Anyone know who Chief Cono was? > [Original Message] > From: <Chebow1@aol.com> > To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 9/26/2004 8:26:18 PM > Subject: Re: [IOWA] Tama Indian Settlement > > Thank you for that bit of info Marilyn. I was raised in Tama and always > heard it called the "reservation". I know that there is a sign that says Sac > and Fox, but I also knew that there were Mesquaki Indians that either lived > there or at least they lived around Tama/Montour somewhere. I also remember a > time around 1973 when it was said that the Indians were threatening an > "uprising"(?) in Tama, and the whole town stayed home and kept their doors locked. > (Never had seen that little town that quiet!!) Of course nothing happened and it > could have just been a rumor. The Indians would come to town(Tama) on the > weekends and get their gullets full of spirits and then get a little rowdy. But > then so did many a white man!! Cheryl > > > ==== 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