The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-08-16
EARLY HrsroRr or LEE COURT,
Interesting Rsniniscsness 81 Black
Hawk.
PucK-E-sHE-TucK ALIAS KEoKuK.

The July number of the Annals of Ioco
contains an interesting history Of the early
settlement Of Lee county from the pen Of
Isaac r. Campbell, now of st. Fnzcisville,
Missouri, who first visited the place where
keokuk now stands in 1921. There was there
then one log cabin built the year before BY
DR.. Samuel Muir, Q surgeon in the United
States army then located at Fort Edwards,
now Warsaw, Illinois. Subsequently, Mr..
Campbell and DR.. Muir we're in partnership.
DR.. NJ. was . native of Scotland. After
coming into this western wilderness he mar
ried squsw OF the Sac tribe Of Indians, BY
whom he had Eve children. During his en-.
gagemsnts with the army and while stationed
at Fort johnson, or Edwards, Warsaw, J
Illinois, orders were issued BY the War De,
partment that all officers and attaches Of the
United States army should ct once abandon
and refuse to harbor any and I'll Indian fe>
males resorting around the military posts.
Upon this announcement being made known
to him he 1t once rendered his resignation.
and before it was accepted many fatteripe
inducements were offered to him BY his asso.
ciates to abandon his wife (squavl and Re.
main with them. His only reply on such oc~
casions was BY holding up his 6rst born pap.
poose, (babs, and exclaiming, "May God
forbid that son Of Caledonia should ever
desert his child or disown his clan.p
DR.. Muir died Of cholera at Keokuk in
1882, being the first victim to the pestilence
there. His wife and all his children, except
Louisa, his eldest born, have since passed
away. Mr.. Campbell was intimately ac-
many relics presented him by this d;st;n
guished Indian chief-one buckskin nurse
made b. him and presented to M. &. the
day before Black Hawks death. WThis re
nowned wArrur," says Mr.. Campbell. q noe.
sessed many sterling qnalities, which could
only be appreciated By those who knew hin,
as intimately ~ myself. He never had Int
one wife, being opposed personally to the
custom of polyeAmy, although never inter,
fering with Others Of his tribe Who Approved
and practicsd tAis evil. HE Naa.r (old
woman) vas god housewife. The arrange.
ments OF tho interior wigwAm was systematic
and clean, and the FURNISHED camp>kettle
her greatest pride. tried hard 70 dissuade
him from the war-path ia 1881, but he per.
sisted IN his determination, and paid dearly
return after his captivity he paid me ! v;s;t.
acknowledged his error, and pledred ms
never again TO refuse good advice. vR;ch hs
observed the remainder Of his life. His davs
were ended (l686) on the east bank Of The
Des MONIES river, st Stump Town. point
where the railroad diverses from the r;ver '
below lowaville-now 7Ndependenf.,,
Mr.. G. says the first white child horn IN
the county was Eleanor, daughter Of Dr..
Isaac Galland, nov Mn. Mcpherson. Of
Fort Madison. VI
CONCERNING the river trade q that earlv
DAY. Mr.. Campbell says:
Our commerce from 1871 to 1882 did M.
increase IN tonnage TO any extent. msds
severa TIPS aufine this time, on keel boata.
from st. Louis to Galena, ula "A numhs- ~
these boats were owned By Can't WIT. ss =,
nAv'ga.ed BY him, ~ freishtsrs, on tie In tn
per Mississippi Up
Capt James White informed ma H.. -.
nrst voyage up the Miasssippi was on ~.
Steamboat M.ndam, being forty aays % , o IT.,
from New Orleans to the fooa q he r.n ~
which she attempted to sneend. bat :, ,,'S ~.
no higher than FLY Rech, ca - cc.n. 81 -
heavy draaght 80 waas "a corrrcs I.e. =
ie2e q: VIZ ehs4eel ~ ~ pilot. ! IA r..
!ofrneo me that the indiana, at saverei ln..E-
ties above St. Louis, wers badly fr;sh.ss.a
cunning in ereSy direction vhen a. 49, ~:
hove IN sight. Al they had never vs.s.s0sss
NE IKE ahetofS many Of them thoseht mn
s .a.. .quanc monster Va tho Moa / tou.ke.
!. sulh tevii spirit or devil, coming 70 csll =.
q that succeeded in ascend;ps IA ,.r:l. -
ths Pike. which, By many, H. -. .s-.:,s
ered the first steamboat that t,.v..s.5 "a a.
upper Mississippi. which Is cov,,es - = soe
ssnf the brst to 60 above tie Dse y 49,: =
:, lhs Red Rcsss. Chief.;o. N.eA..
nnsocs and Mexico vers. II. 'c, Java,
~ s1 appeafsnce ,mms =. - l aaa'
~ o. non, lame s. rA.,,Is. 1870. 49,
nrs,.l w:.,! inebAeo. Wiscnn.;. OI:"s