Inferred burial in the family cemetery where the family lived.
Qua tun det was one of two wives of George "We-hoo-ney" Washington, a Delaware Indian. They had at least six children: Sarah (married name Rogers), Francis aka Frank, Albert, John, James aka Jim, and Cyrus. In the 1850's, Qua tun det, George, their children, and George's other wife, Nancy, and their children lived at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas territory. The family lived in the hotel that George managed. George was also an interpreter for the U.S. Government and a scout for expedition leader, John C. Freemont.
The Washington family moved to the Indian Territory during the Civil War. They made the trip to the Territory along with other Delaware Indians and the Indian Agent Pratt. George purchased land from Moses Alberty east of present day Fairland, Oklahoma. George built two log houses with fireplaces about 400 feet apart, one for each wife and their children.
The year of Qua tun det's death is unknown; inferred burial in the family graveyard on the Washington property. According to her son, Cyrus, Qua tun det and George's other wife, Nancy, died about a year apart. George moved all the children into one cabin, where an Indian women helped take care of them until he married a "white women" Julia Hall.
Sources: Delaware Trials: Some Tribal Records, 1842-1907; Oklahoma & Indian Territory, Indian & Pioneer Historical Collection, 1937; Oklahoma & Indian Territory, Censuses & Rolls, 1851-1959; Oklahoma Indian-Pioneer Papers Collection: Cyrus Washington & Julia Hall (accessed online)
Qua tun det was one of two wives of George "We-hoo-ney" Washington, a Delaware Indian. They had at least six children: Sarah (married name Rogers), Francis aka Frank, Albert, John, James aka Jim, and Cyrus. In the 1850's, Qua tun det, George, their children, and George's other wife, Nancy, and their children lived at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas territory. The family lived in the hotel that George managed. George was also an interpreter for the U.S. Government and a scout for expedition leader, John C. Freemont.
The Washington family moved to the Indian Territory during the Civil War. They made the trip to the Territory along with other Delaware Indians and the Indian Agent Pratt. George purchased land from Moses Alberty east of present day Fairland, Oklahoma. George built two log houses with fireplaces about 400 feet apart, one for each wife and their children.
The year of Qua tun det's death is unknown; inferred burial in the family graveyard on the Washington property. According to her son, Cyrus, Qua tun det and George's other wife, Nancy, died about a year apart. George moved all the children into one cabin, where an Indian women helped take care of them until he married a "white women" Julia Hall.
Sources: Delaware Trials: Some Tribal Records, 1842-1907; Oklahoma & Indian Territory, Indian & Pioneer Historical Collection, 1937; Oklahoma & Indian Territory, Censuses & Rolls, 1851-1959; Oklahoma Indian-Pioneer Papers Collection: Cyrus Washington & Julia Hall (accessed online)
Inferred burial in the family cemetery where the family lived.
Qua tun det was one of two wives of George "We-hoo-ney" Washington, a Delaware Indian. They had at least six children: Sarah (married name Rogers), Francis aka Frank, Albert, John, James aka Jim, and Cyrus. In the 1850's, Qua tun det, George, their children, and George's other wife, Nancy, and their children lived at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas territory. The family lived in the hotel that George managed. George was also an interpreter for the U.S. Government and a scout for expedition leader, John C. Freemont.
The Washington family moved to the Indian Territory during the Civil War. They made the trip to the Territory along with other Delaware Indians and the Indian Agent Pratt. George purchased land from Moses Alberty east of present day Fairland, Oklahoma. George built two log houses with fireplaces about 400 feet apart, one for each wife and their children.
The year of Qua tun det's death is unknown; inferred burial in the family graveyard on the Washington property. According to her son, Cyrus, Qua tun det and George's other wife, Nancy, died about a year apart. George moved all the children into one cabin, where an Indian women helped take care of them until he married a "white women" Julia Hall.
Sources: Delaware Trials: Some Tribal Records, 1842-1907; Oklahoma & Indian Territory, Indian & Pioneer Historical Collection, 1937; Oklahoma & Indian Territory, Censuses & Rolls, 1851-1959; Oklahoma Indian-Pioneer Papers Collection: Cyrus Washington & Julia Hall (accessed online)
Qua tun det was one of two wives of George "We-hoo-ney" Washington, a Delaware Indian. They had at least six children: Sarah (married name Rogers), Francis aka Frank, Albert, John, James aka Jim, and Cyrus. In the 1850's, Qua tun det, George, their children, and George's other wife, Nancy, and their children lived at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas territory. The family lived in the hotel that George managed. George was also an interpreter for the U.S. Government and a scout for expedition leader, John C. Freemont.
The Washington family moved to the Indian Territory during the Civil War. They made the trip to the Territory along with other Delaware Indians and the Indian Agent Pratt. George purchased land from Moses Alberty east of present day Fairland, Oklahoma. George built two log houses with fireplaces about 400 feet apart, one for each wife and their children.
The year of Qua tun det's death is unknown; inferred burial in the family graveyard on the Washington property. According to her son, Cyrus, Qua tun det and George's other wife, Nancy, died about a year apart. George moved all the children into one cabin, where an Indian women helped take care of them until he married a "white women" Julia Hall.
Sources: Delaware Trials: Some Tribal Records, 1842-1907; Oklahoma & Indian Territory, Indian & Pioneer Historical Collection, 1937; Oklahoma & Indian Territory, Censuses & Rolls, 1851-1959; Oklahoma Indian-Pioneer Papers Collection: Cyrus Washington & Julia Hall (accessed online)
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