Homer Adkins in Cloud Co., KS 1860s
While researching my Kizer line in Cloud Co.,
Kansas, I came across this and thought perhaps it would be of interest to some Adkins researchers. From William G. Cutler's
"History of the State of Kansas",the section
on Cloud County. "In the spring of 1869 the Cheyennes and Arapahoes again made their appearance. A boy ten years of age, a son of Homer Adkins, living five miles northwest of
Concordia, was shot and killed. It was towards evening, and the boy had been sent to look after stock, riding a pony. Neither boy nor pony ever returned. The savages mercilessly murdered the boy in order to steal the pony. At the same time a man named Nelson, a Dane, living near Mr. Adkins, was robbed of his team while plowing in the field."Regards,
David Watson