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This item contains the reminiscences of Eliza J. Wyckoff, who left Ohio with her husband Isaac Wyckoff in the fall of 1868 to move to Kansas. Mrs. Wyckoff recalls that her husband was one of three men that "took claims" on land that was then contained within the Osage reservation. Regarding the inhabitants, she states that the Osage people "were painted and dressed in savage Indian style. I thought they were on the war-path but Mr. Cose assured me that that was their custom."
Creator: Wyckoff, Eliza J.
Date: March 1, 1918
Item Number: 219306
Call Number: Miscellaneous Baude, Jane
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219306
Collections - Manuscript - Miscellaneous - Misc.: Bav-Bel
Date - 1910s - 1918
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Indian Removal Act
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
People - Notable Kansans - Baude, Eliza J.
Thematic Time Period - Cattle Drives, 1867 - 1885
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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