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An account by Adolph Roenigk of Lincoln County, and his time in Kansas, starting in the summer of 1868. Roenigk recounts working for the military at Fort Harker, Indian depredations and attacks on Indians, of which he includes an account of the "Mulberry scrap." He also writes of the lawlessness and subsequent swift justice that took place during settlement of the area.
Creator: Roenigk, Adolph, 1847-1938
Date: 1913
Item Number: 219479
Call Number: Historical collections: Lincoln County
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219479
Collections - Manuscript - History - Lincoln County
Date - 1910s - 1914
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Theft
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Punishment
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Military - Equipment - Animals - Horses
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Harker
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Manuscript
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Reminiscence
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Tribes - Pawnee
Places - Counties - Lincoln
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Harker
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Non-motorized - Riding animals
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Reminiscences and Memoirs
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