The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-10
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often went to her mothers hut to p1
with her, and together they received
structions from Mrs. sNcyHs. IsS.4 zss
successful in their nfarauding expediti(
as formerly. on account Of he 1ncroS1
and constant watchfulness Of the sur.
rounding sett2erse. Whfn. Mrs.. Nol4a
had beer a7pf4soAef- llittleS more tll6H
eleven years, Monnacasset was mortal1
wounded in akirmiSb on sthes mall jnll
sabove where the Executive Mansion n0R
stands. He was carried to his wigw4w(
wounded beyond th6 power Of the medir
cine women to help him. Mrs. No
and little GWswa mjpistered 10 him
his dying moments, for though . savaee
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ungenepusfos upQ the-t bsnea'h
this oaf he died, and ERE hezwas hhried.
Notdong sfter his ath tli sitesof the
preseHt City OF Wash Agton was bought
by GdArge Ma6hikgtdA aAd khexd, and d
treaty was maze with the few remaining
Anacostas to leave these haunts and to
move westward. This treaty was made
beneath this oak, where Monnacasset 1ied,
and whose branches for so many years had
measured the length of Mrs. Noyes' cap.
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acted as Interpreter. Several gentlemen
offered her home. But she would ac-
Fcept but one proposition, that made ,hy 4
Mr. Cochran, that he should build for hel
a small house under the branches of her
prison oak.
The trihe departed 10 their yestwarj
huntiA esgfoand, scatsyiseMith them The
young, bIue-eyed Tschagarag. The little
house was builded beneath the oak. A
faithful negro, given to MRS. Noyesiby q
sympathizlng neighbor, became her only
reliance for support. He worked and sup.
piled her wants. as SO many another negro
! mas done id ihH eras 1Dw foreyef past "A
city began to grow in the broad. green
basin spread before her. Commissioners
were appointed to select sites for public
buildings. This magnificent height was
chosen for the future Capitol. But SO in.
tense was Mrs. Moves attachment to hel
home and to the gresa dome above it. she
was left urdiatnb6d,s and fe FHflln
where the CAPITOL nov standaWAS choset
for Il. At 6e'foot df@this hfff we see al
old cemetery, the Oldest one in Washing
ton. 1t is called ' Holmead's buryine
| ground" Here were all the Indian
mounds, and here still may be seen the
ancient graves Of the Anacostas.
The nineteenth century had come with
its vast promise for the future. Time hac
touched her gently, yet Mrs. Noyes bcgar
to show that she Nas passing INTO tht
evening Ahad0w. Her auburn halr nae
turned gray, and her face showed trace.
of years as wen -as sorrow. One Sabbath
day well.dressed, blue-eyed young mar
knocked at Mrs. Noyes' door. Does
Mrs. Noyes live hereF' he inquired
:. Tschagarag! 1t is your exclaimed
Gwawa. She knew him, though in thu
years that had passed since their parting
they had changed from children into mar
and woman. Tschagarag soon told them
all thestory cf shis life since he left them
He had T6ne With the Anacostas 90 sfal
as the Ohio River. While encamped
there, some traders had taken him pris
oner and brought him to New York
There he was educated and studied archf
Etecture. He had lately received an ap
pointment as assistant architect on one o.
the public buildings then erecting II
Washington Hity.e said he sAAplE
l-buAd.a j Suselh thef1n for tGlno& Snt
asked them 10 share It with him. Mrs
Moves refused and would scarcely givt
| her consent that he might repair their cot
| tage, SO strong was her desire to live TIL
her death in an uneh4nged' home. 70
one year Tschagarag was regular Sab
bath visitor to the little house under thu
toak, and at the, and of that, away. frog
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