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Milo Custer to George W. Martin
Creator: Custer, Milo
Date: December 10, 1906
In this letter to Kansas State Historical Society Secretary George W. Martin, Milo Custer writes in regard to the Kickapoo Indians and their prophet Kannekuk. Custer, a researcher and writer on Native Indians, was knowledgeable on the Kickapoo's time in Illinois and, in this item, explains part of their history prior to leaving Illinois for Kansas.
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Reminiscences of Reverend William H. Honnell
Creator: Honnell, William H., Reverend
Date: May 30, 1857
This item, written by Reverend William H. Honnell, contains Honnell's recollections of his life in northeast Kansas during the Kansas Territory period. Honnell relates having a boat he was traveling in searched for military equipment in order to prevent any such equipment from falling into the hands of the "free statemen of Kansas." Honnell also describes arriving at the Kickapoo villages in northeast Kansas, meeting Indians in the area for the first time, the formation of the missionary settlement, and other details, including the death of Kennekuk.
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