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1842 Census #207
1862 Allotment #116
Delaware Census #780

Headline: I've had a transcribed copy of the ratified treaty of May 6, 1854, for 20 years; just received an original document that included Indian names that were left off the copy I have. I was so excited to have found this. (March 15, 2020) It reads: Olanakekasnin or Henry Tiblow.


"Delawares". A small paperback pamphlet exists which contains the names of Delaware Indians who moved from their Kansas home down into Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) among the Cherokee. It is said the type was set and the pamphlet published in the office of the "Cherokee Phoenix" newspaper at Tahlequah, I.T. It appears to have been done between 1898 and 1904. Henry was listed as dead and assigned the number of 932 by the Dawes Commission.

Information received from the Bonner Springs, Kansas Library: Francis and Henry (Cyprian) Chouteau were brothers and traders with the Indians and according to a journal left by C.L. David; the trading post was one of the largest on the (Kaw) Kansas River and was called Four Houses. This area became known as Tiblow, and later a new town site was platted and laid out adjoining on the East in about the entire town was then named Bonner Springs, Kansas. C.L. David was an old settler in Tiblow and he owned and operated a store. He kept a journal and in this journal he spoke of Henry Tiblow. He noted him as "An Indian Chief and interpreter of the U. S. Government, and owned and ran a ferry across the Kansas River." He noted the ferry as being well patronized. I have been searching for more information to prove the fact that he was indeed an Indian Chief, but have not been able to do so at the current time.

Mr. David also said that a man by the name of John Trembley was, at the time of 1868, running the ferry and that Henry had moved on the farm known as the General Miller Farm, where he lived, died and was buried. This Henry Tiblow would have had to have been his father as we know that our Henry Tiblow moved into Indian Territory. I could only assume that Henry was named after his father by this information. According to the 1880 Cherokee Nation Census Indian Territory (Oklahoma) transcribed by Barbara L. Benge, there is a Henry Tiblow Widow listed as being in Cooweescoowee District, adopted Delaware, age 95. It also lists her as dead under census number. She apparently died before the census was finished. I am led to believe this may have been Henry's mother. Too bad they didn't give her name. This also backs up the previous statement.

According to "Ferries in Kansas" from the Kansas Historical Quarterly, Volume 11, 1933 they state that Henry Tiblow was a partner with Henry D. Smith, Isaac Parrish, Charles B. Garret, and Sam Parsons which created the Parrish Ferry Co. that was incorporated December 29, 1863. Their ferry was to operate at point 6 chains above the center of S32 T11 R23 opposite present Bonner Springs near the railroad crossing. They also state that Henry Tiblow was of mixed blood, Shawnee and Delaware. Tiblow was plated in November 1870 with John McDanield, proprietor of the town site, after 1880 the name was changed to Bonner Springs.

Ella Mae Mitchell, a long-time resident of Bonner Springs, Kansas, did some research in the life of Henry Tiblow. She found that the Chouteau Family abandoned Four Houses Trading Post about the time (1829-1830) that the United States Government moved the Delaware Indians to this location. The Tiblow family came at that time. Chouteau turned over the operation of the ferry to the elder Tiblow. Henry was about 15 years old and he had two sisters. He had attended school in Sandusky Ohio, and after they came he attended school at the Ira Blancard Mission by canoe near the present site of Edwardsville. He and his father rebuilt the ferry. He was also educated at the Shawnee Mission. He and Mary Ann's (Polly), first child died due to drowning. There are no other records or mention of this child's name.

A Historical Overview of Wyandotte County and it's Historical Sites, page 97 states that Henry Tiblow moved to Kansas with his parents when he was 15 years old.

Sam Stewart Affidavit- "calls Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow, Aunt Polly Tiblow. Her husband was a club-footed part Delaware interpreter for the government. He was also a doctor and came from Kansas with the Delawares to settle at Ketchum. (see "Indian Place Names" by John Rydjord, pg. 235. In this same book, another report described Henry Tiblow as "bow-legged" but not clubfooted. He was an interpreter for the Delawares at Sarcoxieville. Tiblow ran a ferry across the Kaw, where he built a cabin and established a post office named Tiblow. The name later changed to Edwardsville, then to Bonner Springs, Kansas.

There was an Indian Agent named Richard W. Cummins that was appointed from 1830-1949. Henry Tiblow served as his interpreter and I believe that he must have thought well of this man because he named two of his children after him. Richard W.C. Tiblow, who later became a Doctor, according to a document on file at the Oklahoma Historical Society, and Mary Cummins Tiblow, who later married Andrew Stephenson.

After January 1831: the Hancks/Pratt reports state that Henry Tiblow, Delaware, established a ferry across the Kansas River near the abandoned Four Houses, about seven miles up the Kansas River from the Grinter Ferry on the site of present Bonner Springs, Kansas. (We know that Henry Tiblow married Mary Ann Marshall, aka Polly, who was the sister of Anna Marshall, who married Moses Grinter)

1842: #207, Henry Tiblow listed on the roll or census of the Delaware Tribe of Indians within the Ft. Leavenworth (KS) agency. 1 male under 10, 2 males of 10 and under 40, 2 females under 10, 3 of 10 and under 40, 1 female over 40.

December 14, 1843: Agreement with the Delaware's and Wyandotte Nations of Indians. Whereas from a long and intimate acquaintance, and the ardent friendship which has for a great many years existed between the Delawares and Wyandotts and from a mutual desire that the same feeling shall continue and be more strengthened by becoming near neighbors to each other, therefore the said parties, the Delawares on one side, and the Wyandotts on the other, i full council assembled, have agreed, and do agree, to the following stipulations: The Delaware nation of Indians, residing between the Missouri and Kansas rivers,, being very anxious to have their uncles, the Wyandotts, to settle and reside near them, do hereby donate, grant and quitclaim forever, to the Wyandott nation, three sections of land containing six hundred and forty acres each, lyig and being situated at the point of the junction of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers.... Henry Tiblow, US Indian Interpreter, Delaware.

1844: The personnel of the Fort Leavenworth Indian Agency was as follows: Richard W. Cummins, Agent; Jonathan Phillips, subagent for Wyandotte; Joshua Carpenter, subagent; Clement Lessert, John Armstrong, Henry Tiblow, interpreters; Charles Graham, James B. Post, Charles Fish, Isaac Monday, Robert Wilson, J. Carpenter, blacksmiths; J. Pitman and Mab Frankler, assistant blacksmiths; W. H. Mitchell, farmer; William Donelson and J.M. Simpson, blacksmiths for Shawnees; Richard Simpson and Joseph Park, assistant blacksmith for Shawnees.

1846: the following was written by a member of Doniphan's Expedition, probably refers to Tiblow's ferry: "The Shawnee and Delaware tribes of Indians have settled here. The Shawnees have fine farms, and are quite civilized people, the Delaware's are a little behind them. Both tribes speak the English language, more or less. They keep a ferry boat here, in which we crossed the river. The keeper of the boat said he had made four hundred dollars this season by the crossing of emigrants bound to Oregon. We purchased a beef steer from them for four dollars, paying for it ourselves, for Uncle Sam finds us no beef."

May 6, 1854: Treaty between the Delaware and the United States at Washington, D.C. The Delaware Tribe of Indians hereby cede, relinquish, and quit-claim to the United States all their right, title, and interest in and to their country lying west of the State of Missouri, and situate in the fork of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers.... (To sum it up: they sold the land to receive annuity payments from the Government. They had been receiving annuity payments since August 3, 1795 and the last annuity would be paid, October 1855.) The object of converting the permanent annuities into two payments being to aid the Delawares in making improvements on their present farms and opening new ones on the land reserved, building houses, buying necessary household furniture, stock, and farming utensils, and such other articles as may be necessary their comfort.....Henry Tiblow, United States Interpreter.

October 20, 1856: Henry Tiblow witnessed and interpreted the Will of Captain Ketchum, Delaware Chief. In this Will, Captain Ketchum, Delaware Chief, wanted to name his nephew, AhLarAChech/James Conner, as his successor. Instead the Government, placed his brother, John Ketchum, as Delaware Chief. James Conner contested the Will and asked them to please reconsider since his brother John was living in Texas. John Conner became the first Delaware Chief not chosen by the Delaware people. Capt. Ketchum was born, 1780, died July 11, 1857, and is buried in White Cemetery, Kansas.

April 18, 1857: Henry Tiblow, US Interpreter and witness for Delaware Payroll.

January 1, 1858: Henry Tiblow, US Interpreter and witness of Delaware Payroll.

April 14, 1858: From the Pratt Papers, Index 142-roll 5. This is a copy of a letter written to Mr. B. F. Robinson, who was U.S. Indian Agent for the Delaware Indians at the time. Osage River Agency, K.T. The letter reads as follows: Friend Robinson, I would be glad if you would see Henry Tiblow, and inform him the claim money due the heads of W.H. Marshall is now ready for distribution. It will be necessary for Henry Tiblow to secure a Power of Attorney from the other heads and bring it over himself, and I will pay the amount over to him. The Power of Attorney authorizing him to receive the money must be signed by John Marshall, Ann Grinter, Mary Ann Tiblow, and Roseanna Grinter. This paper will be attached to a (unreadable) signed by Henry Tiblow and forwarded to Washington with the original claim, and it will also authorize Mr. Tiblow to keep my vouchers which is necessary in processing my account. I had closed up my account (unreadable) to the close of last quarter (March 31st) preparatory to turning over the office to my successor, but he has not arrived as yet, but $6,000 of claim money has been credited to my account (unreadable) to (unreadable) as soon as you receive this be so kind as to drop me a line at the same time I will be (unreadable) have (unreadable) Mr. Tiblow could come over and I (unreadable) (unreadable) to (unreadable) cost. Very Respectively, M.M. Caskins. (A handwritten note on the document says Maxwell McCaslin. (McCaskin) (personal note: It is hard to believe that the family waited from 1837, the time that Wm. H. Marshall's estate was probated). *note: They waited some 23 years to receive anything from the probate settlement.

May 20, 1860: Henry Tiblow was a resident of the Delaware Indian Nation, Wyandotte, Kansas, along with wife, Mary Ann Tiblow, Francis O. Tiblow, Virginia Ann Tiblow, Mary C. Tiblow, and Richard W.C. Tiblow.

May 30, 1860: Under the Treaty of Sarcoxieville, MO, the Delaware agreed to take the lands of their diminished reserve in severalty, as provided for in the Treaty of 1854. Each tribal member was allotted 80 acres, with allotments set aside for about 200 Absentee Delaware. Principal Chief John Connor was to receive 640 acres in fee simple, while the band chiefs Sarcoxie, Neconhecond, and Kockawatowha and the Interpreter Henry Tiblow, were each allotted 320 acres. (Information from the Hancks/Pratt report).

May 30, 1860: One function of this treaty was to divide the compact body of the "permanent home" land in eastern Kansas. The process was a lengthy one requiring first a complete survey of this part of the Delaware reservation. Transfers, exchanges and sales among the eligible persons were dated as late as January 30, 1866. Each entitled Delaware was to be assigned a specific 80-acres parcel. Henry Tiblow received 75.10 acres. Mary Ann, Virginia Ann, Mary C., Richard W.C., Nathan S. (dead) Francis O. Brown, all received 80 acres.

1863: In an itemized account of John G. Pratt, Physician to the Delaware Tribe of Indians, calendar quarter ending September 30, 1863, Henry Tiblow was seen by the Doctor on July 15, 1863 for Inflammation of Bowels at the age of 40 and the Doctor's charge was $1.00 and his medication was $ .25.

April 24, 1863: Transcribed by Martin Weeks. A copy from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Henry Tiblow deposes and says that he is a member of the Delaware Indians of Kansas: that he has lived in Kansas for a period of thirty years; that he was a for a time U.S. Interpreter for said Indians: that he knows Sallie Honeywell and has been personally acquainted with her for the past three years; that he has known her by reputation for over fifteen years; that the Grandmother of the said Sallie Honeywell was a pure unmixed Delaware Indian and lived and died among them; that the mother of the said Sallie Honeywell was also a Delaware and second cousin of Capt. Connor, present Head Chief of the Delaware; that the father of the said Sallie Honeywell was part Delaware and a small part Miami. That the said Sallie Honeywell was born among the Delaware and then lived a portion of her time among the Delaware and a portion of her time among the Miami's, the later portion among the Delawares....(No real information that pertains to our family tree)

December 29, 1863: The Parrish Ferry Co.was incorporated by Henry D. Smith, Henry Tiblow, Isaac Parrish, Charles B.Garrett, and Sam Parsons to operate at a point 6 chains above the center of S.32 T11 R23 opposite present Bonner Springs, near the railroad crossing. Tiblow was plated in November 1870 with John McDaniels, proprietor of the town site, after 1880 the name was changed to Bonner Springs. Henry Tiblow, ferry operator for whom the town was named, was of mixed blood, Shawnee/Delaware. The article was from: Kansas River Ferries, Monticello Township" by Bertha Ann Garrett Cameron.

October 1865: Delaware Dwelling Structures, Crop Products and Livestock. Henry owned 2-frame built houses, 24 acres of wheat crop, 30 acres of corn crop, 3 acres of potato crop, 10 acres of hay crop, 3 horses, 40 cattle, and 60 hogs.

October 1865: Delaware Semi-Annual Annuity payments, Henry received $320.00

1866: Delaware-Cherokee Delegation. This group of Delaware and Cherokee leaders worked many days "to make a treaty for the Delaware's" to move into Indian Territory with the Cherokees. Members of the delegations were James Ketchum, James Connor, John Connor, recognized by the U.S. Government as Principal Chief of the Delaware: Charles Journeycake, recognized by the Delaware tribe as Principal Chief, Isaac Journeycake, his brother and U.S. interpreter in negotiations, John Sarcoxie, James McDaniel, Black Beaver, Henry Tiblow, John G. Pratt, Charles Armstrong, and John Young.

October 1866: Delaware Semi-Annual Annuity payments Henry received $280.00

1867: Cherokee Delaware Census Roll. Roll of individual Delaware Indians who elected to remove to Indian Territory. Rolls taken by Rev. John G. Pratt minister of The Baptist Church of Leavenworth, Kansas, and Delaware Agent. Original roll in the Pratt Papers,Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka Kansas. Cherokee Census Roll 1867, Film 970.3 Cherokee. Bartlesville Public Library, Family History Room. #939 Henry Tiblow (not sure why his wife Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow was not on this list, but she did state to the BIA that she did come later.)

February 1867, Delaware Indians who have elected to retain their Tribal Relations at the Delaware Agency, Kansas. Census #781, Allotment #117, Mary Ann Tiblow and her husband, Henry Tiblow Census #780 and Allotment #116.Their children were listed as well: Virginia A. 1862 Census #782 Allotment #118. Richard W.C. Tiblow 1862 census #784 Allotment #120. Francis O. Tiblow 1862 census #785 allotment #276. Charles Tiblow and Nancy Jane Tiblow.

December 12, 1874, Henry Tiblow signed a document that reads: We the undersigned children of Delaware Indians who elected to become citizens of the United States hereby acknowledge to have received of E. Hoag, Supt. Indian Affairs the sums set opposite our respective names as our proportion of annuity due the Delaware as their fall annuity payment. Lightening Creek, Indian Territory.

1878-1879: Reports of Committees, Senate of the United States for the Third Session of the Forty-fifth Congress in four volumes, page 531. Henry Tiblow. Henry Tiblow being duly sworn, testified as follows: By the Chairman: (Q & A) What is your name? Henry Tiblow. Are you an Indian? Yes sir. Where were you born? In Missouri. Are you a Cherokee? I am an adopted Cherokee. I am a Delaware by blood. How long have you lived here? Nine years. What is your occupation? Farming. What are your views on the question of the allotment of the lands among the members of the tribe, setting apart a sufficient portion for a school fund, or should a sufficient tract be reserved and made inalienable for five or ten years, would it improve your people? I myself am satisfied now. Suppose eighty acres were made inalienable, so that it could not be sold for taxes or debts, and the remainder of the land in the nation sold and proceeds kept by the United States, and the interest on the same annually paid to the Indians, would it not much improve the general condition of the Indians? I think not. If each tribe was allowed to retain its customs and property, would be benefited by the establishment of a Territorial form of government? I do not think it would. Can a civil form of government be organized over the Indian Territory for the better protection of life and property? If so what should that government be? I do not think any change is necessary. I am not in favor of any change in the form of government. I am perfectly satisfied as I am under existing laws and customs.

1880 Cherokee Nation Roll: Henry Tiblow #2587, age 60. Mary Ann Tiblow #2588, age 56.

April 9, 1881, Records of Appraisements, Book A, Delaware District, page 34. Henry Tiblow. Place and improvements $1,100.00, Ten Shoats @2.00, $20.00, One Horse $50.00, One cow $14.00, plow, $6.00. Total $1,170.00. J.L. Thompson, Appraiser, Jas. D. Yoast, Appraiser, C.C. Cornotzer, Appraiser. Recorded May 12, 1881. T.J. McGhee, Clerk of Delaware District Court.

In the book "History of Craig County, It's People and Places, Volume II", it has this to say about Henry under the heading of "The Shawnee Indians", Interpreters for the Shawnees included Henry Tiblow who received his education at the Shawnee Mission school and was employed by the government as interpreter for both the Shawnees and the Delawares. It also states that the Shawnee and the Delaware Indians were moved by treaty to the west into Johnson County, Kansas and its vicinity about the same time.

May 11, 1937, in an interview with Rosanna Stephenson Conner, Henry Tiblow's granddaughter, she stated that her grandfather was a Delaware Indian and that he spoke seven different languages, English, French, and five Indian languages. She stated they all moved to Indian Territory, now known as Oklahoma, in 1868, with the Delaware tribe of Indians and bought an equal right with the Cherokee tribe of Indians. She said that Henry Tiblow bought the famous old brick building, built and owned by Johnson Thompson before the Civil War. The building was located on the South bank of the Grand River, in the Delaware District, Cherokee Nation, now about seven miles Southwest of the present site of Ketchum, in Mayes County, Oklahoma. (This land is now under water due to the Grand River Dam project. It was said by the Craig County Historical society that it was believed that this house had been destroyed by an earlier tornado.) She stated that her Grandfather was a famous interpreter among the Delaware tribe. She said that there was a large settlement of Delaware's in Nowata County, then Cooweescoowee District and he was gone most of the time acting as interpreter among his people. They sent him to Washington in that capacity on several different occasions. She said Henry Tiblow died in 1878 and was buried in Nowata County. He is buried in the Secondine Cemetery in Nowata, Oklahoma.

April 15, 1938: T. Wyman Thompson Interview, Ketchum, Oklahoma. Journalist: James R. Carselowey: (I was only interested in one section of his interview): Another Old Brick House. There was another old two-story brick residence located across Grand River from the one purchased by my wife's father, James Ketchum. It was built before the Civil War by slaves of Dr. Joe Thompson, a brother of Johnson Thompson, who built the other brick house. This second brick house, backed by a river bottom farm, had been purchased by Henry Tiblow in 1867 at the same time James Ketchum came down from Kansas.

On December 10, 1964: The Chieftain Newspaper printed another article about the naming of a new Junior High School. It was mentioned they should name it "Tiblow Junior High" in honor of Henry Tiblow and his contribution to the early community. There was much controversy over the issue. A lot of people were confused about exactly whom Henry Tiblow was. It is unfortunate that the school was not named after him.

September 9, 1971: In a newspaper edition from Bonner Springs, Kansas, an article was written and published "Tiblow Named for Ferryman". One of the men whose influence was felt in the century ago and more of the western part of Wyandotte County was not an immigrant, not a white man. His name was Henry Tiblow and he was a Delaware Indian, handicapped with a clubfoot. Henry Tiblow, who also functioned as an interpreter between the Indians and the hunters and trappers, immigrants seeking new homes as the westward surge gained momentum, or soldiers who rode the far reaching plains, for many years operated a ferry across the Kansas River. He lived in a cabin on the left bank of the Kaw at the approximate site of the present Bonner Springs. (I was told that this historical site has been destroyed by flood)

August 19, 2000, I received a book in the mail that Tom Hahn had sent. He never indicated why he was sending it, just that I would find it interesting. The name of the book was called "Delaware Trails", and when I turned to the last page I discovered a picture of Native American gentlemen standing and sitting and one named Henry Tiblow. I couldn't believe what I was looking at. That was the first time I had ever seen a picture of Henry. I grabbed up the book and ran out the door of the house and down the hill where my husband, Bob, was working in the yard. I told him he wouldn't believe what Tom just sent me. It was a picture of the Delegation that helped sign the treaty to move the Delaware into Indian Territory in 1867, to live with the Cherokee. I will treasure that book and all the information for years to come.

2000: I wish I had clarity about exactly how all the events unfolded, but I had received a copy of a newspaper article published in the Chieftain, August 6, 1998, that showed a picture of a damaged gravesite marker surrounded by four gentlemen. The article described how these men had been looking for the burial site of Henry Tiblow and found his marker damaged. They intended to raise the funds to restore the marker. I contacted the Bonner Springs Centennial committee and inquired about further information. I was looking on a Rootsweb website and a lady named Vivian had seen some research done by another person on Henry Tiblow, so she was familiar with it and located the article and told me exactly where to find Henry Tiblow's final resting place.

2000: It seemed to happen so quickly that I honestly don't recall every detail. I was put in touch with a man named, Roger Miller, who at that time headed up the Centennial Committee. October 11, 2000, I received a letter from Roger, he was excited to hear from a living descendant. He indicated that the marker had been restored and he told me that if I ever had the chance I should visit Bonner Springs, Kansas. Henry Tiblow was well known in the area for the ferry he operated. It was also stated that the Delaware Tribe of Indians drew up a resolution at Tribal Council to keep up the Cemetery in which Henry is buried. Armstrong-Secondine Cemetery about five miles northeast of Nowata, Oklahoma. The cemetery was located in the boonies; very hard to find. We took pictures and sent them to Roger Miller and they printed it with an article in the Chieftan Newspaper in Bonner Springs, December 2000.

November 22, 2000: On the trip to see Henry's gravesite, we also made a trip to the Gilstrap #2 Cemetery in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to find WilLeQueNaHo's (Betsy/Elizabeth Marshall) gravesite. The cemetery was in total disarray. I was told that it might be. It was in a cow pasture. We took pictures of gravesites that my dad, Silas Peach, helped locate by sunken areas in the ground along with information I had been able to locate describing the layout.

From there we drove to Big Cabin, Oklahoma, and visited Mary Ann Stephenson Alexander, now living with the Richardson's. We went to the Big Cabin Cemetery to try to find the burial site of Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow. We walked all over and without a map we were not able to locate it. Sue Ann Nicely and her mother, Maxine, later visited and took pictures for me. I sent those copies to Roger Miller because they wanted to know the location of her burial as well.

November 22, 2000, I personally visited the Secondine-Armstrong #2 Cemetery to pay my last respects to Henry Tiblow, my great great great grandfather. The inscription on the upright marker: Henry Tiblow, born February 9, 1818, Died December 16, 1881, Aged 64 years. His gravestone is much like his wife's, Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow.

April 28, 2017: I received a copy of a picture of my GGG Grandfather,Henry Tiblow. This picture had been in John Kramer's family home for many years, not realizing the significance of it. He had been in touch with Roger Miller in Bonner Springs and given them a copy as well. Roger contacted me and I contacted John. That is why I was able to get a copy of the photograph.

September 2017: I had an article published in "Tiblow Talk" about my Tiblow discoveries.

April 28, 2017: Henry’s photo was shared with me by John Kramer, a descendent through Francis O. Tiblow Brown. One might imagine my excitement to see this version of a photo of him besides the one we all recognize with the group of Delaware leaders that negotiated the treaty of 1867 in Washington, D.C. that moved the Delaware in Kansas to Indian Territory and live among the Cherokee.

I have kept every piece of paper, letter, article, or anything related to my research. My only regret--I wish I had taken the time to document everything in a journal as to how it all unfolded. I never gave up. I dug until I uncovered most everything I had hoped for. There are still a few ancestors I know nothing about. One thing I've learned about research, there is always something new to discover. That is with anything in life.

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1842 Census #207
1862 Allotment #116
Delaware Census #780

Headline: I've had a transcribed copy of the ratified treaty of May 6, 1854, for 20 years; just received an original document that included Indian names that were left off the copy I have. I was so excited to have found this. (March 15, 2020) It reads: Olanakekasnin or Henry Tiblow.


"Delawares". A small paperback pamphlet exists which contains the names of Delaware Indians who moved from their Kansas home down into Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) among the Cherokee. It is said the type was set and the pamphlet published in the office of the "Cherokee Phoenix" newspaper at Tahlequah, I.T. It appears to have been done between 1898 and 1904. Henry was listed as dead and assigned the number of 932 by the Dawes Commission.

Information received from the Bonner Springs, Kansas Library: Francis and Henry (Cyprian) Chouteau were brothers and traders with the Indians and according to a journal left by C.L. David; the trading post was one of the largest on the (Kaw) Kansas River and was called Four Houses. This area became known as Tiblow, and later a new town site was platted and laid out adjoining on the East in about the entire town was then named Bonner Springs, Kansas. C.L. David was an old settler in Tiblow and he owned and operated a store. He kept a journal and in this journal he spoke of Henry Tiblow. He noted him as "An Indian Chief and interpreter of the U. S. Government, and owned and ran a ferry across the Kansas River." He noted the ferry as being well patronized. I have been searching for more information to prove the fact that he was indeed an Indian Chief, but have not been able to do so at the current time.

Mr. David also said that a man by the name of John Trembley was, at the time of 1868, running the ferry and that Henry had moved on the farm known as the General Miller Farm, where he lived, died and was buried. This Henry Tiblow would have had to have been his father as we know that our Henry Tiblow moved into Indian Territory. I could only assume that Henry was named after his father by this information. According to the 1880 Cherokee Nation Census Indian Territory (Oklahoma) transcribed by Barbara L. Benge, there is a Henry Tiblow Widow listed as being in Cooweescoowee District, adopted Delaware, age 95. It also lists her as dead under census number. She apparently died before the census was finished. I am led to believe this may have been Henry's mother. Too bad they didn't give her name. This also backs up the previous statement.

According to "Ferries in Kansas" from the Kansas Historical Quarterly, Volume 11, 1933 they state that Henry Tiblow was a partner with Henry D. Smith, Isaac Parrish, Charles B. Garret, and Sam Parsons which created the Parrish Ferry Co. that was incorporated December 29, 1863. Their ferry was to operate at point 6 chains above the center of S32 T11 R23 opposite present Bonner Springs near the railroad crossing. They also state that Henry Tiblow was of mixed blood, Shawnee and Delaware. Tiblow was plated in November 1870 with John McDanield, proprietor of the town site, after 1880 the name was changed to Bonner Springs.

Ella Mae Mitchell, a long-time resident of Bonner Springs, Kansas, did some research in the life of Henry Tiblow. She found that the Chouteau Family abandoned Four Houses Trading Post about the time (1829-1830) that the United States Government moved the Delaware Indians to this location. The Tiblow family came at that time. Chouteau turned over the operation of the ferry to the elder Tiblow. Henry was about 15 years old and he had two sisters. He had attended school in Sandusky Ohio, and after they came he attended school at the Ira Blancard Mission by canoe near the present site of Edwardsville. He and his father rebuilt the ferry. He was also educated at the Shawnee Mission. He and Mary Ann's (Polly), first child died due to drowning. There are no other records or mention of this child's name.

A Historical Overview of Wyandotte County and it's Historical Sites, page 97 states that Henry Tiblow moved to Kansas with his parents when he was 15 years old.

Sam Stewart Affidavit- "calls Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow, Aunt Polly Tiblow. Her husband was a club-footed part Delaware interpreter for the government. He was also a doctor and came from Kansas with the Delawares to settle at Ketchum. (see "Indian Place Names" by John Rydjord, pg. 235. In this same book, another report described Henry Tiblow as "bow-legged" but not clubfooted. He was an interpreter for the Delawares at Sarcoxieville. Tiblow ran a ferry across the Kaw, where he built a cabin and established a post office named Tiblow. The name later changed to Edwardsville, then to Bonner Springs, Kansas.

There was an Indian Agent named Richard W. Cummins that was appointed from 1830-1949. Henry Tiblow served as his interpreter and I believe that he must have thought well of this man because he named two of his children after him. Richard W.C. Tiblow, who later became a Doctor, according to a document on file at the Oklahoma Historical Society, and Mary Cummins Tiblow, who later married Andrew Stephenson.

After January 1831: the Hancks/Pratt reports state that Henry Tiblow, Delaware, established a ferry across the Kansas River near the abandoned Four Houses, about seven miles up the Kansas River from the Grinter Ferry on the site of present Bonner Springs, Kansas. (We know that Henry Tiblow married Mary Ann Marshall, aka Polly, who was the sister of Anna Marshall, who married Moses Grinter)

1842: #207, Henry Tiblow listed on the roll or census of the Delaware Tribe of Indians within the Ft. Leavenworth (KS) agency. 1 male under 10, 2 males of 10 and under 40, 2 females under 10, 3 of 10 and under 40, 1 female over 40.

December 14, 1843: Agreement with the Delaware's and Wyandotte Nations of Indians. Whereas from a long and intimate acquaintance, and the ardent friendship which has for a great many years existed between the Delawares and Wyandotts and from a mutual desire that the same feeling shall continue and be more strengthened by becoming near neighbors to each other, therefore the said parties, the Delawares on one side, and the Wyandotts on the other, i full council assembled, have agreed, and do agree, to the following stipulations: The Delaware nation of Indians, residing between the Missouri and Kansas rivers,, being very anxious to have their uncles, the Wyandotts, to settle and reside near them, do hereby donate, grant and quitclaim forever, to the Wyandott nation, three sections of land containing six hundred and forty acres each, lyig and being situated at the point of the junction of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers.... Henry Tiblow, US Indian Interpreter, Delaware.

1844: The personnel of the Fort Leavenworth Indian Agency was as follows: Richard W. Cummins, Agent; Jonathan Phillips, subagent for Wyandotte; Joshua Carpenter, subagent; Clement Lessert, John Armstrong, Henry Tiblow, interpreters; Charles Graham, James B. Post, Charles Fish, Isaac Monday, Robert Wilson, J. Carpenter, blacksmiths; J. Pitman and Mab Frankler, assistant blacksmiths; W. H. Mitchell, farmer; William Donelson and J.M. Simpson, blacksmiths for Shawnees; Richard Simpson and Joseph Park, assistant blacksmith for Shawnees.

1846: the following was written by a member of Doniphan's Expedition, probably refers to Tiblow's ferry: "The Shawnee and Delaware tribes of Indians have settled here. The Shawnees have fine farms, and are quite civilized people, the Delaware's are a little behind them. Both tribes speak the English language, more or less. They keep a ferry boat here, in which we crossed the river. The keeper of the boat said he had made four hundred dollars this season by the crossing of emigrants bound to Oregon. We purchased a beef steer from them for four dollars, paying for it ourselves, for Uncle Sam finds us no beef."

May 6, 1854: Treaty between the Delaware and the United States at Washington, D.C. The Delaware Tribe of Indians hereby cede, relinquish, and quit-claim to the United States all their right, title, and interest in and to their country lying west of the State of Missouri, and situate in the fork of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers.... (To sum it up: they sold the land to receive annuity payments from the Government. They had been receiving annuity payments since August 3, 1795 and the last annuity would be paid, October 1855.) The object of converting the permanent annuities into two payments being to aid the Delawares in making improvements on their present farms and opening new ones on the land reserved, building houses, buying necessary household furniture, stock, and farming utensils, and such other articles as may be necessary their comfort.....Henry Tiblow, United States Interpreter.

October 20, 1856: Henry Tiblow witnessed and interpreted the Will of Captain Ketchum, Delaware Chief. In this Will, Captain Ketchum, Delaware Chief, wanted to name his nephew, AhLarAChech/James Conner, as his successor. Instead the Government, placed his brother, John Ketchum, as Delaware Chief. James Conner contested the Will and asked them to please reconsider since his brother John was living in Texas. John Conner became the first Delaware Chief not chosen by the Delaware people. Capt. Ketchum was born, 1780, died July 11, 1857, and is buried in White Cemetery, Kansas.

April 18, 1857: Henry Tiblow, US Interpreter and witness for Delaware Payroll.

January 1, 1858: Henry Tiblow, US Interpreter and witness of Delaware Payroll.

April 14, 1858: From the Pratt Papers, Index 142-roll 5. This is a copy of a letter written to Mr. B. F. Robinson, who was U.S. Indian Agent for the Delaware Indians at the time. Osage River Agency, K.T. The letter reads as follows: Friend Robinson, I would be glad if you would see Henry Tiblow, and inform him the claim money due the heads of W.H. Marshall is now ready for distribution. It will be necessary for Henry Tiblow to secure a Power of Attorney from the other heads and bring it over himself, and I will pay the amount over to him. The Power of Attorney authorizing him to receive the money must be signed by John Marshall, Ann Grinter, Mary Ann Tiblow, and Roseanna Grinter. This paper will be attached to a (unreadable) signed by Henry Tiblow and forwarded to Washington with the original claim, and it will also authorize Mr. Tiblow to keep my vouchers which is necessary in processing my account. I had closed up my account (unreadable) to the close of last quarter (March 31st) preparatory to turning over the office to my successor, but he has not arrived as yet, but $6,000 of claim money has been credited to my account (unreadable) to (unreadable) as soon as you receive this be so kind as to drop me a line at the same time I will be (unreadable) have (unreadable) Mr. Tiblow could come over and I (unreadable) (unreadable) to (unreadable) cost. Very Respectively, M.M. Caskins. (A handwritten note on the document says Maxwell McCaslin. (McCaskin) (personal note: It is hard to believe that the family waited from 1837, the time that Wm. H. Marshall's estate was probated). *note: They waited some 23 years to receive anything from the probate settlement.

May 20, 1860: Henry Tiblow was a resident of the Delaware Indian Nation, Wyandotte, Kansas, along with wife, Mary Ann Tiblow, Francis O. Tiblow, Virginia Ann Tiblow, Mary C. Tiblow, and Richard W.C. Tiblow.

May 30, 1860: Under the Treaty of Sarcoxieville, MO, the Delaware agreed to take the lands of their diminished reserve in severalty, as provided for in the Treaty of 1854. Each tribal member was allotted 80 acres, with allotments set aside for about 200 Absentee Delaware. Principal Chief John Connor was to receive 640 acres in fee simple, while the band chiefs Sarcoxie, Neconhecond, and Kockawatowha and the Interpreter Henry Tiblow, were each allotted 320 acres. (Information from the Hancks/Pratt report).

May 30, 1860: One function of this treaty was to divide the compact body of the "permanent home" land in eastern Kansas. The process was a lengthy one requiring first a complete survey of this part of the Delaware reservation. Transfers, exchanges and sales among the eligible persons were dated as late as January 30, 1866. Each entitled Delaware was to be assigned a specific 80-acres parcel. Henry Tiblow received 75.10 acres. Mary Ann, Virginia Ann, Mary C., Richard W.C., Nathan S. (dead) Francis O. Brown, all received 80 acres.

1863: In an itemized account of John G. Pratt, Physician to the Delaware Tribe of Indians, calendar quarter ending September 30, 1863, Henry Tiblow was seen by the Doctor on July 15, 1863 for Inflammation of Bowels at the age of 40 and the Doctor's charge was $1.00 and his medication was $ .25.

April 24, 1863: Transcribed by Martin Weeks. A copy from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Henry Tiblow deposes and says that he is a member of the Delaware Indians of Kansas: that he has lived in Kansas for a period of thirty years; that he was a for a time U.S. Interpreter for said Indians: that he knows Sallie Honeywell and has been personally acquainted with her for the past three years; that he has known her by reputation for over fifteen years; that the Grandmother of the said Sallie Honeywell was a pure unmixed Delaware Indian and lived and died among them; that the mother of the said Sallie Honeywell was also a Delaware and second cousin of Capt. Connor, present Head Chief of the Delaware; that the father of the said Sallie Honeywell was part Delaware and a small part Miami. That the said Sallie Honeywell was born among the Delaware and then lived a portion of her time among the Delaware and a portion of her time among the Miami's, the later portion among the Delawares....(No real information that pertains to our family tree)

December 29, 1863: The Parrish Ferry Co.was incorporated by Henry D. Smith, Henry Tiblow, Isaac Parrish, Charles B.Garrett, and Sam Parsons to operate at a point 6 chains above the center of S.32 T11 R23 opposite present Bonner Springs, near the railroad crossing. Tiblow was plated in November 1870 with John McDaniels, proprietor of the town site, after 1880 the name was changed to Bonner Springs. Henry Tiblow, ferry operator for whom the town was named, was of mixed blood, Shawnee/Delaware. The article was from: Kansas River Ferries, Monticello Township" by Bertha Ann Garrett Cameron.

October 1865: Delaware Dwelling Structures, Crop Products and Livestock. Henry owned 2-frame built houses, 24 acres of wheat crop, 30 acres of corn crop, 3 acres of potato crop, 10 acres of hay crop, 3 horses, 40 cattle, and 60 hogs.

October 1865: Delaware Semi-Annual Annuity payments, Henry received $320.00

1866: Delaware-Cherokee Delegation. This group of Delaware and Cherokee leaders worked many days "to make a treaty for the Delaware's" to move into Indian Territory with the Cherokees. Members of the delegations were James Ketchum, James Connor, John Connor, recognized by the U.S. Government as Principal Chief of the Delaware: Charles Journeycake, recognized by the Delaware tribe as Principal Chief, Isaac Journeycake, his brother and U.S. interpreter in negotiations, John Sarcoxie, James McDaniel, Black Beaver, Henry Tiblow, John G. Pratt, Charles Armstrong, and John Young.

October 1866: Delaware Semi-Annual Annuity payments Henry received $280.00

1867: Cherokee Delaware Census Roll. Roll of individual Delaware Indians who elected to remove to Indian Territory. Rolls taken by Rev. John G. Pratt minister of The Baptist Church of Leavenworth, Kansas, and Delaware Agent. Original roll in the Pratt Papers,Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka Kansas. Cherokee Census Roll 1867, Film 970.3 Cherokee. Bartlesville Public Library, Family History Room. #939 Henry Tiblow (not sure why his wife Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow was not on this list, but she did state to the BIA that she did come later.)

February 1867, Delaware Indians who have elected to retain their Tribal Relations at the Delaware Agency, Kansas. Census #781, Allotment #117, Mary Ann Tiblow and her husband, Henry Tiblow Census #780 and Allotment #116.Their children were listed as well: Virginia A. 1862 Census #782 Allotment #118. Richard W.C. Tiblow 1862 census #784 Allotment #120. Francis O. Tiblow 1862 census #785 allotment #276. Charles Tiblow and Nancy Jane Tiblow.

December 12, 1874, Henry Tiblow signed a document that reads: We the undersigned children of Delaware Indians who elected to become citizens of the United States hereby acknowledge to have received of E. Hoag, Supt. Indian Affairs the sums set opposite our respective names as our proportion of annuity due the Delaware as their fall annuity payment. Lightening Creek, Indian Territory.

1878-1879: Reports of Committees, Senate of the United States for the Third Session of the Forty-fifth Congress in four volumes, page 531. Henry Tiblow. Henry Tiblow being duly sworn, testified as follows: By the Chairman: (Q & A) What is your name? Henry Tiblow. Are you an Indian? Yes sir. Where were you born? In Missouri. Are you a Cherokee? I am an adopted Cherokee. I am a Delaware by blood. How long have you lived here? Nine years. What is your occupation? Farming. What are your views on the question of the allotment of the lands among the members of the tribe, setting apart a sufficient portion for a school fund, or should a sufficient tract be reserved and made inalienable for five or ten years, would it improve your people? I myself am satisfied now. Suppose eighty acres were made inalienable, so that it could not be sold for taxes or debts, and the remainder of the land in the nation sold and proceeds kept by the United States, and the interest on the same annually paid to the Indians, would it not much improve the general condition of the Indians? I think not. If each tribe was allowed to retain its customs and property, would be benefited by the establishment of a Territorial form of government? I do not think it would. Can a civil form of government be organized over the Indian Territory for the better protection of life and property? If so what should that government be? I do not think any change is necessary. I am not in favor of any change in the form of government. I am perfectly satisfied as I am under existing laws and customs.

1880 Cherokee Nation Roll: Henry Tiblow #2587, age 60. Mary Ann Tiblow #2588, age 56.

April 9, 1881, Records of Appraisements, Book A, Delaware District, page 34. Henry Tiblow. Place and improvements $1,100.00, Ten Shoats @2.00, $20.00, One Horse $50.00, One cow $14.00, plow, $6.00. Total $1,170.00. J.L. Thompson, Appraiser, Jas. D. Yoast, Appraiser, C.C. Cornotzer, Appraiser. Recorded May 12, 1881. T.J. McGhee, Clerk of Delaware District Court.

In the book "History of Craig County, It's People and Places, Volume II", it has this to say about Henry under the heading of "The Shawnee Indians", Interpreters for the Shawnees included Henry Tiblow who received his education at the Shawnee Mission school and was employed by the government as interpreter for both the Shawnees and the Delawares. It also states that the Shawnee and the Delaware Indians were moved by treaty to the west into Johnson County, Kansas and its vicinity about the same time.

May 11, 1937, in an interview with Rosanna Stephenson Conner, Henry Tiblow's granddaughter, she stated that her grandfather was a Delaware Indian and that he spoke seven different languages, English, French, and five Indian languages. She stated they all moved to Indian Territory, now known as Oklahoma, in 1868, with the Delaware tribe of Indians and bought an equal right with the Cherokee tribe of Indians. She said that Henry Tiblow bought the famous old brick building, built and owned by Johnson Thompson before the Civil War. The building was located on the South bank of the Grand River, in the Delaware District, Cherokee Nation, now about seven miles Southwest of the present site of Ketchum, in Mayes County, Oklahoma. (This land is now under water due to the Grand River Dam project. It was said by the Craig County Historical society that it was believed that this house had been destroyed by an earlier tornado.) She stated that her Grandfather was a famous interpreter among the Delaware tribe. She said that there was a large settlement of Delaware's in Nowata County, then Cooweescoowee District and he was gone most of the time acting as interpreter among his people. They sent him to Washington in that capacity on several different occasions. She said Henry Tiblow died in 1878 and was buried in Nowata County. He is buried in the Secondine Cemetery in Nowata, Oklahoma.

April 15, 1938: T. Wyman Thompson Interview, Ketchum, Oklahoma. Journalist: James R. Carselowey: (I was only interested in one section of his interview): Another Old Brick House. There was another old two-story brick residence located across Grand River from the one purchased by my wife's father, James Ketchum. It was built before the Civil War by slaves of Dr. Joe Thompson, a brother of Johnson Thompson, who built the other brick house. This second brick house, backed by a river bottom farm, had been purchased by Henry Tiblow in 1867 at the same time James Ketchum came down from Kansas.

On December 10, 1964: The Chieftain Newspaper printed another article about the naming of a new Junior High School. It was mentioned they should name it "Tiblow Junior High" in honor of Henry Tiblow and his contribution to the early community. There was much controversy over the issue. A lot of people were confused about exactly whom Henry Tiblow was. It is unfortunate that the school was not named after him.

September 9, 1971: In a newspaper edition from Bonner Springs, Kansas, an article was written and published "Tiblow Named for Ferryman". One of the men whose influence was felt in the century ago and more of the western part of Wyandotte County was not an immigrant, not a white man. His name was Henry Tiblow and he was a Delaware Indian, handicapped with a clubfoot. Henry Tiblow, who also functioned as an interpreter between the Indians and the hunters and trappers, immigrants seeking new homes as the westward surge gained momentum, or soldiers who rode the far reaching plains, for many years operated a ferry across the Kansas River. He lived in a cabin on the left bank of the Kaw at the approximate site of the present Bonner Springs. (I was told that this historical site has been destroyed by flood)

August 19, 2000, I received a book in the mail that Tom Hahn had sent. He never indicated why he was sending it, just that I would find it interesting. The name of the book was called "Delaware Trails", and when I turned to the last page I discovered a picture of Native American gentlemen standing and sitting and one named Henry Tiblow. I couldn't believe what I was looking at. That was the first time I had ever seen a picture of Henry. I grabbed up the book and ran out the door of the house and down the hill where my husband, Bob, was working in the yard. I told him he wouldn't believe what Tom just sent me. It was a picture of the Delegation that helped sign the treaty to move the Delaware into Indian Territory in 1867, to live with the Cherokee. I will treasure that book and all the information for years to come.

2000: I wish I had clarity about exactly how all the events unfolded, but I had received a copy of a newspaper article published in the Chieftain, August 6, 1998, that showed a picture of a damaged gravesite marker surrounded by four gentlemen. The article described how these men had been looking for the burial site of Henry Tiblow and found his marker damaged. They intended to raise the funds to restore the marker. I contacted the Bonner Springs Centennial committee and inquired about further information. I was looking on a Rootsweb website and a lady named Vivian had seen some research done by another person on Henry Tiblow, so she was familiar with it and located the article and told me exactly where to find Henry Tiblow's final resting place.

2000: It seemed to happen so quickly that I honestly don't recall every detail. I was put in touch with a man named, Roger Miller, who at that time headed up the Centennial Committee. October 11, 2000, I received a letter from Roger, he was excited to hear from a living descendant. He indicated that the marker had been restored and he told me that if I ever had the chance I should visit Bonner Springs, Kansas. Henry Tiblow was well known in the area for the ferry he operated. It was also stated that the Delaware Tribe of Indians drew up a resolution at Tribal Council to keep up the Cemetery in which Henry is buried. Armstrong-Secondine Cemetery about five miles northeast of Nowata, Oklahoma. The cemetery was located in the boonies; very hard to find. We took pictures and sent them to Roger Miller and they printed it with an article in the Chieftan Newspaper in Bonner Springs, December 2000.

November 22, 2000: On the trip to see Henry's gravesite, we also made a trip to the Gilstrap #2 Cemetery in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to find WilLeQueNaHo's (Betsy/Elizabeth Marshall) gravesite. The cemetery was in total disarray. I was told that it might be. It was in a cow pasture. We took pictures of gravesites that my dad, Silas Peach, helped locate by sunken areas in the ground along with information I had been able to locate describing the layout.

From there we drove to Big Cabin, Oklahoma, and visited Mary Ann Stephenson Alexander, now living with the Richardson's. We went to the Big Cabin Cemetery to try to find the burial site of Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow. We walked all over and without a map we were not able to locate it. Sue Ann Nicely and her mother, Maxine, later visited and took pictures for me. I sent those copies to Roger Miller because they wanted to know the location of her burial as well.

November 22, 2000, I personally visited the Secondine-Armstrong #2 Cemetery to pay my last respects to Henry Tiblow, my great great great grandfather. The inscription on the upright marker: Henry Tiblow, born February 9, 1818, Died December 16, 1881, Aged 64 years. His gravestone is much like his wife's, Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow.

April 28, 2017: I received a copy of a picture of my GGG Grandfather,Henry Tiblow. This picture had been in John Kramer's family home for many years, not realizing the significance of it. He had been in touch with Roger Miller in Bonner Springs and given them a copy as well. Roger contacted me and I contacted John. That is why I was able to get a copy of the photograph.

September 2017: I had an article published in "Tiblow Talk" about my Tiblow discoveries.

April 28, 2017: Henry’s photo was shared with me by John Kramer, a descendent through Francis O. Tiblow Brown. One might imagine my excitement to see this version of a photo of him besides the one we all recognize with the group of Delaware leaders that negotiated the treaty of 1867 in Washington, D.C. that moved the Delaware in Kansas to Indian Territory and live among the Cherokee.

I have kept every piece of paper, letter, article, or anything related to my research. My only regret--I wish I had taken the time to document everything in a journal as to how it all unfolded. I never gave up. I dug until I uncovered most everything I had hoped for. There are still a few ancestors I know nothing about. One thing I've learned about research, there is always something new to discover. That is with anything in life.

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1842 Census #207
1862 Allotment #116
Delaware Census #780

Headline: I've had a transcribed copy of the ratified treaty of May 6, 1854, for 20 years; just received an original document that included Indian names that were left off the copy I have. I was so excited to have found this. (March 15, 2020) It reads: Olanakekasnin or Henry Tiblow.


"Delawares". A small paperback pamphlet exists which contains the names of Delaware Indians who moved from their Kansas home down into Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) among the Cherokee. It is said the type was set and the pamphlet published in the office of the "Cherokee Phoenix" newspaper at Tahlequah, I.T. It appears to have been done between 1898 and 1904. Henry was listed as dead and assigned the number of 932 by the Dawes Commission.

Information received from the Bonner Springs, Kansas Library: Francis and Henry (Cyprian) Chouteau were brothers and traders with the Indians and according to a journal left by C.L. David; the trading post was one of the largest on the (Kaw) Kansas River and was called Four Houses. This area became known as Tiblow, and later a new town site was platted and laid out adjoining on the East in about the entire town was then named Bonner Springs, Kansas. C.L. David was an old settler in Tiblow and he owned and operated a store. He kept a journal and in this journal he spoke of Henry Tiblow. He noted him as "An Indian Chief and interpreter of the U. S. Government, and owned and ran a ferry across the Kansas River." He noted the ferry as being well patronized. I have been searching for more information to prove the fact that he was indeed an Indian Chief, but have not been able to do so at the current time.

Mr. David also said that a man by the name of John Trembley was, at the time of 1868, running the ferry and that Henry had moved on the farm known as the General Miller Farm, where he lived, died and was buried. This Henry Tiblow would have had to have been his father as we know that our Henry Tiblow moved into Indian Territory. I could only assume that Henry was named after his father by this information. According to the 1880 Cherokee Nation Census Indian Territory (Oklahoma) transcribed by Barbara L. Benge, there is a Henry Tiblow Widow listed as being in Cooweescoowee District, adopted Delaware, age 95. It also lists her as dead under census number. She apparently died before the census was finished. I am led to believe this may have been Henry's mother. Too bad they didn't give her name. This also backs up the previous statement.

According to "Ferries in Kansas" from the Kansas Historical Quarterly, Volume 11, 1933 they state that Henry Tiblow was a partner with Henry D. Smith, Isaac Parrish, Charles B. Garret, and Sam Parsons which created the Parrish Ferry Co. that was incorporated December 29, 1863. Their ferry was to operate at point 6 chains above the center of S32 T11 R23 opposite present Bonner Springs near the railroad crossing. They also state that Henry Tiblow was of mixed blood, Shawnee and Delaware. Tiblow was plated in November 1870 with John McDanield, proprietor of the town site, after 1880 the name was changed to Bonner Springs.

Ella Mae Mitchell, a long-time resident of Bonner Springs, Kansas, did some research in the life of Henry Tiblow. She found that the Chouteau Family abandoned Four Houses Trading Post about the time (1829-1830) that the United States Government moved the Delaware Indians to this location. The Tiblow family came at that time. Chouteau turned over the operation of the ferry to the elder Tiblow. Henry was about 15 years old and he had two sisters. He had attended school in Sandusky Ohio, and after they came he attended school at the Ira Blancard Mission by canoe near the present site of Edwardsville. He and his father rebuilt the ferry. He was also educated at the Shawnee Mission. He and Mary Ann's (Polly), first child died due to drowning. There are no other records or mention of this child's name.

A Historical Overview of Wyandotte County and it's Historical Sites, page 97 states that Henry Tiblow moved to Kansas with his parents when he was 15 years old.

Sam Stewart Affidavit- "calls Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow, Aunt Polly Tiblow. Her husband was a club-footed part Delaware interpreter for the government. He was also a doctor and came from Kansas with the Delawares to settle at Ketchum. (see "Indian Place Names" by John Rydjord, pg. 235. In this same book, another report described Henry Tiblow as "bow-legged" but not clubfooted. He was an interpreter for the Delawares at Sarcoxieville. Tiblow ran a ferry across the Kaw, where he built a cabin and established a post office named Tiblow. The name later changed to Edwardsville, then to Bonner Springs, Kansas.

There was an Indian Agent named Richard W. Cummins that was appointed from 1830-1949. Henry Tiblow served as his interpreter and I believe that he must have thought well of this man because he named two of his children after him. Richard W.C. Tiblow, who later became a Doctor, according to a document on file at the Oklahoma Historical Society, and Mary Cummins Tiblow, who later married Andrew Stephenson.

After January 1831: the Hancks/Pratt reports state that Henry Tiblow, Delaware, established a ferry across the Kansas River near the abandoned Four Houses, about seven miles up the Kansas River from the Grinter Ferry on the site of present Bonner Springs, Kansas. (We know that Henry Tiblow married Mary Ann Marshall, aka Polly, who was the sister of Anna Marshall, who married Moses Grinter)

1842: #207, Henry Tiblow listed on the roll or census of the Delaware Tribe of Indians within the Ft. Leavenworth (KS) agency. 1 male under 10, 2 males of 10 and under 40, 2 females under 10, 3 of 10 and under 40, 1 female over 40.

December 14, 1843: Agreement with the Delaware's and Wyandotte Nations of Indians. Whereas from a long and intimate acquaintance, and the ardent friendship which has for a great many years existed between the Delawares and Wyandotts and from a mutual desire that the same feeling shall continue and be more strengthened by becoming near neighbors to each other, therefore the said parties, the Delawares on one side, and the Wyandotts on the other, i full council assembled, have agreed, and do agree, to the following stipulations: The Delaware nation of Indians, residing between the Missouri and Kansas rivers,, being very anxious to have their uncles, the Wyandotts, to settle and reside near them, do hereby donate, grant and quitclaim forever, to the Wyandott nation, three sections of land containing six hundred and forty acres each, lyig and being situated at the point of the junction of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers.... Henry Tiblow, US Indian Interpreter, Delaware.

1844: The personnel of the Fort Leavenworth Indian Agency was as follows: Richard W. Cummins, Agent; Jonathan Phillips, subagent for Wyandotte; Joshua Carpenter, subagent; Clement Lessert, John Armstrong, Henry Tiblow, interpreters; Charles Graham, James B. Post, Charles Fish, Isaac Monday, Robert Wilson, J. Carpenter, blacksmiths; J. Pitman and Mab Frankler, assistant blacksmiths; W. H. Mitchell, farmer; William Donelson and J.M. Simpson, blacksmiths for Shawnees; Richard Simpson and Joseph Park, assistant blacksmith for Shawnees.

1846: the following was written by a member of Doniphan's Expedition, probably refers to Tiblow's ferry: "The Shawnee and Delaware tribes of Indians have settled here. The Shawnees have fine farms, and are quite civilized people, the Delaware's are a little behind them. Both tribes speak the English language, more or less. They keep a ferry boat here, in which we crossed the river. The keeper of the boat said he had made four hundred dollars this season by the crossing of emigrants bound to Oregon. We purchased a beef steer from them for four dollars, paying for it ourselves, for Uncle Sam finds us no beef."

May 6, 1854: Treaty between the Delaware and the United States at Washington, D.C. The Delaware Tribe of Indians hereby cede, relinquish, and quit-claim to the United States all their right, title, and interest in and to their country lying west of the State of Missouri, and situate in the fork of the Missouri and Kansas Rivers.... (To sum it up: they sold the land to receive annuity payments from the Government. They had been receiving annuity payments since August 3, 1795 and the last annuity would be paid, October 1855.) The object of converting the permanent annuities into two payments being to aid the Delawares in making improvements on their present farms and opening new ones on the land reserved, building houses, buying necessary household furniture, stock, and farming utensils, and such other articles as may be necessary their comfort.....Henry Tiblow, United States Interpreter.

October 20, 1856: Henry Tiblow witnessed and interpreted the Will of Captain Ketchum, Delaware Chief. In this Will, Captain Ketchum, Delaware Chief, wanted to name his nephew, AhLarAChech/James Conner, as his successor. Instead the Government, placed his brother, John Ketchum, as Delaware Chief. James Conner contested the Will and asked them to please reconsider since his brother John was living in Texas. John Conner became the first Delaware Chief not chosen by the Delaware people. Capt. Ketchum was born, 1780, died July 11, 1857, and is buried in White Cemetery, Kansas.

April 18, 1857: Henry Tiblow, US Interpreter and witness for Delaware Payroll.

January 1, 1858: Henry Tiblow, US Interpreter and witness of Delaware Payroll.

April 14, 1858: From the Pratt Papers, Index 142-roll 5. This is a copy of a letter written to Mr. B. F. Robinson, who was U.S. Indian Agent for the Delaware Indians at the time. Osage River Agency, K.T. The letter reads as follows: Friend Robinson, I would be glad if you would see Henry Tiblow, and inform him the claim money due the heads of W.H. Marshall is now ready for distribution. It will be necessary for Henry Tiblow to secure a Power of Attorney from the other heads and bring it over himself, and I will pay the amount over to him. The Power of Attorney authorizing him to receive the money must be signed by John Marshall, Ann Grinter, Mary Ann Tiblow, and Roseanna Grinter. This paper will be attached to a (unreadable) signed by Henry Tiblow and forwarded to Washington with the original claim, and it will also authorize Mr. Tiblow to keep my vouchers which is necessary in processing my account. I had closed up my account (unreadable) to the close of last quarter (March 31st) preparatory to turning over the office to my successor, but he has not arrived as yet, but $6,000 of claim money has been credited to my account (unreadable) to (unreadable) as soon as you receive this be so kind as to drop me a line at the same time I will be (unreadable) have (unreadable) Mr. Tiblow could come over and I (unreadable) (unreadable) to (unreadable) cost. Very Respectively, M.M. Caskins. (A handwritten note on the document says Maxwell McCaslin. (McCaskin) (personal note: It is hard to believe that the family waited from 1837, the time that Wm. H. Marshall's estate was probated). *note: They waited some 23 years to receive anything from the probate settlement.

May 20, 1860: Henry Tiblow was a resident of the Delaware Indian Nation, Wyandotte, Kansas, along with wife, Mary Ann Tiblow, Francis O. Tiblow, Virginia Ann Tiblow, Mary C. Tiblow, and Richard W.C. Tiblow.

May 30, 1860: Under the Treaty of Sarcoxieville, MO, the Delaware agreed to take the lands of their diminished reserve in severalty, as provided for in the Treaty of 1854. Each tribal member was allotted 80 acres, with allotments set aside for about 200 Absentee Delaware. Principal Chief John Connor was to receive 640 acres in fee simple, while the band chiefs Sarcoxie, Neconhecond, and Kockawatowha and the Interpreter Henry Tiblow, were each allotted 320 acres. (Information from the Hancks/Pratt report).

May 30, 1860: One function of this treaty was to divide the compact body of the "permanent home" land in eastern Kansas. The process was a lengthy one requiring first a complete survey of this part of the Delaware reservation. Transfers, exchanges and sales among the eligible persons were dated as late as January 30, 1866. Each entitled Delaware was to be assigned a specific 80-acres parcel. Henry Tiblow received 75.10 acres. Mary Ann, Virginia Ann, Mary C., Richard W.C., Nathan S. (dead) Francis O. Brown, all received 80 acres.

1863: In an itemized account of John G. Pratt, Physician to the Delaware Tribe of Indians, calendar quarter ending September 30, 1863, Henry Tiblow was seen by the Doctor on July 15, 1863 for Inflammation of Bowels at the age of 40 and the Doctor's charge was $1.00 and his medication was $ .25.

April 24, 1863: Transcribed by Martin Weeks. A copy from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Henry Tiblow deposes and says that he is a member of the Delaware Indians of Kansas: that he has lived in Kansas for a period of thirty years; that he was a for a time U.S. Interpreter for said Indians: that he knows Sallie Honeywell and has been personally acquainted with her for the past three years; that he has known her by reputation for over fifteen years; that the Grandmother of the said Sallie Honeywell was a pure unmixed Delaware Indian and lived and died among them; that the mother of the said Sallie Honeywell was also a Delaware and second cousin of Capt. Connor, present Head Chief of the Delaware; that the father of the said Sallie Honeywell was part Delaware and a small part Miami. That the said Sallie Honeywell was born among the Delaware and then lived a portion of her time among the Delaware and a portion of her time among the Miami's, the later portion among the Delawares....(No real information that pertains to our family tree)

December 29, 1863: The Parrish Ferry Co.was incorporated by Henry D. Smith, Henry Tiblow, Isaac Parrish, Charles B.Garrett, and Sam Parsons to operate at a point 6 chains above the center of S.32 T11 R23 opposite present Bonner Springs, near the railroad crossing. Tiblow was plated in November 1870 with John McDaniels, proprietor of the town site, after 1880 the name was changed to Bonner Springs. Henry Tiblow, ferry operator for whom the town was named, was of mixed blood, Shawnee/Delaware. The article was from: Kansas River Ferries, Monticello Township" by Bertha Ann Garrett Cameron.

October 1865: Delaware Dwelling Structures, Crop Products and Livestock. Henry owned 2-frame built houses, 24 acres of wheat crop, 30 acres of corn crop, 3 acres of potato crop, 10 acres of hay crop, 3 horses, 40 cattle, and 60 hogs.

October 1865: Delaware Semi-Annual Annuity payments, Henry received $320.00

1866: Delaware-Cherokee Delegation. This group of Delaware and Cherokee leaders worked many days "to make a treaty for the Delaware's" to move into Indian Territory with the Cherokees. Members of the delegations were James Ketchum, James Connor, John Connor, recognized by the U.S. Government as Principal Chief of the Delaware: Charles Journeycake, recognized by the Delaware tribe as Principal Chief, Isaac Journeycake, his brother and U.S. interpreter in negotiations, John Sarcoxie, James McDaniel, Black Beaver, Henry Tiblow, John G. Pratt, Charles Armstrong, and John Young.

October 1866: Delaware Semi-Annual Annuity payments Henry received $280.00

1867: Cherokee Delaware Census Roll. Roll of individual Delaware Indians who elected to remove to Indian Territory. Rolls taken by Rev. John G. Pratt minister of The Baptist Church of Leavenworth, Kansas, and Delaware Agent. Original roll in the Pratt Papers,Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka Kansas. Cherokee Census Roll 1867, Film 970.3 Cherokee. Bartlesville Public Library, Family History Room. #939 Henry Tiblow (not sure why his wife Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow was not on this list, but she did state to the BIA that she did come later.)

February 1867, Delaware Indians who have elected to retain their Tribal Relations at the Delaware Agency, Kansas. Census #781, Allotment #117, Mary Ann Tiblow and her husband, Henry Tiblow Census #780 and Allotment #116.Their children were listed as well: Virginia A. 1862 Census #782 Allotment #118. Richard W.C. Tiblow 1862 census #784 Allotment #120. Francis O. Tiblow 1862 census #785 allotment #276. Charles Tiblow and Nancy Jane Tiblow.

December 12, 1874, Henry Tiblow signed a document that reads: We the undersigned children of Delaware Indians who elected to become citizens of the United States hereby acknowledge to have received of E. Hoag, Supt. Indian Affairs the sums set opposite our respective names as our proportion of annuity due the Delaware as their fall annuity payment. Lightening Creek, Indian Territory.

1878-1879: Reports of Committees, Senate of the United States for the Third Session of the Forty-fifth Congress in four volumes, page 531. Henry Tiblow. Henry Tiblow being duly sworn, testified as follows: By the Chairman: (Q & A) What is your name? Henry Tiblow. Are you an Indian? Yes sir. Where were you born? In Missouri. Are you a Cherokee? I am an adopted Cherokee. I am a Delaware by blood. How long have you lived here? Nine years. What is your occupation? Farming. What are your views on the question of the allotment of the lands among the members of the tribe, setting apart a sufficient portion for a school fund, or should a sufficient tract be reserved and made inalienable for five or ten years, would it improve your people? I myself am satisfied now. Suppose eighty acres were made inalienable, so that it could not be sold for taxes or debts, and the remainder of the land in the nation sold and proceeds kept by the United States, and the interest on the same annually paid to the Indians, would it not much improve the general condition of the Indians? I think not. If each tribe was allowed to retain its customs and property, would be benefited by the establishment of a Territorial form of government? I do not think it would. Can a civil form of government be organized over the Indian Territory for the better protection of life and property? If so what should that government be? I do not think any change is necessary. I am not in favor of any change in the form of government. I am perfectly satisfied as I am under existing laws and customs.

1880 Cherokee Nation Roll: Henry Tiblow #2587, age 60. Mary Ann Tiblow #2588, age 56.

April 9, 1881, Records of Appraisements, Book A, Delaware District, page 34. Henry Tiblow. Place and improvements $1,100.00, Ten Shoats @2.00, $20.00, One Horse $50.00, One cow $14.00, plow, $6.00. Total $1,170.00. J.L. Thompson, Appraiser, Jas. D. Yoast, Appraiser, C.C. Cornotzer, Appraiser. Recorded May 12, 1881. T.J. McGhee, Clerk of Delaware District Court.

In the book "History of Craig County, It's People and Places, Volume II", it has this to say about Henry under the heading of "The Shawnee Indians", Interpreters for the Shawnees included Henry Tiblow who received his education at the Shawnee Mission school and was employed by the government as interpreter for both the Shawnees and the Delawares. It also states that the Shawnee and the Delaware Indians were moved by treaty to the west into Johnson County, Kansas and its vicinity about the same time.

May 11, 1937, in an interview with Rosanna Stephenson Conner, Henry Tiblow's granddaughter, she stated that her grandfather was a Delaware Indian and that he spoke seven different languages, English, French, and five Indian languages. She stated they all moved to Indian Territory, now known as Oklahoma, in 1868, with the Delaware tribe of Indians and bought an equal right with the Cherokee tribe of Indians. She said that Henry Tiblow bought the famous old brick building, built and owned by Johnson Thompson before the Civil War. The building was located on the South bank of the Grand River, in the Delaware District, Cherokee Nation, now about seven miles Southwest of the present site of Ketchum, in Mayes County, Oklahoma. (This land is now under water due to the Grand River Dam project. It was said by the Craig County Historical society that it was believed that this house had been destroyed by an earlier tornado.) She stated that her Grandfather was a famous interpreter among the Delaware tribe. She said that there was a large settlement of Delaware's in Nowata County, then Cooweescoowee District and he was gone most of the time acting as interpreter among his people. They sent him to Washington in that capacity on several different occasions. She said Henry Tiblow died in 1878 and was buried in Nowata County. He is buried in the Secondine Cemetery in Nowata, Oklahoma.

April 15, 1938: T. Wyman Thompson Interview, Ketchum, Oklahoma. Journalist: James R. Carselowey: (I was only interested in one section of his interview): Another Old Brick House. There was another old two-story brick residence located across Grand River from the one purchased by my wife's father, James Ketchum. It was built before the Civil War by slaves of Dr. Joe Thompson, a brother of Johnson Thompson, who built the other brick house. This second brick house, backed by a river bottom farm, had been purchased by Henry Tiblow in 1867 at the same time James Ketchum came down from Kansas.

On December 10, 1964: The Chieftain Newspaper printed another article about the naming of a new Junior High School. It was mentioned they should name it "Tiblow Junior High" in honor of Henry Tiblow and his contribution to the early community. There was much controversy over the issue. A lot of people were confused about exactly whom Henry Tiblow was. It is unfortunate that the school was not named after him.

September 9, 1971: In a newspaper edition from Bonner Springs, Kansas, an article was written and published "Tiblow Named for Ferryman". One of the men whose influence was felt in the century ago and more of the western part of Wyandotte County was not an immigrant, not a white man. His name was Henry Tiblow and he was a Delaware Indian, handicapped with a clubfoot. Henry Tiblow, who also functioned as an interpreter between the Indians and the hunters and trappers, immigrants seeking new homes as the westward surge gained momentum, or soldiers who rode the far reaching plains, for many years operated a ferry across the Kansas River. He lived in a cabin on the left bank of the Kaw at the approximate site of the present Bonner Springs. (I was told that this historical site has been destroyed by flood)

August 19, 2000, I received a book in the mail that Tom Hahn had sent. He never indicated why he was sending it, just that I would find it interesting. The name of the book was called "Delaware Trails", and when I turned to the last page I discovered a picture of Native American gentlemen standing and sitting and one named Henry Tiblow. I couldn't believe what I was looking at. That was the first time I had ever seen a picture of Henry. I grabbed up the book and ran out the door of the house and down the hill where my husband, Bob, was working in the yard. I told him he wouldn't believe what Tom just sent me. It was a picture of the Delegation that helped sign the treaty to move the Delaware into Indian Territory in 1867, to live with the Cherokee. I will treasure that book and all the information for years to come.

2000: I wish I had clarity about exactly how all the events unfolded, but I had received a copy of a newspaper article published in the Chieftain, August 6, 1998, that showed a picture of a damaged gravesite marker surrounded by four gentlemen. The article described how these men had been looking for the burial site of Henry Tiblow and found his marker damaged. They intended to raise the funds to restore the marker. I contacted the Bonner Springs Centennial committee and inquired about further information. I was looking on a Rootsweb website and a lady named Vivian had seen some research done by another person on Henry Tiblow, so she was familiar with it and located the article and told me exactly where to find Henry Tiblow's final resting place.

2000: It seemed to happen so quickly that I honestly don't recall every detail. I was put in touch with a man named, Roger Miller, who at that time headed up the Centennial Committee. October 11, 2000, I received a letter from Roger, he was excited to hear from a living descendant. He indicated that the marker had been restored and he told me that if I ever had the chance I should visit Bonner Springs, Kansas. Henry Tiblow was well known in the area for the ferry he operated. It was also stated that the Delaware Tribe of Indians drew up a resolution at Tribal Council to keep up the Cemetery in which Henry is buried. Armstrong-Secondine Cemetery about five miles northeast of Nowata, Oklahoma. The cemetery was located in the boonies; very hard to find. We took pictures and sent them to Roger Miller and they printed it with an article in the Chieftan Newspaper in Bonner Springs, December 2000.

November 22, 2000: On the trip to see Henry's gravesite, we also made a trip to the Gilstrap #2 Cemetery in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to find WilLeQueNaHo's (Betsy/Elizabeth Marshall) gravesite. The cemetery was in total disarray. I was told that it might be. It was in a cow pasture. We took pictures of gravesites that my dad, Silas Peach, helped locate by sunken areas in the ground along with information I had been able to locate describing the layout.

From there we drove to Big Cabin, Oklahoma, and visited Mary Ann Stephenson Alexander, now living with the Richardson's. We went to the Big Cabin Cemetery to try to find the burial site of Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow. We walked all over and without a map we were not able to locate it. Sue Ann Nicely and her mother, Maxine, later visited and took pictures for me. I sent those copies to Roger Miller because they wanted to know the location of her burial as well.

November 22, 2000, I personally visited the Secondine-Armstrong #2 Cemetery to pay my last respects to Henry Tiblow, my great great great grandfather. The inscription on the upright marker: Henry Tiblow, born February 9, 1818, Died December 16, 1881, Aged 64 years. His gravestone is much like his wife's, Mary Ann Marshall Tiblow.

April 28, 2017: I received a copy of a picture of my GGG Grandfather,Henry Tiblow. This picture had been in John Kramer's family home for many years, not realizing the significance of it. He had been in touch with Roger Miller in Bonner Springs and given them a copy as well. Roger contacted me and I contacted John. That is why I was able to get a copy of the photograph.

September 2017: I had an article published in "Tiblow Talk" about my Tiblow discoveries.

April 28, 2017: Henry’s photo was shared with me by John Kramer, a descendent through Francis O. Tiblow Brown. One might imagine my excitement to see this version of a photo of him besides the one we all recognize with the group of Delaware leaders that negotiated the treaty of 1867 in Washington, D.C. that moved the Delaware in Kansas to Indian Territory and live among the Cherokee.

I have kept every piece of paper, letter, article, or anything related to my research. My only regret--I wish I had taken the time to document everything in a journal as to how it all unfolded. I never gave up. I dug until I uncovered most everything I had hoped for. There are still a few ancestors I know nothing about. One thing I've learned about research, there is always something new to discover. That is with anything in life.

Birth	9 Feb 1818	Possibly Ohio
Marriage	8 Apr 1843	Shawnee Mission Church - Mary Ann Marshall
Residence	1860	Wyandott Township, Wyandotte, Kansas Territory, United States
1862 Allotment	1862	116. Henry Tiblow, age 40, Lots 2 & 3 NE/4. 31-11-24, 75.10 acres - Wyandotte County Kansas
Death	16 Dec 1881	Nowata, Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, United States
Alt name		Olanakekasnin
Burial		Armstrong Cemetery, Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States
FIND-A-GRAVE		https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20373338/henry-tiblow
Wikitree		https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tiblow-1
Burial		Armstrong Cemetery, Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States

Spouse	Mary Ann Marshall (1821 - 1907)
Child	Virginia Ann Tiblow (1847 - 1877)
Child	Dr. Richard W. C. Tiblow (1850 - 1897)
Child	Mary Cummins Tiblow (1851 - 1901)
Child	Francis O. "Fannie" Tiblow (1854 - 1945)
Child	Nathan O. Tiblow (1861 - 1867)
Child	Charles Wesley "*" Tiblow (1863 - 1900)
Child	Nancy Jane Tiblow (1865 - )

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