Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-12

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| development; all of which you hay
seen and of most of which you hav
! been part.
My heart is still with the pioneers
my home is among them. God bles
The brave men who have with unfalteI
ing fOrtitude
Crossed the prairies as of old
Our fathers crossed the sea,
10 make the west as they the east,
The homestead of the free"
'These men have subdued noun
tains, have changed climates, hav
caused arid sands to blossom with pro
ductlveneSs and blossom with roses
MAY their cabins, as they will, upol
the lonely prairies, soon become pala
ces."
Captain f. III. Mosely is said to hav,
been the first white settler of Barber
county.
Captain Mosely first came to Kansas
In 1857 and settled in Coffee county
In 1853, two years before Kansas be
came state, Captain Mosely moved
with his family TO the mouth of tht
Little Arkansas river, where the city
OF Wichita now stands. AS soon as hli
family were made comfortable, TIN,
Captain and his son John, then a mere
u.
until they reached Salt Fork, theI
moving up to the mouth of the Medi
cine river, and then thence north along
the east side of the river, crossing the
top OF cedar mountain, or cedar hills
as now known.
Although these hunting excursions
were continued from time to time, q
permanent settlement was not made il
Barber county until May, 1872. After
looking out location, Captain
MoSeley went back to bring on his
family and was accompanied on his re-
turn by the LOckWoOdS and LeOnards
These families settled at or near the
Old town OF KiOwa, in the spring of 1872
and proceeded to break ground and put
III some crops. About the middle OF
June, Captain Moseley and his son
John started for Wichita and his old
home in Wilson county with a load OF
buffalo meat. John remained in
Wilson county TO care for some crops
they had put out there, and the Cap
tain returned to his frontier home. On
August 9th he reached camp, to the
great delight of the little settlement.
who had been troubled with the sight
OF band OF Usage Indians during the
day whom they thought to be hostile.
The next morning proved their fears
had foundation, for ut sunrise the de-
moniacal yellS of the painted savages
broke the quiet of the summer air. as
they dashed down upon the settlers
cabins. Captain MJSeley was man
who seemed to have been entirely des-
tltute OF any sense of fear. He had
been in several lights with Indians and
come out unhurt. On this fateful
m ngf NrFrf h~.x 4
on reckless daring, he took his gun i'm
hand and stepped out in front of the
Cabin TO meet alone the savage foe.
In this case. however, his usual good
fortune deserted him, and before he
had gone ten PAGES from the cabin door
he WAS pierced by Il bullet. Still un-
daunted he commenced firing on his
aSSailants, but soon fell mOrtaly wound
ed. The other settlers kept up a gall
ing lire from the cabin and the Indians
finally gave up the attack.
In closing this account of Captain
MOseley, quote the following encom-
ium from the pen of his biographer, l..
G. Foris:
'Ile was III many respects one of
natures nOblemen-ever ready to aid
any one M need to the extent of his
ability. No one ever went from his
nome or camp hungry. He was a kind
husband and father, but man of very
decided opinions in regard to what he
believed right. He was without ply
steal fear and sincere friend, if a
friend at all, and man who hated de-
ceit and dishonesty.
He was buried beneath the branches
of large cottonwood at the east edge
of the sand hills iii a little valley on
hn l.
there he VIII rest until the coming of
the Son of Man.
OF Captain MOseley's children one
still lives i'll Barber county, and is the
wife of our esteemed fellow citizen, Il.
j. Jones. John is in the mines of Col
oradO, and one son, Ed. MoSeley, was
treacherOuSly murdered while going UP
the old cattle trail to Dodge City.
The settlement of Barber county by
white men did not long precede its or
ganiZatiOn. Kansas in fact, was afflict-
ed with organizers. To organize, vote
bonds for every conceivable purpose,
and sell the bonds for what they would
bring, was field of industry worked
with diligence and profit. There were.
of course, only few that hoped to
share IN the swag; others we're roped
in the game and left to hold The bag
after the bOOdlers had abSconded.
On the l4th day of January, 1873, the
following memorial was presented to
Governor Thomas Osborne:
ITO his Excellency, the Governor of
the state of Kansas.
I'VE the undersigned, householders
and legal electors of the state, of an un-
county, being fully satisfied
that this Barber county contains up
ward of six hundred inhabitants, would
pray that your honor ap-
point census taker, also three COM
missioners and clerk for said county.
We, your petitioners, would most re-
spectfully recommend III. L. Mccarthy,
as a competent person TO take the
census of this county, and G.. G.. Bemis.
ID. Updegraff, and w. 4. Hutchison
for commissioners, and George Ellis
Tor clerk of said county Your petit
TONERS would most respectfully ask
that the county be organized at the
earliest possible moment and in duty
bound we will ever pray.
N. S. Conb, Alfred w. Hutchison.
l.. 5. Dowell. w. E. Waters. William
Waters, A. II. Hat hinson. John W.
Upperman, j. ). Malsbery. j. w. Lane.
II. NJ. C0rty, III. w. Bedford, Soloman
Tuttle, Frank Thomas, +. NJ. Bristen.
John w. Cummings. John COnnor
James w. Rigby, Storis n, Morton
George Torbert, A. j. Bemon, Geo. w
Stevens, Benz. w. Jackson, NJ, r.
Davis. Frank Flasher, w. S. Williams.
Geo. Williams. Samuel Simmons. Pete
Stevens, James Williams, S. NJ. Oldus.
q. w. Wasset, E. Stevens, G. Dunn
ming, G. ID. Tucker, A. Everett. Sam
A lien Steven Morrill, Faxen RussalI
5. 5. Dickerson, G. Cummings, a.
Tyler.
III. T. McCarty was accordingly ap-
pointed as census taker and took the
oath of Office ON the Doth day of March,
1873, at Hutchinson, Kansas. In
McCarty the leading spirits of the or
ganiZation scheme evidently struck a
jewel. There were no dies on him as a
census taker, for in eight short days
bis work was accomplished. He had
ridden from Hutchinson TO Kiowa,
Medicine Lodge. Sun City and other
points, took the names and ages of six