. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . oman, and theirson Christmas was born Dec. 25, 1799, at the old Wea town above TerreHaute. On Feb. 16, 1819, Christmas was married by Rev. Isaac McCoy,at his mission school in Parke County, to Mary Ann Isaacs, daughterof Chief Joseph Isaacs of the Brotherton Indians. Their grandson,Charles E. Dagenet, is now Supervisor of Indian Employment, for thenational government. He was born on the reservation in Kansas,Sept. 17, 1873, and accompanied his parents to Oklahoma in 1882. He 63 Am. State Pa
. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . oman, and theirson Christmas was born Dec. 25, 1799, at the old Wea town above TerreHaute. On Feb. 16, 1819, Christmas was married by Rev. Isaac McCoy,at his mission school in Parke County, to Mary Ann Isaacs, daughterof Chief Joseph Isaacs of the Brotherton Indians. Their grandson,Charles E. Dagenet, is now Supervisor of Indian Employment, for thenational government. He was born on the reservation in Kansas,Sept. 17, 1873, and accompanied his parents to Oklahoma in 1882. He 63 Am. State Papers, Indians, Vol. 2, p. * True Indian Stories, Dunn, p. 234. INDIANA AND INDIANANS 83 was educated at Carlisle, learning the printers trade; edited The MiamiChief, at Miami, Oklahoma, for two years; and then entered the Govern-ment service on Sept. 1, 1894, as a teacher among the Sioux, in SouthDakota. He was promoted successively to Disciplinarian, Clerk, and in1905 to his present responsible position, which he has filled mostefficiently. He married Esther Miller (As-san-zan-kwa, or Sunshine. Charles E. Dagenet Woman) a daughter of Thomas Miller, or Ma-to-sa-nl-a, the last of theMiami head chiefs in Kansas. She was also a Carlisle graduate, and asuccessful teacher in the Government service. After the death of Christmas Dagenet his widow remained m Kansas,where she married Baptiste, a full-blood Peoria, who is known historicallyas Baptiste Peoria, and who was of notable service to the emigrantIndians While these were in Indiana and Illinois the havoc wroughtamong them by whiskv was shocking, but when they got to Kansas it was 84 INDIANA AND INDIANANS appalling. Not only boot-leggers but licensed traders, in open viola-tion of law, supplied them with all the liquor they could pay for, andthat of the vilest quality. Everybody knows something of the crimes ofviolence in civilized communities caused by intoxication, but on a lawlessfrontier, among these uncivilized people, t
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