Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-21
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF COUNTY
REvEREs MEMORY OF "JoHN-
NY" GREEN.
GREAT NDDAUGHTER OF
OLD CHIEF LIFTS FLAG
Judae j. M. Parker Gives Address in
Absence Of Curator Harlan, of Iowa
Historical Department - Personal
ReoolIections Of Indian by People
Who knew Him Half Century Ago.

| Having waived the mere detail as to
whether or not the Indian chief were
actually buried in the spot, the His
torical society Of Marshall County,
with brief and informal ceremony.
unveiled Thursday afternoon the
monument erected early in the spring
| to the memory of Wal wai-wa,
| CJohnny" Green) on the bluff in the
soldiers home grounds overlooking the
Iowa river. on the spot where local
tradition-which is, however, disputed
says the Pottawattamie chief and
friend of the early white men Of Mar
shall county was buried, the society
has set up gray granite slab.
To the spot came hundreds from the
old settlers picnic and the city to wit
ness the ceremonial of unwilling, which
was unique in the history of the coun-
ty in that it is the first unwilling in
its history to a red man,
Program Is Brief.
Certain disappointments and handi-
caps entered in to curtail the program.
Edgar p Harlan, of Des Moines, curator
of the state historical department Of
Iowa. who was to have delivered the
address, was not present, not arriving
until after the ceremonies we're over.
However, he addressed a gathering OF
the old settlers at Cottage Grove park
late In the afternoon. Another disap
point7nent was that the indians from
Tama. who were scheduled to contfiS te
burial rites of their own TO the core
rnony. were not here.
Old people, and especially those
whose avoirdupois was not evenly dis
tributed, found difficulty holding their
footing on the rain soaked steep bluff
above the grave and for those who
were seated an anchorage TO a friendly
bush, twig or root was the only hope
Of preventing a slide rtverward, and
upsetting all others in the path. Fort
unateIy, no such accidents rnarred the
solemnity OF the occasion.
Judge Parker Delivers Address.
Preceding the address, which was de
liyered by ]. NJ Parker, the flag that
was draped over the monument was
lifted by Violet Wanatee. an Indian
maiden in her teens. and a great grand
daughter Of WaI-wai which added
touch Of the intimacy OF blood rela
tionship to the ceremony.
The Historical Society OF Marshall
County said Judge Parker, has
come today to pay tribute and esteem
to the memory of Johnny Green and
pay respects to the good qualities Of
the red man.
Referring to the early whites att"r
describing how the Indian chic. and
his family while canped on the 5lafs
in 1853. had instructed his people to
bury him there, Judge Parker, said:
The whites of that time were poor
and in need OF help and e came to
their aid with all he had. He Incurred
the enrnity OF the red man that he
might serve the white man. Johnny
Green represented the true Indian Of
Iowa"
Leaves Murmur Requiem.
Judge Parker described the first
meeting on Iowa soil Of the Indians and
the voyagers, Joliet and his party, at
point which is in dispute as being
either at the mouth OF the Des Noincs
or the Iowa river, and commented on
| the friendly spirit that prevailed there
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