Hello, folks. I was at the National Archives yesterday and decided to take another look at the Mortality Schedule for Kansas 1870. For those of you who haven't seen it, this book is a list of those who died in Kansas one year prior to June 1, 1870. The information was collected along with the 1870 Census information, as I understand it. I had looked at it before, looking for those settlers killed in the Indian raids of 1869, but since most of them died on May 30, they aren't listed! However, Mrs. Alderdice is listed, as well as one of her children, which must mean he didn't die instantly. However, to my surprise, I found the names of several other people purportedly killed by Indians. So I thought I'd send these names to the list -- and to Jim Sechrist, whose g-grandfather literally wrote the book on the subject -- to see if anyone can shed light on any of these people. (I'd like to put this list on the Lincoln web page but there may be a copyright problem.) Here it is (the book gives name, age, sex, month of death, place of birth, cause of death, and occupation): Alderdyce, Mrs.; age 32; female; died August; born Penn.; murdered; no occupation Alderdyce, T; age 2; male; died June; born Kansas; murdered; no occupation Lowrey, John; age 34; male; died Jan.; born Germany (?); Indians; farmer Lowrey, Mrs.; age 40; female; died Jan.; born Germany (?); Indians; housewife Miller, J.P.; age 20; male; died May; born Indiana; lung fever; farmer Schemnerhem, Ida; no age; female; died April; born Kansas; cause unknown, no occupation Shande, James H.; age 14; male; died June; born Indiana; Indians; farmer