Wicks' Mill
Location
Located on Mosquito Creek about three miles from Kanesville (Council Bluffs, Iowa).
History
"A mill was built in 1836 along the banks of Mosquito Creek by the Government. It was used by neighboring Indians. Stutley E. Wicks was the last federal agent to run the mill. From the Council Bluffs History, written by Charles Babbitt in September 1925, a little is learned about about S. E. Wicks. "There came with the Indians a member of Caldwell's band, a white man name Stutely E. Wicks, known in frontier parlance as a "Squaw Man" because of his marriage to an Indian woman. He was born of pure New England heritage at Watertown, New York, in 1810 or 1811. At an early age, he went to the vicinity of Chicago and there joined the Prairie Band of the Pottawattamie Indians. On October 25, 1835 he married Catherine Muller, a mixed blood, and became a full member of the tribe with which he migrated to Southwestern Iowa in 1837."
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They came to Council Bluffs in 1835
Obituary
Stutely E. Wicks, a citizen of this city, who has been in the gold regions of Montana Territory for the last two years, died on his way home at Soda Springs, Utah Territory, on the 22nd day of September, 1865.
Mr. Wicks was an old citizen of this county, having lived here for many years before the Indian title to the lands was extinguished and was well respected by all who knew him.
We understand that he was taken sick in the mountains and through the kindness of John and Lee Clark was conveyed as far as Soda Springs on his way home, where he became so ill that they were forced to leave him in the care of kind friends who did all they could to relieve his sufferings, which continued but a few days. He was decently buried near the Springs by the kindness of friends, who took the sick stranger in and administered to his wants, and made his last hours in this world as comfortable as their circumstances would permit.
Council Bluffs (IA) Bugle, Thursday, 9 November 1865
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Location
Located on Mosquito Creek about three miles from Kanesville (Council Bluffs, Iowa).
History
"A mill was built in 1836 along the banks of Mosquito Creek by the Government. It was used by neighboring Indians. Stutley E. Wicks was the last federal agent to run the mill. From the Council Bluffs History, written by Charles Babbitt in September 1925, a little is learned about about S. E. Wicks. "There came with the Indians a member of Caldwell's band, a white man name Stutely E. Wicks, known in frontier parlance as a "Squaw Man" because of his marriage to an Indian woman. He was born of pure New England heritage at Watertown, New York, in 1810 or 1811. At an early age, he went to the vicinity of Chicago and there joined the Prairie Band of the Pottawattamie Indians. On October 25, 1835 he married Catherine Muller, a mixed blood, and became a full member of the tribe with which he migrated to Southwestern Iowa in 1837."
winterquarters.byu.edu
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They came to Council Bluffs in 1835
Obituary
Stutely E. Wicks, a citizen of this city, who has been in the gold regions of Montana Territory for the last two years, died on his way home at Soda Springs, Utah Territory, on the 22nd day of September, 1865.
Mr. Wicks was an old citizen of this county, having lived here for many years before the Indian title to the lands was extinguished and was well respected by all who knew him.
We understand that he was taken sick in the mountains and through the kindness of John and Lee Clark was conveyed as far as Soda Springs on his way home, where he became so ill that they were forced to leave him in the care of kind friends who did all they could to relieve his sufferings, which continued but a few days. He was decently buried near the Springs by the kindness of friends, who took the sick stranger in and administered to his wants, and made his last hours in this world as comfortable as their circumstances would permit.
Council Bluffs (IA) Bugle, Thursday, 9 November 1865
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Wicks' Mill
Location
Located on Mosquito Creek about three miles from Kanesville (Council Bluffs, Iowa).
History
"A mill was built in 1836 along the banks of Mosquito Creek by the Government. It was used by neighboring Indians. Stutley E. Wicks was the last federal agent to run the mill. From the Council Bluffs History, written by Charles Babbitt in September 1925, a little is learned about about S. E. Wicks. "There came with the Indians a member of Caldwell's band, a white man name Stutely E. Wicks, known in frontier parlance as a "Squaw Man" because of his marriage to an Indian woman. He was born of pure New England heritage at Watertown, New York, in 1810 or 1811. At an early age, he went to the vicinity of Chicago and there joined the Prairie Band of the Pottawattamie Indians. On October 25, 1835 he married Catherine Muller, a mixed blood, and became a full member of the tribe with which he migrated to Southwestern Iowa in 1837."
winterquarters.byu.edu
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They came to Council Bluffs in 1835
Obituary
Stutely E. Wicks, a citizen of this city, who has been in the gold regions of Montana Territory for the last two years, died on his way home at Soda Springs, Utah Territory, on the 22nd day of September, 1865.
Mr. Wicks was an old citizen of this county, having lived here for many years before the Indian title to the lands was extinguished and was well respected by all who knew him.
We understand that he was taken sick in the mountains and through the kindness of John and Lee Clark was conveyed as far as Soda Springs on his way home, where he became so ill that they were forced to leave him in the care of kind friends who did all they could to relieve his sufferings, which continued but a few days. He was decently buried near the Springs by the kindness of friends, who took the sick stranger in and administered to his wants, and made his last hours in this world as comfortable as their circumstances would permit.
Council Bluffs (IA) Bugle, Thursday, 9 November 1865
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Location
Located on Mosquito Creek about three miles from Kanesville (Council Bluffs, Iowa).
History
"A mill was built in 1836 along the banks of Mosquito Creek by the Government. It was used by neighboring Indians. Stutley E. Wicks was the last federal agent to run the mill. From the Council Bluffs History, written by Charles Babbitt in September 1925, a little is learned about about S. E. Wicks. "There came with the Indians a member of Caldwell's band, a white man name Stutely E. Wicks, known in frontier parlance as a "Squaw Man" because of his marriage to an Indian woman. He was born of pure New England heritage at Watertown, New York, in 1810 or 1811. At an early age, he went to the vicinity of Chicago and there joined the Prairie Band of the Pottawattamie Indians. On October 25, 1835 he married Catherine Muller, a mixed blood, and became a full member of the tribe with which he migrated to Southwestern Iowa in 1837."
winterquarters.byu.edu
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They came to Council Bluffs in 1835
Obituary
Stutely E. Wicks, a citizen of this city, who has been in the gold regions of Montana Territory for the last two years, died on his way home at Soda Springs, Utah Territory, on the 22nd day of September, 1865.
Mr. Wicks was an old citizen of this county, having lived here for many years before the Indian title to the lands was extinguished and was well respected by all who knew him.
We understand that he was taken sick in the mountains and through the kindness of John and Lee Clark was conveyed as far as Soda Springs on his way home, where he became so ill that they were forced to leave him in the care of kind friends who did all they could to relieve his sufferings, which continued but a few days. He was decently buried near the Springs by the kindness of friends, who took the sick stranger in and administered to his wants, and made his last hours in this world as comfortable as their circumstances would permit.
Council Bluffs (IA) Bugle, Thursday, 9 November 1865
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