I am not well enough versed on the early times in MO, but will try to answer. First, my information comes from A HISTORY OF MISSOURI, From the earliest explorations and settlements until the admission of the State into the Union, by Louis Houk. Pub 1908 by RR Donnelley & Sons Co, Chicago. From the earliest, the Indians were ousted from their lands, and if it were not so, we "whites" would not be here today. The first this history book shows of the natives being afraid at the number of whites entering & taking land was 1780-99. in 1801, thirteen individuals were given a grant of land between Saline Creek and the Little St Francois. The first residents of the village of St. Michael were Peter CHEVALIER, from Aux Vasse; Paul ANDREW, and Baptise DE GUIRE, from Ste Genevieve; Antoine, Joseph, Nicolas, and Michael CAILLOT dit LACHANCE, from near New Bourbon; Gabriel NICOLLE (or NICOLEE)from Grande river; Pierre VARIAT, who also had lived on Grande river, and in 1804 on the St Francois, and three others. John CALLAWAY, an American, had settled on the Saline creek here in the previous year, 1799. these settlers were all engaged more or less in lead mining at Mile La Motte, situated only a few miles from St. Michael. It is worth remembering that at Mine La Motte, on the 7th day of April 1774, seven persons engaged in mining were killed by the OSAGE Indians, undoubtedly the bloodies masacre in upper Louisiana during the Spanish regime. Joseph VALLE' a son of Don Francesco VALLE', aged twenty years, was among those killed. The others were Jacques PARENT, aged twenty years, Auguste CHATAL, aged thirty-five years and MENARD, aged thirty years, all Canadians, DUPONT, a native of France, aged thirty years, and Englishman named PHILLIPS, aged thirty years and a negro named CALISE. This shows that from the earliest of times for MO, there was tension between the Indians & Whites. Then we have the TRAIL OF TEARS http://www.rosecity.net/tears/trail/tearsnht.html , which brought many of our ancestor's into Missouri. This is most likely the main event that resulted in our MO ancestor's claiming Indian blood. My husband's Campbell line attests they have Cherokee in them. This is as of date unproven, except by the random descendant who bears the resemblance to the Native American ancestor's we think were a part of the line. It is a theory that Ellis Campbell came into Missouri during the 1838-39 forced migration of the Indians from TN/AL. He and his family (was Elizabeth, his wife an Indian.. that is the theory) were in MO, they stepped off the trail, perhaps so Elizabeth could have Dorcas, the first child born in MO?? They just stayed, or were left behind to fend for themselves. There is also the INDIAN WARS http://www.indianwars.org/ , in which my great-grandfather fought. I am not certain this is the same indian trouble you were speaking of, but one of these sites should be able to bring light to your querry about battles between Indians & Whites. We didn't all listen when learning of these in history class, and little did we know that we needed to listen, in order to know what our forefathers went through to make life as it is for us today a possibility. Marge -----Original Message----- From: saywho [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:44 AM To: Margie Campbell Subject: Re: [MOIRON] FW: 29 May 2004 What is this battle between whites and indians? I've heard that my Iron County ancestors have indian in them and this is curious to me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie Campbell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 11:06 PM Subject: [MOIRON] FW: 29 May 2004 > > > 9 May 2004 > MO-ABSTRACTS > A Read-Only List > ``````````````````````` > > Below you will find some names and dates gleaned from a book, > which my dear husband recently bought for me at an auction. > (He knows how much these books mean to me, as he is aware > that I love the genealogical community.) The information will be > in no particular order. If you want me to check the page where > there is a name of interest to you, make sure you send me the > name and the page number... along with the name of the source. > You can reach me directly at [email protected] > > Leslie > ````````` > > page 21: James B. EADS (23 May 1820-8 Mar 1887) > > page 23: A.W. DONIPHAN (9 Jul 1808-8 Aug 1887) > > page 24: Joshua BARTON killed in a duel with Thomas > C. RECTOR - 1823 > > page 25: Hamilton R. GAMBLE (29 Nov 1798-31 Jan 1864) > > page 26: A battle between whites and Indians occurred in > > > ==== MOIRON Mailing List ==== > Coordinator of Iron county Missouri Web Page > http://www.rootsweb.com/~moiron2/ > Last updated Sep 2002 > > ============================== > 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 > >