INDEX.
The handwritten index of Fr. Ponziglione's manuscript included four columns described here as 1 - 4, left to right.
As the memoir is transcribed, finished pages will appear as orange shaded links.
The handwritten index of Fr. Ponziglione's manuscript included four columns described here as 1 - 4, left to right.
- Date, A. D.: When he got past the first few entries he use the left column to indicate the time-frame applicable to the chapter. In the Appendix section, he entered the appendix number.
- Chapter Number, Synopsis: In some cases the synopsis is a fairly lengthy account of chapter contents.
- Book: The memoirs were written on a set of ruled composition notebooks, not unlike those used by todays students. They appeared to be leather bound.
- Page: Starting page numbers, for each chapter, were entered in the far-right column.
As the memoir is transcribed, finished pages will appear as orange shaded links.
A.D. |
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Chapter I Osage Genealogy — How the received the gift of knowledge — They go exploring — meaning of their name — Their home government. |
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1673 |
Chapter II Antiquity of the Osage Nation — Father Marquette with Them — Respect they have for the Black Gown — Kansas connection with the Osages — Their Condition in 1687. |
1712 |
Chapter III Battle of Pontchartrain |
1719 |
Chapter IV Fort Orlean — |
1796 |
Chapter V Division among the Osages — First Osage treaty — Second treaty |
1820 |
Chapter VI The Osages request ......... |
1830 |
Chapter VII The Osage form new settlements — Neosho River — Flat Rock Creek — Walnut - Hickory - Lightning - Canvilles - Owl's - Villages - Elks - Augusts - La-Bette - Four Mile Creek |
1831 |
Chapter VIII Unsettled Condition of the Osages ..... |
1846 |
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1847 |
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1848 |
Chapter XIV Father Schoenmakers trys to persuade the Osages to dwell in houses — Osage morning prayers — A grist mill is put up — They start on spring hunt — Br. O'Donnell's arrival. |
1849 |
Chapter XV Br. O'Donnell Induces the Osages to go to work — Father Schoenmakers helps them — Their labor is lost. |
1850 |
Chapter XVI The Osages are once more attacked by the Cholera Morbus — Location of their villages — Heroism of Father Schoenmakers |
1851 |
Chapter XVII ____________ of Roman Catholics settling in the Ind. Territory — Rt. Rev. F. B. Miege S. J. appointed Vicar Apostolic — His first visit to the Osages — Father Schoenmakers sickness. |
1852 |
Chapter XVIII Death of George White Hair — The Medicine Men persuade the Osages not to farm — George is succeeded in office by Gratamantze —Black measles and scurvy Death of Br. A. Tolley — Death of Fr. Bax. |
1853 |
Chapter XIX Success of the school — Children of different tribes are recorded in school — Tei-cio-anias ambition — Kansas Territory is partially opened — Tei-cio-anias dies. |
1854 |
Chapter XX Nivala becomes of age — His marriage — Dry season — Grasshoppers first appearance — The Osages leave on a hunt — The Little Osages attack the Comanches. |
1855 |
Chapter XXI An epidemic breaks out among the little Osages — Neashuimani dies of it —More grasshoppers — Death of Mr J. Hallowy — Sister LeBeau's adventure. |
1856 |
A very severe winter — Great western blizzard — Happy Christmas. |
1857 |
Chapter XXIII Anthony Nivala loses his health — He reconciles with the Catholic Church — His wife send for Medicine men — Anthony _______ here severely — He ___the Missionaries —Their beliefs in the immortality of the soul — Indian burial. |
1858 |
Chapter XXIV Gratamantze conducts the worship — What the Osages believe about it — Father Schoenmakers lecturing them on farming |
1859 |
Chapter XXV Success of the Osages on Farming — La-Bette Creek is visited — Antonia Garzia brings her daughter t the Convent School — Antonia is murdered by her husband — Father Schoenmakers saves her daughter — Tanasia is killed. |
1860 |
Chapter XXVI Jane Garzias death — Prosperous condition of the School — Great drought in Kansas — An adventurer on his way to Pikes Peak — A peddler from Humboldt. |
1861 |
Chapter XXVII Indian life — Death of Gratamantze — Little White Hair succeeds — The breaking of the Civil War — A plot against Father Schoenmakers. The Father leaves the mission — Ravages of the war — Some of the Osages join the Union Army — Plunderers attack the mission — Confederates first raid against Humboldt — Capt. John Matthews protects the Sisters Convent — His death — Confederates second raid on Humboldt — Father C. James Van Goch's life in danger. |
1862 |
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1863 |
Chapter XXIX Father Schoenmakers gives assistance to the Osages — Battle on Rebel Creek — The Osages are invited to make a treaty — Burglars make a raid on the Mission — The assassinate a poor family — Troops come to protect the mission. |
1864 |
Chapter XXX The ravages of war are daily increasing — General distrust among people — In Fitz-Dennis adventure. |
1865 |
Chapter XXXI President Lincoln amends the Osage treaty — The Osages reject the ____ document — Lincoln is assassinated — President A. Johnson ratifies the treaty. |
1866 |
Chapter XXXII _____________ — He is condemned to death — He _____ his fellow prisoners — Father acts as a peace maker — Grasshopper incursion. |
1867 |
Chapter XXIII Milder winter — Grasshoppers — St. Patrick's Day — Abundant crops — Father Schoenmakers donates ground for his town of Osage Mission. |
1868 |
Chapter XXXIV Drum Creek Treaty — Two different factions — Father Schoenmakers advise to the Osages — A whit man is murdered — Father Schoenmakers returns to the Mission — The treaty is signed — an addition is made to the old church — Father Philip Colleton is charged with the care of the school. |
1869 |
Chapter XXXV The Osages have trouble with the new settlers — Father Colleton Success — Building of the new Convent — Death of Little White Hair — F. Watcia-Cahicihia success in office — He calls himself by his father's name. |
1870 |
Chapter XXXVI The Drum Creek Treaty is ratified — The Sisters of Loretto take possession of their new house — St. Francis Institution and St. Ann's Academy are chartered. |
1871 |
Chapter XXXVII St. Francis Hall — St. Francis Institution — Death of Brother Lyons S. J. |
1872 |
Chapter XXXVIII Br. Michael Kavanaugh — Laying the corner stone of the new church |
1873 |
Chapter XXXIX Severe winter — School programs — Summers vacations — Osage Mission population begins to decrease |
1874 |
Chapter XL St. Francis Institution keeps improving — Return of Grasshoppers. |
1875 |
Chapter XLI An invasion of black ____ — Father Schoenmakers ____ the Osages — Unexpected change in the weather — The Father gets very sick — Recovery and returns to our Mission. |
1876 |
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1877 |
Chapter XLIII Mild winter — Total destruction of the grasshoppers — Abundant crops — Death of Brother O'Donnell. |
1878 |
Chapter XLIV Hard winter — The new school house is finished — Death of Brother O'Donnell. |
1879 |
Chapter XLV Some work is done at the new church — Father John J. Kuhlmann succeeds Father Sweere — Death of Br. F. Sheehan. |
1880 |
Chapter XLVI The Osages are allowed to send few of their children to St. Francis Institution — An investigating commissioner with the Osages — Work is done at the new church. |
1881 |
Chapter XLVII Kansas Seasons — A panic at St. Francis Institution. |
1882 |
Chapter XLVIII Jealousy of white settlers — Adventure of a so called commissioner. |
1883 |
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1884 |
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The End Of These Memoirs |
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Appendix |
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2 |
Answer to a letter of Father Flavio Rimeri S. J. about events of 1878 |
3 |
Address given at Osage Mission on the occasion of my Golden Jubilee in the Society |
4 |
Copy of a letter to E. B. Park, Esq. on the condition of Kansas. |
5 |
Copy of a letter to Mother Katherine Drexel about the Osages - With an Affidavit. |
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