2014 Fall Edition Newsletter

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Wea Creek Indian Mission ć JT NJTTJPO XBT FTUBCMJTIFE UP TFSWF UIF *OEJBOT XIP XFSF QSPNJTFE B QFSNBOFOU IPNF JO *OEJBO 5FSSJUPSZ CZ 1SFTJEFOU ć PNBT +FČ FSTPO ć F .JBNJ 8FB 1JBOLFTIBX 1FPSJB ,BTLBTLJB 1PUBXBUPNJF BOE 4IBXOFF tribes were resettled to present day Miami County, Kansas. 2. Between 1821 and 1856, the Presbyterian Church established nine missions in the Missouri-Kansas area. One PG UIFTF NJTTJPOT XBT FTUBCMJTIFE OFBS 8FB $SFFL ć F NJTTJPO TPDJFUZ PG UIF 1SFTCZUFSJBO $IVSDI DPOUSBDUFE UP CVJME B MPH IPVTF POF BOE B IBMG TUPSJFT UBMM ć F 3FW BOE .ST 8FMMT #VTIOFMM BOE 3FW BOE .ST +PTFQI ,FSS BOE teacher Miss Nancy Henderson moved into the partially completed mission building on April 17, 1834. By late June the mission house for school and church services had been built, along with a smoke house, com crib, spring house and other little conveniences. ć F CVJMEJOHT PG UIF 8FB .JTTJPO XFSF UBLFO PWFS JO CZ UIF 0TBHF .BSBJT EFT $ZHOFT 3JWFS TVC BHFO DZ PG UIF %FQBSUNFOU PG *OEJBO "Č BJST %VSJOH UIF TVNNFS PG TNBMM QPY WBDDJOBUJPOT XFSF HJWFO BU UIF agency location to 479 Indians horn area tribes. In 1843, the sub-agency was moved to a new location in eastern Kansas and the Wea Mission was again vacated. 4. In March of 1843 the Indian Mission Association of the Southern Baptist Convention appointed Rev. and Mrs. David Lykins as missionaries to the Wea Indians. David Lykins, his wife Abigail Ann Lykins and Miss Sara "OO 0THPPE FTUBCMJTIFE UIF 8FB #BQUJTU .JTTJPO ć F TDIPPM FOSPMMFE BT NBOZ BT DIJMESFO BU POF UJNF TFSW JOH UIF 8FB 1JBOLFTIBX ,BTLBTLJB BOE 1FPSJB *OEJBOT ć F NJTTJPO TUSPOHMZ EFTJSFE CZ UIF *OEJBOT SFDFJWFE TVCTUBOUJBM ĕ OBODJBM BOE NPSBM TVQQPSU GSPN #BQUJTUF 1FPSJB 5. As a result of being adopted by the Confederated Indian Tribe and because of the Federal treaty signed in %BWJE -ZLJOT XBT HJWFO BDSFT PG MBOE CZ UIF 6OJUFE 4UBUFT (PWFSONFOU ć F PSJHJOBM QBUFOU QSFTFOUFE CZ 1SFTJEFOU +BNFT #VDIBOBO JODMVEFE UIF 8FB .JTTJPO TJUF ć F .JBNJ $PVOUZ 3FHJTUFS PG %FFET JOEJDBUFT UIBU David Lykins sold or conveyed the Mission Site property to Baptiste Peoria on June 3, 1854.

0JM XBT ĕ STU GPVOE JO B XFMM JO Kansas about 200 yards southeast of the Wea Mission site. In 1860, three oil wells were dug in the Paola vicin ity. David Lykins joined Dr. G.W. Brown, editor of the Lawrence Her ald of Freedom in obtaining leases on some 30,000 acres for exploration. ć F PVUCSFBL PG UIF $JWJM 8BS CSPLF up the drilling operation. David Ly kins was arrested in June of 1861 and VQPO CFJOH SFMFBTFE Ę FE UP $PMPSBEP Territory. He died August 13, 1864 and is buried in Denver, Colorado.

A rendering of the Wea Baptist Mission

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