Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-05-09
Cur Missouri correspondent.

- MIAMI, Mo-: April %, 1872.
Dear n duertiscr. M$inquiries, in an
effort.to learn the originofthe name OF
our town, have elected some facts which
may be worth knowing. 49, t'-'
This town was laid out in 1887 by Hen
ry Fcrrell, son of wiiom;is located now
only one block from where write. 1t
was then named Greanyille. Deeds of
conveyance for town .ldts were made in
1888. About eleven years after this, say
1s4e, there being a postspnacP Of the csanio
npon Miami, Which, was then the name
of considerable bottom in q bend of
Missouri River, just below the town.
This bottom took its name from small
tribe of Indians who inhabited it and its
vicinity previous. to the war of 1912, and
up to about 1911.
These Indians wcreconsidered an Off
shoot from Il small tribe by that name,
located in tho country now called Ohio.
1t appears that at the tine of the war.of
1872 the western extremity of the white
settlements on this'ripr, were about the
nlaces now called Bouville and Arrow
Rock. the latter of wicl is only about
o5 miles S. L. of ourown; and during
the war the Miami Inmns of our vicinity
engaged with other ibas in hostilites
against the whites, Ml compelled them
to lortify near the pots have named
as marking the borsr of their settle
ments. They built Opers Fort, three
or four miles East of.rrow Rock, King
Cades, in same count hear where New
Franklin now stan( and Coles Fort
near where Boonvil now stands. OF
the depredations conitted by these In.
dams during that i, l cannot now
write, and need onlyy that the whites
had nothing safe btwhat was in the
Forts. and even theyou know. there
was none safe. III mention a large
amount of stock VIII the Indians ap-
propriated, and the king Of Col. Sarshal {
Cooper, in Cooper's (, about 1913. One g
night the men in the t heard a thump- )
ing against the outsof the Fort: but
concluded that it wDne bya COW, as 2
they had some stocknding just out :
side. Soon Il rifle heard, and Col. Il
Cooper falls dead bys fire. The men h
soon find that an Indhas made hole n
large enough for thelzzle of his fatal Il
machine, has killed Ian, and is gone. C.
These and other sacts of plunder 81
and murder cxasper; the white men n
exceedingly, but there comparative P
ly powerless. EILu
have said murderause, up to this y y
time. there were nol troops in this i
vicinity. The men ese Forts were 81
citizens, who had borced to fortify til
for the protection Of families. My ve
informants say that 1T 1914 some U. til
8. troops under Gen ge, came to the tu
relief of these citizeithe Forts, who su
were then .commal by Col. Ben. pe
Cooper; and that, van advance was ~
made upon the Miadians, they sur ~, ~
rendered with their les and plunder no No
without struggle, irrest about two
miles from where wv sitting. The ap
government comm, Gen. Dodge, in.
prevented the exaed citizen sol. bu
diery from killing iami warriors; ing
and, in parley wlucceeded their CIV ,
surrender, they that they had e,u1 au'
not killed q white nor stolen his os,, w,
stock. That they hahased the stock eu res1
in their possession a tribe located to
on the opposite side river. There bee
wore with tho whilumber OF men sho
belonging to the shtribe of friend tho
" Indians; and toar rGeneralcom- wh'
, -, .,,oao .ontuamians in.cus- mel
| tody for good bel'lt is said that lo.s q
there were many pm horses and tS's Sss
). cattle embraced ijumender, and Is Ioss
when an officer wke up one at "a inns
q time and ring 1t, soioler would tim!
n say, "thats mineake II. v
n 7 have talked wiwho havelivcd go. -
$ in this vicinity fohan fifty years, ,,, s"o
G ord thew tell me &c isa Fort six ''et =.
: miles from this thich was very ;,c, II
o old when they CO, which gives "iTTr ."T
Y evidence OF haVif2 2uiisal'era pet Frid
! = ter model than arm 10 the Indi- told
= ans: and that abel in the country one
"a around for somerable distance, any
If oro To lie found Fl of implements low
J. ~ curious kinds lartLen vessels; on 6
of .ucb ~ thcy sup % not known to up;
le the indians of tip. some breth- + and Wl>
&, ron of NV Churdive in that vi anu any.
10 y, cinity. propose he IN an lnves- mem
IN ticstion of these when can get halt
40 40 q little time to az; ana, IL sue rema
es ceed in getting aia'ioh deserv- alter