended, he was willing to sustain it, but told me that my\\ninterviews with Senators Harlan and Wilkinson in reference to this\\nclaim had predjudiced them against the claim because in conversation\\nI claimed that the republican party originated in my efforts for a gov-\\nernment for Nebraska (now Kansas) As no intelligent truthful man\\ncan controvert this fact I presume the feeling excited against me was\\nthat it was presumption in me to claim a merit which they all think\\nthemselves to some extent entitled to. So it seems that it matters not\\nwhat a man s merits are if not supported by successful ambition, they\\nare to be ignored even by those who reap the beneficial fruits of them.\\nAfter Nebraska (Kansas) was organized I determined to live a quiet\\nsimple life on my little farm and so far as I could, I have adhered to\\nthat resolution. And because I have not kept myself in the public\\neye, these great men think it preposterous that I should lay any claim\\nto the important service I have performed I will yet be the pen of\\nthese political ingrates and make them feel the injustice of their dast-\\nardly conduct.\\nCalled to see Genl. Lane who told me the same as Genl. Pomeroy\\nand Senator Doolittle has also conceived a prejudice against me. I do\\nnot happen to have the graces of a courtier and talk to these men as I\\nwould talk to other men but they seem to expect a deference that\\nI cannot conceive them entitled to. The jealousy of power always", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 149\\nmakes it anxious to forget all to whom it is indebted. I would cer-\\ntainly not have gone to see one of these Senators had Lane given any\\nattention to my business. I have now been here five months and the\\nbusiness I have entrusted to Lane is no further advanced than when I\\ncame; indeed it is in a much worse condition, and it was not until\\nI was forced by his neglect and repeated falsehoods that I called\\nupon other Senators and for the first time on the tenth of this month\\nand then only on those I heard were hostile to M G s claim so that\\nmy interviews with them could not have produced their opposition\\nbut I am satisfied that Lane s negative support did. His treachery\\nand ingratitude are most wanton and inexplicable. I shall find it im-\\npossible to forget it.\\nFriday 6th June, 1862.\\nMade some corrections in the bill to organize the Territory of Len-\\nniwa, for the benefit of the Indians. This bill I prepared myself but\\nfind much to correct in it. Senator Pomeroy introduced it into the\\nSenate.\\nSaturday 7th June 1862.\\nWrote a letter to Senator J. R. Doolittle enclosing a slip from the\\nNew York Tribune of the 7th March of this year, containing an arti-\\ncle written by myself in support of the organization of the Territory\\nSouth of Kansas for the exclusive benefit of the Indians, and also a\\ncopy of the bill introduced into the Senate by Genl. Pomeroy for that\\npurpose, with such amendments as I thought necessary to render the\\norganization effective. This bill as originally prepared by me cov-\\nered a large amount of manuscript and as it was prepared at different\\ntimes, some confusion and omissions occurred which I have endeav-\\nored to arrange and correct. I have great confidence in the success of\\nthe plan if controlled by good men, but under any circumstances the\\nIndians can be no worse off than they are now.\\nThursday 12th June, 1862\\nSent a letter written, written three or four days ago, to Horace\\nGreely with a copy of the Report of the House Committee on Elec-\\ntions on my claim for mileage and per diem as delegate from Nebraska.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "150 A BRIEF SKETCH OF\\nM Greeley or some one for him, in an article on Nebraska, Kansas,\\nin the Tribune Almanac of 1856, stated that Thomas Johnson was\\nthe first delegate from Kansas (Nebraska.) This does me the greatest\\ninjustice as Johnson was not heard of until after I had represented\\nthe Territory one session of Congress and had obtained the passage\\nof the bill for the organization of the Territory through the House,\\nbut the session being a short one it failed in the Senate for want of\\ntime.\\nFriday 27th June, 1862.\\nToday it is said Genl. Pope has been put in command of the armies\\nunder Genls. Banks, Fremont, McDowell, Shields except\\nMcDowell whom I regard as a traitor or wholly destitute of military\\ntalents. I have no doubt these Generals are individually as compe-\\ntent as Pope, but as they are volunteers, and have never been through\\nWest Point, it is the design of the graduates of that institution, to\\ndeprive them of all means and opportunities of distinguishing them-\\nselves, and for this reason their forces have been kept so small that\\nthey have been able to do really nothing and besides have been crip-\\npled by the arbitary orders of their superiors; the result too of West\\nPoint jealousy. Such reflections and conclusions at least seem justi-\\nfied by the result; while the public are not permited to know what\\ntakes place behind the curtains. West Point through its graduates now\\nrules the destinies of this country and are as rapidly revolutionizing\\nthe government as the rebels, and are more dangerous to the liberties\\nof the country; for they are overthrowing its institutions under the\\nguise and pretense of loyalty and therefore excite no suspicions of their\\ninfamous designs, while [the] country sees only the open efforts of\\nthe rebels.\\nTuesday, July 1, 1862.\\nTo-day I got a Wyandot newspaper in which I find all my land\\nadvertised for sale to satisfy claims against the Quindaro Company.\\nOf this debt I never received one cent and am now entirely ruined by\\nthe villainy of Charles Robinson who has grown rich by plundering\\nme. The appraisement is so low too as if for the very purpose of\\nmaking my ruin the more certain. I am a good deal indebted too,", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "ABELARD GUTHRIE. 151\\nfor this misfortune to my kindness to these creditors whom I favored\\nas far as in my power allowing judgments to go by default when I\\ncould have made a defense and thus have kept back judgment a\\nlong time. I have no language that could even remotely express the\\nanguish these things occasion me; were it not for the hope that my\\npoor family will be saved from starvation by the success of M Guth-\\nrie s Shawnee claim, I should sink into the grave from utter despair.\\nGod alone can sustain and guide me under such distressing circum-\\nstances. Has God no punishment for such villains Why should\\nthey be allowed to rob the innocent and unwary? This infamous\\nwretch never experienced any thing but kindness and boundless gen-\\nerosity from myself and my poor family until his true character was\\ndeveloped and even then I long bore in silence the crushing wrong in\\nthe vain hope that shame or contrition would bring him to some\\nsense of justice. I have found the laws unequal to a remedy; he has\\nhad them so made as to suit himself and thus with his own perjuries\\nand those of his confederates I am entirely powerless and utterly ruined\\nwithout the hope of legal redress.\\nFriday July 4th 1862\\nI have made up my mind to be an independent candidate for Con-\\ngress in Kansas, and commenced writing an address to the people of\\nthe State some days ago, but have been too unwell to finish it if I can\\nget money enough to pay the expense of the contest I think I shall\\nsucceed otherwise doubtful. It would appear strange that so hum-\\nble and now so obscure an individual should succeed in so important\\nan election. But I feel impelled to make the trial because there are\\nmany public measures I would like to bring forward in Congress;\\nbecause I think more independent men are wanted in Congress; be-\\ncause I have done more for Kansas than any other citizen.\\nTuesday 22nd July, 1862.\\nTalked with Genl. Lane about getting some military appointment\\nfor M Cobb. He said M Dole had spoken to him on the same sub-\\nject; that he was authorized by the president to organize and equip\\nan army of fifty thousand Negroes, and would start for Kansas for", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "152 A BRIEF SKETCH OF ABELARD GUTHRIE.\\nthat purpose in a day or two and if M Cobb would call and see him\\nhe thought he could give him as good a place as he had wished. I\\nhave not much faith in the promises of Lane, but think with M\\nDole s solicitation and his own interest M Cobb will be offered a\\nplace on Lane s staff. Although I look upon the whole scheme as\\nchimerical and expensive, and frought with more danger than bene-\\nfits. Wrote to S. A. Cobb.\\nMonday 28th July, 1862.\\nFinished an address to the people of Kansas proposing to run as a\\ncandidate for Congress. I feel this office is due me for past services\\nand if I had only the gift of gab I believe I should as an independ-\\nent candidate be elected. Still I feel it a kind of duty to offer and\\ntrust to the justice of the people.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM WALKER, 1833.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "THE JOURNALS\\nOF\\nWILLIAM WALKER\\nPROVISIONAL GOVERNOR\\nNEBRASKA TERRITORY\\nFIRST BOOK\\nFrom March S9, 1846, to September gS, 1849\\nFROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT IN THE COLLECTION OF\\nWILLIAM E. OOIsri^ELLET\\n(168)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL.\\nFRANCOIS.\\nhe plus beau morceau d eloquence qu il y ait dans aucune langue.\\nBolmar.\\nTRADUCTION.\\nThe finest piece of eloquence that exists in any language.\\ntime when the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.\\n(155)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "t", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "THE\\nJOURNALS OF WILLIAM WALKER,\\nProvisional Governor of Nebraska Territory.\\nFIRST BOOK.\\nFrom March 29, 1845, to September 22, 1849.\\n1845.\\nMarch, 1845.\\nSaturday, 29. Caught Samuel Medary* and put him up\\nin a coop to fatten not on Quassi Quires to be cooked for\\ndinner on Harriet s birthday.\\nApril, 1845.\\nThursday, 10. Sam was killed and eat up, though sooner\\nthan was at first intended. His day of execution was has-\\ntened by his repeatedly escaping from his coop, and when\\nout would invariably fall upon Harry in a deadly fight, but\\nwas invariably whipped by the latter. It was thought that\\nunder these circumstances Sam could not gain much fat or\\nflesh, and therefore the allotted time was shortened.\\nAlas poor Sam\\nLet his bones slumber in peace I\\nThis was evidently a rooster whicli Governor Walker named Samuel Medary for\\n\u00c2\u00bbn Ohio politician of his acquaintance. Medary was afterward appointed Territorial\\nGovernor of Kansas Territory. The appointment was made November 19, 1858.\\n(167)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "158 THE JOURNALS OF [M\u00c2\u00bby.i845.\\nMay, 1845.\\nFriday, 23. Finished ploughing the field.\\nSaturday, 24. Harrowed. Set out seventy-five cabbage\\nplants.\\nMonday, 26. Planted red potatoes and thirty-one hillg\\nwatermelons.\\nTuesday, 27. Set out four dozen beet plants and some\\nsugar beets fifty cabbage plants.\\nWednesday, 28. Planted the corn, part yellow, and part\\nlarge white.\\nThursday, 29. Sowed the Sandwich Island flower seeds,\\nFriday, 30. Planted muskmelons and the fall potatoes.\\nSaturday, 31. Planted blue corn^ with beans, and five\\nhills of Santa Fe corn.\\nJune, 1845.\\nSunday, 1. Rested. Rainy day. Wrote to G. N. D.\\nMonday, 2. Tried an experiment. Set out fifty radishes\\nin the following manner Made holes in the ground with a\\nsharp stick and held the radish in the hole, then filled up the\\ninterstices with sand.*\\nI will never try this experiment again. Not worth a cent.\\nTuesday, 3. Set out twelve hills sweet potatoes, and\\n[planted] fifteen [hills Nantucket corn.\\nWednesday, 4. Planted pumpkins and watermelons and\\nmuskmelons.\\nThursday, 5. Planted some more, ditto. We have\\nenough.\\nSaturday, 7. Dr. Hewitt and family arrive.*\\nCom was one of the principal articles of food of the Wyandots, and to this day\\nthey raise many varieties of it a certain kind for each season, some eariy and some\\nlate, one kind for a special variety of hominy, and one kind for another variety of that\\ndish, etc., etc.\\nDr. Hewitt was the Indian Agent. His descendants live near Turner Station on\\nthe A. T. S. F. E. E., in Shawnee Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas. They are\\nfarmers. One of his sons lives in Los Angeles, Gal.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "December, 1845] GOVERNOR WALKER. 1 59\\nTuesday, 10. Enclosed the woods pasture seven rails high.\\nTuesday, 17. Rainy season commenced.\\nWednesday, 18. Raining rained all day.\\nThursday, 19. Rained all day.\\nFriday, 20. Rained all the time furiously.\\nSaturday, 21. Rained all the time furiously.\\nSunday, 22. Rained all the time furiously.\\nJuly, 1845.\\nSunday, 13. Quarterly meeting hot day, thermometer\\n98.\\nOctober, 1845.\\nSaturday, 11. Devoured our last watermelon.\\nNovember, 1845.\\nThursday, 27. Thermometer at zero at sunrise.\\nSaturday, 29. Thermometer 22 degrees below zero.\\nDecember, 1845.\\nTuesday, 23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Bought 810 pounds [of] pork at |3.00 per\\ncwt.\\nWednesday, 24. Cut it up and salted it away.\\nThursday, 25. A merry Christmas^ to all I staid at\\nhome all day, for the best of all reasons, being lame and\\nunable to go about. Wrote to some friends in Ohio.\\nTuesday, 30. Held Council here and did some wise\\nthings.\\nWednesday, 31. Wrote a long letter to our delegates at\\nWashington.^\\nGovernor Walker almost invariably spelled Christmas Chrismas. I have taken\\nthe liberty to correct the spelling.\\nThe WyandotB kept delegates in Washington most of the time to look after their\\ninterests.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "160 THE JOURNALS OF [Janaary. 1846.\\n1846.\\nJanuary, 1846.\\nThursday, 1. This is the 45th new year that has passed\\nover my head. In looking through the long vista I have\\npassed through, how few of my contemporaries live to see\\nthis day Mais ainse va le monde.^^\\nFriday, 2. Done nothing read some lounged about\\nthe house.\\nAttempted to translate a French Song into English, hor-\\nribly done. The musical Frenchman would never recognize\\nhis song in this butchered English dress.^\\nSaturday, 3. Doing nothing read some intending to\\nread some more in Byron s Island. Whew! Let joy\\nburst forth among epicurians (but more like envy) I am,\\n(hear it ye gluttons going to dine on pork and parsnips I\\nDelectable dish! Felicitatus!\\nJust heard by M Bostwick that Providence was buried\\non yesterday. Poor fellow! His last days were full of\\nmisery, pain and suffering. He truly died in poverty.\\nSunday, 4. Staid at home and read.\\nMonday, 5. Heard of the death of Margaret Nofat. She\\ndied yesterday.\\nTuesday, 6. Council met at George Armstrong s. Trans-\\nGovernor Walker spoke French well. Many of the Wyandots spoke French bet-\\nter than they did English. The record in the family Bible of Bobert Eobitaille is\\nwritten in French.\\nThere are Wyandots yet living that belong to the family.\\nThe founder of the Armstrong family in the Wyandot Nation was Eobert Ann-\\nstrong. He was captured on the west side of the Alleghany Eiver a few miles above\\nPittsburgh about the year 1783, by a party of Wyandots and Senecas. He was in com-\\npany with another white person when captured. The other was a man grown, and was\\nkilled. There are two accounts of the capture. See Finley s Life Among the Indians,\\npage 453, and Howe s Historical Collections of Ohio (Cincinnati, O., 1847), pages 166,\\n167.\\nThe boy was retained and adopted by the Wyandots. He grew up and married a\\nWyandot woman. He separated from her and married Sarah Zane, daughter of Isaac\\nZane, who had himself been captured and adopted by the Wyandots, had grown up aad\\nmarried a Wyandot woman. By the first wife he had one son, George, bom in 1801;\\ndied in February, 1853. By the second wife he had four children that I have an account", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "January, 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 161\\nacted a variety of business. Adjourned to meet that day a\\nweek at some house in town.\\nWednesday, 7. Undergoing the most tormenting afflic-\\ntion from biles, ulcers, sores, scabs, etc. My flesh appears\\nto be running into a putrid state, while at the same time\\nmy health in general is good.\\nThursday, 8. Lay all day in the house.\\nFriday, 9. Lay all day in the house.\\nSaturday, 10. Lay all day in the house.\\nSunday, 11. Suffering still; spend sleepless nights.\\nWrote letters to M Guthrie, [and] J. Washington.\\nMonday, 12. No better but worse Psoriasis inveterati.\\nTuesday, 13. Sent for Dr. Hewitt; must undergo a course\\nof medicine. Unable to attend Council. Requested Tour-\\noomee to preside over the deliberations of the Council and\\nproceed to business.\\nWednesday, 14. Slept sound last night, having drawn\\npretty liberally upon a soporific anodyne y clept, morphine\\nfeel somewhat stupid, and some foggyness in the upper\\nstory; not much appetite.\\nThursday, 15. Feel some better inflamation going down.\\nFriday, 16. Sleeting this morning, accompanied with\\nsnow.\\nPrepared a communication for C. Graham to Purdy M.\\nE. upon the subject of four months pay while moving the\\nof: 1. Hannah, died while attending the Wyandot Mission at Upper Sandusky. (See\\nFinley s History of the Wyandot Mission.) 2. Silas, born June 3, 1810 3. John Mc-\\nIntyre, bom October 7, 1813 4. Catherine.\\nGeorge Armstrong married the daughter of Mononcue, a Wyandot preacher, famous\\nin the history of the Wyandot Mission at Upper Sandusky. Her name was Skah\\nmehn-dah -teh she belonged to the Porcupine Clan. George Armstrong is buried in\\nthe Huron Place Cemetery. The following is copied from his tombstone\\nGeorge Armstrong\\nDied\\nFeb. 1853\\nAged 52 Years.\\nThis is an error. Governor Walker s Journal says he died November 19, 1851. Se\u00c2\u00ab\\nhis entry of November 20th, 1851.\\n12", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "162 THE JOURNALS OF [January, 1846.\\nshop and his family to this country. Dull times. Confined\\nto my room gloomy ennui.\\nSaturday, 1 7. Keceived a letter from Jesse Stern/ giv-\\ning information of Capt. Wagstaff s movements his peti-\\ntion for a partition of the lands in Seneca County, and his\\nwish for the appointment of an administrator on the per-\\nsonal estate of C. W.^\\nSunday, 18. Staid at home all day and read the news\\nhad the company of M Austin who staid till nearly night.\\nIn the evening was called upon by M G. and lady and in a\\nfew moments afterwards J. W. was added to the company.\\nIsaiah accepted his improvement money, it is said, for the\\npurpose of buying M Long s improvement to keep a cer-\\ntain Blackstone, Jr. from getting it. Not so bad a move.\\nMonday, 19. Commenced snowing this morning at 2\\no clock A. M., and now, at 9 o clock, still snowing and a\\nfair prospect of a regular snow storm.\\nTuesday, 20. This is Council day important matters\\nmay come up before that august body. If any Council were\\nheld I do not know where it was nor what was done. It\\nstormed all day at a most furious rate and I kept close\\nquarters.\\nWednesday, 21. Sun rose clear. We shall have a thaw\\nto-day.\\nThursday, 22. Staid all day in close quarters.\\nFriday, 23. To-day a poor wretch, named Lester, has to\\nexpiate his crime on the gallows tree, according to the sen-\\ntence of the court before which he was tried and convicted\\nof the crime, murder, cold blooded murder, of his brother-\\nin-law whom he had decoyed off into the prairies on pretence\\nof special business requiring secrecy. The motive prompting\\nIt is impossible to tell whether Governor Walker intends this for Stem or Stem.\\nThis holds all the way through his Journal. I have written it Stem.\\nCatharine Walker, Governor Walker s mother.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "January, 1846.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 163\\nto the murder was property. The parents of the murderer\\nappear to have been desperate wretches.\\nBy this time, 4 o clock P. M., he must have passed the\\ndark curtain of death.\\nSaturday, 24. No news. Dull times. Horribelorum.\\nBlue devils.\\nSunday, 25. Sick had a chill at daylight. My back\\ncame near parting twain. Received a letter from A. Guth-\\nrie.^ Not very encouraging news from Washington. Our\\ndelegates rioting on the fat of the land at a most expensive\\nrate and doing nothing and no prospect of their doing any\\npublic or private good. Money spent for nothing.\\nMonday, 26. Replied to M* Guthrie in a dolorous letter.\\nEmployed Peter Balouger^ and Peter Gray to build a\\nsmoke house with a porch six feet wide on one side of the\\nhouse, the house to be fourteen feet square and ten logs high,\\nprice $20.00. Where is the cash to come from. Trust to\\nchances.\\nTuesday, 27. Attended Council to-day but done very\\nlittle important business. Agreed to employ Tall Charles*\\nanother year to keep the ferry.\\nWrote a joint letter to George Garrett upon the subject\\nof R. Wagstaff s application for a partition of the land in\\nSeneca County and the appointment of an administrator on\\nthe personal estate of C. W. In our commucation to G. G.\\nwe deny that there is any personal property, all having\\nAbelard Guthrie and James Washington were the Delegates at Washington City.\\nGovernor Walker writes this name in a variety of ways. It should be written\\nBolanger. He was a Frenchman one of a settlement of French and half-breed French\\nand Indians living then in the bottom, between the Missouri and Kansas Elvers,\\nalong the banks of Turkey Creek, which at that time flowed into the Missouri.\\nTall Charles was sometimes called John Tall-Charles. He was an industrious man\\nand good citizen. He is buried in Huron Place Cemetery. On hia tombstone is the fol-\\nlowing\\nTall Charles\\nDied\\nMay 1856\\nAged 55 Yrs.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "164 THE JOUENALS OF [January, 1846.\\nbeen disposed of during her lifetime. The letter was signed\\nW. W., C. B. G., M. K W., J. W}\\nWednesday, 28. Mild, warm morning; smoky and hazy;\\nM George Dickson called upon us. 11 o clock, commenced\\nmisting, and shortly after set in a pretty rain, and now, 3\\no clock, raining at a pretty brisk rate and every prospect of\\nhaving it all night. Dr. H. advises me to resume the use\\nof the iodine and blue mass in order to correct the great\\nirregularity in my system and quicken the circulation. So\\nto-morrow morning I resume the medicine. Midnight, rain-\\ning.\\nThursday, 29. Raining, and every appearance of raining\\nall day. Rain, rain, oh dull day\\nBe still sad heart and cease repining\\nBehind the clouds is the sun still shining.\\nFriday, 30. Sun rose clear; but shortly afterwards it\\nbecame over-clouded, and rain set in at 8 o clock. No work\\nto be done on the smoke house to-day.\\nHurra, the hounds! What music In full chase after\\na wolf over hill and dale, away they go. I am getting\\nbetter\\nSaturday, 31. Received a few old papers from the P. O.\\nthat had been on the road between this and Washington a\\nmonth or six weeks. No letters. No news from our dele-\\ngates. What has become of them\\nBut I am informed there [is] a mail behind, which did\\nnot reach Independence.^ This may account for the lack of\\nnews.\\nFebruary, 1846.\\nSunday, 1. This being the day of rest, I rested, but it\\nwas a poor rest to me. Equal to the rest enjoyed by the\\nfelon in his prison.\\nWilliam Wiilker, Charles B. Garrett, Matthew E. Walker, and Joel Walker.\\nIndependence was the nearest post office.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "February, 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 165\\nMonday, 2. Posted books all day walked out. Dr. H.\\nand J. W. called and we spent an hour in chat on various\\nmatters; Indian affairs, politics, etc.\\nTuesday, 3. Laid the foundation of the smoke house.\\nWednesdav. 4. Done nothing worthy of note.\\nThursday, 5. -Raised the smoke house.\\nFriday, 6. vVent to the City. Wrote this day to W.\\nagain for news.\\nSaturday, 7. Went to Kansas. Saw Maj. Vaughan.\\nWhat is he arter While there, bo t a pair of shoes. I\\nexpect they are good for nothing. Look at the price, $1.25.\\nHa, ha, ha.\\nSunday, 8. Staid all day at home read newspapers.\\nOregon, Oregon. This has become the Alpha and Omega\\nof our mouthing politicians. No one can be a great man\\nunless he can vociferate all of Oregon or none, and chew\\nand spit out powder and lead.\\nMonday, 9. Clear, bright, and frosty morning. Wrote\\nto Luther A. Hall (but dated the letter the 10th) on the\\nsubject of the tax money sent by him to pay into the Har-\\ndin County treasury.\\nTuesday, 10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paid to Tall Charles, ferryman, $45.00,\\nleaving a balance due him for 1845 of $55.00. Bo t some\\nbaskets from some Muncie women. Received by the hands\\nof M Wheeler, the President s message with accompanying\\ndocuments, sent by M Sawyer, M. C. Met in Council, de-\\ntermined upon calling a National CounciP on Thursday to\\ndeliberate upon our matters at Washington and other affairs\\ngenerally.\\nThe government of the Wyandots was a pure Democracy. Any matter of impor-\\ntance that affected the tribe had to be sanctioned by a National Council of the whole\\npeople. The tribal Council of Chiefs fixed the day for a National Convention and noti-\\nfied the people of the time, place, and purpose of the meeting. This notice was sent by\\nthe Sheriffs, of which there were two. Women participated in these National Councils\\nand voted in them if they chose to do so. A majority vote was sufficient to pass a\\nmeasure", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "166 THE JOURNALS OF [February, 1846.\\nWednesday, 11. Moved some of our trumpery, such as\\nsoap, salt, corn meal, pork, etc., into our new smoke house,\\nand hung up the hams and shoulders to dry, and afterwards\\nto smoke.\\nHeard yesterday my land in H. County, was sold for\\ntaxes. Money was furnished to my friends in Ohio to pay\\nthe taxes, but they very kindly appropriated the money to\\ntheir own use. The devil take such friends.\\nThursday, 12. Met in general convention at the meeting\\nhouse at 12 o clock. I called the convention to order and\\nexplained the object of the meeting. A committee was ac-\\ncordingly appointed to act with the Chiefs in drafting a\\nmemorial to Congress upon the subject of our claims. The\\ncommittee consisted of nine men.\\nFriday, 13. Committee and the Council met at the School\\nHouse and drew up a strong memorial to be sent to Hon.\\nTho. H. Benton of the Senate.\\nSaturday, 14. Staid at home, copied the memorial, scrib-\\nbled some, read some. I want my mail. News, news Snow\\ngoing off very fast.\\nSunday, 15. Wrote a long letter to James Washington,\\napprising him of our sending our memorial to Senator Ben-\\nton, and apprising him how affairs are going on at his house\\nloafers eating him up.\\nMonday, 16. Wrote under date of 14th, to Jesse Stern,\\nupon the subject of Wagstaff s claim, and inquiring what\\nauthority he has to represent J. T. W.^ in his petition for a\\npartition of land.\\nTuesday, 17. Having received information that our\\nChiefs had presented, through Senator Allen, a memorial to\\nCongress, we concluded not to send ours to Col. Benton, but\\nforward it to them to be used privately among their friends\\nas an exponent of the wishes of the people.\\nJohn T. Walker, son of John E. Walker, Governor Walker s oldest brother.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "February, 1846] GOVERNOR WALKER. 167\\nWednesday, 18. I staid up last night till a late hour ex-\\npecting a visitor to my corn shocks of the kine kind in-\\ntended to pay my respects to this kine visitor by the dis-\\ncharge of one or two rounds a la mode military, but no\\nvisitor.\\nThis morning I yoked up my oxen, fearing they might\\nforget the use of the yoke, and hauled some wood. Cattle\\nwork well yet. Being washday, carried water. Women all\\nin the suds. Did other chores Shakespeare says chares.\\nWhich is correct? Some will have it that such work should\\nbe called pottering. Well, potter you that potter will,\\n\u00c2\u00abs the Pelagions vainly do teach\\nReceived the mail from the P. O., two newspapers, not my\\nown, and a letter from James Washington, giving us all the\\n[news] they have upon the subject of their business at W.\\nProspects somewhat encouraging.^\\nThursday, 19. Commenced snowing this morning a little\\nbefore day and it snowed all day at a most furious rate but\\nheld up at 3 o clock P. M. Altogether considered it has\\nbeen a rather unseemly day. Wrote to John Goodin authoriz-\\ning him to make an effort to recover my land in Hardin\\ncounty, sold for taxes. My curses rest on the men I en-\\ntrusted the tax money with!\\nFriday, 20. Kose at the dawn of day; frosty morning\\nmade a fire, called my folks up and had everything stirring in\\ndue time. Stirring times, ^^all of Oregon or noneP To the\\n54th degree and 40 minutes and no less. Hurry breakfast,\\nno time to be lost. Yes, and the British are looking towards\\nCuba we are in imminent danger.^ The teakettle is boil-\\ning over. Take it off the fire.\\nOur young folks enjoying the snow by sleigh riding of\\nevenings.\\nThe matter of getting the sanction of the Government to the purchase of their\\nhome from the Delawares was at this time engrossing the attention of the Wyandots.\\nGovernor Walker had a supreme contempt for the demagoguery of the average so-\\ncalled statesman.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "168 THE JOURNALS OF [Febraary, 1846.\\nSaturday, 21. Clear, cold, and frosty morning prospect\\nof a fine day. This is mail day bring on the news Now\\nwhat news upon the Rialto? Mail received, but nothing\\nbut newspapers, and nothing of special interest in them.\\nSunday, 22. Sick this morning, sick all day.\\nMonday, 23. 111 at ease pains all over my body with\\nsoreness in my breast. Spent a restless night took no med-\\nicine, cause my appetite is not affected nor any derangement\\nof stomach or bowels.\\nTuesday, 24. Council day, but I am unable to attend the\\nsession to-day. Not feeling any better, and withal being a\\ncold, dreary and cloudy day so contented myself with\\nburying my ills, laying and sitting about the fire. Query,\\nDoes the climate of upper Missouri agree with me? I am\\nsometimes induced to thiuk not. My health has not been\\ngood since I came to this country, but still this may be prop-\\nerly attributed to other causes. I would fain think so. I\\nlike the country and would wish to spend the remainder of\\nmy days in it.\\nWednesday, 25. Koasted my bones all day before the\\nfire. Mercury down near zero all day. Hard weather for\\nan invalid.\\nThursday, 26. This morning mercury two degrees below\\nzero. Whew! good morning Esqr. North Pole, and how\\nfare you, M Frigid Zone. Have you both come south to\\nthaw your noses? Hope you will make your visit short.\\nJohn Providence was found to-day near Turkey Creek by\\nBenjamin, a Frenchman, who, on examining him, found that\\nhis legs were frozen above the knees and his arras frozen\\nabove the elbows and [he was] nearly dead. He carried him\\nto the Ferry and dragged him over on the ice and [he] was\\ntaken to Tall Charles s house. He laid out all night, in a\\nstate of intoxication. Dr. H. thinks he cannot live. Dur-\\ning last night the mercury stood at zero.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "March, 1846.] GOVERNOR AVALKER. 169\\nFriday, 27. Cloudy, cold, dark, weather. Winter, win-\\nter.\\nThe dark and wintry day\\nIs deepening into night\\nThe weary woodman seeks his cottage door.\\nSaturday, 28. Sleeted last night. Everything this morn-\\ning looking as gray as St. Nicholas s beard, while on his\\nnocturnal holiday visits to his patrons. What sort of\\nweather are we to have next? We have had every variety\\nof cold weather, and I begin to wish [for] the return of\\nwarm weather. A dark dreary day the most cheerless\\nand gloomy I have seen lately. Shine forth thou luminary\\nof day and show thy brilliant countenance. Suffer us not\\nto be frightened out of our wits by the horrible dark frowns\\nof the clouds above us.\\nMarch, 1846.\\nSunday, 1. Clear, warm day. Thawed some of the frost\\nout of the ground.\\nMonday, 2. Went to Kansas on foot. Crossed the river\\non the ice. Came near giving out before I reached home,\\nthe roads being awfully muddy. Sent to the P. O. a com-\\nmunication to James Washington.\\nTuesday, 3. Council to-day. Met at 12 o clock read to\\nthe Council Jas. Washington s letter, and then stated what I\\nsaid in answer. Directors employed Mr. Robataille^ to take\\ncharge of Mr. Kramer s school.\\nWednesday, 4. Charming morning; oh, the clear blue\\nsky and the glorious rising sun! How vivifying to my dor-\\nmant and nearly dead energies both of body and mind.\\nThursday, 5. This being my natal day, I now make my\\nobeisance and enter into my 46th year. I now take my rank\\namong old men. What! Am I an old man? Do I look\\nvenerable? Well, if I do, I do not feel like leaving the ranks\\nRobert Robitaille, a Wyandot. Lived near Quindaro, Wyandotte county, Kansas.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "170 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 1846.\\nof the young and middle aged yet, at any rate. On serious\\nreflection upon my past life, checkered tho it has been, it\\nseems to me that I have lived to but little purpose. I do\\nnot recollect of having founded any charitable institution,\\nchurch, or synagogue, yet I have not been unmindful of the\\npoor. I have a warm feeling for the poor and distressed.\\nFriday, 6. Set out four apple trees (grafts) [that] I got\\nfrom M, R. W. They were procured in Granville, Ohio,\\nand [are] reputed to be of a superior quality.\\nSaturday, 7. Dr. H. made preparation and proceeded to\\nKansas to take the boat on her return, destined for Wash-\\nington. The John-Go-Long-Up being the first boat up this\\nseason. The river unusually low; in many places, there is\\nscarcely two feet of water in the channel.\\nSunday, 8. Down sick with a high fever. Our mail\\nbrought in. We were shocked at the intelligence of the\\ndeath of Geo. Garrett,^ communicated by Kirby, McE., and\\nJ.Walker; disease, mania a potu. Favorable intelligence\\nfrom Washington about our claims. Got 20 apple trees.\\nMonday, 9. Kaining. Gloomy day. Continue sick.\\nTuesday, 10. Council day. Could not attend, of course.\\nStaid at home and nursed myself. Commenced taking that\\npanacea for ills, blue mass.\\nWednesday, 11. Had a high fever all day; pains in my\\nback.\\nThursday, 12. Some better sat up all day.\\nFriday, 13. Comfortable read all day and amused my-\\nself in various ways to drive dull care and ennui away. At\\nnight, luxuriated on a dish of oyster soup.\\nSaturday, 14. Walked over this morning to the Deacon s,\\non a visit. Chatted about half an hour and came away.\\nCan t walk very fast. In the evening, Isaiah [Walker]\\nbrought me two Nat. Intelligencers, but [they] containing\\nGovernor Walker s brother-in-law; lie lived in Ohio.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "March. 1846] GOVERNOR WALKER. 171\\nno news of importance. Wrote, through the day, by spells,\\na long letter to Robert Wagstaff, giving him, in plain and\\nunequivocal language, my opinion of his course.\\nSunday, 15. Attended this morning at the Deacon s.\\nWilliam Garrett and Mary Ann Long were there united in\\nmarriage at 10 o clock A. M., and proceeded with a party of\\ntheir friends to Westport. Peace and prosperity attend them.\\nMonday, 16. Getting some better. Sat up all day read\\nsome in the evening. The wedding party returned from\\nWestport, highly delighted with their trip.\\nTuesday, 17. Wrote D. W. Deshler for a certificate or\\nreceipt.\\nWednesday, 18. Sick last night pains last night in my\\nstomach, which terminated in a copious evacuation from the\\nbowels. This morning paid the Deacon for my blooded hog\\nstock ($400.) so my pigs are secured, unless they are stolen,\\nwhich Heaven forefend!\\nThursday, 19. Received two letters from our deputies at\\nWashington. No news of interest. Considering Friday an\\nill omened or unlucky day, and having twenty choice apple\\ntrees to set out, I concluded I would at all events, weak as I\\nam, make a commencement to-day, so I set out four.^\\nFriday, 20. Isaiah kindly came over and helped me to\\nfinish setting out 20, the remainder of the trees. This was\\ndone in the dark of the moon. Will it make any difference in\\nthe thrift or bearing of the trees. Wrote a long letter to J.\\nWashington in reply to his, and one to John Walker. My\\nhealth slowly improving. Too great an appetite for my di-\\ngestion. Still luxuriating on blue mass by the mass.\\nBut it is becoming very nauseating to my stomach and pal-\\nate but it must be taken although it may cost some wry\\nfaces and unseemly gyrations.\\nAlmost all men have this feeling that Friday is an unlucky day, but few of them\\nwill admit it as frankly as Governor Walker does here.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "172 THE JOURNAI/S OF [March, 1846.\\nSaturday, 21. Staid about home. Done pottering chores\\nabout the house. Walked over to M. R. W. s and spent\\nthe afternoon. Commenced raining in the evening and con-\\ntinued, with short intermissions, raining all night.\\nSunday, 22. Raining this morning. Kept close quar-\\nters. Read much miscellaneous matter. Wrote for the\\nExpositor. Rained all night.\\nMonday, 23. Rainy morning. Found the glands in my\\nneck considerably swollen caused by my taking the mer-\\ncurial pills, and the damp weather. I must suspend my\\npill taking till the weather changes. Bought some young\\npeach trees from C. B. G. If I am favored with good luck\\nI shall in three years have lots of fine fruit. So mote it be.\\nTuesday, 24. This morning found myself pti/alyzed. The\\nglands under my jaws, sore. A regular New England snow\\nstorm all day. Could not attend Council to-day the weather\\ntoo inclement to go out.\\nWednesday, 25. Clear, but a cold windy morning. Some\\nrain through the day. Nothing of interest occurred.\\nThursday, 26. Raw, disagreeable day. Staid at home.\\nRead over my latest papers the second time for the want of\\nlater ones.\\nFriday, 27. Cold, cloudy day dreary as the shores of\\nthe Island of Spitzbergen, spitting snow all day.\\nSaturday, 28. Cool morning. Set out about 10 o clock for\\nKansas to mail some letters and get our mail. Not getting\\nanything I sent Eldridge H.^ to Westport and got our mail,\\none letter from J. W. G., and one from L. A. Hall.\\nQuarterly meeting time.\\nSunday, 29. Clear cold morning. Frosty. Read news-\\npapers. Lectured my children on morals and good breed-\\ning, warning them against various immoralities.^ People\\nEldredge H. Brown, now living in Wyandotte, Indian Territory.\\nAn old-fashioned practice, now almost obsolete, which might well be revived.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "Mareh. 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 173\\ngoing to church. I wish I could go, but I cannot walk that\\nfar and back without too much fatigue.\\nMouday, 30. Cloudy morning and cold. M Btateler^\\ncalled upon us and had a long confab. Tauroomee^ called\\nand had a ditto. Oh, genial and vivifying spring, hasten\\nThe minister of the M. E. Church.\\nWyandotte Gazette, January 20, 1870\\nTauromee, Chief of the Wyandotte Nation, died on Saturday morning last, and\\nTras buried Sunday, at 2 o clock P. M. The funeral exercises were held at the M. E,\\nChurch, South, and owing to the state of the weather and roads, was not numerously\\nattended. They consisted of a brief eulogy on the life and character of the deceased,\\ndelivered in the language of the Wyandottes and the committing to the earth of his re-\\nmains. Governor Walker pronounced the eulogy, and afterwards gave a short synopsis\\nof it in English, from which we gather the following facts\\nTauromee, in his early life, was a man of the chase, a hunter. But his tribe, hav-\\ning noticed that he had a good degree of ability, he was in 1838, chosen into the Council\\nBoard of the nation, and upon the death of John Long, a number of years afterwards,\\nhe became Head Chief. From this time the good of the nation seemed to lie nearest\\nhis heart. His administration was morally a wise and just one. He was a man of\\ngreat endurance and an indomitable will, and when he undertook a measure, no obstacle\\nwould turn him from it until it was accomplished. He was not of very quick percep-\\ntions, and often expressed his regret that he could not grasp a subject and cope with it\\nand form his conclusions more readily. But when he had taken time to examine a sub-\\nject in all of its bearings, his conclusions were sure to be correct.\\nSoon after his tribe came to the West, a proposition was made by the government\\n(if we understood the speaker correctly to have the lands divided among the people,\\nand have them come into full citizenship. This Tauromee strenuously opposed, he\\nclaiming that they were not prepared for such a step, and that the result would be that\\nin short time many of them would be homeless. The matter was submitted to the na-\\ntion, and a large majority voting for it, it was adopted. Tauromee, obeying the voice\\nof his people, signed the treaty, but under protest. The results he had foreseen, soon\\nmanifested themselves. Many of the tribe, through their improvidence, were soon\\nsuffering for the necessaries of life. They had squandered their lands, and were with-\\nout homes. Then their fallen Chief began to look about for a home for them. He\\nfinally bethought him of their old neighbors, the Senecas, who now live some two\\nhundred miles south of here. Many obstacles were thrown in his way, but he over-\\ncame them all and succeeded in securing among the Senecas, twenty thousand acres of\\nland. Many of his people are already settled there, and at the time of his death, he\\nwas awaiting some action of Congress to enable him to complete their removal. Now he\\nis gone, and John W. Gray- Eyes becomes Chief by birthright. Tenderly and feelingly\\nthe speaker counseled Gray-Eyes to shake off his besetting sin, and be strong under this\\nnew responsibility. The speaker referred to the subdivision of the nation into three\\ndivisions called the Big Turtles, Little Turtles and Wolf tribe. He stated that when a\\nChief of the first two died his eulogy should be spoken by some member of the latter.\\nBut in this case, there being no one of that division to do it, he was there to do it, though\\nhimself one of the first. Governor Walker s remarks were listened to with deep in-\\nterest by all who were present. At their conclusion the coffin was taken to the grave,\\nwhere it was opened and the members of the Wyandotte Nation who were present\\ntook a last look at the features of him who had so long been their Chief.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "174 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 1S46.\\nthy advent to these frigid regions and suffer not that frosty-\\nheaded old tyrant, winter, to hold eternal dominion over us.\\nTuesday, 31. Council day. Kead J. W. G. s letter to\\nthe Council. Negro question came up; the C[hief] denied\\nthat any law prohibiting our negroes from emigrating to\\nthis country was passed.^ Issued Council orders to a large\\namount for Bacon.\\nApril, 1846.\\nWednesday, 1. How I was myself fooled. I had en-\\ntirely forgotten that this was the first, i. e. All Fools Day, or\\nhow much real fun I might have had in my family. In\\nfact they forgot it themselves, or they might have had some\\nsport out of me.\\nMet with M G. for the first time since his return from\\nWashington. Had a long confab on our claims, on Gov ts\\npolitics, etc.\\nWeather cleared warm. High winds, drying weather.\\nEncouraging for gardening operations.\\nThursday, 2. Cloudy morning, but cleared off in the\\nafternoon and became warm and pleasant. Disinterred my\\npotatoes found I had five bushels left. Better than I ex-\\npected.\\nFriday, 3. Commenced ploughing my garden, having\\nforgot that it was Friday an unlucky day. Well, it rained,\\nand [I] had to quit. Such and similar are the results of\\ncommencing a piece of work on that day.\\nAt 2 o clock it cleared up a little, and as Rev. W., M\\nW. and M H. W. had made their arrangements to take a\\npleasure ride to Independence, they saddled up their nags\\nand put out. May they enjoy much pleasure. I am now\\nquite a promising convalescent.\\nThere was much opposition in the tribe to slave-holding by any member or citizen\\nof it. Some of the most influential men contended that slavery and slave-holding\\nwere entirely foreign to every Wyandot custom, and repugnant to the Wyandot mind.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "April, 1846] GOVERNOR WALKER. 175\\nSaturday, 4. Rainy morning; dreary appearance out of\\ndoors. 2 o clock, raining yet. Thermometer between tem-\\nperate and freezing. Well I will stay in the house and\\npatiently reconcile myself to my lot. Bring on the mail\\nand let me have the news, if there he any going.\\nSunday, 5. Got up this morning; the mercury in the\\nthermometer down to freezing point, and on examination\\nfound it had frozen the puddles of rainwater. At 8 o clock\\nthe small hazy clouds began to disperse and the thrice-wel-\\ncome smiles of Old Sol beamed upon the face of nature\\nmaking glad all animated nature. Wrote a long letter to\\nH. Barrett, giving him what news we have of interest. Just\\nheard of the arrival of our delegates.\\nMonday, 6. Raining like fury. Horrid! Wrote to\\nJ. Y., Cin. Read and yawned and complained of the\\nweather, but where is the use? None; so I will be content.\\nNo man ere found a happy life by chance\\nOr yawned it into being with a wish.\\nTuesday, 7. Cold morning. Mercury below freezing\\npoint. Clear, but how long will it last. Our folks did\\nnot get home last night from Independence. Council day.\\nMet at the Company s store. Transacted some business, and\\nadjourned to meet here to hear the report of the delegates.\\nAdjourned to meet here to-morrow and finish the report.\\nOur folks not home yet. What s the matter?\\nWednesday, 8. Council met here pursuant to adjourn-\\nment, and the delegates finished their report. If Congress\\nshould allow the first appraisement, T. W. Bartley is to be\\nallowed three thousand dollars for his services, if not, nothing\\nbut his expenses in Washington. Report accepted.\\nTo report to the nation in general Council to-morrow at\\nthe church.\\nThursday, 9. Rain. I cannot attend the general Coun-\\ncil owing to the inclemency of the weather dare not get", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "176 THE JOURNALS OF [April, 184\u00c2\u00ab.\\nwet yet. Every appearance of a rainy day. Set out eigh-\\nteen peach trees. It is now four o clock in the evening, and\\nit has rained all day incessantly and likely to continue so\\nall night. Poor chance for gardening without a change of\\nweather.\\nFriday, 10. Rose early, and my ears were saluted with\\nthe old song rain, rain dull music.\\nRain, rain Mud, mud Misery, disappointment, confu-\\nsion, and disorder. Chaotic.\\nSaturday, 11. Wrote to J. M. A.^ a letter of instruction\\nupon various matters. Cold, dreary weather. Going to\\nhunt my cow; fearing she may have calved and her udder\\nmight spoil owing to the temperance of the calf.\\n12 o clock. Just got back from hunting my cow, but can-\\nnot find her. Where she has gone to I cannot tell.\\nSunday, 12. Nothing of interest occurred. Hiatus of\\nsome days. Nothing worth noting.\\nSaturday, 18. Attended Council. Executed our agree-^\\nment with T. W. B.,^ our attorney at Washington.\\nSunday, 19. Staid at home all day read, chatted with\\nsuch company as called.\\nMonday, 20. Worked in the garden sowed some lettuce.\\nPlanted some seed onions and red potatoes.\\nTuesday, 21. Attended Council. Divorced George Arm-\\nstrong from his wife.^ H. Jacquis goes back to Washington\\nto see to public affairs.\\nWednesday, 22. Wednesday s history may be sum d up\\nin doing various sorts of work: Gardening, assisting in mak-\\ning soap, carrying water, etc.\\nThursday, 23. Fenced in the yard. Received a mail to-\\nJohn M. Armstrong.\\nThos. W. Bartley; he was acting Governor of Ohio in 1844.\\nHe was divorced at this time from Skah-mehn-dah-teh, daughter of Mononcae.\\nShe is said to have heen a virago.\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "April, 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 177\\nday in which was a letter from Dr. H. written from Wash-\\nington. Made garden sowed some seeds.\\nFriday, 24. Husked out the remains of my corn crop.\\nWarm and beautiful day. Soap making closed. Wash-day.\\nSoap suds and wash tubs.\\nSaturday, 25. Here I j5nd I am in error in regard to my\\ndates. To-day is the 25 instead of Yesterday. Engaged in\\nclearing up the yard, removing rubbish and stuff, leveling\\nthe ground digging up the grubs and stumps. We had no\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acclipse, tho Wrote to Col. J. Goodin^ to sell my land at\\na good price if he can.\\nSunday, 26. Staid at home all day, being unable to travel\\nabout, owing to my lameness. Read newspapers. Proceed-\\nings of Congress; Oregon, Oregon. I wish the whole terri-\\ntory, except the inhabitants, was sunk in the lowest depth\\nof tophit. At night, raining.\\nMonday, 27. Dreary morning raining, In my wrath, I\\nslaughtered a hen for breaking my window she came into\\nthe house and I could not drive her out, but through the\\nwindow she must go, so I slew her!\\nTuesday, 28. Pottered about the house. Wrote some\\nletters, and read some. Made a summer house.\\nWednesday, 29. Worked in the garden sowed some peas\\nwrote letters to be sent by the Deacon to Ohio. In the\\nevening, had a visit from M Graham.\\nThursday, 30. The day of sale of lots in Kansas.^ Could\\nnot go on account of lameness. Cold, raw, cloudy day.\\nBackward season.\\nI have been unable to ascertain whether or not this gentleman was in any way re-\\nlated to John E. Goodin, afterward judge, and member of Congress from Kansas.\\nGovernor Walker always speaks of Kansas City, Mo., as Kansas. It was some-\\ntdmes called Kansas Landing and Westport Landing. This is the first sale of\\nlots; the town-site was first platted about that time. Only lots along the levee were\\nlaid out. It was then supposed that what is now the best part of Kansas City would\\nalways remain farm land.\\n13", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "178 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1848.\\nMay, 1846.\\nFriday, 1. May-day. In some countries this is a gala day\\ncrowning with flowers the successful candidate for regal\\nhonors. I worked in the garden sowed some parsley seed\\nand also some early cabbage. Tried an experiment by\\nthrusting apple sprouts into Potatoes, and planting them.\\nIt is said they [the apple sprouts] will take root.\\nSaturday, 2. Worked in the garden. Went to town.\\nStaid nearly all day. Got our news in the evening, and\\nread on till late in the night.\\nSunday, 3. Staid at home [it] rained. Cold, damp\\nweather.\\nMonday, 4. ^The Deacon packing up his effects for a move\\nto Ohio. Planted some choice watermelons, [which I] got\\nfrom M Twyman. [In the] evening [the] Deacon moved\\nhis family over to our house to remain till he sets out on his\\njourney. He seems depressed in spirit and melancholy.\\nHe evidently leaves with great reluctance.\\nTuesday, 5. ^The Council met. C. B. G. required to alter\\nhis fence so as to leave room for a road sixty feet wide and\\nthrow his farm in [to] a more square form, he fencing in\\nother land in lieu thereof. Granted a divorce to William\\nClark from his wife Harriet At 11 o clock the Deacon and\\nhis family bade adieu to the Wyandotts,^ and embarked on\\nboard the Radnor with sorrowful hearts.^ May they have a\\npleasant and prosperous voyage.\\nWednesday, 6. Warm, but cloudy weather; unsettled.\\nAbout the middle of the afternoon the western horizon be-\\ncame overcast with black and angry looking clouds, which\\nwas followed by a most furious rain, and in a short time\\na violent hail storm set in, which lasted two hours. The\\nGovernor Walker always writes Wyandot Wyandott.\\nThis Deacon was the Methodist minister, but what his name was I have not\\nascertained; possibly James Wheeler.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "May, 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 179\\ncattle became frantic, running to and fro, smarting under\\nthe severe peltings of the hail. The hail continued till\\nnight, and all night with occasional intermissions. Every-\\nthing deluged.\\nThursday, 7. Clear this morning, but how long it will\\nlast no one can tell. Hark, I hear the song of the cuckoo.\\nTruly, I can from my heart address that sweet bird in the\\nwords of Logan I\\nSweet bird! thy bower is ever green,\\nThy sky is ever clear;\\nThou hast no sorrow in thy note,\\nNo winter in thy year.\\nOh! ccnld I fly, I d fly with thee;\\nWe d make a joyful wing.\\nOur annual visit round the globe,\\nCompanions of the spring.\\nJust heard of the arrival of Noah E. Zane^ with his family\\nThe Zane Family. Wither s Chronicles of Border Warfare, edition of 1895, page\\n124, says:\\nIn 1769, Col. Ebenezer Zane, his brothers Silas and Jonathan, with some others\\nfrom the South Branch, visited the Ohio River for the purpose of commencing improve-\\nments; and severally proceeded to select positions for their future residence. Col. Zane\\nchose for his, an eminence above the mouth of Wheeling Creek, near to the Ohio, and\\nopposite a beautiful and considerable island in that river. The spot thus selected by\\nhim, is now occupied by his son Noah Zane, Esq., and is nearly the center of the pres-\\nent flourishing town of Wheeling. Silas Zane commenced improving on Wheeling\\nCreek where Col. Moses Shepard now lives, and Jonathan resided with his brother\\nEbenezer. Several of those who accompained the adventurers likewise remained with\\nCol. Zane, in the capacity of laborers.\\nIn a note to the above, Lyman C. Draper says: These Gentlemen were descendants\\nof a Mr. Zane, who accompanied William Penn, to his province of Pennsylvania, and\\nfrom whom, one of the principal streets in Philadelphia, derived its name. Their\\nfather was possessed of a bold and daring spirit of adventure, which was displayed on\\nmany occasions, in the earlier part of his life. Having rendered himself obnoxious to\\nthe Society of Friends (of which he was a member,) by marrying without the pale of\\nthat society, he moved to Virginia, and settled on the South Branch, where the town\\nof Moorfield has been since erected. One of his sons (Isaac) was taken by the Indians,\\nwhen he was only nine years old, and carried in captivity, to Mad River, in Ohio.\\nHere he continued till habit reconciled him to his situation, when he married a squaw,\\nbecame a chief and spent the remainder of his life with them. He was never known\\nto wage war against the whites; but was on several occasions, of infinite service, by\\napprising them of meditated attacks of the Indians. His descendants still reside in\\nOhio.\\nIsaac Zane was a humane man. Withers says of him, on pages 417 and 418, that a\\nwar-party of whites once went to attack the Wyandots. One man was placed near the\\nIndian camp with orders to fire upon the first Indian he saw. Afterward hie company", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "180 THE JOURNALS OF [May. 1848.\\nand also E. A. Long. It is said the former intends residing\\nhere, having moved bag and baggage. What will the poor\\nretreated but did not notify him and he was left. He kept his place and when he saw\\na squaw came out of the woods he shot at her and wounded her slightly in the wriat.\\nHe rushed up to attack the camp, and expected the others of his company to support\\nhim. It was the hunting camp of Isaac Zane that he had attacked and the girl that he\\nhad wounded was Isaac Zane s daughter Sarah. Zane showed the man, that had thus\\ntried to murder his daughter, the way to overtake his companions and even went with\\nhim a considerable distance. It is here said also that Zane was only nine years old\\nwhen captured by the Indians.\\nIt was this Isaac Zane s sister Elizabeth that performed the perilous mission of obtain-\\ning powder for the fort at Wheeling, and by so doing made her name immortal. For\\na good account of this see Wither s Chronicles of Border Warfare, pages 358 and 359.\\nHowe s Historical Collections of Ohio says of Isaac Zane: Isaac Zane was bom\\nabout the year 1753, on the South Branch of the Potomac, in Virginia, and at the age\\nof about nine years, was taken prisoner by the Wyandots and carried to Detroit. He\\nremained with his captors until the age of manhood, when like most prisoners taken in\\nyouth, he refused to return to his home and friends. He married a Wyandot woman,\\nfrom Canada, of half French blood and took no part in the War of the Eevolution.\\nAfter the treaty of Greenville, in 1795, he bought a tract of 1800 acres, on the site of\\nZanesfield, where he lived until his death, in 1816. Edition of 1849, page 304.\\nZanesville, Ohio, was founded by the Ebenezer Zane hereinbefore mentioned, and\\nwho was a brother of Isaac Zane, who was captured. For a full account of the founding\\nof Zanesville. see Howe s Historical Collections of Ohio, Muskingum County.\\nThe following table was given to me by Ebenezer O. Zane, now living on Eighth\\nStreet between Everett and Oakland Avenues, Kansas City, Kansas\\nIsaac Zane, above referred to and identified, married a half Wyandot and half\\nFrench woman about the beginning of the War of the Eevolution. Her name and clan\\nMr. Zane did not know. Their children were: 1. Ebenezer; 2. Nancy; 3. Sarah; 4 Eliz-\\nabeth; 5. William; 6. Isaac; 7. Catharine.\\nWilliam and Ebenezer married Wyandot women. I was unable to learn their\\nnames, or anything of their descendants.\\nNancy Zane married Samuel McCulloch. None of their descendants ever removed\\nWest. In the treaty of September 29, 1817, made at the foot of the Miami Eapids there\\nwas a cession of one section of land To the children of William McCulloch who was\\nkilled in August, 1812, near Maugaugon, and who are quarter blood Wyandot Indians,\\none section, to contain 640 acres of land, on the west side of the Sandusky Eiver, ad-\\njoining the lower line of the tract hereby granted to Eobert Armstrong, and extending\\nin the same manner with and from the said river.\\nI am inclined to believe that it was William McCulloch, and not Samuel McCulloch,\\nthat married Nancy Zane. Sarah Zane married Eobert Armstrong; Elizabeth Zane\\nmarried 1st Eobitaille, and 2d, Eeed. Isaac Zane married Hannah Dickin-\\nson. Catharine Zane married Alexander Long. Children of Eobert and Sarah (Zane)\\nArmstrong: 1. Silas; 2. John Mclntyre; 3. Catharine; 4. One, Hannah, that died at the\\nWyandot mission. Children of Eobitaille and Elizabeth (Zane) Eobitaille: 1.\\nJames; 2. Eobert; Eobitaille died in year. Children of Eeed and Eliza-\\nbeth (Zane-Eobitaille) Eeed: 1. Ebenezer; 2 Eliza. Children of Alexander and Cath-\\narine (Zane) Long: 1. Irvin P.; 2. Jane; 3. Ethan; 4. Henry Clay; 5. Mary; 6. Isaac;\\n7. James; 8. William. Children of Isaac and Hannah Dickinson) Zane: 1. Noah;\\n2. Hester; 3. Ebenezer O.; 4. Sarah; 5. Catharine; 6. Hannah; 7. Eliza; 8. John Wes-\\nley; 9. William; 10. Isaac.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "May, 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 181\\nnincompoop do here? He tried it once before, got fright-\\nened, quarreled with his mother-in-law, then sloped back\\nto daddy s house\\nFriday, 8. Clear and pleasant morning, but cold. The\\nfeathered songsters are engaged in one general anthem with\\ntheir mellow throats, rhyming their Great Creator s praise.\\nEnchanting music!\\nEeceived a visit from F. A. Hicks; [we] chatted upon\\nChurch matters, abolitionism, politics, c. With all his in-\\nstabilities, tergiversations, and inconsistencies, I cannot but\\nadmire the man. He has good sense and sound judgment.\\nSaturday, 9. Clear and beautiful morning. Noon, clear\\nand warm looks now like settled weather.\\nRev. E. T. Peerey s family, successors of J. W., moved\\nover to-day. So, we have new neighbors. May we live as\\npeaceably and as happily with them as with their predeces-\\nsors.\\nPlanted three hills of prickly cucumbers for pickles, and\\nalso planted 25 hills of Lima beans, said to be of a superior\\nquality.\\nSunday, 10. Clear and beautiful morning prospect of a\\nbeautiful day. Real Missouri summer day. Read, lounged\\nand played the loafer.\\nMonday, 11. Commenced ploughing my field; W.\\nBowers and Benton employed. Planted some yellow\\nbeans. Got a barrel of flour. Made a table. C. B. G.\\nwrathy at the Council for altering his fence for a road. My\\nadvice to him was to obey the order, as it was not likely any\\nfurther alterations in his fences would be required for roads\\nvery soon, Theremometer 85\u00c2\u00b0 warm, growing weather.\\nTuesday, 12. Rose early, fine morning. Our oxen had\\nbroke out of the pasture and decamped but were shortly\\nafterwards found and put on Duty. Planted fourteen\\nhills of C. B. G. s mammoth watermelons; this being about\\nthe full of the moon, I want to see what the product will", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "182 THE JOUENALS OF [May, 1846.\\nbe, and what real influence the moon has on the vegetable\\nkingdom.^\\nWednesday, 13. Cloudy morning; afraid we shall have\\nrain today. Heaven fore fend! Bestow upon us clear and\\ndry weather till planting is over, that our crops may be\\nabundant and we enabled to reap with joy and gladness.\\nThis is wash-day, soap-suds, wash-tubs, and dirty clothes.\\nAt 3 o clock P. M., it rained a clever shower and it re-\\nmains cloudy and may rain again to-night. Just finished\\nreading Nick of the Woods. The author betrays most\\nunpardonable ignorance of Indians, their manners and cus-\\ntoms, rendering some of his vivid descriptions of wild ad-\\nventures, truly ridiculous.\\nThursday, 14. Kainy morning the old song, rain, rain,\\nrain. Everything looks cheerless and dreary. When will\\nthe murky clouds cease their lachrymose effusions? Surely\\nthey are not needed now. This morning Dr. Hewitt re-\\nturned from Washington. Not much news. Business could\\nnot be made to swim as rapidly at Washington as he sup-\\nposed, notwithstanding his professed influence over the new\\nCommissioner of Indian Affairs. He has called a Council\\nfor to-morrow when, I suppose, he will make a full develop-\\nment of the result of his mission.\\nCleared off, and pleasant at 12 o clock.\\nFriday, 15. Council convened and the Doctor submitted\\nthe advice of the War Department to the Chiefs to with-\\ndraw their memorial from Congress praying the confirmation\\nof the Delaware purchase, and let the matter be thrown into\\na tri-party treaty. Question postponed until Thursday next,\\nthe regular Council day.\\nSaturday, 16. Went to Kansas. Received a letter from\\nJ. M. A., in which he manifests a considerable of confidence\\nFormerly the people had a time in the moon for doing each kind of work on\\nthe farm, such as planting the various crops, plowing the land, killing animals for\\nfood, etc.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "May, 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 183\\nin the passage of our improvement appropriation thro the\\nHouse of Representatives if it can be called up and a vote\\ntaken on the question but here appears to be the difficulty.\\nHe further states that the two payments due on the school\\nfund will be appropriated. News in an authentic shape has\\nreached here of the declaration of war by Mexico against\\nthe U. S. and already a part of Gen. Taylor s army is cap-\\ntured by the Mexicans. Shame!\\nSunday, 17. Warm day. 1 o clock P. M., thermometer\\nin the shade 88\u00c2\u00b0. What will it be in July and August.\\nAt 3 o clock it mounted up to 90\u00c2\u00b0. Received D. W. Desh-\\nler s answer.\\nMonday, 18. Cloudy, prospect of more rain. It has\\nbeen thundering all the forenoon, but not any rain as yet.\\nHope we may have none all this week. I want to plant my\\ncorn and sweet potatoes.\\nTuesday, 19. Council met to-day. The delegates in-\\nstructed to withdraw the memorial praying Congress to\\nconfirm the Delaware purchase upon certain contingencies\\nmentioned. Sent them a draft on the Commissioner of In-\\ndian Affairs for $200 out of the annuity for this year for\\ntheir expenses. Adjourned till Tuesday week.\\nWednesday, 20. Cloudy morning, I opine we shall have\\nrain to-day. At 1 o clock a thunder storm and shower. Got\\nmy seed corn from W. Hunter. The real Simon pure gourd\\nseed the grains as long and nearly as large as horse teeth.\\nI think it a better kind than the large white Tennessee corn.\\nI next want some real Wyandott hominy corn to plant for\\nroasting ears, this with me being a great luxury.\\nThursday, 21. Showery all day. Done nothing a\\nblank. J. Walker set out for Ohio.\\nFriday, 22. Weather unsettled. Rained last night.\\nCleared off and became warm and pleasant. At 2 o clock\\ncommenced planting corn, and finished at 5 o clock P. M.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "184 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1848.\\nUnlucky day though it be, yet I am in hopes it will have\\nno evil effect upon the growth of the corn.\\nSaturday, 23. Weather unsettled. Prospect of rain\\nbut it turned out a clear and warm day.\\nSunday, 24. Warm and sultry day. Received our mail,\\nbut had but little interesting news. E,ead all day. In the\\nevening went to Church and heard a sermon from Rev. M\\nDuncan, a Cherokee.\\nMonday, 25. A clear and warm day. Nothing special\\nof interest occurred. Went to town on a visit to C. G. s.\\nTuesday, 26. Council day. Met at 11 o clock A. M.\\nElected M. R. W. school director, in the place of John\\nGibson.\\nWednesday, 27. Rained last night; clear to-day and\\nsultry think we shall have more rain this afternoon. Well,\\nso we did. Sowed radishes and beets.\\nThursday, 28. Rained last night. Clear to-day and\\nsultry. Stuck my peas. Hark! there is a new feathered\\nsongster singing melodious music!\\nThat soDg, sweet bird, once more, oh once again!\\nLet that rich warble from thy bosom gash;\\nDelightful memories waken with thy strain,\\nAnd o er my soul with trembling raptnre rash.\\nFriday, 29. Rained last night as usual. Clear this morn-\\ning. I opine our rainy season is about setting in and we\\nmay shortly expect the annual rise of our rivers. But it is\\nthought by the old inhabitants that the rise this season will\\nnot be as great as the two last seasons. If it should prove\\ntrue, it will be a happy circumstance to that numerous class\\nof residents upon the rich river bottoms.\\nSaturday, 30. Clear, cool and bracing morning. We\\nescaped our usual night rains, having passed through the last\\nnight without any droppings from the clouds; but in lieu\\nthereof we were visited by a certain quadruped gentleman,", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "June, 1846.] GOVEENOR WALKER. 185\\nwhose proximity is always kuowu by a peculiar, nauseating\\nscent he carries about his person, y clept polecat.\\nI have adopted a few days ago the Turkish custom of\\nmorning ablutions as soon as I get out of bed. I strip my-\\nself and proceed to the operation with a sponge and cold\\nwater, and close with a vigorous and hearty application of a\\ncoarse linen towel and cease not the rubbing till my cuticle is\\nexcited to a red glow. Then like a good mussulman exclaim\\nAllah ach har^ and proceed to my toilette. What effect this\\nmay have upon my health and morals, all trying time alone\\ncan determine. It may increase the activity of the circula-\\ntion of the fluids, and cause a more regular determination to\\nthe surface and thereby prevent those ulcers, biles, and sores,\\nI have been so long afflicted with. Mahomet was a prophet\\nThe Missouri is rising rapidly. Just heard that M Har-\\nper, Col. S. Owen s son-in-law, shot a man in Independence\\nwhile they were sitting gambling in a room; no one being\\npresent, the particulars of the fatal quarrel cannot be given.\\nPresume they [were] intoxicated, and one was perhaps los-\\ning money faster than he liked.\\nSunday, 31. Clear morning. Continued warm through\\nthe day, but in the evening it became cloudy, and we had a\\nbrisk shower. During the day I called upon Dr. H. and\\nspent two or three hours at his house. He was truly sopo-\\nrific, and I had the exquisite pleasure of enjoying my own\\ncompany.\\nJune, 1846.\\nMonday, 1. Farewell, blossom decorated May! Thou\\nhast truly had a tear shedding time of it during your short\\nsojourn with us. It has been shower after shower. Truly\\nthou hast been in the melting mood, though so often\\npressed to dry up thy tears and put on a smiling face. But\\nnay. She left us last night in a violent passion and in the", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "186 THE JOURNALS OF [June, 1846.\\nmidst of a torrent of grief, and verily, we are not sorry she\\nis gone. And now, smooth-faced June, we bid thee welcome,\\nand trust thou wilt act more seemly than thy predecessor.\\nWear thy best smiles and let buoyant joy be enthroned upon\\nthy brow.\\n6 o clock P. M. It has been cool all day, temperature,\\n65\u00c2\u00b0. Sun going down clear. No rain to-night I hope.\\nTuesday, 2. Clear and pleasant. At sunrise temperature\\n60\u00c2\u00b0. Council convened. Transacted various matters, local\\naffairs, etc. Authorized a call of a National Convention to\\nremodel the government, and appointed Thursday next to\\ncommunicate to the nation, through a committee, the con-\\ntemplated call. Adjourned. Took tea at S. A. s, then\\ncame home via Pharoah s Lodge.^\\nWednesday, 3. Dark and cloudy. More rain. Oh!\\nJune, June! truly, thou art going to follow the example of\\nthy elder sister. May, whining, crying, weeping, sniveling,\\nand nothing but showers of tears, tears. Shame, shame.\\nThursday, 4. Cloudy and cool, temperature 60\u00c2\u00b0. Fire\\nfeels comfortable. Felicitatus.\\nFriday, 5. Clear and cold. Temperature 60\u00c2\u00b0. Remained\\ncool all night. At 4 o clock a heavy shower of rain fell.\\nPlanted in the field watermelons, muskmelous, cucumbers,\\nand pumpkins. In the night it rain[ed] again. So we\\nhave it.\\nSaturday, 6. Cloudy, dreary, and cold. Temperature\\n50\u00c2\u00b0. The Mexican quasi war. Our frontier is all in com-\\nmotion. Volunteers preparing and organizing, drilling and\\nequipping themselves to march over the hills and far\\naway to the Mexican frontier to reap laurels of renown.\\nThe worst of all is our government is in fault. We are ac-\\nThe Masonic Lodge of the Wyandot Nation. This name seems not to have been\\nthe real name of the Lodge. It had its meetings at the home of Matthew E. Walker.\\nThe meetings were informal and not regular communications. No Masonic labor was\\nattempted.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "jnnc, 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 187\\ntually the aggressors. This I deeply deplore. Received a\\nletter from H. Barrett all well.\\nSunday, 7. Clear and cool. Temperature 60\u00c2\u00b0. Pleas-\\nant all day. Being unable to walk to meeting, went to town\\nand spent part of the day with C Graham. The city ice\\nhouse empty already, even before real warm weather has set\\nin. It melted away, not being put up in the right way.\\nWhat s to be done now Drink Kaw water.\\nMonday, 8. Clear and cool. Temperature 55\u00c2\u00b0. A gen-\\neral turnout of the Wyandotts to-day on the roads, cut-\\nting down timber and clearing out as well as widening the\\nroad.\\nWrote to-day in the agent s office. Came home. Taking\\nthe blue mass again. Sweet and delectable morsel I How\\npleasant art thou to the palate.\\nTuesday, 9. Clear and cool temperature, 55\u00c2\u00b0. Council\\nto-day. Various, grave, and weighty matters to attend to\\nto-day. 210 Senecas^ landed to-day from Cattaraugus, Ton-\\nawanda and Buffalo, destined to the great Osage River.\\nIndicted C. B. G. for committing a burglary upon the ferry.\\nWednesday, 10. Clear; temperature, 55\u00c2\u00b0. Pleasant to-\\nday. Went to town. Saw M Guthrie on his way to Ohio,\\nwaiting for a boat. Wrote by him to Col. Goodin again.\\nVisitors to-day; M G. and H. Glad to see company.\\nThursday, 11. Nothing worth recording.\\nFriday, 12. Cloudy and lowering. Prospect of rain.\\nHeld a diplomatic interview with the emigrants, Senecas,\\nfrom N. Y. Tauroome and Sarrahas being the orators on\\nthe occasion [on the part of the Wyandotts]. An eloquent\\nresponse from an old Seneca Chief.\\nSaturday, 13. Staid at Kansas waiting for the mail.\\nNews from the Mexican frontier. The American arms\\nvictorious.\\nThese Senecas were on their way to the Cowskin Eiver country, in the Indian Ter-\\nritory.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "188 THE JOURNALS OF [June, 184\u00c2\u00ab.\\nSunday, 14. Hiatus.\\nSaturday, 20. A violent attack of the pleurisy confines\\nme to the house for four days.\\nSunday, 21. Eead all day and played the idle man.\\nMonday, 22. Attended Council. No business of impor-\\ntance.\\nTuesday, 23. Worked in the garden and did some pot-\\ntering about the house.\\nWednesday, 24. Staid at home; read all day; and worked\\nsome.\\nThursday, 25. Ditto; nothing strange.\\nFriday, 26. Got our mail but no interesting news from\\nWashington.\\nHiatus.\\nJuly, 1846.\\nSaturday, 4. News that our bill had passed the Lower\\nHouse.\\nHiatus.\\nTuesday, 7. C. B. G. and Peter Buck arraigned for\\nviolently taking the ferry boat from her moorings in the\\nabsence of the ferryman; the former fined $5.00 and the\\nlatter $2.50.\\nWednesday, 8. Committee and Council met again.\\nThursday, 9. General Convention of the Nation at the\\nChurch, on the subject of the new government.\\nFriday, 10. Staid at home. Did various sorts of work.\\nSaturday, 11. Warm and sultry.\\nSunday, 12. Read and lounged. Warm day.\\nMonday, 13. Did various sorts of work. Got some cash\\nfrom Dr. Hewitt on the improvement bill, for present use.\\nTuesday, 14. Myself, wife, and Harriet went to Westport,\\nand returned the next day.\\nWednesday, 15. Came home and found all well.\\nThursday, 16. Hoed my potatoes, and [did] other gar-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "July, 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 189\\ndening work. Heard to-day of yesterday s operations in the\\nDominating Convention, thus:\\nJames Washington vs. F. A. Hicks.^\\nTauroomee vs. G. I. Clark.\\nWilliam Walker vs. J. Walker.\\nH. Jacquis vs. Sarrahess.\\nJ. W. Gray-Eyes vs. George Armstrong.\\nMaking the Council, after the election, to consist of only\\nfour Councillors and a Presiding Chief.\\nFriday, 17. Went to Westport and bought a horse at\\n$45.00. How he may turn out I am unable to tell. He\\nhas some good marks about him has a good walk and\\ntravels well seven years old chestnut sorrel.\\nSaturday, 18. Came home with my horse.\\nSunday, 19. Girls went to the Delaware camp meeting.^\\nMonday, 20. Went to the Delaware camp meeting and\\nreturned in the evening. Had a pleasant ride.\\nTuesday, 21. Council met; transacted a variety of busi-\\nness, and adjourned till next Tuesday.\\nWednesday, 22. Afflicted with the diarrhea caused by\\ntoo vegetable a diet. Commenced raining at 7 o clock and\\ncontinued a steady rain till 11 o clock at night.\\nThursday, 23. Clear and beautiful morning.\\nFrancis A. Hicks was the son of John Hicks, who was the last of the hereditary\\nChiefs of the Wyandots. I have heen unable to learn the Clan to which Francis A.\\nHicks belonged. His name was Tooh -noh-shah -teh, the meaning of which is lost. He\\nwas bom in 1800. He became Head Chief of the Wyandots. He belonged to the M. E.\\nChurch and opposed the division of the Church. He was married to Mrs. Matilda\\nDriver, widow of Francis Driver, and one of the many Wyandot women famous in the\\ntribe for intelligence, goodness of heart, and a consistent Christian life. She was a\\nWyandot only by adoption. Francis A. Hicks was buried in Huron Place Cemetery.\\nThe following is copied from the stone over his grave:\\nFrancis A. Hicks\\nDied\\nSept 1855\\nAged 55 Yrs.\\nHe was Head Chief at the time the Wyandots removed from Ohio.\\nThe Delaware Camp-meeting ground was near the present village of White Church,\\nWyandotte County, Kansas.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "190 THE JOURNALS OF [July, i84e.\\nFriday, 24. M and M Peerey,^ myself and wife went\\nto M Graham s and spent the arternoon, and supped\\nheartily on a roast turkey, and came home well pleased and\\nsatisfied with our visit.\\nSaturday, 25. Received a letter from Col. J. Goodin.\\nMy land cannot, as he says, command more than $5.50 or\\n$6.00 per acre. Good time to sow turnips but [we] have no\\nseed. Alas alas\\nSunday, 26. Fine, warm, pleasant day. Thermometer\\n92\u00c2\u00b0. W. Bowers called and spent a part of the day. Af-\\nflicted with something like the gastritis, from which I suffer\\nmuch pain. At night, quite unwell.\\nMonday, 27. Warm day. Feel but little better. Read\\nand lounged.\\nTuesday, 28. Attended Council. Transacted various\\n[matters of] business. Judgment against Joseph Big-Tree\\nand Theo. Standinwater for $6.00 in favor of John La-\\nSerge,^ for a canoe. Took supper at Hunter s. A pleasant\\nparty.\\nWednesday, 29. Warm; mercury 96\u00c2\u00b0. Dissolved the\\nW. I. S. C. and proceeded to wind up the institution by col-\\nlecting the debts and settling off and paying the stock-\\nholders. Present: S.A.,G.A.,W.W.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 3. Absent: C. B. G.\\nThursday, 30. Hot enough to turn an icicle into a red-\\nhot spike. Hunted [for] my horse, but could not find [it].\\nFriday, 31. We had an awful windstorm or tornado;\\ntrees were thrown helter skelter in every direction, but\\nno material damage was done.\\nAugust, 1846.\\nSaturday, 1. Cloudy morning prospect of rain. At 1\\no clock it cleared off and was warm all the afternoon. Spent\\nGovernor Walker often writes this name Peery and sometimes Peerey. He waa a\\nMethodist minister.\\nOne of the Frenchmen who lived in the bottoms.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "August, 1846.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 191\\nthe afternoon in company with the Kev. M Jordan, Dr.\\nHand and W. Twyman^ called and stayed some time.\\nSunday, 2. Clear and warm day. Went up to see Dr.\\nH., then called upon M Graham,^ thence home. Got no\\nmail, so no news; too bad, too bad\\nMonday, 3. Warm weather 95\u00c2\u00b0.\\nTuesday, 4. Attended Council; divorced Margaret Hill\\nfrom her husband, Russell B. Hill. Appointed Sarrahess,\\nTauroomee, and George Armstrong a deputation to the Sen-\\necas. South. But their departure was postponed in conse-\\nquence of hearing that a messenger was expected from the\\nSenecas, inviting the Wyandotts to be present at the instal-\\nlation of the new Head Chief.\\nWednesday, 6. Nothing of interest. Warm, dry weather.\\nThursday, 6. Ditto. Me7ne chose.\\nFriday, 7. Sowed some turnip seed in the garden. M\\nand M Peery and Martha went to the Shawnee Institution*\\nto hear Mr. Patton s Funeral Sermon on the death of M\\nBeryman. H. Jacquis and J. M. A. returned.\\nSaturday, 8. Five of us assembled at the school house to\\nclear off the ground by grubbing the hazel and alder brush,\\nhauling away rotten logs and clearing away tree-tops thrown\\ndown by the tornado, and fixing seats for our approaching\\ngreen corn feast, and barbecue.\\nIn the evening I was attacked suddenly with a pleurisy.\\nSunday, 9. ^Took medicine. Nauseating doses. Sick,\\nsick.\\nLived at Independence, Mo.\\nCharles Graham, the Agency blacksmith was from Ohio. Often spoken of in\\nthese Journals as C. G.\\nThese Senecas lived in the present Seneca Eeserve in the Indian Territory, and\\nwere sometimes spoken of locally as the Cowskin Senecas, because the Cowskin\\nEiver is the principal river in the Eeservation. They had lived on land adjoining that\\nof the Wyandots in Ohio, which the Wyandots gave them. They belonged to the same\\ngreat Indian family as the Wyandots and a close friendship existed between the two\\ntribes at that time.\\nThe Shawnee Mission near Westport, Mo., but in the Indian Territory mission\\nof the M. Church, South.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "192 THE JOURNALS OF [August, 1846.\\nMonday, 10. Feel better; and continued go all day.\\nTuesday, 11. [I have] taken a cold by going out in the\\nnight, without putting on my clothes, for the purpose of\\nkilling a polecat. I am much worse, suffering a great\\ndeal. Sent for Dr. Hand. In the evening he came; took\\na quart or more [of] blood. My respiration much im-\\nproved. Passed a somewhat comfortable night.\\nWednesday, 12. Resumed my nauseating doses; the vio-\\nlence of the symptoms in some degree abating feel weak\\nand debilitated no appetite. Afraid I shall not be able\\nto attend the Green Corn Feast and Barbecue next\\nSaturday.\\nWorse.\\nFive days, insensible.\\nWednesday, 19. Recovering slowly. A complete skel-\\neton.\\nFto/a le commencement dufin.^\\nI move about my room,\\nLike some town hack that, spavin d, old and blind,\\nMoves to the wheezing of his broken wind.\\nHiatus.\\nSeptember, 1846.\\nLet me think how time is gliding;\\nSoon the longest life departs,\\nNothing human is abiding,\\nSave the love of humble hearts.\\nLove to God and to our neighbor,\\nMakes our present happiness;\\nVain the wish, the care, the labor,\\nEarth s poor trifles to possess.\\nNOVEMBEK, 1846.\\nTuesday, 10. Received a letter from Geo. Dickson, in-\\nforming me that he had succeeded in purchasing from John\\nEdmonson, his farm in Van Buren County, at six hundred\\ndollars.\\nHiatus.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "December, 1846.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 193\\nThursday, 12.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sent $600. by M. K. Walker to pay Ed-\\nmonson for his farm, and [to] get the deed recorded.\\nHiatus.\\nSaturday, 28. Inclosed to J. R. Rowand, Druggist in\\nPhiladelphia, $25.00, two ten dollar bills and one $5.00.\\nThe two tens on the State Bank of Missouri, and the five\\non the State Bank of Indiana.\\nHiatus.\\nDecember, 1846.\\nWednesday, 16. Pursuant to previous arrangements, the\\nDelaware Chiefs assembled at the school house to Memo-\\nrialize the President for the appointment of a Commissioner\\nto shape the agreement between the Wyandotts and Dela-\\nwares into the form of a Treaty so as [to] enable the Presi-\\ndent and Senate to ratify the same, but in consequence of\\nMajor Cummins not arriving, it was postponed till Monday,\\n21st instant.^\\nMonday, 21. Sarrahas took sick on Wednesday night,\\nand [on] the Saturday following, at 7 o clock P. M., he died\\nof a hemorrhage from the lungs.^\\nThursday, 24. Had a wedding at our house. George\\nArmstrong was married to the widow Barnett. Company\\nare Rev. E. T. Peery, James Washington, H. Jacquis, Silas\\nArmstrong, J. M. Armstrong, Widow Charloe,^ M Wash-\\nington, and W. Bowen.\\nThe agreement concerning the Wyandot Purchase.\\nHe died on the 18th. He was a good man, with a strong grasp of public questions;\\nhe was a fine orator. He is buried in Huron Place Cemetery. The inscription on the\\nstone over his grave reads\\nMatthew Sarrahess\\ndied\\nDec 18 1846\\nAged 60 Yrs.\\nMargaret Charloe was the sister of Henry Jacquis. She married Charloe.\\nTheir children were 1. John; 2. Hannah; 3. James T.; 4. Eobert; 5. Nancy. Eobert\\nand Nancy died unmarried. James T. Charloe married Amelia Peacock. They had\\nonly one child, Lucy. She married John Winney, a Seneca, and she now lives in the\\n14", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "194 THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1846.\\nFriday, 25. Spent my Christmas in Kansas and West-\\nport.\\nSunday, 27- Set out for Harrisonville in company with\\nM Munday to attend a negro sale.\\n1847.\\nJanuary, 1847.\\nFriday, 1. In Harrison villle I this day bought at public\\nsale a female slave about 32 years of age, named Dorcas.\\nIf I have erred in this act, may God in his infinite mercy\\nforgive me, though I feel no condemnation for the act. I\\nshall endeavor to come up fully to what was said by the\\nauctioneer who sold her, who said, when it was announced\\nthat I was the purchaser, Now Dorcas, you have a good\\nand kind master.\\nHiatus.\\nSeneca Nation. John Charloe married Their children 1. JaneC; 2. Mar-\\ngaret. Jane Charloe married John Pipe. Margaret Charloe married Thomas Pipe.\\nAfter the death of John Pipe, his widow married John Sarrahas. Hannah Charloe\\nmarried John Barnett. Children: 1, James; 2. Eliza; 3. John Eussel; 4. Louis; 5.\\nWilliam. John E., Louis, and William died unmarried. Eliza Barnett married Mat-\\nthias Splitlog. James Barnett married Jane TuUis. Children: I.Serena; 2. Martha M.;\\n3. Henry J.; 4. Silas A.; 5. Izetta. Silas A. died unmarried. Serena Barnett married\\nAlfred Welsh. Martha M. Barnett married William Priestly. Henry J. Barnett mar-\\nried Mary C. Passmore. Izette Barnett married Oliver P. De Honde. Henry J. Bar-\\nnett and Mary C. Passmore had one son, William C. Barnett. Mrs. De Honde has\\nadopted him.\\nThe following is a copy of the Bill of Sale given him:\\nKnow aU men by these Presents that we John W. Briscoe and Greenbury Parker\\nadministrators of the estate of John Gipson deceased have this day as such administra-\\ntors for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and eighty dollars the receipt\\nwhereof is hereby acknowledged bargained sold and delivered unto William Walker\\none certain negro woman slave for life aged about thirty five years of moderately dark\\ncomplexion called and named Dorcas of the property of said estate to have and to\\nhold said slave unto said William Walker his executors admrs. and assigns forever.\\nAnd we said administratora as the legal Representatives of said decedent do hereby\\nWarrant the title of said negro and that she is of sound mind and body and slave for\\nlife in testimony Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals (as such adminis-\\ntrators) this 1st day of January A D 1847.\\n(Signed) John W. Briscoe [beax]\\nGbeknbeeky Pakkee [seal]\\nAdmrs.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "March, 1847] GOVERNOR WALKER. 195\\nFebruaey, 1847.\\nThursday, 4. Wrote to [The] General Land Office in-\\nquiring what the Cherokee Boy s three- fourths of a section\\namounted to, and what amount would be deducted for ex-\\npenses.\\nHiatus.\\nSaturday, 20. Having received J. C Berryman s deed\\nto-day, I paid E. T. Perry the balance due on the land,\\n$497.45.\\nHiatus.\\nThursday, 25. Wrote to James Dunwoodie, making him\\nan offer for his slave Ben. R. Gray Eyes was buried.\\nMiss Peach Blossom gave birth to a fine bull calf, [which\\nI] named Brutus.\\nFriday, 26. Snowing, cloudy, and dark. Snowed all day;\\nprospects of a cold night. Surely there has been a revolu-\\ntion on our terraqueous globe; the frigid zone is taking the\\nplace of the temperate.\\nSaturday, 27. Weather about ditto. The Amelia\\nsteamboat came up; the first boat up this season.\\nHiatus.\\nMaech, 1847.\\nTuesday, 2. Held a session of the Council.\\n[Wednesday, 3.] Council met again. Steamboat John\\nThe Cherokee Boy was Chief of the Wolf Clan of the Wyandots. His Wyandot\\nname was Hah-rohn -yooh. He signed the Treaty of September 17, 1818, by his mark,\\nand his name is written Horonu, or Cherokee Boy. On September 20, 1818, he\\nsigned another Treaty, and his name is there written Aronne, or Cherokee Boy. In\\nthe treaty of September 29, 1817, is the following grant:\\nTo Horonu, or the Cherokee Boy, a Wyandot chief, a section of land to contain\\n640 acres, on the Sandusky river, to be laid off in a square form, and to include 1 is\\nimprovements.\\nIt was concerning a part of the proceeds of the sale of this land that Gtovernor\\nWalker was writing to the Government.\\nThe wife of the Cherokee Boy was a Delaware, but she had been adopted by the\\nWyandots, and into the Wolf Clan. Her Wyandot name was Yahn-yooh -mehn -tah.\\nTheir marriage was permitted because she was of foreign blood a stranger. What\\ntheir names signity I have not been able to learn.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "196 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 1847.\\nJ. Hardin came up. Sent to the P. O. a letter to Gales\\nSeaton requesting the Nat. Int. to be sent to Wcstport.\\nOn the same day I wrote] to W. B. Thrall of the O. S.\\n-Journal to the same effect.\\nThursday, 4. This day Congress, the 29th Congress,\\nscattered to the four winds of the earth. The members\\nthereof [are] never to meet again.\\nMrs. W. went to Randolph a shopping.\\nFriday, 5. This day I am 46 years of age.\\nTime, like an ever rolling stream,\\nBears all its sons away;\\nThey fly forgotten, as a dream\\nDies at the opening day.\\nSaturday, 6. Paid Dr. Harlan his bill, at Kansas.\\nSunday, 7. Four inches [of] snow on the ground.\\nMonday, 8. Cold all day. In the morning the ther-\\nmometer stood 10\u00c2\u00b0 above zero. Boisterous weather.\\nTuesday, 9. Snowed last night. 12\u00c2\u00b0 above zero. Stock\\nsuff ering. Steamboats stopped.\\nWednesday, 10. Cold, dreary weather; at night, snow-\\ning. Thermometer 20\u00c2\u00b0.\\nThursday, 11. Weather moderated a little, but [still]\\ncloudy and cheerless. Attended National Council at the\\nChurch. New laws enacted. Boundary Commissioners,^\\nS. A. and M. B. W., appointed; and John Gibson and J.\\nW. Gray Eyes [appointed] Supervisors. Came home [at]\\n4 o clock P. M.\\nSnowing storms after storms succeed storms and snow\\nstorms, and storm all the time.\\nFriday, 12. Snow storm, as usual. So we go, storm after\\nstorm.\\nOhio State Journal.\\nHis birthday almost always caused some such sentiment as this to be written in\\nhis Journal. There seems to have been ever present with him a full realization of the\\nfleetness of time and the utter worthlessness of all worldly possessions in the hour of\\ndeath.\\nTo fix the western boundary of the Purchase.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "March, 1847.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 197\\nOh, you hoary headed old scamp! hie you back to your\\nfrigid regions. What do you here in the Sunny South at\\nthis season of the year? Away with you, with your frosty\\nbeard and jingling icicles, no more to be seen till your al-\\nlotted season.\\nSaturday, 13. Clear for once, and prospect for a warm\\nday. Adm s. sale of the chattels of the late Robert Gray\\nEyes,^ deceased. J. Walker bought the place at the appraise-\\nment. I bought nothing! Came home and read newspapers\\njust got out of the P. O. The papers, however, a dog s\\nage old.\\nSunday, 14. Received a letter from my old friend and\\nneighbor, A. Trager. Snowing, snowing, though not cold.\\nStaid at home all day. Dull, dull.\\nMonday, 15. At daylight, 2\u00c2\u00b0 below zero! Sunrise,\\nclear. Afternoon, cloudy and snowy. Sunset, snowing.\\nWind from the South.\\nTuesday, 16. Sunrise, 10\u00c2\u00b0 above zero. Clear. About to\\nset out for Independence to attend a sale of Cohn Black s\\nhouse and lot, and to attend Court, and various other matters.\\nWednesday, 17. At Independence, Bought Cohn\\nBlack s house and lot, $705.\\nHiatus.\\nFriday, 26. Came home with the mumps.\\nSaturday, 27. Some better. Read all day. Took medi-\\ncines.\\nSunday, 28. Read, wrote, etc.\\nMonday, 29.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Sent $705.00 to the Sheriff by C. Graham,\\nbeing the price of my late purchase.\\nTuesday, 30. Mild and warm. Suffering from a severe\\ncough. Amused with the company of Mr. Murfee from In-\\ndependence, who staid all night.\\nWednesday, 31. Beautiful day, warm and pleasant.\\nBrother of John W. Gray-Eyes.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "198 THE JOURNALS OF [April, 1847.\\nApril, 1847.\\nThursday, 1. All Fool s day, but a very pleasant one.\\nWarm and mild. Wrote to J. R. Rowand informing him\\nwhen I made the remittance of f 25.00.\\nFriday, 2. At 9 o clock the girls made their appearance\\nafter an absence of over six months. They came home to\\nspend their vacation.\\nSaturday, 3. We both went to Kansas in company with\\nHenry Jacquis and his team, and brought away our effects\\nstored away in the warehouse, and at the same time ac-\\nknowledged the execution of a deed before Justice Kaufman,\\nand came home quite fatigued.\\nNancy Washington died this morning.\\nSunday, 4. Fine, warm day. The funeral of Nancy\\nWashington takes place to-day.\\nMonday, 5. Beautiful weather.\\nTuesday, 6. Attended Council at J. Washington s.\\nTransacted various [matters of] business, and adjourned to\\nthe first Tuesday in May next.\\nWednesday, 7. Rolled the logs in the woods pasture.\\nIn the evening our old and esteemed friend. Col. W. M.\\nChick,^ departed this life. Disease, Gastritis, Enteritis, and\\nPneumonia.\\nThursday, 8. We attended the funeral. There was a\\nvast concourse of people at the burial.\\nFriday, 9. Settled with Thomas Bowers for his work in\\nthe woods pasture. Paid him $23.40. Log-rolled all day\\nfor M. R. Walker. A hard day s work\\nSaturday, 10. Working in the garden. Planted early\\npotatoes, top onions and sowed onion seed. Planted peas.\\nSunday, 11. Quarterly Meeting. Went to Church and\\nheard a sermon from Mr. Stateler.\\nI do not know certainly whether he lived in the Wyandot Purchase or in the\\nCity of Kansas probably in the latter.\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "April, 1847.] GOVEKNOR WALKER. 199\\nMonday, 12. Wrote to Col. Goodin, authorizing him to\\naccept of M Saylor s offer for my land, one-third down and\\nthe remainder in two annual payments, without interest.\\nWrote to Col. Kirby on the Burlingame case. Hauled rails\\nall day.\\nJe suis fatigue cam une chevalle.\\nMrs. Walker went to Westport to send by D. W. Simp-\\nsou to New York for some silver plate.^ J. Walker returned\\nto-day from St. Louis.\\nHiatus.\\nSaturday, 17. Planted our corn.\\nSunday, 18. Read all day; kept close quarters.\\nMonday, 19. Attending to hauling rails and stakes.\\nTuesday, 20. Employed D. Edgington and hand to build\\na garden and yard fence of paling, at 40c per panel.\\nWednesday, 21. Done and performed various [kinds of]\\nwork, such as fencing and the like.\\nThursday, 22. Done nothing, [it] being rather an un-\\npleasant day. Opened a fresh barrel of sugar.\\nFriday, 23. Rolled the logs in the new field.\\nSaturday, 24. Frost this morning. Fine pleasant day.\\nHands split rails and stakes. Received a letter from Martha.\\nSunday, 25. Answered it [Martha s letter.] Read staid\\nat home. Had the Hermit s company a half an hour. In-\\nteresting colloquy.\\nMonday, 26. Beautiful morning. Miss Monk gave birth\\nto a fine heir. They are comfortably quartered in the\\nWoods pasture. One more calf. Stock increasing. What\\nshall I do I will tear down my old pasture and build a new\\none. Tut, tut, that won t do. I will enlarge it yes, that\\nwill do. Wrote to J. C. Jackson concerning a receipt given\\nme by Col. Chick.\\nHiatus.\\nTlie Wyandots always have their silver plate marked with a figure of the animal\\nfor which the Clan to which they belonged was named.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "200 THE JOURNALS OF [May,1847.\\nMay, 1847.\\nSaturday, 1. Received a letter from M^ Jackson in-\\nforming me that he had received neither deed nor Col.\\nChick s receipt by M Wilson.\\nHiatus.\\nTuesday, 4. Paid by M. E.. Walker, the Kansas proprie-\\ntors, $50.00^ for a lot in said town. Council met trans-\\nacted various business. Sesssion lasted two days.\\nHiatus.\\nFriday, 7. Kained. Hunted a stone quarry.\\nSaturday, 8. Attended the sale at the Council room, of\\nthe goods, chattels, and effects of Nofat, deceased. Bought\\nnothing.\\nThe company then proceeded to the ferry, hauled out and\\nturned upside down the old flat boat, for repairs. G. A. and\\nmyself assorted our lumber.\\nSunday, 9. Read, wrote, etc., till 3 o clock P. M. Then\\nwent to church and heard a sermon from M Parrott.\\nMonday, 10. Tore down Piert^s infamous chimney in-\\ntending to put up a new and better one in place. Hired F.\\nWilson and R. Richardson for a month, each at $12.00.\\nRained in the evening.\\nTuesday, 11. Rainy morning. Rained until 2 o clock.\\nWrote to Major Harvey a letter of enquiry about the re-\\nported removal of C. Graham. Received a letter from John\\nWheeler.\\nWednesday, 12. Sunrise. Thermometer at freezing\\npoint. A severe white frost! Summoned to attend a\\nCouncil at the Delaware meeting house to meet a deputation\\nof Pawnees and other wild tribes, on to-morrow. Business\\nunknown as yet.\\nThursday, 13. Attended the Council. The following\\ntribes were represented, viz.: Wyandotts, Delawares, Shaw-\\nSome idea of the value of town lots in the City of Kansas in those days.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "May, 1847.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 201\\nnees, Kickapoos, and Pawnees. Entered into a treaty of\\npeace and amity. This is the first time in my life that I\\nheard the Pawnee language spoken.^\\nFriday, 14. Rained. Edgington and hands making\\nshingles for the kitchen and smoke house. Hauling the\\nhewed timber. To-day our Wyandott volunteers set out on\\nboard the Amelia for the seat of war.^\\nSaturday, 15. Rained nearly all day. Hauled timber.\\nAt noon Edgington and hands left for home. M W. went\\nto Kansas. Got no mail. Evening, went out gunning for\\nsquirrels, killed none. Wounded some and scared some\\nterribly!\\nSunday, 16. Raining, cloudy, and tempestuous. Wrote\\nto Col. Goodin under date [of] the 15th, inclosing him our\\ndeed to Mr. Saylor. Wrote to Dr. Boggs enclosing his note\\ngiven to the proprietors of Kansas for a lot. Cloudy and a\\ndrizzling rain. Unsettled weather.\\nMonday, 17. Cloudy and cold morning. F. Wilson went\\nto Independence. Sent to the Clerk s office a deed for the\\ncertificate and County seal.\\nCastrated and marked eight pigs. A swallow fork in the\\nright ear.\\nTuesday, 18. Warm and pleasant. Hauling our build-\\ning timber. Broke our small wagon by Dick s carelessness.\\nStopped hauling. Waiting for Esau to return my big\\nwagon. Bad luck. Brimstone, Sour Krout and Assafoetida,\\nWednesday, 19. Prepared the new field for the plough.\\nEsau came with an apology for keeping my wagon, and prom-\\nised to send it home to-morrow.\\nThursday, 20. Rained last night furiously. Set out fifty\\ncabbage plants. Esau called and informed me that he had\\nIt was determined at this meeting to convoke the tribes of the Northwestern Con-\\nfedersicy and rekindle the Council Fire in the West, so John W. Gray-Eyes told me.\\nThe Council was held in October of the following year.\\nThe Mexican War.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "202 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1847.\\nbroken my big wagon. Well, if this is not enough to pro-\\nvoke the soul of a saint, I do not know what will. Worked\\nin the woods pasture. Rained all day. The rainy season\\ncoming on, and the annual freshet. The Missouri rising.\\nFriday, 21. M Thompson commenced walling the cellar.\\nUnlucky day for a commencement. Cloudy and lowry;\\nlooks mighty like rain. Hauled logs for my building.\\nSaturday, 22. Cold and clear morning, but [we] escaped\\nJack Frost s clutches.\\nHauled a load of stone, and resumed hauling our building\\ntimber. Sent by M^ Parrott to the P. O. at Westport to\\nhave letters mailed for Hanson, B., J. Wheeler, and A. P.\\nCurry. Received a letter from Deacon Wheeler full of\\nabolitionism.\\nSunday, 23. Staid at home. Read newspapers, and com-\\nmenced a reply to the Deacon s abolition letter. In the even-\\ning went to Church and had a sermon from M Parrott.\\nMonday, 24. Rainy morning. Started with the team to\\nthe stone quarry, but it rained so desperately and [with] no\\nprobability of its holding up, [that] we gave up the idea of\\nquarrying rock, and came home. To-day F. A. Hicks and\\nMatilda Driver^ were married. Joy be with them. Cold\\nnight.\\nThe Driver Family was an important one in the Wyandot Nation. From what I\\nhave been able to learn I conclude that Francis Driver was a Wyandot Indian of not\\nmore than one-fourth blood, if even that much. He was the son of a Wyandot Chief\\nnamed Driver, who is often spoken of by Finley in his Book Among the Indians.\\nThis Chief was one of Finley s principal supporters when he established Methodism in\\nthe Wyandot Nation. He signed the Treaty of January 19, 1832. His Wyandot name\\nwas Sah-yooh -tooh -zhah, the meaning of which is lost. One of Driver s speeches is\\ngiven in Finley s book at page 436.\\nIn 1823 Jacob Hooper was appointed to the Wyandot Mission by the Ohio Conference\\nof the M. E. Church, held in Urbana. His wife was also appointed to a position (that\\nof teacher) in the Mission. Hooper was from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and he brought\\nwith him to the work among the Indians his niece, Miss Matilda Stephenson, who had\\nbeen brought up at Lancaster. She was scarcely grown up when she arrived at Upper\\nSandusky. She attended the Mission school awhile after she arrived. Her aunt, Mrs.\\nHooper, was a teacher in her department and Matilda often assisted her.\\nFrancis Driver was a student at the Mission school; he often saw Miss Stephenson.\\nHe was very desirous of marrying her and became an ardent suitor. And in due timo", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "May, 1847] GOVERN^OK WALKER. 203\\nTuesday, 25. Clear, cold and chilly morning. Set out\\nwith our team and hands for Clark s stone quarry and found\\nexcellent building stone. At 10 o clock M Dennis, our car-\\npenter, arrived with his tools. Clear and beautiful day.\\nWednesday, 26. Clear and cool morning. Prospect of a\\nfine day. Hauling stone. Received a letter from Major\\nHarvey announcing the removal of Charles Graham from\\nthe public smithshop.\\nThursday, 27. My hands, K Richardson and F. Wilson\\nleft me this morning to go to the Mexican wars. Now my\\nFrancis Driver and Matilda Stephenson were married. Before their marriage Miss\\nStephenson was adopted by an old Wyaudot woman who belonged to the Snake Clan.\\nShe thus became a Wyandot of that Clan. Children were born to them that grew up,\\nas follows: 1. Sarah; 2. William; 3. Caroline. Francis Driver and wife came to Wyan-\\ndotte County from Ohio with the Wyandot Nation. He died here January 24, 1847,\\nand lies buried in the old Indian burying ground in Huron Place. He was 45 years\\nold at his death. His Wyandot name was Teh -hah-rohn -yooh-reh and means split-\\nting the sky. He belonged to the Big Turtle Clan. After his death Mrs. Driver\\nmarried Francis A. Hicks. They had no children. Hicks died in September, 1855.\\nHe was Head Chief of the Wyandots in 1850. Mrs. Matilda (Driver) Hicks died June\\n29, 1866, aged 61 years. She lies buried in the Indian burying ground in Huron Place,\\nalso. I find the following in my notes on Huron Place Burying Ground:\\nFrancis Driver\\nDied\\nJan. 24, 1847 Aged 45 Yrs.\\nMatilda Hiclts\\nDied\\nJune 29 1866 Aged 61 Yrs.\\nMary A. Driver\\nDied\\nAug 3 1 1844 Aged 14 Yrs.\\nMartlia Driver\\nDied\\nSept. 13 1844 Aged II Yrs\\n8 Mos, 4 Days.\\nSarah Driver married, 1st, Dr. W. A. Payne, of Louisville, Ky., and 2d, Lncian\\nDa^nett, a quarter-blood Peoria Indian. No children by either marriage. William\\nDriver was in the Union Army and died unmarried. Caroline married, 1st, Edward\\nKirkbride. They had two children, Eugene and Frank. Frank had hip-joint disease\\nand is now a cripple. He is the adopted son of Mrs. Dagnett. She married, 2d, Lewis\\nLofland. Children 1. Mary Josephine, now the adopted daughter of Mrs. Dagnett\\n2. Charles 3. Ruth Died 4. Annie called Kittle.\\nLewis Lofland lives on his allotment, in the Wyandot Reservation, near Seneca, Mo.\\nMrs. Sarah Dagnett lives in Seneca, Mo. Her allotment is near the town of Wyandotte,\\nIndian Territory.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "204 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1847.\\nwork must stop until I can employ some more. Trouble\\nand disappointment.\\nFriday, 28. Went to Kansas and employed C. Jondron\\nand Peter Ballanger to work by the day to haul stone.\\nSaturday, 29. Bought of Dr. Hand 300 feet of sheeting\\nplank.\\nSunday, 30. Hiatus.\\nMonday, 31. Got my mail. Little or no news. Hands\\nreturned to work with Peter Balanger and C. Jondron, and\\na M Smiley, carpenter.\\nJune, 1847.\\nTuesday, 1. Rained. Monsieur Tonson the mason not\\ncome again to resume his work. Council day; did not\\nattend owing to illness. J. Walker took my place.^\\nWednesday, 2. Pleasant and cool. A perfect clatter\\namong the hands, carpenters, teamsters, stonemasons, and\\nother hands employed upon my premises a perfect Babel.\\nThursday, 3. Rainy day. Work suspended. Cleared\\nup, and operations resumed. Went to Washington s on busi-\\nness, in company with H. Jacquis.\\nFriday, 4. Showery all day, but continued our operations\\nall day.\\nSaturday, 5. Rained all day till evening. C. Jondron,\\nBallanger, M Dennis and M Smiley went home. Daring the\\nday we were called upon by a M Smith, President of the\\nMasonic College at Lexington, who brought a letter of intro-\\nduction from the girls. Had an interesting colloquy with\\nhim upon Indian affairs, customs, and polity, with various\\nother matters.\\nSunday, 6. Went to Church like a good and true Chris-\\ntian. Heard M Parrott. Sound and wholesome doctrine.\\nThe Wyandot Constitution required the Council to be full when business was\\ntransacted. If a Councilor could not attend he might send a substitute who would\\nrepresent his views in the deliberations. If he did not send a substitute the Council\\nmight designate some one to take his place for that session.\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "June. 1847.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 205\\nMonday, 7. Splendid morning. Resumed operations in\\nwalling the cellar. M Smiley returned. My Francois\\nhands did not return. Sorry for it. Edgington and hands\\nreturned. Sorry for that, for I am not ready for them. So\\nit is sorrow upon sorrow. Ahem 12 o clock. Heard that\\nDr. Hewitt had just landed, on his return from the East. I\\ncare not a bauble about seeing him. His conduct in remov-\\ning C. G. meets with my most utter detestation. The motive\\nwhich prompted him to the step was pure and unadulterated\\nmalice. Who is there to rejoice at his removal? None but\\nhimself and two A s, that is, Asses, besides himself.\\nTuesday, 8. Went to town, chatted with various persons.\\nPeople much excited against Dr. H. for his conduct. The\\nA s sycophantically paying their apotheosis to him in the\\nmost obsequious manner, they can truly\\nCrook the pregnant hinges of the knee\\nThat thrift may follow fawning.\\nI went not nigh the detestable moving mass of corruption.\\nWednesday, 9. About 3 o clock this morning we were\\nvisited by a perfect tornado, with vivid lightning. It\\nseemed as though creation were ripening for its dissolution\\nearth rocked to its center, and amidst its oscillations, the roar\\nof falling trees and the descent of the cataract of the heavens,\\nrendered the scene, amidst the gloom of night, grand and\\nterrific. Morning disclosed the extent of the destruction,\\nsundry trees blown down, two hats blown away, and a crock\\nof milk submerged\\nM C. Columbus McClelland [called] upon us this morn-\\ning on his way to Fort Leavenworth. The whole country\\nappears to be agog about selling oxen, wagons, provisions,\\netc., to the commissary and quartermaster, all for the army.\\nSwimming times for speculators, but a beggarly account\\nof empty boxes for our National treasury.\\nMy execrations upon the Captain of the steamboat Ma-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "206 THE JOUENALS OF [June, 1347.\\nnona for landing my lumber on the point opposite Wyan-\\ndott City, instead of our usual landing place. I ll mark that\\nchap he may fall in my way some of these days, then I ll,\\nI ll\\nThursday, 10. Commenced raising my kitchen and smoke\\nhouse hands scarce. Finished raising the latter at 1 o clock\\nP. M., then commenced the kitchen. Succeeded in getting\\nthe joist plates and porch plates up before adjourning for the\\nnight. Thompson, the stone mason, grumbling and com-\\nplaining all the while. The churlish, selfish, and contrary\\nbeing has given me much trouble, since the carpenters have\\ncommenced operations, owing to his being so over captious.\\nFriday, 11. Resumed our raising pleasant day. No\\nhands came. Well, we will do it ourselves and apply the\\nmore strength, and what we lack in numbers we will make up\\nin bone and sinew.\\nAt 11 o clock completed the raising of our buildings and\\nafter dinner the ghost of unforgiven crimes (M T.) too^\\nhis departure, and not sorry to be relieved of his company\\nfor a season his incessant cry of more roch I had become\\nweary of hearing. When there was an abundance of rock\\nthen something else was wanting, and when that was sup-\\nplied, his inventive genius would conjure up something else\\nso on ad infinitum.\\nJames Washington called upon me to inform [me] that a\\nspecial session of the Council will be held to-morrow morn-\\ning upon the subject of the public blacksmith.\\nCommenced giving Nero sulphur in his food, poor fellow,\\nbeing afflicted severely with the mange, and dis[tem]per\\nall caused by impurity of his blood.\\nSaturday, 12. Rained last night, but bright and clear this\\nmorning Beautiful summer morn I How bland and balmy\\nis the air! How green and vivifying is the surrounding\\nforest I", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "June, 1847] GOVERNOR WALKER. 207\\nOnr fortress is the good green wood,\\nOur tenta the cypress tree;\\nWe know the forest round us,\\nAs seamen know the sea.\\nWent to the National Council. Made a desperate speech\\nupon the public blacksmith question. The people, by unani-\\nmous vote, placed the stamp of disapprobation upon the sub-\\nagent s conduct in removing the present blacksmith. The\\nCouncil addressed a communication to Major Harvey upon\\nthe subject, remonstrating against the removal. At the same\\nCouncil we decided not to take up the War Tomahawk tend-\\nered to us by the Winnebagoes and Pottawatamies against\\nthe Sioux. Hands all went home.\\nSunday, 1 3. Sabbath morning. Sun rose most brilliantly;\\nthe large dew-drops falling from the green foliage like span-\\ngles from a rainbow, the crystal drops still clinging to the\\ngreen leaves, reminding one of the garniture of a splendid\\ncandelabrum the sweet and wild warbling of the feathered\\nsongsters rendered our forest home altogether lovely and\\nenchanting. Finished my long epistle to Deacon Wheeler\\non politics, domestic news, abolitionism a sort of Salma-\\ngundi omnium gatherum communication.\\nMonday, 14. Cloudy and cool. Fireside quite agreeable.\\nOur hands returning to their work.\\nTuesday, 15. Took our team to town for a load of lime\\nand a keg of nails, but owing to the storm returned without\\neither. We two went to M Graham s to a dinner party.\\nMeantime Bombastes Furioso (Dr. H.) called upon M Gra-\\nham to inform him of his dismissal from service. Where-\\nupon M G. gave him a very plain statement of his opinion\\nof his conduct some severe home thrusts; alas! poor\\nYorickl Hauled our lime and nails in the afternoon.\\nMonsieur Tonson out of humor!\\nAlways complainin\\nFra mornin till even.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "208 THE JOURNALS OF [June, 1847.\\nWednesday, 16. Cold morning. Thermometer 62\u00c2\u00b0. Com-\\nfortable sitting by the fire, but no time to do that, motion,\\nmotion, locomotion. Edgington completed his contract and\\naway they went te hum. In the evening called to attend\\nthe Council. Attended. Adjourned in the night and had\\na dark walk of it home. Rained furiously last night.\\nThursday, 17. Clear this morning, though the weather\\nis unsettled. To-day the sale of lots in the addition to the\\ntown plat of Kansas. Speculators in corner lots will\\ndoubtless be in attendance. Went to Kansas and bought\\ntwo lots; one at $30 and the other at $29.\\nFriday, 18. Kained most furiously. Came home in the\\nmidst of a pelting storm.\\nSaturday, 19. Commenced ploughing, and while thus\\nengaged was summoned to attend a special Council, called by\\nDr. H., he wanting an opportunity of explaining his conduct\\nin relation to his removing M^ Graham, and a poor excuse\\nhe made of it.\\nSunday, 20. Clear and cool. Must attend the funeral of\\nthe Seneca Chief. Learned that the Chief died with the\\nsmall-pox.\\nMonday, 21. Employed M^ Wood to assist Elijah in\\nploughing the new field. Judge McC, M J. Walker, M\\nLeonard, called and paid us a visit staid an hour or two,\\nand proceeded to pay their respects to C. B. Garrett s family.\\nHad a visit from M Graham, and in the evening M. R. W.\\nbrought us our mail welcome\\nTuesday, 22. Continued ploughing, making pretty good\\nheadway, the weather being cool and pleasant. In the even-\\ning M Graham made us a visit. Judge McC. and party\\nreturned this morning to Fort Osage. Adam Brown called\\nupon me to write for him I put him off to a more con-\\nvenient season.\\nWednesday, 23. Finished ploughing at 10 o clock A. M.,", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "Jnne. 1847.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 209\\nand at 12 commenced harrowing. Expecting a mail from\\nWestport to-day, disappointed too bad Oh, Cave John-\\nston, thou art a pink of a P. M. G.^\\nThursday, 24. Cool and pleasant Roused from my\\nslumbers by the arrival of the Deacon from his trip down\\nthe river. Hauled up his and my effects, such as household\\ngoods harrowed our new field. Planted it in corn this 24th\\nday of June. Whether it will get ripe, time will determine.\\nFriday, 25. Clear and cool. Ding, dong bell goes\\nthe steam boat bell. A boat coming up, puffing, blowing,\\nsnorting and roaring from the action of her wheels.\\nPlanted my fall potatoes; planted cucumbers and water-\\nmelons. Tis now 11 o clock A. M. Having disposed of my\\nagricultural operations, I can now devote my undivided at-\\ntention to my betterments as the Yankee would say, and\\nget them completed as soon as may be; arter this I will do\\nmyself the distinguished honor of resting from hard labor for\\na season at least.\\nSaturday, 26. Beautiful morning. Commenced plowing\\nthrough my corn the second time. Discharged M Woods,\\nhis per diem being exorbitantly high.\\nJust received a letter from Major Harvey announcing the\\nrestoration of C Graham to his post. Now Doctor By\\nSt. Paul the work goes bravely on. What step will you\\nnext take to add to your list of already accumulated acts of\\ndisinterested patriotism.\\nMy hands are all gone now we are alone. How lonely,\\neverything still.\\nSunday, 27. Cloudy morning. Prospect of rain. M\\nGraham brought me a letter from Col. Goodin. M Saylor\\npronounces my deed good for nothing, informal, sundry,\\nfrivolous objections raised to it. Well, be it so. I will keep\\nthe land and he may keep his filthy lucre.\\nPostmaster (Jeneral.\\n15", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "210 THE JOURNALS OF [Jane, \u00c2\u00bb847.\\nMonday, 28. Cloudy morning. At 8 o clock it com-\\nmenced a moderate rain and rained steadily until half past\\n3 P. M.\\nSpent the day with Pharoah and family. On the 19th\\nthe present month, N. E. Zane and family retreated from\\nMissouri the second time for daddy s house. Ha, ha, ha,\\nha-a-a. Starved out. His wife no longer needed by certain\\nlibertines run down to infamy to the lowest depths ^glad\\nyou are gone.\\nTuesday, 29. Clear, beautiful morning. Special session\\nof the Council to-day.\\nCouncil assembled at 12 o clock. Divorced Moses Pea-\\ncock from his wife Mary. So Moses is now a single man.\\nBlessed are the single, for they shall be double (if they de-\\nsire it). If the countenance be any index to the state of the\\ninner man, Moses left the Council room a happy man.\\nAddressed a communication to Major Harvey in reply to\\nhis, announcing the restoration of M Graham. Dr. H. very\\nsullen. Would not come near the Council.\\nWednesday, 30. Staid at home all day after my return\\nfrom the ferry. Wrote a long letter for Adam Brown to\\nCol. John Prince of Sandwich. To-night feel quite unwell.\\nI fear it is a precursor of an attack of the billions fever.\\nJuly, 1847.\\nThursday, 1. Fine morning. Clear and cool atmosphere.\\nThis has been a remarkably cool summer this far, the mer-\\ncury in the thermometer seldom getting higher than 75\u00c2\u00b0, and\\noften below that. It is said that by some late observations\\nmade through Lord Boss s great telescope that there are large\\nspots on the sun s disc by which the power of the sun is di-\\nminished, hence our cool summer. What has come over old\\nFather Sol, that he should now, in his old days, become so\\nsilly and vain as to resort to daubing his face with paint!", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "July, 1847.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 211\\nWife rode out to visit the sick. Sickly tirae in Wyandott\\nCity. The complaint appears to be a typhoid fever. Just\\nheard that M Palmer is dead.\\nFriday, 2. IVF Hightower commenced going through my\\ncorn, the garrulous old Turk! I am sick of him. Why his\\ntongue is [in] perpetual motion. It is nothing but one\\neternal clatter.\\nSaturday, 3. Got an Ohio Statesman. Not much news.\\nHightower finished his job at noon and put out.\\nSunday, 4. Quite unwell. Rheumatic affliction in the\\nhead, which is so painful, especially in the afternoon, as al-\\nmost to set me distracted.\\nM Graham very sick. News announced in the States-\\nman, that in consequence of the defalcation of Col. Huber,\\na loco foco, Receiver of Public Monies in the Land Office at\\nUpper Sandusky, Col. Purdy McElvain, another loco foco of\\ncourse, has succeeded him in wearing the blushing honors,\\nand fingering Uncle Sam s cash. This is truly a streak of\\ngood luck for Purdy.\\nMonday, 5. Sick, loss of appetite. Nerves unstrung.\\nMy head disordered. All sick. I would sell myself for a\\nsixpence. M^ Dennis returned to-day in company with a\\nM Smith, a journeyman carpenter.\\nJust heard of the return of Isaiah and Irvin. Our sick\\nneighbors no better, particularly M Graham and William\\nGarrett.\\nTuesday, 6. Had a sick and restless night. Cloudy\\nmorning, prospect of rain. To-day is our regular Council\\nor Court day, and I ought to attend its session, but how can\\nI? William G. no better. I fear for him.\\n3 o clock P. M. William is dead! alas! alas! our worst\\nfears are realized. Finished a letter to Martha. Upon going\\nto bed I had placed upon the nape of my neck a large blister\\nplaster, for a neuralgic affliction in my head.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "212 THE JOURNALS OF [July, 1847.\\nWednesday, 7. Ah, misericordie Dress my blister! I\\nam a complete scald. Got the poll evil in full fruition.\\nDr. Hand called to see me in the evening. Gave me some\\nadvice and left some medicines. Slept comfortably through\\nthe night. M Davis staid all night with us.\\nThursday, 8. Took a Seidlitz drink, feeling somewhat\\nfeverish and thirsty. Had a most refreshing shower. Oh,\\nwhat a change in the atmosphere. How balmy and fragrant\\nis the air!\\nAye, strike up your music ye little feathered songsters.\\nFriday, 9. M Davis arrived at about daylight and\\ninformed us that our esteemed friend, M Graham,\\ndied this morning, within ten minutes of 3 o clock.\\nHere I will say that if I had a female friend on earth,\\none that was no kin to me, whose friendship was solid\\nand enduring, earnest and sincere, it was the lamented\\nM^^ Mary Graham. I lament deeply that in the order\\nof Providence I was denied the pleasure of seeing her\\nduring her illness, being confined by sickness. Peace\\nto her remains, and my blessing on her memory.\\nWrote a long letter to Col. Goodin upon the subject of the\\nfailure of his sale of land made for me.\\nSaturday, 10. I ve got the poll evil. The blister on the\\nback of my neck raises such a stench that\\nWife gone to Kansas for our mail, finding everybody else\\ntoo lazy to go. Warm day, thermometer 86\u00c2\u00b0. On retiring\\nto bed, tuck a dose of calomy/ as M Hodge would say.\\nSunday, 11. Weak and debilitated, no appetite. Warm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0day, sultry and oppressive. No circulating air. Thermometer\\n85\u00c2\u00b0.\\nMonday, 12. Passed a most dismal night. Was racked\\nwith pain to a degree sufficient to send me distracted. O,\\nneuralgia! Thou art the very prince of all complaints.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "July, 1847.] GOA^EENOR WALKER. 213\\nWhen fevers burn or ague freezes,\\nRheumatics gnaw or colic squeezes,\\nOur neighbor s sympathy may ease as,\\nWi pitying moan\\nBut thee, thou hell o a diseases,\\nAye mocks our groan.\\nTuesday, 13. Kested tolerably well last night, after try-\\ning a new nostrum, viz: bathing my head in the water in\\nwhich potatoes had been boiled. Whether there be any\\nefficacy in it or not, time alone will determine.\\nWrote to A. R. Curry again upon the subject of the $30.00\\nloan. I expect the villain intends to swindle me out of it.\\nTis said he is a most accomplished villain, that while study-\\ning theology and preparing himself for the ministry, he was\\nat the same time studying with commendable industry the\\nfine arts of villainy. Well, he has made great proficiency\\nin the latter science, as C. B. Garrett can testify to his sorrow.\\nHis epitaph should be thus:\\nON A CELEBRATED PRKSBYTEEIAN PBBACHEB.\\nHere Mr. Curry in death doth sleep\\nTo h 1 if he s gane thither,\\nSatan gi e him thy gear to keep.\\nHe ll hold it well thegither. Bums.\\nWarm day, thermometer 88\u00c2\u00b0, no wind stirring, rendering\\nthe atmosphere oppressively sultry. M Kussell left the\\nDeacon s in a flurry. Something wrong here.\\nWednesday, 14. Rested well last night. My complaint\\nis leaving me. I have now been free from it for thirty-six\\nhours. Potato soup has been the catholicon in this case.\\nWhat a discovery. Hear it ye sufferers with rheumatics,\\nsciatica, neuralgia, etc. Boil a dozen or more potatoes till\\nthey are thoroughly cooked; bathe the afflicted parts three\\nor four times a day while the water is warm.\\nBy to-day s mail I received a letter from Col. Goodin in-\\nforming me that he had made another sale of my Hardin\\nCounty lands to a M Greer of Knox County, and at the same", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "214 THE JOURNALS OF [July. 1847.\\ntime inclosing a blank deed, and what is still better, the pay-\\nis d argent comptant. So M Saylor may hunt for lands\\nelsewhere.\\nThursday, 15. To-day the assembled nation nominates\\ncandidates to run against the chiefs at the August election.\\nI concluded it would not be safe for* me to venture out to\\nencounter solstitial sun in my present weak condition. So I\\nstaid at home. Had to dine with us that man of affliction\\nand many troubles, M Graham. He is recovering from his\\nillness.\\nFriday, 16. Finished the Mountain Siege for John\\nShunk s paper, occupying ten closely written pages. Wrote\\nan obituary notice of M G. for the Expositor.\\nSaturday, 17. Wife started early this morning for West-\\nport on business and to get our mail if any. Strolled over\\nto Deacon Peerey s and spent an hour in social chat to drive\\naway ennui. Tried to invoke the muses, but tis no use.\\nParnassus Hill, to me, is an unknown Eldorado. lam as\\nignorant of its locality, its hills, its rivers, bays, springs, etc.,\\nas I am of Symrae s hole where Reynolds says all the\\ngame in the arctic regions retreat to for refuge in the winter.\\nReceived a batch of newspapers, new and old, so I have\\nnew news and old news. Sultry evening. At night our rest\\nwas disturbed by a troop of dogs, which did us the honor of\\na most unmusical serenade. To show them how much I\\nappreciate their civilities, I went out with my double bar-\\nreled gun, and fired a salute, leaving one of their party dead\\nPublished in Cincinnati, Ohio.\\nCaptain John Cleves Symmes, for six years from 1818, a resident of Newport, Ken-\\ntncky. He was an eccentric man and evolved a New Theory of the Earth called Th\u00c2\u00ab\\nTheory of Concentric spheres. He maintained that the globe is composed of a num-\\nber of hollow spheres, having spaces between them occupied by atmospheres, and that\\nthese shells were widely open at both poles, and that the concave surlace of the outer\\nshell, and probably of them all, is inhabited by various kinds of inferior animals, and\\nby intelligent beings resembling ourselves. Captain Symmes s drawings illustrating\\nhis theory were reproduced a few years since in the Southern Bivouac, a magazine pub-\\nlished at Louisville, Ky.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "July, 1847] GOVERNOR WALKER. 215\\non the spot. Whereupon they stopped their music and dis-\\npersed.\\nSunday, 18. Cloudy some prospect of rain. Com-\\nmenced raining in the afternoon and rained a most refresh-\\ning shower till night. What a change hath this much needed\\nand much prayed for rain wrought in the face of nature!\\nHow pure and balmy is the air.\\nMonday, 19. Clear and beautiful morning. Set out to\\npay a visit to J. Walker, who is still sick. Found him la-\\nboring under a great nervous irritability. Staid till after\\ndinner. Then called upon C. Graham. They are all get-\\nting better. Hunter still sick. Old complaint. Warm and\\nsultry.\\nTuesday, 20. Wrote to the girls. Heard from J. W.\\nthrough Uncle James. Symptoms some better, less nervous.\\nDeacon Peery gone to the institution. More lumber is\\nthe cry of my carpenter. My curse upon the wasteful ras-\\ncals, it would keep a steam saw mill going to keep them sup-\\nplied with lumber. Thundering, perhaps more rain. So\\nmote it be.\\nWednesday, 21. No rain, nor sign nor indication of any,\\nsultry.\\nWrote to J. E,. Kowand. Went to gather blackberries.\\nToo warm to gather many so I sounded a retreat home, con-\\ntenting myself with a couple of quarts of the fruit.\\nThursday, 22. Went to the village. Paid a visit to J. W.\\nHe seems to be getting better. Peceived an invitation to\\nattend the great barbecue at Independence. I may go, can t\\ntell yet, depending upon my colleagues the Chiefs, as the in-\\nvitation is to the Council.\\nNo news by yesterday s mail.\\nFriday, 23. Beautiful morning, but a prospect for a\\nwarm day. On my way to Weston, hired M Hightower\\nto clear out my new corn field and hoe my potatoes.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "216 THE JOURNALS OF [July, 1847.\\nSaturday, 24. In Weston. Can purchase no lumber.\\nHiatus.\\nAugust, 1847.\\nMonday, 9. Bought of a Shawnee Indian a pony in\\nKansas for |8.00 and I have called him Ca^o. He is a\\npretty little fellow.\\nEngaged a M Bowring to do the lathing and plastering,\\n14c per square.\\nFriday, 13. Engaged a Mr. Shaw to build my chimneys.\\nSaturday, 14. John Lynch commenced work at $14.00\\nper month. A real son of the Emerald Isle.\\nHiatus.\\nNational election and barbecue. The old Council re-\\nelected.\\nSeptember, 1847.\\nSaturday, 11. M Keyser and M*^ Taylor commenced\\nboarding.\\nHiatus.\\nOctober, 1847.\\nMonday, 4. Hannah Walker went down to Kansas to\\ntake the boat for Ohio to-morrow morning; be gone perhaps\\nseven weeks. A pleasant and prosperous trip to her.\\nTuesday, 5. Dr. Hewitt commenced paying the annuity\\nto the Wyandotts and they, after receipting, paying their\\nrespective dividends over to the Chiefs in order to rebuke\\nand defeat the officious interference of the Government in\\nthe distribution of the annuity.^\\nWednesday, 6. Continued the same.\\nThursday, 7. Same.\\nFriday, 8. Same.\\nSaturday, 9. The Chiefs commenced paying out.\\nIt seems that heretofore the annuity had been paid to the Chiefs, and by them\\nto the people.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "October, 1847.] GOVEKNOR WALKER. 217\\nSunday, 10. Wrote to M W. for Wednesday s mail.\\nMonday, 11. Commenced paying again.\\nTuesday, 12. M Bowring finished his work.\\nWednesday, 13. Paid him off, so I am done with him\\nand his loafers and his carrion horses.\\nThursday, 14. Severe frost last night. Resumed the\\npayment of the annuity. M Fish and Hetty were married.\\nFriday, 15. Wrote to M W. to go by Saturday s mail.\\nSaturday, 16. Continued the payment.\\nSunday, 17. Staid at home, read the news, etc.\\nMonday, 18. Resumed operations; busy times. Every-\\none in motion to gain ^multum pecunia if he can, and if\\nhe cannot he must go minus.\\nTuesday, 19. Closed the payment! Felicitatus.\\nWednesday, 20. John Walker left in no very good humor,\\nnot meeting with as good success in his collections as he ex-\\npected.\\nThursday, 21. Sick, took medicine. Staid at home.\\nFriday, 22. Went to Kansas. Made some purchases;\\ncame back by dinner time.\\nSaturday, 23. Commenced a letter to Harriet. At night\\nattended a meeting of the directors of a joint stock company.\\nCame home after midnight.\\nSunday, 24. Read all day. Lonesome, melancholy.\\nMonday, 25. Done nothing, but pottered about the\\nhouse.\\nTuesday, 26. Finished Harriet s letter and one to M\\nWalker for to-morrow s mail.\\nA Council held to-day to investigate a case between F. A.\\nHicks and Adam Hunt a paltry affair, truly to cause the\\nCouncil to convene in a special session.\\nJohn Lynch hauling stone to-day.\\nWednesday, 27. Ditto.\\nHiatus.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "218 THE JOURNALS OF [October, 1847.\\nThursday, 28. Staid at home and thought of Hannah\\nand longed for her return.^\\nFriday, 29. Went to town to purchase marketing.\\nSaturday, 30. Went to the P. O. for my mail.\\nSunday, 31. Hiatus.\\nNovember, 1847.\\nThursday, 11. Received a letter from J. W. Grarrett an-\\nnouncing the safe arrival of M W. at Upper Sandusky on\\nthe 26th ultimo, making the trip from this place to Upper\\nSandusky via Wheeling in twenty-one days, at the same time\\nvisiting her friend in Belmont County on her route. Thisj\\nis rapid traveling.\\nFriday, 12. My Irishman left me without leave or license\\nand that at a time when I most needed his services. My\\ncurses on the ungrateful wretch; I understand he is at Kan-j\\nsas paying his devotions to that most potent of all deities to\\nus poor sinners Bacchus.\\nSaturday, 13. A most Labradorian day. It rained, hailed,\\nand snowed, in an horrible tempest all day.\\nSunday, 14. Read newspaper for news, but found none]\\nof interest. Betook myself to a brown study.\\nMonday, 15. Staid at home and attended to my domestic]\\naifairs.\\nTuesday, 16. Attended Council. Transacted a variety of\\nbusiness. Wrote to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs\\nupon the subject of the blacksmith shop.\\nWednesday, 17. Staid at home as usual.\\nThursday, 18. Went to Kansas and attended to securing\\nmy two lots, and attended Dr. Hand s wedding. Joy at-\\ntend him and his bride.\\nFriday, 19. Came home.\\nSaturday, 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M^ W. and Martha returned.\\nNo man was ever more devoted to his family than was Governor Walker to his.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "November, 1847.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 219\\nSunday, 21. Staid at home.\\nMonday, 22. Went to Kansas to purchase marketing.\\nTuesday, 23. Attended Council. Revised our National\\nCode.\\nWednesday, 24. Rose early and found ourselves enjoy-\\ning a most delectable snowsior^m, the first we have had this\\nfall.\\nThursday, 25. Cold and severe morning. Dreary morn-\\ning. Winter on hand. Went to town for news, but got none.\\nFriday, 26. This morning the thermometer stood 3\u00c2\u00b0\\nabove zero. Whew! Cold morning, blustery day. Bought\\n393 pounds of pork of M^ Roberts of Clay County. Hauled\\nit from the sand bar home.\\nCommenced reading the\\nSaturday, 27. Clear and pleasant morning. Cut up my\\npork and salted it away. This I always do myself if able.\\nWarm and pleasant.\\nSunday, 28. Cloudy and cold morning. Commenced a\\nletter to J. W. Garrett. My mind is foggy this morning,\\nand cannot write anything worth reading, so I will lay my\\nletter aside till I conjure up a little common sense.\\nMonday, 29. Clear and pleasant. Finished a long letter\\nto J. W. Garrett to go by Wednesday s mail.\\nHeard that James Washington was ill of a violent attack\\nof the pleurisy saddled my horse and went to see him found\\nhim dangerously ill. While there sold my horse Juniper to\\nthe widow Russia Hicks. In the evening had a visit from\\nC. Graham who staid till bed time.\\nTuesday, 30. A stormy morning, snowing and sleetina.\\nBella horrida. Received a letter from John Goodin upon\\nbusiness. The Council meets to-day.\\nAdjourned at 4 o clock P. M. to meet the National assem-\\nbly at the old Church.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "220 THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1847.\\nDecember, 1847.\\nWednesday, 1. The first day of winter. Autumn went\\noff in a rather gruffy mood, leaving behind an horrible rain\\nstorm. This morning the sun rose clear and smiling.\\nPleasant morning. Cold and cloudy in the afternoon.\\nRained at nigbt.\\nThursday, 2. Cold and cloudy. Fair prospect for a\\nsnow storm. Winter has now fairly set in. Cold raw and\\nblustery day. In the evening M Asbury King of Kansas\\ncame and made application for the school. Postponed for\\nthe consideration. Staid all night.\\nFriday, 3. Clear and cold morning. Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0\\nbelow zero. Prospect of a fine day. M Phips, a pianist,\\ncalled upon us and spent the day in tuning Sophia s piano.\\nStaid all night. Mild and pleasant night.\\nSaturday, 4. Pleasant morning. Fine day for business.\\nI must be up and doing.\\nHarlan Riggs and William McDowell finished their job of\\ncutting cord- wood. Paid them off and they put out.\\nSunday, 5. Visited S. Armstrong; passed a balf hour in\\nchit chat. Came home and staid te hum all day. Read,\\nwrote and loafed.\\nMonday, 6. Went to town. Came back and hauled\\nwood. M Washington called upon us and inform [ed]\\n[us] that the Chief is recovering from his illness.\\nTuesday, 7. Went to town. Sophia taken sick from a\\nviolent cold.\\nEngaged M Noble to build a corn crib and shed eighteen\\nfeet square. In the evening the sky became black and dis-\\ntant thunder was heard. At sunset we had a heavy rain-\\nstorm, which lasted till 8 o clock. Then turned cold during\\n[the] night. ^^Itsnew,thenitfriz\\nWednesday, 8. Keen, frosty morning. Replied to Leon-\\nard Smalley s letter upon business. To-day being the day", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "December, 1847.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 221\\nappointed for the National Convention to hear the new code\\nof laws read and proclaimed, I beg leave to stay at home if\\nyou please, gentlemen.\\nThursday, 9. [This] morning at daylight, snow on the\\nground. Employed M Bowring to underpin my porch.\\nHe went to work. M Estes, the hog in principle, put out\\ninstead of staying to help M Bowring as he promised but\\nhaving secured his supper, lodgings, and breakfast put\\nout, Out upon such imposing churls! John Lynch called\\nupon me and begged me to take him into my employment\\nagain. I told him nay, verily, I will have nothing to do\\nwith him nor any other man in whom no dependence can be\\nplaced. So he gathered up his duds and put out.\\nC. Graham called and spent the evening.\\nFriday, 10. Keen sharp morning. Dr. Hewitt called to\\nsee Sophia. Pronounced her mending. M Bowring finished\\nunderpinning the kitchen porch. M Peery came over and\\nspent the evening. Clear night.\\nSaturday, 11. Saddled up Dragon to go to town, but went\\nno farther than H. Jacquis s; lent him my horse and came\\nhome. The payment of the Cherokee Boy s money post-\\nponed until Monday. James Washington getting well. Cold\\nnights and warm days.\\nSunday, 12. Staid at home, read and wrote. M Kezor\\nand ]\\\\P Taylor left for Kansas, having completed their work\\non the new Church.\\nMonday, 13. Went to town. Transacted some business,\\nCame home and staid there for that day.\\nTuesday, 14. Dr. Hewitt paid to the legatees of Cherokee\\nBoy the amount due them, being $1,833.00. A general pay-\\nment of debts then took place.\\nWednesday, 15. Went to Kansas to make oath to my\\nstatement in regard to some matters pending between the\\nIsaac Zane s family and John Walker.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "222 THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1847.\\nThursday, 16. Got my mail out of the P. O. No news.\\nOne letter from Harriet.\\nFriday, 17. Staid in Kansas and rambled over the town\\nviewing its advantages and disadvantages in a commercial\\npoint of view. The long promised steam saw-mill, not yet\\nin operation. Why this delay Echo answers why.\\nSaturday, 18. After the mail came in, took French leave\\nand came home.\\nSunday, 19. Having a violent cold, staid at home, in-\\nstead of going to hear the Deacon s dedication sermon in the^\\nnew Church.\\nMonday, 20. Cold morning. Mercury within eight de-j\\ngrees of zero. Cold all day. Made out an old unsettled!\\naccount against S. Armstrong and sent it down by H. to\\nKansas for settlement and allowance, and got a bill of family\\ngoods thereon. M Dennis returned.\\nTuesday, 21. Mercury nearly at zero. At daylight 5\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00bb\\nTo-day is Council day, and to-night the directors of the J. S.\\nCompany meet. Owing to the continued illness of the Prin-|\\ncipal Chief, the Co[uncil] adjourned till next Tuesday. No]\\nmeeting of the J. S. Co.\\nWednesday, 22. Went to town. Came home and staid\\nat home. Keading the Wandering Jew.\\nThursday, 23. M Dennis presented his bill. Jupiter\\nStator, thou ancient preserver of Rome, what a bill. Well,\\npresenting a bill is one thing, and getting it paid is another.\\nFriday, 24. Bought in company with E. T. Peery, a po-\\ntato hole of James Kankin, the contents of which we hauled\\nhome. Received an application from D. Young for the ferry.\\nSaturday, 25. A merry Christmas to you all!\\nWent to Church. The annual Christmas sermon was\\npreached by Rev. L. B. Stateler. Came home and found\\nM C. Graham domiciliated by my fireside. Took a (Christ-\\nmas toddy and) social chat. He put out, and I to my chores^", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "December, 1847.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 223\\nSunday, 26. Mercury 6\u00c2\u00b0 above zero. Cloudy morning.\\nKeen blows the wind and piercing is the air. But we\\nwill repair to the sanctuary, lest we become infidels and deny\\nthe faith. Kev. L. B. Stateler preached. Then a subscrip-\\ntion was opened for the finishing [of] the church. Sub-\\nscriptions were liberal.\\nAttended church at candle-light. Esqr. Gray Eyes as\\nusual gave us some of [his] ravings and rantings in the way\\nof exhortation. Came home at 9 o clock and\\nMonday, 27. Meeting continued. Went to H. Jacquis s\\nand spent a part of the day, the election of a ferryman being\\nthe topic of conversation, the candidates are D. Young, Tall\\nCharles, Charles Split-The-Logs.\\nTuesday, 28. Council met at James Washington s. Pro-\\nceeded to the election of a ferryman, and resulted in the\\nelection of D. Young. Received a message from the Dela-\\nwares, informing us that they had received information of\\nthe appointment of two commissioners on the part of the\\nGovernment to enter into a tri-party treaty upon the matter\\nof the cession of land by the Delawares to the Wyaudotts\\nwhether this be true or not seems somewhat problematical.\\nWednesday, 29. Feel unwell. Weather unusually warm.\\nSummer heat. Staid at home. H. Jacquis called upon\\nme; chatted upon politics. Went to town in the evening.\\nThursday, 30.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Warm. M Noble called. Went to M\\nCotter s, bought some tallow. Called at H. Jacquis s and\\nfound him sick with the pleurisy. Returned to him in the\\nnight and gave him some medicine. Left him at 8 o clock.\\nFriday, 31. Called upon H. J. Found him some better.\\nCame home. 12 o clock, Summer heat. Unhealthy\\nweather.\\nDorcas returned from her visit to Kansas.\\nSomething suspicious going on at the Deacon s. More\\nwomen there than is common. Well, my suspicions are con-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "224 THE JOURNALS OF [January, 1848.\\nfirmed. The Deacon has had the good fortune to have a\\nson born to him on the last day of the year, 1847. Watch\\nnight at the Church.\\nJanuary, 1848.\\nSaturday, 1. A happy new year to ye all I attended\\nin company with the Deacon and J. M. Armstrong, on the\\nother side of the Missouri River, to purchase marketing.\\nBought eight bushels of apples and a bag of corn meal. Got\\nmy effects home. The family attended the party at J. M.\\nArmstrong s. Came home at 9 o clock. No mail. Heard\\nthe report of fire arms all day at Kansas. These are doubt-\\nless salutes. Silly fellows. This looks too puerile for men.\\nSunday, 2. Sabbath. Our folks being desirous of going\\nto Church, I staid at home to keep house, C. B. G. called\\nupon me and showed me a letter from John Walker, con-\\ntaining some menacing threats to the Wyandotts. Poor vin-\\ndictive creature, spare thy malice, thy impotent rage. You\\ncan not browbeat the Wyandotts into anything wrong.\\nMonday, 3. Mrs. W. went to Kansas and I worked upon\\nmy smokehouse. Signed a recommendation in favor of F.\\nCotter, who is an applicant for the Shawnee ferry.\\nTuesday, 4. This being Council day, I must attend. H.\\nJacquis being sick, his place must be supplied by a substi-\\ntute as the law provides. The girls are going to Kansas on\\na visit to the Chick family.\\nWrote to Col. Goodin upon the subject of the patents sent\\nto him in October last.\\nWednesday, 5. Cold morning, thermometer 15\u00c2\u00b0 above\\nzero. Called upon H. Jacquis and found him much worse.\\nI entertain serious fears he is laboring under a severe con-\\ngestion of the lungs.\\nHauled wood. Went over to see Jacquis, found him worse.\\nSymptoms alarming bathed him in hot spirits. Came away\\nin the evening.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "Januaiy, 1848.] GOVERN^OR WALKER. 225\\nThursday, 6. Went over early to see Jacquis. Alas my\\nfears were realized. He departed this life at 12 o clock at\\nnight. The Council assembled at my house to make arrange-\\nments for the funeral, when the following program was agreed\\nupon the funeral to take place to-morrow at 11 o clock, the\\nprocession to march under the direction of the marshal, to\\nthe Church, where an oration will be delivered on the life\\nand character of the fallen Chief Then to close with re-\\nligious services. Thence to proceed to the burying ground.\\nAfter the funeral service is read, then the burial and bene-\\ndiction.\\nOrator of the day, W. W.\\nChaplain, Rev. E. T. Peery.\\nMarshal, S. Armstrong.\\nFriday, 7. Beautiful day. The solemn ceremony of the\\nburial took place in accordance with the above arrangements.\\nNever have I seen so large a concourse of Wyandotts on a\\nsimilar occasion.^\\nSaturday, 8. Kose at 5 o clock. Fury, how it [is]\\nHenry Jacquis belonged to that part of the Wyandot Nation composed of the Bar-\\nnett and Charloe families. Margaret Charloe was a sister of Henry Jacquis. He was\\na good man and highly esteemed by the Wyandots. J. M. Armstrong named a son for\\nhim. He was more French than Indian. The Wyandots pronounced the name\\nJocko. I find the following in the History of American Missions Worcester,\\n1840), page 722: The Eev. William D. Smith, having been appointed missionary to\\nthe Western Indians, was set apart for that work by special prayer in the Presbyterian\\nchurch at Cross Roads, Washington County, Pa., on the 12th of May, 1833. He immedi-\\nately commenced his journey to the west, on an exploring tour. On the 19th of June,\\nhe arrived at the house of Mr. Joseph Barnett, near the mouth of the Kansas river,\\nabout 350 miles from St. Louis. Mr. Barnett s grandfather was a white man, who had\\nbeen made prisoner by the Indians almost in infancy. Always residing among them, he\\nknew nothing of his parentage, and was a complete Indian in all his habits of thought,\\nfeeling, and action. His son, the father of Joseph, resided at Lower Sandusky, in the\\nnorthern part of Ohio. Here he first heard the gospel in 1801, from the Eev. Mr.\\nHughs, who had been sent as a missionary explorer among the Indians by the Presby-\\ntery of Ohio. His meditations on what he had heard, and the labors of the Rev. George\\nScott among his people the next summer, led to his conversion. He was the Wyandot\\nChief whose history has been published by the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society.\\nJoseph Barnett had married a Shawnee girl, who had been educated at the Maumee\\nMission, and in 1832 removed with the Shawnees to their Reservation near the Mis-\\nsouri. (See my note on the Charloe Family for further information about Jacquis.\\nHe was buried in Huron Place Cemetery, but no stone remains to point out his grave.\\n16", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "226 THE JOURNALS OF [January. 1S4S.\\nsnowing. Increasing in violence a regular nor easter.\\nKept close quartei-s. At one half past one o clock, snowing\\nfuriously, rivaling the snow storms of Nova Scotia.\\nSunday, 9. Coldest morning we have had this winter.\\nAt sunrise the thermometer stood 20\u00c2\u00b0 below zero. Last\\nnight at 8 o clock it was 5\u00c2\u00b0 above. Here is a fall of 25\u00c2\u00b0.\\nMonday, 10. Cloudy. At sunrise the temperature at zero.\\nKept close quarters all day. Read, wrote, and pondered\\nover matters in futurity. M. E,. W. hauled me a load of\\nfodder.\\nTuesday, 11. Weather cloudy and moderate. Sent two\\nletters to the office, one to Harriet and one to M^ Barrett,\\nSenr. Called upon the widow Jacquis. In the evening, cut\\nher some wood. M W. went on a visit to C. B. G. s. M\\nBarstow came and spent the evening with us.\\nWednesday, 12. M Peery brought our mail, but not\\nhaving time to read now, I will lay my papers aside till a\\nmore convenient season.\\nM* Dennis brought AP Waldron to examine the carpenter\\nwork done by him on my house and fix upon the price.\\nThursday, 13. Dark foggy and misty morning. Sent\\nto the P. O. an obituary notice of the death of Henry Jac-\\nquis to the editor of the Ohio State Journal. Went to town.\\nNo crossing the Kansas river in consequence of the thawing\\nof the ice bridge.\\nFriday, 14. The weather continues the same as yesterday,\\ndamp, foggy and cloudy. I hear of our people being sick.\\nUnhealthy weather. Thermometer temperate.\\nSaturday, 15. Some colder this morning, having frozen\\nsome last night Went to M. B. W. s and got the oxen.\\nCut and hauled some wood for the coming week. This thing\\nof chopping is not quite so agreeable to flesh and blood\\nthough I do not think it, as an employment, very injurious\\nto the flesh, blood, or bones.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "JaMBTT. is\u00c2\u00ab 1 GOYEByOB WALKZB. 227\\nIn the e-ening Unde James Raakm eaae aad qient tKe\\neven in g ^Ith a-. Clear aod beantifal moonHg^ D^ht,\\nSandav, 16. Wrote a letter to J^se Stem upon land\\nba-iine^fs and wrote alao to Hugh Barrett a fijendty eoBBmn-\\nDicatioo.\\nOar folks retamed from meedng and inionaed [job] that\\nEsq. Grav Ejeg handed a letter from Rer. J. B. Fmlej to\\nbe read to the congr^atioiL It being read in Wjaadoit its\\noootentB were not fairW nndeistood.\\nMonday, 17. Clear and beaotifbl morning.\\nCalled apon ^L B. W., he being siek with a rioleiii cold,\\nand and him improving. Went to town. Xo lai jin g,\\nthe rirer being frozen over.\\nM Dennis broaght over 31 Waldron s award. Jftpifftfttr\\n^hat a bilL At the prices fixed in the award, a earpenta\\nwiU make in a year |l,70O, and be boarded besides. Car-\\npoitexB ooght to become rich at these rates, bat M Dennis\\nand I settled withoat any referenee to the award. In the\\nevening visited the Deaeoo.\\nTaesday, 18. CooncQ met and afier some soall mt^rr\\nwere disposed oi proeeeded to the Section d a eoancilar to\\nsnpplv the Tacaney cai^ed by tbe death c^ H. J. A er ser-\\neral balloting^ fojrge L Clark was deeted to ssre till the\\n15th of Angnst oisaing.\\nWednesday, 19.\\nThursday, 20. K-_:^:\\nFriday, 21. Went to K:^\\nSatorday, 22.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M Tho6. it. Pkid\\nhim, not wishing to be in de _ i_ i^\\nand over honest nan.\\nSale of H. J. a propoty i\\nof G. L dark and James T\\nerty soldeDOTmoiBly higi _ :_\\nin audi OSes.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "228 THE JOURNALS OF [January, 1848.\\nSunday, 23. Sick. Staid at home of course.\\nMonday, 24. Employed M Noble to assist me to haul\\nsome wood and fodder.\\nTuesday, 25. Council met. Transacted sundry business.\\nAppointed G. I. C. and J. M. A. a committee to call upon\\nMajor Cummings, Indian agent, and make certain inquiries\\nabout the appointment of commissioner to conclude a tri-\\nparty treaty between the Wyandotts, Delawares, and the U. S.\\nWednesday, 26. Went out gunning, but killed nothing.\\nWent to town Found the Kansas river rising.\\nThursday, 27. Tore down my shed and did sundry other\\nnasty jobs. In the evening a M Waldo of Independence\\ncalled and staid all night. Had a long and interesting con-\\nfab with him. A democrat dyed in the wool. Deacon\\nPeery called and chatted about the on dits of the day.\\nFriday, 28. Beautiful morning. The weather looks like\\nspring. At 1 o clock the thermometer temperate. Called\\nover to M. R. W. s, not at home. F. A. H. s negro ran\\naway. He and John Lynch gone in pursuit of him.\\nNiggnr Sambo ran away.\\nDidn t come back till Saturday.\\nNo news. Ennui!\\nSaturday, 29. Cold and cloudy. Went out this morn-\\ning in the hopes of killing some game, but killed nothing\\nbut a squirrel. Poor reward for my toils. Fll have it for\\ndinner. Sent to the P. O. At 2 o clock P. M. it com-\\nmenced raining. Reading Albert H. Gallatin s article on\\nthe Mexican war. So far I regard it unanswerable. Dark,\\nrainy, and gloomy night.\\nSunday, 30. Rainy morning. M Graham called for a\\nday s visit. Just heard of the death [of] Tauroomee s wife\\nTheresa. She was an amiable woman, affectionate, sociable,\\nand agreeable. 3 o clock P. M., snowing. Phoebus! What\\nweather I", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "February, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 229\\nMonday, 31. At sunrise the thermometer stood 15\u00c2\u00b0\\nabove zero. Prospect of a warm day, this last day of Jan-\\nuary, 1848.\\nWaiting for Sophia s return from Kansas. She returned\\nabout 12 o clock. In the evening Captain Waldo called\\nupon us on his return from the fort, and staid all night.\\nHe informs [us] that General Scott has been arrested on\\ncharges preferred by Generals Worth and Pillow, and a\\ncourt martial ordered to convene at Vera Cruz.\\nFebruary, 1848.\\nTuesday, 1. Beautiful morning. Captain Waldo set out\\non his jourue}^ home. Council day. I must attend. A\\nletter was read in Council from Major Cummins in relation\\nto the tri-party treaty. Nothing satisfactory upon the sub-\\nject. All equivocal. The Government is determined upon\\nfoul play upon us poor Wyandotts.\\nWednesday, 2. Went to Kansas and put in the P. O. a\\nSanta Fe newspaper and a map of Mexico and California\\naddressed to John Shrunk, Editor of the Lower Sandusky\\nTelegraph. Received a letter from Harriet. Settled with\\nS. Armstrong and McCoy and Martin in our house-rent\\nconcern, the latter up to the 31st of December, 1847.\\nAmount due up to this date from S. Armstrong $17.43.\\nAmount due from McCoy and Martin up to December 31st,\\n1847, $31.05.\\nThursday, 3. Attended M. R. W. s raising. Labored\\nhard all day. A windy, cloudy and unpleasant day. Did\\nnot finish the raising. Postponed till Saturday next.\\nFriday, 4. At daylight commenced snowing. Cold and\\nstormy. About noon it partially cleared up. Hauled wood\\nand some corn out of Henry Jacquis field. In the evening\\nJ. M. A. and his two little girls came over to spend the\\nevening. Had a concert.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "230 THE JOURNALS OF [February, 1848.\\nSaturday, 5. Cloudy morning.\\nSunday, 6, Hiatus.\\nMonday, 7. In Westport.\\nTuesday, 8. How beantifnl fails\\nFrom baman lips,\\nThat blessed yford forgive.^\\nWednesday, 9. Came home. T. H. Noble staid all\\nnight.\\nThursday, 10. Martha and Dorcas went to Independence\\nintending to stay till Saturday.\\nFriday, 11. Employed Mr. Noble to cut and haul some\\nwood. In the evening C. G. came on a visit and staid till\\nbed time. A long and pleasant colloquy.\\nSaturday, 12. Devoted my time to burning old logs and\\ndry trees. Spring weather truly. In the evening Adam\\nBrown called and delivered my mail from Kansas with\\nPresident s Message and accompanying documents. A truly\\nmammoth document!\\nMartha and Dorcas not returned yet. We are uneasy\\nabout them.\\nSunday, 13. Cloudy morning. Head the news and wrote i\\na letter to A. Guthrie,^ a sort of salmagundi affair, upon all\\nsorts of subjects. Warm day. At 4 o clock P. M. it com-\\nmenced raining and rained till 8 o clock.\\nMonday, 14. Cloudy as usual. James White -Wing\\ncame as per agreement to work for me. Martha not re-\\nturned yet. What in the name of Moses can keep her?\\nTuesday, 15. Returned from their journey.\\nWednesday, 16. Went with the girls to Kansas, they be-\\ning invited to attend Isaac McCoy s infair.\\nThursday, 17. Remained in waiting the arrival of the\\nHaiden, expecting to find Harriet on board coming home\\nto spend her vacation, but was disappointed.\\nMr. Guthrie was kept in Washington most of his time by the Wyandot Nation to\\nlook after their aflfairs. He was in Washington at this time.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "March, 1848] GOVERN^OR WALKER. 231\\nFriday, 18. Waiting the arrival of the Tamerlane. She\\nlanded, but still no Harriet.\\nSaturday, 19. Hiatus.\\nSunday, 20. Hiatus.\\nMonday, 21. Hiatus.\\nTuesday, 22. Celebrated the birthday of the Father of his\\nCountry, by having a social select convivial party in M Tibb s\\ncounting room. Quite a pleasant and agreeable time. Our\\nwit and the chief author of our merriment was a M Dyke.\\nWednesday, 23. Done nothing. Read the news.\\nThursday, 24. Clearing up the yard, assisted by John\\nLynch.\\nFriday, 25. Engaged in the same.\\nSaturday, 26. Same. Got our mail. Not much news.\\nSunday, 27. Read Fremont s defense.\\nMonday, 28. Hauled wood all day. Brought my big\\nwagon home and lent it again to John Van Meter.^ Some-\\nwhat fatigued at night. M and M Davis, with C. G. came\\non a visit and staid all night.\\nTuesday, 29. Attended Council. Made out our appro-\\npriation bill for 1848. Tried and convicted Thomas Stand-\\nIn-The- Water of burglary and theft. Transacted various\\nminor matters of business. A person named Quinby called,\\nenquiring for a fugitive slave who absconded from his mas-\\nter in Platte City.\\nMarch, 1848.\\nWednesday, 1. Resumed our operations in clearing up,\\nand as Major J. Downing says, Sitting things to rights.\\nMiss Blossom was last night delivered of an heir. A fine\\ncalf.\\nThursday, 2. Snowing at a most furious rate. Kept\\nhoused up all day. The sky black as a raven s wing, and\\nthe air white as the crest of ;he foaming billow.\\nThe Van Meters were Mohawks they were adopted Wyandots.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "232 THE JOUKNALS OF [March, 1848.\\nFriday, 3. At daylight, thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 below zero.\\nHauled corn and fodder. Widow Driver was buried to-day.^\\nSaturday, 4. At daylight, thermometer at zero. Matthew\\nPeacock was buried to-day.^\\nInsatiate archer, could not one suffice V\\nPleasant in the afternoon, but towards sunset the wind\\nblew from the north and turned very cold. Received a let-\\nter from Jesse Stern, Esq., upon land matters. Also some\\npublic documents from A. Guthrie. C. Graham staid all\\nnight and bespoke boarding for himself and assistant, Orange\\nWilcox.\\nSunday, 5. Thermometer 0 (zero). Bright and clear.\\nThis day I complete my forty-seventy year. Can this be\\npossible? Verily I cannot realize [it] I can hardly per-\\nsuade myself that I have already lived so long and ambled\\nupon this bustling stage 47 years yet such is the fact. The\\nrecord shows it. I was born in the County of Wayne, Ter-\\nritory (now State) of Michigan on the 5th of March A. D.,\\n1800.^ Methinks it was but last week I was a crazy-headed,\\nreckless, fun-loving and unstudious school boy. How swift\\nis the flight of time.\\nMonday, 6. Assisted by John Lynch, I overhauled our\\nspring, which had been failing. Put in a new trough, but\\nAlas! we toiled for naught; we gained but little water.\\nTuesday, 7. Went to town. John Lynch chopped in the\\nwoods pasture. Joel set out for N. Y.\\nThe mother of Francis Driver.\\nHe was buried in Huron Place Cemetery. On the stone above his grave is this:\\nMatthew Peacock\\nDied\\nOct 1843\\nAged 68 Yrs.\\nThe date is wrong. There being no day of the month given indicates that there\\nwas uncertainty as to the date by those having the stone put up. It was probably not\\nerected until many years after his death.\\nSee biographical sketch of Governor Walker for dififerent dates given for his birth.\\nThis is undoubtedly the correct date.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "March, 1848] GOVERNOK WALKER. 233\\nWednesday, 8. Overhauled my pork. Lent the Deacon\\none of my barrels and repacked his pork. Worked on my\\nsmoke house and in the garden. Overhauled the roots of\\nmy fruit trees. Manured them with spall-stones and com-\\npost. Paid John Lynch four dollars.\\nThursday, 9. Clear and beautiful morning. Got up my\\nwork cattle, intending to haul out the waste timber out of\\nmy Woods pasture; but my Frenchman not coming, did but\\nlittle in the way of hauling. Summon d to attend a special\\nsession of the Council. Heard of the death of John Quincy\\nAdams.\\nFriday, 10. Wrote to J. Stern upon land matters. Bought\\nthree bushels of corn meal. Sent for Pharoah for consul-\\ntation. Came in the evening. Mr. Graham brought our\\nWestport mail.\\nSaturday, 11. Beautiful morning. M W. went to Kan-\\nsas to purchase supplies, and brought our mail. A letter\\nfrom Harriet. Chopped my Sunday s wood. Did various\\nother chores about the house. Read my newspapers.\\nTo-day the thermometer stood nearly at summer heat\\nThis seems like the commencement of spring. Hannah\\nHicks came on a visit and drummed on the piano. Consid-\\nering her opportunities she plays a few tunes very well.\\nSunday, 12. Rained a little last night, and this morning\\nthe thermometer stood 2\u00c2\u00b0 below freezing point. Prospect of\\na fine day.\\nIn the evening C. Graham and Orange returned. Read\\nand wrote all day.\\nMonday, 13. Cold, frosty morning. Wrote to Harriet\\nto come home with S. Armstrong on his return from St.\\nLouis. Pottered about the house.\\nTuesday, 14. Bright and clear morning. Hauled some\\nwood out of the woods pasture. Went to the Council. Came\\nhome and set out some peach trees.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "234 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 1848.\\nWednesday, 15. Frosty morning. Went to town to haul\\nsome flour and a sack of salt, but owing to the villainous and\\nbalky character of Sam s team, broke the wagon tongue, so\\nwe left the wagon in town and came home for dinner, and\\nat the same time to devise other means of getting our load\\nhome. I have it. We will take the ox team, Brin and\\nBrown. Never stall, so now for the bull team.\\nJust returned with my flour and salt. No accidents this\\ntime. Spent this day to but little purpose.\\nThursday, 16. Beautiful morning. Looks like Indian\\nsummer. Called upon the Grammar school. Went to M.\\nMudeater^ and engaged ten bushels of potatoes.\\nThe name Mudeater is an honored one in the Wyandot Nation. There are difFerent\\naccounts of the manner in which it became fixed as a family name. Alfred J. Mudeater,\\nEsq., of Wyandotte, Indian Territory, gave me substantially the following:\\nA war party of Wyandotswent up the Big Sandy Eiver about the time of the EeTO-\\nlutionary War, for the purpose, as he said, of falling upon the Cherokees, but much\\nmore probably for the purpose of raiding the settlements west of New Eiver in Vir-\\nginia, or along the Watauga in what is now East Tennessee. This party went down a\\nvalley after passing the head waters of the Big Sandy River. This valley was inhab-\\nited by white settlers who fled at the approach of the Indians, who passed on and went\\nfar beyond it. They were gone for about two weeks, when they i-e turned up this same\\nvalley to again reach the waters of the Big Sandy, which they would descend on their\\nway home.\\nAs they were marching up this little valley they saw a small boy run down to the\\ncreek some distance ahead of them and disappear in the bushes that fringed the stream.\\nSome of the warriors hastened to the point where the boy was last seen but he was no-\\nwhere to be found. The other warriors of the party came up and a close and systematic\\nsearch was instituted for the fugitive. One of them noticed that the creek had cut in\\nunder the roots of some trees, leaving a mass of roots and earth overhanging the water.\\nHe plunged into the stream and looked under this overhanging mass. He saw a boy s\\nlegs at the farthest comer of the cavity thus found, and, seizing him by the feet, drew\\nhim forth.\\nThe child, for he was nothing more, being only about six or seven years old, was\\nfamished and emaciated. So extreme had been his suflerings from hunger that he had\\nbeen eating the soapstone found along the bed of the creek. This soapstone and clay\\nwere smeared about his mouth and over his face. The Indians, with that aptness for\\nwhich they are famous in the bestowal of names, called him Mud Eater, a name which\\nhe retained ever after.\\nThe warriors gave him food, and carried him with them to their town on the San-\\ndusky. He said that his people had either abandoned him or forgotten him in their\\nhasty flight from the Indians, and he had been left to starve, or to whatever fate might\\nbefall him.\\nThe Indians adopted him and he grew up among them and married a Wyandot\\nwoman.\\nThe Hon. Frank H. Betton, of Wyandotte county, Kansas, who married Miss", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "March, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 235\\nFriday, 17. St. Patrick s day in the morning.\\nWrought in my garden digging up stumps, and laying off\\nwalks, etc. Sent by Mr. Graham my letter to John Greer,\\nwritten yesterday. I very civilly gave my opinion of his\\nconduct in regard to my sale of a tract of land to him.\\nMr. Mudeater brought the potatoes I contracted for yes-\\nterday. Warm day, pleasant evening. Dr. H. (God bless\\nhis memory) forgot to bring our mail from the P. O.\\nSaturday, 18. Yonder comes the powerful king of day\\nrejoicing in the east. 10 and a half o clock. Thermometer\\nnearly summer heat. Working with my fruit trees, cov-\\nering their roots with broken stone and compost of leached\\nlime and sand. The little leisure I have I devote to reading\\nthe memoirs of Aaron Burr by M. L. Davis. What a man!\\nA strange medley of opposite qualities, great and good in\\nsome things and treacherous and heartless in others.\\nSunday, 19. Staid at home, read and wrote. M Gil-\\nSusanah Mudeater, the sister of Alfred J. Mudeater, Esq., who gave me the foregoing\\naccount, believes it possible that the name may have been bestowed from the habits of\\nthe turtle which burrows in the mud, and which might be said to be a mud eater. This\\nis a plausible and tenable theory, and it is quite possible that it is correct, if the boy\\nwas adopted by the Big Turtle Clan, or the Mud Turtle Clan.\\nHe related to me another tradition. A party of Wyandots went to visit another\\ntribe, perhaps the Shawnees, or the Delawares. Arrived at the spring at which the\\nvillage supply of water was obtained they beheld an emaciated white boy eating clay\\nfrom its banks. He was a captive and had been adopted and had almost starved. The\\nWyandots from compassion bought him and adopted him into their tribe, and gave him\\nthe name of Mud Eater, from the circumstance which caused his purchase and adoption\\ninto the Wyandot Nation.\\nThe improbable part of this version of the matter lies in the assertion that he had\\nbeen starved after adoption. This could not have been, unless the whole tribe was\\nstarving. It was contrary to all Indian customs to withhold food from any one. While\\none had food all had it.\\nThis man Mud Eater had a son named Bussia Mudeater, who married a daughter of\\nChief Adam Brown. One of their children was Matthew Mudeater. He married\\nNancy Pipe, a direct descendant of Hopocan, or Captain Pipe, Chief of the Wolf Clan,\\nand afterwards Head Chief of all the Delawares, and who burned Colonel Crawford at\\nthe stake in what is now Crawford County, Ohio. Of this marriage were born: 1. Silas,\\ndied in infancy; 2. Susanah, born in Ohio, March 5, 1841; 3. Thomas Dawson, born\\nFebruary 1843; 4. Zelinda, born in 1845; 5. Mary, bom in 1847; 6. Irvin, born in\\n1849; 7. Benjamin, born in 1851; 8. Infant that died; 9. Alfred J., born in 1855; 10.\\nMatthew, born in 1857; 11. Ida, born in 1859.\\nMatthew Mudeater died in the Wyandot Eeserve in the Indian Territory,", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "236 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 1848.\\nmore of Independence came and staid all night. Went to\\nsee Isaiah who was seriously hurt by the falling of his horse\\nwhile going at full speed on Saturday. Badly hurt.\\nMonday, 20. Rained last night. Clear this morning.\\nWent to town after writing to M Reese concerning the\\nChick lots in Westport.\\nSowed two beds of a mixture of salad and radishes and\\nother work in de jwrdin.\\nC. Graham received a letter from Esau, written from New\\nOrleans, which I perused. He is on his way to Mexico,\\nwishing like many others to revel in the halls of Monte-\\nzuma.\\nTuesday, 21. Cold and cloudy morning. Reading Burr s\\nmemoirs. Truly he was an unfortunate man. In the me-\\nridian of life his star began to wane and through the bitter-\\nness and rancorous hostility with which he was pursued, day\\nand night, he fell from his lofty position like a boulder from\\nthe clouds. How true the saying and truly its application\\nin Col. Burr s case is just. A French criminal judge says\\nGive me four lines in writing of the most honest man in\\nthe world, and I will undertake to have him hung.\\nContinued cold windy and cloudy. Worked in my garden.\\nWednesday, 22. Cold and dark morning. My execra-\\ntions upon that sacre menteur coquin of a Frenchman, Pierre\\nBallenger, for not coming to work for me as he promised.\\nContinued my gardening operations. Planted early pota-\\ntoes, but in consequence of my crippled back I was com-\\npelled to lay aside my spade, shovel and rake and stop oper-\\nations. Mild and pleasant this arternoon. Je suis fatigue\\naujour d hui.\\nJust heard of the ratification of the treaty of peace be-\\ntween the U. S. and Mexico.\\nThursday, 23. Clear cold and frosty morning. M W.\\ngone to Westport. Writing a letter to Esau in Mexico. Le", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "March, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 237\\nmeiTie terns Je ecrite une o pour Madame Guthrie. Planted\\nsome more early potatoes. M W. returned from Westport\\nand brouglit my mail.\\nFriday, 24. Hauled some hay. Then hauled some wood\\nfrom the woods pasture. Planted a Balm of Gilead.^ Done\\nvarious other things. M Barstow s school closed to-day.\\nCalled upon by James Washington on public business.\\nAgreed to meet to-morrow.\\nSaturday, 25. Sprinkled a little rain last night. Cloudy\\nand threatening rain. Let it come and welcome. Dis-\\npatched my letter addressed to Esau by C. G. to the P. O.\\nSettled with B. F. Barstow for tuition in District No. 3,\\namount, $58.33.\\nPlanted a fine lot of top onions. M. R. W. set out to-day\\nfor Wolftown in company with M Boyd. Requested him\\nto attend to some business for me. Went to town to meet\\nthe sub-agent on public business, but [he] was not at home;\\ngone to Fort Leavenworth.\\nSunday, 26. Cold, cold morning. 1\u00c2\u00b0 below freezing\\npoint. Went to see the Widow Mudeater, who is said to be\\ndangerously sick. Nigh unto death. Some prospect of\\nher recovery yet.\\nMonday, 27. Wrote two deeds for the Deacon. Resumed\\nmy gardening operations. Worked hard all day with spade\\nand rake in hand. C. G. sick. Did not come home but\\nstaid all night at his cheerless and lonely house. Dr. H.\\nreceived orders to come to St. Louis for the semi-annual\\nannuity.\\nTuesday, 28. Clear and frosty morning. Must attend\\nCouncil to-day. Business of importance. Just returned\\nfrom Council. Transacted a variety of business. Ap-\\npointed a National Council for this day a week at the school\\nhouse in town, to meet the disorganizers. To-day at 12\\nFormerly a favorite tree to plant about the house for shade and ornament.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "238 THE JOUKNALS OF [March, 1848.\\no clock the widow Mudeater departed this life, a worthy and\\ngood woman gathered to her fathers.\\nWednesday, 29. Clear and frosty morning. 4\u00c2\u00b0 below\\nfreezing. Attended the funeral of the widow Mudeater.\\nM W. went to Kansas and returned. Wrote to Andrew\\nMcElvain in reply to his letter of the 10th inst., upon the\\nsubject of his wishing, or rather application for [the] Wyan-\\ndott agency.\\nThursday, 30. Blustery, windy, and such a whirling of\\ndust, leaves, and trash Whew\\nCloudy, prospect of rain. Oh! Boreas send us a refresh-\\ning shower Dry, dry. Watered our fruit trees, for truly\\nthey are suffering. Planted a sugar sprout in the yard.\\nDr. Hewitt set out for St. Louis. At 5 o clock, planted\\nsome May peas and some beets. In the evening the sky\\nbecame cloudy with very strong indications of rain. At\\nnightfall it commenced raining and rained till midnight.\\nFriday, 31. Cold morning. Thermometer, freezing\\npoint. Repaired my meadow fence. Packed rails on my\\nBhoulder. Wrote a long letter to Tho. A. Grun. Winding\\nup the day by burning up logs in my field. Continued cold\\nall day. Probably frost to-night. Planted two more sugar\\nsprouts.\\nApeil, 1848.\\nAll fool s day. Cold frosty morning. I fear for the\\nfruit Quarterly meeting commenced to-day. The presid-\\ning elder Mr. Stateler on the ground. Hauled some wood.\\nHauled rails and went to town. Came home and positively\\ndetermined to work no more to-day, lest I should be made\\n[a] fool of before the day closes. Bring on my mail I\\nThe mail came and all I got was two Independence papers.\\nThe treaty with Mexico confirmed by the Senate. 37 Ayes\\nand 15 Nays Revolution in France. Abdication of Louis\\nPhillip and departure from Paris. The chamber of depu-\\nJ", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "April, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 239\\nties refuse to settle the crown upon any of the royal family,\\nall in a hub bub. France must undergo another depletion.\\nCommenced a letter to the Arch Bishop of the Ohio State\\nPrison, J. B. F.^\\nSunday, 2. Went to church. Heard a sermon from Rev.\\nM Stateler.\\nMonday, 3. Orange D. Wilcox left for Independence.\\nM Stateler called upon us and spent the morning. Cliunked\\nup my log heap. Finished my letter to the Arch Bishop.\\nProspect of a rainy day.\\nMust attend a special session of the chiefs to-day at 1\\no clock P. M. to prepare for the convocation of the nation\\nto-morrow.\\nTuesday, 4. Cold morning. Employed T. H. Noble to\\nclear an addition to my field.\\nAttended the grand convocation of the nation at the school\\nhouse. A warm discussion took place upon our national\\npolitics. Came home at 5 o clock.\\nWednesday, 5. Frost. Planted our garden peas. Made\\na summer house of my wild rose.\\nThursday, 6. Cold morning. Santissimu^ virgo ora\\npronobisf Hired James Jackson to work for M C. G. and\\nmyself jointly. Went to town, bought 102 pounds of bacon\\nfrom C. G., and brought my seed oats home. Ira Hunter com-\\nmenced work in the shop. Hauled rails and fenced in the\\norchard. Je suis fatigue aujour d hui comme un cheval.\\nFriday, 7. Frosty morning as usual. Le meme chase.\\nSowed my orchard with oats. Looking every moment for\\nHarriet.\\nJames B. Finley, the Methodist Missionary to the Wyandots; he founded the Mis-\\nsion at Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He was adopted into the Wyandot Nation by the Bear\\nClan and named Eeh -wah-wih -ih, meaning he has hold of the Law. He was given\\na nickname, Hah-gyeh -reh-wah -neh, meaning big neck. He wrote the History\\nof the Wyandot Mission and Western Methodism. His History of the Wyandot\\nMission was afterwards published almost entire as Life Among the Indians.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "240 THE JOURNALS OF [April. i848.\\nShe came about two o clock, having come in a carriage\\nwith S. Armstrong and H. M. Northrup.\\nPlanted some more onions. Sowed parsnips and beets,\\nalso cabbage seeds. My hand, Jimraie Jackson, getting\\nsick of work and wants to quit and go home. So he may\\ngo. Cloudy night, looks like rain, send it, do, oh do!\\nSaturday, 8. No rain, but cloudy. No frost. M W.\\nwent to Kansas, but brought no mail. Set out the shrub-\\nbery brought by Harriet from Lexington, viz: a variety of\\nroses, honeysuckle, and flowering almond. Sowed some tim-\\nothy and clover. Planted some watermelons. Blocking out\\na memorial to the general conference about to convene at\\nPittsburg praying that body to refund the proceeds of the\\nMission farm in Ohio, to be applied, if refunded, to finishing\\nthe new Church.\\nSunday, 9. No rain ground dry and parched. C. G.\\nand myself went to the Holy Catholic Church near Kansas,\\nand heard a sermon from Father Donnelly, an Irish priest;\\nwas introduced to him; a quite pleasant and agreeable man.\\nGot home at 1 o clock P. M. Received a letter from John\\nWheeler. Answered it forthwith a sort of a salmagundi\\ncommunication. Several of our neighbors called upon us\\nthis evening.\\nMonday, 10. Cloudy; some signs of rain. Oh let re-\\nfreshing showers descend upon the parched earth. Cloudy\\nand cold all day, but no rain. M T. H. Noble making\\nrails, and I doing a little of everything.\\nTuesday, 11. Cold thermometer freezing point Clear\\nand all hopes of our rain dissipated. Sad disappointment\\nSteamboat making a 7 ambunctious noise upon the river.\\nBeautiful and enchanting morning. Of all the green groves\\nof the wide spreading forest, there are none so fair or so\\ncharming as where the beautiful Kansas doth glide.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "April, 1848] GOVERNOR WALKER. 241\\nTis the home of content,\\nTis the wild Indian s home,\\nIn his rude pitched tent\\nIs his time honor d throne.\\nSee him reclining beneath his shade tree,\\nHis eye wandering through the dark green wood,\\nHe thinks of his foe, the lurking Pawnee,\\nVows vengeance upon him by Eeesis his God.\\n12 o clock. Just finished extirpating all the stool grubs\\nout of my orchard. Watered my shubbery in the garden.\\nWednesday, 12. Awoke at the dawn of day, but alas no\\nrain! dry, dry. Wrote Joseph E-idgeway upon the sub-\\nject of the Burlingame claim. 11 o clock, summer heat\\nweather, well calculated to give the lazy and indolent the\\nspring fever. Made a hot bed for sweet potatoes. Mr.\\nNoble commenced relaying the fence.\\nThursday, 13. Cloudy, but no rain yet. Dry, dry, every-\\nthing parched up, yet tis a beautiful day.\\nThe spring is coming, delightful spring,\\nWhen the bright waves dance and the sweet birds sing.\\nTen thousand notes from the forest trees,\\nAre wafted along in the gentle breeze,\\nAnd glittering insects here and there\\nAre humming their notes in the soft spring air.\\nI am tired, I will quit work for to-day.\\nFriday, 14. Severe hoar frost. I fear for the fruit. Re-\\nceived a letter from J. W. Garrett dated March 28, in reply\\nto mine of the 28th of November. Further news from the\\nFrench revolution. Mob reigns in Paris. It is utter nonsense\\nfor France to talk about a republican government. Nothing\\nshort of the iron rule of a Bonaparte will keep the French\\nquiet and in subjection. They cannot appreciate a whole-\\nsome government. To-day Thom. H. Noble finished his\\njob of clearing and fencing. Sold him my small wagon at\\n$40.00 in work, trade, etc. Cold and cloudy. Wind from\\nthe north. Answered J. W. Garrett s letter.\\nSaturday, 15. Severe morning, heavy frost, cold, cold.\\n17", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "242 THE JOUENALS OF [April. 1848.\\nWent out to hunt for my oxen. Hunted till one half past\\n11, but could find nothing of them. The rascals knew there\\nwas work on hand, and have concealed themselves. M W.\\nand Harriet gone to Kansas. Everything in the vegetable\\nline drying and wilting up. No prospect of rain. Looking\\nfor further news of the French revolution. Anxious to\\nknow what it will end in, what will be the finale of this\\nuproar. Received the Nat. Int. and Ohio State Jour-\\nnal but no news of importance. Received two letters from\\nGeorge Dickson of Wolftown. My curse upon those Wol-\\nverines who set the prairies on fire and burnt a part of my\\nfence.\\nSunday, 16. Frost again! Oh when are we to have warm\\nweather? Missouri rising. Went to Church.\\nMonday, 17. No frost this morning (please fortune) but\\nwarm and pleasant. Went in pursuit of my work cattle.\\nFound them. Commenced plowing my old ground. Mis-\\nsouri booming up, rising, rising. Where does this water\\ncome from? Cloudy; prospect of rain. Send down the\\nreireshiug showers. At one half past 7 P. M. commenced\\nraining.\\nTuesday, 18. Stormy night. Froze. Cold. Wind from\\nthe north. Everything vegetable frozen stiff. The Coun-\\ncil meets to-day, and I must lay my implements of husbandry\\naside, and attend to affairs of state. Proceeded to town.\\nConvened the Council. Signed a memorial to the general\\nconference praying that Rev. Body restore to the Wyandott\\nChurch the proceeds of the Wyandott Mission farm in Ohio,\\nto aid in building our Church. Disposed of a multiplicity\\nof business, and adjourned sine die. Came home and found\\nDr. L. Twyman^ at our house. He staid all night.\\nWednesday, 19. Frosty morning. 3\u00c2\u00b0 below freezing.\\nHauled in from the clearing the fire wood. Commenced\\nOf Independence, Mo.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "April, 1848] GOVERNOR WALKER. 243\\nbreaking up ray new ground. Failing to get a hired hand,\\nI resolved to do it myself. Got M Peery s black boy Elijah\\nto drive, and I held the plough, and a mammoth one at that;\\nplowed till sunset. Tired enough.\\nThursday, 20. Resumed the plough and finished at 2\\no clock P. M. Went to M. R. W. s for a load of corn.\\nWeary as a hound after a long fox chase. Beautiful even-\\ning, but rather cool and chilly.\\nFriday, 21. Beautiful morning, no frost, glad of it.\\nHarrowing my field preparatory to planting corn. Fine day\\nfor work. Moderately cool. Planted some beans, cucum-\\nbers, and beets. Elijah furrowing out the corn ground.\\nWeather getting warm. Thermometer 85\u00c2\u00b0.\\nSaturday, 22. Ready to plant my corn. Dry weather.\\nRepaired some fence. 12 o clock. This being Saturday, I\\nhave after mature consideration, come to the conclusion I\\nwould work no more to-day. For verily the outward man\\nbegins to feel the effects of earning my bread by the sweat\\nof my brow. Blistered hands and crippled back, aching\\nbones and a sunburned face. Ah me! Martha and Sophia\\ngone to Kansas on a visit. Got no mail. Snakes and Scor-\\npions This is too bad. Miss Lucy Jane returned home.\\nSunday, 23. Cool morning, but no frost. Dry, dry\\nweather. Went to Church heard a sermon from the Dea-\\ncon. This evening it is reported the Doctor has returned\\nhome, bringing with him the semi-annuity.\\nMonday, 24. Phoebus but it is cold Cloudy, looks like\\na snow storm was approaching. And yet I am ready to\\nplant corn; but here I am, roasting my corporeality before\\na blazing fire. Plant corn indeed. No I will wait till\\nsummer. From the National Intelligencer it appears that\\nSenator Atchison has reported a bill confirming the land\\npurchased by the Wyandotts from the Delawares.^ Went\\nThis bill was passed and became a law.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "244 THE JOURNALS OF [April. 1848.\\nto town. Called upon Dr. H. Had a conversation upon\\nthe approaching payment. Council to convene to-morrow.\\nCold all day. Cloudy, dark and lowering. Occasionally a\\nfew drops of snow falling. In the evening commenced plant-\\ning corn.\\nTuesday, 25. As usual cold and dreary. Commenced\\noperations upon my pigs. Planted more corn. At last the\\nsun has made its appearance. Attended Council. Ap-\\npointed next Monday for the payment of the semi-annuity.\\nWednesday, 26. Cloudy, dark and uninviting. Planted\\nmore corn. Harriet set out for Lexington. [She has] gone\\nback to school again. Sent some shrubbery to the seminary.\\nSent the memorial to general conference to the care of Kev.\\nJ. B. Finley to be presented by him.\\nThursday, 27. Fine morning. Sent my oxen to Guth-\\nrie s to plow his field, by M Hightower. Continued plant-\\ning corn. Council met and proceeded to make out the\\npay-roll for payment of the semi-annuity and finished [it].\\nAdjourned till Monday. Joel Walker returned from New\\nYork. Strong signs of rain.\\nFriday, 28. Raining welcome, welcome, a hearty wel-\\ncome to these refreshing showers. Finished planting corn\\nin the evening.\\nSaturday, 29. Went to Kansas. Got no news by mail.\\nCame home at 1 o clock. After dark three weary travelers\\nfrom Fort Leavenworth, having got lost, called for lodgings,\\nwhich we afforded them. They were a M Childs, a Doctor\\nfrom Dover and an Indian trader.\\nSunday, 30. Our guests left after breakfast. Cloudy;\\nstaid at home. Wrote to A. Trager J. Walker called.\\nMay, 1848.\\nMonday, 1. May-day, and such a day! Cloudy, dark,\\nand cold, threatening rain. The rain would truly be accept-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "May, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 245\\nable, but weather so cold should give way to the more genial\\nwarmth of summer. The semi-annual payment commenced\\nto-day. Paid out two boxes, $2,000. At 8 o clock at night\\nit rained for a half or three-fourths of an hour, and stopped.\\nTuesday, 2. Beautiful morning! Everything glittering\\nlike silver spangles in the sun. Last evening s shower has\\ncaused nature to put on her most pleasing smiles. Kesumed\\nthe annuity payment and closed in the evening. Adjourned\\nto meet on Thursday.\\nWednesday, 3. Clear and warm morning. Planted some\\nIndian corn, watermelons and cucumbers. Settled with M\\nGoodyear for lumber got for the use of the ferry by the\\nCouncil, 127.50. Thermometer 86\u00c2\u00b0. Cloudy all day. In\\nthe evening strong threats of rain. At 8 o clock rain set in\\naccompanied with a hard wind. Occasional showers through\\nthe night.\\nThursday, 4. Bright and clear. Windy. Blowing a con-\\ntinual gale. This day two years ago war broke out between\\nthe U. S. and Mexico and the finale is not yet. Council\\nmet and proceeded to pay off the public liabilities. Paid\\nour own noble selves, and our clerks, sheriffs, and ferry mari.\\nTransacted a variety of business and adjourned till Tuesday\\nnext. M W. went to Kansas and returned.\\nFriday, 5. This day 21 years ago Napoleon Bonaparte\\nbreathed his last in the Isle of St. Helena. Went to Kan-\\nsas and paid off B. F. Barstow, schoolmaster. Came home\\nat 3 o clock P. M. Found one of my young sows with six\\nyoung pigs.\\nSaturday, 6. Cool, but beautiful morning. Heavy dew.\\nGrowing time. Have a severe nervous headache. Staid in\\nthe house all day. Wrote a letter to Harriet. Got no mail.\\nI am in want of news in tliese exciting times when Europe\\nis all in convulsions and spasms. Thrones crumbling and\\nfalling. Kings abdicating and becoming suppliants to their", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "246 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1848.\\nsubjects, some ingloriously retreating from their excited and\\ninfuriated subjects and seeking asylums in foreign countries.\\nSunday, 7. M Hightower brought my oxen back having\\nfinished ploughing Esau s field. Went to Church. A Tus-\\ncarora preached.\\nMonday, 8. Went into the upper settlement. Saw John\\nCotter, who had been assaulted by Milton Karraho and John\\nWilliams, and severely beat. Got the particulars of the\\nscrape. Came home. In the evening M G. brought our\\nmail. Ira Hunter moved to-day.\\nTuesday, 9. Cold and cloudy. Went to Council. Tried\\na case. Widow Charloe vs. Estate of H. Jacquis; claim of\\nplaintiff rejected. At 2 o clock P. M. a cold rain set in.\\nAdjourned, 4 o clock. Came home.\\nWednesday, 10. Rose at daylight, and Phoebus I what\\na frost. Sophia commenced her school to-day in the base-\\nment story of the Church. In the afternoon a stranger\\ncalled upon us who proved to be an American German from\\nPhiladelphia, a professor of music, a pianist. Tuned our\\npiano. Gave the girls a few lessons on music. Staid all\\nnight, and in the morning put out.\\nThursday, 11. Cold morning but no frost. Our German\\nset out for the fort. Chilly and cold all day.\\nFriday, 12. Some frost. Fine day. Staid at home, did\\nsmall work about the house. Wrote to H. Barrett. Warm\\nand pleasant day.\\nSaturday, 13. Clear and beautiful morning. Went to\\nKansas in company with M. R. Walker, Joel Walker, Dr.\\nHewitt, C. Graham. Staid till the mail came in. Received\\na letter from H. Bi .rrett. J. Walker opening a large stock\\nof goods in Kansas. Came home in the evening, 8 o clock\\nat night. Beautiful moonlight night! Oh, tis my delight\\nof a shiny night, to ramble o er the grassy lea.\\nSunday, 14. Fine morning. Went to church. M. R.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "May, 1848] GOVERNOR WALKER. 247\\nWalker and Adam Hunt set out for the Pottawatomie pay-\\nment. Sometime after midnight it rained a heavy shower.\\nWhat could have come more opportunely? 9 o clock,\\nshowery. All nature seems to have put on her best array,\\nher best bib and tucker. How beautiful is the forest! M.\\nR. W. and Adam Hunt did not go further than Westport,\\nlearning [there] that the payment did not take place till\\nnext week.\\nMonday, 15. 2 o clock in the afternoon, another rain and\\n[it] continued till night.\\nTuesday, 16. Clear and beautiful morning. I must at-\\ntend the Council to-day. An assault and battery case must\\nbe tried. John Cotter vs. Milton Karahoo and John Wil-\\nliams. The parties not appearing, the case was postponed.\\nDeclared Smith Nichols of age and released him from his\\nguardian.\\nWednesday, 17. Wrote to Miss Jane R. Long and in-\\nclosed $40.00 in Missouri paper, viz.: one twenty dollar bill\\nand two tens, to go by to-morrow s mail. Gave a turkey\\nroast to our neighbors. Dined at half past three. Had\\na pleasant party.\\nThursday, 18. Dark, foggy morning. Prospects of rain\\nto-day. Staid about home all day, not feeling very well.\\nWorked some in my garden. Shut up Barnabas Barebones\\nto fatten for a particular occasion, for a select dinner party.\\nFriday, 19. A small shower at 9 o clock A. M. M No-\\nble called, chatted awhile. Engaged him to do some more\\nwork. Worked in my garden.\\nSaturday, 20. Warm morning. M Hunter called and\\nbrought a letter from Jesse Stern which informs me that he\\nhas had an offer of ten dollars an acre for the whole tract.\\nSunday, 21. Staid at home all day. Warm day. Dr.\\nHewitt called to see Dorcas. Bled her. In the evening C.\\nOraham called.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "248 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1848.\\nMonday, 22. Daylight, raining furiously. Rained till\\none o clock and held up. Set out some sweet potatoes, [and]\\nsome cabbages. About 9 o clock at night it resumed raining\\nmost furiously, and stopped about 10 or 11 [o clock].\\nTuesday, 23. Answered J. Stern s letter. Sophia unable\\nto get to school owing to high water. Got her dander up\\nand returned determined to cross the Jarsey at all hazards.\\nDeacon gone to Kansas. Showery. Set out some more\\ncabbage.\\nWednesday, 24. Rain, rain, the rainy season set in.\\nSticking peas to-day. Dull times, no company.\\nThursday, 25. Dreary, cold, and cloudy morning. If it\\ndoes not rain I shall go to Kansas to mail some letters and\\nget some if any come, and learn the news. Returned from\\nK. Our mail was a complete water-haul. Nothing for\\nour place. John Garrett from Ohio landed last evening.\\nWarm and sultry. Look out for more rain.\\nFriday, 26. Clear and beautiful morning, but oh twill\\nbe a warm day. Wrote a communication to J. Shrunk for\\npublication. John and C B. Garrett came over and spent\\nthe evening.\\nSaturday, 27. M W. went to Kansas. Received a let-\\nter from M Nancy Garrett. Warm and sultry day.\\nPruned my trees.\\nSunday, 28. Cloudy. Warm. M. R. W. returned from\\nPottawattomie last evening. In the afternoon a violent rain\\nset in which lasted two hours. Curly Head and John Solo-\\nmon called and staid for dinner. M G. from Independence\\nstaid all night.\\nMonday, 29. Clear and fine, though cool. At 10 o clock\\nwent to Kansas. Got my mail. Received a letter from J.\\nRidge way, jr. Jesse Stern and his father arrived at Joel s.\\nDined with them. George Dickson from Wolftown arrived.\\nSet out some more sweet potatoes.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "June, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 249\\nTuesday, 30. Prepared for the session of the Council.\\nJohn Cotter vs. Milton Kayrahoo, postponed. Adjourned\\nto two weeks from to-day.\\nWednesday, 31. Mr. Stern called upon us, and staid till\\nevening. Went to J. M. A. s.\\nJune, 1848.\\nThursday, 1. Went to Kansas. Bought two bushels of\\ncorn meal, one-half ream of letter paper, and some rat poison.\\nSent another communication to the telegraph.\\nFriday, 2. Cloudy morning. Prospect of rain. Weeded\\nmy garden. Went for a bag of corn. M Noble ploughing\\nmy corn. It looks fine and thrifty. Sent Dorcas to Kan-\\nsas. In the evening a heavy rain fell.\\nSaturday, 3. Clear, cool and pleasant morning. Caught\\na tartar! Stept into the garden and found that that most\\ntroublesome of all warmints had been ploughing up my\\nbeds again, and thanks to my lucky stars I caught M*\\nground-mole upheaving the earth. By the dextrous use of\\nthe hoe I brought the digger out of his tunnel. M W.\\ntook him in her hand and held him till he died for the pur-\\npose of testing the truth of the saying that it will cure the\\nrheumatism. She held him about an hour before he died.\\nSet out fifty cabbage plants. Went to Kansas in company\\nwith Jesse Stern. Called at the P. O., got my papers and a\\nletter from John T. Walker. J. Stern returned home on\\nboard the steamer Kansas. I came home. In the even-\\ning rained furiously.\\nSunday, 4. Clear and beautiful morning. M W. and\\nSophia went to Kansas to Church. I staid te hum.\\nWarm day. M W. and Sophia state that on their return\\nfrom K. they found at the ferry a dozen or more people\\nwaiting to cross, and among them was John Charloe, very\\ndrunk, and had been severely beat. His face appeared ta", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "250 THE JOURNALS OF [June, 1848.\\nbe very much bruised and mangled up. Perhaps his upper\\njaw broke.\\nMonday, 5. Moses Peacock commenced working in our\\ncorn. M Noble commenced staking and ridering the fence.\\nHauled the stakes and riders. Finished the f bah!\\nmistake.\\nTuesday, 6. M Noble finished the fence. Now I will\\nbid defiance to 5reacAy stock. If they should break through\\nthis fence, they then ought to be killed. Finished planting\\nour sweet potatoes.\\nWednesday, 7. Clear and fine weather, cool and pleas-\\nant. Finished another No. for the Telegraph. Moses fin-\\nished dressing out my corn field. 0/c? White commenced\\nthe process of incubation of thirteen eggs. So we may have\\none and one-twelfth dozen of chicks if old white has good\\nluck.\\nThursday, 8. Rainy day. Went to Kansas. Got a soak-\\ning. Called at the P. O. No newspapers. No news. It s\\na botheration. Hunted for my dog Carlo. Some rascally\\ndog thief has decoyed him off. I shall deplore my loss if\\nI never get him again. Came home at 5 o clock P. M.\\nRained again. C est egal.\\nFriday, 9. Pleasant day. Staid at home, mowing in my\\nfence corners.\\nSaturday, 10. Went to K. on a mule. Called at P. O.\\nNo letters. Came home. Read my newspapers. Nothing\\nspecial from Europe.\\nSunday, 11. Charming morning. Clear and bright. A\\nvery heavy dew. Went to church in the evening. Messrs.\\nTebbs and Donahoe called upon us and staid an hour.\\nMonday, 12. Warm day. J. Walker afflicted with sore\\neyes. In the afternoon an unexpected visitor called upon\\nus in the person of John S. Young of Perry county, Ohio,\\nhe being an old acquaintance of M W., the latter was de-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "June, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 251\\nlighted to see him, not having seen him for upwards of\\ntwenty years.\\nTuesday, 13. Council day. No business of importance.\\nM Peery and M Young called in, and the latter introduced\\nto the Council. Adjourned. M Peery gave a party for\\nM* Y, Spent an agreeable evening.\\nWednesday, 14. Presented JVP Y. Gregg s Commerce\\nof the Prairies. Set out this morning in company with\\nM Peery for the Shawnee Institution. From thence\\nhome. Called upon J. Walker. Found him considerably\\nimproved.\\nThursday, 15. Wrote another communication for the\\nTelegraph. Went to Kansas. Called at the P. O., but as\\nusual Nothing for you.\\nThe Whig national convention have nominated Gen. Tay-\\nlor for President and Millard Filmore for Vice President.\\nSo the Whigs are doomed to another defeat.\\nFriday, 16. Planted my fall potatoes, being the old of\\nthe moon. Warm day. M George Dickson called. Went\\nto the church to help Lynch put up steps in the basement.\\nMartha taught Sophia s school, she being sick to-day.\\nSaturday, 17. Went to Kansas to sign with my brothers\\nand others interested a power of attorney for Jesse Stern to\\ndispose of our Seneca county lands; signed sealed and de-\\nlivered in the presence of Lot Coffraan, J. P.\\nPaid the proprietors of Kansas for two lots in the new\\naddition, $59.00 and got my deed. Received two letters from\\nEsau, written from the Halls of the Montezumas. Came\\nhome late in the evening.\\nSunday, 18. Quarterly meeting. Present L. B. Stateler,\\npresiding elder, Thomas Johnson, E. T. Peery. I must go\\nto Church, 05 a good orderly Christian man should do. In\\nthe arternoon a heavy shower of rain came up, which\\nlasted two hours. M and M Northrup, M Stateler, and", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "252 THE JOURNALS OF [June, lus,\\nE. T. p. dined with us to-day. The clergy put out for\\nChurch.\\nMonday, 19. Clear morning. Our dejeuner a la four-\\nchette was the last of Barnabas Barebones. M W. went to\\nKansas. Received a letter from John Goodin inclosing one\\nfrom Greer. The latter must be an infamous scoundrel.\\nTuesday, 20. Council in session. Had a variety of busi-\\nness. Some matters were postponed. Read a letter to the\\nCouncil from Dr. Frost upon the subject of intemperance\\namong the Wyandotts. Appointed a committee to investi-\\ngate the causes of the drowning of a Muncie woman at\\nKansas. Fined that prince of all loafers, Thos. Standin-\\nwater, |500.\\nWednesday, 21. Went to town. J. Walker making\\npreparations to leave for the east. Waiting for a boat.\\nWrote to M. H. Kirby on business and also to John Goodin\\nand L. Smalley.\\nThursday, 22. Went to Kansas. On my way and passing\\nby Joel s house I found they had not gone East yet. The\\nsteamboat Cora not having come down yet. Got no news.\\nDined with M Smart. M Moses arraigned for an assault\\nand battery on his brother Shoemaker, James Wilson.\\nThis afternoon an awful storm came up and lasted about\\ntwo hours.\\nFriday, 23. Cool and pleasant, but alas! My corn is\\nflattened by yesterday s storm. My oats considerably dam-\\naged by the storm.\\nSaturday, 24. Went to Kansas to settle a matter pending\\nbetween Henry Sager, John Sarrahess and William S. Chick,\\nAdm. of estate of W. M. Chick postponed. Got no mail,\\nno news.\\nSunday, 25. Charles G. and I at an early hour crossed\\nthe Kansas river and called at the residence of Rev. James\\nPorter; pressed him into service, and we galloj^ed over the\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "July, 1848] GOVERNOR WALKER. 253\\nprairies about five hours, and arrived at the house of M\\nMary Bartleson, a widow, where we found a large company\\nof people assembled. Whereupon we in our wisdom, caused\\nthe aforesaid C. G. and M M. B. to be united in the holy\\nstate of matrimony. Thence returned in company with a\\nM Abston and family and staid all night with them.\\nMonday, 26. After breakfast we set [out] for home. I\\nreached home about 2 o clock P. M. and found our folks,\\nwith the invited guests, waiting for the bride and groom,\\nand dinner waiting. But we sat down and did ample justice\\nto what was before us without them. Rain rain.\\nTuesday, 27. Dark and dreary morning. More rain.\\nCleared off at ten o clock. Wrote to Harriet to be sent by\\nThursday s mail. Put in a Q 1. Now I must husband\\nmy stock of patience.\\nWednesday, 28. Broke my ax handle. Joel Walker and\\nfamily set out from Kansas for [the] East. J. S. Co. met\\nat the school house and adjourned to meet again some time\\nhence.\\nThursday, 29. Went to K. Got my news. Came home\\nin the evening.\\nFriday, 30. Nothing worthy of note. M W. went to\\nK. Sent by a Mr. McLean a dress and a letter to Harriet.\\nAt 2 o clock P. M. the thermometer stood at 96\u00c2\u00b0 in the\\nshade.\\nJuly, 1848.\\nSaturday, 1. Went to K. Paid my postage bill. Re-\\nceived a joint letter from Harriet and Miss Jane P. Long.\\nM. P. W., his family, and M Maria Garrett went to Sib-\\nley. Returned in the evening. At night it commenced\\nraining, and rained all night most furiously.\\nSunday, 2. Clear and beautiful morning. The Deacon\\nbeing absent, consequently no sermon. I staid at home,\\nreading Stone s Life of Thayendenagea or Joseph Brant.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "254 THE JOURNALS OF [July, 1848.\\nIsaiah called and dined with us. Heard of the death of a\\nman named Irvin in Kansas by a night s debauch which\\ntook place last night during the storm.\\nMonday, 3. Staid at home and pottered about, doing all\\nsorts of things such as cutting down weeds, repairing fences.\\nM Noble called chatted awhile. Uncle Joseph E. called\\nand did the same. Heard of the death of J. W. Gray Eyes s\\nwife in the evening. C. G. called and staid till night.\\nTuesday, 4. Independence Day. Mexico free. Glory\\nenough for one day Council meets to-day.\\nWednesday, 5. Made a hog-pen. C. G. and lady visited\\nus to-day. Thermometer 95\u00c2\u00b0.\\nThursday, 6. Went to K. While there heard of the\\nillness of W. M. Big-River, (hiatus) Found him dead.\\nFriday, 7. He was buried.\\nSaturday, 15. The nation met at the school house to make\\nthe national nominations as follows: Against James Wash-\\nington, F. A. Hicks. Against Tauroomee, M. Mudeater;\\nagainst Geo. Armstrong, J, D. Brown against W. Walker^\\nJ. Rankin; against G. I. Clark, J. W. Grayeyes.^\\nJohn W. Gray-Eyes was the son of Squire Gray-Eyes, who was the son of Doctor\\nGreyeyes, who was the son of a British Army officer that married a Wyandot girl at\\nDetroit during the War of the Eevolution. Doctor Greyeyes is buried in Huron Place\\nCemetery. In my search there for information concerning the Wyandots I dug into a\\nsunken grave, and about three inches below the surface found the fragment of a broken\\nheadstone upon which is the following\\nDoctor Greyeyes\\nDied\\nAug 1845\\nAged 50 Yrs.\\nAccording to this he was born in 1795. Squire Gray-Eyes was a Methodist preacher\\nand was one of Finley s best men in the Methodist Mission at Upper Sandusky. He\\nhad several children. He sent his son John W. to school at the Mission, and afterward\\nto Kenyon College at Gambler, Ohio, where he graduated with high honors. Hon.\\nJohn S. Sto jkton, of Kansas City, Kansas, was present on the occasion of his gradua-\\ntion and says that the address he delivered was of a high order and well spoken.\\nJohn W. Gray-Eyes studied law and was for a time successful in its practice, but he\\nruined a promising future by the excessive use of strong drink. When Tauromee died\\nhe became Head Chief by inheritance pursuant to a rule adopted by the Wyandots\\nwhen they resumed their tribal relations. During the last five years of his life he did\\nnot taste liquor. He died in the Indian Territory some six years ago. He belonged to\\nthe Little Turtle clan and his name was Heh n -toh, the meaning of which is lost.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "July, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 255\\nSunday, 16. Staid at home. Had company, W. G.\\nMonday, 17. John Nofat and S. Rankin commenced\\nharvesting my oats. Interrupted by being called away.\\nTuesday, 18. Staid at home and pottered about.\\nWednesday, 19. Finished harvesting the oats.\\nThursday, 20. Excessively warm. Thermometer 96\u00c2\u00b0.\\nIn the evening a very severe storm came on from the north.\\nRain and hail in an horrible tempest, which lasted till night.\\nAfter 9 o clock it commenced raining again and continued\\ntill midnight.\\nFriday, 21. Went to town. C. G. gone to his farm.\\nCame home. A M Smith and M Givens of Lexington\\ncalled and spent the afternoon.\\nStiturday, 22. M W. went to K. and got our papers,\\nalso a letter from M McE. of Upper Sandusky.\\nSunday, 23. Both staid at home, it looking too much\\nlike rain. Neither of us enjoying the best [of] health,\\ndeemed it most prudent not to expose ourselves. Cloudy\\nevening; prospect of rain. Sunset, no rain.\\nMonday, 24. Fine morning; went to town. Got a sack\\nof corn, but no news. Sultry but still no rain. One half\\npast two P. M., thermometer 100\u00c2\u00b0 Warm truly. At 4\\no clock P. M. Harriet reached home from Lexington.\\nTuesday, 25. Wrote a friendly epistle to H. Barrett.\\nFinished hoeing my potatoes. My spring run dry, the\\nwater having undermined the trough. Must give it an over-\\nhauling to-morrow. To be without water, sweet, cold\\nwater this warm weather! The thought is insufferable.\\nNo, no. T won t do. Sowed my turnip seed.\\nWednesday, 26. Cloudy morning. Showers of rain.\\nWent to town and employed John Lynch to assist in repair-\\ning the spring. Assisted by M Peery, after three or four\\nhours work we succeeded in confining the water in the\\nspout, and set it to running. Now we have water.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "256 THE JOURNALS OF [July, 1848.\\nThursday, 27. M W. went to K. and I mowed my yard\\nand meadow. Got some newspapers. Another bloody in-\\nsurrection in France which lasted from Friday, 23d of\\nJune, till Tuesday the 27th. The insurrection was put down\\nwith a loss of from twelve to fifteen thousand killed and\\nwounded on both sides. Ill-fated France! When will you\\nenjoy peace and tranquility? Never will you be content\\ntill brought under the scepter of some powerful despot. An-\\nswered Hugh Barrett s letter.\\nFriday, 28. Cloudy and raining occasionally. Staid at\\nhome all day. Did little or nothing.\\nSaturday, 29.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M W. went to K. to sign a Power of At-\\ntorney. Hauled in my oats. Received some newspapers.\\nThe French insurrection completely subdued. Gen. Cav-\\naignac, the hero of the National Guards will most probably\\nbe the President of the Nouvelle Republique.\\nSunday, 30. Staid at home and read all day. Though\\nsomewhat cloudy, still a pleasant day.\\nMonday, 31. Went to town. Called at the Doctor s, who\\nwas not at home. Called at the blacksmith shop. Came\\nhome. Pottered about the house. Fine weather.\\nAugust, 1848.\\nTuesday, 1.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M W., M Peery, and M Graham went\\nto Independence. I went and attended Council. Decreed\\nto sell the National Arms. I bought one, $8.00. Came\\nhome at 5 o clock. M W. and company returned after\\ndark, accompanied by M Gilmore.\\nWednesday, 2. At dawn of day, raining furiously. At\\n4 o clock P. M., pouring down in torrents, having rained all\\nday. Cleared off in the evening. While some of S. Arm-\\nstrong s hands were swimming in the Kansas River one of\\nthem was drowned.\\nThursday, 3. Clear, cool, and pleasant day. Staid at\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "JOHN W. GRAY-EYES.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "August, 1848] GOVERNOR WALKER. 257\\nhome. Mowed in my woods pasture. Having fatigued my-\\nself, rested myself the remaining part of the day by reading.\\nFriday, 4. The girls went to take their music lessons.\\nGot no mail. Sent the Power of Attorney to Col. Goodin.\\nSaturday, 5. Went to town. Came home and resumed\\nmowing my woods pasture. Folks going to the Delaware\\ncamp meeting. We spent the evening at C. B. G s.\\nSunday, 6. Harriet and Sophia went to the camp meet-\\ning. Wrote a long letter to Major Harvey upon the subject of\\nour difficulties of N. and S. The girls returned at sunset.\\nMonday, 7. Staid at home and worked at my pasture.\\nThe Deacon returned from camp meeting.\\nTuesday, 8. Attended the Council. Transacted a variety\\nof business, making the neqessary arrangements for the elec-\\ntion and barbecue.\\nWednesday, 9. Mowed in my pasture. M W. and Har-\\nriet went to K. Joel Walker and our Mexican warriors\\nlanded off the Wyandott steamer. Sweet Lucy Pinks\\ngot a young un. Ah ha, a hae.\\nThursday, 10. Warm, warm and sultry. Hauled some\\nwood.\\nFriday, 11. Warm and sultry.\\nMiss Jane R. Long, Miss Blackwell, and Miss Lykins\\nhere on a visit. Returned this morning. A small sjmnkle\\nof rain.\\nSaturday, 12. Went to town to clear off the ground for\\nthe harhecue.\\nSunday, 13. Clear and beautiful morning. Intended to\\ngo to Church, but having a headache gave it up. 2 o clock\\nP. M., Thermometer 100\u00c2\u00b0.\\nMonday, 14. Worked all day in my pasture. In the\\nevening Rev. M Johnston^ and family came over to attend\\nthe Green Corn Feast.\\nEev. Thomas Johnson, of the Shawnee Mission.\\n18", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "258 THE JOURNALS OF [August, 1848.\\nTuesday, 15. The glorious feast the election in the\\nmidst of a most furious rain, which continued all day un-\\nfavorable as the day was a large number of white people\\nattended, both ladies and gentlemen, and enjoyed the feast\\nin real gusto. The following persons compose the present\\nCouncil, as decided by the annual election\\nFrancis A. Hicks, Principal Chief.\\nJohn D. Brown.\\nMatthew Mudeater. 1 -n\\nT -D 1 r Councilors.\\nJames Kankin.\\nGeorge I. Clark. J\\nWednesday, 16. John Nofat came to chop cord-wood. I\\nmowed in my pasture. Cloudy day.\\nThursday, 17. Killed a shoat for table use. David\\nYoung called. We had a long chat on politics.\\nFriday, 18. Cloudy morning. The sun has not been\\nseen for a week. Dr. Hewitt captured a ventriloquist last\\nnight just as he was commencing his performance at J. W.\\nGray Eyes house. He was, however, released and sent out\\nof the Territory.\\nSaturday, 19. Mowed in my pasture. In the evening\\nMartha returned in company with M Charles Pore, M G.\\nbeing sick. Harriet brought our mail, but no interesting\\nnews.\\nSunday, 20. Warm and sultry day. In the afternooa\\nseveral gentlemen called upon us, two from N. Y. At night\\nwe had a heavy rain, accompanied with uproarish thunder,\\nand lightning.\\nMonday, 21. Worked about the place all day, cutting\\ndown weeds in my fence corners. John Nofat chopping\\ncord-wood.\\nTuesday, 22. M W. and Harriet went to K. Prospect\\nof a warm day.\\nThe Presidential race is all the talk now. Taylor and\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "August, 1848.]\\nGOVEENOR WALKER.\\n259\\nCass. Go it ye cripples M Van Buren of the barn-\\nburning party seems to be gaining strength among the abo-\\nlitionists. Free territory men; among the latter are some\\nprominent Whigs.\\nELECTORAL VOTES.\\nMaine 9\\nNew Hampshire.... 6\\nVermont 6\\nMassachusetts 12\\nRhode Island 4\\nConnecticut 6\\nNew York 36\\nNew Jersey 7\\nPennsylvania 26\\nDelaware 3\\nMaryland 8\\nVirginia 17\\nNorth Carolina 11\\nSouth Carolina 9\\nGeorgia 10\\nAlabama 9\\nMississippi 6\\nOhio 23\\nLouisiana 6\\nKentucky 12\\nTennessee 13\\nIndiana 12\\nIllinois 9\\nMissouri 7\\nArkansas 3\\nMichigan 5\\nFlorida 3\\nTexas 4\\nIowa 4\\nWisconsin 4\\n290 votes.\\nWednesday, 23. Feel unwell. Try and work it off. In\\nthe evening, getting worse. Bloody flux. At night worse.\\nSent for Dr. Hewitt, C. B. G. and M Peery. Became in-\\nsensible. Took blood. Blistered. Took calomel, blue mass,\\nand all sorts of things. Inflammation of the bowels.\\nThursday, 24. Inflammation somewhat reduced. Weak\\nand feeble.\\nFriday, 25. Improving a little. Less fever. Taking\\noil, Dover s powders, etc. Blisters sore.\\nSaturday, 26. Taking charcoal, morphine, etc. Improv-\\ning. Got my newspapers. But not much news.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "260 THE JOUENALS OF [August, 1848.\\nSunday, 27. Improving on charcoal and morphine. M.\\nE. W. and lady, J. W., C. G. and M Hunter called to see\\nme. Beautiful day. In the evening T. H. Noble called and\\nspent an hour.\\nMonday, 28. Feel feeble; no appetite. Fever down.\\nWeak pulse.\\nTuesday, 29. Attended the sheriffs election. The re-\\nsult was Irvin P. Long vice John Hicks, Jr. Michael Frost\\nre-elected. A committee of thirteen constitution tinkers\\nappointed.\\nWednesday, 30. Quite unwell. Sent for S. Armstrong\\nfor consultation about the schism [and the] cantankerous\\ncapers of the abolitionists. Appointed Friday, September\\n1, for a National Convention at the camp grounds for the\\ndiscussion of the question. North and South. A little rain\\nin the evening. Took a blue pill on going to bed. Heard\\nof the death of W. Bowers wife.\\nThursday, 31. Quite unwell. Rode up to F. A. Hicks sj\\nand spent the evening. Warm and sultry.\\nSeptember, 1848.\\nFriday, 1. Pursuant to notice the Nation assembled at|\\nthe camp ground and at 12 o clock proceeded to organize by\\nthe appointment of James Washington, President, and John\\nHicks, Sen r, Vice President; and W. Walker, Secretary.\\nThe object [of the Convention] being to determine whether j\\nthe Nation will declare for the Southern division of the M.\\nE. Church, or the Northern. After an animated discussion\\nby S. Armstrong, W. Walker, M. R. Walker, J. D. Brown,.\\nF. A. Hicks, David Young and others in favor of the SouthJ\\nand J. M. Armstrong,^ G. I. Clark, Esqr. Gray-Eyes, in favoq\\nThere were two sheriffs.\\nJohn Mclntyre Armstrong:, son of Eobert and Sarah (Zane) Armstrong, was bom\\nOctober, 7, 1813. He was the leader of those Wyandots that refused to go to the M. E.\\nChurch, South, in the division. He was by profession an Attorney-at-Law, and was\\nassociated for some time with Hon. John Sherman of Mansfield, Ohio. He practiced j", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "September, 1848] GOVERNOR WALKER. 261\\nof the North, a preamble and resolution [were] adopted by\\nwhich the Nation declared for the South.\\nSaturday, 2. Warm and sultry. In the afternoon we had\\nsevere and sharp thunder and lightning. Struck a linn tree\\nat our barn. E-ained about half an hour. Cleared up in\\nthe evening.\\nSunday, 3. Warm and sultry as usual. No preaching\\nat the Church. Staid at home.\\nMonday, 4. Received a letter from Major Harvey upon\\nthe subject of N. and S., abolitionism, etc. M Chick paid\\nus a visit and staid all night.\\nTuesday, 5. Staid at home all day. Writing an appeal\\nto the Ohio conference. C. G. and I wrote a joint letter to\\nCol. Goodin.\\nWednesday, 6. Quite unwell. Gastritis, Enteritis; tak-\\ning Longley s Panacea. Horrid stuff!\\nThursday, 7. To-day the church members were to be as-\\nsembled at the new brick Church to vote on the question\\nNorth or South, but unfortunately the members refused\\nto attend, and so ended the affair. A rather severe rebuke\\nto the agitators.\\nbefore the Interior Department, mostly in matters pertaining to Indian affairs. He\\nseems to have been a man of strong convictions, and fearless in his actions. He\\nmarried Miss Lucy Bigelow (born July 31, 1818), daughter of Rev. Russel Bigelow,\\nthe famous Methodist divine of Ohio, February, 20, 1838. Of this marriage were born:\\n1. Ethan Mclntyre, born August 24, 1839; 2. Caroline Amelia Mead, born August 9,\\n1841, married L. L. Hartman, September 2, 1862; 3. Eussel Bigelow, born October 20,\\n1843, married Eachel M. Brown, May 17, 1868; 4. Henry Jacquis, born May 6, 1846; 5.\\nEllen Clarrissa Gurley, born August 9, 1848, married James Edwin Howie, August 25,\\n1871; 6. William Silas, born January 30, died March 26, 1851.\\nJ. M. Armstrong was one of the first to build a house in the Wyandot Purchase.\\nHe taught the first school in the Nation after the removal West. The writings of his\\nwidow, Mrs. Lucy B. Armstrong, upon the early settlement and early time of what is\\nnow Kansas, are very important, but scattered about through the newspapers and\\nother publications of her time.\\nJ. M. Armstrong died at Mansfield, Ohio, April 11, 1852. He was on his way to\\nWashington. He stopped at Mansfield to see Hon. John Sherman; he was taken sick\\nand died suddenly. He was temporarily buried at Mansfield, but his wife subsequently\\nhad his body removed to Bellefontaine, Ohio, and buried beside his mother.\\nLucy B. Armstrong died January 1. 1892.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "262 THE JOURNALS OF [September, 1848.\\nFriday, 8. The President, James Washington Vice\\nPresident, John Hicks, Sen r the committee, S. Armstrong,\\nF. A. Hicks, W. Walker, and Little Chief met and adopted\\nan address to the Ohio Conference to be sent to Cincinnati\\nfor publication, by next mail.^\\nSaturday, 9. Dry weather. Jesse Stern and a M Crom-\\nwell of Ohio called upon us and staid awhile. Warm, warm.\\nThe Deacon gone to the P. O. Sent the Document by him\\nto be mailed.\\nSunday, 10. Cool morning. Went to Church and heard\\na sermon by Kev. M Hurlburt. Large congregation.\\nWarm and dry weather. Half past three o clock P. M.,\\ncommenced raining, but did not continue long.\\nMonday, 11. Foggy morning and cloudy. 11 o clock it\\ncleared up and became warm.\\nThis morning David Young lost his little boy died of a\\nremittent fever. In the afternoon, thunder and lightning,\\nbut had no rain.\\nTuesday, 12. Cloudy, misting rain. To-day our people\\ncommence their worship in the wilderness, in other words,\\ntheir camp-meeting. Fears are entertained that they will\\nhave bad weather. M. R. Walker, Jesse Stern and company\\nmaking preparations for a buffalo hunt. At night, a most\\nfurious rain came on continued all night, till daylight.\\nWednesday, 13. Raining furiously. Cleared up at 10\\no clock. All in a bustle. Packing up preparing to move\\nto the camp meeting. Wrote to Samuel Kerr of Pennsyl-\\nvania, to go by to-morrow s mail. Loaded up our effects and\\nput out.\\nThursday, 14.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thursday 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th at\\ncamp meeting.\\nThis address was published in the Western Christian Advocate and called forth a\\nreply from the opposition, which was published in the same paper. It was all concern-\\ning the division in the Church into the North and South.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "September, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 263\\nCame home at 4 o clock P. M. During the meeting the\\nweather was cloudy and cold.\\nTuesday, 19. Cloudy morning. Cold and chilly. Will-\\niam Gibson, Joseph White and Peter Buck came to cut up\\nmy corn and proceeded to operations. Clear and cold night.\\nWe may have frost.\\nWednesday, 20. Sure enough. Jack Frost has paid us\\nhis first visit for the season. Farewell summer!\\nThursday, 21. The boys finished cutting up corn. M\\nW. and Harriet went to Kansas.\\nFriday, 22. Wrote to M A. Guthrie the decision of the\\nCouncil upon his petition.\\nSaturday, 23. The Nation assembled to hear the report\\nof the Pevising Committee, after which a legislative com-\\nmittee was elected as follows W. Walker, J. M. Armstrong,\\nJas. Washington, George Armstrong, and J. W. Gray Eyes.\\nFailure in the mail. A failure in the mail to-day.\\nSunday, 24. Went to Church and heard a Mohawk ser-\\nmon by M Cusick.^\\nMonday, 25. Went to town. No mail yet. Writing\\nfor Dr. Hewitt. In the evening, commenced raining.\\nTuesday, 26. Went to town. Called upon the Council\\nand submitted a proposition. Came home.\\nWednesday, 27. Huuted [for] my oxen all day, but\\ncould not find them. They are not to be found when wanted.\\nThis was undoubtedly David Cusick. He was a Tuscarora, and wrote a work on\\nthe early history and myths of the Iroquois. In the Bibliography of the Iroquoan\\nLanguages issued by the Bureau of Ethnology I find the following sketch: David\\nOusick, the Tuscarora historian, was the son of Nicholas Cusick, who died on the Tus-\\ncarora Eeservation, near Lewiston, N. Y., in 1840, being about 82 years old. David\\nreceived a fair education and was thought a good doctor by both whites and Indians.\\nHe died not long after his father.\\nMr. Cusick was on his way to the Senecas at this time. He remained among the\\nSenecas for some time, I think as much as a year, when he returned to Canada, as they\\nsupposed. Matthias Splitlog knew him well in Canada, and often spoke of him as one\\nof the wisest Indians that ever lived.\\nIn Beauchamp s Iroqnoian Trail, p. 42, it is said that it was James Cusick who be-\\ncame a Baptist minister. If so, he is probably the person who preached to the Wyan-\\ndots. But many of the old Wyandots were acquainted with David Cusick.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "264 THE JOURNALS OF [September, 1848.\\nThursday, 28. Hunted again but with like success.\\nFriday, 29. Went in company with M H. W.^ to hunt\\ngrapes, but found few.\\nSaturday, 30. Went to Kansas. Got my mail, not much\\nnews. Dined at M Chick s. Came home in the evening.\\nDone up my Saturday s chores.\\nOctober, 1848.\\nSunday, 1. Sabbath morn. Fine weather. Staid at\\nhome all day.\\nMonday, 2. Phoebus! What a frost! Thermometer\\nmercury below freezing point, but clear and a fair prospect\\nof a warm day. Attended the meeting of the legislative\\ncommittee.\\nTuesday, 3. Frosty morning. Cloudy. Foul weather.\\nPeradventure, rain. Attended the legislative committee. It\\nturned out a pleasant day. However, at night we had a slight\\nsprinkling.\\nWednesday, 4. M W. went to K. intending to stay all\\nnight. Warm day. My oxen, through the carelessness of\\nthat drunken Irishman, got out of J. W s lot and made their\\nescape. Finished reading Senator Benton s speech in oppo-\\nsition to Gen. Kearney s nomination for Brevet Major Gen-\\neral for services in California. The speech occupies 11\\nnumbers of the National Intelligencer. Well, K s nomina-\\ntion was confirmed, but he did not deserve it.\\nThursday, 5. Went to attend the meeting of the legisla-\\ntive committee but the Council convening, [it] called upon\\nthe committee to sit in joint meeting for the transaction of\\nextraordinary business. Adjourned and came home. Wrote\\na letter to John T. Walker at Laguna. Indian Summer\\nwarm and pleasant.\\nFriday, 6. Warm and smoky weather. Somewhat cloudy.\\nHannah Walker, his wife.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "October, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 265\\nRain perhaps. Got Irish John and the team and hauled\\nsome cord-wood, then hauled a barrel of flour to S. Arm-\\nstrong s, then came home.\\nSaturday, 7. Cool and cloudy. M. R. Walker and com-\\npany returned last night. All well. Had glorious sport.\\nKilled lots of buffaloes. Lived luxuriantly.\\nWe (i. e., three of us, M W. [and] Harriet) went across\\nthe Missouri and paid M Th. H. Noble a visit. Dined and\\ncame home.\\nSophia went to Kansas to get our mail if any there be.\\n[She] Returned, but brought but little news. No letters.\\nSunday, 8. Cold and cloudy morning. Prospect of rain.\\nRev. M Hurlburt is to preach to-day. Staid at home.\\nMonday, 9. M Hurlburt called over and staid some time,\\nduring which time an interesting conversation ensued upon\\nthe slave question and its concomitants.\\nTuesday, 10. Set out for the grand convocation of Indian\\ntribes near Fort Leavenworth, in company with John Hicks,\\nSen r, James Rankin, and F. A. Hicks, and arrived at the\\ngeneral camping ground in the evening. Found the Dela-\\nwares, Shawnees, Miamis, Peoris, Kanzas, Sacs and Foxes\\nalready on the ground, and the Kanzas camp in a bustle,\\nmaking preparations for a grand dance.^\\nWednesday, 11. In Council.\\nThursday, 12. In Council.\\nThis is the great convention at which the emigrant tribes rekindled the Council\\nFire of the ancient Confederacy. Peter D. Clark, in his Traditional History of the\\nWyandots, page 131, says it was in 1846; evidently an error, although a Council was\\nheld before this, which was a preliminary meeting.\\nAt this Council the position of the Wyandots as keepers of the Council-fire of the\\nNorthwestern Confederacy was confirmed and renewed. It is not meant to intimate\\nanywhere in this work that the Wyandots were made dictators of the Confederacy,\\nand ruled it, or exercised any arbitrary power over it. The other tribes recognized in\\nthe Wyandots strong and moderate men that were capable of weighing well any matter\\nand forming a correct judgment. The Indian rendered military service voluntarily.\\nThe order of the greatest Chief or highest Council was only a suggestion, and while\\nthe Indian usually obeyed, he might obey or not as he chose. The personal liberty of\\nthe Indian was complete.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "266 THE JOURNALS OF [October, 1848.\\nFriday, 13. In Council.\\nSaturday, 14. In Council.\\nSunday, 15. In Council.\\nMonday, 16. In Council.\\nTuesday, 17. In Council.\\nWednesday, 18. Returned from the Great Council after\\ndark.\\nThursday, 19. Went over and spent the day with M. E..\\nW. In the evening a gang of the official members of the\\nChurch assembled in our house on ecclesiastical business,\\nand remained till 11 o clock at night.\\nFriday, 20. Went to town and gave to Dr. Hewitt some\\nMSS. and had some chat with him upon Indian affairs, an-\\nnual report, difficulties in the Nation upon Church matters.\\nCame home.\\nSaturday, 21. Wrote an address to the Indian Mission\\nConference for the official members. In the evening M*\\nPeery returned from K. but brought us no mail. No news\\nfrom Ohio about the election. In the evening the notorious\\nBishop Andrews^ came over. Called upon him at the Dea-\\ncon s. Found him sociable and affable. a real burly\\nGeorgian.\\nSunday, 22. Attended Church and heard the Bishop\\npreach. In the afternoon he dined with us. Rainy and\\nunpleasant day.\\nMonday, 23. Went to town for news. Sent Mich. Frost\\nto the P. O. Got a lot of newspapers. The fulmination of\\nthe dog-skinning committee^ published in the Western Ad-\\nI believe it is not generally known that Bishop Andrews ever visited what is now\\nKansas. I did not know it until I read it here in Governor Walker s Journal.\\nThis was one of the exciting incidents in the troubles between the adherents of\\nthe M. E. Church and those of the M. E. Church, South. The supporters of the latter\\nChurch printed and distributed notices containing the announcement that the people\\nwere requested to meet at a certain time and place to see a dog skinned. The nov-\\nelty of the announcement drew many to the meeting. The skinning consisted of a\\ndiscussion of Church matters and the adoption of resolutions condemning the opposing\\nChurch. The vote was reached at dusk. The adherents of the M. E. Church published", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "October, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 267\\nvocate. It has created some excitement among the seceders.\\nChiefs making out the Pay roll. A number of visitors this\\nevening. A preacher, it seems, is appointed by the Ohio\\nConference, to come in here and sneak about like a night\\nburglar or incendiary to do harm and not good. What is it\\nthat religious fanaticism will not do! The seceders have\\nstolen the church records.^\\nTuesday, 24. Staid all day at home. At night a num-\\nber of our friends came and staid till a late hour discussing\\nvarious matters. Determined to call in the authority of the\\nNation and the Indian Agent to protect their rights from\\nthe seceders.\\nWednesday, 25. Payment of the annuity commenced.\\nEsau returned. Nothing of interest. Paid out $3,000.\\nThursday, 26. Payment continued. Paid out $2,000.\\nFriday, 27. Payment continued and closed. Wrote to\\nM Greer. Gave him Yorrick.\\nthe facts in the Western Chrhtian Advocate of CincinDati, Ohio, and put the opposition\\nupon the defensive. The incident increased the bitterness between the factions, and\\nresulted in an appeal to the Ohio Conference to send a missionary to the M. E. Church,\\nwhich appeal was complied with. Governor Walker was extremely bitter, intolerant\\nand unjust in his attitude toward the M. E. Church, although he did not belong to the\\nChurch, South, and his wife and daughter Martha belonged to the M. E. Church.\\nMrs. Walker went with the Church, South, at the beginning, but returned to the M. E.\\nChurch soon afterwards and remained in it until her death.\\nIt cannot be conceded that the adherents to the M. E. Church were the seceders.\\nThe division of territory agreed upon between the Churches when they separated threw\\nthe Wyandots in that assigned to the Church, South. The Wyandots were not parties\\nto this action of the General Conference that arranged the division. Many of them\\nrefused to abide the action, and remained in the old Church. The more wealthy slave-\\nholding class went with the Church, South, but a majority of the people always re-\\nmained in the M. E. Church, which never for a moment gave up its organization, nor\\nsubmitted to the Church, South. The Council passed a resolution declaring for the\\nChurch, South, but it could have no effect in Church matters by any action it might\\ntake, for Church matters were beyond its control and jurisdiction. As to stealing the\\nChurch records, Governor Walker must have been misinformed. The late Mrs. Lucy B.\\nArmstrong gave me many of these old records in 1887 and said that they came into her\\nhands by their being in possession of her husband at his death, at which time he was\\nan officer in the M. E. Church, probably Eecording Steward, and that they had always\\nbeen in the hands of the official board of the M. E. Church. The Washington Avenue\\nM. E. Church, of Kansas City, Kansas, is the old Church brought from Ohio by the\\nWyandots m 1843, and which was established at Upper Sandusky in 1817; the first In-\\ndian Mission ever established by the M. E. Church.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "268 THE JOURNALS OF [October, 1848\\nSaturday, 28. Went to town. The Chiefs commenced\\njDaying the public liabilities. By the steamer Mustang\\nAdam Hunt and his mother, M Williams, and M Dick-\\nson returned from Canada. Came home. Found our young\\npeople engaged in a party. Martha went to the P. O. but\\ngot no mail. No news too bad\\nSunday, 29. Went to Church and to our astonishment\\nfound the Presiding Elder of the Quasi Northern District,\\na 3Ir. Still; the Deacon, as a matter of Grace, asked him to\\npreach, which he attempted to do. Sorter preached.\\nThe Church was then divided. South from the North.^\\nMeeting appointed by the Northerners for evening.\\nMonday, 30. Went to town. The Wyandott Chiefs paid\\nthe Delawares the fifth installment of $4,000.\\nM^ W. went to K. Came home 3 o clock, P. M. At\\ncandle-light the Wyandott Chiefs met at our domicile and\\nprepared a communication to the Agent, asking the inter-\\nposition of the Government to keep out of our territory\\nthose reverend disturbers of the Nation.^\\nTuesday, 31. Yoked up my oxen. Cut and hauled\\nsome wood. Went to town called at J. Walker s house,\\nand found him and F. A. H. in close consultation upon\\nState affairs. Bought a barrel of flour. Came home.\\nNovember, 1848.\\nWednesday, 1. Cold winter morning. Thermometer\\n24\u00c2\u00b0! Whew! Went out to hunt my swine, but could not\\nfind them. Went to town, thence to the ferry. Sent a let-\\nter to John Goodin by J. Squeendehteh^ to the P. O. Came\\nThis record The Church was then divided, South from the North is conclusive\\nthat the M. E. Church always maintained its organization. And it is also conclusive,\\nif we wished to say so, that from a purely technical standpoint the Church, South, was\\nthe seceder. But it had a perfect right to separation, and no objection can be urged\\nagainst its action.\\nThis communication was forwarded to the Department of the Interior and nothing\\ncame of it; no action was taken.\\nSon of Squeendechtee who is buried in Huron Place Cemetery, and who died in\\nDecember 1844, aged 61 years. The name should be written Squehn-deh -teh.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "November, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 269\\nhome and done up my chores. Winter s coming. The\\nforest is dousing her garments and displaying her nudity.\\nFor shame\\nThursday, 2. M W. went to K. for our mail. Keceived\\na few papers. Ohio gone democratic.\\nFriday, 3. Raining, stormy. Finished copying the\\nJournal of the Indian Congress.^ Went to town and hauled\\nup a barrel of sugar and one of flour.\\nSaturday, 4. Clear and cold morning. Wintry weather,\\nOpened a barrel of sugar, (200 pounds). We ll see how\\nlong this will last.\\nHauled wood enough to do a month if the Thermometer\\ndont run down to 0 zero.\\nWrote a warning epistle to Tsees-quau-zhu-touh (J. W.)^\\nto go by Monday s mail.\\nM G of Independence arrived, and then the Deacon.\\nBoth staid all night.\\nSunday, 5. Clear and frosty. Prospect of a fine day.\\nWent to the Synagogue. Heard the Deacon preach. J. W-\\nGray Eyes made his debut as interpreter for the Church.\\nWe have full autumn upon us, and bleak winter near at hand.\\nAt last, old autumn rousing, takes\\nAgain his scepter and his throne;\\nWith boisterous hand the trees he shakes\\nIntent on gathering all his own.\\nMonday, 6. Clear, cold and frosty morning. Thermom-\\neter 38\u00c2\u00b0. The Deacon took leave of us and put out. Went\\nto town. Purchased twelve and a half bushels of winter\\napples at 40c per bushel.\\nTuesday, 7. Thermometer 30\u00c2\u00b0 at sunrise! Must kill a\\npig. Want fresh Pork. Tired of musty bacon and poor\\nbeef. Roast pig, ah That s it! Fetch in on, Dorcas. Went\\nI have searched unsuccessfully for fifteen years for this Journal. It must be lost;\\nprobably among the papers spoken of as having been destroyed by mice. What a pity\\nso valuable a historical document should meet such a fate!\\nJoel Walker. This is his second Indian name.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "270 THE JOURNALS OF [November, 1848.\\nto town and found the Council in session. They requested\\nthe school directors to report the state of the school funds,\\nwhich they did and closed their year s accounts for 1848.\\nWednesday, 8. Went to K. and paid my taxes.\\nThursday, 9. Severe morning. Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0. Win-\\nter weather. Ice floating in the Kansas Kiver.\\nFriday, 10. Cloudy weather. Prospect of snow. Ther-\\nmometer 15\u00c2\u00b0. Hiatus Blank neglecting my Journal.\\nThursday, 23. Pretty clearly ascertained that Gen.\\nZachary Taylor of Louisiana is elected president of the U.\\nS., beating Lewis Cass, and Martin Van Buren. Aye, and\\nGerrit Smith.\\nAttended a party at J. Walker s.\\nFriday, 24.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M W., Sophia and Theodore went to Inde-\\npendence. I cut up and salted away a quarter of beef\\nSaturday, 25. Cut up some wood. Read newspapers,\\nchatted with M^ Kussell, and so whiled the day away. In\\nthe evening Theodore and Sophia returned from Independ-\\nence, but no M W. She had wisely come to the conclusion\\nit was a little too cold a day to travel.\\nSunday, 26. Went to Church. M Russell officiated.\\nCame home, ate dinner, and felicitatus. By the way, C.\\nGraham called upon me and informed [me] that Col. Goodin\\nwas about to remit me $600. Welcome news. Now, I ll,\\nI ll, Ahem etc.\\nMonday, 27. Went to town. Called at the smithshop.\\nHad a chat with Dr. H. upon the subject of our difficulties.\\nCame home and sent an invitation to M Williams and M\\nHunt to come and spend to-morrow afternoon. In the even-\\ning C. B. G. called and spent the evening.\\nTuesday, 28. Warm and pleasant day. Received a com-^\\nmunication from Col. Goodin covering a remittance of one\\nthousand and eighty dollars, the proceeds of my Hardin\\ncounty lands.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "December, 1848.] GOVEENOB, WALKER. 271\\nRev. J. Thompson Peerey, our newly appointed missionary,\\nmoved into the parsonage. In the evening by invitation\\nM Williams and M Hunt spent the evening with us.\\nWednesday, 29. Fury and daggers! Snowing at Jehu s\\ngait. Storm and tempest. Attended the session of the leg-\\nislative committee. Adjourned at four o clock, came home.\\nThursday, 30. Clear and cold morning. Attended the\\nsession of the legislative committee. M W. and Harriet\\nwent on a friendly visit to the E. T. P s and staid all night.\\nTo-night will be held the first official meeting of the Church\\nSouth under the administration of Rev. J. T. Peerey.\\nDecember, 1848.\\nFriday, 1. Called upon M^ Peerey and presiding elder\\nStateler. Cut and hauled wood. M W. and Harriet re-\\nturned from their visit.\\nM James Gurley, the preacher sent by the Ohio annual\\nconference to preach abolitionism to the Wyandotts, has just\\narrived. So I suppose we are to have religious dissensions\\nin full fruition.\\nSaturday, 2. M Gurley called upon us and defended\\nhis position. If he follows the instructions received from\\nBishop Morris we shall not have much trouble, for he will\\ngather up his awls and pull out.\\nM Graham and Joel came and staid till bed time.\\nSunday, 3. Cloudy morning, prospect of snow. Must go\\nto the synagogue and hear M Gurley hold forth. He\\nheld forth. Went to Church at early candle-lighting and\\nheard the preacher in charge, J. T. Peerey.\\nMonday, 4. At daylight. Great Caesar What a snow\\nstorm. The elements in the wildest commotion. Flakes of\\nsnow whirling as large as leather aprons. Stormed all day\\nand snow and sleet. Kept close quarters all day.\\nTuesday, 5. Sleet, sleet. Cloudy and dreary, Surely", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "272 THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1848.\\nwinter is now upon us. At 1 o clock the misty sleet contin-\\nues. No mail. My maledictions upon the mail contractors.\\nWednesday, 6. Cold, cloudy morning. Attended the\\nsession of the legislative committee. Sleet all day. Came\\nhome after nightfall.\\nThursday, 7. Fury and snakes! At daylight, snow,\\nsleet and rain When is this horrible tempest to come to an\\nend. The sun has fled, and blackness, darkness, and storms\\nare running their wild career to the utter dismay of all upper\\nMissouri. Attended the session of the legislative committee.\\nIn the evening the weather cleared up and at night the\\nmoon shone with unusual brilliancy. Clear and very cold.\\nFriday, 8. At daylight the thermometer stood 5\u00c2\u00b0 below\\nzero. Cut and hauled wood all day, being clear and pleas-\\nant, though cold.\\nSaturday, 9. Storm, storm again. Snow and sleet. Went\\nto town, and called upon Dr. H. Came home. Chopped\\nwood for Sunday. Sleet again.\\nSunday, 10. Staid at home. Wrote for Dr. H. a reply\\nto Dr. Simpson s editorial. Went down in the evening.\\nCame home at 10 o clock at night. A severe night. Every\\ncreek or spring run frozen up.\\nMonday, 11. At daylight thermometer 18\u00c2\u00b0 below 0\\nzero. Sophia set out for Independence. A cold ride. Staid\\nat home all day and made fires. That and chopping kept me\\nconstantly employed.\\nTuesday, 12. At daylight thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 below zero.\\nWent to F. A. Hicks and had a chat. Selected Little Chief\\nas my adjunct voter, this being the day appointed by law for\\nthe election of ferryman. At 2 o clock the joint meeting\\nproceeded to ballot for a ferryman. After several ballots all\\nthe candidates were dropped except D. Young and Tall\\nCharles and the final ballot on these two stood thus: D.\\nYoung, 16; Tall Charles, 7. Majority 9 votes. Adjourned.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "December, 1848.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 273\\nWednesday, 13. Weather moderated. M W. and Har-\\nriet gone to Kansas on foot. Little Thunder chopping wood\\nfor me. C. B. G. shiughtering hogs to-day. Bought a hog\\nfrom him, and at candle-lighting I cut it up and salted it away.\\nThursday, 14. At daylight thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 above 0\\nzero. Staid at home. Wrote a long letter for Adam Brown\\nto Col. Prince, M. P., Canada.\\nFriday, 15. At daylight thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 above 0.\\nProspect of a pleasant day. This evening quarterly meeting\\ncommences in Wyandott. Staid at home all day.\\nSaturday, 16. Weather moderating. Went to Church\\nand heard M Stateler preach. Attended Church at night.\\nSunday, 17. Went to Church again. At night E. T. P.\\nand M Russell came home [with me] and staid all night.\\nMonday, 18. Settled with E. T. P. and gave him an\\norder on J. W. and Co. Warm day and a general thaw.\\nAttended Church after night.\\nTuesday, 19. Cut and hauled wood. Went to the Coun-\\ncil. Dr. H. recommended to the President for an appoint-\\nment in California. Came home. The trustees of the Church\\nmeet to-night in the basement story.\\nWednesday, 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 above 0. Cloudy\\nand prospect of more snow. Cold, cold winter. At 3 o clock\\nP. M. it commenced sleeting and continued all night mixed\\nwith snow.\\nThursday, 21. Horrible Sleet and snow in all its fury.\\nThermometer 2\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. 8 o clock snowing with an hor-\\nrible tempest. During the whole of this day the snowstorm\\ncontinued in all its fury without abatement. Legislative\\ncommittee in session.\\nFriday, 22. At daylight thermometer 20\u00c2\u00b0 below zero.\\nClear, cold all day. Staid at home.\\nSaturday, 23. At daylight thermometer stood 29\u00c2\u00b0 below\\nzero\\n19", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "I\\n274 THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1848\\nSunday, 24. Cold and freezing weather.\\nMonday, 25. A merry Christmas Off in a tangent.\\nHiatus. Holiday week, close of the year. Mean time,\\nhorrible weather.\\nJanuary, 1849.\\nMonday, 1. A happy new year to ye all!\\nTuesday, 2. Stormy weather, horrible!\\nWednesday, 3. Cold. Put up hogs to fatten. Then\\nwent over the Missouri to buy some pork, but found [it]\\nfrozen, [and] took none.\\nThursday, 4. Staid at home all day. Made fires, etc.\\nFriday, 5. Thermometer 8\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Clear but cold\\nall day. Staid at home all day and attended to my stock.\\nMy horse Dragon gave me the slip and ran off.\\nSaturday, 6. Thermometer 6\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Cloudy all\\nday. At 1 o clock [the] mercury rose to 15\u00c2\u00b0. At four\\ncommenced snowing and continued till 10 at night.\\nSunday, 7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Snowing still. Mercury 25\u00c2\u00b0. 11 o clock,\\ngrowing warm, rain perhaps. Went to Church and heard\\na sermon from Kev. M Hurlburt. A good one. M Peerey\\nthen by request announced an appointment for Kev. M\\nGurley for 3 o clock. Well, he preached about Moses in the\\nbulrushes.\\nMonday, 8. Thermometer 0. Cloudy. Such a win-\\nter for Missouri In north latitude 39\u00c2\u00b0, and west longitude\\n17\u00c2\u00b0. Snow and sleet for a month. The snow now on the\\nground though solid and compact, is two feet deep. At 3\\no clock P. M. snow again and continued till 9 o clock.\\nTuesday, 9. Clear, thermometer 0. The sun has\\nshown his face once more. Attended the National meeting.\\nRead and proclaimed the new code of laws. Then pro-\\nceeded to the election of a sheriff, in the place of I. P. Long,^\\nresigned. Thomas Pipe elected.\\nIrvin P. Long was tlie son of Alexander Long, who was an American oflScer in the\\nI", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "January, 1849.] GOVEENOK WALKER. 275\\nWednesday, 10. At daylight thermometer 22\u00c2\u00b0 below\\n0 Hauled wood and pottered about the house. Clear\\nand cold all day. Thermometer standing all day at zero.\\nThursday, 11.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. At sun-\\nrise the wind from S. E. At 12 o clock the weather began\\nto moderate, and continued warm all the afternoon and\\nthawed during the night.\\nFriday, 12. Thermometer 38\u00c2\u00b0. Cloudy. A thaw. In\\nthe afternoon rain. Eained till late in the night. Went to\\nKansas and mailed one letter to Col. M. H. Kirby and one\\nto the P. M. at Branch.\\nSaturday, 13. Thermometer 0 and snowing. Well,\\nwell. This is wild winter. Cloudy all day and thermom-\\neter 0. To-day Mr. Jackson of Kansas, who died yes-\\nterday, was buried with masonic honors. In the evening\\nM G. of Independence came. A meeting of the officiary\\nof the Church South met at M P s after candle-light. This\\nwar of 1812, and who married Catherine Zane. There is an amusing account of\\nAlexander Long s conversion, at a camp meeting, in Finley s Western Methodism.\\nI have not been able to procure material for even a short sketch of Irvin P. Long. For\\nhis maternal ancestry see note on the Zane family. He was a soldier in the Mexican\\nWar and his commanding oflBcer, the late Major W. P. Overton, has often said to me\\nthat Irvin P. Long was the bravest soldier he ever saw. He said that he had seen Long\\ncharge with others upon a battery; eveiy other man was either killed or forced back,\\nbut Long made his horse leap in amongst the gunners, and he cut down the last man\\nwith his sword. This, said he, I have seen him do more than once; and in battle\\nhe constantly yelled the Wyandot war-whoop, a peculiar sound that almost curdled my\\nblood and made my flesh creep. Hon. Silas Armstrong, of the Indian Territory, has\\ndescribed to me Mr. Long s death. He knew he must soon die, but he faced death\\nwith the bravery of an Indian. He refused to lie down, even when he was assured he\\nwould live but a few minutes. He maintained his position in his easy chair and\\ngave directions about his afiairs, and conversed on other matters in a manner that\\nconvinced all present that he was entirely devoid of any fear of death. When the\\nfatal moment came he rested his head on the back of his chair and died without a gasp\\nor struggle. How vastly superior to that of the white man is the view of death held\\nby the Indian! He is educated to have no fear of death; to face it bravely; and to\\nglory in triumphing over it even at the stake.\\nIrvin P. Long was one of the company made up by Charles B. Garrett and other\\nWyandots to go to California in 1849. This company crossed the plains and mined on\\nthe North Fork of the Feather Eiver. See Governor Walker s Journal and the sketch\\nof Charles B. Garrett.\\nHe was a member of Wyandotte Lodge No. 3, A. F. A. M., and Wyandotte Chap-\\nter No. 6, E. A. M.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "276 THE JOURNALS OF [January, 1849.\\nmorning Dan Punch was found frozen to death near the\\ngrave yard.\\nSunday, 14. Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Cloudy.\\nThermometer stood at zero all day. Harriet and M G.\\nwent to church. I staid at home. At one o clock sleet,\\nhorrid. This weather will kill our live stock. Thermom-\\neter at still.\\nThere will be an eclipse of the moon on the 8th of March\\nand an eclipse of the sun on the 11 th of August.\\nAt 3 o clock P. M. sleet again and continued till late in\\nthe night.\\nMonday, 15. Thermometer 5\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Clear. Cut\\nand hauled some wood. Clear all day, but cold. M W.\\nwent to Kansas. M Ross came and spent the evening.\\nTuesday, 16.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Cloudy.\\nHave a severe pain under my left shoulder. Something\\nlike pleurisy. Attended the National meeting. Gave no-\\ntice of a meeting next Friday of a meeting of such Wyan-\\ndotts as are not members of the Church. Hired John\\nBig-Sinew and came home.\\nWednesday, 17. Thermometer 5\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Clear.\\nPleasant and clear but rather cold all day. John Big-\\nSinew and I cut and hauled wood and [hauled] corn fodder.\\nThursday, 18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At daylight, 11\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Clear.\\nWent to Kansas and got a pile of newspapers. Came home\\nand perused them.\\nFriday, 19. At daylight, thermometer 7\u00c2\u00b0 below 0.\\nSaturday, 20. Went to Kansas. Came home at 1 o clocl\\nP. M. A general thaw. M^ Porter and Sophia called a^\\nour house. She staid, and he went te hum.\\nSunday, 21. Thermometer 5\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Clear. Some\\nprospect of a warm day, but [it] proved rather cold. In the\\nafternoon Sophia returned with M J. Porter to Inde-\\npendence.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "January, 1849.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 277\\nMonday, 22. Thermometer 5\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Have taken\\na most villainous cold. Sick, sick! Rev. John T. Peery and\\nlady dined with us to-day.\\nTuesday, 23. Thermometer 0. Cloudy. In regard\\nto the weather we know not what a day may bring forth.\\nDreary winter continues to sway his frigid and chilling\\nscepter over us poor Missourians. Council meets to-day,\\nbut thank my stars I have nothing to do with it. They\\nmay hold a court of inquiry over George Coke and wife,\\ncharged with the murder of the late Daniel Punch. In the\\nafternoon John Big-Sinew, and John Coon-Cripple came to\\nwork. In the evening, rain rained all night.\\nWednesday, 24. Kain a general thaw. I am sick. Sent\\nfor Matthew R. W. to ascertain whether he had any medi-\\ncines, having none myself. He went home and sent me\\nsome croup syrup.\\nThursday, 25. Snow nearly gone. Foggy and warm.\\nRested better last night. [I] Begin to expectorate. My\\nboys left this morning. At 11 o clock the wind from the\\nN. W., and getting colder and spitting snow again. Well,\\nwell, what weather.\\nArriere cenx dont la bonch\u00c2\u00a9\\nSouffle le froid et le chaud\\nSent Theodore to Kansas for our mail. No mail came to\\nKansas, because as usual the Blue is up. The contractor\\nought to be drowned in the Blue Turning cold.\\nFriday, 26. Thermometer 8\u00c2\u00b0. Clear. M W. gone to\\nS. A. s. His wife being very sick. Wrote a long epistle to\\nEsau at Cincinnati and dated it the 25th through mistake.\\nModerately warm through the day.\\nSaturday, 27. Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0. Cloudy. Sent Esau s\\nletter. Went over to C. B. Garrett s and got my pup\\nCarlo, Junior, and brought him home. Cloudy and warm.\\nI want my mail. I hope the Blue is not up again.\\nM Armstrong, it is said, is still very sick.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "278 THE JOURNALS OF [January, 1849.\\nThawed all night. Warm this morning and cloudy.\\nLooks very much like rain. Cloudy and wet all day.\\nSunday, 28. Went to Church. Came home and found\\nDr. Hewitt in possession of the house, waiting our return.\\nWe chatted about various matters. Dined and he went\\nhome. Cloudy and misting all day.\\nMonday, 29. Cloudy and wet. Sleet, sleet, is there to\\nbe no end to sleet. Went over to M. E,. W. s and spent the\\nafternoon. At night it snowed.\\nTuesday, 30. Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 above zero. Snow on\\nthe ground. Sleet again. Went to attend the session of\\nthe Council in order to report the result of the meeting on\\nthe 19th of the non-professing members, who decided that\\nboth missionaries should be expelled from the nation. Made\\nmy report, and closed with a speech, defining our position,\\nand closed with a solemn warning to the northern faction.^\\nCame home. Found John Big-Sinew and Smith Nichols\\nhad returned to go to work.\\nWednesday, 31. Sleet, sleet!! Oh, glorious weather!\\nMaria Monk had a calf last night, but it was frozen to death.\\nNine o clock, sleet, sleet, sleet. Go it. Ten o clock. Get-\\nting warmer. Raining, raining. At 7 o clock at night it\\ncleared up and the moon and stars shone as brilliant as\\ngems.\\nFebruary, 1849.\\nThursday, 1. Clear and cold. Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 above\\n0. Prospect of a pleasant day, but how long. Went to\\nKansas. The mail came in but the papers were all a dog s\\nage old. Done some shopping and came home. Dis-\\ncharged my hands. w\\nFriday, 2.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Clear. Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 above 0. At 8\\no clock cloudy. M W. and Martha went to Kansas to stay\\n1 This action resulted in the expulsion of the Missionary of the M. E. Churcli. The\\nMissionary of the M. E. Church, South, was not molested.\\ni", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "February, 1849.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 279\\nall night. Went to town and found it deserted. All gone\\nto K. Heard that James Monture had murdered his wife.\\nPleasant day.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Saturday, 3. Thermometer 0. Clear and beautiful\\nmorning. Finished a document for Deacon E. T. P. Warm\\nand pleasant day. M W. and Martha returned.\\nSunday, 4. Cloudy morning. Thermometer 20\u00c2\u00b0 above\\n0. More snow or sleet perhaps. Went to Church. More\\ndepredations committed upon it by the disciples of the North-\\nern Church. Warm and pleasant all day.\\nMonday, 5. At sunrise thermometer 5\u00c2\u00b0 below 0.\\nClear. Pleasant day. Went to Kansas and settled up vari-\\nous accounts. Paid off some of my bills.\\nTuesday, 6. Came home. At night guarded the syna-\\ngogue till midnight from the incendiaries s brand. After\\nwe came away the work of destruction was renewed.\\nWednesday, 7. Thermometer 5\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Warm and\\npleasant.\\nThursday, 8.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 above 0.\\nFriday, 9. Wrote a com. from M N. G. to A. G. and\\nafter that, glad to get rid of her.\\nSaturday, 10. Warm and pleasant day, a general thaw.\\nIn the evening, Kev. M Russell called and staid till bed-\\ntime. To-day is the time appointed for the Northern Q. M.\\nBut will it be held?\\nSunday, 11. Thermometer 8\u00c2\u00b0 above 0. Went to\\nChurch and heard M Pussell preach. Came home, then\\nwent to Dr. Hewitt s and staid an hour. Then called on\\nM Cotter.\\nMonday, 12. Thermoneter 0. At daylight cloudy.\\nWent to town. Little or no news. Got my iron kettle home\\nand prepared for butchering my swine. Employed John\\nBig-Sinew and John Coon, jr.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "280 THE JOURNALS OF [February, 1849.\\nTuesday, 13. Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 above 0. Commenced\\noperatioDS on my swine. Raw and cold all day.\\nWednesday, 14. Thermometer 3\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Cloudy.\\nCut up and salted away my pork, then rested the remainder\\nof the day. Cloudy and cold all day. Killed a crow with\\nmy double barrel, by way of variety.\\nThursday, 15. Thermometer 5\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Clear.\\nClear, but cold all day. Sent by J. T. Peerey for my mail.\\nPeter Warpole^ died last night.\\nFriday, 16. Thermometer 0. Went in company with\\nDr. Hewitt and paid a visit to Deacon Peerey. Came home\\nin the evening.\\nSaturday, 17. Phoebus! Wind blowing and snow fly-\\ning! Thermometer at 0. At sunrise a large luminary\\nappeared near the sun, called a sun-dog. Cold, cloudy, and\\nwindy all day. Severe weather.\\nSunday,18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Clear. Went\\nto Church and heard a sermon from J. T. Peerey. Came\\nhome and took my seat by a comfortable family fire. Feli-\\ncitatus! Cold, cold, horrid cold. But look out to-night.\\nWhew!\\nMonday, 19.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Thermometer 10\u00c2\u00b0 below 0. Clear. Sky\\nred at sunrise. Prospect of a warm and pleasant day.\\nWent to town. J. W. removing his goods to Kansas. Dr.\\nH. absent. Came home. Wind from the south, warm.\\nTuesday, 20. Thermometer freezing point. Cloudy.\\nTwo o clock P. M., a general thaw. Came home from town.\\nWednesday, 21. Paining at daylight. It is probable we\\nshall have a general break up and a deluge. 3 o clock.\\nCloudy, hazy, and misting. Our sleighing is now over, and\\nI am not sorry.\\nThursday, 22. Cloudy and still thawing. This is Wash-\\nSon of Roha -tohn-deh, generally written Eontondee, who died November 17, 1843\\naged 68 years, and was buried in Huron Place Cemetary. Eohn -tohn-deh signifies\\nWarpole. He was known as TFarpoZe.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "February, 1849.] GOVEENOE WALKEE. 281\\nington s birthday. A ball to come off in Kansas. Hauled\\nsome wood in the mud. L. Coffraan, Esq., called and I\\nrented him my lot in Kansas till the 1st of September next\\nfor $10.00. My execrations upon John Big-Sinew for not\\ncoming according to promise to chop for me.\\nFriday, 23. Weather ditto. Thawing. Foggy, etc.\\nCloudy, sometimes clear, warm. All the little ravines in a\\nroar. The river must rise and no doubt but the Blue is\\nup, as the mail carrier says. Smith Nichols and John\\nMonture chopping.\\nSaturday, 24. Clear morning. Freezing Point. Last\\nnight Miss Peach Blossom gave me the slip. This morning\\nI hunted for her and after a long search found her, she hav-\\ning given birth to a splendid young bull.\\nWrote again to Dr. Latta for his paper, but when it will\\ngo is hard to tell, as we get no mail these days.\\nSunday, 25. ^Thermometer 5\u00c2\u00b0 below Freezing point.\\nCloudy. The ice breaking up in the Missouri and Kansas\\nRivers. Went to Church. Came home and after dinner\\nreturned and heard another sermon without an interpreter.\\nCame home at sunset. J. M. A. set out yesterday to Kick-\\napoo to regulate the Northern Church matters. He is\\nsome. A second Martin Luther. A real reformer. Stul-\\ntum Stultorum.\\nMonday, 26. Thermometer 45\u00c2\u00b0. Cloudy. Thawed all\\nnight. Warm and thawing. Snow nearly all gone. Miss\\nHuffacre called and spent the day.\\nTuesday, 27. ^Thermometer 45\u00c2\u00b0. Cloudy. Warm all\\nday. To-day the [ice in the] Missouri and Kansas [Rivers]\\nbroke up with a crash. Attended the meeting of the legis-\\nlative committee. Passed the general appiopriation bill.\\nCame home in company with James Washington and George\\nArmstrong.\\nWednesday, 28. Sleet again. Thermometer 19\u00c2\u00b0. Cloudy", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "282\\nTHE JOURNALS OF\\n[March, 1849.\\nWent to town. Got my cane re-\\ncold and cloudy all day\\npaired and came home.\\nMarch, 1849.\\nThursday, 1. Thermometer 18\u00c2\u00b0 above\\nLooks like snow.\\nPresidential Election in 184-8\\n0. Cloudy.\\nCass.\\nArkansas 3\\nAlabama 9\\nIndiana 12\\nIllinois 9\\nMissouri 7\\nMichigan 5\\nVirginia 17\\nMaine 9\\nNew Hampshire 6\\nOhio 23\\nSouth CaroHna 9\\nTexas 4\\nMississippi 6\\nIowa 4\\nWisconsin 4\\nTaylor.\\nConnecticut 6\\nDelaware 3\\nKentucky 12\\nMaryland 8\\nNew York 36\\nNorth Carolina 11\\nNew Jersey 7\\nPennsylvania 26\\nKhode Island 4\\nTennessee 13\\nVermont 6\\nLouisiana 6\\nFlorida 3\\nMassachusetts 12\\nGeorgia 10\\n127\\n163\\nOh, sleet, when\\nAt 2 o clock P. M. we have sleet again,\\nare we to get rid of thee.\\nFriday, 2. At daylight snow on the ground. Cloudy.\\nThermometer 20\u00c2\u00b0. In the afternoon M. R. W. and I went\\nup to see G. I. C, who has a violent attack of the pneu-\\nmonia. Cloudy night.\\nSaturday, 3. Cloudy. Thermometer 22\u00c2\u00b0. Sleet, sleet.\\nNo end to it. To-day closes the administration of James\\nK. Polk. Sic transit gloria mundi.^^", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "March, 1849.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 283\\n1 o clock, rain and sleet. Verily March has come in\\nlike a lion and will probably go out like the devil.\\nWent to town and called upon Dr. H. Staid an hour and\\ncame home.\\nSunday, 4. Rain, rain. Bella horrida! This day the\\nUnited States Republic is without a President, But what\\nis the use of a President such weather as this? 1 o clock P.\\nM. Rain. Staid at home all day, the weather being too in-\\nclement to venture out of the house. 8 o clock at night.\\nRaining. So we go.\\nMonday, 5. My birthday. This day I complete my 48th\\nyear, and nimbly step into my forty-ninth. To-day Gen. Z.\\nTaylor steps nimbly into the Presidential chair. Glory\\nenough for one day.\\nTuesday, 6. Thermometer freezing point. At 9 o clock\\nthe day cleared up and the sun appeared. Wrote a long\\nletter to John T. Walker. Went to town. Sent by Theo-\\ndore to the P. O. Came home at half past 2 P. M. At\\nnight Theodore returned and brought my mail, a real pile\\nof newspapers, with a letter from Hugh Barrett. Read till\\na late hour in the night. Clear and moonlight night.\\nWednesday, 7. Frosty morning. Clear. Warm day.\\nPerused my newspapers and staid at home all day. Beau-\\ntiful night. The moon nearly full.\\nThursday, 8. Thermometer freezing point. Cloudy.\\nM W. gone to see G. I. C. Raining. M W. returned.\\nG. I. C. not getting any better. M Robataille died this\\nmorning.\\nFriday, 9. Foggy morning, cloudy and warm. Fin-\\nished a letter to H. Barrett to go by tomorrow s mail.\\nWent to town and learned that the steamer St. Joseph came\\nup yesterday, but owing to the ice not being broken up\\nabove here, returned. The first steamboat up. While in\\ntown the Amelia came up. To-day M Robataille was\\nburied.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "284 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 1849.\\nSaturday, 10. Cloudy, warm, and foggy. Prospect of\\nmore rain. Went to town and staid all day. The Kansas\\nKiver still rising. The Turkey Creek bridge gone.^ Got\\nno mail. The Mandan went up to-day. Cloudy all day,\\nbut no rain. The California fever rages on the Rialto.\\nSunday, 11. Foggy and cloudy. Warm, prospect of\\nrain. Went to Church. The northern fanatics have stolen\\nour church bible.^ I hope the thieves will make good use\\nof it. This is, I suppose, a pious fraud. Wrote to Jesse\\nStern, directing him to take the necessary steps for a legal\\npartition of the Seneca county lands. M Caloway and W.\\nH. Chick called on us to-day. Sunset clear. At night\\nclear and starlight.\\nMonday, 12. Thermometer 3\u00c2\u00b0 below freezing point.\\nClear and pleasant. Beautiful day. Sent to the P. O. by\\nG. D. Williams, but got nothing but a Weekly Dollar. My\\nexecrations upon Cave Johnston s mail contractors. They\\nhave ceased carrying the mail between this and St. Louis\\nentirely.\\nTuesday, 13. Cloudy and warm. Prospect of rain to-\\nday. Went to work and hung my old gate which had bro-\\nken down. The noise of steamers on the river. One half\\npast ten o clock A. M., rain. Cleared up in the evening,\\nbut in a little while distant thunder was heard and it be-\\ncame cloudy again. At dark rain and loud thunder.\\nCleared up in the night.\\nWednesday, 14. Clear and frosty morning. Prospect\\nof a fine day. 9 o clock, beautiful day. Clear and warm.\\nTurkey Greek, a stream running northeast through Shawnee Township, Wyandotte\\nCounty, Kansas, now empties into the Kansas Eiver just above the Stock Yards. It\\nformerly flowed into the Missouri Eiver just below Dold s Packing House. The road\\ncrossed it on a bridge for a time, and afterwards a ferry-boat was used. The crossing\\nwas at the mouth of the creek, as the road ran along the bank of the Missouri Eiver.\\nI doubt if it was ever known who stole the Bible. These troubles continued until\\nboth Churches were burned. I have investigated this matter until I know absolutely\\nwho burned each Church building, but no good could come of making it a matter of\\nrecord here.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "March, 1849.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 285\\nSpring is upon us in all its beauties. Felicitatus. Went to\\ntown. Called at the smithshop. Dined at C. G. s. Called\\nat J. W. s and got some turnips, then came home. Warm\\nand beautiful day. Clear night, chilly and cold.\\nThursday, 15. Thermometer freezing point. Some-\\nwhat cloudy. Warm and pleasant day. Hunted for my\\noxen but could not find them. The old rascals, they knew\\nthere was work on hands and sloped.\\nUpon comparing my cranium with Dr. Comb s system of\\nphrenology, I cannot find a single valuable bump or de-\\nvelopment, except that of benevolence. Barring this,\\nmy cranium is no better than a Baboon s. So that phre-\\nnology has laid all my greatness on the shelf, and now I\\nam no longer some in a bear fight. A long farewell to\\nall my greatness. But then I may have some important\\nbumps elsewhere that might boost me up and put me in con-\\nceit of myself again. Sent to the P. O. for my mail and as\\nusual got nothing.\\nFriday, 16. Light frost. Clear. Hauled some wood out\\nof the corn field. Warm day. Nothing strange occurred.\\nA dull monotonous day. Afflicted with ennui. I want my\\nmail!\\nSaturday, 17. Thermometer freezing point. Cloudy\\nand windy. M W. went to Kansas. I went to town.\\nWarm pleasant day. Received some papers from M^ Gil-\\nmore. M W. returned and brought me a bundle of news-\\npapers, but of old dates. My old chum, S. P. Chase,^\\nelected to the U. S. Senate. So much for riding the aboli-\\ntion hobby.\\nSunday, 18. Clear frosty morning. Went to Church.\\nA fine congregation. An appointment for worship at the\\nschool house at 3 o clock P. M. Pleasant, clear, and beau-\\ntiful day. To-day John Porcupine died, but of what com-\\nThey were schoolmates.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "286 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 1849.\\nplaint I have not yet learned. He was sick but a short\\ntime. Attended Church in the afternoon. A good congre-\\ngation.\\nMonday, 19. Clear and warm morning.\\nTuesday, 20. Cloudy.\\nHiatus.\\nFriday, 23. Thomas H. Noble raised my crib and shed.\\nWarm and pleasant day.\\nSaturday, 24. Put on the roof and quit for the day.\\nSunday, 25. Frosty morning. Staid at home all day and\\nread. Wind from the north all day. Chilly.\\nMonday, 26. Frosty morning but clear. Beautiful day.\\nHung up my bacon to dry and smoke. Hauled some slabs\\nand firewood. M Bowman commenced boarding [with us]\\nthis evening.\\nTuesday, 27. Clear and pleasant morning. Worked all\\nday. Moved our hen house. Repaired our spring, and\\nrested thereon. In the evening a moderate rain.\\nWednesday, 28. Cloudy and foggy. Showery. Went\\nto town and got my gun repaired. Planned a spring house,\\nthat is, done the wind work.\\nThursday, 29. Cloudy weather. M^ Bowyer working the\\ngarden and I doing chores. Just heard that that dreadful\\nscourge, the Asiatic cholera, has reached Kansas. Well, keep\\ncool, hold a steady hand. Commenced gardening to-day.\\nPlanted our top onions.\\nFriday, 30. Cloudy morning, but no rain. Went to\\ntown, got my mail, and a public document. Warm day.\\nCool in the evening. At 5 o clock P. M. Sophia made her\\nappearance in company with M^ Stone of Independence.\\nSaturday, 31. Beautiful morning. Worked in the gar-\\nden. Planted some more top onions. To-day quarterly meet-\\nting commences. I went to Church and heard a sermon\\nfrom M Stateler. Warm day.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "April. 1849.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 287\\nApril, 1849.\\nSunday, 1. Sabbath morn. Fine warm day. Went to\\nChurch.\\nMonday, 2. Cloudy; prospect of rain. M Stateler, M\\nFlint, a Shawnee preacher, and F. A. Hicks called and staid\\nawhile in social chat. Planted some more onions. Showery.\\nTuesday, 3. Dark, dark and rainy morning. Must stay\\nin close quarters. But it is all for the best. Vegetation\\nneeds rain. This is a most fertilizing shower. 12 o clock\\nM. Gloomy day. Ennui. Blue devils. Rain, clouds, fog.\\nI want my mail. Steamers roaring and snorting up the\\nriver. Nightfall. Still raining and the wind from the\\nnorth.\\nWednesday, 4. Sun obscured by clouds. But the rain\\nhas ceased. 8 o clock, cleared up, but cool. Prospect of a\\nfair and pleasant day. Hauled corn and in the evening\\nhauled some wood and took up some grapevines. Clear\\nnight. J. Walker returned home.\\nThursday, 5. Frosty morning. Resumed hauling corn,\\nand finished at 12 o clock. Wrote to Jesse Stern again upon\\nthe subject of the land sale. M W. gone to Kansas.\\nCloudy. Looks like rain. Finished hauling corn.\\nFriday, 6. Cloudy morning. Went to town and called\\nupon J. Walker and C. Graham. Came home and went to\\nwork. M Chick moved over to the parsonage.\\nSaturday, 7. Cloudy and cold, but no frost. Cut some\\ntimber for a trellis work for grape vines in the garden.\\nCleared up my little meadow. In the evening it rained and\\ncontinued through the night.\\nSunday, 8. This day, 25 years ago, I and M W. were\\nmarried. A quarter of a century has rolled around, and\\nstill it seems but as yesterday Wrote a letter for M Gra-\\nham to her brother in Kentucky. Went to Church as all\\ngood Christians should do.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "288 THE JOURNALS OF [AprU, i849.\\nMonday, 9. Kaining. At 11 o clock, cleared up, but\\nwindy. Ground drying up. Worked at the trellis frame.\\nAt half after 5, a beautiful rainbow.\\nTuesday, 10. After a windy night, we have a cold morn-\\ning, the wind from the north. Thermometer, freezing\\npoint. Council meets to-day, but as I have no business\\nthere I will stay where I have business at home. Dr.\\nHewitt returned to-day from St. Louis.\\nWednesday, 11. Clear, frosty morning. Having what\\nis called a hoar frost, we shall have a beautiful day. Kan-\\nsas full of California adventurers. Finished our lattice\\nframe and raised it. Went to town. Got my gardening\\nimplements repaired. The flat boat going to Kansas to-\\nmorrow. Well, I must go too.\\nThursday, 12 The boat cast off from her moorings and\\naway we went. Landed in Kansas amidst a drenching rain.\\nThe rain continuing, we did not put our cargo on board.\\nAfter a consultation, we concluded to defer loading till the\\nmorrow. Secured our boat.\\nFriday, 13. Loaded up and commenced cordelling the\\nboat up stream against a heavy current. In the bustle I\\nwas tipped overboard and after a desperate struggle, by\\nthe aid of my friends, I got on terra firma again, and re-\\nturned to town and doused my diluted garments and put on\\nothers which accorded more to the feelings of flesh and\\nblood.\\nSaturday, 14. Remained in town, feeling unwell.\\nHiatu\\nThursday, 19. Planted some early potatoes and did va-\\nrious other matters about my premises.\\nFriday, 20. Warm and pleasant day. Our Wyandott\\nMining Company in a stir making preparation for their\\nlong journey to California.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "18AlAli WALKEK.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "May, 1849.] GOVEENOR WALKER. 289\\nSaturday, 21. Wrote all day in the Agent s office and at\\nnight attended a California meeting.\\nSunday, 22. Cloudy morning. Prospect of rain. Went\\nto Church. One half the congregation being Californians\\nfrom over the river.\\nMonday, 23. At daylight, raining. Rained till 11\\no clock. Then cleared off. Hauled some wood. At night\\na gang of our neighbors, bound for California, called upon\\nus and spent tUe evening.\\nTuesday, 24. Went to town to write in the Agent s\\noffice, but the Agent was absent. Met Esau. Had a chat\\nwith him. He is destined for Santa Fe. Appointed Wil-\\nliam Linnville my substitute to represent me in the Wyan-\\ndott Mining Company^ Came home in the evening, etc.\\nWednesday, 25. Went to town to write in the Agent s\\nOffice, bu j the incumbent had other business. So I attended\\nto my own. Went\\nThursday, 26. Asiatic cholera broke out in K. Isaac\\nMcCoy departed this life to-day.\\nFriday, 27. Alarm pervades the country. Came home\\nto enjoy the rural atmosphere and keep out of the haunts of\\nthis horrid disease.\\nSaturday, 28. Inflammation in my left eye.\\nSunday, 29. My eye painful. Kept my bed all day.\\nMonday, 30. No better. Michael Frost came to work.\\nMay, 1849.\\nTuesday, 1. Cold and cloudy day. In the evening,\\nrained, with thunder and lightning.\\nWednesday, 2 Clear and windy. Heard of the death of\\nM Bigerstaff, druggist.\\nHe was a surveyor and had been a missionaiy to the Indians. He built the fir^\\nhouse erected for a permanent residence in what is now Wyandotte County, Kansas. It\\nwas built near Edwardsville. Mr. McCoy, it is said, was the first to propose moving\\nEastern Indians to what is now Kansas. He laid off and surveyed the lands aligned\\nto most of the tribea. He died in Kansas City, Mo., where his descendants still live.\\n20", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "290 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1849;\\nThursday, 3. E-ain all day. Cholera abating in Kansas.\\nJudge Chaffee of Upper Sandusky landed, on his way to the\\nDiggins. I am suffering the horrors of blindness.\\nFriday, 4. Kain last night, and raining this morning.\\nSent T. F. Garrett to K. for our mail, but got none. J.\\nChaffee called upon us.\\nHiatus.\\nThursday, 31. This day the Wyandott Mining Com-\\npany set out for California. The following are the names\\nof those that set out: I. P. Walker,^ Capt. Theo. F. Gar-\\nrett, William Bowers, William Lynville, Ira Hunter, Matt-\\nhew Brown, C. B. Garrett, Philip Brown, Adam Hunt, R.\\nPalmer, Bussell Garrett; E. B. Hand, physician.\\nJune, 1849.\\nFriday, 1. Showery, unsettled weather. Mike finished\\nploughing.\\nSaturday, 2.- Clear and pleasant. Had custard for din-\\nner, which was very delicious to our taste J^\\nSunday, 3. Clear and excessively warm. About noon\\nthe mercury stood at 91. In the evening heard of the death\\nof Miss Huffaker. The Missouri is very high and is still on\\nthe rise. Fair prospect for another overflow, so the poor\\nFrench will have to desert their homes in the bottom.^\\nMonday, 4. Very warm. The flat-boat went down to\\nKansas to-day and we sent for some bacon.\\nTuesday, 5. Warm, cloudy, and raining.\\nWednesday, 6. Warm and rainy day. Heard of two\\ncases of cholera on this side. Nothing of importance\\ntranspiring. Dull times, very dull.\\nThursday, 7. In the morning clear and warm. In the\\nevening clouded up; prospect of another shower. Mail day^\\nGovernor Walker made a mistake here; he omitted to write I. P. Long.\\nAlong Turkey Creek, on the banks of the Missouri Eiver.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "June, 1849.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 291\\nbut as usual, had no chance of sending for our share in the\\nmail hags.\\nFriday, 8. Showery all day. No mail as yet.\\nSaturday, 9. Clear and warm.\\nSunday, 10. Showery and warm. In the evening;, had\\ncompany. M Gilmore, Miss Twyman, M Stone and M\\nPorter.\\nMonday, 11. In the morning, had quite a shower with\\nquite a high wind. In the evening cleared off. Got our\\nmail. Dr. Waldo called and staid all night.\\nTuesday, 12. Clear all day, for a wonder.\\nWednesday, 13. Showery. Got one quilt out.\\nHiatus.\\nMonday, 18. Planted our corn.\\nTuesday, 19. Planted the fall potatoes.\\nWednesday, 20. Warm. Dr. H. called and staid an\\nhour.\\nThursday, 21. Hiatus.\\nFriday, 22. Major Cummins arrived with the Wyandott\\nannuity and staid all night with us!\\nSaturday, 23. Cloudy, prospect of rain. Major Cummins\\npaid the annuity.\\nSunday, 24 Pained in the forenoon.\\nHeard of the death of Joseph Chaffee, who died on the\\n23rd of May last.\\nMonday, 25. Staid at home all day. Pain.\\nTuesday, 26. Went to town; rain. Heard of the death\\nof J. K. Polk.\\nWednesday, 27. Staid at home. Warm. Pain as usual.\\nThursday, 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M W. went to K. The P. M. said there\\nwas no mail. He lied, the rascal.\\nFriday, 29. Foggy morning. Cloudy; more rain to-day.\\nWrote to the Wyandott Tribune, announcing J. Chaffee s\\ndeath. Thunder and lightning. More rain.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "292 THE JOURNALS OF [June, 1849.\\nSaturday, 30. Saddled up my horse and went to town,\\nintending to go to Major Cummins but gave it up and re-\\nturned home. Warm day. M^ Gilmore came and staid all\\nnight.\\nJuly, 1849.\\nSunday, 1. Staid at home and read and wrote. Foggy\\nmorning.\\nMonday, 2. Went to town. Came home. Then went to\\nJohn Lewis s.\\nTuesday, 3. Cloudy; prospect of rain. Eained from 7\\nto 10 o clock.\\nWednesday, 4. Rained all night. At daylight, raining\\nfuriously. What a day for a celebration! Eain, rain.\\nCholera broke out afresh this week in Kansas. Eight deaths\\nwithin this week and it is reported to be raging with violence\\nin St. Louis. Kain, rain.\\nThursday, 5. Cloudy and foggy. Feel quite unwell.\\nRain, rain.\\nFriday, 6. Clear and beautiful morning. Bathed and\\ntook my morning walk.\\nSaturday, 7. Tho. Moseley, lately appointed Wyandott\\nsub-agent, arrived last evening. I went down to see him\\nand spent the day with him. Rain again. Rain, rain.\\nCame home.\\nSunday, 8. At daylight, rain, rain. At 6 o clock, an\\nhorrible tempest with wind and rain. This being Quarterly\\nMeeting, I went to Church and heard a sermon by L, B. S.\\nMonday, 9. At 11 o clock, the rain held up. Oh for\\nclear weather once more! Zachariah Long-House died last\\nFriday night of Cholera.\\nTuesday, 10. Went in company with Major Moseley to\\npay a visit to Major Cummins. Staid all night.\\nWednesday, 11. Came home. Warm, warm. Attended\\nCouncil. M Moseley reported himself to the Council.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "July, 1849.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 293\\nThursday, 12. Made the transfer of the effects of the\\nsub-agency.\\nFriday, 13. Went to town. A thunder storm. Came\\nhome and attended a caucus at the Church, at night.\\nSaturday, 14. Cloudy all day. Have caught a violent\\ncold. Am sick! Dr. Still holding his fanatical Quarterly\\nMeeting.\\nSunday, 15. The sun rose hot and sultry. I am sick.\\nTaking medicine. Dr. Hewitt moved to-day from the\\nWyandott Territory to give place to his successor. Sic\\ntransit gloria mundi.\\nMonday, 16 Cloudy and cool. Staid at home. Major\\nMoseley, the new Sub-Agent spent the day with us and\\nstaid all night.\\nTuesday, 17. Went to the National Convention to nomi-\\nnate candidates for the Council, and [it] resulted thus:\\nJ. Washington, majority, 5.\\nJ. T. Charloe, 2, Abolitionist.\\nD. Young, 3,\\nJ. Van Meter, 1,\\nAdjourned. Came home.\\nWednesday, 18. Jacob Charloe commenced ploughing\\nmy corn. Went to town. Rain, rain.\\nThursday, 19. Cloudy. Jacob resumed his work. Rain,\\nrain. Oh! when is our rainy season to end.\\nFriday, 20. Cloudy as usual. Went to town. Wrote to\\nL. Smalley. Dr. Ridge called and spent the afternoon.\\nRain rather light to-day.\\nSaturday, 21 Cloudy. I fear we shall have the old song\\nRain, rain. Clear all day for a wonder.\\nClear and prospect of a warm day. For the first time for\\nnearly three months we had one clear day.\\nSunday, 22. Rain, rain. Remained cloudy all day.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "294 THE JOURNALS OF [July, 1849.\\nMonday, 23. At daylight raining. At sunrise cloudy.\\nWrote to the W. Mining Co. Rain, rain.\\nTuesday, 24. Rain, rain. Wrote the Collard Letter. At\\n2 o clock, weather cleared up. The sun set clear.\\nWednesday, 25. Cloudy, and probably more rain. No\\nrain to-day for a wonder. Warm.\\nThursday, 26. Went to Kansas. Rain, rain. Came\\nhome in the evening.\\nFriday, 27. Rain, rain. Finished J. W. s Communica-\\ntion to the Secretary of the Interior. At noon the weather\\ncleared up.\\nSaturday, 28. Clear for a wonder. Attended a special\\nelection of ferryman, vice D. Young, resigned and George\\nSteel was elected.\\nSunday, 29. Warm, dry, and clear till the middle of the\\nday, then rain, rain. So we go.\\nMonday, 30. Foggy and chilly. At 9 o clock it cleared\\nup, and [there is] a fair prospect of a clear day. M W.\\nand Sophia went to K.\\nThe difference. A passionate and hasty person is gener-\\nally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom\\nyou should beware. There is no deceit about a bulldog. It s\\nthe sneaking cur that bites you when your back is turned.\\nBeware I say of him who has cant in his Phiz. He s the\\nrascal.\\nJacob Charloe resumed working in the corn field. Clear\\nall day.\\nTuesday, 31. Foggy morning at sunrise. Wrote to D.\\nD. Mitchell, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, upon the\\nsubject of J. T. Walker s money. Cleaned out and pruned\\nmy fruit trees in my garden. Went to town. Met with\\nDr. Hewitt. Clear and pleasant all day.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "August, 1849.] GOVEENOR WALKER. 295\\nAugust, 1849.\\nWednesday, 1. Cloudy at sunrise and quite cold. It\\nwas clear all day. Went to town to attend a meeting of a\\npolitical character, but not many attending, it was ad-\\njourned.\\nThursday, 2. Clear and cool. Heavy dew. 10 o clock,\\nroasting hot. Mail day but [I] can t go for my share of it.\\nRode up in the country and bought a cow of Geo. D. Will-\\niams at $13.00.\\nFriday, 3. This day the President of the U. S. has\\nrecommended to be observed as a day of fasting, humilia-\\ntion and prayer, in view of the destructive ravages of the\\nCholera^ in our land. Came home and dined. In the even-\\ning, Kev. E. T. Peerey called and spent the evening. Glad\\nto see him.\\nSaturday, 4. Mailed a letter for Branch, Michigan.\\nWarm. Thermometer 94\u00c2\u00b0. Delaware camp meeting go-\\ning on.\\nSunday, 5. Kain, rain. No meeting to-day. Cleared\\nup, and warm.\\nMonday, 6. At daylight, rain, rain. Finished a letter\\nto M McKnight. Cloudy all day, but sultry. My hands\\ndid not come. Just as I expected. My curses upon them.\\nTuesday, 7 Cloudy and cool. Pleasant day. Went to\\ntown. Dined with M H. Eain at night.\\nWednesday, 8. Fine day. Attended a political meeting\\nat the schoolhouse. Polled the voters of the Nation. We\\nshall re-elect the old Board of Chiefs. Wrote a Com. for\\nthe Wyandott Tribune.\\nThursday, 9. Clear and fine morning. Went to Kansas.\\nGot my mail. Hired Noah Zane to work a few days.\\nFriday, 10. J. Coon, Jr., killed by Bob Cherokee.\\nIt swept over the country about the mouth of the Kansas Eiver every year.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "296 THE JOURNALS OF [August, 1849.\\nNoaH and I sowed our Turnips. Hot day. Bargained with\\nPeter Ballanger for a job of clearing, $18.00.\\nSaturday, 11. Cloudy. Clearing up. Warm day again.\\nWarm and sultry day, too warm to work were I even in-\\nclined. So I laid by.\\nSunday, 12. Clear and warm. The dog star rages.\\nWent to Church. J. T. Peerey held forth. Thermometer\\n100\u00c2\u00b0! At six o clock P. M. it became very cloudy. At 7,\\nrain, and rained all night. 6 A. M., raining still.\\nMonday, 13. Cleared up at 12. Warm and sultry. At-\\ntended the Council.\\nTuesday, 14. Pleasant day. Election to-day. The\\nstruggle is over and resulted in the election of\\nJames Washington, Southern.\\nJ. D. Brown,\\nG. I. Clark, Abolitionist.\\nM. Mudeater.\\nSo we have beaten the Abolition Party. So they may\\nrest easy now.\\nWednesday, 15. Bain, rain. So we go, no end to rain.\\nSo we have no Green Corn Feast this year on account of\\nthe alarm created by the ravages of the Cholera. But per-\\nhaps it s best. Cloudy all day. Unsettled weather. Sun\\nset clear.\\nThursday, 16. Damp and foggy morning. Went to\\nKansas bought some provisions for my work hands. Pe-\\nter Ballanger and Francois Tremble came to work on their\\njob of clearing. Noah Zane commenced cutting the grass.\\nFriday, 17. Cut and wind-rowed the hay. Hot day.\\nThermometer 100\u00c2\u00b0. Tremble and Ballanger working at\\ntheir job. Laid off my Jlannel to-night.\\nSaturday, 18. N. Zane and I hauled in my hay and put\\nit up in the stable loft. Thermometer 98\u00c2\u00b0. Tho. H. Noble\\ncalled and took dinner.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "September, 1849.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 297\\nSunday, 19. Rain, rain. Cool. 8 o clock, clearing up.\\nCloudy all day, slightly, and occasionally a sprinkle of\\nrain.\\nMonday, 20. Cold, damp and foggy morning. If a\\nclear and pleasant day, I must go to Kansas.\\nHiatus.\\nFriday, 31. J. T. Peerey moved away, and Rev. M Rus-\\nsell took his place.\\nSeptember, 1849.\\nSaturday, 1. Staid about home and read all day.\\nSunday, 2. Warm but pleasant. Had M Norton and\\nM^ Mullikan to dinner. Went to Church in the evening.\\nMonday, 3. Cloudy day. Staid at home all day.\\nTuesday, 4. Ditto, ditto.\\nWednesday, 5. Cloudy and a little rain. M W. and\\nSophia went to K., notwithstanding.\\nThursday, 6. To-day the Wyandott camp meeting com-\\nmences under favorable auspices, the weather being clear\\nand cool.\\nFriday, 7.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Went in company with M W. to Kansas\\nand called upon Dr. Hewitt and dined. Bo t various neces-\\nsary family articles and came home in the evening.\\nSaturday, 8. Cold morning, but no frost. Went to the\\ncamp ground and heard a sermon from Rev. Thomas John-\\nson, decidedly the best Indian preacher I ever heard.\\nRainy night.\\nSunday, 9. Raining, pouring down in torrents. At 9\\no clock it cleared up. Warm. Went to camp meeting.\\nHeard a sermon from M Johnston, then one from J. T.\\nPeerey and another from M Scarritt. M W. sick.\\nMonday, 10. Clear and beautiful morning. Pleasant all\\nday. M^^ W. continues sick. Taking medicines.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "298 JOUENALS OF GOVERNOR WALKER. [Sept., 1849.\\nTuesday, 11. Clear and beautiful morning. M^^ W.\\nbetter. Went to K. to get some stoves. M G. arrived to\\npay a visit.\\nWednesday, 12. Beautiful morning. Fall weather. Miss\\nMatilda Chick arrived.\\nThursday, 13. Warm day. Went to K. for my mail.\\nFriday, 14. Warm. Thermometer 95\u00c2\u00b0.\\nSaturday, 15. Cut my knee with an axe.\\nSunday, 16. Staid at home. Warm day.\\nMonday, 17. Preparing for a party. Busy all day.\\nTuesday, 18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 At half past 3 o clock P. M., William Gil-\\nmore of Independence and Martha B. Walker were married.\\nWednesday, 19. The wedding party set out for Inde-\\npendence. Went to Kansas. Come home in the evening.\\nThursday, 20. Cloudy all day. Bode out to town and\\ncountry. Came home and staid at home.\\nFriday, 21. Cloudy. W. C. Graham paid us a visit.\\nWarm afternoon. Thermometer 95\u00c2\u00b0. A shower in the\\nnight.\\nSaturday, 22. Clear and beautiful morning.\\nSo ends my poor Journal, this the 22d day of September,\\nA. D., 1849. It is a brief record of my unimportant do-\\nings, showing dimly how I have spent my time.\\nW. Walker.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "THE JOURNALS\\nOP\\nWILLIAM WALKEK\\nPROVISIONAL GOVERNOR\\nNEBRASKA TERRITORY\\nSECOND BOOK\\nFrom September \u00c2\u00a32, 1849, to June 25, 1854\\nFROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT IN THE COLLECTION OP\\nWILLIAM E. OOISn^ELLET\\n(299)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "THE\\nJOURNALS OF WILLIAM WALKER,\\nProvisional Governor of Nebraska Territory.\\nSECOND BOOK.i\\nFrom September 22, 1849, to June 25, 1854.\\nNoVEMBEK, 1849.\\nDiary Hiatus from September 22, 1849, till\\nFriday, 30. This day I received the book on which I am\\nnow writing, which was kindly sent to me by Brother Joel\\nfrom St. Louis. Rev. Thomas A. Green from Ohio arrived\\nhere on the 20th inst., who is traveling for his health.\\nDecember, 1849.\\nSaturday, 1. M Green set out with Rev. B. H. Russel\\nto Platte.\\nSunday, 2. Went to Kansas. A Bogus manufacturer\\n[was] arrested having $78. of the coin in his possession.\\nHe was acquitted as such characters generally are, and es-\\ncaped unwhipt.\\nWednesday, 12. Rented my Store House to a M^ French\\nof Independence, at $12. pr month. Possession to be given\\nwhen certain repairs are made.\\nThursday, 13. Made arrangements for the repairs and\\nOn account of lack of space in this volume, it was necessary to omit very much\\nfrom the second book of Governor Walker s Journals.\\n(301)", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "302 THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1849.\\ncame home. But the infamous villain and his more infa-\\nmous tool, Ross, swindled me out of the rent.\\nThursday, 20. Went to attend a special session of the\\nCouncil.\\nSunday 23. Went to church. Sermon by Mr. Stateler.\\nHe and his lady with M Scarritt came home with us and\\ndined.\\nMonday, 24. Employed John Big-Sinew and his cousin\\nto cut wood. Issued License for the marriage of Samuel\\nBig-Sinew to a Miss Clarrissa Carpenter.^\\nJanuary, 1850.\\nWednesday, 23.^ Hauled wood all day and at night went\\nto Capt. Bullhead s. Came home in the rain.\\nMonday, 28. Attended a night session of the Council\\nThe following is a copy of the license, together with the return of the minister\\nendorsed thereon. I obtained the original in the Indian Territory\\nWyandott Teekitoey Dec 24, 1849.\\nPermission is hereby granted to any clergyman, magistrate or any person duly\\nauthorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony, to unite by marriage Sanuel Bigsinew\\nto Clarissa Carpenter and due return make of the same to this office within thirty days-\\nGiven under my hand and seal day and date above written.\\nSigned Wm. Walker,\\nClerk to the Council, pro tern.\\nThis is to Certify that I joined together in matrimony Mr. Samuel Bigsinew and\\nMiss Clarissa Carpenter at the home of Isaac Zane on the 25th of Dec 1849\\n(Signed) B. H. Eussell\\nMinister of the Gospel\\nEe turned for Eecord Dec 26 1849\\nCaptain Bull-Head belonged to the Porcupine Clan of the Wyandots. He had two\\nWyandot names. The first was Ohn-dooh -tooh, the meaning of which is lost. The\\nsecond was Stih-yeh -stah, and means carrying bark, that is, as the porcupine carries\\nin his mouth the bark which he strips from the northern hemlock for his food. Cap-\\ntain Bull-Head was spoken of as the only full-blood Wyandot that came West with the\\ntribe, but he was not a full-blood. He was of the purest blood of any of the tribe, but\\nhe was part French. There was not a single full-blood in the Wyandot Nation in the_\\nWest. The last full-blood Wyandot died in Canada about the year 1820. His name was\\nYah-nyah -meh-deh.\\nCaptain Bull-Head was a taciturn, morose man. He served in the British army in\\nthe war of 1812. He carried with him always a peculiar knife with a blade about four\\ninches wide and twelve or fifteen inches long. This knife he carried in a brass scabbard\\nwhich was swung over his right shoulder and under his left arm by a brass chain. He\\nwas a man of great intelligence and well informed in the history and traditions of his\\npeople. Governor Walker often consulted him on these subjects. He died in Wyan-\\ndotte County, Kansas.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "February, 1850.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 303\\nand made the necessary preparation for the National Conven-\\ntion which was to meet the next day.\\nTuesday, 29. The National Convention met and I was\\nrequested to act as Chairman. The Laws enacted by the\\nLegislative Committtee were proclaimed the appropriation\\nbill for this year was reported. The question of our emigra-\\ntion to Min[n]esota^ was submitted and after a warm discus-\\nsion the vote was taken and resulted, for emigration 5 votes.\\nAgainst, 72. The question of dissolving the fund from\\nwhich we draw our annuity was next submitted and warmly\\ndebated till sun set, when, on motion of Esq. Gray Eyes it\\nwas postponed till next Tuesday. The convention adj d.\\nFebruary, 1850.\\nFriday, 8. Clear and frosty morning. A warm spring\\nday. Wrote to J. Walker. Attended the special session of\\nthe CounciL Discharged Geo. Coke from Jail, [he] having\\nserved out his twelve months imprisonment. The Council\\naddressed a com\u00c2\u00b0 to the Deputation at Washington. After\\ndoing up sundry things, adjourned. I came home an hun-\\ngered and dined.\\nFriday, 22. Clear and cold morning. M W. went to\\nK. M* H. M. Northrup^ called to-day. He reports that\\nThe Wyandots had an extensive and intimate acquaintance with the Northern\\ntribes and this made some of the tribe wish to go North. The discussion of the pos-\\nsibility of their going to Minnesota did not cease until after Tauromee secured the\\npresent Eeservation from the Senecas in the Indian Territory.\\nHiram Milton Northrup, only son of Andrus Bishop and Martha (McHenry) North-\\nrup, was born in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, June 4, 1S18. He was a man\\nof energy and enterprise. His first work towards self-support was as a clerk in a store-\\nthen he taught a district school. He went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and engaged in boat;\\nbuilding. From there he went to some point in Alabama and engaged in the mercan-\\ntile business, and failed. From Alabama he came to Westport, Mo., and engaged in the\\nSanta Fe trade, and was successful. Here he became acquainted with the Wyandots.\\nHe paid court with mati-imonial intentions to one of their best looking girls, Mar-\\ngaret Clark, daughter of Thomas Clark, who was the brother of George I. Clark, and a\\ngrandson of Chief Adam Brown. Miss Clark could speak but little English and the\\ncourtship had to be carried on by aid of interpreters, and old Wyandots relate many\\namusing incidents connected with it. They were married at the Methodist Church on\\nthe banks of Jersey Creek, November 27, 1845. Mr. Northrup s business increased. He", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "304 THE JOURNALS OF [February, 1850.\\ngreat preparations are making at the Dutch Reformed\\nChurch, i. e., the Union Hotel to celebrate the advent\\nof the father of his country, by a Birth night Ball. Vive\\nla Bagatelle!\\nSaturday, 23. Ah! pauvre moi I am again visited with\\nthat pest of this country, sore eyes. It is nearly a year ago\\nsince I was first attacked, and [I] was blind for three months\\nand recovered, and now here I have it again in full fruition.\\nMonday, 25. Beautiful spring morning. Went to town\\nand staid till evening. Transacted some public business.\\nProved that the United States stole James Big-Tree s horse.\\nTuesday, 26. We have heard of the finale of the great\\nBirth-night Ball at the Dutch Reformed Church. It ap-\\npears to have been a failure. The Ladies having taken um-\\nbrage at the ungallant conduct of the Managers, refused to\\nhonor them with their presence. Thereupon, the Landlord\\nand Managers got drunk most royally so, in order to be\\navenged on the refractory ladies. The Landlord to show his\\nindignation, made a perfect mash of the supper table and all\\nthe good things that were placed thereon. Even the Saur\\nKraut was not spared. It is supposed the dapper Land-\\nhad a partner and the firm was Northrup Chick. Joel Walker was associated with\\nNorthrup Chick for some time, and the firm was Walker, Northrup Chick. Northrup\\nChick went to New York and established a banking house, which was prosperous\\nuntil the panic of 1873, when it failed. Mr. Northrup returned to Wyandotte, Kansas, and\\nestablished the banking house of Northrup Son. The large tract of land allotted to\\nMr. Northrup by the Wyandots was in the heart of what is now Kansas City, Kansas,\\nand its increase in value caused by the growth of Kansas City, made him more than a\\nmillionaire. He died March 22, 1893. The panic of that year caused the failure of his\\nbank and this involved his estate, and much litigation followed which almost con-\\nsumed the great estate he left. He was a kind-hearted and charitable man and gave\\naway thousands of dollars to help the poor, especially poor Wyandots. He was utterly\\nincapable of resisting any reasonable appeal of a charity that had merit. He was one of\\nthe founders of Kansas City, Mo., and her great commerce has its foundations in his\\nefforts. He was a pioneer, merchant, trader, and banker. His history is the history\\nof the success of Kansas City, which, as a great mart, includes all the cities about the\\nmouth of the Kansas River.\\nOf his marriage to Margaret Clark (who was born August 28, 1828, and died June\\n28, 1887) were born: 1. Milton, born October 5, 1846; 2. Andrus Bishop, born April 27,\\n1849, died January 7, 1892; 3. Thomas Clark, born December 27, 1851, died October 10,\\n1876; 4. McHenry, born November 5, 1854, died December 1, 1857.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "MATTHEW E. WALKER.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "March, 1850.] GOVERN^OR WALKER. 305\\nlady, was brimful of wrath and cabbage at the conduct\\nof her hopeful husband, boxed his ears and sent him to bed.\\nMaech, 1850.\\nThursday, 7. Clear, frosty morning. Warm day.\\nI am anxious to get my mail; but what good will it do me\\nwhen I am so nearly blind as to be unable to read\\nTuesday, 12. We had a fair specimen of a Missouri\\nsquall last night.\\nThe Tfind blew as twad blawn her last;\\nThe rattling show rs rose on the blast\\nThe speedy gleams the darkness swallow d.\\nLoad, deep and long the thunder bellow d;\\nThat night, a child might anderstand,\\nThe de il had business on his hand.\\nCloudy, but pleasant. To-day the Council meets to at-\\ntend to the important affairs of State.\\nCame home from the Council after dark, hungry and fa-\\ntigued, after having disposed of various important State\\naffairs, and sent a fellow to the Calaboose for 24 hours for\\ndisturbing a religious meeting.\\nWednesday, 13.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 High winds all night. Bright and\\nclear morning.\\nWent to town to bring home a runaway Cow but Oh\\nthe trouble and vexation I encountered After much trib-\\nulation I succeeded in getting her home. She was so poor\\nand squalid that, the lowing of the hine was not heard by\\nthe neighbors living on the road. This is the cow Dr. Hew-\\nitt rated at $25. She is hardly worth as many cents.\\nWarm and pleasant day, but windy.\\nE-ec d no mail from the East. A great dearth of news.\\nWe know no more of the doings of our wise and patriotic\\nMany of the Wyandots suflTered from inflammation of the eyes when they came\\nWest. Old Wyandots often speak of it. They attributed the disease to the sandy soil\\nand the high winds sandstorms. Many of them lost their sight entirely. The Coun-\\ncil gave pensions to the old people that became blind.\\n21", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "306 THE JOURNALS OF [April, 1850.\\nCongress than if they were in session in the palace of Chang\\nChaufoo, in China.^\\nFriday, 15. Last night Miss Maria Monk came in glad\\npossession of an interesting little Monk. The event had\\nbeen looked for with much interest. It is a beautiful\\nspecimen of the horned breed, having upon its body all the\\nvaried colors of the Rainbow. Who the favored father of\\nthis young kine may be, it is hard to conjecture; and Maria\\npertinaciously refuses to tell. Albeit, she, like her great\\nnamesake of Hotel Dieu memory, was never considered as\\nchaste as a vestal.\\nEnlarged my meadow and hauled some more wood.\\nSunday, 17. St. Patrick s day in the morning Cloudy\\nand cold. Went to Church and heard a sermon from Rev.\\nM Jameison. A good performance. Went to church in\\nthe evening and interpreted a sermon for M Stateler.\\nMonday, 18. Clear, cold and frosty morning. Prospect\\nof a warm and pleasant day.\\nWent to Kansas. Learned that our Missouri boys were\\ndoing well in Refining the dust; but at the same time\\ndiscouraged their friends from the Experiment of\\ndigging.\\nApril, 1850.\\nMonday, 8. M W. gone to Kawzas.^ Cholera at St.\\nJoseph. So, it seems we are to be visited with that scourge\\nof the human race, again this season.\\nThursday, 11. Finished my experiment in Budding fruit\\nOne of the inconveniences of the country in those days was the lack of mail facil-\\nities. Governor Walker wished to know what was transpiring, and complains bitterly\\nof the inefficient services rendered by the mail contractors. And now the uniformed\\nmail deliverer passes the site of his home two or three times each day and brings the\\nmail to the door!\\nIn the gold fields of California.\\nOne of the ways of writing Kansas; it more nearly represents the pronunciation of\\nthe name as used by the Kaw Indians than the spelling of the present, but it is no\\nlonger used.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "May, 1850.] GOVERNOK WALKER. 307\\ntrees, having set 40 buds, all of the apple. Ploughed my\\npotato patch. One of the Standingstones burned to death\\nlast night near Kansas, in a drunken frolic. Major Moseley\\nreturned from St. Louis to-day.\\nSaturday, 13. Cold windy morning: wind from the\\nNorth.\\nWent to Kansas to attend to some business, meantime the\\nSteamer Pride of the West landed well laden with Cali-\\nfornia emigrants all intent upon their pursuit of filthy\\nlucre strange as it may appear, yet it is neverthe-\\nless true that, notwithstanding the admonition of the pious\\nApostle to beware of this Poot of all evil, yet Saint and\\nsinner are eagerly and hot foot in pursuit of it. Alas!\\nfor the degeneracy of the times\\nSunday, 14. Cold and windy morning. Saddled up\\nCato and rode out a half mile and back.\\nI have been so often perplexed, when speaking of the\\nSouthampton insurrection, to recall the name of the leader,\\nthat I now record his name, Nat Turner. He was a\\npreacher. A superstitious enthusiast.\\nMay, 1850.\\nTuesday, 14. This is the day the Wyandott Conven-\\ntion adjourned to. At 12 o clock, meridian, the president\\ncalled the Convention to order and the discussion was re-\\nsumed and continued with much animation till five o clock\\nwhen the vote was called for loudly. M. R. Walker and\\nSilas Armstrong^ were appointed tellers. The vote stood,\\nSilas Armstrong, the eldest son of Eobert and Sarah (Zane) Armstrong, was bom\\nJune 3, 1810. He was a man of enterprise and capable of managing large affairs. He\\nwas the energetic manager of the removal of the Wyandots to the West. He was a mer-\\nchant, saw-mill owner and operator, land speculator and farmer and successful in all\\nthese pursuits. His home was near the intersection of Fifth Street and Minnesota ave-\\nnue, Kansas City, Kan.\\nOf his marriage, October 8, 1832, with Sarah Preston (who was bom in 1811), were\\nbom 1. Tabitha, bora February 6, 1834, married E. T. Vedder, August 5, 1856; Vedder\\ndied in January, 1867 married Seymour Thomas (who was born in New York in 1840),", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "308 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1850.\\nfor the treaty, 63. Against it 20. Seven or eight not vot-\\ning. Carried.\\nWednesday, 15. This day M Abelard Guthrie and Com-\\npany set [out] for California. Health and success attend\\nthem.\\nTuesday, 21. Attended the session of the Council, made\\nout the pay roll. Confirmed the right of H. M. North-\\nrup to citizenship. M Hannah Zane,^ late of Ohio, and\\nM Nancy Garrett^ were also admitted. George Wright\\nin 1870 2. Robert, born August 19, 1835, drowned in tbe Kansas Eiver, July 15, 1858\\n3. Caroline, born in December, 1837; 4. Winfield Scott, born December 1, 1840 5. SUas,\\nbom February 1, 1842. Sarah (Preston) Armstrong died February 9, 1842.\\nSilas Armstrong and Zelinda M. Hunter (who was bom December 3, 1820), were\\nmarried (have not been able to learn the date). Of this marriage were born 1. Cath-\\nerine, bom June 15, 1843, married Shaffenberg 2. Duncin, born January 23, 1849,\\ndied February 22, 1850 3. Minarrh C, born July 12, 1846 4. Mclntyre, bom July 15,\\n1852; 5. Elizabeth U., born November 27, 1854; 6. Antoinette, bom February 15, 1858,\\nmarried T. B. Barnes, died October 2, 1882 7. Naomi, born August 10, 1861. Zelinda\\nM. Armstrong died February 10, 1883. Silas Armstrong died December 14, 1865. He is\\nburied in Huron Place Cemetery. The granite monument over his grave is the best in\\nthat historic burial ground. The following is copied from its northeast face\\n(Figure of Ark and Anchor.)\\nSilas Armstrong\\nDied December 14, 1865.\\nAged 55 ys II Mos I I Ds.\\nThe Pioneer of the Wyandott\\nIndians To The Kansas Valley\\nIn 1842. The Leading Man and\\nConstant Friend of The Indians\\nA Devout Christian and Good Mason\\nHe Leaves The Craft on Earth and\\nGoes With Joy to the Great Architect.\\nI once asked S. S. Sharp to describe the funeral of Silas Armstrong. He replied: I\\nnever saw before nor since such a funeral as that. Many white people were present\\n\u00c2\u00bbnd a thousand Indians were there, all crying at the same time.\\nShe was the widow of Isaac Zane. Bom in Virginia. She is buried in Hnron\\nPlace Cemetery. Died November 14, 1886, aged 92 years.\\nWidow of George Garrett Governor Walker s sister.\\nA most remarkable man of great intelligence. He lives on Sycamore Creek in the\\nWyandot Eeserve, near Seneca, Mo., where he settled in 1856. His grandmother was\\ncaptured by the French in Guinea, Africa. She and other children were playiug about\\nthe outskirts of a negro village. Suddenly the cry was raised that denoted an attack.\\nThe children fled, but this little girl was unable to hold way with the larger ones. She\\nwas but six years old, and very small for that age. She was captured by the pursuers,\\nwho proved to be a party of French slavers. They carried lier to the Martinique Is-\\nlands, where they kept her for some time. Here there were many other negroes. After\\nsome time she was placed on board a ship which was loaded with her people, Saila\\nwere set and the vessel stood out to sea. None of the negroes had any idea of their ul-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "May, 1850.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 309\\nand Lewis Clark s names were placed upon the pay roll, but\\nwith the understanding that they are not, by this act, ac-\\nknowledged as having equal rights with the others. Their\\nrelative position to be defined when the treaty goes into\\neffect.\\nSaturday, 25. Excessively warm. Closed the Annuity\\npayment to-day. Glad of it. Vexatious and perplexing.\\nThis may be the last semi- Annuity we will receive from the\\nUnited States, for, if the President and Senate should\\nconfirm our treaty it will certainly be the last. As after\\nthat event we Wyandotts will become citizens of Uncle\\nSam s States. A truly new era in the history of the Wyan-\\ndott Nation.\\nSunday, 26. Cloudy and at short intervals, scattering\\ndrops of rain. The air pure and bracing. Wrote a letter\\nto Governor King upon the subject of a scamp of an\\nalien holding the office of Justice of the Peace in C\\nCounty.\\ntimate destination. When the ship had been at sea a few days it was attacked by the\\nEnglish and captured. The English ship was a slave cruiser and her crew put the\\nFrench to the sword. Then they carried the negroes to America. At Philadelphia\\nthey sold Wright s grandmother to a Delaware Indian.\\nShe was both slave and wife to the Delaware. Wright s mother was bom to her while\\nshe was the wife and chattel of the Indian. Some time during the War of the Eevolu-\\ntion this Delaware sold his slave and her daughter to a Wyandot Chief named Ron-\\ntondee or Warpole. (Eohn -tohn-deh signifies round in form like a tree trunk.) In the\\nyear 1800 they were adopted by the Wyandots. Soon after the adoption the daughter\\nwas married to a St. Regis Seneca, Wright s father.\\nWright remembers his grandmother well. He heard her often tell the foregoing\\naccount of her life. He was bom at Upper Sandusky, March 20, 1812. His hair is long\\nand straight, and somewhat gray; he has a long straight beard. In feature he resem-\\nbles a Hindoo. His health is good but he is almost blind. He has the negro s love for\\nmusic and plays on a violin which he has owned for fifty years.\\nWright came to Wyandotte County, Kansas, from Upper Sandusky, in 1850. In 1856\\nhe went to the Senecas in the Indian Territory and settled on Sycamore Creek, where\\nhe DOW lives. This part of the Seneca land was afterwards sold to the Wyandots.\\nWright was then readopted by the Wyandots and given an allotment of 160 acres of\\nland, which include.s his home. He was the official interpreter of the United States for\\nthe Senecas, and also for the Shawnees, for sixteen years. He speaks perfect Wyandot,\\nShawnee, and Seneca. His English is good, much better than is generally spoken by\\nmen in his station. His mind is vigorous and his ideas clear and orderly. His dis-\\ncourse is logical, and well arranged. He is a ready speaker and does not hesitate for\\nwords.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "310 THE JOUENALS OF [June. ISSO.\\nJune, 1850.\\nSunday, 2. Just heard of the death of Robert Latti-\\nmore in California. **Alas! poor Yoekick thou art\\ndone with thy games of chance. It is no longer thy deal\\nthou hast turned up thy last trump, and it is greatly to be\\nfeared thou hast been euchered at last. Oh Hoyle one of\\nthy devotees has shuffled off this mortal coil.\\nTuesday, 4. Just heard of an onslaught by the Pawnees\\nupon the Pottowattomies in which the latter repulsed their\\nassailants with the death of their leader. It will end here\\nthere will be no more of it hereafter.\\nNo mail! the usual excuse, the Blue is wpr Yes, and\\nso is Turkey Creek but horsemen and pedestrians can\\npass and repass without let or hindrance. But the\\nBlue is up and the mail contractor on dry land. He is\\nterribly diseased with the Hydrophobia, and has a great\\ndread of the waters of the Blue. I wish he were blue\\nhimself and in the midst of his blueness thrown into the\\nBlue.\\nPretty fair prospect of some more rain. Let it come\\nand welcome. Twill be a blessing, not in disguise, but\\nin its proper guise. Attended the session of the Council.\\nA beautiful shower came on. Came home drenched. All\\nright. A little more of the same kind.\\nFriday, 7. Just learned that Capt. Ketchum, the Chief\\nof the Delawares, had informed our Chief that a band of\\nPawnees had attacked the Pottowattomies and were repulsed\\nand that one had been captured and six scalps had been\\nfound in his possession, supposed to have been taken from\\nsome California emigrants.^\\nTuesday, 11. Attended Council. A committee appointed\\nby a meeting of the people called upon the Council re-\\nThe Pawnees hung upon the trail of the caravans bound for California. Any weak\\nparty was almost sure to be attacked.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "Jane, 1850.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 311\\nquesting a convention to consider whether the Wyandotts\\ncoming from Ohio are to be received as equal participants\\nin the provisions of the late treaty/ The Council agreed to\\nthe request and fixed upon next Tuesday as the day of\\nmeeting.\\nSaturday, 15. Attended a National Council called by\\nthe Chief upon the claim of several Ohio Wyandotts. Af-\\nter an exciting discussion the whole matter was adjourned\\ntill after the ratification of the treaty. M Z. McColloch,\\none of the claimants, being much chagrined at the result.\\nHe called in the evening at my house and asked the loan of\\nthe treaty in order to copy some portions of it, but I re-\\nfer d him to the CounciL The principal Chief and J.\\nWalker refused it, on the ground that it would be a violation\\nof the injunction of secrecy, the President and Senate not\\nhaving acted upon it yet. So M McColloch left disap-\\npointed and mortified.\\nSunday, 23. Called upon the Major s family. Read his\\nnewspapers. In the St. Louis Republican an article ap-\\npeared over the signature of Soo-no-ree-zhue attacking\\nthe Bishops of the M. E. Church, South, and the Church\\ngenerally. A scurrilous thing. I instantly responded,\\nover the signature of CATHOLia\\nFriday, 28. Went to Kansas with the team for some pro-\\nvisions. Had much diflSculty in crossing Turkey Creek.\\nOne death in Kansas from Cholera M Walrond s black\\nboy, Arch. Got home safe with my freight.\\nJuly, 1850.\\nFriday, 5. M Tacket came over after M Russel to at-\\nA considerable number of Wyandots remained in Ohio, and never removed West.\\nOnly another incident in the Church division and the strife and bitterness en-\\ngendered by it.\\nSee former notes stating that Turkey Creek emptied into the Missouri Biver at that\\ntime.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "312 THE JOURNALS OF [Jaiy. i850.\\ntend the dying moments of Dr. Fulton, who was taken with\\nthat fell destroyer, Cholera [at] 3 o clock this morning.\\nM* R. returned and reported the Dr. dying. Therm. 96\u00c2\u00b0.\\n[Dr. F.] Died at 12 M. and was buried at 5 P. M.\\nSaturday, 6. Prospect of another warm day. Clear.\\nThe sun looks angry and lurid. Called upon Major Mose-\\nley s family and found M M. sick prepared some med-\\nicines.\\nThe Cholera has caused some of the citizens of Kansas to\\nflee. This is folly.\\nMonday, 15. Just heard of the death of President Tay-\\nlor, [he] having died of Cholera on the 11th inst. Can this\\nbe true\\nTo-day the Annual nominations for principal Chief and\\nmembers of the Council took place\\nJames Washington [against] Tauroomee, was nominated.\\nG. I. Clark J. T. Charloe,\\nJ. D. Brown J. W. Gray Eyes,\\nM. Mudeater D. Young,\\nG. I. Clark was then nominated for Principal Chief to\\nrun against F. A. Hicks. James Kankin was then nomi-\\nnated to oppose J. T. Charloe.\\nThe nominations having been completed, the Convention\\nadjourned.\\nThursday, 18. Rose at daylight, had an early break-\\nfast, geared up the team, loaded up the wagon with all the\\nnecessary outfit, such as provisions, bedding, marquee,\\netc., and at 7 o clock our folks set out for the Eutau Springs,\\nunder the conduct of Samuel Pankin. I accompanied them\\nas far as Kansas. A pleasant journey to them.\\nFriday, 19. Cut out a nearer road to town. 2 o clock\\nP. M. 92\u00c2\u00b0.\\nMuch speculation as to the author of Catholic in the\\nMissouri Pepublican.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "August, 1850.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 313\\nBad news. Just heard that Geo. Armstrong, Tall Charles\\nand several others had returned from the Eutau Springs,\\nand they report that the springs were dried up that coun-\\ntry having suffered the parching influence of a rigorous\\ndrought. So our folks will have their journey for naught.\\nSaturday, 20. Clear and warm. Went to Kansas, and\\non my way found the ferry boat at Turkey Creek sunk.\\nAfter hard labor (and I bearing the principal part) we suc-\\nceeded in getting her afloat then commenced the process of\\nbailing with an old tin Kittle with as many holes as it had\\nseen years and their name was Legion.\\nTuesday, 23. Therm. 98\u00c2\u00b0. In the evening a part of our\\nfolks returned from the Eutau Springs, (as already stated,\\nthey were dried up,) leaving M Gilmore and Martha with\\nM Dickson to ruralize in the cold water Grove.\\nAugust, 1850.\\nTuesday, 13. To-day the Wyandott National election\\ncomes off.\\nThe result of the National election\\nJames Washington s majority 21\\nJames Rankin s 4\\nJ. W. Gray Eyes 5\\nM. Mudeater s 21\\nFor Principal Chief, G. I. Clark s majority... 31\\nThe Legislative Committee for this year stands thus\\nJ. M. Armstrong, John Arms, M. R. Walker, H. M.\\nNorthrup and William Walker. Therm. 108\u00c2\u00b0.\\nTo-day Jacob Warpole was found near F. Tremble s hav-\\ning severe cuts and bruises on his head, in an insensible\\nstate. So much for the sports of the Circus.\\nWednesday, 14. Jacob Warpole^ died of his wounds this\\nSon of Eontondee or Warpole, known as Henry Warpole. Eontondee is buried in\\nHuron Place Cemetery. He died November 17, 1843, aged 68 years. He waa the son", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "314 THE JOURNALS OF [August, 185a\\nmorning. Peter Vieu, being suspected as the murderer, a\\nwarrant was issued, on the aflSdavit of J. W. Gray Eyes and\\nhe was arrested and the examining trial set for Friday.\\nThursday, 15. Went to Kansas to hunt up testimony in\\nthe murder case. Came home somewhat indisposed.\\nFriday, 16. Went to Kansas again in company with\\nMajor Moseley and the Council to attend the trial of Peter\\nVieu. He had employed Col. R. C. Smart to defend him\\nand the Council employed M Hereford to prosecute. Af-\\nter the examination of a large number of witnesses, the de-\\nfendant was discharged. Came home late in the evening.\\nSunday, 25. Went to church. M Shaler having no in-\\nterpreter. Deacon Hicks held forth in an impressive address.\\nTuesday, 27. Cloudy and cool. Ground the scythe and\\nset the old truant to work. Went to the Council and heard\\nthe inaugural address of Geo I. Clark, the Principal Chief.\\nThe address was appropriate and marked with sound polit-\\nical principles but there was a barrenness and jejuneness\\nin his language, unsuited to the occasion.\\nOctober, 1850.\\nTuesday, 22. Went to town. M W. went to Kansas\\nand got my mail.\\nThe Wyandott Treaty ratified with various amendments\\nand alterations, but the main and vital part is there. All\\nwe wtinted.-^\\nThe Sheriff arrested Boyd Peacock for stealing goods\\nof the famous Chief Eontondee. When Wyandott City was first platted a street was\\nnamed Warpole street in his honor, but the City Council, composed of men ignorant of\\nthe City s history, changed it into something else. The old name should be restored.\\nSee Eeyision of Indian Treaties, 1021. It cost the Wyandots almost $40,000 for an\\nattorney to make the treaty. The money was paid to one Eeed. There was bad man-\\nagement somewhere, for the Government owed the money obtained by the treaty, and\\nwould have paid it without cost to the Wyandots. There was much dissatisfaction in\\nthe tribe about the amount of this fee, and some talk about it in Congress, but the\\nscroundrel got safely away with his money.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "November, 1850] GOVERNOR WALKER. 315\\nfrom G. B. Dameron, and committed to Jail, to be surren-\\ndered to the officers of the State.\\nNovember, 1850.\\nSaturday, 2. Went to Kansas to attend a Law suit, but\\nhad no trial owing to informality in my papers. I ll pick\\nmy flint and try again.\\nFriday, 8. Our Wyandotts are traveling off to New\\nMadrid to hunt. The ruling passion strong in death.\\nSaturday, 23. Clear frosty morning. Engaged in mak-\\ning out the Wyandott Pay Roll, preparatory to the annuity\\npayment.\\nM* James H. Forsythe of Maumee, Ohio, accompanied\\nby Joel Walker, called upon me. He is direct from Wash-\\nington. He made explanation in regard to the ratification\\nof only a part of our treaty with the Gov t. The officers\\nof the Indian Department, and especially the Indian Agents\\nand Sub- Agents in the West, made a general but covert and\\ninsidious attack upon it. It was gall and wormwood to\\nthem. Cause why Their bread and butter was in im-\\nminent peril. For their own special benefit the Indians\\nmust be kept in statu quo?\\nSunday, 8. Had nothing from the Post office since last\\nMonday a dearth of news. This afternoon P. D. Clark*\\ncame and dined with us all the company we have had\\nto-day.\\nTuesday, 10. At night I received a note from J. M.\\nAn expression of the old-time hunters when the flints in their gun-locks failed to\\nstrike fire.\\nThe same thing holds to this time. In treaty making the interests of the agents\\nand other hangers-on are often better guarded than those of the Indians.\\n3 Author of the The Traditional History of the Wyandots. He was a brother to\\nGeorge I. Clark, and a grandson of Chief Adam Brown. His name was Peter Dooyen-\\ntate Clarke. The final e was always used in writing Clarice by most members of this\\nfamily. His book was published at Toronto, Canada, in 1870. It is unreliable in its\\nhistorical statements and conclusions, but on habits, customs, and usages of the Wyan-\\ndots, and their traditions, it is genei-ally authentic. Toronto is derived from the\\nWyandot word Toh-roohn -tooh, meaning plenty or abundance.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "316 THE JOUENALS OF [November, 1850.\\nArmstrong informing me that the Legislative Committee\\nwas required to meet on to-morrow, Wednesday, the 11th.\\nWednesday, 11. The Committee met and was organized\\nand rec d a Message from the Principal Chief. Proceeded to\\nbusiness, and adjourned at 4 o clock P. M.\\nThursday, 12. Went to attend the session of the Legis-\\nlative Committee. Passed an Act regulating the National\\nferry for the year 51. Several bills were introduced, read\\nthe first time and laid upon the table.\\nWindy and tempestuous. This day the Wyandott Chiefs\\npaid the Delawares their instalment due this year.\\nTuesday, 17. To-day the Council and Legislative Com-\\nmittee meet in joint session to elect a Ferryman for the year\\n1851. Lame and decrepit as I am, I am compelled to do\\nmy own work cut wood, make fires, and feed my stock. I\\ncannot get one of our vagabonds to work for me, no differ-\\nence how extravagant may be the wages I offer.\\nJudge Ewing and son called upon us, and [we] had a long\\nchat upon public business.\\nWent to town. The Legislative Committee and Council\\nmet in joint meeting and proceeded to the election of a\\nFerryman, when Isaac Brown was declared duly elected.\\nCame home much pained with my Rheumatism in my ankle.\\nThursday, 19. Harriet went to Major Moseley s and bro t\\nme some medicines. Expecting M Northrup to send me a\\nsack of Flour to-day according to arrangements. M. E,. W.\\ninforms me that he sent over a quantity to divers persons on\\nthis side but none for me. My curses and execrations upon\\nthe little Polliwog! There is no dependence to be placed in\\nhim. He well knows that I am crippled and helpless.\\nFriday, 20. Clear frosty morning. Prospect of a fair\\nand pleasant [day] Heard of a sack of Flour lying in the\\nFerry Boat. Sent for it by Jacob Charloe, whether it was\\nmine or not. He and Isaac Muskrat cut and hauled in a\\nquantity of wood.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "February, 1851.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 317\\nSaturday, 21. Clear, but warm. Jacob Charloe and\\n[Isaac] Muskrat came and butchered a hog.\\nFebruary, 1851.\\nFrom this day [Sat., Dec. 28th, 1850] till now I have been\\nsorely afflicted with Rheumatism and Neuralgia. The Com-\\nplaint in my head affecting my eyes to such a degree as to\\ncause almost total blindness. This will account for the long\\nhiatus in my Journal.\\nDuring all this time, I was unable to read or write, in con-\\nsequence of the Neuralgia affecting my sight. This was\\nhard on me depending upon others to read for my amuse-\\nment. But I have now in some degree recovered my sight.\\nSaturday, 8. The Nation convened to-day upon the sub-\\nject of sending a deputation to Washington City on business\\nconnected with our late treaty with the Gov t Geo. I. Clark\\nand Joel Walker are the delegates, John W. Gray Eyes\\nhaving been dropped.\\nMonday, 17. An incident. Just learned that John Big-\\nSinew and his half brother. Smith Nichols, while riding at\\nfull speed, returning from the Northern meeting, both on\\none horse, were thrown against a tree and seriously injured,\\nTuesday, 18. The Kansas river has about run dry; there\\nnot being water enough to float the ferry boat, and conse-\\nquently no ferrying. In the evening learned that the ferry\\nwas now passable.\\nSaturday, 22. Rev. B. H. Russell and M Dofflemeyer^\\ncalled and staid an half an hour.\\nDaniel Dofflemeyer. Governor Walker wrote the name in different ways often\\nDnflElemeyer. His descendants live in Kansas City, Mo., to tMs day. I find the fol-\\nlowing in the History of Jackson County, Missouri, page 762\\nEev. Daniel Doflemeyer was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, August 21,\\n1813, and resided there until the age of nineteen years. Then removed to Morgan\\ncounty, Illinois, arriving April 1st, and there lived until the autumn of 1836. From\\nthis place he went to Van Buren county, then a territory, locating on a point near Ben-\\ntonsport, where he remained until 1846. During this time, in 1842, his wife died, leav-\\ning four children, two of whom are living. In the spring of 1846 took up his residence", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "318 THE JOUENALS OF [February, 1851.\\nThere is to be a celebration to-day in Kansas by the\\nMasons, Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance.\\nTuesday, 25. Cloudy and windy. Went to James Big-\\nTree s and appointed him a member of the Legislative Com.\\nto supply the vacancy caused by the absence of J. M. Arm-\\nstrong.\\nThursday, 27. Wrote a Communication (dated 24th) to\\nCist, for the Advertiser, upon Reminiscences of Olden times.\\nFriday, 28. The Legislative Committee, by appointment,\\nis to meet to-day. Went to meet the Committee, but Alas!\\nnot one [other] member appeared. Saw, for the first time,\\nW. Linville, since his return from California.\\nMarch, 1851.\\nMonday, 3. To-night at 12 o clock Congress has to ad-\\njourn sine die. I do not think wisdom and patriotism will\\ndie with this, 31st Congress. Tho it numbers among its\\nmembers some valuable men, still there is a great deal of\\noffal, of fungi. Such men as Root and Giddings of Ohio,\\nWilmot of Penna. and such ilk. But they have had their\\nday, and having had the one which providence and the\\ncurrent of public affairs have allotted them, they must now\\nsink down to the level their deeds, good, or bad, has assigned\\nthem. Ainse valle monde.\\nin Fayette, Howard county. Mo., remaining until the fall of 1848, when he came to\\nKansas City. From here went to Shawnee Mission, at the same time receiving instruc-\\ntion from Eev. Nathan Scarritt, of the High School. This he continued until May 17th\\nfollowing, in the meantime, being employed as a carpenter, to oversee and do the general\\nrepairing about the institution. His next move was to California, engaged in mining,\\nthere remaining until June, 1850, when he returned to the mission. In 1851 was\\nlicensed to preach, and was sent to Wyandott Mission, where he served in connection\\nwith Eev. Scarritt, three nations, Wyandotts, Delawares and Shawnees, for a period of\\none year. After this, was given exclusive control of the Wyandott Mission but left\\nWyandott, and went to Scaine, Mississippi, being interested to have settlements begin\\nin Kansas. In 1856 went to survey a claim, when he came in contact with Jim Lane,\\nwho set up the right to the claim. After this Mr. D. returned to Scaine, Mississippi,\\nwith his family, and in 1857 settled permanently in Kansas City. His second marriage\\noccurred June 8, 1851, to Miss Virginia T., daughter of P. Ellington, a native of Vir-\\nginia. He was among the first settlers of Platte county. Mo. By this union the family\\nconsists of six children John T., Alice, Thomas J., Louis E., Virginia L., and Charlie.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "March, 1851.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 319\\nTuesday, 4. Last evening a party from the Institution,\\nMessrs. Dofflemeyer and Huffaker, and Miss Hester Russel,\\ncame and staid all night. The latter gentleman by some\\nmishap got into the Kansas Kiver and had the benefit of a\\ncold bath.\\nWent to town to attend the session of the Council, but to\\nmy astonishment no one [was] there except the Sheriff who\\ninformed me that they imitated the 31st Congress adjourn-\\ning sine die. So, I adjourned also.\\nWednesday, 5. This day I complete my half century.\\nFifty years old to-day; and I now enter upon my fifty first\\nyear. Dull day at [any] rate depressed in spirit. Wrote\\nto Joel Walker at Washington. The Highland Mary went\\nup the river to-day.\\nFriday, 7. Sent up a note to F. Cotter demanding the\\ntown Plat of Wyandott City,i by Thos. Coon-Hawk. M W.\\nand Sophia gone on a visit to M Moseley s. Warm and\\npleasant day. Therm, at Temperate, at 2 P. M.\\nA Wyandott social Levee held at the Council house to-\\nnight.\\nSaturday, 8. Yesterday Johnny O Bludgeon unfortu-\\nnately received a severe bruise or contusion upon his foot.\\nOch said he, but I am murther d entirely. Screwing\\nhis face up most ruefully, [he] exclaimed, Be me troth\\nand I m ruined, sure and it s I that am hurted.\\nFriday, 14. Writing an Indian story for Cist s Adver-\\ntiser.\\nSunday, 16. I learn that our California men intend to\\nswindle us out of our shares.\\nMonday, 17. St. Patrick s day.\\nAt daylight M^ Graham set out to invite my California\\nsubstitute, W. Lynville, and his own, Ira Hunter, to come\\nThis is another paper that I have searched for unsuccessfully for many years. The\\nlots were about an acre in extent.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "320 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 18M.\\nover to my house for a settlement. At 1 o clock they ar-\\nrived.\\nAfter some Conversation with them, we discovered that it\\nwas their determination to play the villian. Though the\\nunderstanding and bargain was, when they were outfitted,\\nthat on their return they were to divide with us equally, yet\\nthey would not so much as pay for their outfit and though\\nthey came back with upwards of two thousand dollars each,\\nyet they, in rendering an account of their gains, were guilty\\nof moral perjury. They were not smitten down by the ven-\\ngeance of Heaven as were Ananias and Sapphira before the\\nApostle Peter, but verily they will have their reward.\\nThursday, 20. Finished my communication to Cist s\\nAdvertiser.\\nSaturday, 22. M. E.. W. starts to-day for Cass County.\\nSent by him to the Post Office a Com. for Cist s Adver-\\ntiser.\\nThis afternoon M Dofflemeyer and M Griffin of the In-\\nstitution came and put up with us intending to attend Quar-\\nterly Meeting. At night, clear and cold.\\nSunday, 23. Clear and cold A real hoar frost Pros-\\npects of a beautiful day. My family and guests going to\\nChurch.\\nMajor Moseley called upon me on his way to Church\\nand gave me the current news, and among these\\nHung be the Heavens in black! The bill granting to\\nthe Pacific Rail Road Company the right of way and each\\nalternate section, which passed the Senate, was killed in the\\nhouse. So goes Democracy. This may be retrograde pro-\\ngressive Democracy.\\nOur folks returned from Church bringing with them M\\nKnight, Sr., from Kansas, who dined with us.\\nFrom him I learn that Kennedy of the Commonwealth\\nhas moved his Press from Independence to Kansas, intend-\\n1", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "April, 1851.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 321\\ning to publish a neutral paper. Well, Democracy is on the\\nwane in Jackson County.\\nMonday, 24. Clear and beautiful morning with a clear\\nsilver frost, with every indication of a beautiful day.\\nWent over to Kansas for the first time for nearly five\\nmonths. Spent some time quite agreeably with my friends,\\nDined with M Knight. Called at the Post Ofiice sub-\\nscribed for the St. Louis Republican at $1.45, in a Club.\\nCheap enough in all Conscience. Came home.\\nTuesday, 25. Went to attend the session of the Council.\\nJohn C. McCoy commenced to-day surveying the Wyan-\\ndott purchase.^ Commenced at the mouth of the Kansas.\\nWednesday, 26. Finished Schoolcraft s enquiries into\\nthe In do- American language, i. e., Wyandott.\\nSunday, 30. Russel Garrett bro t my mail. News from\\nOhio!\\nOn the 15th inst., on the 28th Ballot, Benjamin F. Wade,\\nof Ashtabula County, was elected U. S. Senator, having\\nrec d 44 votes out of 81. Good\\nApril, 1851.\\nSunday, 6. temporal mores! Oh what a biting and\\nkilling frost This frost has done the deed for the fruit for\\nthis year of 1851.\\nAt 12 o clock I set out for Independence. Went to John\\nC. McCoy s and staid all night.\\nMonday, 7. Cloudy and misting. Rain. Went in com-\\npany with J. M. McCoy to Independence to attend the session\\nof the County Court Arrived midst rain noise and con-\\nfusion about the Court House. Selling at auction negroes,\\nhorses, mules, etc.\\nHere I must be allowed to make a remark upon the char-\\nacteristics of the citizens of Independence. They are the most\\nMcCoy surveyed most of the Indian Eeservations in what is now Kansas. He laid\\nout and was the proprietor of the town of Westport, Mo.\\n22", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "322 THE JOURNALS OF [April, issi.\\nselfish, exacting, grinding, mercenary people I ever saw in any\\nCountry, barbarian or Christian. Hospitality is an utter\\nstranger and foreigner to them. A stranger might arrive\\nand stay six months or a year and may form many acquaint-\\nances and be a stranger still. He will never see the inside\\nof their dwellings unless forced there by urgent business.\\nAnd it really seems that the citizens have completely im-\\nbibed the notion that they have an indefeasible claim to the\\nmoney a stranger may bring with him that he ought not\\nto be suffered to carry away from town any money, that it\\nis their prescriptive right. Independence is a spoiled child!\\nTuesday, 8. Attended the Council. A joint meeting of\\nthe Legislative Committee and Council was held. Commit-\\ntee adjourned sine die.\\nWednesday, 9. Staid at home all day feeling quite un-\\nwell.\\nHired Russia Chop-The-Logs.^ Cloudy day.\\nMonday, 21. A most severe and biting frost! Farewell\\nfruit. My Curse upon this Missouri Climate. Upper Mis-\\nsouri will always be subject to the drawbacks of an unstable\\nand irregular Climate. From one extreme to another.\\nSome winters rivaling Lapland and others mild as Louisi-\\nana, and spring varying from summer heat to zero. All\\nthis is attributed, by wise men, to the elevation or altitude\\nand proximity to the snowy mountains. Well, there is no\\nhelp for it.\\nRussia Chop-The-LoKS was afterward a soldier in the Union Army. While he was\\naway in the war the late M. B. Newman, one Cooper, and others of Wyandotte County,\\nsupposing, or hoping, that he was dead, had an administrator appointed for his estate\\nand sold his allotment of land. When Chop, as he was called, came home sound\\nand well Newman Co. hid themselves, for he was a dangerous man, especially when\\nnnder the influence of intoxicating liquors. He was furious when he found that his\\nland had been sold, and that, too, on the representation that he was dead. He chased\\nNewman up a stairway one day and said to him, Oh, you scoundrel! I am mad now!\\nI go fight while you cowardly devils hide at home Then you swear I am dead and\\nsteal my land. Oh, I am mad now! I wish I fight on the other side! They pre-\\nvented him from injuring Newman, hut those concerned had to pay Chop for his\\nland, and pay Mm well, too, to avoid serious trouble.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "May, 1851.] GOVEENOR WALKER. 323\\nJust heard that Geo. I. Clark had arrived from Wash-\\nington.\\nMonday, 28. Wrote to G. W. Boyd, by Russia Chop-\\nThe-Logs to let Hamilton have the Store House for $8. per\\nmonth for 5 months, to keep a Grocery.^\\nWednesday, 30. A most severe, biting frost. Farewell\\nfruit!\\nC. B. Garrett, M. R. Walker and myself having been ap-\\npointed by the Hon. Executive Council, School Examiners,\\nwe examined one applicant, M R. Garrett, and pronounced\\nher competent.\\nMay, 1851.\\nThursday, 1. Croesus! Jupiter!! What a Frost! The\\nfruit totally destroyed.\\nTo-day Henry Norton and Hannah Hicks were partially\\nunited in the state of Matrimony by Rev. M Shaler. They\\nwere married without the license required by law. The\\nmarriage is clearly illegal.\\nFriday, 2. Just received a line from Maj. Moseley an-\\nnouncing his arrival last evening and forthwith the An-\\nnuity must be paid, ready or not ready softly. Major.\\nSpecial session of the Council appointed for to-morrow.\\nSaturday, 3. Clear and beautiful morning. Must attend\\nthe Council.\\nThe Council fixed on Wednesday, the 7th inst., as the day\\nfor the Commencement of the Semi-Annuity payment.\\nGot my family stores from Kauses this evening.\\nSunday, 4. Wrote letters, one to M. Butler, St. Louis^\\nand one to F. H. Hereford, Independence.\\nMonday, 5. Went to town dined with Maj. Moseley,.\\nMet with C. Graham. Came home and found a M^ Lunsford,\\nwho is an applicant for the Post of Pedagogue. He seems\\nA grocery in those days is a saloon in our day, and in the Kansas vernacular a\\nj int.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "324 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1851.\\nto have some knowledge of the Art of teaching the young\\nidea how to shoot. Refer d him to F. A. Hicks, School\\nDirector.\\nWednesday, 7. Examined Russell Garrett, a Candidate\\nfor School Teacher.\\nCommenced paying out the Annuity and paid out till 2\\no clock P. M. and adjourned for the day.\\nThursday, 8. Beautiful, clear morning. All nature has\\nput on her gayest attire of Kendal green.\\nClosed the Annuity payment at 3 o clock P. M.\\nFriday, 9. The Council in session Gov. M. Bartley from\\nOhio, had an interview with the Council upon the subject of\\nT. W. Bartley s claim upon the nation for Attorney s fees.\\nJune, 1851.\\nMonday, 2. Finished a written report and argument\\nagainst the claim of T. W. Bartley against the Wyandott\\nnation. Went to attend the Council and there learned that\\nIsaiah Zane was in confinement in the Jail for having stabbed\\nJames Barnett on Saturday evening. Went to see the\\nwounded man and my prediction is, he will die, as I regard\\nthe wound mortal.\\nMade out the pay roll for the distribution of the Commu-\\ntation money. Whole number entitled to receive, 609.\\nTuesday, 3. ^Attended a called session of the Legislative\\nCommittee.\\nM H. Walker and Harriet set out for St. Charles. They\\nwent board the Yawl in company with H. M. Northrup, J.\\nWalker and Sam l Drummond to Kansas, intending from\\nthence to take the Steamer, St. Paul.\\nThe Council and Committee both adjourned at 5 o clock.\\nSaturday, 7. Special session of the Council to-day and\\nalso of the Legislative Committee.\\nReported to the Council their answer to the claim of T.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "Jane, 1851.] GOVERNOK WALKER. 325\\nW. Bartley as presented by Gov. M. Bartley. It was read\\nand with some slight amendments, adopted.\\nSunday, 8. In the evening M. R. W., J. W. Gray Eyes\\nand M S. Drumraond called and staid a couple of hours.\\nI have heard that there are some cases of Cholera in Kan-\\nsas. May a kind providence deliver us from this scourge.\\nMonday, 9. To-day it is intended by the Council to bring\\nover the National money from Kansas and I will avail myself\\nof the opportunity of getting some provisions bro t over.\\nTuesday, 17. Cloudy morning. So by order of the\\nCouncil there is to be [a] convention of the Wyandott na-\\ntion, convened for the purpose of determining by vote the\\nadmission or rejection of certain persons from Ohio claiming\\nthe rights of Wyandotts.\\nBy John Solomon, I have just learned that John Stand-\\ningstone died last evening with cholera. This, if true, is the\\nfirst cholera case in the nation this season.\\nThis day the Wyandott nation extinguished the [balance\\nof the] Delaware debt, |16,000.00. Our domain is, therefore,\\npaid for.\\nTharsday, 19. Cloudy weather. Just heard of the death\\nof Charley Elliott.^ He died, as I learn, at Bigtown s House.\\nThe following facetious biograpliical sketch was written by Governor Walker\\nHis life was gentle, and the elements\\nSo mixed in him, that nature might stand up,\\nAnd say to the world, this was a man.\\nShakespeare.\\nDied at the residence of Big Town, in Wyandott Territory, on Friday morning\\nlast, Charles Elliott, in the 41st year of his age. He died suddenly: and it is supposed\\nfrom apoplexy. Charley, as he was familiarly called by all who knew him, was com-\\npletely identified with Kansas. When he left town for a season to enjoy rural life,\\nthere was certain to be something wrong, or out of joint about town things did not\\nmove on as smoothly as usual something out of fix a screw loose here and a screw\\nout of repair there. Business did not seem to move on with that celerity and briskness\\nthat was always noticed when he was present. It has been even said that the Captains\\nof the Steamers have noticed the difference when landing at our port.\\nThe Counters and floors of the Coffee Houses and Groceries have remained un-\\ndusted and unswept and decanters and glasses uncleaned till Charlie s return, and his\\nsmiling face once more beamed upon the hitherto, dull town. His return was certain to\\nrevive business, if a degree of stagnation happened to occur, as is frequently the case", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "326 THE JOURNALS OF [Jnne, 1851.\\nHe was apparently well when he came there. He died in\\nthe night, supposed from Apoplexy. Kansas has truly\\nsustained a loss in the death of Charley. Some public dem-\\nonstration ought to be made by the corporate authorities of\\nthat city.\\nFriday, 20. At night rain pouring, not upwards, but\\ndownwards orfully.\\nSaturday, 21. A certain apology for a man named M\\nrecently from Cincinnati, and still more recently from New\\nMadrid, called and sat and a ah ha and a spoke and\\nsaid ye es; bright boy, that chap. Where little is given,\\nlittle is required saith a wise man.\\nDr. Wright called this evening: thinks our sick out of\\ndanger. Ah Grand Dieu des marauguan C est terrible.\\nSunday, 22. Clear and beautiful morning. Wind from\\nthe east. Atmosphere in a more sanitary condition than\\nyesterday. Cool and pleasant all day. The sick folks get-\\nting some better. M Garrett staid all night. Sophia gone\\nto Kansas.\\nM^ Miguel Otero from Mexico bro t Harriet home in his\\ncarriage from Kansas, on her return from Lexington, where\\nshe has been paying a visit to her friends.\\nThursday, 26. By M John Moseley, we just heard of the\\nin all the River towns. His facetious and dry humor, his ready wit was enougli to dis-\\npel ennui from the most confirmed Hypochondriac.\\nThe town Constable will not soon forget the good services rendered him in the way\\nof advice in all doubtful questions of public duty. Charley s advice was as good as that\\nderived from the Law Book. He was familiar with the Ordinances of the town; hence\\nthe value of his advice in all questions in Municipal law. As a faithful biographer I\\nam bound to say that some transient person rather indiscreetly called Charley a Loafer.\\nThis was a calumny. Albeit, he was, in his habits, a little Loaferish; but he was invested\\nby dame nature with a dignity that caused him to tower a head and shoulders above\\na wilderness of Loafers.\\nCharley was a Widower and has left an only child an interesting daughter, Mary\\nElliott, who succeeds to his estate and honors according to the laws of the Wyandott\\nnation. It is but just and a due regard to truth requires that, it should be stated that,\\nMary is not as discreet, prudent and well behaved as she would have been had she been\\nmore mindful of the precepts and admonitions of her lamented sire.\\nStranger, tread lightly upon the sod which covers the remains of poor Charley.\\n(Signed) Guizot.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "July, 1851.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 327\\ndeath of John Nofat. He is said to have died this morning\\nof cholera.\\nSunday, 29. John Williams, son of Geo. D. Williams, was\\ncommitted to prison yesterday for an assault on one of the\\ntwin boys, who died from his wounds. A sad fix for John.\\nWent down to make a call upon Major Moseley. Spent a\\ncouple of hours with him in general chit chat.\\nJuly, 1851.\\nTuesday, 1. Went to town to see what the Hon. Execu-\\ntive Council was doing. Two members being missing and\\nthey being the oldest, James Kankin and James Washing-\\nton, the Council adjourned till Thursday.\\nFriday, 4. The glorious 4th spent in Kansas amongst\\nvery good company.\\nSaturday, 12. Cholera still raging in Independence.\\nTuesday, 15. To-day John Williams will have his trial,\\nif a Jury can be raised and the witnesses be had.\\nWent to town and called on Major Moseley who had just\\nreturned from a Delaware Council.\\nFrom reports from Independence the scourge is performing\\ndeadly work in that place. Six more deaths on Saturday.\\nWent up to the Council House to witness the trial of John\\nWilliams and Tyson Big-Snake. I was unexpectedly forced\\nupon the Jury. For the want of evidence they were ac-\\nquitted.\\nWednesday, 16. Adam Brown and Peter Bearskin called\\nupon me to do some writing for them. By them I learned\\nthat Charles Graham had died of Cholera, probably the 14th\\ninst. Just as I predicted and repeatedly told him. Poor\\nCharley! he fell as an a victim to the god mammon. The\\nparticulars of his death have not transpired.\\nI have since learned that he was attacked in the forenoon\\nand died that evening. M Guthrie went to see him on busi-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "328 THE JOURNALS OF [July, issi.\\nness, but when he reached there, found him in the agonies\\nof deatli and [he] died a short time afterwards.\\nI have also heard of the death of Tondee. He died yes-\\nterday of the flux.\\nSaturday, 26. Went over to see Uncle James Kan kin\\nwho has been sick for several days. Found him quite a\\npromising convalescent. M J. Walker and a M H. A.\\nWalter called upon us and spent some time.\\nSeveral cases of cholera in Kansas.\\nSunday, 27. Clear, but warm the sun rises with a fiery\\nand lurid glare.\\nWent up to see Uncle James and staid till 1 o clock P. M.\\nFound him apparently free from disease but much weaker\\nthan he was on yesterday.\\nRev. M* Scarritt preached to-day. After meeting, he and\\nhis lady came and dined with us. I then called on M* Shaler\\nand found him improving. Therm. 98\u00c2\u00b0.\\nMonday, 28. I went over to see Uncle James and found\\nhim much better.\\nMajor Moseley and Joel Walker went up to attend a\\nCouncil of the Delawares.\\nThursday, 31. Clear and cool morning. This is the last\\nday of July and with this month may terminate our exces-\\nsive warm weather.\\nThis has truly been a dull, monotonous day; not a soul\\nhas come near us up to this hour, 5 o clock P. M. Half of\\nthe Wyandott nation might be dead and we unconscious of\\nthe calamity. Well, well, ignorance is bliss.\\nWithin 20 minutes of 8 o clock P. M. while I was sitting\\nin the passage looking out upon the green, all of a sudden\\nthe yard in front became illuminated, [I] supposing upon\\nthe instant that a lighted candle was being bro t in from the\\nkitchen, but upon looking up, a vast, brilliant illumination\\nof a mixture of purple, crimson and yellow was looming", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "August, 1851.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 329\\nmost magnificently in the South at, as near as I can recollect,\\nabout 45\u00c2\u00b0 above the horizon. The illumination lasted about\\n5 seconds and suddenly disappeared. Whether this was an\\nAereolite or not, I am unable to tell. About a minute after,\\na distant rumbling like thunder was heard in the same direc-\\ntion, which lasted a half minute, and gradually died away.\\nI am certain it was not thunder, as at the time, the sky was\\nclear and the stars twinkling all over the heavens not a\\ncloud was to be seen.^\\nAugust, 1851.\\nSunday, 3. In the evening Rev. M Dofflemeyer called\\nupon me and spent an hour in quite agreeable chat.\\nMonday, 4. Finished reading Dickens latest production,\\nDavid Copperfield, the Younger.\\nMajor Moseley called to-day and staid an hour, [which\\nwe spent] in social chat. Learned by him that M Cheau-\\nteau s negro. Waller, died of cholera yesterday a truly\\ngreat loss to that family.\\nFriday, 8. Went to Kansas. Settled with M Coffman,\\na debt due the Estate of Leonard Benvist, $26.70. Came\\nhome in the evening.\\nThis evening our folks took the Steamer Clara for St.\\nCharles.\\nSaturday, 9. Staid at home all day. John Johnston lost\\nhis entire family his wife and two children, by Cholera.\\nOur neighbors all gone to the Camp Meeting at Delaware.\\nSunday, 10. Warm. In the evening Major Moseley\\ncalled and staid some time. Rain, rain. John Van Metre\\nand William Taylor, clerks to Walker Boyd Chick, died\\nof cholera.\\nFrom the year 1850 to that of 1860 such phenomena as is descrihed here, and\\ncomets, and other strange appearances in the sky were often seen in Eastern Kentucky.\\nPeople believed they were signs of approaching war. When the war commenced they\\nwere convinced that they had judged the signs aright.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "330 THE JOURNALS OF [August, 1851.\\nMonday, 11. Cloudy, and thro the day more rain.\\nWhat is this country going to come to? We shall have a\\npestilence. The Cholera is still carrying off its victims and\\nother diseases will soon follow, especially those autumnal epi-\\ndemics so common in this country.\\nTuesday, 12. Went to town to attend the National Elec-\\ntion. Before going into the election a proposition was sub-\\nmitted by John Kayrohoo, one of the Candidates for the\\nCouncil, to enquire into the expediency of so Amending the\\nConstitution as to do away with the Legislative Committee.\\nIt was, after some discussion, finally agreed to proceed\\nwith the election of members of the Council, and afterwards\\nto elect members of a Convention to revise the Constitution.\\nPresent Incumbents. Nominees.\\nJames Washington, 62 Votes. John Kayrohoo, 28 Maj. 34\\nJames Eankin 58 Towareh 37 21\\nMatMudeater 52 John Arms 45 7\\nJ. W. Gray Eyes 38 J. S. Bearskin 67 29\\nIt was then proposed to proceed to the election of the\\nmembers of the Legislative Committee. Agreed to. When\\nthe following men were elected\\nJohn Sarrahess, Esq, Gray Eyes, White- Orow, J. Kayro-\\nhoo and J. D. Brown.\\nThis election being disposed of, the Convention proceeded\\nto the election of thirteen delegates to revise the Constitution.\\nJohn D. Brown^ Esq. Gray Eyes, M. R. Walker, White-\\nOrow, John Sarrahess, John Kayrohoo, Towareh, Silas Arm-\\nstrong, J. M. Armstrong, Michael Frost, Matt Barnett, Thomas\\nCoon-Hawk and Isaac Brown. 13.\\nJames T. Charloe declining to be a candidate Louis Lumpey\\nwas elected Sheriff in his place. John Pipe was re-elected\\nSheriff.\\nThursday, 14. Deacon Shaler packing up his things.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "September, 1851.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 331\\nMoved away in the afternoon. He left the Wyandott Ter-\\nritory under a shade.\\nFriday, 15, The Anniversary of the Green Corn feast.\\nTime honored day, in the annals of Wyandott history.\\nTuesday, 19. Clear and pleasant. Major Moseley sent\\na dispatch to me, requiring my attendance at the ConnciL\\nand in a few minutes Uncle James Kankin sent for me to\\ncome over and see his sick family, his daughter being con-\\nsidered dangerous. I yielded to the call of humanity in\\npreferment to unimportant official calls.\\nSunday, 31. To-day a number of our folks set out, some\\nfor Ohio some for Canada, viz.: R. Garrett, M M. Gar-\\nrett, Rebecca Garrett, M. Mudeater and several others.\\nSeptember, 1851.\\nMonday, 1. Went round to visit the sick. Uncle James\\nRankin sinking very fast with the consumption.\\nTuesday, 2. Beautiful morning. Rode out to F. A.\\nHicks s. Then visited the sick. Rode up to John Hicks s,\\nSenr. [and] bo t some Beef and a Bushel of fine Peaches.\\nScarcely a family to be found in the Nation without some\\none sick.\\nWednesday, 3. Issued marriage license to authorize the\\nmarriage of John B. Curley-Head to M Matilda Clark.\\nFriday, 5. Clear and warm. Went over to see Uncle\\nJames. He appears to maintain his strength and vigor in a\\nremarkable degree.\\nIn the evening I was called upon to visit Sam l Rankin\\nwho is also taken down. I went over and found him in a\\nhigh fever. Staid with him till after midnight. Unusually\\nwarm night.\\nSaturday, 6. Went over in the evening to see Uncle\\nJames and family. Found Sam l some better.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "332 THE JOURNALS OF [September, 1881.\\nM. E.. Walker had a son born to him to-day; over which\\nhe doubtless rejoices greatly.\\nSunday, 7. Martha passed thro a bad night, having a\\nhigh fever all night.\\nIn the evening went to pay a visit to Major Moseley.\\nFound Dr. Eidge W Northrup lady there. Staid till\\nsunset and came home.\\nSunday, 14. Cloudy and misting rain. Went to Camp\\nmeeting. Heard a sermon from L. B. Stateler and one from\\nM Scarritt. Turned out to be a pleasant day. Dined with\\nM Doffiemeyer. Came home in the evening.\\nMonday, 15. Clear and pleasant. Went to Meeting again.\\nSilas Armstrong not appearing, I interpreted for M Scar-\\nritt his 11 o clock sermon.\\nTuesday, 16. Warm day. Visited M. E.. W. and family;\\nfound them improving. Then visited Uncle James, found\\nhim still declining.\\nNothing interesting transpired to-day, except the call of\\nDoctor Doyle who wishes to be employed as Physician fw\\nthe Nation, and also a call by a M Eucker, who wishes to\\nopen a Female Seminary in Kansas. Subscribed one session\\nfor Harriet.\\nWednesday, 17. Heard yesterday that that Buccaneer\\nPatriot Lopez has been captured by the Cubans and executed.\\nIt is to be hoped that the signal failure of this lawless and\\nuncalled for interfeience with the affairs of foreign govern-\\nments, will teach Americans to stay at home and attend to\\ntheir own business. It has been seen but too clearly, and\\nseverely too, that the oppressed Cubans do not thank Amer-\\nicans for their sympathy, least of all for their invasion of\\ntheir soil for the ostensible purpose of delivering them from\\noppression. Verily, the Americans that have been caught\\nupon their soil have had their reward\\nMajor Moseley returned from Potawotamie.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "September, 1851] GOVERNOR WALKER. 333\\nThursday, 18. Clear and beautiful morning tho some-\\nwhat coo\\nWent to pay a visit to Maj. Moseley. Found him much\\nfatigued and indisposed. Saw a late No. of the Republican\\nwhich confirms the reported capture and execution of Lopez,\\nthe Brigand.\\nWent up to F. A. Hicks s and found Rev. L. B. Stateler\\nand Lady there. Had a long conversation with him on the\\nprospects of the Aboriginal race, connected with the policy\\nof the Government towards them.\\nLearned that the Circuit Court will adjourn next Saturday.\\nFriday, 19. Clear and pleasant morning, with the pros-\\npect of a warm day. Went to Independence to attend the\\nsession of the Circuit Court. Had my case continued till\\nnext term.\\nSaturday, 20. Spent my time in looking about town and\\nchatting with acquaintances, and spending Some time in\\nCourt witnessing its proceedings.\\nSunday, 21. Spent the day in town. Heard of the death\\nof Judge McClelland of Sibley.\\nMonday, 22. Came home and found M Gilmore had\\nreturned from Cincinnati.\\nSunday, 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Went to Church. While there M Kelley\\nand M Lusk, the former from Wayne City, and the latter\\nfrom Jefferson City, came in. They came on a visit. They\\ndined with us and were compelled to return the same even-\\ning. Uncle James sent for me; I found him insensible and\\nabout winding up his earthly career. I, with C. B. Garrett\\nand Henry Garrett, staid with him till he expired, at past\\n5 A. M. I and Henry closed his eyes. Thus terminated\\nthe career of James Rankin in the 76th year of his age.\\nMonday, 29. Arrangements made for the funeral, to take\\nplace to-morrow under the directions of the Council.\\nAt a special session of the Council it was agreed that at", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "334 THE JOURNALS OF tSeptcmber, 185L\\n11 o clock A. M., the corpse be taken to the Church where\\nan oration is to be delivered by John Hicks, Sen.; from\\nthence to the burying ground, and after the burial, the\\ncompany to disperse.\\nTuesday, 30. Beautiful day. The funeral solemnities\\nwere performed in accordance with the above programme.\\nCame home fatigued and worn out.\\nOctober, 1851.\\nWednesday, 1. Went over in the evening to see my Wid-\\nowed Aunt s family. Found them improving.\\nThursday, 2. Joel Walker called and informed me that\\nthe Council would meet to-day. After some time we went\\ndown. I called upon Major Moseley who had been sick, and\\nI received a severe cursing from him for not paying more\\nattention to him.\\nThe Council rejected Dr. Doyle s application.\\nFriday, 3. M W. and I signed the deed conveying our\\nSeneca County land. We both went to pay a visit to Major\\nMoseley. Found him improving but a more obstinate, ill\\ntempered, fretful and troublesome sick man I never saw.\\nSaturday, 4. Bro t over some cows from Aunt Rankin s\\nto keep a few weeks, while the family was sick and unable\\nto attend to them.\\nGut some wood and packed it on my shoulder to the\\nHouse. This is outrageous for me to become a pack mule I\\nHarriet came home.\\nMonday, 6. Wrote out a Biographical Sketch of Uncle\\nJames E,. for publication.\\nI learn by M. E,. Walker that Major Moseley is worse.\\nWhen is our sickness to terminate\\nIn the evening my fever came on; lasted nearly all night.\\nM W. confined to her bed.\\nLouis Lumpey, one of the Sheriffs, called and notified me", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "October, 1851.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 335\\nto attend a National Convention, for what purpose, he did not\\ninform me. It is rather problematical whether I shall at-\\ntend or not.\\nTuesday, 7. Clear and cool morning with an unusually-\\nheavy dew.\\nI feel better this morning. I must avail myself of my\\ngood condition by going to Kansas to procure some family\\nstores, medicines, c.\\nThis morning a Boat in passing up grounded upon the bar,\\nand there she lays.\\nWent to Kansas and purchased some medicines. Came\\nhome, and as usual, had a chill, which prevented me from\\nattending the National Convention.\\nWednesday, 8. In the afternoon M Z. Armstrong called\\nto see us and shortly after, M M. Hicks called. From her\\nwe learned that our son of the Emerald Isle of potato smash-\\ning memory, John Lynch, was married in Cass County to a\\nM^ Susan Tull. Verily M Susan must have wanted a\\nhusband distressingly!\\nSaturday, 11. I went to Kansas and got my mail. There\\nI learned that Col. Chenault had bro t on Major Moseley s\\nAnnuity. Dined with M Boyd at the Union, reopened.\\nThe dinner nothing to boast of.\\nSunday, 12. In the afternoon I paid a visit to Major\\nMoseley and found him recovering; but Oh! what an ill\\ntempered, wicked old sinner. Having a very sore mouth\\nand unable to talk only by signs, but when in a gust of pas-\\nsion he will swear like a pirate. His son John arrived on\\nSaturday. Just heard that M Long is not expected to live.\\nWrote a communication for the Ledger.\\nMonday, 13. Wrote to M Thomas Shipley of Cass\\nCounty. M John Moseley called this morning and spent\\nan hour with us.\\nAddressed a note to M Telegraph man demanding resti-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "336 THE JOUKNALS OF [October, 1861.\\ntution of moneys paid for dispatches sent when their wires\\nwere broken.\\nJust heard of the death of M Long.\\nTuesday, 14. Wrote to Sophia, enclosing $32. to her at\\nHarrodsburg. Wrote also to O. Andrews at St. Charles,\\nenclosing $6.00. [Wrote] also to Dr. Rodgers, enclosing\\n$10.00.\\nMr. Long died last evening.\\nSaturday, 18. A deputation of Sioux, Cheyennes, Arap-\\nahoes, Crows and Snake Indians headed by Major Fitz\\nPatrick were at the Union Hotel waiting for a Boat. They\\nare on a visit by special invitation to Washington.\\nWhile [I was] there the Clara came down and they took\\npassage on her.\\nSunday, 19. M Dofflemeyer went to preach to the Del-\\nawares.\\nMonday, 20. I must pay my respects to Major Moseley\\nthis morning.\\nWent at 10 o clock and wrote in the Agent s office. The\\nMajor paying off the employees in his Agency.\\nThen went to the Council. The new Constitution was\\nadopted and a poor thing a piece of folly, the product of a\\nset of sap heads, and a sappy concern it is.\\nJust heard of the death of David Young. Died of con-\\nsumption.\\nJames T. Charloe elected to supply the vacancy in the\\nCouncil caused by the decease of James Kankin.\\nWednesday, 22. Heard yesterday that the Steamer Her-\\nman was sunk and her cargo, part belonging to Walker\\nBoyd Chick, lost and damaged.\\nM*^ Gilmore and Martha gone up to F. A. Hicks s to see\\nDr. Fish the Oculist.\\nSaturday, 25. We had a tempestuous and windy night\\nCloudy this morning. Dry weather. The grass is parched\\nup.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "October, 1851.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 337\\nSo it is in this Country. Everything on extremes. When\\nwe have rain it is a general deluge, and that over, then a\\ndrouth follows and the face of the earth is as dry as the\\ndeserts of Zaharra. The more I see and feel of this climate,\\nthe more I am dissatisfied with it. I have taken a severe\\ncold. The wind is now blowing from the North and very\\ncold. I have a severe pain in my breast, with some diffi-\\nculty of breathing.\\nSunday, 26. M Scarritt preaches to-day but I am too\\nmuch indisposed to attend Church.\\nWent down in the Afternoon to visit Major Moseley. He\\nis evidently getting well and intends making the Annuity\\npayment this week.\\nSo has this Sabbath day been spent.\\nTuesday, 28. I suppose the Council will meet to-day and\\nmake out the Pay Roll. Preparatory to the payment of the\\nSemi- Annuity. I must go down and aid them, and make\\nout triplicates.\\nAt 10 o clock I went to the Council. Found the Prin-\\ncipal Chief the two Sheriffs in attendance, but no Council-\\nlors. I will wait no longer; having waited two hours, I\\ncame home, and they may get along the best they can, the\\nlazy scamps.\\nWednesday, 29. Went down to see Major Moseley. But\\nhe had flown from his Rookery and taken passage in M\\nDofflemeyer s carriage for Kansas. Johnny O Bludgeon\\npassed on his way to Cass County. Came home. Then\\nwent to M. R. Walker s and bo t some fine Beef. Cloudy\\nand threatening more rain. Russia hauling wood, and I\\ndoing nothing. M W. bo t of M Dofflemeyer a horse.\\nI have been suffering for a week past with a severe Heart-\\nburn. I have resorted to the usual remedies in such cases,\\nsuch as Rodix Rhei Soda, weak ley c., abstinence from\\noleaginous food, but all to no purpose no relief afforded.\\nWhat shall I do next? Yes, what?\\n23", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "338 THE JOURNALS OF [October, 185L\\nl^ riday, 31. Commenced making out triplicate Pay Rolls\\nfor the Annuity. Feel very unwell. Feeble and weak.\\nNovember, 1851.\\nSaturday, 1. Pennsylvania and Ohio gone for the De-\\nmocracy.\\nRec d a letter from Dr. Kogers of St. Charles acknowledg-\\ning the Receipt of $10. Working at the Pay Rolls.\\nSunday, 2. Went in company with Martha to the North-\\nern Quarterly Meeting. Heard a poor sermon from the\\nPresiding Elder. Rev. L. B. Stateler preached at the Brick\\nChurch.\\nIn the evening M Henry Twyman called, and staid all\\nnight.\\nMonday, 3. Rec d an invitation to a wedding at M Ran-\\nkin s. The happy couple was John Pipe and Miss Nancy\\nRankin. They were [married] by Rev. M Dofflemeyer.\\nThere [was] a bountiful supper. Came home at i past 7 in\\nthe evening.\\nFriday, 7. Splendid morning! This is emphatically\\nIndian Summer. We have had no rain for four weeks\\nand the earth is parched up, and the grass as dry as flax.\\nWent to Kansas and found Esquire Ladd family had\\nlanded the evening before, and I suppose calculate upon be-\\ncoming residents of Missouri.\\nSaturday, 8. To-day Maj. Moseley makes the Annuity\\npayment.\\nClosed the Semi-Annuity [payment] to-day at 3 o clock\\nP. M., at $13.00 per capita. James Findlay, Esq., assisted\\nin the payment.\\nSunday, 9. Went over to Pharaoh s and spent some time\\nin social chat. Heard of the death of Rev. James Porter.\\nAlso heard that Albert G. Boon was married to some East-\\nern Lady.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "December, 1851.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 339\\nWet and mucky weather. In the evening the weatl^r\\ncleared up and the moon rose in crimson majesty, and th\\nHeavens were covered with brilliant stars. Felicitatus.\\nWednesday, 12. We have had no one to call upon us to-\\nday. Something unusual.\\nJust at this moment Russel Garrett called in having been\\nforced out, notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather,\\nto hunt for some chewing tobacco. I furnished him with a\\nslice of the weed.\\nSunday, 16. Must go [to] the Synagogue to hear M\\nScarritt preach, this being his day to preach at the Brick\\nChurch. Came home at h past 2 o clock P. M. A rather\\nthin Congregation.\\nAt 7 o clock at night cosily seated by the fire we eat our\\nlast Water Melon.\\nOur family is now reduced to our two selves and the do-\\nmestic, and we are a mighty civil family.\\nTuesday, 18. Clear cold and frosty morning. To-day\\nthe Council meets and I must present, in M Gilmore s name,\\nthe Calumet to the Wolf tribe, thro James Washington.\\nWent to town and got our horse, John, shod. Learned\\nthat a murder had been perpetrated near Westport by one\\nShawnee upon another, and another had been severely toma-\\nhawked. Major Moseley returned in the afternoon.\\nDuring the session of the Council I presented M Gil-\\nmore s Pipe, with a suitable speech.\\nDecember, 1851.\\nThursday, 4. A National Convention of the Wyandotts\\nis to be held to-day, but for what purpose, I am not advised.\\nI went down and called upon Major M. Found him still\\nquite indisposed. Attended the Meeting at the Council\\nHouse. A little over thirty persons attended, not a quorum;\\nbut they recommited the new Constitution to the framers for\\ncertain amendments. I entertain for these Constitution", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J4f THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1851.\\njakers and reformers but little respect either for their abili-\\nties or their pi^ofessed love for the ^^dear peopled They are\\na set of noisy demagogues having no fixed, or established\\nprinciples, either political, moral or religious.\\nWhile there, I was taken with a chill and I took French\\nleave.\\nFriday, 5. C. B. Garrett was thrown from his Wagon\\nand badly hurt in his side.\\nSaturday, 6. Being a witness in the Case of McNees vs\\nHudson and the trial being set for to-day I went to K. The\\nPlaintiff, however, had withdrawn the suit\\nSunday, 7. Visited C. B. Garrett.^ Found him some-\\nCharles B. Garrett was born in Greenbrier County, (now) West Virginia, October\\n28, 1794. He was the son of William and Winnaford (Bolt) Garrett. His father was a\\nfarmer and he worked on the farm until he was 17, when he formed a little company\\nof his companions and went to Vincennes, where they joined the army of Genersd\\nHarrison. He served through the war of 1812, being in the battle of Tippecanoe, and\\nthat of the Thames. At the close of the war he returned home, but he remembered the\\nbeautiful country of Ohio, and returned to Eoss County, that State, in 1816. Here he\\nmarried Miss Kittle Ann White, August 29, 1818. Miss White s father came from\\nGreenbrier County, West Va. He had been a Captain in the Eeyolutionary army.\\nHis wife was the sister of President Monroe. Mr. Garrett moved from Boss County\\nto Ci:awford County sometime before 1823. His wife died there in that year. He mar-\\nried Miss Maria Walker, the youngest sister of Governor Walker, at Upper Sandusky,\\nOhio, October 31, 1826, and was soon afterwards adopted into the Wyandot tribe wiA\\nmuch ceremony and pomp. He engaged in the wool-carding business and had mills at\\nwhat was known as Little Wyandot in what is now Wyandot County, Ohio. In\\n1843 he came West with the Wyandots. He built his house on what is now North Tth\\nStreet, Kansas City, Kansas. In 1849, he and other Wyandots formed a company to go\\nto California to dig gold. They were six months on the way across the plains and\\nmountains. They were on the North Fork of Feather Eiver and were successful.\\nHe was attacked by the mountain fever and his son Eussell brought him home, by\\nway of Panama and New Orleans, in the Spring of 1852. He died December 2, 1867, of\\ndropsy, at the home of his son, Eussell, in the old Brevidore House at the comer of\\nFourth Street and Nebraska Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. He is buried in the old\\nHuron Place Cemetery, in that city. His family burying ground is immediately on\\nthe lines of Minnesota Avenue and some private property. In grading the street and\\nthis property the burial lot is left high above the street and the fine stone wall about\\nit is tumbling down. On the marble shaft in the lot is the following:\\nIn\\nMemory of\\nCharles B. Garrett\\nDied\\nDec. 2 1 867\\nAged\\n73 Yrs I Mo A, 4 Ds.\\nHis wife is bailed in the same lot. She died May 30, 1866. The children of ClMrries", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "December, 1851.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 341\\nwhat comfortable but he is badly hurt. The weather being\\nrather Labradorian I kept close quarters.\\nMonday, 8. M W. and I went over to see the invalid.\\nFound him in considerable of misery. Dr. Doyle, his Physi-\\ncian was with him. Staid a couple of hours, and came home,\\nleaving M W. there. Had a sick afternoon.\\nTuesday, 23.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M and M Dofflemeyer set out for Platte\\nCounty. I envy not their ride on such a day as this.\\nWent to town and called upon Major Moseley. While\\nthere the Council sent for me and notified me of my election\\nto [the] ofiice of Clerk of the Council. I informed that\\nHonorable body that I duly appreciated the honor done me\\nby the voters of the Wyandott nation, but unfortunately I\\nwas ineligible. I held an appointment under the U. S. in\\nthe Indian department, that of U. S. Interpreter for the\\nWyandott nation, and had been sworn into office and also\\nto support the Constitution of the U. S. and the law of the\\nWyandott nation required the Clerk, before entering upon\\nhis duties, to take an oath of fealty to the Wyandott nation,\\nthus requiring the same individual to serve two governments.\\nBut I would cheerfully serve them as Clerk provided they\\nwould dispense with the qualifying oath. The question was\\npostponed.\\nWednesday, 24. Having employed Jacob Charloe to ac-\\ncompany me to Kansas, we set out at 12 o clock on foot.\\nThawing and slavish walking.\\nB. Grarrett and Kittie Ann (White) Garrett were 1. Amanda, born June 15, 1819, mar-\\nried Roseberry, died at Bucyrus in 1845 2. William W., born December 29, 1821,\\nmarried Mary Ann Long, at Wyandotte, Kan., died July 5, 1867, of typhoid fever; 3.\\nWesley bom September 26, 1823, married Sarah Spurlock, died at Lecompton, Kan.,\\nJanuary 6, 1894, of la grippe.\\nChildren of Charles B. Garrett and Maria (Walker) Garrett were: 1. Harriet P.,\\nbom December 16, 1827, died August 1, 1830; 2. Eussell, born September 29, 1829, mar-\\nried Miss Elizabeth J. Lane, May 18, 1860, lives in Ventura, Cal.; 3. Cyrus, born May 1,\\n1831, never married, died February 20, 1859, at St. Louis, of consumption; 4. Henry,\\nbom March 16, 1833, never married, died April 14, 1857, at Cincinnati, of scarlet\\nfever; 5. Byron, born September 25, 1835, died September 1, 1842; 6. Jane, born\\nApril 26, 1838. died October 20, 1841 7. Charles, born September 26, 1842, died Septem-\\nber 8. 1843.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "342 THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1851.\\nSettled up some business. Paid up my postage for the\\nyear. Came home at dark tired and fatigued.\\nThursday, 25. A merry Christmas to ye all! Cloudy\\nand damp morning. 12 o clock M Geo. Armstrong called\\nand had a long conversation upon the subject of the appoint-\\nment of Administrators on the Estate of Geo. Armstrong,\\ndec.\\nChristmas closed without any thing strange or interesting\\noccurring about our domicil.\\nJanuary, 1852.\\nThursday, 1. A happy new year to all my friends and\\nenemies if any I have. To each of the former I send my\\nkind greetings the compliments of the season.\\nSpent a few days in Kansas partly on business and partly\\nin social intercourse with my acquaintances and friends.\\nThursday, 15. In the afternoon who should appear, but\\na strange apparition of the Weeping Philosopher in the\\nperson of the Widow Graham in her weeds and tears and\\nrefusing to be comforted. It was enough to elongate the\\ncountenance of a Zany, to look upon her and hear her\\nwhinings and wailings.\\nFriday, 23. A strange incident in our neighborhood,\\nSamuel Drummond formerly from Belmont County, Ohio,\\nAssistant Blacksmith in the Public Shop, some time during\\nthe last week in December manifested some symptoms of\\naberration of the mind by his strange moodiness and taci-\\nturnity and a singular waywardness of conduct unusual for\\nhim; during which he suddenly disappeared. He was after-\\nwards heard of in Parkville. From thence he went in the\\ndirection of Platte City. The next intelligence was, his\\ncalling at a House and offering all the money he had for\\nlodging but the man noticing his singular conduct, refused.\\nHe stated that ITe was pursued by a gang of fellows from", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "January, 1852.] GOVEENOR WALKER. 343\\nKansas and he was trying to escape from them. Samuel\\nRankin and perhaps some others went in pursuit of him.\\nThey traced him as far as Barrey, where he was last seen.\\nFrom thence he launched out into an immense broad prairie,\\nwhere they lost track of him. Poor fellow! we fear his\\nstiffened corse is stretched upon some bleak prairie. It is\\nnow three weeks since he has been wandering about know-\\ning not whither he goeth amidst bitter Labradorian\\nweather,\\nTuesday, 27. To-day the Council meets and I must at-\\ntend, as some important matters come before that Honorable\\nbody.\\nCalled upon Major Moseley on my way to the Council\\nand found him still quite sick and unable to do business.\\nLast night the Widow Warpole departed this life. Heard\\nat the same time that Captain Peter Buck and Miss Catha-\\nrine Johnston died in the Seneca Country.\\nAnother strange incident in our neighborhood.\\nOn Thursday last Nicholas Williams was seen in Kansas\\nand remained till late in the evening, when he set out for\\nhome. Thomas Coon-Hawk overtook him at Turkey Creek\\nand finding him somewhat intoxicated kept with him till\\nthey came to the crossing of the Kansas when Williams ob-\\njected to crossing on the ice where Thomas intended to cross,\\nand started off, as he said, to cross below. It was then dark\\nand [he] has never been seen nor heard of since.^\\nWednesday, 28. Harriet was taken sick on Monday.\\nSick all day and much worse at night.\\nThursday, 29. Sent M Nichols to Kansas for a Doctor to\\nattend on Harriet, tho she seems a little better this morning.\\nAt 1 o clock P. M. Dr. Ridge arrived and prepared medi-\\ncine for Harriet.\\nThe father of Mrs. Mary Walker, widow of Isaiah Walker. It was supposed that\\nthe ice broke with him, and that he was drowned in the Kansas Biyer.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "344 THE JOURNALS OF [January, 1852.\\nNo intelligence of Nicholas Williams, His fate remains\\na mystery.\\nFriday, 30. Poor old Nicholas Williams is given [up]\\nfor gone, as no trace can be found of him.\\nFebruary, 1852.\\nMonday, 2. Heard of the death of M^ Wilson of Kansas.\\nTuesday, 3. M Nichols returned, and by him we learn\\nthat a M Jackson of Kansas died of Pneumonia on Satur-\\nday last. Got no mail cause the Blue s up.\\nTo-day the Council meets and I must attend.\\nReported the written Statement on the Walker claim,\\nwhich was adopted and signed, and placed in the hands of\\nMajor Moseley.\\nThe following deaths have occurred in the Wyandott\\nnation since the first day of January. Towara, Widow\\nWarpole, Peter Buck, Catharine Johnston, Jacob Charloe s\\nchild, James Brown, Margaret Young s daughter, Sarah\\nHill, N. Williams [missing], Henry Warpole s wife.\\nThursday, 5. In the evening heard of the death of Black-\\nSheep s wife, who died on Tuesday evening. And also of\\nthe death of Curley-Head s wife. This turns out a mistake.\\nShe is not dead.\\nFriday, 6. Mud. Such as I never saw in Missouri\\nbefore. Heard by Jacob Charloe that it is a mistake about\\nCurley-Head s wife being dead. She is in the Seneca\\ncountry.\\nLearned from Major Moseley that the remains of Samuel\\nDrummond were found within two miles of Liberty, a few\\ndays ago: and that out of $155.00, he had still on his per-\\nson $100.00 in gold. Just heard of the death of M Arms.\\nThursday, 12. Isaiah Walker^ called upon us and spent\\nIsaiah Walker was the son of Governor Walker s brother Isaac. He married Mary\\nWilliams. The wedding was at the house of Silas Armstrong. For an account of it\\nsee Governor Walker s Journal, under date of February 13, 1853. He moved to the", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "March, 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 345\\nthe day with us. Hauling stone. I greatly fear we shall\\nhave some rain. Heaven forfend Clear night, but\\nvery cold.\\nFriday, 13. The SheriflP called to-day to summons me to\\nattend a called session of the Council to quell a bloody\\nquarrel between Adam Brown and Abelard Guthrie. I\\nwent down and found the two under arrest by the SheriflP.\\nSaturday, 14. Jemmy and his hand having completed\\ntheir job, [I] went to Kansas to pay them off, $7.\\n[I] remained there [at Kansas] several days.\\nMeantime a most murderous aflPair came oflf.* The mur-\\nderer was Isaiah Zane and the murdered was John Kayro-\\nhoo. The oflfence having been committed over the line, i. e.\\nin Jackson County, the former was committed to prison to\\nstand his trial at the next session of the Circuit Court.\\nMonday, 16. The murder refer d to took place on the afternoon of this date and\\nthe Court of Enquiry with the Inquest took place the next day, Tuesday.\\nThe Missouri river on the rise and full of thick ice float-\\ning down like an avalanche.\\nSaturday, 28. Went with James Washington to the\\nAgent s oflfice on public business. Capt. Joseph Parks\\narrived on public business, also.\\nHenry Norton selling his effects at public Auction and\\ngoing to St. Louis to keep a Drug Store.\\nMarch, 1852.\\nMonday, 15. A most desperate rencounter took place in\\nKansas between Charles Hooker and a young man named\\nHilton, a discharged clerk who had been in the employ of\\nthe former. It appears that the Store of M H. had been\\nrobbed in the early part of the winter, of some[thing] near\\n$400.00, in his absence, and M Hilton having charge of the\\nIndian Territory with the Wyandots. His home was near Seneca, Mo. He was draw-\\ning some water from a well in his stable yard when the board across the mouth of the\\nwell, on which he was standing, broke, letting him fall into the well. The injuries sus-\\ntained in the fall caused his death.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "346 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 1852.\\nStore at the time. Upon the return of M H[ooker] he\\ndismissed M Hplton] and at the same time charged him\\nwith the robbery, or [with] being accessory to it. M Hilton,\\nsmarting under the disgraceful imputation, sought satisfac-\\ntion in various ways, but in vain. He then challenged M\\nH[ooker] thro D Gemundt, but [his challenge was] not\\naccepted. He then determined upon summary chastisement.\\nArmed with two Pistols, he sallied out into the street, and\\nmet M H[ooker]. Two shots were fired but without effect\\nupon his opponent, while he received two horrid gashes in\\nhis abdomen, penetrating the viscera. The wounds are\\npronounced mortal.\\nTuesday, 16.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 W Hilton still alive.\\nApeil, 1852.\\nSaturday, 10. In the evening Rev. M Barker, M Scar-\\nritt s successor, called upon us and spent some time with us.\\nSunday, 11. Frosty morning. Went to Church and\\nheard a good sermon from M B.\\nWednesday, 14. We planted a large quantity of top\\nOnions nearly enough to supply all Holland if they do\\nwell.\\nMy execration upon our new public Black Smith for a\\ntriffling lying scamp. I cannot get him to do any work for\\nme. This is the first time in 35 years that I have had oc-\\ncasion to complain seriously of our public smiths; but this\\nfellow, Priestly, is enough to provoke the soul of a saint.\\nReceived a letter from Maj. Moseley on Public affairs.\\nSunday, 18. A clear frosty morning. I fear for the fruit.\\nIt would seem that I am doomed never to raise any peaches,\\nnotwithstanding the great care and pains I have taken in\\ntheir culture. My labor, care and pains must go unre-\\nwarded.\\nJust heard of the death of John M. Armstrong, who died", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "May, 1852.] GOVERNOE WALKER. 347\\nin Mansfield, Ohio, while on his way to Washington City.\\nPoor fellow! he was intent on no good in his journey to that\\nCity. His business was with the Commissioner of Indian\\nAffairs. He was an agitator among the Indians and has\\nheretofore created much trouble among his own people, and\\nthe surrounding tribes. Buried be his faults with him. He\\ndied on the 15th instant and was taken to Bellfontaine and\\nburied by the side of his Mother.\\nAlso, died last evening, at the residence of her mother,\\nM Hester Fish, of Wakalusa. She was first cousin to the\\nabove, J. M. Armstrong.\\nWent to Church and heard a sermon from M Dofflemeyer.\\nM W. went over to visit the distressed widow.\\nTuesday, 20. To-day the Council meets and as Major M.\\nis to be over I must attend.\\nAttended the Council. Major Moseley came round by\\nMuucie town and bro t down with him all the leading men\\nof the Muncie tribe to answer to the Wyandott Chiefs for\\ndepradations committed by their people upon the property\\nof the Wyandotts. They agreed to surrender the stolen\\nproperty, or, if unable to do that, then surrender the thieves\\nto the Wyandott Chiefs to be dealt with according to their\\nlaws.*\\nMay, 1852.\\nThursday, 6. This morning my horse Draggon made his\\nescape from the pasture. I pursued and recaptured him.\\nTook my hand, M Oliver, and made some additional repairs\\nto my pasture fence.\\nThis day the Oregon Company, Consisting of M Mc-\\nCowen and family, M^ Hunter and family, M^ Lynville and\\nThe Muncies lived on the Delaware lands, and most of them lived in the vicinity\\n\u00c2\u00abf the present Postoffice of Muncie, in Wyandotte County, Kansas. They are a sub-\\ntribe of the Delawares; the Delawares only permitted them to reside on their lands\\ntemporarily. They came West with the Stockbridges. Some Muncies and Stock.\\nbridges lived on the banks of the Missouri Elver, just below where Leavenworth City\\nnow is, and on the sites of the Soldiers Home, and Mount Muncie Cemetery.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "348 THE JOUENALS OF [May, 1852.\\nfamily, with various others, names unknown, set out on their\\nlong and lonesome journey. About bed time the sky clear\\nand the Heavens bespangled with stars.\\nFriday, 7. Notified of the meeting of the National Con-\\nvention on to-morrow.\\nSaturday, 8. Attended the Convention above alluded to.\\nThe Principal Chief presided. The object of the meeting\\nhaving been stated: that of authorizing the Council to take\\nmeasures for the ratification of that part of the Treaty of\\nApril, 1850, which was suspended by the President and\\nSenate. After an animated discussion of some four hours, a\\nvote was taken and the measure was carried by two thirds\\nmajority. The next question was voting money to defray\\nthe expenses of a delegation to go to Washington. Carried.\\nConvention adjourned.\\nThursday, 13. Burning our log heaps to-day. High\\nwinds.\\nHeard yesterday that there were cases of Cholera in\\nWestport, and one death. John Lynch called here to-day.\\nHe complained of bad health Be me troth and its meself\\nthat s had the chill every day and och but I m after getting\\nvery wake intirely, so I is.\\nFriday, 14. A young Doctor Rice, brother of Dr. Rice\\nof Kansas, called to-day and spent the day with us.\\nThe Cholera is in our land several deaths near and in\\nWestport. It is awfully destructive among the Mormon em-\\nigrants. The Shawnee Chief, Jackson, died yesterday of\\nthis complaint.\\nSaturday, 15. M. Mudeater called to-day for despatches\\nfor Major Moseley, composed of triplicate receipts for M\\nIsaac Baker and myself for our quarter s pay. The former\\nas Assistant Blacksmith, and myself as so and so.\\nAlso for the school fund for the first half year of 1852.\\nAt about 4 o clock P. M. we had an awful rain accom-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "lUy, 1852.] GOVEENOR WALKER. 349\\npanied with hail, which lasted about two hours and a half.\\nPer the first time my cellar was inundated with water five\\ninches deep.\\nDr. Gemundt fled from the storm and took up quarters\\nwith us for the night.\\nSunday, 16. M Garrett found a horse with a woman s\\nsaddle on, which was recognized as belonging to the Widow\\n[of] Robert Coon, and shortly afterwards a child was found\\nin Jersey Creek, drowned. Immediate search was made for\\nthe mother and [she was] found some distance below in the\\ncreek, her clothing having become entangled in a snag. The\\nchild was bro t to our house and our women dressed it and\\nlaid [it] out. When the mother was found, the corpse was\\ntaken to the Council house. There is no doubt but she at-\\ntempted to cross Jersey Creek on Saturday evening after\\nthe storm, when it was at its highest; for it rose in a short\\ntime 10 or 11 feet\\nMonday, 17. John Bigsinew died yesterday of Cholera\\nor, what is more probable, [of Delirium Tremans.\\nTuesday, 18. This being a Council day, I must attend,\\nas Major Moseley has sent word over that he would be here.\\nThere is every appearance of a clear day, but whether it will\\nbe a warm day is somewhat doubtful.\\nWent to the Council to meet Major Moseley. Done up\\nsome public business. Wrote out the instructions for the\\ndeputation going to Washington. Major M. returned home,\\nand I did the same.\\nPrevious to leaving, a gang of Muncies were arraigned\\nfor Horse stealing from some of our Wyandotts. They are\\na great set of Scamps.\\nTuesday, 25. 11 o clock A. M., still raining. No more\\nploughing to-day.\\nSo lay by the shoTcl and the hoe\\nAnd haog up the fiddle and bow", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "350 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1852.\\nWe are doomed to be without fruit this year.\\n12 o clock M., Raining still. Shall the rains forever devour f\\nI wish Thompson, the Scotch Poet, and author of the\\nSeasons had flourished in this day and resided in this\\ncountry, I mean Upper Missouri, and was now writing his\\nSeasons. I think it would afford some amusement to read\\nhis descriptions of Missouri Seasons. I fancy he would, in\\na short time, hie back to his Caledonian Hills and bid an\\neternal adieu to this Humid, murky, rainy, stormy, incon-\\nstant, dismal, Labradorian climate.\\nWednesday, 26. About 8 o clock A. M. the shining face\\nof Old Sol was seen thro the misty clouds, but a repulsive\\nfrown from old Boreas soon caused him to withdraw behind\\na dark cloud. Kaining.\\nWm. Mulkey called and spent an hour, and returned.\\nDoctor Gemundt called to see M W. for whom he is pre-\\nscribing.\\nYesterday the Wyandott delegation for Washington set\\nout, on board the Elvira.\\nThursday, 27. M Muir is to be united to Miss Mary\\nRankin this evening.\\nRec d a letter from my Attorney, F. Hereford, informing\\nme that mv Ale ao;ainst the Estate of C Graham, dec, was\\nallowed by the County Court, minus $2.50 for Wintering\\na Steer.\\nFriday, 28. In the afternoon the girls came home from\\nthe party at the Union Hotel, accompanied by W. Mulkey\\nand a M* King from Georgia.\\nSunday, 30. Went to Church and heard a sermon by\\nM Dofflemeyer. Heard of the death of M^ Preston Knight,\\nlate P. M. in Kansas.\\nJune, 1852.\\nTuesday, 8. My execration upon my neighbors swine.\\nThey commenced taking up my Corn. I will have one of", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "June, 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 351\\ntwo things to do, either Kill the young ones or lose my\\ncrop. I will do the former, that s flat.\\nAttended the session of the Council.\\nCame home in the evening and found the dolorous and\\nweeping and inconsolable and never to be consoled {till mar-\\nried again) Widow Graham. And like the weeping Phi-\\nlosopher her tears still flow like the tail race of a mill, as\\ntho never did woman lose a husband before but herself.\\nFAUGH!!!\\nWednesday, 9. Keplanted our field which has been taken\\nby M A s Pigs. While doing so, we Killed three of them.\\nThursday, 10. Nearly the whole Nine acres were de-\\nstroyed by the accursed swine. During this forenoon we\\nKilled two more.\\nFriday, 11. Messrs. Elwell and Watkins, (the former a\\nDaguerreotypist and the latter a Telegraph Operator) called\\nupon us this afternoon. The latter Gentleman furnished\\nme with a late Daily St. Louis Republican in which are\\ngiven briefly the ballotings of the National Democratic\\nConvention. On the 49th ballot Gen. Pierce of N. H.,\\nnever named as a candidate for the Presidency, heretofore,\\nwas declared the nominee, to the great dismay and conster-\\nnation of the old Fogies, the young Americas, the young\\nAfricas, c. The same paper contains information of the\\npassage thro Congress of the Bill granting the right of way\\nand the adjacent public lands to the Pacific and Hannibal\\nand St. Joseph Rail Roads.\\nVisited my Corn field and found three pigs in it taking\\nup the Corn just replanted. I killed two of them with a\\nClub and the third made his escape. Too bad, too bad\\nSunday, 13. Clear and beautiful morning. To-day the\\nFuneral Sermon of the late John M. Armstrong is to be\\npreached by the Northern Preacher, M Whitten, at the\\nBrick Church.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "352 THE JOUENALS OF [June, 1852,\\nOne death in K. by Cholera last night a stranger.\\nAll went to Church and M W preached from Psalms.\\nPrecious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His\\nSaints. A large congregation attended, and many Citizens\\nof Kansas were in attendance.\\nJust heard of the death of Aaron Coon. M and M\\nDofflemeyer dined with us to-day.\\nTuesday, 15. I have resting on me to-day, to my great\\nannoyance, not the spirit of heaviness nor the spirit of\\nprophesy, (except that I prophesy we shall have no rain\\nto-day), but the genuine spirit of indolence. So inveterate\\nis it, that not even the Odic force of the Spiritual rappers\\ncan move me, or set my symmetrical frame into motion. I\\nfeel much inclined to the twin brother of my complaint,\\nSomnolency. Wake up Wake up\\nAddressed a communication to Major Moseley on et cet-\\neras.\\nThursday, 17. Wrote a communication for Cist s Adver-\\ntiser on St. Clair s defeat.\\nFriday, 18. M N replanting corn and Killing\\npigs. I am resolved to extirpate every infant or minor\\nswine that I may detect destroying my Corn no matter to\\nwhom they belong my own shall share the same inexorable\\nsentence.\\nSaturday, 19. William Clark and Lady from Canada\\narrived to-day. Also, Adam Brown, who went to that\\ncountry as refugee from justice.^\\nThe Quarterly Meeting of the M. E. Church, South, com-\\nmences to-day.\\nIt was hardly so bad as that. This trouble was the quarrel spoken of by GoTcrnor\\nWalker between Abelard Guthrie and Adam Brown. Guthrie was on the defensiye at\\nall times, and wished to be on good terms with his father-in-law. He brought the sof-\\nter to the attention of Major Moseley, who submitted it to the Council with a recom-\\nmendation to that body to intercede. I have Major Moseley s letter on the subject.\\nBrown had shot at Guthrie. Brown s friends urged him to go to the Wyandots in Can-\\nada and remain awhile, which he did. It is more than probable that he ent with the\\nknowledge and consent of Guthrie and the Council. When he returned all parties to\\nthe quarrel became friends.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "Jaiy, 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 353\\nJohn S. Bearskin, one of the chiefs, called here to-day.\\nWe got no mail. The Blue s up.\\nSunday, 20. Had a visit from the Clergy, Bevs. John F.\\nPeerey, Dofflemeyer and Wallace. We went to Church.\\nM Wallace preached. Dr. Beady and M* Funk come home\\nwith us to dinner.\\nBeceived a letter from Maj. Moseley.\\nMonday, 21. Waiting for news by Telegraph from the\\nWhig National Convention.\\nWent to Kansas and learned that Gen. W. Scott was the\\nnominee of the Whig National Convention, and Wm. A.\\nGraham of N. C, Vice P.\\nJuly, 1852.\\nFriday, 2. The corpse of Gov. Calhoun, who died on the\\nroad from Santa Fe to Kansas was bro t in for burial. He\\nis to be buried with Masonic Honors. What train bro t the\\nremains in is yet unknown.\\nSaturday, 8. Wrote a letter to Scott and Bascom of the\\nOhio State Journal.\\nM N gone to Kansas to bring our Mail, should we\\nbe so fortunate as to get one from the East; and provided\\nalways, The Blue is not up.\\nTuesday, 13. Went to attend the National Convention to\\nnominate candidates for the ensuing election.\\nFor Principal Chief.\\nGeorge I. Clark.\\nJohn D. Brown.\\nCouncil,\\nJames Washington\\nvs\\nF. A. Hicks.\\nMat Mudeater\\nvs\\nJohn Arms.\\nTauromee\\nvs\\nJohn Sarrahess.\\nJohn S. Bearskin\\nvs\\nJohn Hicks, Jr.\\n24", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "354 THE JOURNALS OF [July. i852.\\nLegislative Committee.\\nJ. W. Grey Eyes vs Silas Armstrong.\\nIsaac Brown vs Thomas Coon-Hawk.\\nW. Walker ys J. T. Charloe.\\nSam l Rankin vs Louis Lumpy.\\nJohn Gibson vs White-Crow.\\nSaturday, 17. Sent my letters to the P. O. by H. C.\\nLong.^ Rec d a letter from Major Moseley.\\nFriday, 30. The day set for the trial of Killbuck Stand-\\ningstone, charged with the murder of Isaac Peacock, who\\ncame to his end in a drunken brawl, but by what means is\\nnot yet known. The Council sent for me to attend the trial,\\nbut the family being quite ill, I begged off.\\nM Barker spent the day with me in social chat.\\nSaturday, 31. Heard that the Court failing to get a Jury,\\nthe trial of the accused was postponed.\\nAugust, 1852.\\nTuesday, 3. The council in session; sent me a written\\nrequest to prosecute Killbuck Standingstone at the ensuing\\ntrial. Replied that I would attend.\\nWednesday, 4. Attended the trial and entered upon my\\nduties as Prosecutor. After empannelling the Jury, pro-\\nceeded to examine a large number of witnesses; opened my\\nCase and concluded my argument, and was followed by J.\\nW. Gray Eyes for the defence. The case was then submit-\\nted to the Jury [at] 5 o clock P. M., then [I] came home.\\nThursday, 5. Daniel McNeal came to go to work for me.\\nHenry Clay Long was a son of Alexander Long, and a brother of Irving\\nand Isaac Long. Alexander Long was bom in October, 1793, came West with the Wy-\\nandots and died in the Wyandot Purchase, October 13, 1851. H. 0. Long married a\\nMiss Hunter, sister to Zelinda M. Hunter, the second wife of Silas Armstrong. He did\\nnot remove to the Indian Territory with the Wyandots when they resumed their\\ntribal relations, but remained in Wyandotte County, Kansas. His property increased\\nin value and made him wealthy. He died in California about 1886, and was brought\\nhome and buried in Huron Place Cemetery, but afterwards removed to the Wyandot\\nCemetery, near Qaindaro. He was a member of Wyandotte Lodge No. 3, A. F. A. M.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "August, 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 355\\nLearned that the Jury in Killbuck Standin^stone s case\\nremained cooped up all night without agreeing.\\nThe Jury rendered their verdict to-day, Blanslaughter.\\nSunday, 8. M Watkins called this evening and spent an\\nhour. Old Bullion is elected to Congress.\\nTuesday, 10. This being the second Tuesday in August,\\nour National election comes off to-day, with a Barbecue.\\nAttended the election and Barbecue. The following is\\nthe result of the election:\\nJohn D. Brown, Principal Chief.\\nJames Washington.\\nM. Mudeater.\\nT u XT FT T r Councillors.\\nJohn Hat [l^uromeej.\\nJohn S. Bearskin. j\\n[Legislative] Committee.\\nS. Armstrong. W. Walker.\\nIsaac Brown. White-Crow.\\nLouis Lumpy\\nSheriffs,\\nWm. Gibson and John Sarrahess.\\nMagistrate.\\nJ. W. Gray Eyes.\\nWednesday, 11. Went to Kansas for a Doctor and some\\nfamily stores.\\nArrived at Kansas, Agent Chenault, with a large deputa-\\ntion of Sacs and Foxes on their way to Washington.\\nLearned that Clark and Mudeater landed yesterday even-\\ning at the upper landing. What has become of their col-\\nleague and conductor?\\nSaturday, 14. M A. Guthrie called upon us to-day.\\nIsaiah Walker called in the evening and delivered our\\nmail.\\nThe name Lumpy was fonnerly written Lump-On-The-Head, and is a name belong-\\ning to the Deer Clan and refers to the horns on the head of the deer when they first\\nbegin to grow; they are then two large lumps.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "356 THE JOURNALS OF [Aug^t, 1852.\\nSometime about midnight he returned and informed us\\nthat M Garrett was attacked with a bleeding at the nose\\nwhich could not be arrested. Harriet got up, dressed and\\nwent over and he went after Dr. Wright, but failed in find-\\ning him.\\nSunday, 15. At the dawn of day I went over; but she\\nhad succeeded in stopping it.\\nDr. Gemundt called upon us to-day, having recovered\\nfrom his illness.\\nWednesday, 18. My Ox Brin Committed a breach\\nupon my corn field last night. After having gorged him-\\nself sufficiently, he quietly gave himself up to repose. I\\nawakened him with a heavy charge of Coarse Salt in his\\nflank, which had somewhat of a stimulating effect upon his\\nCuticle; and while smarting, snorting rearing and pitching,\\nI gave him a second, which instead of quieting him only\\nmade him worse. I have now got the Maurauder chained\\nup to the Bar post, where he can quietly digest his Corn.\\nFriday, 20. The Girls went over to Kansas for some\\nmedicines and other supplies but as usual got no mail. My\\nexecrations upon these infamous Mail Contractors\\nM and M Dofflemeyer gone to the Shawnee Camp\\nMeeting.\\nThree Gentlemen, travelers, called this evening and wished\\nto stay all night, but owing to our illness we advised them\\nto stay at M Garrett s. They accordingly went there.\\nSaturday, 21. They called over this morning and proved\\nto be M McDaniel of St. Louis and two Brothers by the\\nname of Thompson.\\nMonday, 23. Heard of the death of B. A. Moseley, who\\ndied at sea, on his return from California.\\nThursday, 24. Major Moseley called and stayed all\\nnight. There is some mistake about the de4ith of Beverly\\nA. Moseley.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "September, 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 357\\nLearned that Joel W. Garrett had arrived.\\nSaturday, 28. M W. and I made preparation to go to\\nKansas. We set out about 9 o clock and returned at 2 p.\\nm. somewhat fatigued. Learned while gone that the widow\\nG. D. Williams died this morning at 4 o clock. The Dela-\\nware Camp Meeting going on.\\nSunday, 29. There being no Clergyman to officiate at\\nthe Church, we all staid at home. In the evening M^^ Han-\\nnah Norton called and spent an hour with us.\\nMonday, 30. Joel W. Garrett and Isaiah [Walker]\\ncalled over and spent an hour with us.\\nNight And no doctor. Well, let them take my execra-\\ntions and maledictions instead of a fee.\\nTuesday, 31. 12 o clock M., M Dofflemeyer returned\\nfrom the Delaware Camp Meeting.\\nM Muir and McNeal working at the Camp ground,\\nbuilding us a shantee.\\nThe weather is now remarkably dry and the face of na-\\nture now begins to assume the livery of autumn. Autumn\\nleaves around me falling remind me .that I am nearing\\nthe sear and yellow leaf of life.\\nEvening No Doctor to visit M^ Gilmore. Fears are en-\\ntertained that his Fever will assume the Typhoid form, and\\nif it sliould, he being so very weak, it will run him hard.\\nSeptember, 1852.\\nThursday, 2. Nature has this morning put on her gay\\ngreen livery. The Sun rising in Golden Splendor. Cool\\nand pleasant day.\\nM^ Gilmore continues sick. His fever seems to have\\nassumed, as I feared, the Typhoid form, and growing\\nweaker every day. My own health is poor.\\nFriday, 3. M G. some better this morning, but this is\\nall dehisive, nothing permanent.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "358 THE JOURNALS OF [September, 1852.\\nOur folks all in a bustle, house up side down, moving to\\nthe Camp ground, Cooking utensils, provisions, Bed\\nclothes, c.\\nIn the evening I went to the consecrated ground and\\nfound a very comfortable shantee erected. Staid all night.\\nSaturday, 4. Splendid morning. Interesting religious\\nexercises, with short intermissions, during the day.\\nSplendid weather clear blue sky, pure air, good for in-\\nvalids and the infirm.\\nSunday, 5. At the Camp ground. The great Conch^\\nshell was Sounded as the Signal to rise from our beds and\\nprepare for morning devotions and breakfast.\\nAt 11 o clock A. M. a large Congregation assembled\\nunder the Arbor prepared for the occasion and was ad-\\ndressed by a Kev. M Love of St. Louis in a sermon of great\\neloquence and ability. The weather continued beautiful\\nthro the day. Devotional exercises were continued thro\\nthe day, and till a late hour in the night. Several new\\nmembers were received into the Church.\\nMonday, 6. Weather fine. Meeting continued.\\nSome [time] in the night our negro boy, Henry, left his\\nbed and mysteriously disappeared. He had been complain-\\ning of illness. When daylight appeared a general alarm\\nwas raised and search instituted. His track was at length\\nfound, [and indicated that he was] making his way West.\\nAbout 8 o clock A. M. John Sarrahess bro t him in. He\\nhad wandered off three miles. He could give no rational\\naccount of himself He must have been deranged at the\\ntime he went out.\\nMeetings were kept up thro the day.\\nM Garrett of Ohio, and family, arrived this evening.\\nTuesday, 7. After the Morning Meeting, the Camp\\nThis shell is now in my possession. It was in the possession of the Wyandots for\\ncenturies. It is much worn and decayed, so much so that it can be sounded only with\\nmuch difficulty.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "September. 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 359\\nMeeting was adjourned sine die. The tents were struck and\\n[soon] all [were] homeward bound. Dr. Gemundt paid us\\na visit.\\nSaturday, 11. Just learned that poor Jacob Charloe was\\ndead. Alas! we could easier have spared a better man.\\nSunday, 12. Wrote to Rev. John F. Peerey on Church\\nmatters.\\nReading Schoolcraft s Thirty Yeaes among the In-\\ndian Tribes. I am disappointed in the character of the\\nwork. It is made up from extracts from his journals and\\nhis correspondence. Conversations with distinguished men,\\nliterary men, on Indian philology, etc nothing Historical\\nnothing new on Aboriginal History.\\nM Nancy Garrett called over this evening and took tea.\\nJacob Charloe was buried to-day at 11 o clock.\\nTuesday, 14. We have had no rain to-day, tho it has been\\noloudy all day.\\nRec d a dispatch from Maj. Moseley, informing me of the\\ndeath of M Perkins, the Shawnee Blacksmith.\\nThursday, 16. M W. set out for a little town down the\\nriver, called by some Richfield, and by others St. Bernard, to\\nvisit a Dr. Carter who has the reputation of being skillful in\\nall sorts of Cutaneous diseases, for the purpose of being\\ntreated for a fiery and angry irritation [that is] breaking\\nout upon her face.\\nM. R. Walker returned this morning [from] the Circuit\\nCourt and reports that Isaiah Zane, indicted for the murder\\nof John Kayrohoo, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment\\nin the Penitentiary. He deserved no less than this.\\nSunday, 19. Engaged in writing a long epistle to the\\nNorthern Bishop who is to preside at the Northern Confer-\\nence in St. Louis, upon their Missionary operations among\\nthe Indians.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "360 THE JOURNALS OF [September, 1852.\\nMonday, 20. In the evening F. A. Hicks and John D.\\nBrown called and spent the evening in interesting chat.\\nTuesday, 21. Rec d a communication from Major Mose-\\nley enclosing some blank receipts to be signed by the assist-\\nant Smith and the Ferryman.\\nNo money to pay M^ Interpreter.\\nThursday, 23. Dofflemeyer [is] running round the country\\nlike an insane man. No one can understand his movements.\\nTo-morrow he and his spleeny are off for Platte. What\\ntakes them there, is beyond my power of divination. Nor\\nam I much concerned, whether he be sane or insane. His\\nconduct, to say the least of it, is quite strange. Could he\\nhave had an over gorge of Saur-Kraut\\nHe came over to pay me a visit at candle-light and staid\\ntill a late hour. I think he is sane.\\nFriday, 24. Cloudy and raining. My Rheumatism a\\nlittle better.\\nLearned that George Punch, of Ohio Penitentiary mem-\\nory, has the small pox. Finished my letter to the Bishop,\\nmaking sixteen pages, in which I have attempted to show up\\nthese canting Methodist Abolitionists in their true colors.\\nThe preachers of the Northern Methodist Church prowling\\nround on this frontier are the most contemptible, hypocriti-\\ncal, canting set of fellows that ever disgraced Christianity.\\nSaturday, 25. M and M Dofflemeyer started for Platte\\nthis morning.\\nSunday, 26. McNeal came home from Kansas. In the\\ndumps. Went off in the evening; where he went, I know\\nnot. But suppose he is on a burst.\\nMonday, 27. McNeal came home this morning, bearing\\nall the appearances [of] a night s debauch. Informed me\\nhe was going to quit. I told him I was very well satisfied.\\nHis clothes were packed up and he put out. Poor fellow\\nhe is one of the most indolent, trifling, worthless young men\\nI have ever seen.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "October, 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 361\\nPresley Muir called over this evening in company with\\nhis Father, who has come out on a visit. A fine old Gen-\\ntleman, all of the olden time.\\nTuesday, 28. Eec d a dispatch from Maj. Moseley, by P.\\nD. Clark, informing me that he had received orders from the\\nSuperintendent to repair to St. Louis for the Annuity due\\nhis Agency.\\nWednesday, 29. M W. and I went to Kansas, made\\nsome purchases of family stores, medicines, etc.\\nDined at M Geer s. F. Cotter died this forenoon. Came\\nhome in the evening somewhat fatigued.\\nOctober, 1852.\\nFriday, 1. Wrote to I. C. on a mystery. 4th Street,\\nSt. Louis.\\nWent to Kansas and assisted M Geer P. M. in making\\nout the Account for his P. O. Did not get done. Came\\nhome in the evening. Cloudy and damp all day.\\nM Porter commenced work to-day.\\nSaturday, 2. Learned yesterday that my worthy neigh-\\nbor and present Pastor, D. Dofflemeyer was reappointed to\\nthis charge, and Rev. M Barker to the Delaware Mission\\nand Pev. John F. Peerey, Presiding Elder.\\nAt 4 P. M. F. A. Hicks called for Sophia, who owing to\\nill health, intends spending the winter with her relations in\\nHardin County, Ohio. Altho it was raining, yet she and\\nMiss Huldah Harriet boarded his carriage and put out.\\nMiss Huldah is going to Harrisonville to spend her winter.\\nSophia will go in company with M J. S. Dawson who is\\ngoing into that County. She will reside with her Uncle\\nand Aunt, M and M Smalley.\\nSunday, 3. Raining. After breakfast the sky became\\nclear. I then concluded I would go to Kansas and attend\\nthe dedication of the new Methodist Church by Bishop", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "362 THE JOUENALS OF [October. 1852.\\nPayne. We rigg d up and set out, Martha accompanying\\nme. The Bishop did not arrive, but a sermon, and an able\\none was preached by M McAnelly, Editor of the St. Louis\\nChristian Advocate. Turned out to be quite a pleasant\\nday.\\nMonday, 4. ^Went to Kansas and learned that M Dawson\\nand Sophia got off this morning at 4 o clock on board the\\nBrunette\\nCame home in the evening. John Brown still very sick.\\nTuesday, 5. Cloudy morning and red in the East.\\nWent up in company with M. B. Walker to the Council\\nheld at Matthew Mudeater s to make out the Annuity Pay\\nBoll. Adjourned at sunset without completing our Boll.\\nCame home sick; had a high Fever.\\nWednesday, 6. Went again to M. M. s to resume the Pay\\nroll, and completed it in the afternoon. J. D. Brown getting\\nbetter.\\nThursday, 7. Commenced copying the triplicate Pay\\nrolls. F. A. Hicks bro t home our Parlor Stove.\\nFriday, 8. Besumed Copying the Pay Boll. Sent Por-\\nter to Kansas for some family stores. He came home sick.\\nIn the evening I had a severe chill which was succeeded\\nby a burning fever, which lasted nearly all night. Oh I\\nsuch a night no poor devil suffered more than I did. Con-\\ntinued copying the Pay Boll.\\nSaturday, 9. M W. and Harriet went down to Kansas.\\nOn their return, gave us information of an atrocious and\\nbloody recontre between M Alfred Dale and a man, name\\nunknown, a stranger, which took place this forenoon. M\\nDale received a horrible gash in the lower part of the ab-\\ndominal region, letting out his intestines. His wound is\\nregarded by tiie physicians as mortal. Finished my Pay\\nBolls.\\nSunday, 10. M Gilmore set out this morning for Kansas,", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "October, 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 363\\nin company with P. Muir, intending to take the Stage for\\nIndependence; there to remain under the medical treatment\\nof Doctor Twyman for the Intermittent Fever.\\nHeard, on the return of M Muir, that M Dale was alive\\nyet.\\nThis evening I escaped my chill and passed a quiet and\\ncomfortable night.\\nMonday, 11. Cloudy and threatening rain. 1 o clock P.\\nM., our folks came home in the midst of a shower. They\\nreport that M Dale is still alive and getting better.\\nTuesday, 12. M Porter tore up our hearth, refilled, reset\\nand contracted the width of the fire place to cure it of its\\nsmoking propensity. It has in some degree obviated the\\ndifiiculty.\\nAttended the election for delegate to Congress from\\nNebraska Territory. A. Guthrie received the entire vote\\npolled.\\nCame home chilled and fatigued took my last dose of qui-\\nnine and spirits.\\nThe Doffles got home. Now, stay at home.\\nWednesday, 13. Wrote to Wm. Flemming on busi-\\nness, and to Lyman C. Draper of Philadelphia on Indian\\nHistory. M Porter set up our Stove in the parlor.\\nDoffle off again. What a fellow!\\nThursday, 14. Expecting Major Moseley to land at Kan-\\nsas to-day, I went down and waited till evening, but no\\nBoat. While there, I called upon Mr. Dale and found him\\nin a fair way of recovering. Came home after dark.\\nFriday, 15. S. Armstrong called this morning and in-\\nformed me that he had seen Major Moseley since his arrival\\nand [that he had] sent word requesting me to send the Pay\\nRolls over to his House. I accordingly employed Samuel\\nRankin to go as Messenger. Shortly after Samuel left,\\nPeter D. Clark arrived bearing a dispatch from him to the", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "364 THE JOURNALS OF [October, 1852.\\nsame effect as that sent verbally by S. Armstrong. He must\\nbe in earnest, and in a hurry.\\nSaturday, 16. Went down to attend, by invitation, the\\nCouncil. The subject up was the Annuity payment. Came\\nhome in the evening.\\nSunday, 17. Sent a dispatch to Major Moseley by Sheriff\\nGibson.\\nMartha and [I] rode down to Kansas to hear Bishop\\nPayne preach the dedication sermon for the new Church.\\nA very large Congregation. The Church being in debt, a\\nsubscription was raised, payable the first day of January\\nnext, and upwards of One thousand dollars was subscribed.\\nWe came home.\\nAt 8 o clock p. M. the Sheriff returned with a dispatch\\nfrom Maj. Moseley, fixing upon Tuesday for the payment.\\nMonday, 18. M. R. Walker returned last night from\\nCass County.\\nI went to the Council House, and finding nobody there,\\ncame home again.\\nTuesday, 19. To-day Major Moseley pays out the Wyan-\\ndott Annuity. Creditors and debtors have much to do\\nbusiness on hand.\\nWent down to the Council House and found Major Mose-\\nley on the ground ready with his du^L Commenced 12 M.\\npaying out, and without finishing, adjourned at sunset. Sent\\nHenry Warpole to the Calaboose for drunkenness and disor-\\nderly conduct.\\nWednesday, 20. Resumed the payment of the Annuity\\nand closed the Pay Roll at 2 p. m., and Major Moseley de-\\nlivered a short valedictory to the Council and the nation\\nnot expecting to pay another Annuity.\\nM W. went to take a Boat for Richfield to see her Phy-\\nsician.\\nThe Council proceeded to settle up their public liabilities.\\nAdjourned till next Tuesday.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "October, 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 365\\nThursday, 21. I am tortured with the Rheumatism in\\nmy left hip. M Dofflemeyer spent the day with us. Writ-\\ning a long letter to Sophia.\\nFriday, 22. Rode out to M Rankin s to settle up some\\nmoney matters. Came home and found the Widow Squeen-\\ndehtee. I settled up my money agency with her also, to\\nher great satisfaction.\\nOld Connecticut sick again this evening with what he\\ncalls the dumb ague.\\nSaturday, 23. On going out I found that my old ox,\\nBrindle, had broken into my Garden and committed divers\\nmischievous acts upon my fruit trees and shrubbery.\\nSunday, 24. M W. came home, escorted by James Pat-\\nton.\\nTuesday, 26. Went to attend the settling off [of] the\\npublic national accounts. Were engaged all day without\\nfinishing. Adjourned till to-morrow.\\nWednesday, 27. Went down to resume the auditing of\\nthe public accounts. Closed about sunset.\\nFriday, 29. We, that is, I and M W., have in contem-\\nplation a visit to our Estates in Cass County but the\\nweather being so forbidding that we must wait for a change,\\nas we are both invalids.\\nA gloomy day, well calculated to generate ennui in a\\nFrenchman. Blue devils, green devils.\\nSunday, 31. Our folks gone to Church. M Hannah\\nNorton called in and handed me a letter sent over from the\\nP. O. It proved to be one from my Agent, Col. Goodin,\\nenclosing a draft for $133.64.\\nM Guthrie called and dined with us. We discussed\\npolitics, especially the election of delegate for Nebraska\\nTerritory.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "366 THE JOURNALS OF [November. 1852.\\nNovember, 1852.\\nMonday, 1. M\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 W. and I rigged up our horses and set\\nout for Cass County to see to our Estates. Went as far as\\nWestport and staid all night at Wesley Garrett s.\\nThe Shawnee payment going on.\\nTuesday, 2. Resumed our journey a cold morning.\\nReached M Richard Berry s, 18 miles, [and] being fatigued,\\nstaid all night. In the morning, the 3rd,* raining; wind\\nfrom the N. E. Notwithstanding the weather looked so un-\\npromising, we set out on the boundless prairie. In the after-\\nnoon the sky became clear and the wind fell, and it became\\na pleasant afternoon. Reached the Farm about sunset,\\ndistance, 23 miles.\\nHere I have committed a Faux pas.\\nWednesday, 3. Rained and stormed the whole day.\\nI had no chance of riding out and visiting the neighbors.\\nWe kept close quarters all day. Our tenant has raised a\\nfine crop of Corn and plenty of vegetables. I am better\\npleased now than before, with my farm.\\nThursday, 4. The storm continues furiously. I was de-\\nsirous of visiting my Grand River land, but to ride out on\\nsuch a day would be martyrdom. Kept housed up all day.\\nEntered into another bargain with M Shipley for two year s\\nfarming at $40. per annum, he keeping the land clear of\\ntaxes.\\nFriday, 5. Started for home. A cold, raw, windy morn-\\ning. Suffering with Rheumatism. Came to Berry s and\\nstaid all night.\\nOur Host is a Case quisical, joculaVy garrulous and\\nhumorous a man well fitted for a frontier life.\\nHere I have committed an egregious blunder. Thursday\\nand Friday we staid at the Farm, and, as already stated, it\\nstormed all the time. We did not start home on Friday, as\\nstated above, but on", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "December, 1852] GOA^ERNOR WALKER. 367\\nSaturday, 6. And [we] came to M Berry s.\\nSunday, 7. Reached home at 4 P. M. Found all well.\\nTruly glad to get home.\\nFriday, 19. I learned on yesterday that Doctor Clipper,\\nthe Northern Preacher, and his lady arrived on Tuesday\\nlast. He succeeds Rev. James Witten as preacher in charge\\nof ihQ pitiful faction here. I hope the Doctor will demean\\nhimself, as a preacher of the Gospel, better than his degraded\\npredecessor, who rendered himself notorious as wanting\\nthe jewel, veracity. Poor degraded man he is sent to an-\\nother field of labor. He could not be tolerated here any\\nlonger. He became known, hence he was shipped to an-\\nother field, whence he could, at least, for twelve months\\nimpose upon the ignorant, his base coin.\\nSaturday, 20. Went to Kansas in company with A.\\nGuthrie. Rain, snow, sleet. In the evening the storm in-\\ncreased in violence, and I came home in the midst of a per-\\nfect *^pour dowriy^ after dark.\\nDecember, 1852.\\nWednesday, 1. This day at 2 o clock P. M., my old and\\ntried friend, James Washington,^ departed this life aged ^b.\\nThis is an injustice to Mr. Witten. He was a good man of more than average abil-\\nity. He was a Virginian (born m Tazewell County), and his family was closely related\\nby blood to that of Lord Baltimore. He was a close kinsman to William Cecil Price of\\nSpringfield, Mo.; his mother was a Cecil. He remained in the M. E. Church, after the\\ndlTision, and this caused many of his relatives, who were slave-holders, to condemn\\nhim. His brother Thomas was one of the founders of Portland, Oregon.\\nThe following biographical sketch was written by Governor Walker. The friend\\nthat gave him the information was John Hicks, who died a little latter. (See note 1,\\npage 373). Governor Walker was mistaken in his statement that Washington was a\\nfull-blood. He was a descendant of the famous Chief, Half King, and was not more\\nthan a half-blood:\\nDied of pneumonia at his residence in Wyandott, December 1, at the hour of 2 P.\\nM., James Washington, one of the oldest Councilors of the Wyandott Nation, in the 65th\\nyear of his age. The subject of this brief sketch was a full-blooded Wyandott belong,\\ning to that subdivision of the nation into tribes or clans known as the Beaver tribe.\\nFrom my first acquaintance with him as an oflScial member of the Church I found him\\nft firm, inflexible and consistent Christian. Earely if ever, cast down with discourage-\\nment and as rarely carried away with any excess of excitement not on the bill top", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "368 THE JOUENALS OF [December. 1852.\\nTuesday, 7. Rec d a summons from the Principal Chief,\\nordering a meeting of the Legislative Committee.\\nThe Committee convened and organized by the appoint-\\nment of Jacob White-Crow as Chairman, and then pro-\\nceeded to the usual preliminary business.\\nSaturday, 11. Went to attend the Council, and there\\nlearned that a murder had been perpetrated the night\\nbefore, in a drunken brawl, by John Coon, Jr. and Martin\\nBig- Arms, upon the person of Curtis Punch. Both [were]\\ncommitted for trial. John Hicks, Jr. was elected to supply\\nthe vacancy in the Council caused by the death of James\\nWashington. Wrote to A. Guthrie.\\none day and in the slough of despond the next. In his religious profession he waa\\ntruly like an even spun thread.\\nI have been kindly furnished by an intimate friend of the deceased with a\\nBiographical sketch; from which I will make [excerpts]. I became acquainted with\\nmy friend in the summer of 1814. He did not manifest a disposition to take part in\\nthe councils of the nation, but on the contrary shun d public notice, prefering his\\nformer pursuit, the chase, to that of listening to the eloquence of chiefs and councilors\\nor making any attempts at public speaking himself ^prefering the quite camp fir\u00c2\u00a9 with\\na few of his friends in the deep dark forest to the noise and bustle of the council fire.\\nHe was, however frequently elected by the chiefs of that day as confidential messenger\\nor bearer of important speeches in their diplomatic intercourse. The old chiefs looked\\nupon him as, (to use their own peculiar expression,) he was a discreet and prudent yotmg\\nman. Sometime in the winter of 1822 23, he was bro t under serious awakenings\\nthro the ministry of Eev. J. B. F. and sometime after was rec d into the Church. At\\nwhat time he experienced a change of heart and obtained the evidence of his accep-\\ntance I know not. As the first I knew of the change that had taken place in my\\nfriends life was at a prayer meeting at a private house. As I approached the house I\\nwas astonished and amazed at recognizing my friend s Lion like voice employed in the\\ndelivery of an animated and stirring exhortation. He gave indisputable evidences of\\ngenuine piety and was at the proper time placed in charge of a class, and continued\\n[in] that position the remainder of his life. In 1832 he was elected a councilor and\\nserved one term as principal Chief of the nation. Afterwards continued as Councilor\\nof the nation till his death. I have been associated with him in public life for twenty\\nyears and can say with truth, he was a man you could with safety confide in. I havo\\nseen him often placed in situations the most trying to a man s integrity and veracity\\nsituations which would determine the stuff and material he is made of, but Washington\\ninvariably came out triumphant and at the same time came unscathed. He was one of\\nnature s noblemen, hallowed and purified by the Christian religion. Such briefly is the\\naccount given by his friend of his early history. Washington died as he lived enjoying\\nthe confidence in peace with God and his fellow men. He exhorted all who visited\\nhim to perseverance and faithfulness especially Brother J. D. Brown, the present prin-\\ncipal Chief, who called to see him when very low. He committed his poor blind wife\\nand his family to the God of the fatherless and widow, gathered up his feet and departed\\nfrom among men to enter upon his reward.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "December, 1852.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 369\\nMonday, 13. Old Connecticut sick again. Attended a\\nnight session of the Legislative Committee. Came home\\nat 11 o clock.\\nTuesday, 14. By my nocturnal labors and exposures I\\nhave bro t my old complaint back again. I have a most\\nacute Rheumatism in my riglit shoulder. Attended the\\njoint meeting of the Council and Legislative Committee and\\nelected Nicholas Cotter Ferryman for 1853. I notified\\nBryan Shehea, a roving, vagabond Irishman to leave the\\nTerritory.\\nWednesday, 15. Went over and notified Jonny O Blud-\\ngeon to leave the territory within fifteen days.\\nM Mary Ann Garrett and Miss Sarah Zane spent the\\nafternoon with us.\\nFriday, 17. Went to attend the trial of John Coon. Was\\nappointed by the Council public prosecutor, and S. Arm-\\nstrong was retained as counsel for the defence. The case\\nwas submitted to the Jury about dusk, and I came away.\\nSaturday, 18. Staid at home all day. Quarterly Meet-\\ning commenced to-day.\\nSunday, 19. The old widoiv 3Iononcue^ died last night.\\nWent to Church. There learned that the verdict of the\\nJury was, murder in the first degree. This was wrong.\\nIt is not in accordance with the evidence. He could not be\\nconvicted of anything more than Manslaughter. But\\nsuch is the verdict.\\nMonday, 20.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M Duffle[meyer], M Barker Son, Jonny\\nO Bludgeon, John Pipe and M Guthrie called upon us this\\nmorning. Company enough for one morning. Sent my\\nletters by Jonny to the Westport P. O. Went down in the\\nevening to attend the session of the Legislative Committee.\\nNo quorum appearing, we adjourned at 9 o clock.\\nThe wife of the Mononcue spoken of so often by Finley in his History of the\\nWyandot Mission.\\n25", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "370 THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1852.\\nSunday, 26. Old Connecticut was found by our niggers\\nlying in the mud about fifty rods from the House stiff and\\nnearly dead. M Garrett and M Cox yoked up the Oxen\\nand hauled him down to the House. He was then placed\\nbefore the fire and thawed out. It took the whole night to\\nbring him to consciousness. And then the impudent beast\\ndenied being drunk said he had a fit. I being absent at\\nthe time, M W. ordered him to leave the house he re-\\nfused to go; she thereupon made complaint to the Principal\\nChief, who ordere[d] the Sheriffs to take him and set him\\nacross the line, which was accordingly done. So ended our\\nconnection with Old Connecticut.^ He is without exception\\nthe greatest glutton beast, and the most uncivilized white\\nman I ever saw.\\nMonday, 27. Attacked violently with the winter fever.\\nDr. Wright attending on me blisters, nauseating doses.\\nJanuary, 1853.\\nSunday, 9. Went to Church to hear M. Scarritt s funeral\\nsermon on James Washington.\\nMonday, 10. Went up to write John Hicks will. He is\\nfast sinking and cannot survive much longer.\\nTuesday, 11. Drew up a petition to the Council praying\\nthat body to restrain Dr. Clipper from opening a Missionary\\nEstablishment in our territory as unnecessary and useless.\\nThursday, 13. When shall we behold the sun ngain?\\nFriday, 14. Cloudy as usual. Well, I incline to the opin-\\nion that the sun has taken his departure and located himself\\non the other side of the Sierra Nevada, in the region of Cal-\\nifornia, attracted thither no doubt by the Gold that abounds\\nin that country. We had a new moon on last Sunday, but\\nit has not been seen. What has become of it? gone too?\\nWent and spent the evening with M. R. W. Clear night\\nand for the first time, got a sight of Old Luna.\\nA Mr. Porter.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "January, 1853.] GOVERNOK WALKER. 371\\nSaturday, 15. Presley Muir came and cut and hauled\\nsome wood. I went to attend a night session of the Council,\\nwhere the arrangements were made for the public execution\\nof John Coon, Jr., on Tuesday, the 18tli instant. Came\\nhome at 11 o clock at night.\\nSunday, 16. All feeling unwell, none went to Church\\nbut Harriet.\\nMonday, 17. Went in company with M. R. W. to select\\nthe ground for the public execution of the criminal.\\nP. Muir butchered our hogs Aggregate weight 698 lbs,\\nAttended an extra night session of the Council.\\nTuesday, 18. Clear and cold morning. Attended at the\\nCouncil Hou.^e.\\nAt 1 o clock the procession was formed at the Jail, the\\nprisoner bro t and placed in a Wagon and proceeded to\\nthe place of execution. At past 3 o clock P. M., the exe-\\ncutioners, James Barnet, Tho. Pipe, Isaac Zane, H. C. Long,.\\nLouis Liimpey and Joseph White, under the command of\\nM. R. Walker and Philip Brown, took their position\\nthe signal was given and [the executioners] fired the pris-\\noner fell and was buried. Such was the fate and end of\\nJohn Coon, Jr., a badly raised boy. He may be justly said\\nto be the victim of a wicked and ungodly mother.\\nWednesday, 19. Wrote to JMajor Moseley at Sarcoxie,.\\nupon matters appertaining to tiie Agency, especially about\\nthe movements of the Northern Missionary.\\nThursday, 20. John Lynch come and made some altera-\\ntions in our chimney to prevent its smoking. He succeeded\\nto admiration in Curing the evil.\\nFriday, 21. Wrote to A. Guthrie.\\nMonday, 24. Commenced yesterday a communication for\\nCist s Advertiser. Finished it to-day. Attended the night\\nsession of the Legislative Committee. Adjourned at 12\\no clock. Clear and moonlight.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "372 THE JOURNALS OF [January, 1353.\\nTuesday, 25. At 1 P. M. went to attend the session of\\nthe Committee.\\nWednesday, 26. Sent by Jonny O Bludgeon for our mail.\\nBut he had not returned last evening at dark. We greatly\\nfear he has got into a sprey.\\nThursday, 27. Clear and cold morning. No Jonny\\nO Bludgeon yet. The rascal has got into a drunken frolic,\\nand has probably lost our mail.\\nM Z. Armstrong, Miss Hunter, and the Misses Garret\\n[came] on a visit to spend the afternoon with us.\\nFriday, 28.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Paid M. R. W. a visit. Heard of the death\\nof Fighter. P. Muir called. No news of Mister O Blud-\\ngeon.\\nMonday, 31. Wrote to A. Guthrie. Attended the night\\nsession of the Legislative Committee. W. Mulkey supposed\\nto be married to-day to Miss D.\\nFebruary, 1853.\\nTuesday, 1. M W. gone to K. and Harriet and Mary\\nGarrett to M Mul key s infair at Esquire W. M. McGee s\\nMansion.\\nWednesday, 2. Harriet returned from the party at Mc-\\nGee s.\\nThursday, 3. At 2 P. M. went to attend the session of\\nthe Committee, but found no quorum. Came liome.\\nSunday, 6. Paid a visit to M. R. W. Found his maimed\\nfoot getting well. The Kansas River frozen over above the\\nFerry. M Dofflemeyer called this evening in company with\\nJohn D. Brown, for the purpose of having written what was\\nseen by the latter while in a trance last fall during his\\nillness. I accordingly wrote what was seen.\\nIt smacks very much of transcendentalism and wild insan-\\nity. But enthusiasts will and must have their whims.\\nTuesday, 8. Rec d a letter from Nimrod McKuight, an-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "Fel.ra:uy, 1853.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 373\\nnouncing the death of M Hannah Barrett, aged 79. Heard\\nthat Edmund F. Chouteau died on Monday at 2 A. M.\\nTliursday, 10. Went to attend the session of the Legis-\\nlative Committee. Came home with a severe nervou.s liead-\\nache. Wrote to N. McKnight and Thomas Moseiey, Indian\\nAgents.\\nSunday, 13. In the evening went with [the] family to\\nwitness the nuptials between Isaiah P. Walker and Miss\\nMary Williams, at 4 o clock, at the house of Silas Arm-\\nstrong. A very respectable company was assembled and\\neverything passed off very agreeably.\\nMonday, 14 At 12 o clock Meridian the venerable John\\nHicks^ departed this life [aged] upwards of 80 years. He\\nThe following biographical sketch was written by Governor Walker:\\nDied at his residence in Wyandott Territory, on the 14th inst., at 12 o clock M.,\\nJohn Hicks, aged upwards of 80 years. The subject of this brief sketch was a half\\nb .ood. His father was a German, captured during the old Indian wars in some part of\\nMaryland, it is supposed, and was in due time regularly adopted into the Wyandott\\nNation, where he remained all his life. His son John Hicks, was in his youth, acci-\\ndentally wounded very severely in the right thigh, which, owing to mismanagement,\\nrendered him a cripple for life.\\nIn the year 1810, he with Between-the-logs, Mononcue, Matthew Peacock and George\\nPunch, was called to the Council Fire by Tarhee, the then ruling Sachem of the nation.\\nIn this important post he soon distinguished himself for wisdom, firmness and decision.\\nHe often detected and exposed the intrigues and machinations of Tecumseh and the\\nProphet, previous to the late war, in their operations with the Northwestern tribes.\\nHe continued in this important post with increased usefulness till the death of Tarhee,\\nwhen by hereditary right. Da on quot succeeded him as the ruling Chief. Hicks con-\\ntinned in the same relation to the new Chief until the death of the latter in the summer\\nof 1825. It was during his administration that Methodism was first preached among\\nthe Wyandotts. Being strongly imbued with the superstitions incident to heathenism,\\nit was sometime before he could be convinced of the truth and reality of this New\\ndoctrine, for it was indeed New to him as all his preconceived notions of the Chris-\\ntian religion were derived from the Romish Church, and not a very promising believer\\nat that. Possessing an inquiring mind and a thirst for knowledge and a disposition to\\nProve all things and hold fast that which is good, he availed himself of all opportu-\\nnities when he could get the aid of a good Interpreter, of conversing with well informed\\nProtestants upon religious subjects. In the year 1819 he, with his colleagues above-\\nnamed (except Da on quot who opposed this new religion bitterly), was received into\\nthe Church under the ministry of Eev. James Montgomery. From this period until\\nthe close of his pilgrimage he has continued unwavering and steadfast in his religious\\nintegrity, showing by his daily walk that the salvation of his own, and the souls of all\\nwithin his reach was the chief business of his life. His conversation upon religious\\nsubjects showed unmistakably that he was in earnest that be meant and felt wiiat he\\nsaid. He was exact and punctual in his attendance upon all the means of grace and a", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "374 THE JOURNALS OF [Febmary, 1853.\\nwas the last of the hereditary Chiefs of the Wyandott na-\\ntion. He has been for thirty-five years a member of the M.\\nE. Church.\\nTuesday, 15. M W. and Harriet rode over to pay a visit\\nto our old friend and neiglibor E. T. Peerey, who is laying\\nvery low with the Winter Fever. Attended the joint ses-\\nsion of the Committee and Council. Both bodies adjourned\\nto attend the Funeral of the late John Hicks.\\nIn the evening snowing, and continued till late in the\\nnight.\\nWednesday, 16. Went to attend the session of the Com-\\nmittee. Presented to the Council the last Will and testa-\\nment of John Hicks for probate.\\ncardinal maxim with him was to Have no communion with the unfruitful works of\\ndarkness but rather to reprove them and in reproof he was proverbially severe yet\\nnone acquainted with him could take offence. The ungodly, the persecutor and scoffer\\nhave often been made to writhe under the lacerating reproof administered by him. As\\nan Exhorter he was fluent, eloquent and impressive. His mind maintained its vigor\\ntill within two or three years ago. Last fall a year, he was selected by the Chiefs to\\ndeliver, at the Church, an address on the life and character of a deceased Chief with\\nwhom he had been intimate many years. It was in this effort, discovered that his\\nmental faculties were indeed falling into the sere and yellow leaf, and the gigantic\\nOak was dying at the top. Mentally and physically, it was evident, he was sinking\\nunder the pressure of the hand of time.\\nFather Hicks was ill about seven weeks before he died. I visited him about ten\\ndays previous to our last Quarterly meeting, when he expressed a desire to have admin-\\nistered to him for the last time, the sacrament of the Lord s Supper at that time. His\\nwife remarked that she did not think he would live that long. He seemed to be sud-\\ndenly roused and said, I feel confident that the Lord will spare me till then yes, I\\nshall live that long. LTpon our arrival at the time appointed for that purpose, we\\nfound him drowsy and stupid; but upon hearing our voices, he woke up and recognized\\nus both Knew our business and was inclined to converse with us, but was too weak.\\nBrother Peerey administered to him the sacred emblems.\\nSuffering much and long, he evinced great patience and resignation. In his con-\\nversation with all who visited him he invariably stated he was ready to obey the sum-\\nmons at any moment exhorted his friends to faithfulness in the cause. Thus departed\\nthis veteran from his post on the watch tower. The last of the hereditary Chiefs under\\nthe old regime of the Wyandott Nation.\\nHis age and feebleness extreme.\\nWho shall a helpless worm redeem!\\nJesus, my only hope thou art:\\nStrength of my failing flesh and heart,\\nO, could I catch a smile from thee,\\nAnd drop into eternity!", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "March, 1851.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 375\\nFriday, 18. Went over to C. B. G. s and spent some\\ntime in social chat with Major Kirby.\\nMonday, 21.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Went up to appraise White- Wing s farm.\\nCame home. Kaining.\\nTuesday, 22. Went and attended the last session of the\\nCommittee. Passed the Annual Appropriation Bill and ad-\\njourned sine die. Hired Monsieur Brouseau to work a\\nwhile.\\nWednesday, 23. Attended the sale of John Hicks Es-\\ntate. Came home in the evening.\\nFriday, 25. Major Moseley set out for Delaware.\\nWent at candle-light to attend a Temperance meeting at\\nthe Council House, Pretty fair turn out.\\nSaturday, 26. M Brouseau and Dudley commenced haul-\\ning in our corn from the brickyard Field. Wrote an obit-\\nuary of John Hicks, Sen.^\\nMarch, 1853.\\nThursday, 3. The loorthless Congress will be disbanded\\nto-night at 12 o clock. I pray Heaven this Republic will\\nnever be again cursed with such another Congress. Be-\\nceived two letters from Sophia informing us that her health\\nwas poor, and [that she] wanted to come home. Bec d one\\nfrom A. Guthrie upon the subject of our territorial organi-\\nzation.\\nFriday, 4. This day Gen. F. Pierce is inaugurated Pres-\\nident of the U. S. Friday is an ill day, a day of bad omen.\\nSaturday, 5. My birthday! Fifty-three years old! that\\ncannot be. I daily see men who are fourteen and fifteen\\nyears my juniors, w^ho look as though they were as many\\nyears my seigniours. I am not yet, I trust, in the sere and\\nyellow leaf; but how natural for men, when somewhat ad-\\nvanced in life, to vainly imagine they are still in Hhe dew of\\ntheir youths\\nThe biographical sketch given in note 1, p. 373.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "376 THE JOURNALS OF [March. 1853\\nMonday, 7. Attended, at night, a temperance Meeting at\\nthe Church. Came home at 11 o clock.\\nTuesday, 8. M Broseau went home after dinner; being\\ntoo stormy to work. Sent by him my letters to the P. O.;\\none to Judge C, Ph a; one to Rev. B. H. Russel,\\nCalifornia.\\nWednesday, 9. Sent Dudley to K., who shortly afterwards\\nreturned and reported that the ice above the ferry had\\nbroken loose and stove in the ferry boat and carried her\\noff down the river, with a negro on board.\\nThursday, 10. Sent Dudley again to K. He bro t our\\nmail, with a Telegraphic dispatch announcing Gen. Pierce s\\nCabinet: Secretary of State, Marcy, of N. Y.; Treasury,\\nGuthrie, Ky.; Interior, McClelland, Mich.; War, Davis,\\nMiss.; Navy, Dobbin, N. C; P. M. G., Campbell, Penn.;\\nAtt y Gen l, Gushing, Mass.\\nFriday, 11. Sent Dudley after my Frenchman to come\\nto work. Found the rascally Bullfrogeater in Kansas chop-\\nping wood in the Street. Went over to sit up with Cyrus\\nGarrett, who is very sick with the Erysipelas. Staid all\\nnight. Heard of the death of Henry Warpole and Ann\\nWhite- Wing. The former died in the woods while hunt-\\ning.\\nSaturday, 12. Sent Sophia s letter to J. Walker for him\\nto enclose $40 to her. Dudley returned from K. bringing\\nour mail. One letter from Sophia. Her health improving.\\nRec d Senate bill organizing Nebraska Territory.^\\nSunday, 13. Went over to see Cyrus; found him im-\\nproving. Staid till quite late.\\nMonday, 14. Cold and cloudy morning. Therm. 18\u00c2\u00b0.\\nI am apprehensive [that] cold weather is likely to continue\\nthro this New Moon.\\nI have been unable to learn anything of this bill. This entry would indicate that\\nit was not the Hall-Richardson bill. But I can come to no other conclusion than that\\nit was.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "March, 1853] GOVERNOR WALKER. 377\\nAnswered M. Edwards letter. Just heard that Tom Coke\\nhad inflicted a mortal wound upon Solomon Kayrohoo, with\\nan Iron poker.\\nTuesday, 15. Clear and cold. Therm. 10\u00c2\u00b0. Attended a\\nspecial session of the Committee. Unpleasant day. Heard\\nof the death of Dr. Gemundt.\\nWednesday, 16. Commenced the copying [of] the Wy-\\nandott laws. Warm wind from the south. Cyrus Garrett\\nis still very sick. Typhoid Fever. Therm. 22\u00c2\u00b0.\\nThursday, 17. Went over to see Cyrus Garrett. Found\\nhim improving.\\nEngaged in copying the laws. A perplexing job Amend-\\nments upon amendments come up like spirits from the\\nvasty deep incoherent, incongruous, and inconsistent with\\nthe original laws. Such are the fruits of having Nin-Kum-\\npoops to make laws.\\nAttended a Temperance Meeting at the Church. Deliv-\\nered a speech at the request of the Society. Came home at\\n11 o clock at night.\\nTuesday, 22. Attended the session of the Council. Not\\nmuch done.\\nWednesday, 23. M Dofflemeyer commenced witewash-\\ning our House. C. B. Garrett returned home. Also, Hon.\\nA. Guthrie from AVashington. Our house upside doivn and\\ntopsey turvey.\\nThursday, 24. M D. still whitewashing and painting.\\nAt 2 P. M. got through, and [I am] heartily glad of it.\\nFriday, 25. Cloudy morning; threatening rain. That\\naithy, greasy, loafing, poverty stricken, lying Frenchman, Bro-\\nseau, has not returned to work. My execrations upon his\\npate!\\nSaturday, 26. Sick. I am unable to tell my complaint.\\nSomething like dyspepsia. Feel wretched. Took a dose of", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "378 THE JOURNALS OF [March. 1853.\\nCook s Pills last night. Derived no advantage from them.\\nSick all day. Resumed recording the Laws gave it up.\\nSunday, 27. I feel some better this morning but my\\ncomplaint is not doce with yet. The snake is scotched but\\nnot killed.\\nApril, 1853.\\nThursday, 14. While in Kansas strong suspicions were\\nexcited that a gang of desperadoes was lurking about intent\\nupon robbery and plunder; a person was detailed by the\\ncitizens to keep a look out. He associated himself with ev-\\nery suspicious person to chat with each quite familiarly,\\nand [he] finally succeeded in discovering who they were,\\ntheir plans of operation, and that they had already commit-\\nted a burglarious robbery upon a store in Parkville. He\\nalso ascertained where the goods were concealed, and [that]\\nit was their intention to fire the town of Kansas that night.\\nPrompt measures were then adopted for their arrest. Arrest\\nsucceeded arrest till nine were secured. They were sent to\\nPlatte City Jail to await their trial. They were a hard look-\\ning set of scamps.\\nSaturday, 23. Commenced writing a review of an edito-\\nrial which appeared in the Sandusky Register. It is a\\nmost scandalous calumny on the Wyandotts. This is the\\nfirst instance of any of [the] Corps Editorial in Ohio at-\\ntacking the Wyandotts.\\nSunday, 24, Finished my fulmination. Visited by E.\\nGarret and Henry Garrett, who staid [a] coui^le of hours.\\nIn the evening the Rev. JVP Jones called upon us.\\nAVednesday, 27. M. R. Walker bro t us our mail, among\\nwhich was a letter from Sophia, announcing to us the aston-\\nishing news of her marriage with M^ D. V. Clements, of\\nHardin County, Ohio, on the 5th instant. WeW, perhaps its\\nfor the best.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "May. 1853.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 379\\nThursday, 28. Just heard that Tom Coke was killed by\\nTom Mononcue, while returning from Parkville. Learned,\\nas yet, no particulars.\\nSaturday, 30. Sent by Adam Brown for our mail, but\\nthis was the last we have seen of him. I fear he got on a\\nhurst, and perhaps lost our mail and himself, too.\\nMay, 1853.\\nMonday, 2. Finished copying the Wyandott Laws.^ Fe-\\nlicitatus\\nA great temperance meeting at the Church to-night.\\nThese Temperance promises and pledges may, peradventure,\\nlast till Dog days, but I very much doubt it. They are\\nseldom productive of any permanent good.\\nTuesday, 10. Attended the session of the Council. Fri-\\nday, loth, appointed for the trial of Thomas Mononcue.\\nHeard of the removal of Thomas Moseley from the In-\\ndian Agency and the appointment of a M Kobinson from\\nthe South West part of the State.\\nWednesday, 11. Wrote a long letter to the California\\nWyandotts. Wm. Priddee, Presley Mnir Company set\\nout from Wyandott Territory for California, with nearly two\\nhundred head of Cattle.\\nFriday, 13. This is the day set for the trial of the crim-\\ninal.\\n3 o clock P. M. Some of the jury and some of the wit-\\nnes.ses failing to appear, the trial was postponed till Tuesday\\nthe 17th.\\nM George Twyman called this evening.\\nMonday, 16. In the evening attended a Temperance\\nmeeting at the Church. The person chosen for speaker at a\\nprevious meeting not appearing, M D who always\\nI have searched for this copy of the Wyandot Laws, but liave not found them.\\nThey are not among the papers belonging to the Council in the Indian Territory.\\nDofflemeyer.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "380 THE JOURNALS OF [May, iS53.\\nlikes to hear himself talk, took the floor, and with his usiuil\\nwild and uncouth ranting and horrid screams soon came near\\ndriving his audience out of the House, when S. Armstrong-\\ninterposed and took the floor from him and delivered a short\\naddress in Wyandott, after which I followed in English.\\nTuesday, 17. At 12 M. went down to attend the trial of\\nThomas Mononcue. The jury empanelled and sworn. J.\\nW. Gray Eyes, Prosecutor. M. R. W. and myself for the\\ndefeiice. The case was submitted to the jury at 6 o clock,\\nand I came home.\\nWednesday, 18. Just learned that the Jury bro t in a\\nverdict of Man Slaughter in the Second Degreed The\\nCourt unjustly and tyrannically sentenced him [to] iuiir\\nyears solitary confinement.\\nSunday, 22. Went to Church and heard a very good ser-\\nmon preached by Rev. Thos. Ashby. Invited him and his\\nlady to dine with us.\\nTuesday, 24. Major Moseley and lady came and staid all\\nnight, by way of a farewell visit; he having been superseded\\nin the Kansas Agency by a M Robinson, of Polk County,\\nMo\\nThursday, 26. Diable Those drunken vagabondish fer-\\nrymen have the lost Ferry Boat. They say some one or two\\nbroke the lock last night and took the Boat, no one knows\\nwhere. This is too provoking. The rascals have been drunk\\nand lost the Boat themselves. Now we have another Ein-\\nhargo.\\nSunday, 29. To-day a Union Sunday School celebration\\ncomes ofi in Kansas.\\nOur Ferry Boat was found and recovered near Randolph.\\nMonday, 30. Major Moseley came over in company with\\nMajor Robinson, his successor in office, and introduced him\\nto us employees and such others as were present. Beauliful\\nevening, tho cool.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "June, 1853.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 381\\nTuesday, 31. Sent a copy of the Ohio State Journal con-\\ntaining my vindication of the Wyandotts, for republication\\nin the Missouri Democrat. M Priestley M. Doffle-\\nmeyer [came] on a visit [to us] and dined. Wrote to\\nDavid Preston Co., of Detroit, on the subject of Bounty\\nlands.\\n.Tu.Nj., 1853.\\nMonday, 6. M W. and I went to Kansas to attend to\\nsome indisj^ensable business. AVhile in Kansas we found\\nthat the Campbells were not only coming, but had act-\\nually come. We had a regular family interview.\\nSaturday, 11. Dressed out my Hominy Corn.\\nHarriet, Miss Armstrong, Miss Hunter Miss JNinnie\\nwent up to Muncie town and staid all night.\\nSunday, 12. Our Clergyman being absent, there were no\\nreligious services at the Church. And as a consequence we\\nall staid at home.\\nA strange sort of Genius called upon me to-day, an eccen-\\ntric, wild and impulsive German. He was making researches\\ninto the various Aboriginal dialects. I exhibited to him\\nsuch works as I had on hand, from which he made extracts.\\nHis English was bad and, if possible, his French was worse.\\nHe was in the outward man, rough and filthy.\\nFriday, 17. In the evening Harriet found two swarms\\nof bees hanging [to] a walnut tree. We turned to and pre-\\npared a couple of Gums and secured them. In the night\\nwe removed them to the Garden where they may accumu-\\nlate as much honey as they please.\\nSunday, 19. M Doffleiiiever and Lady returned last\\nevening from Platte County. The Korthern Quarterly\\nMeeting going on.\\nWednesday, 22. M Nancy Pipe is veiy sick. Having\\nhad a paralytic stroke on her left side, rendering her in-\\nsensible.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "382 THE JOURNALS OF [J\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab. isss.\\nThursday, 23. M Nancy Pipe continues insensible.\\nFriday, 24. Harriet just returned from sitting up with\\nthe sick. Nancy no better.\\nRiddlesbarger Charivari d last night.\\nSaturday, 25. At dark news came that Nancy Pipe was\\ndying. Harriet and I went over. She died at 20 minutes\\npast 10 o clock P. M. We sat up all night.\\nSunday, 26. After breakfast we returned to the afflicted\\nfamily. A lai ge concourse of our people assembled, and\\nRev. M Dofflemeyer delivered an address. Funeral to\\ntake place at 10 o clock to-morrow.\\nMonday, 27. Attended the funeral. The burial took\\nplace at 12 M.\\nThursday, 30. M M Clement arrived. A happy\\nmeeting among the folks.\\nJuly, 1853.\\nTuesday, 12. Attended the nominating Convention. The\\nfollowing is the result:\\nJohn D. Brown\\nvs\\nTauromee.\\nMatthew Mudeater\\nvs\\nJohn Arms.\\nJohn Sarrahess\\nvs\\nGeo. I. Clarl:\\nJohn S. Bearskin\\nvs\\nJohn Hicks.\\nJohn Gibson\\nvs\\nThos. Pipe.\\nWednesday, 13. Capt. Black-Sheep called upon us to-\\nday.\\nFriday, 22. Martha gone to Kansas and Harriet to Mun-\\ncie town.^\\nMonday, 25. Cool and cloudy morning. Resumed cut-\\nting my grass. Warm thro the day. Sent Harriet to Kan-\\nsas for some medicines for M C. who has every other day a\\nchill.\\nIn the evening three Gentlemen rode up and enquired if\\nNow Muncie P. 0,. Wyandotte County, Kansas.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "July, 1853.] GOVEENOK WALKEK. 383\\nW. W. resided here. Upon being answered in the affirma-\\ntive they stated they wished to stay all night. I sent them\\nto M C. B. G. s.\\nThey said they were delegates to the Rail Road Meeting,\\nin Nebraska, on the 26th inst. I would gladly have enter-\\ntained them, but owing to family sickness I was compelled\\nto send them where I did.\\nTuesday, 26. Very cool and clear.\\nWent over to C. B. G. s and got my scythe ground.\\nWarm and sultry.\\nOn yesterday morning One Hundred Snakes Standing-\\nstone died of Hania a potu.\\nAt noon a messenger was sent for me to attend the Rail\\nRoad Convention. I saddled my horse and rode up to the\\nWyandott Council House, where I found a large collection\\nof the habitans of Nebraska.\\nThe meeting was called to order and organized by the ap-\\npointment of Wm. P. Birney, of Delaware, President, and\\nWm. Walker, Sec y.\\nA Committee was then appointed to prepare Resolutions\\nexpressive of the sense of the meeting. James Findley\\nDyer, and Silas Armstrong were appointed.\\nIn accordance with the Resolutions adopted the fol low-\\nofficers were elected as a provisional government for the\\nTerritory:\\nFor Provisional Governor, Wm. Walker; Sec y of the\\nTerritory, G. I. Clark; Councilmen, R. C. Miller, Isaac\\nMundy, and M. R. Walker.\\nResolutions were adopted expressive of the Convention s\\npreference of the Great Central Rail Road Route.\\nA. Guthrie, late delegate, was nominated as the Candidate\\nfor re-election. Adjourned.\\nThursday, 28. Clear and cool morning.\\nM. R. Walker very kindly come to my aid with his hand", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "384 THE JOURNALS OF [July, 1853.\\nand team and hauled and stacked my hay in excellent or-\\nder.\\nA. Guthrie called upon and dined with us to-day. Bec d\\nthe printed proceedings of the Nebraska territorial Conven-\\ntion.\\nGreat credit is due to the Proprietors of the Industrial\\nLuminary in Parkville for their promptitude in publishing\\nthe proceedings in hand bills in so short a time.\\nFriday, 29. Staid at home all day and rested by reading\\nand writing.\\nSaturday, 30. Clear and warm. Prospect of a warm day.\\nWell, by action of the Convention of Tuesday last I was\\nelected Provisional Governor of this Territory. The first\\nexecutive act devolving on me, is to issue a Proclamation\\nordering an election to be held in the different precincts,\\n[for] one delegate to the 33rd Congress.\\nAt 10 o clock A. M., a smart shower. This will in some\\ndegree, cool the ardor of the spectators of the exhibition of\\nthe Managerie of living animals in Kansas to-day.\\nAugust, 1853.\\nMonday, 1. Issued my proclamation for holding an elec-\\ntion in the different precincts in the Territory op the second\\nTuesday in October, for one Delegate to the 33rd Congress,\\nAttended at a Council of Wyandotts, Dela wares, Shawnees,\\nand Pottowotomies, in Delaware. Came home at midnight.\\nThen [we] had a heavy rain.\\nWednesday, 3. At the request of a friend, I wrote my\\nown brief Biography. While doing so, I was visited again\\nby the crazy German mentioned under the date Sunday,\\nJune 12. While engaged in making extracts from my\\nbooks, he was taken with a chill. He is evidently partially\\ninsane. During the paroxysm of the chill, we .discovered\\nthat the poor fellow was saris schme. He left in the evening.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "August, 1853.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 385\\nSaturday, 6. To- Uiy Se:;;itor Atci)i on holds forth in\\nParkville, but I cannot go.\\nMonday, 8. Geo. I. Clark, Sec y of the Territory, called\\nthis morning and delivered the printed Proclamation (200\\ncopies) for circulation.\\nTuesday, 9. Yoked up my oxen to see how Old Brin\\nwould work with his new partner, Darby. Well, they work\\ncharmingly. I am pleased with my team.\\nThis is the day appointed for the Wyandott National elec-\\ntion and Green Corn feast.\\nWednesday 10.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Dog Star rages. Therm. 95\u00c2\u00b0.\\nHauled a part of our effects to the Camp Ground. I am\\nalmost sorry I consented to Camp, the weather being so op-\\npressively hot.\\nThursday, 11. I have lost a day. My reckoning is\\nwrong, but let it pass. Hauled a part of our effects to the\\nCamp Ground to-day, not yederday.\\nFriday, 12. Located among the tents of Israel, but in\\norder to accomplish this, I suffered in the flesh.\\nSaturday, 13. Public preaching by Rev. F. Ashby. In\\nthe evening we had a shower with a heavy wind creating a\\nconsiderable clatter among the clap boards of our Shantee.\\nSunday, 14. At 11 o clock a very large congregation\\nassembled in the Brick Church, filling it to its utmost\\ncapacity.\\nRev. F. Ashby preached an able sermon from the 1st\\nPsalm.\\nIn the evening a very warm and interesting meeting. The\\nChurch members seemed to enjoy the exercises with great\\ngusto.\\nMonday, 15. Religious services at short intervals, con-\\ntinued.\\nThe ordinance of Baptism administered to M and M\\nPriestly, and a large number of children.\\n26", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "386 THE JOURNALS OF [August, 1353.\\nAt niglit a warm and devotional prayer meeting.\\nTuesday, 16. Broke up and all moved home.\\nTiiur.-day, 18. Commenced a long letter to Presley\\nMuir [who is] in California. Got my Kan.^^as mail. Two\\nWhigs elected from Missouri, Liudsey and Caruthers.\\nSunday, 21. I am vexed and tormented by my neigh-\\nbor s hogs. A more devilish and unruly set of swine I\\nnever saw. Preacher s children and live stock, from such,\\nLibera nos, Donvine Deo\\nThursday, 25. Rec d a letter from Major Robinson on\\nofficial business.\\nSaturday, 27. I must to-day collect some school statis-\\ntics for Major Robinson.\\nSunday, 28. There being no services at the Church, all\\nhaving gone to the Delaware Camp Meeting, we staid at\\nhome.\\nMonday, 29.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M W., M Clement and myself went to\\nKansas.\\nGetting sickly in this place. Many pale faces.\\nWednesday, 31. M Guthrie called upon us to-day. All\\nsick.\\nSeptember, 1853.\\nFriday, 2. M W. very sick. Our physician is very at-\\ntentive to us in our afflictions, but our uncouth and clownish\\npreacher attaches but little value to our spiritual interests,\\nas he has never called to see us.\\nTuesday, 6. M Commissioner Manypenny came over in\\ncompany with Rev. Thos. Johnston to pay the Wyandotts a\\nvisit. The Council being in session, I introduced him to the\\nCouncil, to which body he made a short address.\\nThursday, 8. Harriet gone to Lexington and our emi-\\nnent divine to the Conference in St. Louis. Dr. Wright\\ncalled to see us.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "October, 1853.] GOVERNOR AVALKER. o87\\nSaturday, 10. The Territorial Council met and ado}ited\\nrules and regulations for the election of delegate to Congress\\nfrom this Territory.\\nSunday, 11. A shower in the morning.\\nIt turned out a pleasant day, but a dull and lonesome day.\\nNot a soul called upon us thro the day. Wrote the Indian s\\nexperience in Spiritual Rappings.\\nTuesday, 13. Attended the session of the Council. There\\nmet with Major Robinson, Indian Agent. Came home in\\nthe evening.\\nFriday, 16. Tauroomee, N. Cotter and Philip Brown\\ncalled to get some writing done. The two latter [are] go-\\ning to California.\\nTuesday, 27. T Dofllemeyer returned from St. Louis\\nConference, that^s all about him.\\nOctober, 1853.\\nTuesday, 4. Attended the session of the Council. Har-\\nriet returned home from Lexington, ]Mo.\\nA. L. Gilstrap, Bloomington, Mo.\\nThe above is the address of a Gentleman Avho called upon\\nme and spent the evening. He has been exploring Nebraska\\nTerritory with a view of settling.\\nThursday, 6. Kec d a letter from Maj. Robinson, inform-\\ning me that Com. Manypenny wished to have an interview\\nwith the Council to-morrow.\\nFriday, 7. Attended a Council called by the Com. of\\nIndian Affairs. Speeches were passed between the parties\\non the subject of the Territorial organization, selling out to\\nthe Gov t.\\nSaturday, 8. Completed my second Epistle to the Ohio\\nState Journal on Tenitoi-ial Affairs. Then hunted up my\\nvillainous horses. Harriet gone to Kansas for our mail.\\nAttended a called National Council.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "388 THE JOURNALS OF [October, 1853.\\nSunday, 9. Harriet went to Sabbath School. M. E-. W.,\\nM^^ M. Garrett, and M Sarah Garrett called upon us and\\nspent an hour in social chat.\\nMonday, 10. Went to attend a special session of the\\nCouncil.\\nTuesday, 11. Attended the election for delegate to Con-\\ngress, for Wyandott precinct. Fifty-cne votes only were\\npolled.\\nA. Guthrie, 33\\nTom Johnston, 18\\nThe priesthood of the M. E. Church made unusual exer-\\ntions to obtain a majority for their holy brother. Amidst the\\nexertions of their obsequious tools, it was apparent [that] it\\nwas an u[)-hill piece of business in Wyandott.\\nExecuted a Commission to J. B. Nones as Commissioner\\nand Notary Public for Nebraska Territory.\\nThursday, 13. Went down to Kansas to see M and M\\nClement on board a Steamer on their return to Ohio. A\\npleasant trip to ye. Farewell.\\nThursday, 27. Just getting over a most wanton and un-\\nprovoked attack of the Bilious Diarrhea which bro t me\\nclose to death s door.\\nFriday, 28. Hired Isaac Big-Tree and James Armstrong\\nto chop wood. In the evening tliey went home.\\nIn the evening the M^^ Garretts and Miss Garrett called\\nand staid till bed-time.\\nMonday, 31. I suppose we may safely set down Thomas\\nJohnston s election for delci^ate as certain. It is not at all\\nsurprising, when we look at the fearful odds between tlie\\nopposing candidates. M Guthrie had only his personal\\nfriends to support him with their votes and influence, while\\nthe former had the whole power of the Federal Government,\\nthe presence and active support of the Commissioner of In-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "November. 1853.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 389\\ndian Affairs, the Military, the Indian Agents, Missionaries,\\nIndian Traders, c. A combined power that is irresistible.\\nNovember, 1853.\\nSaturday, 5. Kee d a line from J. Walker informing me\\nthat Ma,]. Robinson, Indian Agent, had landed with the An-\\nnuity, and intended paying out on Monday.\\nSunday, 6. Wrote all day in copying the Pay Roll, hav-\\ning to make triplicates.\\nMonday, 7. Attended at the Council House at an early\\nhour, tho in poor health. The Agent having been fur-\\nnished with only $17,500.00, leaving out $5,000.00 due under\\nthe Treaty of 1850, the Council refused to receive it. So\\nended the payment. The whole [matter] was adjourned in-\\ndefinitely.\\nThe Territorial Council, Sec y and Governor then pro-\\nceeded to open the returns of the Territorial Election. After\\ncanvassing the Returns it appeared that Thomas Johnston\\nhad received the highest number of votes, and was declared\\nduly elected delegate to the 33d Congress.\\nCame home having P. D. Clark as a guest.\\nTuesday, 8. J. W. Garrett, Deputy Secretary, attended at\\nmy House, and we issued the Certificate of election to Thomas\\nJohnston, delegate elect to the 33rd Congress.\\nFriday, 11. Beautiful, warm morning. This is Indian\\nsummer.\\nYoked up my Oxen and hauled home the Cabbage we\\nbought from M Rankin then all hands went to work and\\nwe made a h Barrel of Saur Ki^aut, as good as ever was\\nstowed away in the stomach of Governor Von Twillerei-, or\\nPeter the Headstrong.\\nSaturday, 12. M Guthrie called and examined the elec-\\ntion returns for delegate, and intends taking copies of them.\\nSunday, 13. Finished two letters. One to M O. H.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "390 THE JOURNALS OF [November, 1853.\\nBrowne, of Maryland, and the other to M Gilstrap, Editor\\nof the BloomingtonE,epublican, both on Territorial Affairs.\\nMonday, 14. Went out to hunt my villainous horses, hut\\ncould lind nothing of them and gave up the chase. M W.\\nthen went out for the same purpose, but returned fatigued\\nand equally unsuccessful. C. B. Garrett returned from Ohio.\\nThursday, 17. Bode out to hunt for my ox, but could\\nnot find him. Harriet gone to Kansas to see a sick friend,\\nMiss Martha Smart.\\nFriday, 18. Went out again to hunt my runaway ox.\\nTravelled over hill and dale, through jungles and thick-\\nets, swamps and morasses, but could find nothing of the old\\nScamp.\\nSunday, 20. Yesterday and to-day a})pointed for Quar-\\nterly Meeting the weather being so unfavorable, there will\\nnot be much of a turn out.\\nThe rainy appearance of the sky prevented us from going\\nto Church.\\nMonday, 21. Went down to attend the Annuity pay-\\nment. After much parleying and delay, the payment com-\\nmenced. By omitting, for the present, ten deceased persons,\\nthe $17,500 netted |30 per capita to 585 persons. Not get-\\nting through, it was adjourned till to-morrow morning, 10\\no clock.\\nTuesday, 22. Besumed the payment of the Annuity,\\nand closed at candle-light. A tedious job we have had\\nof it.\\nWednesday, 23. M W. and Martha set out this morn-\\ning for Parkville, this [being] their. first visit to that place.\\nWent to meet the Council and Maj. Bobinson. Bo t of P.\\nD. Clark an Osage Pony for $28.00.\\nCame home wearied of the bustle and turmoil of an In-\\ndian payment. Our folks returned from Parkville about\\nsunset.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "TleceiBbei, 1853] GOVERNOR WALKER. 391\\nThursday, 24. Wrote a communication to Col. Many-\\npenny, Commissioner of Indian Aflairs, correcting an error\\nin a communication published in the Missouri Democrat by\\nM A. Guthrie in relution to a speech delivered by the for-\\nmer to the Wyandott Council.\\nFriday, 25. M P. D. Clark sent my Osage Pony by his\\nman Friday.\\nSaturday, 26. Rode out to Matthew Barnett s to recover\\nmy runaway ox, but could not find him. E-eturned home.\\nIn the evening the Ladies from C. B. G. s, accompanied\\nby M Edgar Garret, came over and spent the evening witli\\nus.\\nMonday, 28. Went the second time in pursuit of my ox.\\nFound him at the Widow Kayroohoo s and had much trouble\\nand difficulty in getting him home.\\nWent to attend the session of the Wyandott Council.\\nMet Maj. E-obinson there. Leai-ned that the Widow Bonu-\\nCMj died yesterday. Came home in the evening.\\nJ. W^alker purchased the Agency buildings and other im-\\nprovements at $500.00.\\nWednesday, oO. Turned out my Osage Pony, and my\\ntwo horses took turns in chasing her round the pasture. I\\nthen expelled one of them, supposing the other would then\\nbecome more friendly and sociable with her but no. He\\ncontinued racing her round the pasture. I was compelled\\nto put her in the stable for protection.\\nDecember, 1853.\\nThursday, 1. Went to Church to hear Professor South-\\nwick of Chapel Hill Academy, a Cumberland Presbyterian\\npreacher. That portion of the sermon I heard was very\\ngood.\\nSaturday, 3. Just heard that a deputation of Seneca", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "392 THE JOUENALS OF [December, 1853.\\nChiefs had arrived, od public business with the Wyandott\\nCouncil.\\nAttended the Council. Found seven Senecas, a deputa-\\ntion of Shawnees, and one of Delawares.\\nJohn Hatt, the Wyandott Principal Chief, opened the\\nusual ceremonies, when the Senecas delivered a speech em-\\nbracing the object of their Embassy.\\nThe amount was to remind the Wyandotts that they were\\nonce appointed the keepers of the Council fire, and it was\\nthe wish of the Six Nations that they should re-kindle the\\nfire in the West.\\nThey were replied to thro the Shawnees, that the Council\\nfire had been rekindled in the West five years ago last Oc-\\ntober, and the reason why they (the six nations) were not\\ninvited to attend and assist in the ceremonies must be plain\\nand obvious to them, viz: they did not belong to the An-\\ncient Confederacy of N. W. Indians, but to the Iroquoise\\nConfederacy; therefore could claim no rights, nor have any\\nvoice in it.\\nSunday, 4. To-day the members of Congress, instead of\\ngoing to Church and say[ing] their prayers, are busily en-\\ngaged in canvassing and intriguing about the Speakership\\nand Clerkship of the House.\\nMonday, 5. Rec d a proposition to purchase our Piano,\\nfrom Pev. Scarritt for his Select School in Westport. Low-\\nest figure, $200.00. The matter considered.\\nBeautiful day. Indian summer. To-day Congress meets.\\nTo-day a fearful struggle takes place in the House of Pep-\\nresentatives among the Candidates for Speaker and for Clerk.\\nIf the House gets organized to-day, the President s message\\nwill be delivered.\\nSold our Piano Forte to Pev. N. Scarritt, Principal of the\\nWestport High School, at |200.00, 9 months credit.\\nTuesday, 6. M Dofflemeyer came with his Wagon to", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "December, 1853.] GOVEKNOR WALKER. 393\\ntake the Piano to Westport. We packed it up and shipped\\nit off. Farewell, dispenser of sweet, concordant sounds\\nThe Council sent the Sheriff after me to attend their ses-\\nsion. Well, I promptly and very decidedly refused. I\\nthought it was time to have a short cessation of these public\\ngatherings, and time to attend to my long neglected domes-\\ntic affairs.\\nFriday, 9.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Finished reading The Tenant of Wildfeld\\nHall. I consider it one of the best written things of the\\nKind I have ever read. I like its terse and vigorous style\\nof the pure old Anglo-Saxon dialect.\\nWednesday, 14. This evening a Cotillion party is to\\ncome off at the Modie House in Westport, but I cannot\\ngo, tho invited, owing to my crippled condition.\\nThursday, 15. Major Robinson sent for me to attend at\\nthe Council House. I went. He had received a communi-\\ncation from the Com. of Indian Affairs upon the subject of\\nthe $5,000 explaining the cause of its non-payment.\\nP. D. Clark s Protest was read to the Council.\\nTuesday, 20. Harriet and Baptiste set out for Kansas,\\nbut on arriving at the Ferry found the floating ice so thick\\nand running so rapidly the Ferry Boat could not cross. So\\nthey gave it up and come home. M Dofflemeyer then pro-\\nposed to Harriet that if she would go back with him, as he\\nwanted to go over, he would venture with the Ferry Boat,\\nand make the attempt to cross. They went and succeeded\\nin crossing.\\nFriday, 23. F. A. Hicks and Adam Brown called upon\\nme to-day.\\nFinished a long letter in answer to one of enquiry about\\nthe general character of Nebraska, from some Ohio Yan-\\nkees.\\nSaturday, 24. To-day the Sons of Temperance have\\na celebration at the Church. In the evening the Division", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "394 THE JOURNALS OF [December, 1853.\\nwas dismissed after its return to the Lodge Room. They\\nmade quite an imposing appearance when marching to, and\\nfrom the Church. The repast, prepared for the Division\\nand all who attended, was rich and bountiful. A social party\\nat Isaac Brown s.\\nMonday, 26.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M Hicks, W Williams, and W Charloe,\\nall aged and venerable Widows, called upon us to-day to pay\\nus the compliments of tlie season. They dined with us and\\ntook their leave. Shall we ever eat another Christmas Din-\\nner together?\\nWednesday, 28. Harriet and our garcon, Baptiste gal-\\nloping over the country for marketing. I, engaged in issu-\\ning cards of invitation. Thus the day passed away.\\nThursday, 29. I, and my garcon hauled a load of chips\\nfrom the woods, amounting to nearly a cord of solid wood.\\nKussell Garrett, in company with Harriet and some other\\ncompany, gone to the Fair at Westport.\\nFriday, 30. M Dofflemeyer called this morning, and as\\nusual, in a hurry. Our folks who went to attend the West-\\nport Fair, returned at 2 P. M. amidst the storm.\\nOur women up to their Eyebrows in culinary oper-\\nations for to-morrow s Dinner party.\\nSaturday, 31. The last and surviving day of Anno Dom-\\nini 1853. At 10 o clock A. M., snowing. A most uproar-\\nish and squally day rain, snow, hail and dust circling in\\nclouds in the wildest confusion and disorder.\\nAt 12 M. our guests began to assemble. At h past 2 P.\\nM., they were seated and the Dinner went off with a fine\\nrelish, and enjoyment. At 7 in the evening the young peo-\\nple assembled for a Social party. The party went off\\nwith much hilarity and good feeling. Dispersed at 11\\no clock.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "JannarT, 1854] GOVERNOR WALKER. 395\\nJanuary, 1854.\\nSunday, 1. A bappy New Year!\\nClear and pleasant morning- for the first day of the year.\\nThe house is silent, our Company dispersed. A good time\\nfor serious reflection upon the fleeting and unsubstantial en-\\njoyments of this world. The old year, 53, passed out last\\nnight amid the moanings and wild and unearthly slirieks oi\\na furious N. W. wind.\\nPleasant day. Lonesome no one called upon us to-day.\\nWednesday, 4. Invited to a dinner party at F. A. Hicks s\\nto-day.\\nAttended and found a goodly company. Plad a splendid\\ndinner. At night the young people had a party.\\nThursday, 5. Went down to attend the session of the\\nTreaty Committee, and in the absence of J. Walkei-, was\\nappointed Clerk. Proje[c]ts of Treaties were submitted to\\nthe consideration of the Committee by Clark and myself\\nThese were discussed till sunset, then adjourned. An aw-\\nful [iy] cold and windy day. Came home, and glad to reach\\nmy own fireside.\\nSunday, 8. Wrote a long letter to A. Guthrie.\\nMonday, 9. Attended the session of the Committee,\\nCame home in the evening. M. R. J. Walker came over,\\nand staid till bed-time, discussing treaty making matters.\\nTuesday, 10. Harriet gone to Kansas on a visit to the\\nCampbells.\\nSun set clear. Writing a long letter to Joseph Howard\\nWashington.\\nWednesday, 11. Got up too early. We were deceived\\nby our silly Chanticleers tuning up their pipes at an unsea-\\nsonable hour.\\nSucceeded in extracting a troublesome tooth from my Jaw,\\nwith my fingers, instead of Forceps and Turnkeys. Fare-\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(41, old grinder/ Well, I am getting dismembered. I am", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "396 THE JOURNALS OF [January, 185t.\\ngetting small by degrees and unhandsomely less. I\\nam in the beginning of 54, one tooth less than in 53.\\nThursday, 12. Attended the session of the Treaty Com-\\nmittee. Came home in the evening.\\nReceived two letters from A. Guthrie. In trouble asfain.\\nWants certificates to prove his charges against Commissioner\\nManypenny. I can t help him much.\\nFriday, 13. Wrote a long letter to A. Guthrie. Cold all\\nday.\\nSaturday, 14. Harriet returned from her visit to the\\nCampbells.\\nMonday, 16. Commenced reading Guy Mannering by\\nW. Scott.\\nWrote a memorial to the Department of the Interior on\\nthe subject of some grants of land by the Treaty of Upper\\nSandusky, O.\\nWednesday, 18.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Got our mail. Rec d thro M. R. W.\\nsome letters. One irom A. Guthrie, and [one] from J. T.\\nJones, of Circleville, O.\\nFinished reading Guy Mannering.\\nThui sday, 19. Attended the session of the Treaty Com-\\nmittee. Come home in the evening.\\nFriday, 20. The ground is white with snow and sleet.\\nThis day (it is now 2 P. M.) may well be compared to one\\nof Iceland s brag days. Done nothing but carry wood and\\nkeep a burning log heap in my fire-place. Everything out\\ndoors bears a dreary and chilling aspect, at once depressing,\\nand cheerless. Whew! but this will be a stinging night!\\nMonday, 23. Attended the session of the Treaty Commit-\\ntee. Came home in the evening.\\nThursday, 26. Attended the session of the Committee.\\nIn the evening, wind from the North,\\nSaturday, 28. Sent Baptiste to Kansas. Rec d an Ohio\\nStale Journal. This is the amount of my mail. Guthrie", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "Februaiy, 1854.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 397\\nout on Col. Manypenny again. The former, I fear, will\\ncome off second best. He is imprudent and rnsli.\\n;^iss Armstrong and ]\\\\P Hunter called to-day.\\nSunday, 29. Attended the session of the Committee.\\nWarm alternoon.\\nTuesday, 31. Went to town, expecting Maj. Robinson\\nover. Staid till 12 o clock. Came home. The Sheriff\\ncalled upon me and informed me that he had arrived and\\ndesired my attendance. He paid over to the Chiefs the\\namount of the appropriation, |)2,285.00. Then gave notice\\ntliat lie [would] pay over to the heads of families the ^5,-\\n0C\u00c2\u00bb0.00 of which he was minus at the Payment of the An-\\nnuity last fall.\\nFebruary, 1854.\\nWednesday, 1. To-day the Chiefs are to pay out the\\npublic liabilities. Attended to the disbursement of the pub-\\nlic liabilities.\\nFriday, 3. Sick.\\nSaturday, 4 Engaged, sick as I am, in making out the\\nPay Rolls. Heck repaired the Clock.\\nSunday, 5 Confined to bed part of the time, and a part\\n[of the time] employed on the Pay Rolls.\\nJ. W. Garrett and Lady spent the evening with us.\\nTuesday, 7. Finished the Pay Rolls.\\nI was visited to-day by a creativre made after the manner\\nof men, hut whose actions, talk, and every movement went to\\nprove what I had ever before doubted, that it is possible for\\nall the evils all that is depraved. all that is devilish all\\nthat is abominable all that is brutal, and, in short, all that\\ndisgraces human nature, can be concentrated in one individ-\\nual. I have known this creature about 30 years. I place\\non record that, from and after Tuesday, Feb. 7, 54, I know\\nhim no more as a Man.\\nWednesday, 8. Bed-fast. Doctor Wright attending on", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "398 THE JOURNALS OF [March, 1354.\\nme. My complaint, inflammation of the lungs. Synitoms\\nalarming.\\nMakch, 1854.\\nSaturday, 4. I am now able to set up a few minutes at a\\ntime, being wearied with the recumbent position I have so\\nlong been compelled to submit to.\\nRev. E. T. Peery and Lady called over and spent the\\nday.\\nSunday, I). Our folks went to Church, and I kept my\\nbed. M. R. W. and J. Walker called upon me.\\nMonday, 6. Mending slowly. The Treaty Committee\\nmeet to-day.\\nTuesday, 7. R ^gaining my strength slowly.\\nThursday, 9. Cold and blustering day.\\nEnnui Vaporish Low spirits\\nFriday, 10. Clear and pleasant. Hai-riet and Baptiste\\nwent to Kansas. Got three newspapers -read everything in\\nthem.\\nSaturday, 11. Clear, frosty morning. Sent B;ipti;,^te to\\nthe Post Office, and got one paper.\\nSunday, 12. In tiie evening Mr. Searcy and a Doctor\\nBacon from Liberty called upon us.\\nMonday, lo, Heard that J. S. Coon was killed in a\\ndrunken brawl, by [a] Negro, near Memphis.\\nThursday, 16. Isaac P. Driver engaged in repairing the\\nyard and Garden fences.\\nJ. D. Brown called and spent the evening with us.\\nFriday, 17. Cold and blustering all day. It is said there\\nare cases of Canine madness amona; the do2:s in the neieh-\\nborhood. Exterminate them!\\nSaturday, 18. My boy Baptiste, having completed his\\nthree months service, the length of time for which I engaged\\nhim, went home to-day.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "March. 1854.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 399\\nSunday, 19. Cold morning. Having but little else to\\nwrite I will record the vote in the Senate on the passage of\\nthe Nebraska and Kansas Territorial Bill.\\nYeas. Adams, Atchison, Badger, Bayard, Benjamin,\\nBroadhead, Brown, Butler, Cass, Clay, Dawson, Dixon,\\nDodge, Douglas, Evans, Fitzj^atrick, Geyer, Given, Hunter,\\nJohnston, Jones, Masterson, Morris, Petit, Pratt, Rusk, Se-\\nbastian, Shields, Slidell, Stewart, Thompson of Ky., Thomp-\\nson of N. J., Toucey, Weller, Williams 35.\\nNays. Belle, Chase, Dodge of W., Fessenden, Fish, Foot,\\nHamlin, Jones, Smith, Sumner, Wade, Bright.\\nMonday, 20. Raining. James Bearskin came to work.\\nJ. W. Garrett called and staid a while.\\nIn the evening J. D. Brown called and staid till niglit.\\nIt has been a damp misty day.\\nTuesday, 21. The heavens hung with a black drapery.\\nAbout 1 o clock P. M. the sky cleared up and the after-\\nnoon was warm and pleasant.\\nThursday, 28. Clear, frosty morning. I have my old\\ndifficulties in hiring hands. I hired James Bearskin for\\nhalf a month. He went off last evening to get his Boot re-\\npaired, but I suspect [he] has gone to Kansas and is on a\\nsprey. This is the last of the vagabond.\\nWent to Kansas, waited four or five hours for Major Rob-\\ninson, who had requested me to meet him there, but [he] did\\nnot make his appearance.\\nSunday, 26. Cold and cloudy morning. Furnished a\\nPassport to Susannah Williams.\\nTuesday, 28. AVhew! snow on the ground. Therm, be-\\nlow Freezing point. Storm, Rain, Snow, Sleet, in an hor-\\njible tempest. March came in like a Lamb and is going\\nout like the Devil.\\nWednesday, 29. Everything out of doors covered with", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "400 THE JOURNALS OF [April, 1854.\\nice. Rainins;, sleet and snow. 12 o clock A. M., raining.\\nHorrible weather truly.\\nHeard that Hon. Thomas Johnston, Delegate elect from\\nthis Territory returned from Washington yesterday.\\nTurn a new leaf for April.\\nApril, 1854.\\nSaturday, 1. All fools day. Clear and frosty, Therm.\\n25\u00c2\u00b0. The fruit, I apprehend, is as dead as a mackerel.\\nSent a letter for M Green and one for D Carter to the\\nP.O.\\nSome warmint has taken up his Quarters in either the\\ncorn-crib, Stable, or Hen-house and commits continual noc-\\nturnal depreditions upon the poultry and Eggs. It is either\\na mink, Weasel, or Polecat.\\nSunday, 2. Well this will do very well for the 2nd day\\nof April.\\nAs soon as I got up I peeped out and lo! a white glitter-\\ning frost. I next peeped at the Thermometer and guess\\nwhat? 15\u00c2\u00b0!! yes, within 15\u00c2\u00b0 of zero. This temperature we\\nought to have had in January.\\nFarewell Fruit!\\nSic transit gloria mundi.\\nFifteen degrees for this Sunday.\\nMachine poetry.\\nWind shifted right about face, after having done all\\nthe harm by its cold Northern blasts and frost on the fruit.\\nMonday, 3. M Brainson ploughing our Garden. Ground\\ntoo wet, but go ahead.\\nV/ent to attend a meeting of the Committee when the pro-\\nject of the Treaty was read and received, amended and\\nadopted.\\nTuesday, 4. To-day the Council meets and I really do\\nnot see how I am to attend, unless it calls a halt. I attended\\nafter the rain held up.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "April, 1854.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 401\\nThursday, 6. Weut up to Westport to meet Major Kob-\\ninson. Got my Quarter s pay. Came home.\\nSaturday, 8. This day 30 years ago I was made double\\nby being spliced with a rib.\\nSunday, 9. In the evening tho kept a profound secret, a\\nwedding came off at the Parsonage. But it was not as much\\nof a secret as the getters-up supposed, for at night a real or-\\niginal CJiarivari wound up the evenings entertainment. The\\nBride was M}^^ Catharine Ann Dofflemeyer and the Groom,\\nG. W. King, alias G. AV. Thompson.\\nThe sweet concordant sounds produced by a union of\\nDrums, Tin Pans, Tin Horns, Sleigh Bells and everything\\ncapable of producing a racket, were faithfully used till\\n11 o clock to the no small annoyance of the Parson.\\nMonday, 10. My execrations upon mail contractors!\\nTwice have I sent to the P. O. and the cry is Nothing for\\nyou when I ought to have a half Bushel of papers.\\nTuesday, 11. Attended the session of the Council. Mar-\\ntha s application for a divorce from William Gilmore was\\ntaken up and considered. A decree made dissolving the\\nmarriage tie.\\nThe Delaware and Shawnee delegation left Kansas to-day\\nfor Washington, on board the Polar Star,\\nSaturday, 15. Clear and cold morning, but thanks to a\\nKind Providence no frost. The fruit has thus far escaped.\\nSunday, 16 A few days ago I received a letter from\\nLyman C. Draper, Esq., notifying me of my election to an\\nHonorary ^Membership of the Historical Society of Wiscon-\\nsin. So, I must prepare a paper for a contribution. What\\ncan I do? Well, I will hatch up something.\\nMonday, 17. Therm, at daylight, 22\u00c2\u00b0 A hard freeze.\\nThis may truly be called a nipping frost. It lias efl ect-\\nualiy nipp d the fruit, the peaches and plums especially.\\nTuesday, 18. And sure enough, another severe frost. So\\n27 V", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "402 THE JOURNALS OF [May. 1354.\\nwe have it. Keep it up till August. Storm after storm\\nand frost after frost.\\nWent to attend the session of the Council.\\nM W. went to Kansas to purchase family supplies.\\nAnother Boat-load of Danish Mormans landed at the Pond.\\nMay, 1854.\\nSunday, 14. Wrote a long letter to John H. Cotter, in\\nCalifornia.\\nMonday, 15. Went in pursuit of my horses. Found\\nthem, secured one, but could not drive the other, nor would\\nhe follow. I came home, saddled up and went in pursuit.\\nI soon found him then we had a regular steeple chase. I\\nran him all over the country with a long Goad in my hand\\nand whenever I got near enough, I plied him with it. Get-\\nting weary of the sport, he turned his head homew^ard. By\\nway of punishment for his perverse conduct, I fastened a\\nheavy toggle to his fore leg to regulate his powers of loco-\\nmotion.\\nTuesday, 16. In the evening we were favored with the\\ncompany of some young Ladies who staid all night.\\nThursday, 18. Beautiful and calm morning. At 10\\no clock the Sons of Temperance assembled at the Lodge\\nand marched in procession to a grove near Silas Armstrong s\\nto celebrate the Anniversary of the formation of the Division.\\nThe exercises commenced by the presentation to the Divis-\\nion of the Bible by M Tabitha Armstrong, accompanied\\nwith a suitable address which was received and responded to\\nby Cyrus Garrett. An ode was then sung. Then the presen-\\ntation of a Banner by the Ladies of Wyandott, thro M\\nHarriet Walker, accompanied with a tJi rilling speech pre-\\npared for the occasion. Then another Temperance Ode was\\nsung. An eloquent speech was then delivered by a M Mil-", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "May, 1854.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 403\\nler of Parkville. Several [other J speeches were delivered\\nwhen the Division marched back to their Lodg-e.\\nOf the banner I would say the Upholster imposed uj^on\\nthe Ladies most scandalously. It is entirely too small, and\\nthe Artistic work bunglingly done; and [he] charged them\\n119.00 [for it].\\nFriday, 19. In the afternoon [I] employed myself in\\nwriting letters, or rather answering a pile I have on my table.\\nSaturday, 20. Cloudy and an occasional sprinkling of rain.\\nBat it turned out [a] pleasant and cool day. Wrote nearly\\nall day.\\nSunday, 21. Clear morning and it turned out a pleasant\\nday.\\nWrote to C. Carpenter and P. Muir. Took a stroll and\\ncalled upon Matthew [R. Walker] spent some time in social\\nchat Avith him and family.\\nJMonday, 22. Cool morning. Worked in my Garden.\\nPleasant day. The Kansas River rising. Cool and pleas-\\nant evening. The Delaware and Shawnee Chiefs returned.\\nTuesday, 23. Harriet gave a party to the young Ladies\\nand Gentlemen of the neighborhood. They were a real set\\nof romps, and enjoyed themselves to the life, and the party\\nbroke up about 11 o clock at night, all in the best possible\\niiumor.\\nThursday, 25. Rec d two letters; one from Col. Browne\\nof Maryland, and another from a G. W. Brown of Coneaut-\\nville, Penna., an Abolition Editor.\\nIt is supposed the Nebraska-Kansas bill has passed the\\nHouse. So mote it be.\\nFriday, 26. Raining. This is the day for the Solar\\nEclipse. Showery and cloudy. Looking out for the appear-\\nance of the Eclipse.\\nWell, the Eclipse came off, but if we had not been pre-\\nviously informed by the Almanac, we never would have been", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "404 THE JOURNALS OF [May, 1854.\\nfavored with the phenomena. By the use of a piece of\\nsmoked glass we could perceive the new moon which had\\njust changed, passing over the Northern limb; but the ob-\\nscuration was scarcely perceptible. This partial Eclipse\\nlasted a little over two hours. The drifting clouds and\\noccasional showers frequently hid the two luminaries from\\nour view.\\nSaturday, 27. It is supposed the Nebraska-Kansas Bill\\nhas passed the House.\\nThe brethern of the Mystic tie are about forming a\\nLodge in Wyandott.\\nMonday, 29. To-day the great Rail Road meeting comes\\noflP at Parkville. It was my intention to have attended,\\nbut such is the inclemency of the weather that I am deter d\\nfrom venturing out.\\nWent in search of M Topsey who was supposed to be\\nthe happy mother of a young one. I searched all day, glen\\nand thicket, hill and dale, without success. In the evening\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2she came up with the beautiful little one.\\nTuesday, 30. Harriet and several of her cronies have\\ngone up to the Prairies on a Strawberry frolic.\\nWrote to Col. O. H. Browne. Martha returned from\\nKansas, and all I got was an obscure Ohio Newspaper and\\nM* Senator Norris s speech on the Nebraska and Kansas\\nBill. Well, this was truly a sad disappointment! When in\\nfact I expected to hear from the great Russo-Turco-Anglo-\\nOaulo War, and [to] hear of the Territorial Bill being\\npassed, a few duels in Congress, the annexation of Cuba and\\nthe Polynesian Isles, the chaining oF the Devil a thousand\\nyears. But I have heard nothing\\nWednesday, 31. Engaged in answering a letter 1 re-\\nceived from an Abolition Editor in Pennsvlvania.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "Juue, 1854.] GOVERNOR WALKER. 405\\nJune, 1854.\\nThursday, 1. Kesumed my letter to the Penna. Editor\\nand finished [it] making eleven pages of manuscript. Wrote\\nalso to INP^ E. J. Barrett, now at Morristown, Ohio.\\nFriday, 2. Clear and beautiful morning. Settled with\\nDan i Dofflemeyer for putting in my Oats crop and hauling\\ncordwood. Sent the Domestic to Kansas lor our mail.\\nThe Charter grunted by King Charles the Second, to the\\nHudson Bay Company, is dated 1670.\\nSaturday, 3.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M AV. [and I] and W and M^^ Priestley\\nwent over to Esquire McGee s to execute deeds, but unfortu-\\nnately he was away from home. We came home without\\naccomplishing our business. So we have another trip to\\nmake.\\nSunday, 4. Kaiuy. M J. K. Goodin and family came\\nover from Kansas to stay a few da3 S. They are from Hardin\\nCounty, Ohio.\\nMonday, 5. Clear morning. M G. set out for Fort Eiley\\non an exploring tour.\\nLost our Ferry Boat again.\\nTuesday, 6. Attended the session of the Council.\\nTuesday, 13. Attended the session of the Council. Ma-\\njor Kobinson present, and paid to the Council the half year s\\nSchool fund.\\nA certain infamous Doctor landed, from Franklin County,\\nOhio, having his equally infamous family with him.\\nWednesday, 14. M Goodin left, intending to go to\\nWeston to rejoin her husband.\\nThursday, 15. J. Walker, and the X called upon\\nus to-day. Impudence brazen faced, on the part of the lat-\\nter.\\nSaturday, 17. Clear and pleasant morning. Went to\\nmill for the first time in Wyandott, and got my grist ground.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "406 JOURNALS OF GOVERNOR WALKER. [Ju e, i854.\\nHeai-d of the recovery of the Ferry Boat. M McQiiiddy\\nand a M Allen called and spent the afternoon.\\nSunday, 18. Staid at home all day. Wrote a communi-\\ncation for the Cadiz Sentinel.\\nMonday, 19. Clear and beautiful morning. M W. and\\nI took a ride on the banks of the Rio. Missouri.\\nTuesday, 20. The Council held a session to-day, but I\\ndid not attend,\\nWednesday, 21. Clear and bright morning. I do earn-\\nestly [hope] these everlasting drenching rains will cease for\\nawhile, that those sluices in the Clouds will be for a season\\nclosed up and if need be, sent to some drouthy part of the\\nglobe.\\nWe have had no mail for near two weeks for the want of\\na Boat to cross the river. Altho the Boat was caught at\\nRichfield, about forty miles from here, yet our worthless\\nCouncil and still more worthless Ferryman take no steps\\ntowards getting it bro t up again. A pretty set of fellows to\\nwant to maintain a separate government.\\nSplendid evening. The briglit Luminary of day receded\\nslowly behind the AVesteru Hills with a most smiling and\\nagreeable face.\\nThursday, 22. Beautiful morning, promising a beautiful\\ntho warm day.\\nWent to the city of Wyandott, and found the City de-\\nserted; all gone out into the country.\\nSaturday, 24. Bright and warm morning. Harriet and\\nSarah Driver set out for Kansas, riding to the river and\\nfooting it the rest of the road. A warm time they ve had of\\nit.\\nAt night we were alarmed by Harriets illness. Nervous\\nheadache and vertigo.\\nI have thus closed my scrap and fragmentary Diary. This\\nthe 25 day [of] June A. D. 1854.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nA.\\nAbbott, Major, trouble about Pawnee\\nIndian frauds, 130. Samuel V. Niles\\nattorney tor, 1; .0. Sends James F.\\nLeo-ate to Washinjjjton, 148.\\nAbolitionists, Meiliodist, 360.\\nAbston, 253.\\nAllan} 8.\\nAdams, Hon. F. G., vi.\\nAdams, John Quincy, death of, 233.\\nAicsworth, Miss Elizabeth, birth and\\nmarriages, 102.\\nAllen, Senator, acts for Wyandot Chiefs,\\n160.\\nAnderson, Benjamin N. C, 26.\\nAndrews, Bishop, visits the Wyandot\\nPurchase, 266.\\nAndrews, Captain Hugh, born August\\n31, 1764; married Ann Speer; his\\nchildren; married to Miss Elizabeth\\nAinsworth: moved to Dayton, 0.;\\nchildren by seconti marriage 102.\\nAndrews, James, marrit-fl Mary Corne-\\nlia Van Cleve, 102. Informs Abelard\\nGuthrie about their steti-mother, 125.\\nAndrews, John Van Cleve, married\\nMary E. Hill. 102. Banker in Kan-\\nsas City, Kansas, uncle of Abelard\\nGuthrie, 101.\\nAndrews, John, from Londonderrv.\\nNorth Iieland, to Pennsylvania, 1737;\\nmarried Miss Jane Strain; hischildren,\\n101.\\nAndrews, 0.. 336.\\nAnnals of Kansas, Wilder s, 13, 83.\\nArapahoes, 336.\\nArkansas, 1 erritory, created from ter-\\nritory taken from the Territory of Mis-\\nsouri, 20. State, part of Indian Ter-\\nritory annexed to, 21.\\nArms, John, 313, 330, 344, 353.\\nArmstrong, Antoinette, born February\\n15, 1858: married T. B. Barnes; d,ed\\nOctober 2, 1882, 308.\\nArmstrong, Caroline, born December,\\nlh37, 308.\\nArmstrong, Catherine, daughter of Rob-\\nert Armstrong, 161. Born July 15,\\n1843; married Shaifenberg, 308.\\nArmstrong. Duncin, born January 23,\\n1840: died February 22, 1850, 308.\\nArmstrong, Elizabeth U., born Nov.\\n27, 1854, 308. I\\n(40\\nArmstrong, George. 2-54, 263, 281, 313,\\n342. Biographical sketch of, 161.\\nDivorced, 176. Married the widow\\nBarnett, 193. Appointed on the dep-\\nutation to the Senecas, 191.\\nArmstrong. Hannah, daughter of Rob-\\nert Armstrong, died at Wyandot Mis-\\nsion, 161.\\nArmstrong, John Mclntyre, son of\\nRobert Armstrong, 161, 176, 193, 224.\\n263, 281, 313, 318, 330, 346, 351.\\nBiographical sketch of; children of,\\n261. Maintains that slavery is for-\\neign to Wj andot institutions, 47. Ap-\\npointed a commission. 228.\\nArmstrong, Mrs. Lucy B.,v, 14, 17,267.\\nWrites a letter to N. Y. Tribune, op-\\nposing organization of Indian Terr.,\\nJ 36 Replied to by Abelard Guthrie,\\n137\\nArmstrong, Mclntyre, born July 15,\\n1852, 3U8.\\nArmstrong. Minarrh C, bora July 12,\\n1846 308.\\nArmstrong, Naomi, born August 10,\\n1861, 308.\\nArmstrong. Robert, founder of the Arm-\\nstrong family in the Wyandot Nation:\\ncaptured by Wyandots and Senecas\\non the Alleghany River in 1783; ac-\\ncount of in Finley s Life Anion;;\\nthe Jndmtis, and Howe s Historical\\nCollections of Ohio; adopted by the\\nWvandots, marriage and divoi ce. 160.\\nChildren of, 161. 180. Married\\nSarah Zane; children of, 160, 180.\\nBorn Augu.-it 19. 1835: drowned ii\\\\\\nthe Kansas River, Julv 15. 1858, 308.\\nArmstrong, Mr. Russel B., vi.\\nArmstrong, Sarah (Zane), 307.\\nArmstrong, Silas, son of Robert Arm-\\nstrong, vi, 18, 25, 34. 161, 193. 220.\\n229, 210, 256, 260, 262, 265, 277, 330.\\n3J4 n.l, 351 n.l. 355, 363. Biograph-\\nical sketch of, 307. Appointed bound-\\nary commissioner. 100. Merchant in\\nWyimdot City, 222. Marshal at fu-\\nneral of H. Jacc|uis,225.\\nArmstrong, Silas W., 275. 308.\\nArmstrong, MissTabitha, born February\\n6, 1834; married E. T. Vedder. Aug-\\nusts, 1856; married Seymour Thomas\\nin 187 l), 307.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "408\\nINDEX.\\nArmstrong, Winfield Scott, born Decem-\\nber 1, 1840, 308.\\nArmstrong, Mrs. Z., 335, 372.\\nAshby, Thomas, 380.\\nAtchison, Senator David R., 29, 32. Rev.\\nThomas Johnson put forward in the\\ninterest of, 83. Introduced bill to\\nconfirm Wyandot Purchase, 243.\\nOpinion on slavery in Nebraska Ter-\\nritory; opposed to organization of Ne-\\nbraska Territory, 77.\\nAtkinson, William (Dayton, 0.), 126.\\nAyres, Jennie, married Joel Walker\\nGari-ett; daughter Nina lives in Kan-\\nsas City, Kansas, 40.\\nB.\\nBabbitt, A. W., delegate from Utah, 68.\\nBackus, Rev. C. W., vi.\\nBay, Georgian, 1.\\nBaker, Isaac, 2(j, 348.\\nBallanger, Peter, 163, 204, 236, 296.\\nBanks, General, 150.\\nBarker, Rev., 346, 354, 361.\\nBurr, Aaron, 235.\\nBarrey, 343.\\nBarnett, Eliza, married Matthias Split-\\nlog, 194.\\nBarnett, Henry J., married Mary C.\\nPassmore; son of, 194.\\nBarnett, Izette, married Oliver P. De\\nHonde, 194.\\nBarnett, James, 324, 371. Married Jane\\nTullis; children of, 194.\\nBarnett, John, 18. Married Hannah\\nCbarloe; children of 194.\\nBarnett, Joseph, married a Shawnee;\\nlived near mouth of Kansas Rivfr, 225.\\nBarnett, Martha M., married William\\nPriestly, 194.\\nBaniett, Matthew, 330.\\nBarnett. Serena, married Alfred Welsh,\\n194.\\nBarnett, Mrs., married George Arm-\\nstrong, 193.\\nBarrett, Mrs. Evelina J., widow of Hugh\\nBarrett; married Governor Walker,\\nApril 6. 1865. 12, 22 .3, 405.\\nBarrett, Miss Hannah, a student at the\\nMission School at Upper Sandusky,\\nOhio; married William Walker; died\\nDec. 7, 1863, 12, 373.\\nBarrett, H., 175, 227, 246, 2-55, 256,\\n283.\\nBarrow, candidate against Gnlhrie at\\nelection. Ft. Leavenworth, 27, 28.\\nBarstow, B. F., 237, 245.\\nBartleson, Mrs. Marv, married C. Gra-\\nham, 253.\\nBartley, Gov. T. W., 824, 325. Fee of,\\nfor services to Wyandots, 175. Gov-\\nernor of Ohio in 1844, 176.\\nBasure, Battiste, 53.\\nBates, Frederick, 20.\\nBearskin, John S., 330, 353, 355.\\nBearskin, Peter, 327.\\nBearskin, William, vi.\\nBellevue, or Traders Point, precinct,\\nelection in 1853, 84.\\nBellmont County, Ohio, 342.\\nBennett, Hiram P., 85.\\nBenton, Senator Thomas H., political\\nrelations with Abelard Guthrie. 36, 37,\\n77, 83, 112. Had Platte Purchase\\nannexed to Missoui-i in 1836, 20. Re-\\nlation to Pacific R. R. idea, 31, 45.^88.\\nPiedicted the future greatne?? of Kan-\\nsas City, 32. 114. In favor of organ-\\nization of Nebraska Territory, 28, 32.\\n45, 59. Memorialized by the Wyai;-\\ndots, 166. Fight iipon, in Mis.^onri.\\nby William Cecil Price, of Sprint\\nfield. 28.\\nBenvist, Leonard, 329.\\nBerry, Richard, 366.\\nBerryman, J. C. 195.\\nBeryman, Mrs., funeral sermon of, 191.\\nBetton, Cora Estelle, born Aug. 18.\\n1868, 17.\\nBetton, Ernest L., born Julv 13, 1881.\\n17.\\nBetton, Florence, born Sept. 8, 1862. vi.\\n17.\\nBetton, Hon. Frank H., 234. Biograph-\\nical sketch of, 17.\\nBetton, Frank Holyoke. Jr., boru Nov.\\n17, 1865, 17.\\nBetton, Mrs. Frank H., vi.\\nBetton, Matthew Thornton, vi. Born\\nJulv 12, 1870, 17.\\nBetton, Silas, 1SG1-1873, 17.\\nBetton, Susanah W. J., born Dec\\n1871, 17.\\nBetween-the-Logs, 373 n.l.\\nBig-Arms, Martin, 368.\\nBigelow, Miss Lucy, daughter of Rev.\\nRussel Bigelow; sketch of; children\\nof; married John Mclutyre Arm-\\nstrong, 261.\\nBigelow, Rev. Russel, 261.\\nBig-Legs, Capt., Miami precinct, 53.\\nBig-River, W. M., death and burial of.\\n2-54.\\nBig Sandy River, Wyandots ascended in\\nan excursion South, 234.\\nBig-Sinew, John, 276, 278, 302, 317, 349.\\nBig-Sinew, Samuel, 302.\\nBig-Sniike, Tyson, 327.\\nBigtown, 325.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "IKDEX.\\n409\\nBig-Tree, James, 318; United States\\nstole the horse of, 804.\\nBig-Tree, Joseph, judgment against, 190.\\nBill, Senate, organizing Nebr. Ter., 376.\\nBirney, William P., of Delaware, 35,\\n383.\\nBlackwell, Miss, *257.\\nBlair, Frank P., Jr., one of leaders of\\nBenton Democracy of Missouri, 28.\\nBlake, 143.\\nBlue-Jacket, Charles, Head Chief of the\\nShawnees, 2. Biographical sketch of,\\n18.\\nBlue-Jackets, Delegates, 35.\\nBogus Laws, 39.\\nBolt, Wiimifred, 340.\\nBoon, Albert G., 338.\\nBoulwane, John B., Old Fort Kearney,\\n50.\\nBowen, 193.\\nBowman, 286.\\nBowring. 216, 217, 221.\\nBowers, William, 181, 190, 260, 290.\\nBowyer, 286\\nBoyd, 237, 335.\\nBoyd, G. W., 323.\\nBoye, Bazie, Miami precinct, 53.\\nBovs. Jack, Miami precinct, 53.\\nBradford, Hon. A. A., speaks in favor\\nof Nebraska, 85.\\nBrant, Joseph, 253.\\nBrevidore House, 340.\\nBriscoe, John W.. sells Dorcas, a slave,\\nto Governor Walker, 194.\\nBriscoe, Colonel, Louisiana Volunteers,\\n109.\\nBrown, family among the Wyandotts,\\nfounded by an adopted white, 3.\\nBrown, Adam, 11, 47, 210, 230, 235,\\n273, 303. 315, 327, 345, 352. 352 n.l.\\nChief of Wyandots, at Detroit, 6.\\nCaptured in Greenbrier Co., Virginia,\\nin Dunmore s war, 6. Meets William\\nWalker, Sr., and ransoms him from\\nDelawares, 6, 7.\\nBrown, Eldredge H., vi, 18, 172.\\nBrown, Isaac, 26, 316, 330, 354, 355.\\nBrown, John, believed the Free-State\\nmovement in Kansiis teraporarv, 113.\\nBrown, J. D.. L 54, 258, 260, 296, 312,\\n330, 344, 353, 355, 360, 362, 368, 372.\\nBrown, Matthew, 290.\\nBrown, Miss Quindaro Nancy, a Wyan-\\ndot-Shawnee girl; born in Canada; of\\nthe Big Turtle clan of Wyandots; of\\nTurtle clan of Shawnees: granddaugh-\\nter of Chief Adam Brown; married\\nAbelard Guthrie; their children; died\\nin the Cherokee country, April 13,\\n1886; buried at Chetopa, Kansas, 103.\\nBrown, Philip, 290, 371, 387.\\nBrowne, O. H., 389-90. Letter to Gov-\\nernor Walker, 55. jjptter iVom Gov-\\nernor Walker; came to Kansas. 5K.\\nBrowne, Kenneth 1. vi.\\nBrunette, steamboat. o62\\nBuchan, Hon. W. J., 17.\\nBuck. Peter, 263, 343. Fined, 88.\\nDeath, 344.\\nBull -Head, Captain, delegate, 35. Bi-\\nographical sketch of, 302.\\nBurke, Edmund, works of, referred to,\\n128.\\nBurr, Aaron, character of, 236, 237.\\nButler. M., 323.\\nButterfield, C. W., vii, 19.\\nButtertield, General, 16.\\nC.\\nCaldwell, Prof. H. W., viii.\\nCaldwell, Captain of steamboat. United\\nStates, 108.\\nCalhoun, Gov., 353.\\nCalifornia, emigration, etc., 31, 68, 111.\\nCaloway, 284.\\nCalumet, 339.\\nCampbell. Chairman Ho. Com. on R.Pi..\\n144.\\nCamp-meetings, 189, 357.\\nCavaignac, Gen., 256.\\nCarondawana, Big Tree, married\\nMadame Montour, 8.\\nCarpenter, Miss Clari.ssa, married to\\nSamuel Big-Sinew, 302.\\nCarter, Dr., 359.\\nCaskie, J. S. Virginia Congressman. 55.\\nCass, Gen. Lewis, 16, 120, 259, 270.\\nCassady, Jefferson P., 84.\\nCatholics, the, voted in a body at Quin-\\ndaro, 118.\\nCecil, 367, n.l.\\nCemetery, Oak Grove, 16.\\nCertificate of election of Hadley D.\\nJohnson, 84.\\nChaffee, Joseph, 291.\\nChaffee, Judge, 290.\\nChamplain, Lake, 8.\\nChapin, of the Quindaro Co., 121.\\nCharloe, Eliza, mairied Mathias Split-\\nlog, 34.\\nCharloe, Lucy, daughter of James T.\\nCharloe; married John Winney, 193.\\nCharloe, Hannah, married John Bar-\\nnett; children of, 194.\\nCharloe, Jacob, 26, 293, 294, 316, 817,\\n.341,344. Defith of, 359.\\nCharloe, J. T., 227, 293, 312, 336, 354.\\nMarried Amelia Peacock, 193.\\nCharloe, Jane, married John Pipe, 194.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "410\\nINDEX.\\nCharloe, John, 249. Children, 194.\\nCharloe, Margaret, sister of H. Jacqixis;\\nmarried Charloe: their children,\\n19o. Married. 1st, Thomas Pipe, 2d,\\nJohn Sarrahas, 194. Sister of H.\\nJacquis, 225.\\nCharloe, widow, 193. Sues the estate\\nof H. Jacquis, 246.\\nChase, Bishop, 15.\\nCheauteau, Mrs.. o29.\\nChenault, Col., 335.\\nCheuauk, James, Miami precinct, 52.\\nCherokee, Bob., 295.\\nCherokee Boy, 221, 234. Biographical\\nsketch of; 19 V\\nChei-okees, warfare against, by Wyau-\\ndots, 234.\\nChevennes, 336.\\nChick, Col., 199-200.\\nChick. Miss Matilda, 298.\\nChick, Mrs.. 287.\\nChick, W. H.. 284.\\nChick, W. M.; 252. Died April 7, 1847,\\n198.\\nChick, William S., 252.\\nChief Principal. 353.\\nChilds, Mr., lost in the Wyandot Pur-\\nchase, 244.\\nChindoican, the newspaper edited at\\nQuindaro by Walden, 116.\\nChippewa, one of the tribes of the North-\\nwestern Confederacy, 62.\\nChivington, J. M., 25.\\nCholera, the Asiatic, in Kan.sasCity. 286,\\n289, 292, 295, 311, 312. 325. 328; .348,\\n352. In St. Joseph, 1850, 306. Day\\nof fasting and prayer on account of,\\n1849, 295.\\nChop-t he-Logs, Rn.ssia, 321, 323.\\nChouteau. EdmondF., 373.\\nChurch, M. E., division of, 260, 269,\\n278.\\nChronicles of Border Warfare, With-\\ners s, 179.\\nCincinnati, 29.\\nCist s Advertiser, 352, 371.\\nCivil Goverr.raent, brought to Nebraska\\nby Wytiudots, 3.\\nClaiborne, Mr., Governor of Mississippi\\nTj-. repre.-^ented the Covernmeut of\\nthe U. S. in receiving Lo xisiana from\\nFrance, Dec. 20. 1863, 19.\\nClark .V Hall, swindled Shawnees, 130.\\nClark, Georo-e I.. 25. 26, 2-54, 258, 260,\\n298. 303. 312. 313, 315, 317, 323, 3-53,\\n383, 385. Biographical sketch of, 47.\\nElected to fill H. Jacquis place; one\\nof the Aduirs. of, 227. Native of\\nCanada, 57. Delegate to Convention,\\n34. Elected Secretary of Nebraska\\nTerritory, 86. Poll-books to be ad-\\ndressed to, 49. Nominated for the\\nCouncil, 189. Appointed a commis-\\nsioner, 228. Illness. 282. Address of,\\nas Principal Chief, 314.\\nClark, Harriett W., daughter of George\\nI. Clark, 48.\\nClark, Lewis, 309.\\nClark, Miss Margaret, married H. M.\\nNorthrup, 303.\\nClark, Mary J., daughter of George I.\\nClark, 48.\\nClark, Miss Matilda, 831.\\nClark, Munson H., Judge of election, 84.\\nReceived 250 votes for provisional\\nSecretary, 85.\\nClark, Peter D., 27, 265, 315, 361, 363,\\n389.\\nClark, Thomas, father of Mrs. H. M.\\nNorthrup, 303.\\nClark, R. W., 17. Son of George L\\nClark, 48.\\nClark, William, 178, 352.\\nClark, Mrs. William, 352.\\nClement, 388.\\nClements, D. V., 378.\\nClipper, Dr., 367.\\nCloud, Peter, voted at Miami precinct,\\n52.\\nCobb, S. A., an applicant for a position\\nin the army; Mrs. Dole in favor of;\\nLane to give him a place in his army\\nof 50,000 Negroes. 152.\\nCoffman, Mr., 329.\\nCofl man, L., 281.\\nCoft man, Lot, Justice of the Peace, 251.\\nCoke, George. 303. Accused of the\\nmurder of Dan Punch, 277.\\nCoke, Tom, 379.\\nCommissioner of Indians, 347.\\nCommittee, Legislative, of the Wyandot\\nNation, Statement of, 62.\\nConfederacy, the Northwestern, of In-\\ndian tribes: opposed settlement of the\\nterritory northwest of ihe Ohio River\\nby white people, 24. Its age: tribes\\ncomposing: W3-andot tribe the head\\nof and keeper of the Coiuicil tire, 62.\\nCouncil fire of, how brought West; re-\\nkindled in 1848; Wyaudots confirmed\\nin their position, 63.\\nConfederacy, the Huron, 1.\\nCongress of Indian Tribes, held near\\nFort Leavenworth, in Oct., 1848, 4.\\nConnecticutt, Old, 27.\\nCounelley s Addition to Kansa.s City,\\nKansas, formerly the home of Mat-\\nthias Splitlog. 35.\\nConstitution. 339.\\nConvent of the Sacred Heart, at", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n41]\\nSt. Charles, Mo.: the luaiuieriu which\\nchildren were educated at. 124.\\nConvention, the, which formed the Pro-\\nvisional Govern luent oi Nebraska\\nTerritory, 59. Descrilx-d by llus.sell\\nGarrett, 3o Number of Deiegates;\\nhow Delegates were summoned; kind\\nof day on which held. ;]4. Only\\nwritten account ot, contained in Gov-\\nernor Walker s Journal. o-3. Hand-\\nbills containing a record of the pro-\\nceedings of, })rinted and disttibuted\\nand copied into newspapers, 36.\\nConvention, National Democratic, 1852,\\n851.\\nConvention, National, of Wvandots,\\n1851, 339.\\nConvention, Railroad, 383.\\nConvention Whig. National, 1852. 358.\\nConway. M. F., called upon by Abelard\\nGuthrie, 132. Action on Tianc s ab-\\nsence from the Senate, 133 oted\\nagainst law to make U. S. notes legal\\ntender, 135.\\nCorn, one of the principal articles of\\nfood of the Wyandots, 158.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(Joon, Aaron, 352.\\nCoon, John, 369, 311.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acoon, John, Jr., 279, 308. Killed by\\nBob Cherokee, 295.\\nCoon, J. S., 398.\\nCoon, Robert, 349.\\noon, Mrs. R., death of, 849.\\nCoon-Cripple, Joun, 277.\\nCoon-Hawk, Thomas, 26, 319. 330, 343,\\n3-54.\\nCopperfield, David, the younger, 329.\\nCornbury, Lord, 8.\\nCotter. Mr., sold tallow, 223.\\nCotter, Francis, 26.\\nCotter, F., 361. Had possession of the\\nplat of AVyandott City, 319.\\nCotter, John, 246, 249.\\nCotter, Nicholas, 26, 369.\\n(^otters, the, vi.\\nCounci 353.\\nCouncil. Territorial. 387. Composition\\nof, 57\\nCouncil Bluffs, urged as the initial point\\nof the Pacific Railroad, 31.\\nCouncil Bluffs, citizfiis of, invade Ne-\\nbraska Territory for purpose ol hold-\\ning a fraudulent election, 84.\\nCouncil fire, 392.\\nCouncil tire, the great, of the North-\\nwestern Confederacy of Indians, re-\\nkindled at Fort Leavenworth in Oct.,\\n1848, 24.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Cormcil House, the Wyandot, its exact\\nlocation. 32.\\nCouncil House, the Wyandot, Terri-\\ntorial Council met in to canvass th\\nvotes, 39.\\nCouncilors, 855.\\nCwan, Mrs., aunt of Willl.nm Walker\\nSr., captured bj the Delawares at th-\\nsame time, 5. Final separation fronr\\nher nephew, William Walker, Sr., 6\\nCiawford Countv, Ohio, 340.\\nCromwell, 262.\\nCrows (Indians), 336.\\nCubans, do not thank America for their\\ninterference, 332.\\nCummins, Major, Indian Agent, 193. 291,\\n292. Addresses the Wvandot Coun-\\ncil. 229.\\nCurley-Head, John B., 331, 344.\\nCurrv, A. P., 202.\\nCurry, A. R.. 213.\\nCurti.s. Col. Samuel H., speaks in favor\\nof Nebraska, 85.\\nCusick, David. 263.\\nCusick, James, 263.\\nCusick, Nicholas, 263.\\nD.\\nDameron, G. B., 315.\\nDa on Cjuot, 373 n.l.\\nDairnett, Lucian, married Sarah (Driver)\\nPayne, 203.\\nDagnett, Mrs Sarah, vi, 18. Descrip-\\ntion of the Wvandot Council House,\\n32.\\nDale, Alfred, 362.\\nDarlington, sViliiam M., 10.\\nDavis, 212, 231.\\nDavis, M. L., author of Memoirs of\\nAaron Burr, 235.\\nDaws. Mr., of the House, opposed to\\nGuthrie s claim for mileage and per\\ndiem as delegate from Nebraska, 128.\\nDawson, J. S.. 361.\\nDe Honde, Oliver P., married Izette\\nBarnett, 194.\\nDelegate, 384, 389.\\nDeb^gate to congress from Nebraska\\nTerritory, 363, 365. 387. Proclama-\\ntion for election of, issued by Gov-\\nernor Walker Aug. 1, 1853; Price-\\nAtchison Democracy determine to\\nparticipate in election of; Benton and\\nGuthrie hoped no opp( s:lion to the\\nregular nominee would develop, 37.\\nJ ilection, 388. Proclamation for elec-\\ntion of, issued, 59.\\nDelegation, Wyandot, in Washington.\\n350.\\nDelaware Chiefs, meet the Wyandot\\nChiefs, 193.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "412\\nINDEX.\\nDelaware Crossing, location of, 34.\\nDelaware, Sam. Miami precinct, 5o. Tri-\\nparty treaty between Government and\\nWyandots, 228. At the Great Indian\\nCongress of 1848, 265. Installment\\ndue from the Wyandots for 1860, 316.\\nAnnuity, 325.\\nDemocratic National Convention, 1852,\\n351.\\nDemocratic party of Missouri, divided\\ninto two factions, one in favor of or-\\nganizing Nebraska Territory the\\nother opposed to that measure, 28.\\nDivided by the fight upon Senator\\nBenton, 28.\\nDe]aw;ires, one of the tribes of the\\nNorlhwestern Confederacy, 23, 34. 62,\\n347. Sold the land in the fork of the\\nMissouri and Kansas Rivers to the\\nWyandots for H6,080.00; William\\nWalker, Sr purchased from, 47. The\\npay-house of. used by Governor\\nWalker as a home. 66. Efforts to\\nhave them assist in building a bridge\\nover the Kansas River at Ciiillicothe,\\n117. Enter into treaty with other\\ntribes, 200. Commissioners appointed\\nto treat with, 223. Factions of, deter-\\nmined to secure delegate to Congress\\nto be elected in Nebrask i Territory,\\n36. Price-Atchison iaction of, be-\\nlieved they could prevent recognition\\nof the Provisional Government of\\nNebraska Territory; determine, nev-\\nertheless, to participate in the election\\nfor Delegate to Congress, 37.\\nDennis, 204, 211, 222, 2.6, 227.\\nDequine, Lewis, Miami precinct. 53.\\nDetroit, 1.\\nDe Shane, David, 18.\\nDeshler, D. W., v. ritten to for certifi-\\ncate, 171.\\nDews, I. M. .-speaks in favor of Nebraska,\\n85.\\nDickinson, Hannah, married Isaac Lane;\\nchildren of, 180.\\nDickson, 313.\\nDickson, George, 242, 248, 251. Called\\nupon Governor Walker, 164. Writes\\nto Governor Walker, 192.\\nDickson. Mrs., 268.\\nDiondadies(Petuns, or Wyandots), 8, 10.\\nDistrict Court, U. S., of Missouri, 21.\\nDodge. Hon. A. C, introduces Hadley\\nD. Johnson to Senator Douglas, 87.\\nSpeaks in favor of Nebraska, 85.\\nDodge, General Henry, led Manuel Lisa s\\nexploring party, 03.\\nDofllemeyer, Catharine Ann, 401.\\nDofflemeyer, Rev. Daniel, 319, 320, 829,\\n332, 336, 337, 338, 347, 350, 352, 353.\\n356, 357, 360, 361. Biographical\\nsketch of, 317.\\nDofflemeyer, I\\\\Irs., 337, 341.\\nDog-Skinning, incident of, 2G7.\\nDole, Wm. P., of Kansas, 143.\\nDole, Mrs., solicits a position from Lane\\nfor S. A. Cobb, 152.\\nDonnelly, Father, a priest in Kansas\\nCity, 240.\\nDoolittle, Senator, Chairman Committee\\non Indian Affairs; asked to have\\nPomeroy of Kansas put on the Com-\\nmittee in place of Lane, absent, 133.\\nConceives a prejudice against Guthrie.\\n148.\\nDorcas, the slave of Governor Walker;\\nbill of sale of, 194.\\nDouglas, Senator, introduces bills pro-\\nviding for Territorial Government for\\nNebraska Territory, 22. Chairman\\nSenate Committee on Territories; re-\\nported the bill for the organization of\\nNebraska Territory Feb. 17. 1853, 30.\\nBill for organizing Nebraska Territory,\\n60. To blame for failure ot the bill\\n1853, 61. Efforts to oraauize Ne-\\nbraska Territory, 72. Chairman Com-\\nmittee on Territories, 86. Repre-\\nsented by Hadley D. Johnson as leav-\\ning the location of the line between\\nNebraska and KiJUSMS to him, 88.\\nDover, Doctor, lost in the Wyandot\\nPun ha.se, 244.\\nDowi;s, H. P..^Clerk of Election held in\\nOld Fort Kearney; notice of. from\\nOutposts of Zion, 50. Received\\n283 votes fir Treasurer, 85.\\nDowns, speaks in favor of Ne-\\nbraska, 85.\\nDowning, Major J., quoted by Governor\\nWalker. 231\\nDoyle, Dr. 332, 334, 341.\\nDraper, Lyman C, 363. Editor of\\nWithers s Chronides of Border War-\\nfare, 179.\\nDriver Family, general sketch of, 202.\\nDriver, Caroline, married, 1st, Edward\\nKirkbride; 2d, Louis Lofland; child-\\nren of, 203.\\nDriver, Francis, sketch of, 202.\\nDriver, Mrs. Matilda, character ot mar-\\nried Francis A. Plicks, 189, 202.\\nDriver, Sarah, married, 1st, Dr. W. A.\\nPayne; 2d Lucian Dagnett: lives at\\nSeneca. Mo., 203.\\nDriver, Mrs., buried March 3, 1848. 232.\\nDriver, William, died unmarried. 2i^\\nDuncan, Rev. Mr a Cherokee, i cached\\nin Wvandot Nation. 184.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n413\\nDuriwoodie, James, had a slave Gover-\\nnor Walker wished to buy, 195.\\nDyer. W. F., Delegate to Couvention,\\nremaiks concerning, 34.\\nDvke, Mr., the wit at celebration of\\nWashington s birthday, 1848, 231.\\nDrummond, Samuel, 324, 325, 342, 344.\\nE.\\nEdgerton, Mr., presents memorial of\\nAbelard Guthrie for mileage and per\\ndiem, 70.\\nEdgington, D., employed by Governor\\nWalker, 1H9.\\nEdmonson, John, ?ellsafarm for $600.00\\n!0 Governor Walker, 192.\\nEgle, William Henry, M. D., A. M.,\\nauthor of Pennsylvania Genealo-\\ngies, 101.\\nElection, Certificate of, to Thomas\\nJohnson, 54.\\nElections Committee, Report of, on ap-\\nplication of Abelard Guthrie for mile-\\nage and per diem, 67.\\nElection of Delegate to Congress, rules\\nfor, 48. Form of PoU-book for, 49.\\nElection, the Presidential, in 1848; vote\\nof the States in, 282.\\nEllington, P.. 318.\\nEllington, Mi^s Virginia T., married\\nRev. Daniel Dotilemeyer, 318.\\nElliott, Charles, biographical sketch of,\\n325.\\nEl well, 351.\\nl^lvira. steamboat, 350.\\nEmigrants, more than one hundred\\nthousand passed through Nebraska in\\n1849 and 1850, 68.\\nEnglish, Wm. G., speaks in favor of Ne-\\nbraska, 85.\\nErie, Lake, 2, 9.\\nEstes, 221.\\nEut.au Springs, the, 312.\\nEwing, Judge, 316.\\nF.\\nFaimtleroy, Colonel, 27. Commanding\\nofricer of Fort Leavenworth; threatens\\narrest of Guthrie, 79.\\nFerries, 380.\\nFillmore, Millard, 251.\\nFifer, Edward, 27.\\nFinances, 397.\\nFindiay, James, 338, 388. Delegate to\\nConvention; biographical sketch of,\\n34.\\nFinley, Rev. J. B., sent a communica-\\ntion to the Wyandots, 227. Called\\nthe Arch Bishop of the Ohio State\\nPrison; sketch of and Indian name of,\\n239; memorial sent to, 244.\\nFinlev, Marshall, Judge of Election, 84.\\nFire, Council, 392.\\nFish, Dr., 33ti.\\nFish. Mr., married Hetty 217.\\nFish, Mrs. Hester, 347.\\nFitz-Patrick Major, 336.\\nFlemming, William, 363.\\nFlint, Mr., a Shawnee preacher, 287.\\nFolkes, Wm. C, voted at Old Fort\\nKearnev, 50.\\nForsyth, Jamos H., 315.\\nFort La Motte, 8.\\nFort Leavenworth, second election for\\nDelegate to Nebraska held there, 27.\\nFoxes, the tribe, 63, 265.\\nFrance, to interfere in our civil war, 135.\\nFree Masonry, introduction of, into Kan-\\nsas, 25.\\nFremont, Gen., one of the Generals of\\nthe Army of the Potomac, 150.\\nFrench half-breed.s, had a settlement in\\nthe bottoms between the Missouri and\\nKansas Rivers, 163, 290.\\nFrench, Mr., 301.\\nFrost, Dr., 252.\\nFrost, Michael, 260, 266, 289, 830.\\nFunk, 353.\\nFulton, Dr., 312.\\nFurnas, E.x-Governor Robert W., viii.\\nG.\\nGarrett, Amanda, 341.\\nGarrett, Byron, 341.\\nGarrett, Charles B., 25, 26, 34, 181, 213,\\n248, 323, 333, 340, 341, 377, 390. Del-\\negate to Convention, 34. Indicted for\\nforcible use of ferry boat. 187. Fined\\n$5.00 for taking ferry boat, 188. Mem-\\nber of the Wyandot Mining Company,\\n2 .^0. Biography, 340.\\nGarrett, Cvrus, 25 26, 341, 376.\\nGarrett, E 378.\\nGarrett, George, brother of Charles B.\\nGarrett; married Nancy Walker, sis-\\nter to Gov. Walker, 40. Letter to,\\n163. Death of, Feb. 17, 1846, aged\\n46, 170.\\nGarrett, Harriet P.,. 341.\\nGarrett, Henry, 26, 333, 341, 378.\\nGarrett, Jane, 341.\\nGarrett, J. B., vi.\\nGarrett, Joel W., 25. 2^ 241, 357, 389.\\nDelegate to Convention, 34. Deputy\\nSecretary of State: biographical\\nsketch of. 40. Signature to certificate\\nof election, 54. Written to by Gov-\\nernor Walker, 219. Portrait, 48.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "414\\nINDEX.\\nGarrett, Mrs. Maria, 253, 331.\\nGarrett, Mrs. Mary Ann, 369.\\nGarrett, Mary, 372.\\nGarrett, Mrs. Nancy, 248, 308, 859.\\nGarrett, Mrs.. 356.\\nGarrett, Rebecca, 331.\\nGarrett, Russell, 16, :5. 26, 31, 321, 324,\\n331, 339, 340, 3-11. Recollections of\\nthe Convention that ibrmed the Pro-\\nvisional Goveriinient; lives in Ven-\\ntura, Caliioniia: the only Delegate to\\nthe Convention known to be living at\\nthis time (Dec, 1898). 33, 34. Mined\\nin Calii oriiia, 112. Member of the\\nWj andnt Mining Company, 290.\\nGarrett. ?i[issR 323.\\nGarrett, Theo. F., member of the Wy-\\nandot Mining Companv, 290.\\nGarrett, William. 340, 341. Married\\nMary Ann Long, 171. Death of, 211.\\nGarrett, Wesley, 341, 366.\\nGarretts, the, slave owner.-;, 77.\\nGallatin, Albert, article of, upon the\\nMexican war, 22S.\\nCazctie^ Wyandotte, Guthrie s address,\\ntaken from, 79.\\nGeuoe, Eli^ Miami prr-cinct. 53.\\nGemundt, Dr., 346, 349, 350, 356, 359.\\nDeath of, 377.\\nGeorgians, engaged in a battle in the\\nMexican war, 109.\\nGeyer, Senator Henry S. (Missouri), 29.\\nOpposed to Nebraska Ter., 77.\\nGibson, James S., vi.\\nGibson, John, 354. Appointed Super-\\nvisor, 196.\\nGibson, Wm., 26, 263. 355.\\nGilmore, Mr., 235, 291. 292, 313, 333,\\n339. 357, 362. Munied Martha R.\\nWalker, 298.\\nGilmore, Mrs., 256.\\nGilpin, Wm., Delegate to Convention;\\nremarks concerning; afterwards Gov-\\nernor of Colorado, 34.\\nGilstrap, A. L., 387.\\nGipson, John, deceased; administrators\\nof, sell Dorcas, a slave, to Governor\\nWalker, 194.\\nGist, Christopher, 10.\\nGivens, Mr., 255.\\nGere, Hon. C. H., viii.\\nGoodin, John, employed as attorney by\\nGoveinor Walker, 167. Writes to\\nGovernor Walker, 190. Tran. ^acted\\nbusiness for Wyandots, 219.\\nGoodin, John R., Judge and Member of\\nCongress from Kansas. 177.\\nGoodin, John, 252, 257, 365.\\nGovernment, Provisional, 383.\\nGraham, C, 161, 190, 2U7, 214, 219, 222,\\n228, 233, 235, 236, 237, 246, 289. 319,\\n323, 350. Agencv blacksmith for the\\nWyandots, 191. Delivers $7n5.(\u00c2\u00bb to\\nsheriff to pay for house bought by\\nGovernor Walker, 197. Removed from\\nposition of Agency-blacksmith: Wyan-\\ndots resent it, 207. Council convened\\nto consider his removal, 208. Re-\\nstored to his position of Agency-black-\\nsmith, 209. Very sick, 215. Married\\nMrs. Mary Bartleson, 253. Died of\\ncholera, 327.\\nGraham, Mrs. Mary, very sick, 211.\\nDeath of, 212. Obituary notice of,\\nwritten by Governer Walker for the\\nExpositor, 214.\\nGraham, Mrs., 342.\\nGraham, William A., 353.\\nGraham, W. C. 298.\\nGrasshopper River. Military Crossing of,\\n34.\\nGraves, Chai les, married Abalura Guth-\\nrie, 103.\\nGray, Alfred, meeting in interest of\\nQuindaro at oiiice of. 119.\\nGray, Peter, employed to build smoke\\nhouse for Governor Walker. 163.\\nGray, M. M 18\\nGray-Eves, I uclor. 254.\\nGray-Eyes, Squire, 227, 254. 260, 303.\\n330. His prPii^ liinor, 223.\\nGrav-Eves, John W. 18, 25, 258, 263,\\n3i2, 313, 314, 317, 325, 330, 3.-^4. 355.\\nDelegate to Convention, 35. Chief by\\ninheritance, 173. Appninted Super-\\nvisor, 196. Information concernius\\nIndian Congress. 201. Death of his\\nwife; biographical sketch of, 254. Por-\\ntrait. 256.\\nGray-Eyes, Robert, buried Fe! ruary 25,\\nl 47, 195. Administiator s sale of\\neffects of, 197.\\nGreer, John, 235.\\nGreer, Knox Countv,0., purchased\\nGov. Walker s lands, 213.\\nGreen Corn Feast of the Wvaudots, 385.\\nAug. 9, 1853, 30.\\nGreen, Rev. Thomas A., 238. 301.\\nGreenbrier Co., W. V., 340.\\nGreeley, Horace, written to bv Guthrie\\nabout the first delegate from Nebraska,\\n149.\\nGreenwood, Judge, speaks in favor of\\nNebraska, 85.\\nGriffin, 320.\\nGrinter, John C. 17.\\nGrinter, W. H. H., 17.\\nGrist mills, 405.\\nGiover, Delegate to Conveation;\\nbiographical sketch of, 34.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n415\\nGrover, Charles H., 34.\\nGrover, D. A. N., 34.\\nGurley, 274.\\nGurley, Rev. James, 271.\\nGuthrie, Abelard, 22, 25, 26, 30, 37, 47,\\n53, 61, 76, 88, 116, 122, 125, 126, 129,\\n130, 131, 134, 135, 136, 137, 168, 230,\\n232, 251, 327, 345, 352 ii.l, 355, 363,\\n365, 368, 371, 372, 377, 383, 388, 391,\\n396. A brief sketch of, 101. Dele-\\ngate to Congress, 27, 28. Benton s\\nrepresentative, 36, 83. Set out for\\nWashington, Nov. 20, 1852, 29. Del-\\negate to Convention, 35. Received\\n33 to Johnson s 18 in Wyandot pre-\\ncinct, 38. Election, 39. Contests the\\nelection for Delegate to Congress;\\nvisited Washington; attacks Commis-\\nsioner of Indian Affairs, 40. Attacks\\nCol.Matiypenny in Ohio Slate Journal:\\nfeeling Ijetween him and Rev. I homas\\nJohnson, 41. Claims, 42, 67. Official\\naction endorsed by the Convention, 46,\\nEh^ctiou, -IS, 61, 67. Efforts to secure\\na Territorial Government for Nebraska\\nTerritory, 75, 78, 112. Ti-avels from\\nSt. Louis to Cincinnati, 77, 277. Ad-\\ndress to voters of Kansas, 79. Op-\\nposition of Commissioner of Indian\\nAffairs, 81. Married Miss Quindaro\\nNancy Brown; children of, 103, 107.\\nAdopted into the Bear Clan of Wyan-\\ndots; his Indian name; Lis deiith;\\ncharacter and personal appearance;\\n104. Chief clerk in office or John\\nJohnston, Indian Agent at Piqua,Ohio;\\ntook much interest in the Wyando s\\nand was of service to them; appointed\\nRegister of the U. S. Land Office at\\nUpper Sandusky, Ohio; his uomina\\ntion rejected: departure for the West,\\n105. Arrival at the mouth of the Kan-\\nsas River early in 1844. 106. Fnig-\\nment of Journal written while in Mex-\\nico. 108. A pioneer in California,\\n1850, 111, 308. Efforts to establish\\nan Indian State, 112. Identified witli\\nthe Free-State movement in Kansas;\\na Delegate to the Big Springs Conven-\\ntion, 113. Ruined by the Quindaro\\nCity venture; nature of his Journals,\\n115. Delegate to the Free-State\\nCounty Convention, 117. Description\\nof the election held in Quindaro, 118.\\nArrangement with Mrs. Nichols to\\nedit the Chindowau, 119. Illness of\\nhis father, 123. Visit to his father,\\nSept. 13, 1859, 124. In Washington\\nCitv, 1862, 127, 128. Dealings with\\nGen. Lane, 130, 132, 133, 134, 138,142,\\n143, 146, 147. Transactions with\\nCharles Robinson, 120, 121, 123, 151.\\nLetters to New York Tribune. 81, 139,\\n150. Independent candidate for Con-\\ngress, 152. Delegate from the Wyan-\\ndot Nation in Washington, 161. Re-\\nturned from Washington, 174. On\\nhis way to Ohio, 187. Called Esau\\nby Governor Walker, 236, 246, 251.\\nOn his way to Santa Fe, May 24, 1849,\\n289.\\nGuthrie, Abalura, daughter of Abehird\\nGuthrie; married Charles Graves:\\ndied leaving a son, Clarence Graves,\\n103. Attended the Convent of the\\nSacred Heart, 124.\\nGuthrie, Mrs. Anna, stepmother of Abe-\\nlard Guthrie, 123, 125.\\nGuthrie, Jacob, vi. Son ot Abelard\\nGuthrie; married Dora their\\nchildren, 104.\\nGuthrie, James, vi, 103.\\nGuthrie, James, son of Abelard Guthrie,\\nmarried Grace their children,\\n103.\\nGuthrie, James, brief sketch of mar-\\nried Mrs. Elizabeth (Aiusworth) An-\\ndrews, 102.\\nGuthrie, Miss Lucy, daughter of James\\nGuthrie, matron of the Government\\nSchool at Wyandotte, Indian Terri-\\ntorv, 103.\\nGuthrie, Mrs., 237, 369.\\nGuthrie, Norsona, married Edward S.\\nLane, 103; their children, 104.\\nGuthrie, Mrs. Quindaro, 122, 124. At-\\ntended the Convent of the Sacred\\nHeart, 124. Portrait, 112.\\nH.\\nHaff, Mrs. Marv, 11, 17.\\nHaff, Sanford, 17.\\nHale, John A., vi.\\nHalo, Mrs. Lillian Walker, 8, 17, 25.\\nHalf-King, Chief, 367 n.2.\\nHall, Franklin, 84.\\nI Hall, Luther A., 165.\\nHall, Willard P., a leader of the Ben-\\nton Democracy of Missouri, 28. Bill\\nfor organization of Nebraska Terri-\\ntor}-, Dec. 13, 1852; bill never I e-\\nported, 29, 59, 78. Endorsed by Con-\\nvention, 45.\\nHamilton, Rev. William, candidate for\\nProvisional Governor, 85.\\nHand, E. B., member and physician of\\nWyandot Mining Companv, 26, 191,\\n192, 204, 212, 290. iMarriage, 218.\\nHanson, 202.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "410\\nINDEX.\\nHarlan, Dr., 196.\\nHarlau, Senator, 147, 148.\\nHarmer. General, 18.\\nHarris, H. T., 17.\\nHarrison, Gen. W. H., 105, 340.\\nHamlin, Miss Carrie, vi.\\nHarrv, Major, 200, 207, 209, 210. 257. 261.\\nHat, John, 35.5, 392.\\nHedges, Thomas I., 52.\\nHeiskell. William A., 52.\\nHeisler, E. F., 17.\\nHerald, Wyandot, 15.\\nHereford, 314.\\nHereford, F. H., 323, 350.\\nHellenstein, Judge, 144\\nHelvey, Joel, Old Fort Kearney, 50.\\nHelvey, Thomas, Old Fort Kearney, 50.\\nHenn, Honorable Bernhart, 84, 87.\\nHepner, George, 85.\\nHewitt, Dr.. 161, 181, 182, 205, 207, 208,\\n216, 221, 237, 238, 246, 247, 258, 259,\\n279, 280, 288, 293, 294, 297, 305. At-\\ntends Governor Walker, 161. Arrives\\nin Wyandot Reserve, June 7, 1845, 158.\\nHicks, family founded by an adopted\\nwhite. 3.\\nHicks, Friiucis A., 25, 26, 217, 228, 254,\\n258, 260, 262, 265, 272, 287, 312, 324,\\n331. 333, 336, 360, 361,362. Delegate\\nTO Convention, 35. Slave-owner, 77.\\nBiographical sketch of, 189. Married\\nTO Matilda Driver. May 24, 1847, 202.\\nHicks, John, Sr., 260, 2!32. 265, 331, 334,\\n367 n.2, 370. 373 n.l, 375.\\nHicks, John, Jr., 260, 353, 368.\\nHicks, Hannah. 223, 233.\\nHicks. Henry, 18.\\nHickv^ Russia, 219.\\nHightower, Mr.. 211, 215, 244, 246.\\nHill, Geo. W., 43.\\nHill, Margaret, divorce, 191.\\nHill. Miss Mary E married John Van\\nClp^ e Andrews, 102.\\nHill, Russell B.. divorce, 191.\\nHill, Sarah, death of, 344.\\nHilton, 345, 346.\\nHistorical Collections of Ohio, Howe s,\\n12.\\nHistorical Society of Wisconsin, Library\\nof, 13.\\nHolland, Isham, Old Fort Kearnev, 50.\\nHooker, Charles, 345, 346 Hooper,\\nJacob, appointed to Wyandot Mission;\\ncume from Lancaster, Pa., 202.\\nHopocan, or Captain Pipe, 235.\\nHouston. Samuel, Senator, 55.\\nHovev, Geo. U. S., 17.\\nHuhe r, Col., 211.\\nHudson Bav Company, 7.\\nHufl aker, Miss, death of, 290.\\nHuffaker, Mr., 319.\\nHummer, Michael, 17.\\nHunter, 247, 347.\\nHunt, Adam, 217, 247, 268, 290.\\nHunter, Ira, 239, 290, 319.\\nHunter (Mrs. H. C Long), 354 n.l.\\nHunter, M. T., Senator, 55.\\nHunter, Robert, war chief of Oneidas, 8.\\nHunter, W., 183.\\nHunter, Zelinda M., born December 3,\\n1820; married Silas Armstrong; died\\nFebruary 10, 1883, 308, 354 n.j.\\nHurlburt, Rev. Mr., 262, 265, 274.\\nHuron Confederacy, 10.\\nHuron Place Cemetery, 48.\\nIndependence, Mo., 321.\\nIndian Bureau, influence of, 36.\\nIndian Congress, at Fort Leavenworth,\\n1848, 63, 265.\\nIndian Territory, bounds of, in 1835, 21.\\nBills for establishing Territorial Gov-\\nernment in, 134, 136. In 1834, 21.\\nRecommendation of Secretary of War,\\n22.\\nIndiana, Territory of, 20.\\nIndians, the, 118, 120.\\nIndustrial Luminary of Parkville, 37,\\n384.\\nJ.\\nJackson, J. C, letter to. 199-200.\\nJackson, James, 239, 240.\\nJackson, of Kansas City, 275.\\nJackson, Shawnee Chief, 348.\\nJacquis.H., 176, 189, 193, 198, 204, 221,\\n223. Sickness, 224. Death of; fu-\\nneral ceremonies of; biographical\\nsketch of, 225. Widow of; obituary\\nnotice of, written by Governor Walker\\nfor the Ohio State Journal, 226. Sale\\nof the property of, 227. Estate of,\\nsued, 246.\\nJameison, Rev., 306.\\nJebo, Joseph, 52.\\nJersey. West, name of Governor\\nWalker s homestead in the Wyandot\\nPurchase, 64.\\nJersey Creek, 64.\\nJesuits, the, 1, 9.\\nJohn-Go-Long-Up, steamboat, 170.\\nJohnson, Hon. Allen, Jr., Head Chief\\nWyandot Nation, 18, 62.\\nJohnson, B. F., 18.\\nJohnson, Cave, 209.\\nJohnsou, Hadley D., 31, 37,41, 59, 83,\\n84, 87, 88. Statement of, concerning\\nelection of Delegate for Nebraska\\nTerritory, 83.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n417\\nJohusou, Rev. Thoma.-. ;]4, ;J9, 41, 54,\\n59, 60, 81, 88, 251, 257, 297, 386, 388,\\n380,400. Missionary of M. E. Church,\\nSouth, to the Shawiiees, resided in the\\nShawnee country, near Westport, Mo.,\\nnominated for Delegate to Congress\\nby the Kickapoo.s, 38. Nomination,\\n81. In Indian Department, 82. Pat\\nforward in the interest of D. R. Atch-\\nison, 83. At Wa.shington, 60, 86, 87.\\n.lohnston, Catharine, death of, 343, 344,\\nJohnston, John, Agt. 0. Indians, 12, 108.\\n329.\\nJoncaire, Lieut, le Sieur, 8.\\nJondron, C, 204.\\nJordan, Rev., 191.\\nK.\\nKansas City, Kansas, 8, 340.\\nKansas Territory, struggle for freedom\\nin. 113.\\nKansas, north line of, 88.\\nKansas-Nebraska Act, passed May 30,\\n1854, 21, 42.\\nKansas River, for Pacific Railroad, 31.\\nDelaware Crossing on. 34.\\nKanzas, Indian Congress of, 1848, 265.\\nKiiufman, a J. P., Jackson County,\\nMo., 198.\\nKarrahoo. Milton, 246, 249.\\nKayrohoo, John, 330, 345, 359.\\nKayrohoo, Solomon, 377.\\nKaskaskia, Andrew, 52.\\nKearney, Gen., 264.\\nKellev, Mrs., 333.\\nKerr, Samuel, 262.\\nKetcham, Captain, 310.\\nKeyser, 216, 221.\\nKing, Asburv, 220.\\nKing, G. W. (Thompson). 401.\\nKing, Governor, 309.\\nKing. Matthew, 130.\\nKirby, M. H., 352, 375.\\nKirkbride, Edward, married Caroline\\nDriver, iOo.\\nKickapoo, town, 59.\\nKickapoos, 23, 38, 230.\\nKnight, Mr., Sr., 320, 321.\\nKnight, Preston, 350.\\nKramer, Mr., 169.\\nLadd, John Wanton, born in Warrick,\\nR. J., Aug. 10, 1793: died in Wyan-\\ndotte, Kansas, Sept. 25, 1865, 27.\\nLadd, Lydia B., married Matthew R.\\nWalker; one of her daughters Mrs.\\nLillian Walker Hale, 25.\\n28\\nLadd, John Wanton, 27, 338.\\nLadd, Mary Ann, married Joel Walker,\\n26.\\nLane, Edward S., married Norsona\\nGuthrie, 103. Children, 104.\\nLane, Elizabeth J., 341.\\nLane, James H., 130, 132, 136, 140, 141,\\n145, 146, 147, 148, 149. 152, 318.\\nSeat contested, 127. Absence from\\nWashington, 133. Military talents:\\nTexas scheme, 134. Treatment of\\nGuthrie, 138, 143.\\nLane, Miss Mina, vi.\\nLane, Hon. V. J., editor of the Herald,\\n18, 25, 104.\\nLanniwa, Territory of, 112, 146, 149.\\nLa Serge, John, 190.\\nLatta, Dr., 281.\\nLattiniore, Robert, 310.\\nLaussat, M., represented France in t!uj\\ndelivery of the possession of Louisi-\\nana to the U. S., Dec. 20, 1803, 19.\\nLaws. Wyandott, 3, 379.\\nLegate, James F., 148.\\nLegislative Committee, the, of the Wy-\\nandot Nation, its powers and impoi\\ntance; statement of, 62.\\nLeonard, Mrs., 208.\\nLester, hanged, 162.\\nLetcher, J., Virginia, 55.\\nLewis and Clark, 93.\\nLight, Jacob, married EloLsa Guthrie,\\n103.\\nLincoln, Abraham, misjudged bv the men\\nof his time, 28, 115, 125, 135.\\nLine, north boundary, of Kansas, 88.\\nLiugenfelter, L., 85.\\nLinnville, William, 289, 290, 318.\\nLisa, Manuel, 93.\\nLittle Chief, 262, 272.\\nLofland, Mrs. Carolina, vi, 18.\\nLofland, Louis,married Carolina (Driver)\\nKirkbride, 203.\\nLong, Alexander, married Catharine\\nLane, 275, 354 n. 1. Children of, 180.\\nLong, H. C, 17, 26, 35, 371, 354 n.l.\\nLong, Irvin P., 35, 43, 260, 290, 354 n.l.\\nBiographical sketch, 275.\\nLong, Isaac, 26, 354 n.l.\\nLong, James. 18, 26, ;;54 n.l.\\nLong, Miss .lane R.. 247, 253. 257.\\nLong, John, Chief ot the W yandots, 173.\\nLong, Mary Ann, married to William\\nGarrett, 171. 341.\\nLong, Mrs., 335. Death of. 336.\\nLongs, the, v.\\nLoomis, Hon. Mr., report on Guthrie s\\nclaims. 67.\\nLopez, Buccaneer Patriot, 332, 333.\\nLove, Rev., 358.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "418\\nII^DEX.\\nLoiiisaua, province, 10. District and\\nterritory, 20.\\nLouisianians in Mexican W;ir, 100.\\nLumpey, Louis, 330, 834, 354, 355 n.l,\\n371.\\nLnusford. 323.\\nLusk, Mrs., 333.\\nLucas, John B. C, 20.\\nLykins, David, voted in Miami precinct,\\n52.\\nLykins, Miss, 257.\\nLynch, John, 27, 216, 217, 218, 221, 228,\\n231, 232, 233, 255, 335. 348, 371.\\nLynville, 347.\\nM.\\nMcAlpine, Miss Jessie S. vi. 26.\\nMcAlpine, John W., 26\\nMcAlpine, Mary A., 26.\\nMcAlpine, Nicholas, 17, 43. Marriage,\\n26.\\nMcAlpine, Robert L., 26.\\nMcAnelly, 362.\\nMcClellan, Gen., 131, 135, 137, 205, 333.\\nMcColloch, Z., 311.\\nMcCowen, 347.\\nMcCoy, Isaac, 229. 230. Death, 289.\\nMcCoy, John C, 321.\\nMcCulloch, Samuel, 180.\\nMcCulloch, William, 180.\\nMcDaniel, 356.\\nMcDowell, William, 220.\\nMcDowell, General, 150.\\nMcElvain, Andrew, 238.\\nMcElvain, Col. Pardy, 211,\\nMcEweu, Wm., 85.\\nMcGee, W. M., 372.\\nMcKissick, C. W., 85.\\nMcKnight, 295\\nMcKnight Nimrod, 372.\\nMcLean, 253.\\nMcNeal, Daniel, 27, 354.\\nMcMullen, William Walker, vi, 12, 17.\\nMackinaw, 1.\\nMalott, Hiram, 17.\\nManypenuy, Col., 40, 41, 386.\\nMargaret, French, 9.\\nMartin, George W Kansas City. 18.\\nMason, J. M., U. S. Senator, 55.\\nMasonry, first in Kansas, 25.\\nMatney, John R,, vi.\\nMayo, Abel Upshur, 55.\\nMeans. Hon. W. C, 85.\\nMeigs, R. J., 20.\\nMethodism among the Wyandot.s, 2, 3,\\n11, 352, 369.\\nMexican War, 109.\\nMiami Rapids, battle of, 3.\\nMiami Precinct, poll-book, 51.\\nMiamis, 23, 265.\\nMichigan Territory, 21.\\nMih-shih-kihu-ah-kwah, or Little Turtle.\\nChief of the Miamis, 18.\\nMiller, R. C, 36, 57, 383.\\nMills, Grist, 405.\\nMining Company, the Wyandot, 288, 200.\\nMissouri Compromise, repeal, 81.\\nMissouri River, 31.\\nMissouri Territory, 20, 21, 22.\\nMitchell, D. D., Supt. Ind. Aff., 294.\\nMononcue, Rev., 161, 373 n.l.\\nMononcue, Mrs., 369 n.l.\\nMontgomery, James, 373 n.l.\\nMontour, Andrew, alias Henry, 10.\\nMontour, Catherine, 10.\\nMoutoui-, Louis, 10.\\nMontour, Mary, married James Rankin;\\nboi n in 1756, 10.\\nMontour, Madame, born in Canada\\nabout 1684, 8. Influence, 9.\\nMontour Famil} founder, 8, 10.\\nMonture, James, 279.\\nMorman Emigrants, 348.\\nMorris, Bishop, 271.\\nMorton, Mrs. Hanna, 357.\\nMorton, Hon. J. Sterling, viii.\\nMoseley, Beverly A., 356.\\nMoseley, John, 335.\\nMoseley, Major, 293, 312, 314, 316, 320,\\n323, 326, 327, 328, 329. 330, 332, 333.\\n334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 341, -343, 344.\\n346, 347 n.l, 348, 349, 352, 356, 360.\\n363, 364, 371, 373, 379.\\nMo.seley, Thomas, 292.\\nMoses, ^Mr., 252.\\nMudeater, name and family, 3, 234.\\nMudeater, Alfred J., v, 18 234, 235\\nMudeater, Benjamin, 18, 235.\\nMudeater, Ida, 235.\\nMudeater, Irvin, born 1849, 235.\\nMudeater, Mary, born 1847, 235.\\nMudeater, Matthew, 17. 25, 234, 254, 258,\\n296, 312, 313, 330, 331, 348, 353, 355,\\n362. Married Nancv Pipe; children\\nof, 235.\\nMudeater, Matthew. Jr., 235.\\nMudeater, Mrs. Julia, 18.\\nMudeater, Mrs., 237.\\nMudeater, Russia, 235.\\nMudeater, Silas, 235.\\nMudeater, Snsanuh, 17, 235.\\nMudeater, Thomas Dawson, 235.\\nMudeater, Zelinda, born 1815, 235.\\nMuir, Presley, 26, 36, 361, 363, 371.\\nMulkey, William, 350. 372.\\nMuncie Tribe, 252, 347.\\nMundav, Isaac, 36, 57, 383. Biography,\\n34.\\nMuUikan, 297.\\nMuskrat, Isaac, 316, 317.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n419\\nN.\\nNebraska City, site, -51.\\nNebraska Territory, io, SI, 67, 83, 88,\\n376. Description. (iS. Movement to\\norganize, 24, 28, 33, 36. 42, 72. Bill\\not 1844, 22. Bill of 1848, 22. Bills\\nof 1853, 29, 30; 86, 399,404. Bounds,\\n36, 61.^ Delegate, 26, 27, 80. Elec-\\ntion of Delegate to Congress for, 80.\\nAttitude of pro-slavery party, 82.\\nNotes of Gov. Walker, 58.\\nNegroes, at Quindaro, 115.\\nNewman, Moses B., 17, 134, 138, 321.\\nNew Mexico, 68.\\nNew River, 234.\\nNichols, Mrs., edits Ghindowan, 119.\\nNichols, Smith, 18, 247, 278, 317.\\nNiles. Hezekiali, Register, 132. Princi-\\nples and Acts of the Revolution, 140.\\nNiles, Samuel V., 130, 140, 143.\\nNoble, Tho. H., 220, 223, 228. 230, 239,\\n240, 241, 247, 249, 250, 265, 286, 296.\\nNofat, Administrators sale of eifects of,\\n200. 255. 258, 327.\\nNofat, Margaret, death of, IGO.\\nNominations, Wyandott, 382.\\nNones, J. B., 39^ 388.\\nNorthrup, Andrus Bishop, 304.\\nNorthrup, Mrs. A. B., vi.\\nNorthrup, H. M., v, 17, 43, 240, 251,\\n313, 316, 324, 332. Biographical\\nsketch, 303.\\nNorthrup, Mrs. H. M., 251.\\nNorthrup, McHenrv, 304.\\nNorthrup, Milton, 304.\\nNorthrup, Thomas Clark, 304.\\nNorthrup Chick, 304.\\nNorthwestern Confederacy,renewal, 265.\\nNorton, Jlrs. Ha una, 365.\\nNorton, Henry C, 26, 297, 323, 345.\\nNottawassaga Bay, 1.\\n0.\\nO Bludgeon, Jonnv, 27, 319, 337,\\n369, 372.\\nOft in the Stilly Night, in English\\nand Wyandot, 14.\\nOhio State Journal, 41. 353.\\nOld Bullion, 355.\\nOld Connecticut, 27, 365. 369, 370.\\nOld Fort Kearney, 50, 51.\\nOliver, Judge, 32.\\nOliver, Mordecai, vi.\\nOregon, 68.\\nOregon Company, 347.\\nOrleans, Territory of, 19.\\nOverton. Major W. P.. 275.\\nOtero, Miguel, 326.\\nOttawa Indians, 62.\\nOwen, Col. S., 185.\\nPacitic Hannibal R. R., 351.\\nPacific Railroad, 1853, 32, 88.\\nPacific states, the; Southern sentiment\\nin, 80.\\nPalmer, R., 290.\\nPalmer, Mrs., death of, 211.\\nParker, Greenberry, 194.\\nParks, Captain Joseph, Chief of the\\nShawnees, 117, 120, 345. Sketch of.\\n120.\\nParkville, 342.\\nParrott, Rev., 200, 202, 204.\\nPaschal, John, 52.\\nPaschal, Luther, 52.\\nPassmore, Mary C, 194.\\nPatten, 191.\\nPatton, James, 365.\\nPayne, Bishop, 361.\\nPayne, Dr. W. A., 203.\\nPay-House, the Delaware, 66.\\nPawnee-s, the, 200, 310.\\nPeacock, Amelia, 193.\\nPeacock, Boyd, 314.\\nPeacock, Isnac, 354.\\nPeacock, Matthew, 373 n.l. Sketch of.\\n232.\\nPiacock, Moses, 210, 250.\\nPeerev, Mr., 274.\\nPeeiev, Mrs., 190, 191.\\nPeerev, Rev. E. T., 181, 190, 193. 194.\\n214: 221, 222, 225, 228, 243, 251, 255,\\n295, 374.\\nPeerey, Rev. John Thompson, 271, 277,\\n280, 296, 297.\\nPeerey, Rev. John F., 353, 359, 361.\\nPetuns, the Tobacco Nation, 1, 10.\\nPerkins (Shawnee blacksmith), 359.\\nPerkins, Stephen, 17.\\nPeoria, Baptiste, 35, 52.\\nPeoria, Joe, 53.\\nPeorias, Indians, 265.\\nPierce, Charles W., 85.\\nPieto, Jose Antonio. 26.\\nPillow, G^n., 229.\\nPigram, B. R., 86.\\nPipe, Captain, or Hopocan, 235.\\nPip John, 194, 330, 338, 369.\\nPipe, Mrs. Margaret, 18, 4 i.\\nPipe. Nancv (Mrs. Matthew Mudeater),\\n2;5. 81, 382.\\nPipe, Thomas, 194, 274, 371.\\nPittsbi rg Gulf Railroad, 35.\\nPharoah, 210, 233.\\nPhelps, Hon., U. S. Ho. of Reps., 70.\\nPhips, 220.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "420\\nINDEX.\\nPlatte County, 341.\\nPlatte Purchase, 16, 20._\\nPlatte, Valley of, as a route for railroads,\\n;;1.\\nPolk, James K., 282. Death of, 291.\\nPoll-book, 49. Miami precinct, 61. Old\\nFort Kearnev precinct, CO.\\nPomeroy, Senator, 128, 129, 1:^3, 135,\\n138 requested by Abelard Guthrie to\\npresent his Resolution, 129.\\nPontiac, 1.\\nPore, Mr. Charles, 258.\\nPorter, Henry W., 27.\\nPorter, Rev. James, 252, 338.\\nPottawattomies, 62, 207, 310.\\nPratt, Major John G., 17, 34.\\nPreston, Miss Sarah, 307.\\nPreston, Sarah (Mrs. S. Armstrono:),.307.\\nPrice, Sterling. 29.\\nPrice, Judge William Cecil, vii, 32, 307\\nn.l. Biographical sketch of, 28. Por-\\ntrait, 32.\\nPriestly, Samuel. 26.\\nPriestly, William, 194.\\nPrince, Col. John, 210, 273.\\nPrior, Roger A., 132.\\nProceedings, Nebr. Terr., 384.\\nProclamaiious, Territorial, 385.\\nProclamation, election of Delegate, 47.\\nProphet, the Shawnee, 18.\\nProvidence, John. 168.\\nProvisional Government of Nebraska\\nTerritory, 31, 32, 36, 37, 42, 57, 81,\\n383. Organization, 32, Hi. Oiiicers,\\n36. Duration, 60. Termination, 42.\\nPunch, Curtis, 368.\\nPunch, Dan, frozen to death, 276.\\nPunch, George, 360, 373 n.l.\\nPurchase, Wyandott, map, x.\\nQ.\\nJuindaro City, 3(1, 114, 115.\\nR.\\nRailroad. 85, 383. See Pacijir J?. R.\\nRankin Family, 7.\\nRankin, Catherine, dau. James, 11,\\nRankin. James, 7, 8, 10, 222. 227, 254,\\n258, 265, 312, 313, 327, 328, 330. 331,\\n336. Death, 333. Marriage, 10.\\nRankin, James, Jr., 11.\\nRankin, Mary Montour, 10, 350.\\nRankin, Miss Nancy, 338.\\nRankin, Samuel, 26, 255, 312. 354. 363.\\nReady, Dr., 353.\\nRector, Hon. Benjamin, 85.\\nReed, married Elizabeth Zane)\\nRobifaille; children of, 180.\\nReed, 314.\\nReeder, A. H., Gov., 42, 60, 80. 82.\\nRej ublican, the St. Louis, 28.\\nRepublican party, made by efforts of\\nAbelard Guthrie, 76, 79, 144.\\nReesQ, 236.\\nResolutions of Convention .vhich formed\\nProvisional Government of Nebraska,\\n43.\\nReynolds. 214.\\nRice, Dr., 348.\\nRichardson, R., 200\\nRichardson, William A. Ho!:., 29.\\nRichardson Bill, 29.\\nRichfield, town, 359.\\nRidge, Dr., 2 3, 332, 3t3.\\nRidjewav, Joseph,\\nRidijeway, Jr., 24S.\\nRiggs, Harlan, 220.\\nRile^y, Fort, 34.\\nRoberts, W. Y., 121.\\nRobinson, Charles. 115, 116, 120. 121.\\n123, 150.\\nRobitaille brothers, vi.\\nRobitadle, Mrs., death and bu ial of. 283.\\nRobitaille. Robert, eniplovei to toaeh\\nschool, 160, 169.\\nRobitaille, married Elizabeth.\\nZane; children of, 180.\\nRoberts, 219.\\nRodgers, Dr., 336, 338.\\nRonncay. Mrs., death o! 391.\\nRoseberry, 341.\\nRoss County, Oliio, 3U).\\nRoute, Railroad,\\nRowand, J. R., Phila., 193, 198, 215.\\nRucker, Mr 332.\\nRusk, Thomas J., Hon.. 55\\nRussell, Rev. B. H., 301, 317.\\nRussell, Rev. 279, 297.\\nRussell, Mrs., 213\\nRussell, Miss Hester, 319.\\nS.\\nSt. Mary s, treaty of, 16\\nSacs, Indian Congress, 1818, 63.\\nSager, Henry, 252.\\nSandusky, 3.\\nISaiidiisk}/ Register, 378.\\nSarpv s trading house, 84.\\nSarrahess, John, 187, 189, 191. 252. 330,\\n353, 355, 358. Sketch of, 193. Mar-\\nriage, 194.\\nSawyer, Hon. A. J., viii.\\nSawyer, Hon.. 165.\\nSavior, 209. 214.\\nScarritt, Rev. Nathan, 40, 297, 302. 318,\\n328, 3.32, 337, 339.\\nSchoolcraft, Works on Indians, 321, 359.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "IXDEX.\\n421\\nSchool Fund. 1852, 348, 405.\\nScott, Fort, 34.\\nScott. Gen. W.. 229. 353.\\nSeneca Chief, 187, 191, 208, 392. Ar-\\nrival at mouth of Kansas, 187.\\nShaler, 314, 323, 328, 330.\\nShawnee Indians. 2, 23, 34, 35, 38, 62,\\n117, 120, 130. 200. 265.\\nSharp, Col. J. L.. 85.\\nSharp, S. S.. 17. 308.\\nShehea, Brvan. 369.\\nShelly, Genoral. 32.\\nShepard, Col. Moses, of Va., 179.\\nSherman. John, L61.\\nShiplev, Thomas. 335.\\nShipley, 366.\\nShrunk, J., of the Loiver Sandusky\\nTelegraph, 214. 229, 248.\\nSimpson, D. W.. 19M.\\nSimpson, Dr., 272.\\nSims. Col., 127, 131. 132, 146.\\nSioux, 336.\\nSkah-mehn-dah -teb. daughter of Me-\\nnomonee and wife of George Arm-\\nstrong, 161, 176.\\nSkan-ho-nint, or One-Bark-Cauoe, Wy-\\nandot Chief. 7.\\nSmallev, H. H., 15.\\nSmallev. Leonard, 220, 252. 293.\\nSmart, Col. R. C 314.\\nSmith, Caleb B., 143.\\nSmith. Gerritt. 270.\\nSmith, Hugh N., 68.\\nSmith. President of the Masonic\\nCollege at Lexington, Mo., 204.\\nSmith, Rev. William D., 225.\\nSnake Indians, the. 336.\\nSnow, R. P., 84.\\nSnyder, Judge, 85.\\nSolomon, Dan H ^^^j.\\nSolomon, John, .325.\\nSouth Pass, 92.\\nSouth Table Creek, 51.\\nSpeer, Hon. John, vi.\\nSplit-the-Logs. Charles, 223.\\nSplitlog, Matthias, v, 17, 194, 263. Biog-\\nraphy, 34.\\nSpurlock, Sarah, 341.\\nSqueendehtee. Mrs., 365.\\nSqueendehteh, 268.\\nStandingstone, Killbuck, 354.\\nStandmgstone,Oue-Hundred-Snakes,35.\\nStanton, F. P., 127.\\nStand-In-The-Water, Thomas, 231, 252.\\nStandinwater, Theo., 190\\nState Line, Nebraska and Kansas, 88.\\nStateler, Rev. L. B., 173, 198, 222, 223,\\n257, 273, 286, 287, 302, 306, 332, 333,\\n338.\\nStannard, Mrs. W. H., 18.\\nSlavery, in Kansas Territory, 57. Atti-\\ntude of Wvandots, 174.\\nSteel, George. 294.\\nStephenson, Miss Matilda, 203.\\nStern, Jesse, 162, 166. 227, 232, 233.\\n247, 248, 249, 251, 262, 287.\\nStevens, Eliza, 126.\\nStewart, John, 2.\\nStewart. Martin, 122.\\nStiles, Geo. P., 85.\\nStill, 268, 293.\\nStockbridge Indians, 347 ii.l.\\nStockton, John S., vi, 254.\\nStoddard. Amos, Gov., 19.\\nStrohm, Isaac, 103, 123.\\nSunday Schools, 380.\\nSymmes, Capt. John Cleves. 214.\\nTacket, Mr., 311.\\nTall Charles, 163, 165, 223. 272, 313.\\nSketch, 163.\\nTarhee, 373 n.l.\\nTavlor, 216, 221.\\nTaylor, William, 329.\\nTaylor, Zacharv. 251. 258. 270. 283. 312.\\nTauromee, 35, 161, 173, 187, 189. 191,\\n228, 312, 353, 355. Biographical\\nsketch of, 173.\\nTazewell County, Va., 367 n.l.\\nTemperance, 377.\\nTerritorial Council, canvass the election\\nreturns, 39, 40, 48.\\nTerritory, Nebraska. See Xebraska.\\nTerritory of Lanniwa, 112.\\nThayendeuagea, or Joseph Brant, 253.\\nThieving, by Wyaudott Chiefs, 347.\\nThompson, 202, 206. Stonemason,\\nworked for Governor Walker, 202.\\nThompson, Mrs., 138, 140.\\nThrall, W. B., 196.\\nTibb, 231.\\nTobacco Nation, the. 1, 10.\\nTondee, 328.\\nTon.son, 204, 207,\\nToranto, word, 315.\\nTowareh, 330, 344\\nTraders Point, or Bellevue, 84.\\nTrager, A., 197, 244.\\nTreaty of April, 1850, 348.\\nTreaty Committee, 395.\\nTremble, Francois, 296, 313.\\nTribe, Muncie, 347 n.l.\\nTribe, Wolf. 339,\\nTnbune, N. Y., 80.\\nTrowbridge, William, 27.\\nTullis, Jane, married James Barnett,\\n194.\\nTurkey Creek, 284, 310,311, 313.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "422\\nINDEX.\\nTurley, Marshal, 85.\\nTurner, Nat, o07.\\nTwightvvees (Miamis), 8.\\nTwyinan, Dr. L., 242, 363.\\nTwyman, Henry, .3.38.\\nTwyman, Miss, 291.\\nTwyman, W., 191.\\nTyler, President, 105.\\nV.\\nUnion, the Washington, 129.\\nVan Buren, Martin, 259, 270.\\nVan Cleve, Mary Cornelia, married\\nJames Andrews, 102.\\nVandreuil, Marquis de, 8.\\nVan Metre, John, 231, 293, 329.\\nVaughau, Major, 165.\\nVedder, E. T., 307.\\nVien, Peter, 314.\\nVincennes, 340.\\nW.\\nWade, Benjamin F. Hon., 321.\\nWapstaff, Capt. Robert, 162, 163, 171.\\nWaiden, Editor of Chindotran, 116.\\nWaldo, Captain, 229.\\nWaldo, 228, 291.\\nWalker, Catherine, 25, 162.\\nWalker, Everett, 1853-1888, 26.\\nWalker, Florence, 26.\\nWalker, Mrs. Hannah, 216, 218, 324.\\nWalker, Harriet, 343.\\nWalker, Ida E., 185] -1866. 26.\\nWalker, Isaiah, vi, 25, 343 n.l, 344, 344\\nn.l. 355, 357, 373. Portrait, 288.\\nWalker, I. P., 290.\\nWalker, Joel, vi, 17, 25, 26, 33, 34, 114,\\n183, 189, 197, 204, 208, 244 246, 2-50,\\n251, 2.52, 253, 257, 269, 287. 803, 317,\\n319, 328, 334, 391. Sickness, 215.\\nPortrait, 8.\\nWalker, John T., 166, 171, 217, 221, 224,\\n249, 264, 283, 294.\\nWalker, Justin, ^6.\\nWalker, Martha C, married William\\nGilmore, 298.\\nWalker, Maria, 1847-1891; married Nich-\\nolas McAlpine, 26, 340i 341.\\nWalker, Mrs. Mary, 18, 343 n.l.\\nWalker, MatthewR,, -.^6,33, 35, 36, 57,77,\\n186, 193, 196, 198, 226, 227, 229, 237,\\n246, 260, 265, 304, 307, 313, 316, 320,\\n323, 325, 330, 332, 334. 337, 359, 362,\\n364, 371, 372, 383. Biographical sketch\\nof, 24. Portrait, 304.\\nWalker, William, Senior, 5, 11.\\nWalker, Governor William, vii, viii, 6\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n14, 16, 24, 26, 27, 29, 33, 35, 36, 43,\\n55, 58, 60, 61, 64, 76, 77, 78, 108, 122,\\n285. Son of William and Catherine;\\nborn in Wayne County, Mich., March\\n5, 1800, 11, 232. Clan, 12. Marriage,\\n12. Character, 13. Death, 15, 43.\\nAs Governor, 37, 42, 47, 49, 54, 65.\\nAs funeral orator, 173, 225. Por-\\ntraits, frontispiece and 153. Journals,\\nfirst, 1-53-288; second, 289-400.\\nWalker, Mrs William, 347.\\nWalker, the family, v, 3, 5.\\nWalker, Boyd Chick, 329, 336.\\nWalker, Northrup Chick, 304.\\nWallace, 353.\\nWalter, H. A., 328.\\nWarpole, Henry, 313, 344, 364, 376.\\nWarpole, Jacob, 313.\\nWarpole, Mrs., death of, 343, 344.\\nWarpole, Peter, 280.\\nWashburn, Hon. Israel, 67.\\nWashington, James, 161, 166, 167, 169.\\n171, 189, 193, 198, 219, 221, 223, 237,\\n254, 260, 262, 263, 281. 293, 312, 313.\\n330, 339, 345, 353, 355, 367 n.2, 370.\\nWashington, Mrs. James, 193, 220.\\nWatauga River, 234.\\nWatkins, 351, 855.\\nWattles, Augustus, 134, 136, 141, 143, 144.\\nWayne, Gen., 3.\\nWelsh, Alfred, 194.\\nAVeh-yah-pih-ehr-sehn-wah, gr:indfather\\nof Charles Blue-Jacket; Shawnee\\nChief, 18.\\nWells, Capt., 3.\\nWe.stport, Mo., 34.\\nWheeler, James, Rev., 178, 207.\\nWheeler. John, 200, 202, 240.\\nWhig party, 105.\\nWhig National Convention, 1852, 353.\\nWhite, Joseph, 263, 371.\\nWhite, Kittie Ann, 340.\\nWhite Church, Kansas, 85.\\nWhite-Crow, 330, 354, 355, 368.\\nWhite- Wing, Ann, 376.\\nWhite-Wing, James. 230.\\nWilcox, Orange D., 239.\\nWilcoxen, Rezin, 18.\\nWilliam, Col., Mexican War, 108.\\nWilliams, Geo. D., 284. 295, 327, 357.\\nWilliams, John, 246, 327.\\nWilliams, Mary, 344 n.l, 373.\\nWilliams, Nicholas, 843, 344.\\nWilliams, Thomas J., 69.\\nWilliams, Mrs., 268.\\nWilkinson, James, Gov., 20.\\nWilkinson, Senator, 148.\\nWilson, F., 200.\\nWilson, James, 252.\\nWilson, Hon., 133.\\nWilson, 53, 200.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n423\\nWingard, Chas. W., 123.\\nWinnebagoes aud Poitawatomies, 207.\\nAVinslow, Mrs., 131, 11]^.\\nWitteu, Rev. James, 367, 367 u.l.\\nWitten, Thomas, 367 n.l.\\nWolf tribe, 339.\\nWoods, 208, 209.\\nWright, George, 18. Sketch of, 308.\\nWright, Dr.. 356.\\nWyandots, the, 1-4, 10, 11, 23, 24, 26,\\n30, 58, 60, 193, 200, 207, 223, 303,\\n315, 385. Allotment of their lauds\\nin severalty, 3. Cession of lands, 2.\\nCouncil tire, 63. Relegates of, in\\nWashington, 159. Food, 158. Gen-\\nealogy, 1. Government, IGo. Laws,\\n379. Mining Company, 111 Num-\\nber, 3. Removal, 2. Slavery, 114.\\nTreaties, 200, 228.\\nWyandott City, the plat of, 319.\\nWyandot County (Ohio), 2.\\nWyandotte Gazette, 8.\\nWyandot Purchase, 34, 321. Map, x.\\nr.\\nYah-nyah -neh-deh, 302.\\nYoung, David, 222, 223, 258, 260, 262,\\n272, 293. 294, 312. Death, 336.\\nYoung, John S., 250.\\nYoung, Margaret, 344.\\nZ.\\nZaue, Catherine, married Alexander\\nLong. 180, 273.\\nZane, Col. Ebenezer, 18, 179, 180.\\nZane, Elizabeth, married, first,\\nRobitaille, and second, Reed\\nchildren of, 180.\\nZane, Hannah, 308.\\nZane, Isaac W., 121, 161, 221, 371.\\nMarriage and children, 180.\\nZane, Isaiah, 324, 345, 309.\\nZane, Jonathan, 179.\\nZaue, Nancv, married Samuel McCul-\\nloch, 180.\\nZane, Noah, 179, 210, 295, 296.\\nZaue, Sarah, mari-ied Rol ert Armstrong,\\n160, 180, 369.\\nZane, Silas, 179.\\nZane Family, v, 3. 179. 180.\\nZanobia, 109.\\nZinzendorf, Count, 9.", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "n", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n016 088 122 7", "height": "3360", "width": "2074", "jp2-path": "provisionalgover00conn_0464.jp2"}}