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Tag Archives: Poweshiek
Clean Beans and the Poweshiek Skipper
The Poweshiek skipper disappeared from Iowa sometime around 2000-2005. Coincidental with that disappearance were two unusual events. One was massive outbreaks of soybean aphids, and the other was an irruption of massive quantities of a non-native lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis. … Continue reading
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Tagged agricultural practices, oarisma poweshiek, Poweshiek, soybean aphids
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 141: Happy Alaska Day
Today is “Alaska Day”, a legal holiday in the State of Alaska. By a coincidence, some of the people involved in Alaska Day can be linked easily to the characters I have talked about in this blog. You may remember … Continue reading
The History of the Butterfly, Part 140: New Image of an Old Painting
I ran across this painting the other day and it almost took my breath away. It may look a little familiar. I use a black and white reproduction of this painting taken from The Sac and Fox Indians by William … Continue reading
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Tagged Indian removal, Meskwaki, Painting, Poweshiek
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 139: The Death of General Street
In May of 1840 General Joseph Montfort Street died. General Street had been Indian Agent to the Sacs and Foxes, and by all accounts had looked out for the interests of the Indians. He had a close friendship with Wapello … Continue reading
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Tagged George Montfort Street, Iowa History, Poweshiek, Wapello
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 138: Poweshiek was a Money Chief
The Sauk and Meskwaki, prior to the years of Indian Removal, had a fairly structured society. Political events were handled in a council, and a small number of individuals held significant positions within the council. A number of these people … Continue reading
The History of the Butterfly, Part 134: The Founding of Agency City
The treaty signed by Poweshiek, Keokuk, and a number of the other chiefs of the Sacs and Foxes required the groups of Meskwaki living near what became Iowa City to relocate within a year. It gave Keokuk’s group of Sac … Continue reading
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Tagged Agency, Iowa, Iowa History, Poweshiek
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 132: “Ross Can Come Back Now.”
The early settlers in the Iowa City area had frequent interactions with the Indians. Sometimes those interactions were positive—shared meals, care for women in childbirth. Sometimes the interactions took on a darker character. Asa Gregg was an early settler who … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa City, Iowa History, Murder, Poweshiek
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 130: A New Treaty
The visit that the Sauk and Fox Indians made to Washington resulted in a new land cessation treaty. The tan double triangle area was what was ceded. Poweshiek’s village was near Iowa City at the time–Poweshiek lived in that area for … Continue reading
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Tagged Indian removal, Iowa City, Iowa History, Poweshiek
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 126: More from Boston
This etching of Faneuil Hall in Boston is identified as being from the 1830′s by Wikimedia commons because of additions made to the structure, in spite of the date written on the etching. More from the November 11, 1837 Niles … Continue reading
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Tagged 1837, Black Hawk, Boston, Indian removal, Keokuk, Poweshiek
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The History of the Butterfly, Part 124: Poweshiek meets John Ross
In the November 25, 1837 Niles National Register, a speech made by John Ross to some of the Seminoles is reprinted. In it, he mentions that he has recently met with the chiefs of several northern tribes, and that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Hawk, John Ross, Meskwaki, Poweshiek
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