Kansas 1866 Anxiety over the Pawnee

[Dutchman]

Elizabeth "Libbie" Diltz-Betzer 1843-1889. She is my great-great aunt, sister to my great-great grandmother, Clarinda Diltz. I have yet to find where Lake Libley, Kansas is so if you know let me know. She wrote this letter to her brother, George Diltz Jr, in 1866. The letter is dripping with anxiety over the threat of Pawnees attacking homesteaders. By 1880 the Betzer family were living with her parents in Tipton, Iowa.

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[archmaker]

Well I did find this "The St. Joseph and Denver Road crosses the northern tier of the counties from the Missouri River, opposite of St. Joseph Missouri, to Hasting Nebraska" it was in a report by the Kansas State board of Agriculture, 1876, Would be near Troy Ks. if that helps any.

[Czech_too]

There's a Lake Sibley in Cloud County whose area was homesteaded mainly by Swedish, Norwegian and English immigrants.
http://lostkscommunities.omeka.net/items/show/69

[Blammer]

They talked funny.

[MaryB]

I have a letter written by my great grandparents during the Sioux Uprising talking about their losses to the military and they hoped the Sioux would spare the farm. How the government owed them X amount for what they took to feed the soldiers at Fort Ridgely where they all ran too.

[LUBEDUDE]

Very interesting read. Our forerunners were tough!

Thanks for sharing.

[Fishman]

Very interesting and thanks for sharing.

[MrWolf]

Aye, very interesting especially their mindset. Thanks.

[fryboy]

all i can assure you is that the lake isnt/wasnt in pawnee county ,ks.

[glw]

Perhaps it is actually Lake Sibley. See the following link: http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-historical-quarterly-defense-of-the-kansas-frontier-1866-1867/12554