Will Be a Queen Nellie of Africa to Wed Tribal King
A Virginia girl Nellie, a fifteen year old African girl in the Chester household, is destined to marry a kings of a West African tribe. Her education and manners are praised as she awaits a royal betrothal likely within ten months. The tribe requires polygamy but promises her status as the king’s only queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
London County
Washington
Atlanta Constitution
Africa
Dohn S. Chester
Weveral
Horther
Tokuy
Nellie
United States
Chesters
Hostor
Indian Measurements and Distances in Indigenous Travel
An excerpt discusses Native American units of distance such as a pipe for paddling between smoke breaks, a portage pause of about one third of a mile, and a look for sighting distant objects. It also mentions indeterminate measures and the Menomonee practice of subdividing distances into looks, showing how travel norms varied by circumstance.
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Ocean
Piper
Peron
Wisconsin
Tess
Bear attack tale of Bert Monroe in Montana frontier
Bert Monroe of the Helena area survived a dramatic bear encounter while hunting near the Mik River. After shooting four bears in a single day with scarce ammunition, he was wounded in the shoulder and throat but rode to safety with his horse. A recovery party later found all four bears and blood along the trail to the Great Northern rail line.
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Auimnie
Tie Hille
Bert Monroe
Henry Monroe
Helena
Mont Thaie
St. Louis
Tongato
Bear
Mik River
Brain
Monroo
Frulman
Monroe
Great Noethern
Indian Messiah and Ghost Dance Spread Across Tribes
An article surveys the belief in a Great Spirit among Native Americans and the rise of the Indian Messiah propagated by Smohalla and Red Cloud. It notes the rapid spread of the ghost dance among tribes from the Columbia River to the Cheyennes, Arapahos, Shoshones, and Six Nations, amid encroachments by civilization and calls for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livatene Ant Mang
Harpers Weekly
Luis
Upper
Columbia River
Nalled Smohalla
Elgiliailion
Fragmented Narrative From Parish Scene With Odd Machinery
A garbled reminiscence describes a sequence at a church service where a timepiece, a water stoppage, and an organ performance intersect. Readers recall a watch pulled from a pocket, a white Mamie, and a dramatic sermon moment interrupted by a sudden disturbance during a reading from Joel.
An Officer's Mistake and the Indian War Tale
An old account portrays Lieutenant Bourke in Crook’s command amid Cold Weather near the Tongue River. A candlelit scene reveals tension as Indians approach and Bourke’s map demonstration ends with a misread alert about a planned attack, leaving him to ponder the perilous instability of Indian characters.
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Butte
Ceneral Crook
Crazy Woman's Park
Noban Taedian
Bourke
Rourke
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Hungeon Park
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NCES
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Elainele
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Miscellaneo DE
Druc Store
John Shieef
Official Directory
Bate
Juanier Ceoral
Imiary of Interior
Vorney
Agriculture
Farr
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Piooho
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Weutenan
Ahinlo Evaattrer, Ove
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Genarel Hse
Hele Dupo
Lincoln County
Auiigeiatrics
Henalliry
Rasa
Auditorage Recorder
Mermbunl Teen Roe Public
van Bear
D.tuirnee
Plochs Township
Jaewo
Uy Gitaviesres Nee
Nouvel Trinters
Cinodriet
Odin Mevandon
Cook
ST. John's Lodge
F&a. M
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Lacour St
Ed Wands
Fioch Lodge
A. D. UW
Hicohe Lodge
Geo. S. Sawyer
Omics
Lymeh’s Stlock
Pioche
Nevada
J, Sheridan
Keeani
Plochy
Turck
Venethi
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Rene
Wrvey
Murray
Mwetion Corner
Metions Mi
Townahip
Hine
St. Thomas
United
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Blake
Padil
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Aratito
Mall
Megieter
Erder
T. J. Osborne
The
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the Local Department
Mining News
Job Printing Department
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Callon
Owhige
Masonic
Lacour Street
Lincoln
Sint
Joe No
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Sustoreont
Elnin
Malalee
Lot Elsita
Ubenoe Brat Couree
Matonte
Sarvey
Vulie Et al
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Silevey
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Ene & Murvey Nott
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Regiaive
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Wiley AP
R. G. Schofield
Meadow Valley Etreat
Ploche
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Sok
Wwe
Jes
Tio Agrtead
Hho Day
Ani
Erematanshe
Winnie
Ene Swinkeva
Palbarenko
Matt
East Court
Lonry Warner
Lone P. Dele
Lothedey
Oventer
Uleinet Domi
Cates
Ranage
Uenner
Aemiyibin
Eae AlGiyrone
Atuantivac
Amithin
Ike
Nev
Mareh 2
Teron Airhtly
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Piocke Water Co
Piffice Lower Main St
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Mogs
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Houston
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Relly
Oluek
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