The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-07
STATE LOSES
AN HISTORIAN

bismarck, N. D., July Mrs. Linda
| w. Slaughter who passed awav Mon
day morning, July 3, from paraplegia
was laid to rest by the side of her
husband, Major Slaughter in the fani-
iy burial lot at the Catholic cemetery
at Bismarck.
Her death, while it was a shock to
her large circle Of friends as
Wen as her family was not unexpect-
cd Tor she had been a great sufferer
Tor the past eight years from paralysis
ana attendant complications and was
constantly patient at different hos
pltals and sanatoriums seeking vainIv
Tor relief. At the time of her death
she was tenderly and skillfullv nursed
by the Benedictine sisters AT their
hospital at st. Cloud, Mimi. Daatb
came to her peacefully and noercif,,II1,
ana released her from all earthly suf-
Lerlng and she died a believer in the
Lalln that comforts in the hour of
death.
Mrs. slaughter's maiden name was
Llnda Warfel She was born in Cadiz
W. Fep' !, 1912 and was a daughter
OF Gen, Charles Warfel of Mexican war
fame, who won distinction on the hat
tie Held as well as in the legislative
nails OF the Ohio capitol. In 1870
while teaching among the freed men of
tennessee, she met and married Mai
d. F. Slaughter, a Kentuckfan. who
mad served through the four years Of
the rebellion as surgeon Of the Fifty
NTH Kentucky volunteers.
The first year of their married life
was spent at Fort HumboIt Tenn. and
in 1871 when their regiment was order
ed to Fort Rice, d. T., they came tn
Dakota Territory. Fort Rice then was
an isolated frontier fort in the heart
OF the Sioux country with the nearest
white settlement at Yankton 200 miles
further down the river
The thrilling experiences of the regf-
ments among the hostile Sioux is
painted in graphic eolors in her book
The Amazonian Corps written in her
two years stay at Fort Rice.
In 1872 DR.. and Mrs. Slaughter de-
cided to cast their lot with the fortunes
or the new city Edwinton, now called
Bismarck, just established at the Mis-
souri, river and where it was freely
predicted by the sanguine minds. there
would some day be a railroad built
MRS. Slaughter was the first post
mistress OF Bismarck and she is close
ly Identified with the subseouant
growth and history of the capital citv.
she organized the first Sunday
school which she taught for more thar
year or until church Organization.
the Congregationalist had been per-
fected, the latter principally through
her exertlons. She was the first teach
er and principal Of schools and for
eight years the first county superin-
tendent of schools for Burleigh county
Mrs. Slaughter was a gifted writer
and woman of strong personality and
decided character. Her intellectual
gifts were consecrated to the highest
uses Fulfilling every duty as wife and
mother, yet her ready sympathy and
universal charity as the doctors wife"
extended far beyond the limits Of her
home.
Her pen is the instrument that has
carved her name In the annals of the
early history OF our state, where even
ever-wearing time cannot erase 1t. The
new Northwest written by her in 1875
at the request OF the Pioneer associa-
ton, was the means Of attracting many
settlers to the territory of Dakota and
copy or II was placed in the corner
stone OF the state capitol. Other
books Of hers are Summerings in the
South, Early Efforts, The Freedmen of
the South. From Fortress to Farm
Portfolio of a Western Postmaster. etc
She is survived by two sisters ana
a brother, Mrs. James Hammond az
Fort Gay, West Va: Mary and Alvin
Warfel, Cadiz, O.: three daughters
Mrs. Jessie Burgum, Arthur n. D..
Mrs. Linnie Hedstrom. Slaughter. n
D.; Mrs. Rose Sands. Bisnnarck. N. ID.
six grandsons and three granddaugh-
tiers.