Argentine High School - Mustang Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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A Ijaiunee IGnjenii After the great flood, an Indian woman lived in a valley, with a hill intervening between her and her white brother, over which she could see the smoke rise from the white man’s wig' warn. When the sense of loneliness came over her, she began to weep bitterly. A heavenly messenger ap' peared and asked her why. She told him that the Great Spirit had left her white brother his family, but she was alone. Remember how the first man was made,” said the visitor, and then left. From this, she knew that a new creation was meant, so, she made small images from the earth as the Great Spirit had made the first man, but when she saw that they had no life she again wept. A second time her messenger appeared and inquired the cause of her grief. Remember,” he said, how the Great Spirit did when the first man was made.” At once, she understood, and breathed into their nostrils and they all became alive. This was the beginning of the red men, according to the Shawnees. It :is fabled that in a cavern near White Feather Spring are the skeletons of a dead Indian tribe and gold and silver beyond realization, but the treasure is not to be had by white men until they can learn to use it in the right way. Hi ■ 'AW'''-

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MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY Genealogy Local History Branch 317 W. Highway 24 ” Independence, MO 64050 ry Branch GE Jffomuorli In this volume of The Argentian, the members of the staff have tried to record the things accom- plished by the school during the year. Seven tribes of the Shawnces are said to have dwelt on seven hills between Argentine and Turner. The largest was near White Feather spring, which spring got its name from White Feather, an Indian prophet who is buried nearby. LiBRARy

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Sefctratinn {To the pioneer a nf Argen tine utijo fyaue uiatritrb tlje heurloymrut of tljia community from tlje time of tlje ftrat lyouaea, tije Bmelter, anil tlie routing of tlje railroaiia. to tljr rity of ti]r present uiitlj its buoy l?um of mohertt industry, tlje rlaaa of 1H2B iieiitratea tl|ia volume. Wagon trains started in 1824 between Independence, Missouri, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, initiated “the commerce of the prairies” over the Santa Fe trail, the most noted wagon and pack-train highway in history. This was later supplanted by the Santa Fe rail- road. 1 w M M, — —