Hi Everyone, Just found Eubanks story this today. Someone must know the Nebraska Eubanks family this story refers to. I'll keep looking for additional info. I'm wondering what became of the two captive women mentioned in the story after their release. Could these woman have joined the Eubanks living in Greene County, Arkansas? Enjoy the story! Mark Gibbons ------------------------------------------------------------ STIRRING EVENTS ALONG THE LITTLE BLUE BY CLARENDON E. ADAMS Painting a Buffalo The following narrative of Albert Bierstadt's visit to what is now Nuckolls county, Nebraska, was told to me by Mr. E. S. Comstock, a pioneer of the county. Mr. Comstock made his first settlement in this county at Oak Grove, in 1858, and was in charge of the Oak Grove ranch when this incident took place. In 1863 Mr. Bierstadt returned from the Pacific coast via the Overland stage route, which was then conducted by Russell, Majors & Waddell, the pioneer stage and pony expressmen of the plains. Arriving at Oak Grove ranch, Mr. Bierstadt and his traveling companion, a Mr. Dunlap, correspondent of the New York Post, decided to stop a few days and have a buffalo hunt. In company with E. S. Comstock, his son George, and a neighbor by the name of Eubanks, who was killed by the Indians the next year, they proceeded to the Republican Valley and camped the first night in the grove on Lost creek, now known as Lincoln Park. The following morning the party proceeded up the river to the farm now owned by Frank Schmeling. Here they discovered a large herd of buffalo grazing along the creek to the west and covering the prairies to the north for several miles. Mr. Comstock says that it was one of the largest herds of buffalo he had ever encountered and that Mr. Bierstadt became greatly excited and said, "Now, boys, is our time for fun. I want to see an enraged wounded buffalo. I want to see him so mad that he will bellow and tear up the ground." Mr. Comstock said they arranged for the affray: Mr. Bierstadt was to take his position on a small knoll to the east of the herd, fix himself with his easel go that he could sketch the landscape and the grazing bison, and when this was done the wounding of one of the buffalo bulls was to take place. Bierstadt was stationed on a small knoll in plain view of the herd; Mr. Eubanks was stationed in a draw near Bierstadt, in order to protect him from the charges of the buffalo, if necessary. George Comstock was to select a buffalo bull from the herd and wound him and then tantalize him by shaking a red blanket at him until he was thoroughly enraged, then he was to give him another wound from his rifle and lead out in the direction of Mr. Bierstadt. The wounded buffalo became furious and charged Comstock's horse repeatedly, but Comstock, being an expert horseman, evaded the fierce charges and was all the time coming nearer to Bierstadt. When within about three hundred yards Comstock whirled his horse to the side of the maddened monster. As a buffalo does not see well out of the side of his eyes on account of the long shaggy hair about the face, Comstock was lost to his view. The infuriated animal tossed his head high in air and the only thing he saw was Bierstadt. Onward he rushed toward the artist, pawing the ground and bellowing furiously. Bierstadt called for help and took to his heels. The buffalo struck the easel and sent it in splinters through the air. Onward he rushed after the fleeing artist, who was making the best time of his life. Mr. Comstock said he was running so fast that his coat tails stuck so straight out that you could have played a game of euchre on them. The buffalo was gaining at every jump. At this point in his story Mr. Comstock became greatly excited. He was standing on the identical spot telling me the story, and was living the exciting scene over again. "Why," he said, "I thought Eubanks never would shoot. I was scared. The buffalo nearly had his horns under Bierstadt's coat tail. He was snorting froth and blood all over him, but the gun cracked and the buffalo fell and Bierstadt was so overcome he fell at the same time entirely exhausted, but saved from a fearful death." When he recovered sufficiently to talk, he said, "That's enough; no more wounded buffalo for me." Mr. Bierstadt was several days recovering from his fearful experience, but while he was recovering, he was painting the picture. "Mr. Dunlap, the correspondent, wrote a graphic and vivid pen picture of the exciting scene," said Mr. Comstock; "but when Mr. Bierstadt finished his picture of the infuriated charging buffalo and the chase, the pen picture was not in it." This was the painting that brought Bierstadt into prominence as an artist. It was exhibited at the first Chicago exhibition and was sold for $75,000. 1 saw the picture in Chicago before I heard Mr. Comstock's narrative, and as I was one of the owners of El Capitan Rancho, the landscape of the famous painting, I fixed his story vividly upon my memory. Mr. Mike Woerner now owns a portion of El Capitan Rancho, the landscape of this famous painting. A portion of this original painting is embraced in Mr. Bierstadt's masterpiece, "The Last of the Buffalo." An Indian Raid The settlement of the section now included in Nuckolls county was attended with more privation and suffering from Indian raids and depredations than any other county in the state of Nebraska. The great Indian raids of August 7, 1864, extended from Denver, Colorado, to Gage county, Nebraska, at which time every stage station and settlement along the entire line of the Overland trail was included in that skilfully planned attack. A certain number of warriors were assigned to each place and the attack was simultaneous along the line for four hundred miles in extent. The Oak Grove ranch was among the most formidable in fortifications and a band of forty well-armed braves was sent to capture and destroy it. On the day of the attack G. S. Comstock, owner of Oak Grove ranch, was away from home; but besides his family there were five men at the stockade. The Indians came to the ranch about midday in a friendly attitude. They had left their ponies about a quarter of a mile away. They asked for something to eat and were permitted to come into the house with their guns and bows and arrows on their persons. They finished their dinner and each received a portion of tobacco and some matches. Then without any warning they turned upon the inmates of the ranch yelling and shooting like demons, and only for the quickness and great presence of mind of one of the Comstock boys the whites would all have been killed or taken away captives to submit to the cruelty of the savage foe. A Mr. Kelly, from Beatrice, was there and was the first to fall pierced with an arrow. He had a navy revolver in his belt. The Indians rushed for it but young Comstock was too quick for them and seized the revolver first and shot down the leader of the braves. Seeing the fate of their leader, the Indians rushed to the door in great fright. The revolver was in skilful hands and three more of the braves went down under the unerring aim of young Comstock. Kelly and Butler were both killed outright. Two men by the name of Ostrander and a boy were wounded. All the other occupants of the ranch had their clothes pierced with arrows or bullets. The Indians ran to their ponies, and while they were away planning another attack, the wounded were cared for as best they could. The doors were securely barred and the living were stationed in the most advantageous places for defense. The friendly game of the Indians had not worked as they expected, but they were not daunted and soon they encircled the house, riding, shooting, and yelling. This fiendish warfare they kept up all the afternoon. They tried several times to set the buildings on fire but shots from experienced marksmen, both men and women, kept them at bay. The new leader of the Indians rode a white pony and seemed at times to work his warriors up to great desperation, and young Comstock made up his mind to shoot him the next time that he appeared. It was now too dark to distinguish one man from another. Mr. Comstock, senior, was mounted on a white horse and he was enroute home about the time the Indians were expected to return. The vigilant son raised his gun, took aim, and was about to shoot, when one of the girls, remembering that her father rode a white horse, called out, "Father, is it you?" An affirmative answer came back just in time to prevent the fatal shot which would have followed in an istant [sic] more. Mr. Comstock had ridden through the Indian lines, while returning to his ranch, unmolested. He said to me he believed the Indians spared his life that evening on account of favors he had always granted them. Five miles east of the Comstock ranch that day a boy eighteen years old by the name of Ulig was met by two Indians. One of them shook hands with him while the other pierced his body with a spear and then scalped him and left him writhing in the broiling sun to die on the prairie. This savage and brutal act was followed by others unparalleled even in savage warfare. Four miles above Oak Grove at a place called the Narrows on the Little Blue river, lived a family of ten persons by the name of Eubanks. They were from the East and knew nothing of Indians' cruel warfare and when they were attacked they left their cabin and ran for the trees and brush along the river banks. Nine of them were murdered in the most brutal manner: scalped and stripped of their clothing. Two of the women, Mrs. Eubanks with a young babe in her arms, and Laura Roper, a school teacher who was there on a visit, were the only ones who arrived at a place of concealment and would have escaped had not the babe from heat and fright cried out. The practiced ear of the Indians caught the sound and they were made captives and subjected to the most inhuman and beastly treatment by the horrible savages. After the mother was made a captive the baby cried from hunger. The mother was so famished she could not nourish the babe but held it fondly in her arms trying to soothe it; and one of the merciless savages stepped up and brained it with his tomahawk. No pen or brush can tell the horrors of this diabolical deed. The two women were subjected to six months of bondage impossible to describe. I was telling this story one day to the late Captain Henry E. Palmer of Omaha, and learned from him that he and his command of soldiers and Pawnee scouts followed these inhuman wretches over the plains trying to bring them to bay, and finally down on the Solomon river in Kansas captured some of the Indian chiefs and succeeded in exchanging them for the two women captives. This is one of the terrible chapters in the early settlement of Nuckolls county and was graphically detailed to me by Mr. Comstock soon after I settled in the county. ------------------------------------------------------------

I have a John William Hicks born 5/23/1867 Wichita Falls, TX; married, Molinda Ellen Geaslin; children, Donnie Elleanor& Verna Lorraine; mother, ? Cole. Probably no connection

Buried in the Woodland Heights Cemetery in Rector, AR are the following: Arnold, Hicks b. 10-5-1907 d. 7-24-1987 Dewayne Hicks b. 5-1-1932 d. 12-11-1933 Gavin R. Hicks B. 7-9-1929 d. 10-6-1981 Ivera Lois Layne Hicks b. 2-10-1910 d. 7-15-1987 John Wesley Hicks b. 2-15-1927 d. 2-26-1971 Vermal V. Hicks b. 8-19-1927 (no death date) Hope this is helpful. Arnold and Ivera were family friends of my parents, F. F. "Mack" McMahon and Hester Smart McMahon. I'm sure some of the others were too but I just remember Arnold and Ivera. Shirley McMahon Garrett Tyler, TX

Does anyone have any of this Hicks family in their family tree? We know that John and Cecil moved to Rector, Ar. Do not know where Cecil or John died. Cecil is our Aunts daughter. Johns first wife was our Grand aunt. We would really like to connect with the grandchildren, also children if any are still living. Thanks Evelyn JOHN WILLIAM HICKS (ELIAS T. (ELI)2, JESSE1) was born February 17, 1866 in Mississippi, and died January 04, 1951 in In Ms. or Rector, Ark.. He married (1) CLEMMIE JUMPER March 16, 1891 in Prentiss Co. Ms., daughter of DAVID JUMPER and JULIA HASTINGS. She was born April 09, 1870 in Mississippi, and died December 13, 1913 in Mississippi. He married (2) CECIL PEARL SIMS Aft. 1913, daughter of JOHN SIMS and MATILDA JUMPER. She was born November 09, 1905 in Gainsville, Texas. Children of JOHN HICKS and CLEMMIE JUMPER are: i. LILIAN ALAINE4 HICKS, b. 1891; d. 1951; m. WILLIAM SPENCER LEWELLEN. ii. IVIE HICKS, b. 1893; d. 1978; m. DOUG JUMPER. iii. DOVIE HICKS, b. 1900; d. 1985; m. SAM (SAMBO) LEDBETTER. iv. DAVID WESLEY HICKS, b. June 14, 1902, Mississippi; d. November 21, 1904. v. WILLIAM GUY HICKS, b. 1905; d. June 14, 1995, Ripley, Mississippi; m. ALTIE BRADY HUTCHISON. vi. ARNOLD HICKS, b. 1908; d. 1987; m. IVORY LAMB. vii. EVA HICKS, b. 1911; d. 1985. viii. RUBY VERNICE HICKS, b. December 04, 1913, Mississippi; d. February 13, 1915, Mississippi. Child of JOHN HICKS and CECIL SIMS is: 2. ix. GERRALDINE HICKS, b. August 06, 1926, Booneville, Mississippi.

Barbara: My aunt Pauline TURNER married a Calvin HICKS but to my knowledge he was from Yell County somewhere around Danville. Do you think your HICKS folks could have migrated to Yell County, Arkansas? I have no idea where they are from. I have a cousin from the marriage but I know nothing else about the HICKS part of the family. http://home.att.net/~billcovey/index.html www.1stBooks.com Bill Covey Author of: Watson Is Where It Wuz Creator of: Ol' Tubby Joe Stottlemeyer

Posted on: Greene County, Ar Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Greene?read=806 Surname: Hicks, Penney ------------------------- Searching for ancestory of James Marion Hicks. James (my grand father) was born approximently 1886. He was living in either Gainsville or Halliday (Greene Co) AR. when he married Ivy G. Penney abt 1906 or 1907. Ivy's (most called her Gertie) parents were Lee and Margaret(Haneline) Penney. James and Gertie had 10 children. They were living in Paragould (Greene Co) AR. At one time early in there marriage they lived in Carbondale Il. where at least one child Elmer was born. I think the rest were born in Paragould, AR. James died at the early age of 44years from heart trouble. Probley burried in an unmarked grave in or around Paragould AR. Someone once mentioned that he might have a brother. I would like to find out who his parents were and where they were from. I would share any info on the decendants that I know about. Is anybody looking to?

Hi Here is a link to the Greene co. Cemeteries http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/cemetery.htm And here is the link to St. Mary's you could see if she was listed with the year. I looked but didn't find her. http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/stmarys.htm Tina Easley surnames:Morton, Easley, Lambert,Gladish, Reddick, Marsh, Coggins, Reaves, Lenderman Greene County Arkansas http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/greene1.html Come Take A Trip in History!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "jmeyer" <jmeyer@jvil.com> To: <ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:02 PM Subject: [ARGREENE] Undertakers in 1920s and 30s > I have an obituary for a relative who died on November 11, but is > missing the year but I believe it to be 1920s or early 30s. She was > magdeline Koors who died in Bucoda, Dunklin Co, Mo and was buried in St. > mary's cem in Paragould, by Howard Anderson Funeral Home. Does anyone > have any ideas on this one. Thanks > Joseph Meyer > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

I have an obituary for a relative who died on November 11, but is missing the year but I believe it to be 1920s or early 30s. She was magdeline Koors who died in Bucoda, Dunklin Co, Mo and was buried in St. mary's cem in Paragould, by Howard Anderson Funeral Home. Does anyone have any ideas on this one. Thanks Joseph Meyer

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01BFCE69.8B41DAA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi > We have added a new page to the site it is on the Poor Farm of Greene > co. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/grecpofa.htm > We have also added a page named Township Beginnings > http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/grecpofa.htm Tina Easley surnames:Morton, Easley, Lambert,Gladish, Reddick, Marsh, Coggins, Reaves, Lenderman Greene County Arkansas http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/greene1.html Come Take A Trip in History!!! ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01BFCE69.8B41DAA0 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="Tina Easley.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Tina Easley.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Easley;Tina FN:Tina Easley ORG:Greene County Ar. URL: URL:http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/greene1.html EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:tina@grnco.net REV:20000605T021209Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_003E_01BFCE69.8B41DAA0--

Hello Everyone, Just wanted to tell you I have just finished posting St. Mary's Cemetery. It had been done to the C's and someone brought it to my attention and I got the rest of it and finished it. The address is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/cemetery.htm got to this page and look at the bottom for St. Mary's. I fixing to work on Linwood cemetery again, hopefully I will have it finished soon. Thanks for your patience. Sandy Hardin Greene County Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/greene1.html

Thanks. Carey -----Original Message----- From: DNOLAH@aol.com <DNOLAH@aol.com> To: ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com <ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, June 02, 2000 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [ARGREENE] Ada McFarren Cole >Carey > >The only thing I see is on page 47 of the Newberry book, that Grant Collar >wrote, that doesn't even show Ada's last name. > >Doris > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Posted on: Greene County, Ar Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Greene?read=805 Surname: Rowe, Routh, Jernigan ------------------------- Looking for information on Adelia Rowe who married Josephus S. Jernigan in Greene County in 1879. They are listed in the 1880 census living with her mother Saloma Rowe. Then they seem to disappear from Greene County.

Posted on: Greene County, Ar Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Greene?read=804 Surname: HIGGINS ------------------------- Would like to know if anyone has any photos of the Newton Higgins family. Newton, and his wife Stacey, came to Greene County from Lauderdale County, Alabama, in the late 1850's and lived there until the 1870's. Their children were: John M., Rachel E., Isaac M. "Scott", Nancy A., and Josiah Higgins. Newton and Stacey were my great-great-grandparents. John M. and his wife Catherine Moody Higgins were my great grandparents. Photos, or any info, on any of these persons will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for posting this query.

Posted on: Greene County, Ar Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Greene?read=802 Surname: HARPOLE, DROPE ------------------------- My g-grandmother was Annie Vanesa (Harpole) from the Clay Co. and Greene Co. area. There was a great book published in the 60's by a Harpole descendant, "HARPOLE COUSINS", I have a copy of it. Would like to correspond w/you. Any Harpole is a cousin of mine.......

Carey The only thing I see is on page 47 of the Newberry book, that Grant Collar wrote, that doesn't even show Ada's last name. Doris

Does anyone know a Ada McFarren Cole who married Ira Rowe? I think they were married in Greene County (probably after 1920) but I'm not sure. They were in Texas by 1931. I was told her name was Ada Clement and they did name a son Clement Elwood Rowe. Any help is appreciated. Is there a way to check marriages in Greene County on-line? I think Ira married an Estelle McNeill first before marrying Ada. Carey Rogers

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Posted on: Greene County, Ar Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ar/Greene?read=800 Surname: PRIDE, PASCHALL ------------------------- Am interested in info relative to Thomas G. PRIDE who lived in Greene Co. on 1870 census. His wife's name was Mary; their issue: William S.(Sanford?), Alice A., and Margarett. I believe William Pride married Sarah Paschall in Dunklin Co. MO in 1883. Any info will be greatly appreciated.

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Hi! None of the Fitzhughs in my family that I have found yet. How does yours run into REL White? I have alot of info from REL down. Sheila