- 1900 Census
Brown County, Kansas
Sac Fox and Iowa Indian Reservation
1 June 1900
Murray A. Campbell, head, Indian, September 1865, 34, mar (15 years), Nebraska, (Kansas/Missouri), farmer, not employed 0 months, farm is owned free of mortgage, (farm schedule 57).
Ida M. Campbell, wife, white, October 1870, 29, mar (15 years), 6/5 children, Nebraska, ( Missouri/Illinois), Land-lady
Harvey W. Campbell, son, Indian, December 1887, 12, single, at school, 10 months
Louis Campbell, son, Indian, April 1891, 9, single, Kansas (Nebraska x2), at school, 10 months
Clarence Campbell, son, Indian, September 1893, 6, single, Kansas (Nebraska x2)
Edward Campbell, son, Indian, September 1896, 3, single, Kansas (Nebraska x2)
Josie E. Campbell, daughter, Indian, January 1898, 1, single, Kansas (Nebraska x2)
Josephine Neff, mother-in-law, Indian, 45, Widowed, 0/0 children, Nebraska, (US/Missouri), Land-lady
De Witt E. Mudge, boarder, white, February 1842, 58, Widowed, New York, (Vermont x2), Farm labourer, 0 days unemployed
All can read, write and speak English - except for Josephine Neff.
Special Inquiries relating to Indians:
Murray A. Campbell, Iowa Tribe (Iowa Tribe/Omaha Tribe) 5/8 [white blood], not living in polygamy, yes taxed, citizenship not acquired by allotment, fixed dwelling.
Harvey W. Campbell, Iowa Tribe, (Iowa Tribe / White) 13/16 white blood, yes taxed, fixed abode.
Louis Campbell, Iowa Tribe, (Iowa Tribe / White) 13/16 white blood, fixed abode.
Clarence Campbell, Iowa Tribe, (Iowa Tribe / White) 13/16 white blood, fixed abode.
Edward Campbell, Iowa Tribe, (Iowa Tribe / White) 13/16 white blood, fixed abode.
Josie E. Campbell, Iowa Tribe, (Iowa Tribe / White) 13/16 white blood, fixed abode.
Josephine Neff, Iowa Tribe, (Otal. [?] / Iowa Tribe), 1/2 white blood, yes taxed, 1893 acquired citizenship through allotment, fixed abode.
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- The following transcription of a historical newspaper article contains terms considered derogatory and inflammatory today.
Highland (Doniphan County, Kansas) Vidette
7 February 1901
p. 1c
Fatal Shooting on Reservation
Two weeks ago at a dance on the Iowa and Sac reservation west of White Cloud, Joe Deroine shot Murray Campbell with a revolver, the ball entering the stomach and passing through the lung. A week later Campbell died as a result of the wound and his assailant has skipped the country. The two were quarter-breed indians, Campbell being regarded a peaceable fellow while Deroine was given to drink and to regarding himself with awe as a bad Indian when stirred up. On this occasion there was litte provocation for the shooting as Campbell had mere attempted to induce Deroine to cease being quarrelsome.
Deroine, who is now at large and guilty of the crime of murder, is the young fellow who married Miss Lela Whittaker of Falls City a white girl who came to the reservation some time ago to do missionary work among them.
This is the third murder committed on the reservation or by members of those tribes within the past year. One Indian was found by the road side with his throat cut from ear to ear. Another shot a prize fighter while in a billiard room in White Cloud and is not serving out his sentence in the penitentiary. [5]
- White Cloud (Kansas) Globe-Tribune
31 January 1901
p. 1a.
Deaths
Murray Campbell Dead.
Murray Campbell, the Indian shot on Monday night of last week while at a dance at the home of Will Ogden on the Iowa and Sac Reservation in Brown County, by Joe Deroine, another Indian, died Sunday about noon from its effects. Upon the first examination, it was thought it would not necessarily prove fatal. He seemed to be doing nicely until Wednesday when he was attacked with pneumonia and grew rapidly worse. A post mortem examination was held Monday morning, in which it was discovered that the bullet entered the abdomen just to the right of the center, passed through the lower part of the left lung, and lodged on the outside of the eleventh rib, where it had been extracted. At the time the shot was fired, Mr. Campbell was evidently in a cramped position, for at the previous examination, the probe would enter about three inches into the wound, both where the bullet entered and where it was extracted, then it would comein contact with something and would enter no farther, which was evidently caused by the muscles returning to the natural position when the body was straighted out. From what we can learn there is no question but that Campbell's death was caused directly from the wound, though the same may have been hastened somewhat by the attack of pneumonia. Campbell was an upright sober and honest man and had the respect of the entire community. Deroine skipped for parts unknown and though many rumors were circulated about his arrest in Rulo, Falls City and Hiawatha, unfortunately they are false. Deroine was married a few months since to Miss Lela Whittaker, of Falls City, who was at that time a Missionary at the Iowa Mission, she thinking he had reformed. The case is a Brown County matter and it is certainly their duty to locate the murderer if possible to do so.
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1865 - 1901 (35 years)
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