Identifier: kansaorkawindian00more (find matches)
Title: The Kansa, or Kaw Indians, and their history, and the story of Padilla
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Morehouse, George Pierson, 1859- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Padilla, Juan de, d. 1542. (from old catalog) Kansa Indians
Publisher: Topeka, State print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ES, SHAWNEE COUNTY. From 1830 to 1846 there were two Kansa villages near the mouth of Mis-sion creek, in the western part of Shawnee county. American Chief hadhis village of some twenty lodges on the west side of the creek, about twomiles from the Kansas river. This chief had about 100 followers. The village of Hard Chief, whose Indian name was Kah-he-ga-wah-che-hah,was about two miles from the village of American Chief, and nearer theriver. This chief had at that time 500 or 600 followers. This village num-bered nearly 100 lodges, and was on a hill overlooking the Kansas river, amile and half west of the mouth of Mission creek, and has been located onthe northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 28, township 11,range 14 east. This village deserves special mention, for it was here thatRev. William Johnson and wife labored as missionaries to this tribe for sevenyears. They came in 1835, and erected the mission buildings on the north- History of the Kansa or Kaiv Indians. 23
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1 2 3 Famous Kaw Chiefs.-1. Al-le-ga-wa-ho; 2. Kah-he-ga-wa-ti-an-grah. known as the FoolChief; 3. Wah-ti-an-gah. 24 Kansas State Historical Society. west corner of section 33, township 11, range 14 east. It seems that Rev.William Johnson had a wide influence with this tribe, and his death, in 1842,was a great loss, for the tribe never afterwards seemed to respond to themeager missionary efforts attempted. In 1845 Rev. J. T. Peery, who had married Mrs. Johnson, was sent tothis place tol establish a manual-labor school After a years trial, it seem-ing to be a failure, the school was discontinued. Only a few children everattended the school kept by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson at the mission, unless itwas a deputation of children taken by Reverend Johnson to the Shawneemanual-labor school just before his death. This seemed to end the missionary work with this tribe for many years,except that of a scholastic character. In fact, the seven or eight yearsmission work of Reverend and Mrs. Johnson an

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