THE

Kan~asHistorical~uarterly

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NYLE H. MILLEn, ?\Ianaging Editor

JAMESI C. MALIN, Associate EditorFOnnEST n. BLACKBUHN, Assistant Editor

Volume XXIX

1903

(iKansas llistorical Coll(.'Ctions)\'01.. XI.\"I

l'llhlislH'cl by

The Kdllsas Slale IIislorical Society

Topeka, l\:ansas

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\ '/ ,', ~ Number i-Spring, 1963I C, '-) I , "'. PAOl<

TilE SWEDISIl bIMIGII,~NT AND LIFE IN KANS,~S , .. Emory tllldl/lmt,TlIE "EXODusn:ns" ON TIlE 1\hSSOUHl Glen ScJlloendellldllll, 25

>KANSAS BU'Ol\E 1854: A Hevis"d .\uu.lls. Pint NilH"- 1836-18;37, ' .... ' ... C\IInl'ikd \'y z..!uis., 1i.1I IV •. 1\

\\'ith p.J:uait5 of Ut"ury n"),,.i~l·. f.J.~H~ p. ,,~. 11.\\1..1Sh'ptwu\VAtu K •••my, fok-j"10 I'. ~O.

TIlE ANNUAl. 1\h:ETII"d: Containing 1\"\hHIS ot the S,x'I'dary, Trt'as\II'cr,Exccutive and Noniinating Committees; Election of OHkers; Hesolu-lion to 1\lrs. Lela n'ames; Ht'viseu ScllCdule of Dues To Be EffectiveJuly 1; List of Direbors of the Society. , . , , , . , . ,

BYPATHS OF KANSAS II\STOilY.

KANSAS HISTOIIY AS PU~lL1SHEI> IN TilE PIIESS

K.N,,, ""on","". NI~Number 2-Summer, 1963

EII.~STUS D. L.-I.DD·SDJsCHlI'TION OF TIlE LAWRENCE

MASSACltE ... , .. , , l',,..,.,..,,..,,,..,...,,.l{ussell E. Bidlack, 113With a reproduction of a water color of tho Quantrill raid on Lawrence by

Mrs. Lauretta L~ul.sc Fisk, facing I'. 113.I ,

A PnEFACE TO TIlE SETI1..EMENT OF KANSAS., ".,., Dorothy V. Jones, 122

TilE 1\IUNlCIl'AL CAMl'dnoUNDS 01' KANSAS, , .. , .. , .. , . , . Clinton \Varne, 137

KANSAS BEr'OIlE 185·1: IA Rcvised Annals, Part Ten,1838-1839 , , . ' , ,Compilcd by Louise Barry, 143'Vilh a reproduction of a segment of lIutawa'. map (1842) showing the Fort

Leavenworth vJcinity, facing p. 160, and Ado Huunius' akdch of PawneeRock in 1867, facing p. 161.

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HECENT ADDITIONS TO TIlE LIDI\ARY, Compiled by Alberta Pantle, Librarian, 190BYPATIIS Or' KANSAS 1I11TOIIY.. , . , , , , . , . , , , , , , , . , .. , . , . , , ., 217

KANSAS IhSTOIIY AS PUhUSIIED IN TIm PUESS. , . , . , , , , , , ., 220

KANSAS JlISTOIIICAL No~. , , , , .. , , , " 228

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{'SASI crrV /~~O) F'rU" 11('fl'1""\ I livi. (I.! L, . LJIII .• ,!MV

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({ A gold mine (or lniried treasure) was the quest of a party ofmen who were gllidcll,1 in 18:30, by Jesse Chisholm, fwm Arkansas

to the mOllth of the I Litt]c Arkansas rivlT (present Sedgwiek

tollnty), \James Mead told of this jonrlH'Y in an addn'" mad(· in I D07 aIH! therehyconlribnkd an ill'm to "I\ansas" IlIlIwd tn'aslIr,' Ion'. I'" slall'd that the search

was nmlertakt'n partly hecansc :\ntoilJ(' S. 1.[' I'at':[· .In Pratz's map of 1757 (seereference in Kl/Q, v, 27, p.1 92) showed ":\ Cold :-Olinc" in that vicinity; and

nho becanse of a tradition ';that lont': a[':o a party f TOm New ~lexico, desecnd­in~ the river in hoats, w('re sllrro\llHI.,d I,\, Indians in the night at this point, and- I'afler a siege of se\'(·ral days ,wl're all kill.·d IlIlt on(', who I'scapl'd, afl['r Iw hadhuried their gold and silver'''1

Ref: KllC, v. lOt p. 9. Ml'nd no douht hcnrd this tal«~ difl'ct from, Chisholm.I

(J: Employed in "Kansas" by the Indian Department during all, orI

part of the year 183fi, were the following persons:In the Northern Agency,I'Vestem Terri/Dry-Agent Hiehanl \V. Cnmmins

[whose headquarters was th~ old Shawnl'e :\gl'ncy (presl'nt Johnson eonnty,

near state Iillc)]; I n/crpretert- J oSl'ph J am['s [I\ansa], Joseph Parks [Delawares,ete.];IGun ancllJ/acksl1liths John 1'. Smith [l\ickapoosJ, Lewis Joncs [Shawnees],

Elias 1\1. \Valker [KallSa],1 Nl'lson A. Warrell [l\ar1.'..<!J._ltphert Dun11n[Delawares], \Villiam Carlisle [\\'eas, etc. J; -\ssis/(w/ grill and />lacksmilhs

William V. Smith [Kickap,ios], Preston ~Ioorc [I\ansa], H. D:-:\iCK~[Shawnees], John 1\1. Owen [I\ansa], Sallll.,·! Boy(}·.toll [Delawares; and Shaw-

nees], John Barnes [Shawn~esJ. Peter Dum'an [Delawares], Jack-son [\\'eas, etc.], James Whitlock [ShawIH'l'sl. 1'. C;. Cayton [\\lcas, etc.];

Teacllers J. C. Berryman [Kickapoos], Johll D. Swallows [Kickapoos], Henry

Rennick [Delawares); Millers \Villiam Bamcs [Shawnees & Delawares], JohnAllen [Delawares], James Allen [Delawares].

In the Osage SulJagcncy-'-Su/)(jg('II/ Paul Li.[':IIl'sll' Chouteau; InterpreterMaptiste] 1\tongrain; GI/II a)1(1 /,/acksmith Gahrh'l Philihert; An-istan/ smith

E[tienne] Brant. I

"Assistant agent in the I'n,ligratinll of IlIllialls" Allthony L. Davis [lem\lO­

raril)' situated al "I\ickapoo-~o\\'n" ahove Fort L['an'nworth ]-in charge ofthe Pottawatomies who had emigra!l'd west hetween 11):3:3amI 10:36 (and who

were residing both on the K'iekapoo wwrv.·, and aeTOSS the ~Iissouri in Ihe

"Platte Purehasc"). Ilid: 2-1th COllg., 2.1 Sess., II! noc. No. 1·/1 (S,·,i ••1 30:\); 2·lIh COIII(.• 2.1 Sc••. , 11.

Doc. No. 137 (Serial 30:.1), pp. 27-30; 25[h COIII(.• 2<1 S.·" .. 11. Doc. 362 (Serial 330),pp. 86, 87. I

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(J: BORN: on January 17, a't Fort Leavenworth, George Kearny, third

son of CoI. Stephen "'. aJ(d ~Iary (Hadfonl) Kearny. (He died on

October 6, 1837.) \Ref: Clarke, op. cu., p. 76.

({ BOHN: on January 30, al,tShawnee Baptist Mission (present John-

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