Copyright: 93.1H.113 Last Indian Raid in KS Marker, c. 1960
Name/Title
Last Indian Raid in Kansas in 1878 Historical Markers, Photos (2), c. 1960
Entry/Object ID
P1993.1H.113
Description
Last Indian Raid in Kansas in 1878 Historical Markers, Photos (2), c. 1960. b/w. Photos of two historical markers Marks the location of a raid by homesick Northern Cheyenne who had been removed to Oklahoma who stole away under Chief Dull Knife to return to their lands. On their way in Kansas they killed and plundered in the western counties. Decatur County is in the western section of Kansas on its Nebraska border. Nineteen people were killed in this county at Sappa Creek.
Both a roadside historical marker (#113) and an obelisk monument (#114) in a cemetery are included in these photos. See 75.7.3 for brochure about this raid.
93.1H.114 Inscription: "In memory of the Pioneer settlers of Decatur county, killed in the last Indian massacre in Kansas by a band of Northern Cheyenne "Indians, Sept. 30, 1878."
Original digital scan located on History CD 03.
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1960
Place
County
Decatur County
State/Province
Kansas
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Native American, Cheyenne, Kansas History, Indian Raids in Kansas, Decatur County, Kansas
