Down at Utsalady the Indians found a stone that was the very best for sharpening their cutting instruments. Axes, chisels, knives and scrapers of hard rock, bone and horn could be made very sharp if rubbed on this stone. Flat pieces of this stone were found all around the old Indian camps. Most of these […]
Sauk Prairie Legend and History At one time Sauk Prairie was a big marshland and belonged to the Beavers. Indian tribes used to send out scouts to locate hunting, fishing and camping grounds. One of these scouts found what is now Sauk Prairie. In and around the marsh were many plants with edible roots, many
In the conference with chief Moses and Sar-sarp-kin, of the Columbia reservation, and Tonaskat and Lot, of the Colville reservation, had this day, the following was substantially what was asked for by the Indians: Tonasket asked for a saw and grist mill, a boarding school to be established at Bonaparte Creek to accommodate one hundred
Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the treaty-ground, Camp Stevens, Walla-Walla Valley, this ninth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-fire, by and between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the Territory of Washington, on the part of the United States, and the
Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded on the She-nah-nam, or Medicine Creek, in the Territory of Washington, this twenty-sixth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, by Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs of the said Territory, on the part of the United States, and
Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded by and between Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs of the Territory of Washington, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen, and delegates of the different tribes and bands of the Qui-nai-elt and Quil-leh-ute Indians,on the part of said
Articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at Neah Bay, in the Territory of Washington, this thirty-first day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five, by Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the said Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, head-men, and
Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at Hahdskus, or Point no Point, Suquamish Head, in the Territory of Washington, this twenty-sixth day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, by Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the said Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs,
Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at Múcklte-óh, or Point Elliott, in the Territory of Washington, this twenty-second day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, by Isaac I. Stevens, governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for the said Territory, on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, head-men and delegates
Josephine Brown 1877-1946 (Mrs) Les Brown 1880-1969 Lowie Brown 1901-1905 Robert A Brown (Nick) 1932-1964 Sul-ka-Dun 1806-1911 Fred Enick 1900-1910 John Enick 1868-1943 Sam Enick 1872-1915 Annie Joe 1813-1913 Captian Moses 1822-1920 Lillean Price 1937-1937 Willie Price 1896-1911 Johnnie Sauk 1820-1912 Sally Sauk 1845-1913 Charley Snooks 1838-1908 Lilly Tomie 1906-1911 Mattie Wa-Wet-Kin 1818-1916 There were
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Interviewer: Lauana Creel Person Interviewed: Dr. George Washington Buckner Location: Evansville, Indiana Date of Birth: December 1st, 1852 Ex-Slave Stories District #5 Vanderburgh County Lauana Creel A SLAVE, AMBASSADOR AND CITY DOCTOR [DR. GEORGE WASHINGTON BUCKNER] This paper was prepared after several interviews had been obtained with the subject of this sketch. Dr. George Washingtin
The men who came to Shawnee County in 1871 were of necessity patient plodders, content to await the rewards of a developing civilization. There were no short cuts to fortune such as fired the zeal of the argonauts of ’49, but there existed sane and practical opportunities for the man to whom labor was a
Interviewer: Rogers Person Interviewed: Mary James Date of Interview: Sept. 23, 1937 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Place of Residence: 618 Haw St., Baltimore, MD Reference: Personal interview with Mary James, ex-slave, Sept. 23, 1937, at her home, 618 Haw St., Baltimore, Md. “My father’s name was Caleb Harris James, and my mother’s name was Mary Moriah.
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Interviewer: W. W. Dixon Person Interviewed: Mack Taylor Location: Ridgeway, South Carolina Age: 97 Mack Taylor lives six miles southeast of Ridgeway, S.C., on his farm of ninety-seven acres. The house, in which he resides, is a frame house containing six rooms, all on one floor. His son, Charley, lives with him. Charley is married
In August a train arrived from Minnesota, under James Reed, like the others, in quest of Salmon River, but willingly tarrying in the Beaverhead Valley; and several weeks later a larger train under James L. Fisk, which left Minnesota in July, by a route north of the Missouri, and was convoyed over the plains by
BACCHUS, Thomas Augustus, Lt. USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Thomas Bacchus, Vashon. BACKMAN, Everett Raymond, Lt. (jg), USNR. Wife, Mrs. June Louise Backman, 719 S. Pine St., Port Angeles. BACON, Jay Darwin, Jr., Lt. USNR. Wife, Mrs. Barbara Hinshaw Bacon, 2302 Baker Ave., Everett. BADEN, Eston Jerome, Lt., (Jg), USNR. Wife, Mrs. Eileen Margaret
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AARHAUS, Davis Louis, Shipfitter 2c, USN. Father, Mr. Louis Ambrose Aarhaus, Rt. 1, Box 211, Elma. ABBOTT, George Harold, Machinist’s Mate 2c, USNR. Mother, Mrs. Nina Middlekauf Abbott, 2205 2nd Ave., Seattle. ABBOTT, Victor Harold, Chief machinist’s mate, USN. Wife, Mrs. Heriott Jane Abbott, 4720 Beacon Ave., Seattle. ABEL, Joseph N., 2nd Lt., USMCR. Father,
HABENICHT, Hal Duane, Ens., USNR. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Habenicht, 4116 36th, SW, Seattle. HAGEL, Alfred Leroy, Chief Machinist’s Mate, USN. Sister, Mrs. Della Mae Lawrence, 5027 Bowen Place, Seattle. HAGEN, Edward Clifford, Radioman 3c, USCGR. Mother, Mrs. Cecile Dolan, 2225 First Ave., North, Seattle. HAIGHT, Bruce Stoddard, Aviation Radioman 1c, USNR. Parents, Mr.
