Early Days in Kansas Volume 3, No. 1913 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...Chief Moses Keokuk stands next. contim ' d. on next pan' continued from previous page. Fourth--stands Henry Clay Jones, a quarter blood Fox, at that time the regular Gov't Interpreter. Last in line was Rev. Miller, a visiting Presbyterian minister. The left one of the Indians sitting was a dead chief's widow. Next to her, with a bear claws necklace on and a tomahawk pipe in his hand, was Chief Che kus kuk. Waw com mo, the great orator, sits in the center. Names of the other two chiefs at the right with boy between forgotten. All the chiefs were dead by 1900. The line of men in the rear made a background and also encouraged the Indians to sit for their picture. This particular picture mounted in good shape was presented to Dr. E. B. Fenn and wife, who were stationed at that place at that time. Mrs. Fannie Whistler Nedeau, speaking of them March 12, 1903, said that old Chief Che kus kuk was the last full blood Fox chief eft when the picture was taken. He and her own squaw mother were cousins and Mrs. Julia Goodell who raised her was also a cousin of Chief Che kus kuk's. WAW COM MO I give the spelling as found in Agent Wiley's pay roll of 1868 09. Mrs. Fannie Whistler Nedeau and Walter Baptiste spelled it "Waw ka mo." To Mrs. Nedeau I am indebted for the picture and information. He was about 60 when the picture was taken. He was a half chief--a councilman of the tribe. He died about 1894. He was a noble Indian; a man of great influence a man of steadfast convictions. Mrs. Nedeau prized his picture among her collection as one of the best. He always wore the Indian garb. He it was who when Moses Keokuk was converted to Christianity and commenced to wear the white man's dress along in 1873-74 ignored him entirely. Waw com mo thought that a head chief li...