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This bottle was recovered from excavation at the Iowa Sac and Fox Mission in Doniphan County. The Presbyterian Mission was built in 1845 and closed in 1863. After that part of the building was razed, the rest was used as a residence until 1905. The State of Kansas acquired to property in 1941. The aqua bottle has the lettering "WAKEFIELD'S EGYPTIAN LINIMENT," a liniment manufactured by Dr. C. Wakefield of Bloomington, Illinois. According to Wakefield's Guide the liniment was used "as a Pain Killer, for Rheumatism, Cramp, Numbness of Flesh, Cold Skin, Stiff Joints, Earache, Backache, Contracted Leaders, etc.…" The liniment was also useful for curing "Swelling, Sprains, Spavin, Sweeny, etc.…" in horses.
Date: 1846-1905
Item Number: 448031
Call Number: 14DP384-196
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 448031
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
People - American Indians - Tribes - Iowa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Sac and Fox
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Places - Historic sites - Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
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