The agency interpreter was John Goodell, a white man, who had been adopted into the tribe. He was a Christian, a Methodist, and had an influence for good, for civilization and a higher life. He lived with the tribe continuously as one of them, loved and respected by all, until his death at the Quenemo agency. He had married an Indian woman, Mrs. Julie Mitchell, July 4, 1840 in Iowa, and together they shared the fortunes and misfortunes of the Sauks and Foxes of the Mississippi. Mrs. Julia Mitchell Goodell, whose picture is here given, was the most remarkable woman of the tribe.
During the Black Hawk War, when the Sauks and Foxes were hard pressed, the squaws packed hastily, and moved to safer ground. Mrs. Mitchell placed her few belongings on her pony, and swung her child upon her back. In the course of her flight it became necessary to swim the Wisconsin river near where it empties into the Mississippi, and where it is deep and swift and wide. Driving her pony before her, with her baby on her back, she plunged fearlessly into the stream. The pony drowned, but Mrs. Mitchell and little Mary gained the opposite shore in safety, a feat but few braves themselves could have accomplished. "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society," (Kansas State Historical Society, 1909)
During the Black Hawk War, when the Sauks and Foxes were hard pressed, the squaws packed hastily, and moved to safer ground. Mrs. Mitchell placed her few belongings on her pony, and swung her child upon her back. In the course of her flight it became necessary to swim the Wisconsin river near where it empties into the Mississippi, and where it is deep and swift and wide. Driving her pony before her, with her baby on her back, she plunged fearlessly into the stream. The pony drowned, but Mrs. Mitchell and little Mary gained the opposite shore in safety, a feat but few braves themselves could have accomplished. "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society," (Kansas State Historical Society, 1909)
The agency interpreter was John Goodell, a white man, who had been adopted into the tribe. He was a Christian, a Methodist, and had an influence for good, for civilization and a higher life. He lived with the tribe continuously as one of them, loved and respected by all, until his death at the Quenemo agency. He had married an Indian woman, Mrs. Julie Mitchell, July 4, 1840 in Iowa, and together they shared the fortunes and misfortunes of the Sauks and Foxes of the Mississippi. Mrs. Julia Mitchell Goodell, whose picture is here given, was the most remarkable woman of the tribe.
During the Black Hawk War, when the Sauks and Foxes were hard pressed, the squaws packed hastily, and moved to safer ground. Mrs. Mitchell placed her few belongings on her pony, and swung her child upon her back. In the course of her flight it became necessary to swim the Wisconsin river near where it empties into the Mississippi, and where it is deep and swift and wide. Driving her pony before her, with her baby on her back, she plunged fearlessly into the stream. The pony drowned, but Mrs. Mitchell and little Mary gained the opposite shore in safety, a feat but few braves themselves could have accomplished. "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society," (Kansas State Historical Society, 1909)
During the Black Hawk War, when the Sauks and Foxes were hard pressed, the squaws packed hastily, and moved to safer ground. Mrs. Mitchell placed her few belongings on her pony, and swung her child upon her back. In the course of her flight it became necessary to swim the Wisconsin river near where it empties into the Mississippi, and where it is deep and swift and wide. Driving her pony before her, with her baby on her back, she plunged fearlessly into the stream. The pony drowned, but Mrs. Mitchell and little Mary gained the opposite shore in safety, a feat but few braves themselves could have accomplished. "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society," (Kansas State Historical Society, 1909)
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