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Subject: Re: [NEBRHeritage-L] TRIVIA #78 - Indian War of 1864
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 12:30:35 -0500
Dick,
According to my understanding of my source of information, there were 48
people killed in Nebraska Territory on August 7 1864.
But Dora Eubanks wasn't the first.
Mona
On Tue, 18 May 1999 12:21:00 -0500 Dick Taylor <> writes:
>Okay, then I'm guessing it was 16-year-old Dora Eubanks, murdered by
>Indians on August 7 when she resisted abduction at the Eubanks ranch
>near Kiowa Station.
>
>Previously friendly, the Indians became more numerous along the trail
>in the days just before their uprising. To put off suspicions of any
>malevolence, they explained their presence by saying they intended a
>trip to St. Joseph, MO.
>
>Dick T
>
>
>At 09:16 AM 5/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>You have the right date, Dick. But wrong place and wrong victim.
>
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