Evening times-Republican., 1913-10-22
STATUE IO CHIEF
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MEMORIAL, TO RgkBs~ : IN.
DIAN ERECTED IN cJ7S>3slo
NAME hoNoRs
o. A. r. FROM THREE
STATES ATTENp DEDICATION.
6rsat Great orandson Of Chief Drinao
Message from Gao and Fox Tribeee
Tablet in Memory Of Early lewa
Trails Also Dsdieatsd-lneidsnts Il
Career Of Chisf Ksokuk Recalled.

Keokok, Oct. 22-Members Of the
from all parts Of Illinois. Missouri and
Iowa attended the dedication hero to-
day OF the statue In memory Of Chief
keokuk. OF Black Hawk fame, FOR
whom this city was named. With Mrs.
William e. Story. OF New York City,
president-general OF the Daughters Of
the American Revolution, in attend
ance. Iowa members have arranged Tor.
the most important conference evecs
held by the society in this state.
Other prominent people who will at
tenu include dorado Tart, the sculptor:
Dr. FRANK Wyman, OF the department.
OF Indian affairs. and Mrs. IL r. How
ell, state regent u. a. r.. John keo.
kuk, of Oklahoma, great great grand
sun vi the indian chief. brought mes-
sage from the Sac and Fox tribes, over
winch Chief keokuk ruled while In his
PRIME. In connection with the unvell-
ing OF the statue. u tablet Ia memory
oi the early Iowa trails was dedicate0.
Tho keokuk Statue.
The statue OF Chief keokuk IL OF
bronze. tea feet in height resting ON y
base niteen feet high. 1t Is the WORK
OF Miss Nellie v. Walker. an Iowa girl
now living In Chicago. Great care was
taken III the reproduction OF Chief
heokuks dress. and Miss Walker made
frequent trips to the Smithsonian In
stitute and to numerous historical 80.
cieties thruout the central states In orr
der to give u correct picture OF the In
dian as he lived.
The bones OF Chief keokuk were
buried recently under the statue. They.
were brought here u number Of yeAra
ago from Ottawa. Kan. When drst
found the skull and number Of the
bones were missing. but later the skull
was discovered In q white mems lodge
at Ottawa. where 1t was being used IN
an initiation ceremony.
Chief . Superior indian.
Historians write that Keokuk moved
in more magnificent style than any
other chief In America. In points OF
natural intellect. integrity Of character
and the capacity to govern and COM
mand, he is said to have been without
a superior among Indians.
keokuk was born on the Rock river
in the northwestern part OF Illinois
about 1881. While still a youth he
joined Il war party against the Sioux.
and it was the spear of keokuk that
brought the Sioux chieftain to the
ground in death. During the second
war with Great Britain rumor
reached the Sac and Fox tribe that
the United States had sent an army
to destroy the Indian village of Peoria
on the Illinois river, and that the plan
eventually was to destroy the entire
Sac and Fox nation. The Indians were
panic stricken and decided to abandon
their villages. Keokuk Is said to have
been the one cool man among them. He
urged the braves to hold together in
one body and follow his command.
Speech Brings Power.
The sturdy young Sac aroused the
braves to a spirit of fight, and his
speech at that time made him their
chief. The rumor proved false one.
but Keokut remained the leader.
Later, when Black Hawk urged the
Sac and Fox to war against the whites.
Keokuk made what is considered his
most memorables peech He said he
would lead them against the whites on
one condition. and that was that they
should put their women and children to
death and then resolve that. having
crossed the Mississippi. they would
never return but perish among the
graves of their fathers rather than
yield them to the white man.
Several Addresses Made.
Mrs. William Cummings Story. ma
tional president general of the D. A. II.
was one OF the speakers at the exer.
cises, which were held in the Grand
opera house instead of the park be-
co,ISe of inclement weather.
Hon James c. Davis. Mrs. Harold II.
Howell. state regent, and Edgar Il
Harlan, state curator, also spoke.
Mrs. William Cummings Story in her
address before the first session OF the
state conference this morning urged
the completion of the enterprise oil
marking pioneer trails across the coun.
try.