Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-12-29

vetssatc enemy, the Sioax, tho IN
dion afforded some variety to the m
cidents in the life Of the few pion
e0re,
Sometimes the Indians would b
| greatly alarmed IT the supposed up
proAch Of the Sioux. An instanc,
ofttis kind occurred in the fall OF 1854
Hon. II. Helm, the hotel-keep,r o
| the settlement, wsa awakened IN th,
small kours Of the night by his ol,
friend Pat1a- -kA-too, who Whispered
| 10 him Jhst the Sioux were coming
| anil requested him to explain matter
| to his comrads, 80 that they need no
DO alarmed should they hear dis
charges 81 musketry; intending b.
| this 10 aSNnre the whites OF thei
| friendship, Ind the danger threaten
Cd both parties by Their coinmon ci,
cmy. In the true Iniian mannei
Ls had entered the house, climbed ,
| lad,ler - The chamber, whose foo
was loose boards, and delivered hi
messagstvishout awakenisg ssy. en.
bnt Mr.. Helm. though many travel
ers wore lying on the floor promia
caously, as was usual in the early
days of immigration. On the nexl
day, 4 few whites and many lndiaps
ali monnted and armed, set ia scarcl
q tise Formidable Sioux, and aitel
securing the prairies for some thirty
miles around, and finding no Toe
they returned 70 the settlement, led
by The redoabtable +. d. II. Will
coxen, ESQ, resolving that they
ewould llase peace" From thal
time forwards, 30 far as can rccUl
lect, pvaco re,gne.i w,,hln their Dor.
dcrs. s
In those days, the majority OF the
Musquaka living on iheirressrvation
IN Kansas, received the annuities
awarded 10 their tribe by the gov.
crn,nent, while those living IN Tam:l
county received nothing, but In thcis
yearly Visits to aud from Kansas
they are said to receive many valua-
bic presents from their Kansas breth.
rcn.
Though the Sioux were . source
OF great fear to them, rs previous
~ stated, vet they really did not dis
tnrh their colony, 30 far as know;
while their friends tie Winnel'agoes
from the north, would occasionally
visit them, express much friendly
feeling, and steal IN. my OF their po.
nies as they lett.
About the year 1858, the ln.lians
purchased eighty acres of lan,l lying
on the Iowa river, about FIVE miles
below their oil grounl. 10 this
place they removal, built their vil.
iayc OF bark cabins. and made it, to
this day, their summer residence,
while the winter Is chiefly spent on
the Cedar river. Tney have recently
ha an agcn. appointed by govern
mcnt, which | suppocs, entities them
to annuities. so long and SO much
needed. They are fast passing away;
the braves that Black Hawk led on
to battle have disappeared, aud the
whole tribe will soon be extinct. =
Their number has diminished more
than half in the last fifteen years, and
I am pleased to see that my friend j
A. w Wetherby. artist. at Iowa City,
has commcmnrated on canvas, lama
(Taihoma), Appanoosa, and others
But of all their braves, Pat-a-ka-too
was the most to be adm,rcd-noble
in action, strong in his influence tor
peace AMI temperance, he gained
friends wherever he was known.
Mr.. Wheaton Chase who was
Black Hawks interpreter when lie
went to Washington, is niw living
in Tama county, l suppose, and is
better informed respecting the histo.
ry of this remnant of tribe than
any other person.
I will finish this sketch by . few
wor.ls respecting their manner Of
buryins the dead. Sometimes, il,
thcir haste, they would han. the
body np insa tsaa. and there leave it
to decay: hut generally they a,..riad
them with some funcreal ceremony
Tho writer has often looked from
his house, situated on ono bluff, TO m
Indian barying-ground on another
bluff, some half mile distant, to sec
the squaws perform their rites over
tho rraves az their friends. at their
annual vlsitat;ons.
After fitting up tho graves and
shaping the turf. they would place
some little memorial ON the mound
and then sit down with their heads
bowed, like the captive women of
Judea, aud remain in this position
for An hour or moro.
What could he tho thoughts OF
such a rude daughter OF nature, %
she sat there? She wouil see that
the last resting place OF her deceas-
ed frienl was in the corner Of q
white mans plow-fel.l; that all tho
country aro, nd was fast filing up
with strangers, and that soon there
would be no placc left for her and
hor people; and then her Thoughts
would wander naturally away to the
hunting groua Is Of tho dimly y.distant
spiri: land, an as she recalled the
memory OF her friends that had gone
before, she woalL pray that she, too
might coon be there, where the wick
ed cease from troubling AMI the
weary are at rest. N
sSlnce writing tbs above have learned
Of the death Of Sir. Caass.
Tho Regal Family 81 Den