Mrs. N. E. Galloway of Drumright, Okla., was an interested visitor in Medicine Lodge last Thursday morning, stopping here for a short time on her trip to St. John to visit her sister.Mrs. Galloway is the daughter of Mr. Kime who was killed and scalped by the Indians a few miles west of Medicine Lodge in 1874. Mr. Kime and his family had moved from near Topeka the fall before to Wichita where they spent the winter, coming on out to Medicine Lodge the next spring. He had taken a place west of town and was fixing things up for his family when the Indians caught him one day and killed him. Mrs. Galloway says she was twelve years old at that time and well remembers the terrible experience and how the women and children were obliged to live in the stockade during the excitement. Mrs. Kime and children left at once and returned to her old home near Topeka.
Mrs. Galloway expressed pleasure in obtaining a copy of the Indian Peace Treaty Celebration edition of the Index, in which is a lengthy story by Mrs. Jennie Osborn, who relates some of the experiences of her husband here in the early days.
The killing and scalping of Mr. Kime is told about in the article, for Mr. Osborn was the man who discovered the dead man and his wagon. Mrs. Galloway says she remembers the hundreds and thousands of snakes that were everywhere during their stay here. Her experience in Medicine Lodge in the early days was not pleasant.
Also see:
Barney O'Conner Tells of Indian Scraps Here:
Early Day Character Relates Incidents From Fund of Pioneer Knowledge
Barber County Index, March 27, 1930.EARLY DAYS IN BARBER COUNTY:
Mrs. Jennie Osborn Writes Most Interesting Article Concerning Experiences In Barber County
Barber County Index, September 29, 1927.Green Adams Describe Things As He Saw Them In Barber County In The Early 1870's
Barber County Index, October 6, 1927.Memoirs of Phoebe (Rogers) Gibson:
The Early Days of Barber County, Kansas
Barber County Index, May 16, 1929.Lee Wynkoop: "Recalls Narrow Escape From Indians"
(Undated newspaper clippings.)
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