Wednesday, October 31, 2018
-14k = 1885 = 2018
UD cited an archeological find that helps to pin down the tribes who inhabited the Plains 14000 years ago, long before the familiar Osage and Cherokee and so on.
KSHS has several pictures of artifacts from those early tribes, many of which were found near Manhattan on the banks of the Kaw and Blue. Part of this apparent preference is the old drunk-streetlight story, with the streetlight being government funding for digs before Tuttle Creek was built. One 1885 dig was also along the Kaw, so the preference was real.
The KSHS map of this 1885 location is hand-drawn but it includes clear Township and Range lines, so I was able to superimpose it on a modern map of the Manhattan area. The village (green rectangle) was about 2 miles east of town on 24. The rivers have slithered around since then, but the range lines haven't.
Modern Euro tribes clearly prefer the same area! This spot was formerly known as Swamp Angel, a name I've always enjoyed. I appropriated the name for one of the locations in my Box Depots set.
Later note: This village was the 'capital' of the Kansa nation from about 1750 to 1825. At that time the Kansa had already been defeated and decimated by an alliance of other tribes, before the Euro tribe was even present, so they weren't much of a nation. In 1825 they accepted a buyout and moved to Wyandotte county, where they gained more money and wealth. By 1928 the tribe's chief, Charles Curtis, was important enough to become the US vice president. Moral: Defeat doesn't always force decline. Nature isn't linear.
Modern Euro tribes clearly prefer the same area! This spot was formerly known as Swamp Angel, a name I've always enjoyed. I appropriated the name for one of the locations in my Box Depots set.
Later note: This village was the 'capital' of the Kansa nation from about 1750 to 1825. At that time the Kansa had already been defeated and decimated by an alliance of other tribes, before the Euro tribe was even present, so they weren't much of a nation. In 1825 they accepted a buyout and moved to Wyandotte county, where they gained more money and wealth. By 1928 the tribe's chief, Charles Curtis, was important enough to become the US vice president. Moral: Defeat doesn't always force decline. Nature isn't linear.
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