It is curious that my ggmother told me, "I was borned in DeMoin, Ioway." She told me many stories of Indians she played with as a child during 1860s to 1870s). I have to therefore assume all tribes (or individuals) were not transported south to Oklahoma, etc. as many apparently were. Don Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bare67deb@aol.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:28 AM Subject: [IOWA] Making of Iowa Vol 1 chapter 6 > The whole chapter can be seen on the Iowa History site. Below is just a > small section of the Chapter. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > THE IOWAS > > We first hear of the Iowa Indians in 1690 when they were found in the > vicinity of the great lakes. Their noted chief, Man-haw-gaw, was then at the head of > the tribe and under his leadership they migrated westward. They crossed the > Mississippi and occupied the country about the lower valley of the Iowa River, > giving to that stream its present name, although it was for a long time > called the Ayouas by the earliest French explorers. Lewis and Clark in the journal > of their explorations, in 1804, refer to this tribe of Indians as the > Ayouways. In later years the orthography became changed to Ioway and finally the y > was dropped and we have the beautiful name Iowa, with the accent on the I. > > Antoine Le Claire, a half-breed of French and Indian parentage, who was > familiar with several of the Indian languages, defines the word Iowa as "This is > the place." Theodore S. Parvin, a high authority, relates an Indian legend as > follows: > > "This tribe separated from the sacs and Foxes and wandered off westward in > search of a new home. Crossing the Mississippi River they turned southward, > reaching a high bluff near the mouth of the Iowa River. Looking off over the > beautiful valley spread out before them they halted, exclaiming 'Ioway!' or 'This > is the place!' " > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > As far back as the history of the Iowa nation has been traced by Schoolcraft > and other, it is found that this tribe migrated fifteen times. It appears to > have moved in about 1693 from the vicinity of the great lakes to near the > mouth of Rock River and some years later to the Iowa. The next move was to the > Des Moines Valley in the vicinity of Van Buren, Wapello and Davis counties. > Many years later the Iowas journeyed through southern and western Iowa, up the > Missouri Valley, into Dakota. For several years they lived near the red > pipestone quarries in the valley of the Big Sioux River, roaming over into > northwestern Iowa as far as Spirit Lake and the upper valleys of the Little Sioux and > Des Moines rivers. Leaving these regions they descended the Missouri into > southeastern Nebraska in the Platte Valley. They next wandered into northern > Missouri and from there into southern Iowa in the region of the Chariton and Grand > rivers. They engaged in frequent wars with the Sioux an dOsages. In 1807 > they had a battle with Osages. After a fierce conflict they captured the > village, destroying thirty lodges and massacring all the inhabitants. A few years > later the smallpox ravaged their settlement, destroying more than a hundred of > their warriors and nearly two hundred women and children. Twelve years later > they lost nearly two hundred more of the tribe by the same disease. In 1819 > they were attacked by a superior force of Sioux and a desperate battle was > fought. In the end the Iowas were defeated, losing scores of their best warriors. > The Sioux captured and carried into captivity many of their women and > children. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > One of the most noted chiefs after the death of Man-haw-yaw was his son > Ma-has-kah. His home was in the Des Moines Valley, near where the town Eldon now > stands, at the old village of Iowaville. He had seven wives; the favorite one > was a beautiful woman named Rant-che-wai-me (Female Flying Pigeon). In 1824, > when Ma-has-kah, with a party of warriors, went to Washington to have an > interview with President Monroe, this favorite wife joined the party the third day > after their departure and announced her intention to accompany her husband and > shake hands with the President. She was permitted to go with him and > attracted marked attention in Washington from her great beauty and intelligence. Her > portrait was painted by an artist at the Capital and for a long time adorned > his studio. She was a kind and generous woman, devoting much of her time to > ministering to the sick and unfortunate. General Huges, the Indian agent, who > was well acquainted with her, spoke in the highest terms of her excellent > qualities. She returned from Washington with new views of life and tried to > impress upon the young women of her race useful lessons from her observations of > civilized people. Ma-has-kah was deeply attached to her and was greatly > depressed at her tragic death, which was the result of a fall from a horse soon > after her return from Washington. He never ceased to extol her many virtues and > beautiful character. > > > > 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/ > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >