The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-17
Will Be Unveiled To-Day Near Peru,
Ind, by Descendants of the
"White Rose of the Miamis."
WHO WAS STOLEN BY INDIANS FROM
HER PENNSYLVANIA HOME,
And Who Lived COntented with Her
Lot as the Wife OF a Chief-Mr.
Stutesman's Enterprise.

PERU, Ind, May 16-The monument to
the memory of Frances Slocum, the white
Rose of the Miamis.'' erected through the
energy of James +. Statesman, will be
dedicated tomorrow at the old Bundy bur-
ial ground, just outside this city. An elab-
crate programme of exercises has been ar
ranged. and many prominent people will be
present. A meeting Of the monument COM
mittee will be held at 1890 a. m. at the
residence of Judson c. Bundy. opposite the
monument. The formal exercises will begin
at Il o'clock. There will be prayer by Ar
thur Gaylord Slocum. A. NJ. LII. D., presi-
dent of Kalamazoo College. Kalamazoo.
Mich: address by Charles E. Slocum. NJ.
D., Phi. D.. of Defiance, o.; unwilling of the
monument by Misses Victoria Bundy and
Mabel Ray Bundy, cousins. of Reserve,
Ind, great-granddaughters of Frances Slo-
cum. Remarks by prominent persons, in
Guiding pioneers who knew the captive.
Benediction by Rev. William F. Slocum, A.
NJ, B. D., of Montour Falls, N. Y.
Last spring James F. Statesman visited
the Bundy burial ground. just outside Of
the city, and finding the grave Of Frances
Slocum sunken, overgrown with grass and
weeds and unmarked, he came to the con-
clusion that the grave should be properly
cared for With that end in view he cor
responded with twenty-five of the descend
ants of the white queen of the Indians.
and in a short time 500 was raised and
the following committee was chosen for the
selection of a suitable monument: Elliott
T. Slocum, chairman, Detroit, Mich; DR..
Charles E. Socum, secretary, Defiance. o.:
Mrs Mary Slocum Murphy. treasurer, Con-
verse, Ind; George Slocum Bennett.
Wilkesbarre, Pa; Joseph Slocum Chahoon,
Philadelphia, Pa; Mrs Elizabeth Slocum
Rogers, Philadelphia, Pa; Frank Slocum.
Minneapolis, Mimi; Frank L. Slocum, Phi.
D., Pittsburg, Pa; Frank Slocum Litzen-
burger Middletown. Ind: Levi d. Slocum,
Carbonate. Pa; Joseph W. Slocum. Scran-
ton, Pa; Joseph A. Kenny. Converse, Ind. ;
James F. Statesman, Peru.
The monument stands eight feet and six
inches in height, and rests upon a stone
base four feet square. On the four sides
of the memorial are these inscriptions:
Frances slocum, child of English de-
scent, was born in Warwick, r. l., March
1773; was carried into captivity from her
fathers house at Wilkesbarre, Pa, Nov.
2, ITS. by Delaware Indians soon after the
wyoming massacre. Her brothers gave
persistent search, but did not find her until
Sept. /, 1891
when inclined by a published letter de-
scribing an aged white woman I'm the Miami
Indian village here, two brothers and a
sister visited this place and identified her.
She lived near here thirty-two years with
the Indian named Ma-con-a-quah. She died
on this ridge March g. 1S47."
Frances Slocum became a stranger to her
mother tongue, she became a stranger to
her brethren and an alien to her mother s
children through her captivity. See
Psalms Xix, s. This monument was erected
by Slocums and others, who deemed it a
pleasure to contribute and was unveiled by
them with public ceremonies May IL, 1900. -
''She-po-con-ah. a Miami Indian chief
husband of Frances Slocum, Ma-con-a-
quah, died here in 1853 at an advanced age
Their adult children were: Ke-ke-nok-e sh-
wah, wife Of Rev. Jean Baptiste Brouil-
lette, died March 49, lSf7, aged forty-seven
years, leaving no children; O-Zah-hen-quah
or Jane, wife of Rev. Peter Bundy, died
Jan. Is, 1877 aged sixty-two years, leaving
a husband and nine children"
Such is the story in brief of Frances Slo-
cum, who was born in 1773 stolen in 177S
died in 1S47, and had a monument erected
to her memory in 1900 And standing by the
monument on Thursday there will be nc
prouder girl in Indiana than Mabel Ray
Bundy, the Observation-Disclosures of Fran
ces Slocum. for Mabel Bundy has red, red
hair-and is the only descendant of her
great-grandmother so characteristically
and distinctively marked. And so some
fine day Mabel Bundy's red hair may bring
great-grandmother-"t White Rose of the
Miamis.'