Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-24
AN ADDRESS

4 AN ADDRESS
Delivered at Ottumwa, Iowa, bcfor
the Old Scttlcrs or Wapcllo COnnt!
at their Re-Unkon, Sept. 9th 1874
ny HON. II. D. HENDKRsH0TT.
i Mr., PRESIDENT: One who settled
in Wapello county at very early day
would be cold hearted indeed not t
be rejoiccd TO meet here AMI oct
genial shake Of the hand and ! warn
how-do-you.do" from the many noble
hearted, cordial friends OF the olden
times. Tho only thought which Inn
pairs the Joy Of this occasion with me
is consciousness on my part that
shall DO unable to say what ought tC
bo said on this hsppy day aud on thif
Joyous occasion, Ito recount the many
and interesting events of thirty years
ago.
Aud yet when call to mind the fact
that on all former occasions, when
have bccn called upon TO discharge
any duty among you, your sympathy
and forgiveness have overlooked those
things IN which have fallen short ot
your expectations. know you will
overlook any want OF fitness 10 what
may say as well as forgive me fos
what do. not say that ought to be
said. Relying upon that same gen
erous confidence on your part, that has
gladdened my heart in the past, / will
at once proceed to the discharge Of the
duty assigned me.
An address to an "Old Settlers As
sociation" of course must need he his
toric. The mind must 60 back to the
beginning and hunt out and dig up the
neglected, not to say forgotten, facts Of
the past. It shall be my purpose, Old
Settlers and new, ~ far AZ have tho
ability TO do SO, TO take you back to
the time when the county was first
settled, and to enable you to realize
the circumstances by which the early
settlers of tho county were surrounded,
the trials through which We passed ON
the one hand, and the pleasures which
accompanied 10 on the other.
But first of all, perhaps, I should
speak of the country itself, giving .
very brief history OF It.
In 1903 the country covered by Iowa
was ceded to the United States by
France, and was then called Louisiana.
In year or two afterwards, think
In 1904, this territory was divided into
the governments of Orleans and Lous.
lama. In 1872 Louisiana was admitted
as one of tho States of the Union, and
the country north of 1t was then called
Missouri Territory. From 1872 TO 1884
that region Of country now embraced
In lows, was part of the Missouri
Territory. In this year (l834) Iowa
was placed under the Jurisdiction of
Michigan, and was known as part of
Michigan Territory. In 1887 Michigan
was admitted into the Union. This
led to the organization of . new terri
tory-Wisconsin. Iowa was then q
part Of Wisconsin.
) In 1888 treaty was made with the
Sac and Fox tribes Of Indians, by the
terms OF which the country living west
Of the Mississippi river, and east Of
tho west lineloT Jefferson county, was
ceded to the United States, for II must
be born In mind that up to 1888 Iowa
was Indian country. On the llth Of
October. 1912, second treaty was
made with the same tribes, by which
the balance of lows was ceded. I'M
der this latter treaty the whites were
not permitted ~ settle within what is
now the boundries Of Wapello county
until the 1st day of May, 1S43. I
Before night of this day there were
sctnsIiv inhahit;ng the conntvF The
most of thesc had becn snnatted along
the line NJ the conntv In JefTarson
cnnntv @ nrapsratorv ~ nass;no into
Wsneilo cnnntv a. soon "a miini0ht
arrived -
Tha Uraater part of these carly set-'
t,.rs ,1sre enraue6' tho last hslf ~
sho r;~ht of The a1th ~ Anvil and tha
la ~ Nav 1919 in markinu ont their
ci.;ms This was done hv seitinu
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f.or, - 49, ~ o1 - s3f, .cras o ~ S-o
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locating and defining these claims.
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