Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-29
SteambOating AS 1t Once Was
On the Upper Arkansas River
The "Violct," Red Warrior chippewa" and Others
Piled in Early Forcs-Dcmorllized by Civil War,
1t Was Ie-EstabIished on Larger Scale Than
Eyol-Whcn II Was at Its Best.

The flrfi steamboat which ascendo
/ the Arkansas river above Fort Smit
. Vaa the Facility commanded b
{ Captain Ponnywit II made the trl
10 Fort Gibson IN 1928, presumabl
during the June rIso' else II coul
enarcoy have passed over Wobbe
Falls at that time. capt Ponnywi
was ioputod to have butt the firs
Steamboat ever launched az CincIn
natl, 80 he was AN old and eXpor
icncod riycrman Thence forward one
or more steamboats, made the voyage
us far up the river as Fort Gibson
otcy year The Cherokee Indians
BEGAN to move ~ their new roscrya-
uon Ia the indian Territory about tho
gamc time that steamboat navigation
was iuaugurutcd 10 Fort Gibson.
Some Of these Cherokoes doubtless
owned and operated f'atboats on the
Tennessee river near their old homo
In tho east After moving TO the
Wcst, they became Interested In steam
boating 10 "A limited extent ono
fine steamboat which was owned by
Chcrokccs was reported to be en-
gagged In traffic between New Orleans
and points in the Indian Territory as
early as 1897.
Rosldes the steamboats,. keelboats
ana canoes there was an occasional
rlalthoat to be seen on the Arkansas,
These were generally from South
western Nissouri where they were
bult. loadcd with bacon. hides. gin
sonr. sarsaparllla. snakcroot and
other plonoer commodities and pro-
ducts. then noated down the Cowskin
IN tho Ncosbo (or Grandl and thence
down to the Arkansas and Mississlpp
where market would he found for
both boot and carpo tbe crew re-
urpino home overlond Some of the
,rook and scmino,o Indians usad In
,cocb tho oute,do world with ercb
,urrIus prodrcts nc dri.d noacb.s
,oors nccone oophor pe,e rtoo atc
N Largo "duo out, canoes oacb mada
p sireio c,ttoryood loo ~ r,a,,.
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,rkonsae somo of ,boeo canoos were
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