The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-09-14
HISTORY OF oRNEyA.

HISTORY OF GENEVA.
4 GENEVA. Allen County. Kansas.
! July 18th, ISIS.
Ssreisy sssse Histories, ssesay
DEAN Sun IL have for some time been In re-
oeipt Of your circulars in relation to matters con.
necsed with The settlement an. early. history d
Kansas. have delayed writing, hoping that tn
condition Of my health would 20 far improve n
to enable me, In some form, to comply with your
request respecting tie presentation OF statement
Of some Of the facts and events connected with
the settlement OF Geneva.
The most l have hoped to be able to do, was to
furnish very brief sketch Of some of the promi-
nent circumstances and facts In the case-such rs
might furnish some data for any desired pur-
poses, II better could not be procured. But there
are Others whose abilities and opportunities
would enable them to do much better justice to
the subject than my limited opportunities, snd
the severe infrmties of age would now render It
possible for me to do. And l have Eelt very much
- the minister dad at an ordination council, who
observing that there werr present more ministers
than the ;orilnstion service required, remarked
that at least two of the members present could be
excused, and he would iIke, he said, to be one Of
the two, be didn't care which,
The two most prominent motives that led to
t1,e settling of Geneva, were, nrst, desire on
The part of those who effected that settlement, to
assist in countersctinv and defeating the ue6ar-
ious attempts then being made to spread the
curse of slavery over the yirxin soil Of Kansas
and. secondly, to contribute somethine towards
giving character TO the populatiou of the embryo
state. by establishing q church of Christ on the
ftheul extreme out-posts OF civilization and by
tiousl agencies ana facilities ~ should be found
practicable.
The purpose to effect such settlement originated
in two places, to.wit: St. Johns. Michigan, and
Java, wyoming county, New:York. A number
OF gentlemen IN. each place forming themselves
into branches of Whist was sfterward called s.The
Union Settlement C.. 90 each appointed man
to constitute locating committee, (Prof. Moore
nv the Michis.n branch. and the writer by the
New York br.ncb) who in discharge of the duties
.ssirnea them. left their homes in the month of
February. 1857, and proceeded to Kansas to
.ccomnIish the object for which thew were an
r.ointed
The Territorv v,.s then in . verv unsettled
st.te and IL wss ;mnos.;hle IN sor.c..t ub.. the
events Of the openine wear would he The com.
m;ttee carried no .rms themselves but remem.
h,rtno III. .t-oc;,;.s ~ IN. nroc.od;no ve.r wh.,
~ nrocnra the stimulated nav for . ns;r of A. m
hoots Free State mon were v,rtopiv shot down
for their sealps. and hunted and Killed eyery-
where like wild beasts. we were not very strong
" inclined to remove those of our fellow emf
grants WIN had provitied themselves with Sbarn,s
r;nes- and vbo. n v.s obv;ons. intended tn nse
them n IL could not he avoided We felt. inn
.o;n. a. m. cor.c,.ot;ons ou.h.r did Who b;r.a
a profsne by.st.nderto curse his neiehbor,s cat
tie that refused tn he driven ont Of his field lie
didn't like. he said. 10 do the swearing himself
IT was .,.inst his prineiples-but he thought the
CATTLE richly deserved II
The committee after visiting vsr;ous nort;ons
of the Territory finally AGED on the N,osbo Val.
lev AZ le;ns ON the Who'll. . p,.re hest a,,.n,sd n
carry ont the objects cont.m,,.,a,, nv tho com.
n,ny. On the be.u,,,ul ..niv;de,, Which con-
t.;ns tho s;,e oft.en.r. . f.v w.oo, ,r,.ts war.
The only visible ;n,;c,t;.ns that ! uhits man b,d
svsr hon ,hsr. On ~. n.;.tho-;n1 n;,;ds
hov.rar f.w c,.;ms had boon t.l., and .hs,.
.,sn.,, ,,,,o,,ah cs.- f,h. po,,,ar pna,ans .,,,
N. river thru. miles ,,;stor,
c.,,;I, ,,,;.ht he f,und Who s,;I r.,,,.;rod -,
~. ,r,,,s. ,f,,s;no IN. r,., ,,,,,.cnr, ,,-.;-;,
:. r.nah.s CO.. en- go T,.s. M, ~.
,,r.fsra that the ,onntv shou,a not ,e settled =,
an
u.r;,. a x.d ,,o, ,,,.,,;e,, md h.,,,b, .,.-
r.,;,, 60. IT,. IL, g., ~. v..,h,,
s..;..,,o -. :. -. IL. ~. s..s,;,...
rsnorted 10 tho the resn,, ~ ths;r ,ors