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tions two and three, town nine, range twelve. He now has charge of seven hundred and twenty acres all under cvultivation except seventy-five acres in alfalfa and one hundred and sixty in pasture, of which he owns four hundred and forty. The property is improved with a large two-story frame house, substan- tial barns, cattle corrals and hog sheds. He is doing remarkably well in cattle and hogs, taking his 1919 record, which shows that so far he has sold fifty head of hogs averaging two hundred and forty pounds, and has an- other car of hogs ready, also fifty head of fat cattle, mostly White Face, that will average 1,100 pounds. He has ten head of work horses and mules, and attends to affairs over his large estate by driving a Chandler automobile. He keeps in touch with agricultural progress in this and other sections through membership in the Farmers' Grange of district twenty- seven, and is financially interested in the Farmers Elevator association of Wood River.
On September 12, 1916, Mr. McGowan married Miss Margaret C. Branigan, of Shel- by, Nebraska. She is the ninth in a family of twelve children born to Maurice and Nora (Burke) Branigan, natives of Ireland, who were married at Columbus, Nebraska. The father of Mrs. McGowan was a section fore- man in the construction of the railroad from Columbus west to Egbert, Wyoming. After leaving the railroad in 1889 he moved on his homestead near Clear Creek, Polk County, Nebraska, where he followed farming until the close of his life, in 1905. The mother of Mrs. McGowan still lives on the farm and owns two hundred and forty acres. Mrs. Mc- Gowan has been very active in Red Cross work and has taken special interest in the noble work done by the Knights of Columbus along the same line. Mr. McGowan is a mem- ber of this organization. Both belong to St. Mary's Catholic church at Wood River.
CHARLES A. DAHLSTROM .- In re- calling the fine men of Hall County now passed away mention must be made of Charles August Dahlstrom, who, for many years was known and respected here. He came to Hall County with but little to show for the hard labor of a long period before, but when he died, December 14, 1911, he left a rich man's estate, owning one thousand and forty acres of well improved land.
Charles August Dahlstrom was born in Sweden, April 20, 1856, a son of August Hockhanson Dahlstrom. After completing his elementary education he attended an agri- Digitized by tengegle
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cultural college at Wennersborg, Sweden, for two years. In 1879 he came to the United States and found his first work in a factory at Boston, Massachusetts. From there he went to Omaha. After working on a farm near that city for a time, he removed to Polk County, where he engaged in farming for about fifteen years. He then came to Hall County and remained until the end of his life, an honest, steady, hard-working farmer. He was unusually successful after coming here, soon acquiring a fine farm and when he died left not only a fine inheritance in a material way, but a good name, and a family that re- flects still further credit on it. He was a large cattle owner and feeder, often marketing five hundred head of cattle and six hundred head of hogs a year. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church in Grand Island, and belonged to the Modern Woodmen at the same place.
In Polk County Mr. Dahlstrom was united in marriage to Miss Fanny Spong, the cere- mony taking place November 11, 1883. Five children were born to them: George a farmer in Holt County; Nora, the wife of E. J. Long, a member of one of the old pioneer families of Hall County; Frank Richards, who served one year in the National army in the aviation department, attended the Massachusetts School of Technology, then was stationed at Brookfield, Texas, where, as a lieutenant he had charge of the operation of 62 aeroplanes for the government; Fannie May, in the em- ploy of the government at Washington, D. C., and Neva, who resides with her mother at Alda, after seven months in a government posi- tion at Washington. Mr. Dahlstrom was a Democrat in his political views but he could never be induced to accept a political office.
WILLIAM R. CUNNINGHAM, in the employ of the Fairmont Creamery Company, of Grand Island, is a native of the neighbor- ing state of Iowa, and was born in Mills County, December 24, 1871.
His parents, Alexander and Carrie S. (Slat- er) Cunningham, were natives of Pennsyl- vania, the father was born in Fulton County and the mother in Washington County. They were married July 4, 1865, and for many years resided in Iowa where the father followed the occupation of farming. In 1898 they became residents of Nebraska. Alexander Cunningham was a soldier in the Civil War, having served the full three years and was one of those for- tunate enough to serve a full term and return home without having been wounded. He was
prominent in the I. O. O. F. lodge and assisted in organizing a number of lodges.
William R. was the fourth child in a family of six, and was reared on a farm. His edu- cation was acquired in the public schools of Iowa, and he also attended the Western Nor- mal College at Shenandoah. His parents then removed to Missouri, and there he assisted his father in the operation of a farm.
August 21, 1895, occurred the marriage of William R. Cunningham and Miss Balsa L. Peery, who was born in Nodaway County, August 31, 1877, Her parents are Granville and Amanda E. (Harlan) Peery. They were both natives of Missouri, the father born in Grundy County and the mother in Gentry County. Granville Peery was left an orphan at the age of seven years and became one of the early settlers of Nodaway County where he engaged in farming until he retired. He and his wife now live at Elmo, Missouri. Mrs. Cunningham was fifth in a family of twelve children and by her marriage has become the mother of seven children, as follows: Oren E., a young man of twenty-two, is a member of the American Expeditionary Force, and is now in France in the service of his country (see his record and photograph in the soldiers sec- tion). Urah J., is a graduate of the Grand Is- land high school and is in her junior year at the Kearney State Normal School, and will teach the coming year; Eldon P., is a junior in the Grand Island high school, and is, during his vacation employed by the Fremont Cream- ery Company; Verle E., aged fifteen, and Royle R., are attending school; one child, William E., died in infancy; and Harlan E., aged four, completes the family.
The family are members of the Christian church in the work of which they are very active. Mrs. Cunningham is treasurer of the Dorcas Society. During the war she was a liberal supporter and great worker in the do- ings of the Red Cross.
Mr. Cunningham and his family came to Grand Island seven years ago and for a time he was employed by the American Express Company. He then was an employe of the Fairmont Creamery Company. On the 13th of August, 1919, he went back to the express com- pany. Since coming to this city they have made themselves valuable members of the best co- ciety and are held in the highest esteem by all who know them.
ROBERT BRUCE RAY. - Though not a native of Nebraska, the subject of this record has been a resident of the state since the age
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of three years. He was born in Knox County, Illinois, July 26, 1885. His parents were Archi- bald M. and Rachel (McCormick) Ray, of whom mention is made on another page of this volume, in a sketch prepared for William Wal- lace Ray.
Robert Bruce Ray was reared on a farm and attended the country schools, later entering the high school in Tecumseh, after which he be- came a student in the State Normal at Peru, Nebraska, from which he was graduated with the class of 1906. For three years he suc- cessfully engaged in teaching school, and then for a time he solicited as a canvasser of books. Since 1910 he has been a salesman for the Walrath and Sherwood Lumber Company, and maintains his home in Grand Island. He took a soldier's part in the great World War, as will be seen from his record in the military chapter of this history.
On January 2, 1907, Mr. Ray married Miss Mary Phoebe Sheppard, who was born near Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska. Her parents are William H. and Harriet W. (Ware) Shep- pard, who were among the early settlers in Polk County and it is said that they erected the first frame dwelling in that neighborhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray are the parents of three children : Harriet Rachel, born November 5, 1907; Willa Gertrude, born August 11, 1909; and Robert Bruce, Jr., born January 2, 1915.
He is a member of the Masonic, B. P. O. E. and U. C. T. lodges. The family occupy a comfortable home which they own, at 324 Wes: Tenth street.
WILLIAM WALLACE RAY .- Because centrally located, together with the fact that it offers unusually good accommodations in the way of railway travel, Grand Island is a very desirable place to live in the capacity of travel- ling salesman. The subject of this record is one of those who have found it convenient to avail himself of the opportunities thus af- forded and has made his home in Grand Is- land for the past seventeen years.
William Wallace Ray was born in Yates City, Knox County, Illinois, October 2, 1876. His parents were Archibald M. and Rachel (McCormick) Ray, both of whom were na- tives of Ireland, the former born at Belfast, May 27, 1846, and the latter in the County of Antrim, August 13, 1850. They were brought to America by their representative parents when twelve years of age. They were mar- ried in Douglas County, Illinois, in August, 1874, and the father became a farmer residing in Knox County until 1888. When he came
to Nebraska he settled near Bladen, and con- tinued to be an agriculturist until his death which occurred August 17, 1897. The mother still resides on the old home place.
William Wallace acquired his education in the public schools of Illinois and Nebraska, his early training being supplemented by a course in the Nebraska State Normal School, at Peru, from which he was graduated with the class of 1902. His early years in business were devoted to farming, stockraising and teaching. For the past eleven years he has been in the wholesale lumber business, and is vice-president of the Ottawa Lumber Com- pany, which has extensive lumber interests in northern Michigan. Mr. Ray looks after the business of the firm over a wide territory, his field covering a large part of Nebraska, East- ern Colorado and Eastern Wyoming. He is also a stockholder and director in the Bladen Lumber Company of Bladen, Nebraska.
At Bladen, Nebraska, December 29, 1902, was solemnized the marriage of William Wal. lace Ray and Miss Blanche Cather. Mrs. Ray is a native of Nebraska. She was born near Bladen, October 21 1878. After completing the prescribed course of study taught in the public schools, she became a student in Grand Island College, from which she was graduated with the class of 1901, with the A. B. degree. The parents of Mrs. Ray were George P. and Frances Cather, the former born in Virginia, while the latter was a native of Boston, Massa- chuesetts and was a graduate of the Mount Holyoke Seminary.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray has been blessed with the birth of three healthy chil- dren : George Cather, born November 9, 1907; Margaret Blanche, born October 2, 1911; and Frances Eleanor, born October 27, 1913.
A brother of Mrs. Ray was Lieutenant G. P. Cather, Jr., who fell at Cantigny, France, May 28, 1918, being the first Nebraska officer to lose his life in the World War. Lieutenant Cather was a member of the First Division. Twenty-sixth Infantry, being under command of Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Mr. Ray is a member of several fraternal organizations, being a Mason and has taken both the Knight Templar and Shriner degrees of that organization. His name is also found on the membership of B. P. O. E. and U. C. T. lodges of Grand Island. He exercises the right of franchise in support of men he deems best fitted for the office regardless of party affilia- tions. He is an ardent admirer of President Woodrow Wilson, who has just piloted the United States through one of the most trying times in its history.
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ABBOT, a trading center, 143 Abbott, O. A., writes of first constitutional convention, 186; lieutenant governor, 189; first attorney in county, 423
Aero Campany, 262
Agriculture, growth of, in the county, 223
Agricultural organizations, 225 Agricultural Society, organiza- tion of, 229
Alda, town of, 142; banks in, 311; its schools, 360; its lodges, 385
Alda State Bank, 311 Alda township, 157
Alfalfa, introduction of, into Nebraska, 224
American Investment Com- pany, 314
Amsberry, Darius M., secretary of state, 190
Ancient Order of United Workmen in Grand Island, 376; in county, 377 Anderson, Jack, gives glimpses of early life in Hall County, 93
Anderson-Smith Massacre, 76 Anzeiger and Herald, 400
Ashlar lodge, A. F. & A. M., first Masonic in county, 368 Ashton, Fred W., an attorney, 426 Astorian Expedition, 5 Athletic organizations, 381 Augustine Company, printers, 247
Automobile industry, 255
BACON, W. R., an early attor- ney, 425
Bands in county, 381 Banks, 297 Bank of Commerce, 303 Bank of Doniphan, 307 Baptist church : First in Grand Island, 343; Immanuel, 343 Barnard, Richard C., represen- tative in the legislature, 183 Barnes, Eli A., writes of the settlement of Prairie Creek township, 156
Barton, Silas R., state auditor, 189; member of congress, 194 Barr, George H., an early attor- ney, 425
Barr, Robt. J., elected princi- pal of Grand Island schools, 357
GENERAL INDEX
Bassett, Samuel C., writes of "A Broken Axle," 92
Bates, J. M., describes the flora of Hall County, 198
Beet Sugar industry, 230; fac- tory, 239
Bell, George B., banker, 301 Bentley, Charles F., banker, 300 Bessey, Dr. C. E., writes of alfalfa, 224
Bicycle industry, 260
Black Hills, expedition to, 229
Blain Horse and Mule Com- pany, 252
Blizzard of 1888, 202
Board of Supervisors, record of first meeting of, 171; mem- bers and proceedings of sub- sequent boards, 172 ff
Board of Trade, 291
Boyd, James E., 75
Bradstreet & Clemens Co., 251
Brittin, N. F., 124
Brown Fruit Co., 254
Building and Loan Associa- tions, 311
Burger, W. J., writes of the early history of the south side of the Platte River, 145 Business Men's Club, 291
CAIRO, town of, 138; its govern- ment, 138; business houses, 140; its banks, 310; its schools, 361; its lodges, 385 Cameron township, 152
Campbell ranch, Indian raid, 41
Campbell, J. R., writes of pio- neer days in Western Ne- braska, 42
Canal bonds, issuance of de- feated, 170
Catholic church ; history of, 328; Grand Island Parish, 329; Wood River parish, 331; Grand Island diocese, 332 Center township, 157
Central Labor Union, 394
Central Nebraska Republican, 402
Central Power Company of. Grand Island, 113
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, 326 Christian church, Grand Is- land, 346 Christian Science, 347 Cigar factories, 245
Citizens'. State Bank of Wood River, 308
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Citizens' State Bank, 297 Civil War, one man entered from Hall County, 433 Clapp, Mrs. Sarah, tells of work of Major North, 40
Cleary, James, early business leader, 266
. Clerks of District Court, list of, 177
Clifford, Henry E., 425 Columbus, mentioned, 11 Commercial Club, 292; mem- bers of, 293
Commercial Exchange Bank of Doniphan, 307
Commercial State Bank, 304 Congregational church: First in Grand Island, 345; in Doniphan, 346
Constitutional Conventions, names of men who repre- sented Hall County in, 185; O. A. Abbott writes of ones held in 1871-1875, 186
Coon, Rev. R. R., writes of Grand Island College, 364 Coroners of Hall County, 178 Country Club, 383 County attorneys, 178
County clerks, list of, 177
County commissioners, early proceedings of, 167 ff
County Council of Defense, 443,
460; Women's auxiliary of, 461
County treasurers, list of, 177 Court House, bonds voted for, 169, 175; farewell to the old, 421 Courts of the county, 413 ff Cowboy regime, 97 Cowboys, the, 65 Creameries. 241 Cyclone of 1919, 204
DAILY-ESTABROOK CONTEST, 182 Dairying, 227
Darnell, J. H., an early attor- ney, 424
Davenport Company, failure of, 13, 22 Degree of Honor in Grand Island, 377 Democrat, The, 400
Democratic convention, first territorial, 181 Denman, Z. H., 158 Dentists of Hall County, 410 Deuel Chapter, R. A. M., 369 Dey, Peter A., railroad engi- neer, 319 District Court, first in Hall Digitized by Google
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County, 413; beginning of court work in county, 423 Dodge, Grenville M., railroad builder, 316 Dodge School, mentioned, 353 Dolan Fruit Co., 253
Doniphan : town of, 132 ; officers in, 134; commercial interests, 136; early settlement near, 146; Methodist church in, 339; Congregational church in, 346; its schools, 359; lodges, 385; its newspapers, 404
Doniphan, Bank of, 307; Com- mercial Exchange Bank of, 307
Donald Company, The, 253 Doyle, Thirza M., gives histori- cal information, 386
EAGLES FRATERNAL ORDER OF, 379
Edward, Herschel A., 425
Eldridge, W. G., an early set- tler in Alda township, 157 Elevator enterprises, 234 Elks in Grand Island, 378 Episcopal church, 332
-Equitable Building and Loan Association, 312
Etting Candy Company, 254 Ewing, James, 126
FAIRMONT CREAMERY COMPANY 242
Farm Bureau, 232
Farmers Mercantile Company of Cairo, 235 Farmers State Bank of Cairo, 310 Farmers' unions, 233; Co-oper- ative Exchange of, 235 Federal Fuel Administration, 465
Fifth Nebraska Infantry, his- tory of, 436; roster of mem- bers of Company M., 438 Finch, Dr. D. A., 411 Financial institutions, 297 First National Bank, 302 Foght, H. W., writes of the Pawnees, 38
Food Administration, 464 Fort Independence, 27, 49 Fort Kearny, 433
Fort Kearny and Nebraska City road, 59 Fort O. K., 49 Four minute men, 465 Fremont, town of, mentioned, 11 Fremont, John C., describes Grand Island, 7
Free Press, 402
GALLUP, I. C., HORSE AND MULE COMPANY, 252 Ganville, Richard C., an early attorney, 425 Gerrard, Leander, unsuccess- ful candidate for the legis- lature, 183
Goettsche-Frauen Massacre, 29, 50 Gould, Jay, aids in grasshopper plague, 33
G. A. R. Building Association, 435
Grand. Army of the Republic, 434
Grand Island: Fremont's des- cription of, 7; settlement, 12, 15; personnel of first colony, 19; second colony, 21; set- tlement protected, 27; organi- zation of, 101; list of officers of, 103; parks, 110; fire de- partment, 111; municipal im- provements, 112; revenue and taxation, 115; street railway system, 118; industrial enter- prises in, 236 ff; commercial history, 263; hotels, 269; banking in, 297; churches, 328; schools in, 351; bonds voted on, 353; early census of, 355; early graduates from high school, 356; fraternal organizations, 392; press in, 395; physicians, 405
Grand Island Banking Com- pany, 298
Grand Island Brewery, 239
Grand Island Building and Loan Association, 311
Grand Island Business and Normal College, 362
Grand Island Canning Factory, 238
Grand Island College, 363
Grand Island Culvert & Metal Works, 246
Grand Island Electric Company, 113
Grand Island General Hospital, 410
Grand Island Horse and Mule Company, 252
Grand Island Loan and Trust Company, 314
Grand Island National Bank, 298
Grand Island and Northwest- ern Railroad Company, bonds voted for, 169
Grand Island Stock yards, 249 Grand Island Telephone Com- pany, 248
Grange movement, 226
Grasshopper plague, 14, 31; congress asked for aid, 31; 196; poem on, 198 Guenther, William, gives ac- count of settlement of Lake township, 160
HAINLINE & SON LAUNDRY, 246 Hall, Judge Augustus, bio- graphical sketch of, 183
Hall County, discoveries affect- ing, 2; settlement of, 10 ff ; first things in 23; public lands surveyed in, 30; early Indians in, 34 ff; effect of Oregon trail on, 57; map of, 60; arrival of permanent set-
tlers in; 64; cowboy regime in, 65; early days in, 77 ff; last years of Indian occupa- tion in, 88; townships of, 145; township government in, 161; list of early voters in, 161; organization of, 166; first records of, 167; early proceedings of official board of, 168; townships formed, 171; fiftieth anniversary of, 179; part of, in state and federal governments, 181; list of senators represent- ing, 184; members of lower house of legislature from, 184; representatives from, in early constitutional conven- tions, 185; state officers from, 188;fauna, flora, and natural history of, 195; topography and soil survey of, 207; agriculture, live stock and dairying in, 223, 227; beet sugar industry in, 230; indus- trial history of, 236; bank- ing in, 297; railroads, 316; churches, 328; schools of, 348; fraternal and social organizations, 368; organized labor in, 392; press of, 395; medical and dental profession, 405; bench and bar, 413; chronological survey of coun- ty's progress, 429; in mili- tary affairs, 433; in the World War, 441; list of sons in war, 468
Hall County Board, 225
Immigration
Hamann, August, describes cyclone of 1919, 204
Hanssen, John M., writes of early schools, 350 Harrison township, 154
Harrison, T. O. C., Supreme Court justice, 190 Harte, Bret, poem by, 319
Hayman, Winfield S., an attor- ney, 426
Hedde, Fred, an early business leader, 265 Hedde, Frederick, narrative of, 11,
Herman Nelson Lumber and Supply Co., 245 Home Guards, 463 Home Savings Bank, 305 Horse, Mule and Cattle Mar- ket, Grand Island, 250 Horth, Ralph R., an attorney, 425 Hospitals, 409 Hotels in Grand Island, 269 Hoye, Patrick, 125 Hurst Sash and Door Co., 244
INDIANS : cause scare in 1864, 14; visit colony in 1858, 21; first massacre by, 25; Paw- nees treacherous, 28; early inhabitants of Hall County, 34; the Sioux, 39; outbreak
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of 1864, 39; raid the Camp- bell ranch, 41; journeying to the hunt, 50; dance of, 51; horsethieves, 53; last years of occupancy of Platte Val- ley, 88 ff. Immigration Board, 290 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 372 Independent, The, 396
JACKSON JAMES, 123 Jackson-Wood River town- ship, 150; early landholders in, 152 Jim Boyd Ranch, 75
KELLY WELL CO., 246 Kelso, J., broom manufacturer, 244 Knights of Columbus, 377 Knights of Pythias in Grand Island, 375 Knights Templar, Mt. Lebanon Commandery, 370
Koenig, Henry A., state treas- urer, 189; an early business leader, 265
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, 392 Ladies' Auxiliary, B. or R. T., 386 Lake township, 160
Land, rapid rise in value, of 221 Laundries, 245 Lawyers of Hall County, 423 Lewis and Clark Expedition, 4 Letton, Judge Charles B., des- cribes storm of 1873, 201 Liberty Loan Campaign, 462 Long's Expedition, 7, 37 Loup Valley Packing Company, 249
Lutheran Church : Evangelical Lutheran Trinity, Grand Is- land, 340; St. Paul's English, 341; Evangelical Lutheran, 342
MCALLISTER, W. R., early busi- ness man, 266 McDonald Co., D. H., 246 MacMurray, S., 125 Maccabees, 380 Maher, John, 152 Martin, George, 149 Mankin, Richard, 125 Martin township, 147 Martin, W. E., writes of the Platte Valley, 88
Masonic lodges in Hall Coun- ty, 368
Masonic Building Association, 370 Mayfield township, early remin- iscences of, by R. C. Perkins, 154
Menck, Christian, writes of "An Early Hall County Bridal Couple," 16 Merchants Clubs, 291 Methodist church: First, in
Grand Island, 335; Trinity, 339; in Wood River, 339; in Alda, 339; in Doniphan, 339 Michelson, James, early busi- ness leader, 266 Miller, Dr. Howard C., 411 Milling industry, 237.
Minton-Woodward Company, 253
Mitchell-Ketchum-Olive trag- edy, 66
Mitchell Serum Co., 247
Mitchell, W. W., 127
Modern Brotherhood of Amer- ica, 380
Modern Woodmen of America, 381
Moore, Anthony, 151 Moore, Patrick, 151
Moose, Loyal Order of, 379 Mormons, 63
Mothers' Teachers' Federated Club, 390 Moving picture industry, 255
NAGEL, THEODORE, first school teacher in county, 348
Nebraska: beginning of his tory of, 2; changes in terri- tory of, 7; initial steps in for- mation of, 8; territorial gov- ernment of prior to 1858, 9; . population in 1857, 11; Paw- nees in, 35; trails across, 56 ff .; first statehood election, 183; in the World War, 441 Nebraska Loan & Trust Com- pany, 315
Nebraska Mercantile Co., 253 Nebraska State Bank, 306
Nebraska Telephone Company, 247
Nelson, Luella B., gives history of Rebekahs, 373
"Nezarrezarries," 48 Nichelson, James, Jr., gives in- formation on Loyal Order of Moose, 379; Royal Highland- ers, 380
North, Major Frank, and his Pawnee scouts, 40 North & Robinson Company, 142
"O. K. STORE," 263 Olive, I. P., 66 ff. Oliver, Edward, Sr., 93 Oregon Trail, 57 Overland Trail, 58
PACIFIC FUR CORPORATION, 5, note
Paine-Fishburn Granite Com- pany, 242 Paine, Ira T., Sr., writes his- tory of First Methodist church of Grand Island, 335 Parochial schools in county, 366 Patterson, Dr. J. P., quoted, 263 Paul, Col. H. J., writes history
of. Fifth Nebraska Infantry, 436
Pawnees, largest tribe that lived in Nebraska, 35; decay of, 38; Major Frank North and Pawnee Scouts, 40
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