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In this letter to Kansas State Historical Society Secretary Geroge W. Martin, A.M. Coville relates his knowledge of the Kaw Indian White Plume. Coville explains that when he first met White Plume in 1875 he "claimed to be over 90 years old, and he certainly looked to be 100. His hair was white his face wrinkled and features shrunken." Coville also mentions that White Plume had survived an attack with the "Plains Indians" in which he had been scalped, surviving only by being rescued by his tribesmen.
Creator: Coville, A.M.
Date: March 27, 1909
Item Number: 219526
Call Number: Indian History Coll. #590 Box 3 Folder: Kansa
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219526
Collections - Manuscript - Indian History
Date - 1900s - 1909
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kansa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Potawatomi
People - Notable Kansans - Coville, A.M.
People - Notable Kansans - Pocatello, Chief
Places - Cities and towns - Council Grove
Places - Cities and towns - Galena
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Cherokee
Places - Counties - Morris
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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