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Gray, Corp. Granville, Beatrice, April 1, 1919. Graves, Julius E., Tilden, Nov. 9, 1918. Gunn, Leon B., Hickman, Nov. 25, 1918. Gustus, Vanner A., Callaway, Dec. 20, 1918. Gyllenstore, Arvin L., Wausa, Dec. 12, 1918. · Hagelin, Corp. Paul A., Wahoo, Dec. 17, 1918. Hampson, Arthur F., Harrison, March 19, 1919. Hand, Charles E., Red Cloud, Dec. 3, 1918. Hansen, Alex E., Adams, Dec. 25, 1918. Hare, Corp. Warren, Albion, Dec. 24, 1918. Harris, Dean, Alliance, Dec. 15, 1918. Harrison, Albert F., Indianola, Dec. 19, 1918. Hasse, Corp. John Glenvil, Nov. 30, 1918. Hawley, Lieut. Mones J., Nebraska City, April 4, 1919.
Hawley, Wagoner James A., Omaha, Feb. 17, 1919. Heller, Victor, South Omaha, March 14, 1919. Hicks, Earl R., Naponee, Jan. 4, 1919. Hild, Sergt. Emile J., Plattsmouth, Dec. 18, 1918. Hohnberg, Arvid G., Fremont, Dec. 20, 1918. Humphrey, George W., Elgin, Nov. 23, 1918. Hynes, Frederick, Crawford, Dec. 19, 1918. Ingram, Roy E., Stromsburg, Dec. 19, 1918. Inman, George L., Seneca, July 22, 1918. Jackson, Ralph L., Alma, Feb. 15, 1919. Johnson, Joseph T., Winside, Feb. 24, 1919. Johnson, Val, Bethany, Nov. 29, 1918. Jones, Floyd A., Wymore, April 7, 1919. Kamper, William L., Palmer, Dec. 12, 1918. Karmatz, Charles F., Burr Oak, Nov. 6, 1918. "Kell, Henry, Elgin, Jan. 13, 1919. Kellogg, Francis L., Hendley, Feb. 15, 1919. Kennedy, William C., Elsie, Nov. 19, 1918. Kent, Ernest D., Minatare, Dec. 15, 1918. Kissane, Jerry J., Omaha, Sept. 10, 1918. Kline, Frank K., South Sioux City, Dec. 5, 1918. Klinginsmith, Jason S., St. Paul, Nov. 21, 1918. Kriz, Joseph F., Dodge, Dec. 3, 1918. Kunzman, Joseph Richard, Albion, Oct. 22, 1918. Larson, Edwin, Wahoo, Nov. 14, 1918. Leschinsky, Armand J., Grand Island, Nov. 25, 1918. Lewis, H. A., Fullerton, July 24, 1918. Libolt, Orlin J. L., Burton, Jan. 23, 1919. Long, Benjamin H., Havelock, Nov. 12, 1918. Longberg, Alfred S., Lynch, Nov. 25, 1918. Ludwig, John W., Amherst, Dec. 18, 1918. McCaig, Joseph C., New York, Dec. 12, 1918. McCoy, Marion, Alliance, Sept. 6, 1918. McDonald, Hugh E., Belvidere, Dec. 5, 1918. McDonald, Willis E., Omaha, March 19, 1919. McEntaffer, Harry M., Emerson, Jan. 2, 1919. McFarland, Jess, Albion, Dec. 2, 1918. McFate, Corp. Ralph W., Gothenburg, Dec. 18, 1918. McKennan, Corp. Sylvester V., Lincoln, Dec. 26, 1918. McKibbin, Everett L., Emmet, Dec. 4, 1918. McMillen, Frank J., Shelby, Oct. 11, 1918. McMullen, Arlie C., Wauneta, Nov. 25, 1918. McNurlin, Walter B., Stanton, Dec. 4, 1918.
McWilliams, Eugene L., Shelton, June 22, 1918. Mally, Anton, Bee, Nov. 12, 1918.
Marficie, Frank J., Omaha, Nebr. Martin, Lieut. Ralph R., Bellevue, Jan. 9, 1919. Mathias, Oscar L., Diller, Nov. 29, 1918. Mette, Curtis J., Beverly, Nov. 21, 1918. Meyers, Harry E., Preston, April 2, 1919. Miller, Glen, Brunswick, March 6, 1919. Miller, Cook Harry S., Tecumseh, Dec. 6, 1918. Miller, Merritt B., Pawnee City, Jan. 14, 1919. Mills, Ira, Valparaiso, Nov. 27, 1918. Morgan, David R., Virdel, Nov. 27, 1918. Morgan, Harvey Jones, Elwood, Nov. 12, 1918. Morrison, Glenn, Loomis, Nov. 13, 1918. Mudra, Vincent, Walnut, Dec. 5, 1918. Munday, Ralph H., Statesville, March 12, 1919. Neidi, Frank E., Meadow Grove, Jan. 2, 1919. Nekolite, John M., Columbus, Dec. 20, 1918. Nelson, Theodore, Fremont, Nov. 25, 1918. Northrup, Leslie N., Giltner, Nov. 16, 1918. Ott, John H., Dunning, Oct. 10, 1918. Parkinson, Lieut. Charles R., Lincoln, Nov. 22, 1918. Paxton, George G., Valentine, Dec. 25, 1918. Pendergast, Everett R., Chambers, Nov. 29, 1918. Peters, Fred W., Verdel, Nov. 29, 1918. Peterson, Andrew E., Yutan, Dec. 19, 1918. Peterson, Johannes S., St. Paul, Nov. 27, 1918. Phillipps, Walter T., Freedom, March 28, 1919. Pierson, Arthur H., Salem, Aug. 7, 1918. Porter Lynn T., Crookston, Nov. 22, 1918. Quisenberry, Corp. Wm. M., Wood River, March 22, 1919. Ramsey, Richard B., McCool, Dec. 20, 1918. Raphael, Joseph S., Grand Island, Nov. 21, 1918. Rees, George W., Palisade, Nov. 23, 1918. Remington, Claud A., Polk, Jan. 9, 1919. Rhodes, Raymond R., Nebraska City, Dec. 25, 1918.
Richardson, John H., Hordville, Dec. 24, 1918. Richardson, Jolın R., Hordville, Dec. 30, 1918. Ridge, Forrest, McGrew, Nov. 4, 1918. Roberts, John W., Riverdale, Nov. 21, 1918. Roinjarek, Stanley A., Farwell, Nov. 12, 1918. Romano, Frank W., Kearney, Nov. 21, 1918.
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Rose, Joe, Blue Hill, Dec. 8, 1918. Royal, Joe F.,-Archer, Nov. 26, 1918. Sandall, Corp. John C., York, Nov. 27, 1918. Sarber, Chas. O., Beatrice, Nov. 19, 1918. Sauter, Gage G., Arnold, Nov. 21, 1918. Sayre, Eric O., Waterbury, Dec. 29, 1917. Schrieber, Sergt. Harry F., Nebraska City, Dec. 27, 1918. Scott, William H., Lincoln, Dec. 17, 1918. Severyn, Joseph F., Schuyler, Nov. 6, 1918. Shade, Louis F., Blair, Nov. 27, 1918. Shepard, Claude E., White, Dec. 3, 1918. Sheppard, Stanley W., Irvington, Nov. 25, 1918. Simpson, Frank H., Wauneta, Nov. 25, 1918. Slapnicka, John, Omaha, Dec. 17, 1918. Smith, Fred S., Norfolk, Jan. 18, 1919. Smith, Jas. L., Lorenzo, Dec. 14, 1918. Solomon, George F., Burton, Dec. 14, 1918. Sparks, George N., Sidney, Dec. 2, 1918. Stewart, George C., Enders, Nov. 26, 1918. Stozak, Edward, Tobias, Jan. 9, 1919. Streeton, Charles V., Callaway, Dec. 7, 1918. Stuehrk, Ernest L., Cedar Bluffs, Dec. 20, 1918. Sturdevant, Capt. Fred F., Gordon, Nov. 30, 1918. Sullivan, John L., Palisade, Dec. 6, 1918. Sundell, W. N., Irvington, Aug. 3, 1918. Sundquist, Edwin A., Lyons, Nov. 12, 1918. Super, B., Lindsay, Aug. 12, 1918. Telsen, Albert L., Ainsworth, Jan. 9, 1919. Terry, Ira R., Oxford, Nov. 11, 1918. Walker, Dean C., Dunbar, Nov. 26, 1918. Waters, Howard M., Atkinson, Nov. 29, 1918. Webb, Chester H., Merna, Nov. 21, 1918. Weiger, Albert M., Hartington, Nov. 27, 1918. West, Roger C., Comstock, Dec. 25, 1918. Weyerts, Henry C., Curley, Dec. 18, 1918. Whitmer, Clarence E., Lincoln, Oct. 7, 1918. Wilkinson, Robert, Strang, Nov. 30, 1918. Wilson, Harold L., Red Cloud, Dec. 18, 1918. Wook, Frank P., Norfolk, Nov. 21, 1918. Wright, Sergt. Charles R., Scottsbluff, Dec. 3, 1918.
Young, Adam D., Superior, Dec. 19, 1918. Young, Roland D., Wausa, Dec. 12, 1918.
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REPORTED DIED OF WOUNDS.
Achen, Glen L., Alma, Sept. 22, 1918. Alley, Corp. Lance, Whitman, Oct. 27, 1918. Anderson, Corp. Arthur W., Valparaiso, April 7, 1919. Art, John A., Omaha, May 13, 1918. Baatz, Herman F., Western, Dec. 4, 1918. Babb, James E., South Omaha, Dec. 14, 1918. Bates, Robert H., Wahoo, Nov. 25, 1918. Beck, Reuben, Scotia, Sept. 27, 1918. Belz, Fred F., Stanton, Dec. 4, 1918. . Bejlek, Albert, Omaha, Nov. 7, 1918. Benham, Thomas E., Lincoln, Dec. 21, 1918. Bergstrasser, Otto A., Sterling, Oct. 12, 1918. Bernasek, Frank, Geneva, Oct. 5, 1918. Bettenhausen, William, West Point, Dec. 6, 1918. Blanty, John A., Linwood, Nov. 23, 1918. Boeckner, Henry J., Plymouth, Aug. 21, 1918. Bossard, Harry Vern, Papillion, Sept. 26, 1918. Bouder, Emil, Omaha, Dec. 2, 1918. Bower, William, Riverton, Nov. 7, 1918. Brodine, Edward, Elm Creek, Jan. 11, 1919. Brown, Ralph A., Crofton, Dec. 7, 1918. Campbell, Roe E., Steele City, Dec. 20, 1918. Carroll, Frank J., Lynch, Dec. 8, 1918. Chavet, Corp. Albert A., Ellis, Dec. 16, 1918. Clyde, Joe N., Paddock, Dec. 21, 1918. Colling, Mathias H., Indianola, Oct. 7, 1918. Cullers, Amos C., Crawford, Dec. 4, 1918. Crow, Arthur J., Omaha, March 22, 1919. Crownie, Brodie G., South Sioux City, Aug. 12, 1918. Crigler, James W., Nelson, Dec. 7, 1918. Davis, Henry H., Kearney, Dec. 4, 1918. Dawson, Elsa, Fork, Nov. 14, 1918. Day, Robert J., Aurora, Nov. 20, 1918. Deveney, John F., Omaha, Dec. 11, 1918. Donegan, Noel C., North Platte, Dec. 27, 1918. Dowlin, Corp. William D., Chadron, Dec. 21, 1918. Dusenberry, Elbert A., Aurora, Oct. 12, 1918. Dwyer, Daniel J., Omaha, Nov. 30, 1918. Fairchild, Fred H., Lemoyne, Dec. 24, 1918. Fassnacht, Harry W., Fairmont, July 22, 1918. Fix, Willard L., Milford, Nov. 21, 1918. Flynn, Capt. Arthur E., Jr., Hastings, Dec. 26, 1918. Fisher, Henry S., Hastings, Sept. 12, 1918. - Forbes, George, Arcadia, Oct. 12, 1918. Fryer, Lieut. Clair P., Plainview, Dec. 16, 1918. Garretson, Jesse E., Red Cloud, Sept. 10, 1918. Golden, Victor E., Byron, Nov. 21, 1918. Gray, Corp. Artie N., Omaha, Dec. 4, 1918. Goodenow, John W., Omaha, Oct. 12, 1918. Hagelin, Corp. Paul A., Wahoo, Jan. 8, 1919. Hanson, Jen, Omaha, Dec. 14, 1918. Haubensak, Sergt. James H., Fremont, Jan. 18, 1919. Harroun, Alvin, Haigler, Dec. 8, 1918. Harvey, Isaac J., Wauneta, Nov. 18, 1918. Hennings, Fred D., Waco, Oct. 12, 1918. Horffner, Corp. Herbert O., Osmond, Dec. 30, 1918.
Houts, John W., Arthur, Nov. 6, 1918. Hoysel, Harlan B., Omaha, Dec. 24, 1918. Jarman, E. O., Ashland, July 16, 1918. Johnson, Sigfred O., Minden, Nov. 30, 1918. Kacin, Joseph, Clarkson, Nov. 16, 1918. Kailey, John R., Lawrence, Sept. 22, 1918. Kennedy, Edward H., Omaha, Sept. 7, 1918. Kladek, James, Omaha, Oct. 12, 1918. Kurkowski, William A., Grant, Nov. 9, 1918. Lamb, Roy T., Bloomfield, Dec. 15, 1918. Larson, Sergt. Edward H., Genoa, Nov. 19, 1918. Larson, Ernest G. O., Fremont, Dec. 15, 1918. Lee, Herman, Omaha, Oct. 12, 1918. Lenig, Harvey, Lyons, Nov. 21, 1918. Locker, Corp. Gilbert, Omaha, Dec. 4, 1918. Lovelady, Grant, Belmar, Dec. 12, 1918. McCarty, Joseph A., York, Nov. 23, 1918, McLean, John B., Riverton, Nov. 9, 1918. McLeod, Frederick D., Schuyler, July 31, 1918. McNutt, George, Palmyra, Dec. 7, 1918. McVey, Charles F., Virginia, Jan. 4, 1919. McVey, Ray H., Clearwater, Nov. 7, 1918. Mann, Louis H., Humboldt, Dec. 16, 1918. Marsney, Frank, Madison, Jan. 6, 1919. Mathers, Charles W., Tryon, Nov. 22, 1918. Melton, Bluff E., North Bend, Aug. 24, 1918. Michalowski, Bronislaw H., Kearney, Oct. 14, 1918. Miller, Frank, University Place, Sept. 11, 1918. Miller, Peter, Harvard, Nov. 7, 1918. Mitchell, Charles W., Holdrege, May 13, 1918. Montello, Mike, Omaha, Oct. 18, 1918. . Moore, Sergt. David M., Stromsburg, Nov. 22, 1918. Nachtman, Frank, Pishelville, Nov. 26, 1918. Neely, Chas. V., Kimball, Dec. 19, 1918. Nelson, Finn L., Bristow, Aug. 21, 1918. Nichols, Corp. Fred, Davenport, Dec. 4, 1918. Nissen, Corp, Jens A. W., Omaha, Dec. 4, 1918.
Oddo, Tony, Omaha, Jan. 18, 1919. Olsen, Alva F., Hartington, Sept. 12, 1918. Olsen, Clarence, Farwell, Dec. 24, 1918. Otto, Louis, Pierce, Sept. 27, 1918.
Palmer, Sergt. Harry C., Hayes Center, Dec. 14, 1918.
Peck, Corp. Frederick L., Florence, Dec. 12, 1918. Pohlman, Albert H., Seward, Sept. 2, 1918. Powers, William, Bertrand, Sept. 12, 1918. Piccolo, Angelo, Omaha, July 1, 1918. Province, Clarence L., Oconto, Nov. 21, 1918.
Radant, Oscar A., Madison, Dec. 4, 1918. Ranscher, Richard, Falls City, Oct. 12, 1918. Readinger, Sergt. Douglas H., West Point, Nov. 9, 1918. Reed, Irvin O., Hartington, Dec. 6, 1918. Rish, Joseph C., Winnetoon, Nov. 26, 1918. Robb, Vernon, Douglas, Oct. 14, 1918. Rooney, John P., Thurston, Dec. 27, 1918. Rousey, Paul M., Alma, Dec. 27, 1918. Ross, Roy C., O'Neill, Jan. 30, 1919. Rother, Frank E., Wolbach, Dec. 4, 1918. Rudge, John M., Broken Bow, Nov. 29, 1918.
Sadler, Fred B., Callaway, Dec. 5, 1918. Salsbury, Vern W., Wisner, Jan. 30, 1919. Saylor, John H., Big Springs, Dec. 16, 1918. Schick, Charles N., Table Rock, Nov. 28, 1918. Schneidermiller, John, Hastings, Dec. 2, 1918. Schnick, Frank J., Tilden, Dec. 12, 1918. Scribner, Charles F., Omaha, Feb. 13, 1919. Shalkoff, William John, Lincoln, Oct. 12, 1918. Sharp, Edward M., Loup City, Dec. 5, 1918. Sheehan, John P., Omaha, Dec. 14, 1918. Shellenbarger, Abraham, Beaver City, Jan. 22, 1919. Shoemaker, Herman, Adams, Nov. 7, 1918. Sternberg, Fred C., Tilden, Dec. 30, 1918. Stroh, Corp. Henry, Lincoln, Dec. 30, 1918. Stroup, Corp. Lee Orvil, Max, Oct. 6, 1918.
Taylor, Sergt. Arthur Cliffton, Lincoln, Dec. 17, 1918. Taylor, Verlin W., Red Cloud, Oct. 5, 1918. Thelan, Herman J., Shelby, Nov. 9, 1918. Thober, Fred H., Beatrice, Dec. 4, 1918. Toline, Arvid, Osceola, Jan. 17, 1919. Townsend, Paul O., Central City, Sept. 7, 1918. Tracy, Victor A., Elk Creek, Nov. 26, 1918. Trefholz, Julius O., Columbus, Nov. 7, 1918. Turnbull, August W., Burchard, Sept. 27, 1918.
Vansiker, Frank, Nelson, Nov. 16, 1918.
Walls, John F., Nebraska City, Nov. 30, 1918. Walther, William, Glenville, Jan. 10, 1919. Walther, William, Glenville, Jan. 17, 1919. Warner, Clarence I., Fairfield, Jan. 7, 1919. Wehmer, Henry G., Sterling, Feb. 3, 1919. Weist, Cal. A., Hemingford, Sept. 12, 1918. Welker, F. M., Lincoln, Sept. 21, 1918. Welliver, Ira, Eddyville, Sept. 10, 1918. Weyerts, Tony, Curly, Jan. 6, 1919. White, Corp. John R., Bethany, Dec. 19, 1918. Wilcox, Lemuel, Polk, Dec. 2, 1918. Wolff, Verne O., Aurora, Oct. 16, 1918. Wood, William, DeWitt, Sept. 23, 1918. Williams, Robert Loring, University Place, Oct. 14, 1918. Willis, Sergt. Robert L., Butte, Dec. 7, 1918.
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Wilson, Roicy D., Randolph, Aug. 28, 1918. Wollard, Jas. F., Hartington, Dec. 24, 1918. Wrdiake, John Beverly, Dec. 12, 1918. Young, Frank, Liberty, Aug. 28, 1918. Yund, Henry R., Grand Island, Nov. 28, 1918.
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REPORTED DIED.
Banister, J. M., Omaha, April 11, 1918. Brittenham, Floyd E., Brady Island, March 1, 1919. Connell, Lieut. Robert D., Omaha, Nov. 24, 1918. Crippen, Vincent L., Paxton, Nov. 24, 1918. Davis, Lee Packard, Dakota City, Oct. 16, 1918. Davis, Neil E., Amherst, Oct. 16, 1918. Hensley, Roy C., Lincoln, Nov. 15, 1918. Horst, Henry G., Oak, Nov. 24, 1918. Jelinek, Ferdinand, Ravenna, Feb. 28, 1919. Johnson, Emil, Grant, Nov. 15, 1918. Kalk, Ensign Stanton, Omaha, Dec. 10, 1917. Knobe, Corp. William, Falls City, March 15, 1919. McMann, Corp. Arthur B., Brownville, April 7, 1919. Norton, Harvey E., Stuart, Nov. 24, 1918. Reisinger, Charles H., David City, Nov. 15, 1918. Sidares, Nicholas, Omaha, April 2, 1919.
REPORTED DIED OF ACCIDENT.
Breese, Lieut. Winfield Starr, Lincoln, Jan. 9, 1919. Calwallader, Lieut. Chas. F., Oxford, Dec. 26, 1918. Cook, Lester C., Albion, Aug. 10, 1918. Crosier, Waldo H., St. Edward, Aug. 10, 1918. Cullip. Clarence S., Kenesaw, June 2, 1919. Deangelo, Frank, Superior, Feb. 13, 1919. Gifford, C., Hartington, Aug. 9, 1918. Herrman, Fred W., Lincoln, Jan. 6. 1918. Hunt, Jas. H., Omaha, Dec. 20, 1918. Johnson, Pjalber, Wausau, Nov. 26, 1918. Madsen, Jasper A., Heartwell, Dec. 19, 1918. Peninger, Ira A., Valparaiso, Dec. 2, 1918. Peterson, William B., Omaha, July 21, 1918. Pike, Elvin H., Bloomington, March 14, 1919. Robertson, Lewis H., Mason City, Aug. 10, 1918. Smeaton, Howard, Wood River, Marchi 20, 1919. Tyler, James M., Guide Rock, Jan. 11, 1919. Ward, John L., Lincoln, April 22, 1919.
Wood, Sergt. Ellsworth C., Omaha. Sept. 3, 1918.
"FORT ATKINSON, OR COUNCIL BLUFFS"
The following ; account of the first organized society of white people and the first periodical journal published in the territory now called Nebraska, was printed, as an editorial, in the Missouri Intelligencer of December 10, 1822. The Intelligencer was published at Franklin, which was situated on the north bank of the Missouri river, two hun- dred and five miles, by the river, above St. Louis, and at that time important as the initial and outfitting point of the Santa Fe trail.
This story is part of a large volume of similar earliest history of "the Nebraska country" which has been collected, recently, from li- braries in St. Louis and Columbia, Mo., by the undersigned for the Historical Society.
After a rather brief existence-from 1819 to 1827-Fort Atkinson was abandoned for a more practicable location, and Fort Leavenworth was established in its stead. The site of Fort Atkinson is now com- prised in the town of Fort Calhoun, sixteen miles north of Omaha .- Albert Watkins.
This spot, notwithstanding its remoteness, is daily growing on the public attention, and claiming a more general share of the national interest. Cut off, as it is, by a wide tract of uninhabited country, from the extreme bounds of western population, or placed, to use the fe- licitous language of Watts, on "earth's remotest bounds," yet it is growing into a place of great and deserved notoriety, not only as an important point in the great system of military defenses, planned by our present intelligent and national-eyed secretary of war, but as a place that is now, or soon will be, the source of the emanation of science, and the seat of the genius of literature.
This place received the name we have placed second in order in our head line from the circumstance of Lewis and Clark having, dur- ing their halt there in 1805 [August 3, 1804], held a council with the neighboring Indians, remained without further notice, until it was discovered to be a point of the first importance, in securing the safety of the growing west, against the probable incursions of our yet un- civilized western brethren, and also a point of fine check against the encroachments of our neighbors the gentlemen of the N. W. Company [ British ].
In addition to the views already exhibited, and in which we of the west feel so lively an interest, it has been attempted to enforce the oft-contested theory of combining a system of agricultural improve- ments, with a system of military discipline and defense. .
The trust of trying an experiment of such moment to the nation, and of such doubtful result, was entrusted to the charge of General Henry Atkinson. .
Whether it were the mere "fortune of war," or the genius of good selection, we know not, but so it has happened, that there fell to that post a peculiar allotment of talents and industry-of talents both nat- ural and acquired-of industry both corporeal and mental. It seems difficult to imagine how an expedition, of tho complex character of that of which we speak, could have been better conducted, or could have terminated in a result more grateful to the feelings of those who planned, or of those who executed it.
Passing over the military strength of the place, of which we con-
fess ourselves but inadequate judges, and of the clear demonstration which has been afforded of the possibility of efficiently combining military with agricultural pursuits (a demonstration that may be called an era of "glad aspect") we crave the attention of our readers. to a few features in the establishment of a moral aspect.
The officers of the establishment, notwithstanding the weight of duties imposed on them by the plan of the government, and notwith- standing the spareness of their numbers, have attended, with no little credit to themselves, to subjects of the highest scientific, literary and moral concernment.
Several of the gentlemen connected with the military mission (and especially one, whose name we regret his modesty obliges us to conceal) have, from the first establishment of the post, been engaged in a liberal and laborious investigation of the natural history of the surrounding country-others in depicting its topography-ascertain- ing, and recording, for the information and improvement of the civil- ized world, the laws, manners, customs, etc., of the aboriginal tribes who inhabit the vast fertile tract in whose vicinity they are located.
Not content with these exertions, the gentlemen have established among themselves various means of mutual excitement, and various modes of public improvement. They have, as we are credibly informed, a debating society, in which questions of the highest moral and liter- ary interest are discussed, with powers that would well befit a Ly- ceum in that East whence knowledge travelled to our remote west, and a reading room, furnished with a variety and a value of literary labor that. ought but little to be expected in this remote section of the western hemisphere.
But the circumstance which, among all these things, has most excited both our wonder and our approbation is, tliat these gentle- men have established among themselves, A WEEKLY JOURNAL, pub- lished in manuscript, on à royal sheet, elegantly and correctly exe- cuted in point of chirography; and in point of original matter not ex- ceeded by the first eastern publications of the day. We have received two numbers of this original journal-original in its plan, and, so far at least as our limited knowledge extends, original in its execution. It is a source of real regret to us that the conditions on which we obtained access to this curious journal of the doings, opinions, and feelings of an intelligent and secluded people, precludes us from hon- orably spreading some portion at least of its contents before our read-
ers. We can, however, truly say, that we have perused the columns of the "Military Journal" with pleasure and interest; that we hail its appearance as a proof, in addition to those we have already had, of the morals, literature, and cultivated taste of the "men of war" sta- . tioned at Fort Atkinson, and we cannot but express the regret we feel, that, from the remoteness of our situation, the want of the Faustian power, or the modesty of the contributors, the circulation of the "Mili- tary Journal" should extend to so small a portion of that country which derives honor from being the seat of such talent.
WORDS OF APPRECIATION
I am glad to note that the "Nebraska History and Record of Pion- eer Days" will be issued quarterly instead of monthly. It is difficult to preserve files of small issues. Am also glad to note that Volume XIX of the Society's publications was completed and will be sent out soon. William Stull, Omaha.
Will be glad to receive Volume XIX at your earliest convenience. D. W. Neill, Pawnee City.
I wish to maintain my interest in the Historical Society and thank you for calling my attention to the dues. Frank A. Bartling, Nebraska City.
I herewith enclose draft for my 1919 dues. I have only Volumes XVI, XVII and XVIII, but would like to secure the other volumes, if they can be secured at a reasonable price.
J. H. Kelly, Gothenburg.
Many thanks for your splendid work.
Andrew Young, Jr., Craig.
I am enclosing to you herewith United States National Bank of Omaha cashier's check for $2.00 to pay my 1919 dues in your Society. It affords me great pleasure and satisfaction to send you this money.
Please accept from me a cordial greeting and welcome on your return home from your field of foreign endeavor in active war service.
I. W. Miner, Omaha.
I will be much pleased to receive Volume XIX of the Society's pub- lications and know it will be very interesting reading for this old settler. A. Coolidge, North Platte.
I will be thankful to receive Volume XIX of the Society's pub- lications. Mrs. Peter Mortensen, Ord.
I hasten to write and enclose check for my dues for 1919. I do not want to miss a number of your publication as I think it the great- est magazine printed in our great state. Neither can I miss a copy of Volume XIX of our state's history. Please send me a copy as soon as possible. J. H. Newlin, Harrison.
I am sending check for $2.00 dues. Will be pleased to have the A. T. Wilson, Arcadia. book.
4593 Cleveland Ave., San Diego, Cal.
We held a Nebraska picnic here on the 15th of February amid the flowers of Mission Cliff Garden. Over one hundred present. Your humble servant was chosen to preside and we carried thru an im- promptu and interesting program, which was responded to by the ready talent from Nebraska. Prof. Oberkotter, principal of the Grant school and a graduate of Doane College, was elected president of the Nebraska Association. J. H. Culver.
VOLUME XIX SOON OUT
Proof on Volume XIX of the State Historical Society volumes was read last January. Shortage of press room help has delayed its printing. It is now nearly ready to be sent out. It contains about 350 pages with many illustrations. Important articles on little known events in Nebraska history are in the volume.
OF THE STATE OF
NEBRASKA AND RECORD
HISTORY PIONEER DAYS
NEBRASKA HISTORY AND RECORD OF PIONEER DAYS
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VOLUME II.
APRIL-JUNE, 1919 NUMBER 2
A NEBRASKA CENTENNIAL
A hundred years ago next September the advance guard of the Sixth U. S. infantry regiment reached a point on the Missouri river in Washington county, Nebraska, about two miles north of the present Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway station at the vil- lage of Fort Calhoun, and began to debark from the boats in which they had journeyed from Pittsburgh to St. Louis and from St. Louis to their Nebraska destination.
It is a beautiful, wooded bottom where the landing was made, the soil rich, the grass abundant, wild animals and birds everywhere. A little stream came down from the prairie, a high bank on the west sheltered the spot selected for the first camp. At this day it is still one of the beauty spots of Nebraska.
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