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IEarly Pioneers of Republic CountySixSiThe following story was sent in, I little bacon, but those occasions were the and we believe it to be of sufficient rare; living in cabins with puncheon werlt; interest to Republic county readers | floors and a home-made door with Hellt;squeaky hinges and a latch string]Kan eyes I which could hang out or in accord-—*r— — w w — — — ^ —--— — — —- — —to warrant its publication: With hands raised to theirsheilding them from the sun, people ing to the way the owner felt.watched the great ship come intoAplarBohemians, who were hind them their homeland and their|who-o?The woods hid abundance of wild coui harbor. Among those coming down I turkey, pheasants and quail. Horn|wjHthe gang plank were a family of owls and hcot owls could usually jtionleaving be- be heard at night crying their “whoo spe(ieir who-o? who are you ” out in the to 'kin, searching for the new land with woods and the plaint of the whip- ons1 11 its promises they had heard so much poor-wili could be heard from every jcouits I thicket.They followed blazed trails, years was holding onto his mother’s I there were few roads cut. Wheat|mai hand, fearful of this strange new was cut first with a sickle, later a spe something he was seeing with keen | cardie and threshed with a flail. Thefirst threshing machine was brought I jn.» 18571 in about 1845 and was a horse rreabout and hoping for some of benefits. A tiny boy of but twohav as I met11 blue eyes.So on this sunny dayinstarted a life in this strange country tread affair, the horse being led on for this tiny boy, Wesley James | a wooden tread set at a sharp angle.Saip. With his parents he went to A release started the tread moving Iowa City, Iowa, near which they backwards under him and his con-settled on a farm living here until stant treading forwards for a foot-1870, when they placed their living hold kept it running and furnishednecessities in covered wagons and the power to run the thresher. Few with other families formed a so-1 of these were used and until thecalled wagon train and came to Kan-1 horse power machine was brought sas. Long days when the oxen lab- over and they became more popular.Freored along the roads or trails. Days [This young man was always interest-when the yell of Indians could be, ed in threshing machines and fromlieheard, when the women and children | the horse power on to the steam en-worked with them own-of ing an outfit each season, the I The winters were cold and veryn | raids, etc. They met a group Indians who had fought withwhite men and scalped some, hanging severe. It was no unusual sight toy I the scalps in plain sight as a sort of | awake in the morning and see af “leave us alone” warning.sdworld covered with heavy snow.ItThey settled on a farm west of I would blow through the cracks of *-1 Marysville on the Marshall-Washing- the cabin and cover lightly the pal-ton county line, where they lived for lets made of straw and built up with r two years, when they moved to Re- heavy feather beds to d I public county south of Mundenlwarm. where the old homestead still lays.SciMlt;Presll-keep them Then only the fittest survived the winters. Then came thenleWhen but a lad of early years drouths, the heat of summer sun, thedieT1inesLiie;sograsshoppermsuffering the hardships of all thelsran. What hours of sweat and toil! ‘c I early settlers, eating corn bread, and | What hours of worry! e molasses. Sometimes a delicasy of ® white bread was had or perhaps aBut—weren’t there country danc- j(mtinued on back page)sn;hEmT
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Republic County News
Republic, Kansas, US
Thu, Feb 14, 1935
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