The daily Missourian., 1916-09-12

wooded hills on LOutre Creek som
fifty miles east of Columbia on tn
State Highway.
Both because of the fine scenery al
forded from the tops of its two ia
nous hills and the terrors of thes
hills themselves to motorists, Mine
ola has been heard of almost fron
coast to coast.
Mineola, formerly called Loutre Licl
there, is one of the oldest villages ives
ther. is one Of the oldest villages ives
of st. Louis, it having been settled
about the year 1913 soon after Dan
iel Boone blazed the trail west from
Kentucky. Daniel Boone, himself, was
one Of the first settlers and for years
his cabin stood near the old Van Bib.
ber Tavern which is still standing
now vacant rambling old shanty a
short distance from the Springs.
Daniel BOOne's Old Home.
1t was from the door of this cabin
that Daniel Boone used to sit. it is
said, and shoot the deer that came to
lick the salt from the springs. Col
Nathan Boone. a son of Daniel Boone
also lived near Mineola, his cabin
having stood in the bottom on the
west side of Loutre about a mile
from Mineola on the farm now owned
by W. A. Graham. The old site of
the cabin is near the highway west
of Mineola.
1t is not far from the site of this
cabin upon the hills west of the
creek that the old mounds rise above
the surrounding landscape, monuments
Of a prehistoric race that once lived
among the hills near Mineola. The
mounds are four in number and the
largest of them covers an area Of
about quarter Of an acre and rises
twelve or fifteen feet above the level
of the land around it. Upon them
are stumps Of very large trees CIV
ing one an idea of their great age
1t has been disputed whether the
were the work of Indians or
of the Mound Builders but the latter
theory of their origin seems to be ac-
cepted as the more probable Some
Of them have been excavated and
few decayed bones unearthed but few
relics were found to identify them as
The work of Indians. 1t is evident, !
though. that this locality was once
he abode of Indians for a great part
IF the Graham collection of Indian |
-elics now in the Sociological Museum
If the University were found in this
Ticinity The mounds can be seen
rom the highway, probably best from
he top of the west Mineola hill.
Springs Are on Small Greek.
The springs are located on the
'anks of small creek known as Sal
ee's Branch which empties into Lout-
e at Mineola. Back of the springs
S the spot where Harris Massey,
son Of Thomas Massey, one of the
irst settlers at Mineola, was killed
y the Indians in the days when Nine
la was frontier town Of the west
'oung Massey was working in field
ear the springs and becoming tired
( carrying his heavy rifle set it
own beside a tree. Meanwhile, a
and of Sac warriors had crept down
he creek, and, cutting him off from
is gun, they shot him and then ran
p and scalped him. His mother and
ister witnessed the deed from the
oor of their cabin unable to help him,
ut his sister blew upon the dinner
orn for aid and the Indians, think
lg it was troop of soldiers coming,
ed to the woods without molesting
lie other members of the family.
It was also during this period of
'agedy that the Prairie Fork fight
ith the Indians which resulted in the
cath of Captain James Galloway.
randson of Daniel Boone and GAL
mt pioneer and Indian fighter. Some
ur miles south of Mineola in the
,ep woods that cover the hills along
le creek one might be startled by
lddenly coming upon solitary grave
at keeps lonely vigil on the top
steep bluff overlooking Loutre.
Glow. in the bottom in what is now
cornfield. another lone grave is
arked by pile of rough stones and
clump of trees. The surrounding
Hey is rich in cornfields now and
cept for the graves shows little evil
nee of the wilderness it was Just
Indred and one years before when
e fight occurred.
Indians Steal Horses.
On March 6, 1915, a war party of
C and Fox Indians stole a number
horses from the settlers on LOU