The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-03

nearest neighbor lived and ascertain If
ne mad returned, and what Eiaws, if any,
there was TO be obtained of the where
abouts of the Indians, and the result of
to fight of Council Grove : rode
through the old COW trails where
Florence now stands. and had some diff
f1culty in getting through the sunfiow
ers, Which had grown so high as to i'm
pede progress, and at the same time be
very uncomfortable for q small boys
| bare feet 1 went to the house of this
neighbor and did not find a soul about
began to feel that uncanny feeling
common to lonely situations. and mag
lned that IndianS were everywhere. On
my return. I made but Slow progress
through the sunf1owers. and sought to
get my bare feet uo on the saddle 20
avoid the rasping. As the stalks drag
ged across my feet / looked to the west
to the head of a little draw and saw
a warriors plume waving, as though he
was moving rapidly on his pony. All I
could see was the plume. 1 struck the
brass spur which had on my bare
heel into the horses side until he dou-
bled up like an oxbow, but found that
could not move fast enough. and so I
slid off, and ducked down under the
sunHowers, moved along the path as
fast as I could. like a young quail seek
ing cover. and reached home before the
horse did That night was one of dis
may and uncertainty. We were now
thoroughly frightened, and realized our
:
strange, new country, surrounded by
savage foemen. and were glad when
morning d;awned and brought us the
welcome faces of the returning settlers
then went to investigate and find, if
possible. the trail of the Indian whose
plumes had seen. and ascertained that
all my fright was due to a sumac hush
a the head of the little ravine. wIsicn
had caused us all the uneasiness of the
previous night. 1 might relate a hun
dred humorous incidents that happened !
during the Cheyenne raid, but space will
not permit. l might tell many inter- /
esting stories of the log cabin days
along the old Kaw trail. If 1 possessed |
the gift of Ian MacLaren,I might weave |
into the story the devotion, the pathos, |
the loves, the forritude and the courage |
common to the settlers who made up the
little communities along this old trail in
the wild lands of the west They might
lack the quaint expressions of the in
habitants of the little village of Drum
tochty that made such pleasant reading
in Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush but
they would contain as much tenderness,
and as much self-devotion. all of which
were common to the people of that early
period. This old trail is now deserted.
The Indian hunter the souaw, the pa
poose, the ponies, the tepee poles and
the dogs no longer stir it's lines with
life
MISS ABEL'S PAPER.
Miss Anna H. Abel professor of his
tory in the Lawrence High school, pre- |
scented a paper upon which she has
been labOring for several years. It's title |
was THE Indian Reservation and Its |
Relation to the Settlement of Kansas"
Miss Abel showed how that it had been
the purpose in early days to make Kan
sas an Indian reservation In 1925, John
c. Calhoun, then secretary of war,
planned this, believing thus to block the
progress of the northern states, by plac-
ing the Indians west of the Missouri
river and to the north of the Arkansas.
This scheme failed because of its ex-
IRENE sectionalisrn, and because the
plan of Calhoun was detected and never
carried out as he had hoped it would be-
Miss Abel went over briefly some of the
leading treaties which the whites made
with the Indian tribes that inhabited the
present state of Kansas and their de-
parture finalyly into the Indian territory.
The paper which Miss Abel gave Tues
day evening is an incomplete doctors
thesis which she will give next June if
possible when the degree of doctor of
philosophy is conferred upon her by the
faculty of Cornell university, New York.
Black Kettles Last Raid in 1852 was
the subject Of an address by Hill P.
WILSON, of Lawrence. AT that time Mr..
Wilson was post trader at Fort Hays,
and he was present at that post when
the famous chief made his plea for as
sistance from the whites. Black Kettle
and his band of warriors were given
supplies by the officer in command, and
three days later went out to begin the
massacre of white settlers along the val
=.
Black Kettle was pursued by the United
States troops, and finally Wild Bill who
was with General Custer officer il,
charge of the government detachment
killed him. and most of his band were
killed or taken prisoners.
In the carly part of the evening Presi-
dent w. H. Smith, of Marysville gave
his address. He suggested that the mem
bers and friends of the society exert them
selves to secure every available bit of in
teresting history about the state, and
gave some examples which he had under
investigation and which he had expected
to make part of the permanent record of
the organization.
Letters were read from o. c. Brown
known in Kansas as "Osawatomie'
Brown who now resides at New Monmouth
N. J., and from Susan B. Anthony A
bust of Frank B. Sanborn a friend to
Kansas in it's early struggles. and BIZ
ographer of John Brown. who also pre-
sented to the society by the secretary.
ABOUT MR. STONE
W. 3. Stone. the Galena man who was
elected to the office of president, came to
the state in the early times Now he is a
rich mine owner in the southeastern part
of the state. but he began his career here
as school teacher. He is a veteran of
the war of the rebellion and is conversant
with much of the early history.
port to the society Tuesday afternoon
Rate of $25 to the Coast.
ST. Paul. Mimi, Dec 3.-The Northern
Pacific and Great Northern have decided