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MINOR SAC AND FOX CHIEFS AND BRAVES.
his remains should bear his name. The traveler passing over the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, at a point about one-half mile east of Agency City station, a few rods from the track, on the south side, may see the monument which marks the burial-place of General Street and Wapello. It stands but a few feet from the spot where stood the old agency house, the scene of Keokuk's celebrated oration upon the death of President Harrison, and many other incidents connected with the Sac and Fox occupancy of that portion of Iowa. That spot is classic ground in Iowa's aboriginal history.
AP-PA-NOOSE.
The name of this chief signifies "a chief when a child," indicating that he inherited his office. He presided over a band of the Sacs. He was a man of a sedate and quiet disposition, and was much beloved by his people. We know but little of his early life. During the Black Hawk War he favored the peace policy of Keokuk, having always entertained a friendly feeling toward the whites. After the removal of the Sacs and Foxes from Iowa River to the Des Moines he established his village near the site of the present city of Ottumwa, where his people cultivated a portion of the ground now within the limits of that city. The grounds occupied by the round-house and other buildings of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad were once a part of the corn-fields of Appanoose and his people.
Appanoose was one of the delegation who, in 1837, with Keokuk and other head men, accompanied General Street to Washington, at which time he visited with them the
