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Reminiscences & Narratives of Pioneers
INDIAN VISITORS

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Transcribed from
the ©1920 "History of Hall County," by Buechler, Barr, and Stough

Of course our experiences and observations of Indians were generally with those of the Pawnee tribes. The Indians generally came from the south. The Pawnees moved eastward and westward through this part of the state. Their reservation, when they got one, and their general camping grounds, were on north of the river and eastward from here. Their reservation was up in Nance County. When they went after buffalo they would go southwestward toward the Republican River, where the good buffalo territory lay. They would go through about twice a year on such an errand. About the 15th or 20th of May, these Pawnee Indians would go on their spring buffalo hunt to secure enough buffalo mean for their summer's supply. In the fall, about October, they would go back over the same ground, going throught here southwestward, to get buffalo for the winter. When they went back they would cross the Platte River and go back to their reservation quarters in what is now Nance County. They would travel through in bunches numbering as high as a thousand.