2019 Winter Newsletter

one mile SE of Block Trinity Lutheran Church. It states Koseah may be buried in a nearby cemetery. Accord ing to H.M. McLachlin book page 3 she was the store clerk at Miami Village. The second handwritten letter by Luke states; “What Mable’s typing, written Nov 15, 1966 said. Kil-so Quah Grand Daughter of Little Turtle Married Antoine Revoir and their Daughter Elizabeth married John R. Froman brother of Mrs. Henry Trinkle (Mary Ann Froman) at Big Legs home June 17, 1866 by Thomas Richardville”. This happened in Miami County Kansas and shows how the Miami Tribe is connected to the Peorias. Three years ago, I met a young John Froman, Chief of Peorias at their Miami, OK. Head Quarters. I saw many headstones in that Peoria Cemetery with name Froman. The Myaamia Publication summer 2018 shows a pic ture of Esther Shields of the La Cygne Museum receiv ing a Pendleton blanket from Chief Douglas Lankford, of Miami Oklahoma. She had provided them with the 1859 300 head rights listing of land trust records. Ini tial work on a history book and maps of these Linn and Miami county locations is in process. The map is pictured in the newspaper and states each member will receive a copy. I question, was Luke a tribal member? He once owned the Jean B. Richardville Home in Huntington, Indiana. It has since been renovated at a cost of $300,000 and the Oklahoma Tribe spent $30,000 recently to repair the roof. It is now a National Historical Site.There is much more Miami Indian history contained in this packet. It will be available in our Miami Indian file and on the museum computer. Packet includes copied pages from books such as: History of Kansas, 1883, Vol. 2 by A. T. Andrus about Miami Mission buildings; History 1642 — 1905; Ma ria Christina and the De Rome Family by Cleo Goff Wilkens; True Indian Stories by Jacob Glatt Dunn; Part

of Linn Co. History by Billie Mitchell about Trinkles, Geboe, Froman and Roubadoux; Tribes of No. America about Little Turtle; and pages from the Kansas Histori cal Soceity about Miami Mission. Future historian could write in depth stories from these book pages.

Lloyd L. Peckman

Pictured above is Geraldine Conley Nichols, she vis ited the museum recently to view our displays. At 97 years old, Geraldine is the oldest living Wea Indian. She is a decedent of the Dagenette family.

TOMORROW IS ANOTHER TOWN The Anatomy of a Circus An autobiography by James R. Patterson A history of the Great Patterson Shows when the circus maintained winter quarters in Paola. Tax included price is $28.00

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