Below is part of Chapter 18. You can find the whold chapter on the Iowa History Site STORIES OF IOWA FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CHAPTER XVIII THE INDIAN SCHOOL ON YELLOW RIVER At the close of the Black Hawk War in 1832 the Winnebago Indians agreed to give up their land in Illinois and in Wisconsin south of the Wisconsin River. In exchange for this the government promised to give them a certain amount of money and a new home in Iowa in the Neutral Ground. The government also promised to build a school for the Winnebago boys and girls somewhere near Fort Crawford. This school was to be in charge of Joseph M. Street, the Indian agent at Prairie du Chien. Hoping to draw the Indians across the Mississippi, he chose a place for the school on Yellow River in Iowa, about ten miles from Fort Crawford. There workmen built a two-story stone schoolhouse, and some log buildings. The schoolhouse had a large chimney in the center and a great fireplace in every room. Here school began in the spring of 1835. A minister named David Lowry was the teacher. This school was not much like our schools to-day. In the first place some of the Indian children stayed in the school all the time. They were given their meals there and slept there. The white people wanted to show these Indian children how to eat at a table and how to sleep in a bed instead of on the floor. Of course the United States government paid for everything. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/