Interesting Anderson History 1801-1806

These are the great grandsons of Chief Anderson from left to right. John Anderson, George Anderson, Sam Anderson, and the little boy is Andrew Anderson son of John Anderson. They are the grandsons of Pushies, who was the son of Chief Anderson. George Anderson was my grandfather. John and Sam Anderson are George Andersons brothers.

Very cool!!!

I can't find much written about what became of William's boys. It is very nice of you to hook us up with that photo.

The difference in dress between them all is very interesting. Can you tell us more about the family?

Have you ever been here to Anderson, Indiana?

Let's see, what do we have for Nov 22nd....

Nov 22nd 1801-

After the thanksgiving liturgy Br. Kluge preached the sermon. Br. Luckenbach conducted teh evening meeting.

I have made an assumption that everyone knows they aren't talking about thanksgiving as we celebrate it. That wouldn't be a holiday for a long time yet, over a century in fact. They are speaking completely from a religious point of view. In fact, what the Pilgrims conducted wasn't considered a thanksgiving by them. We just kind of mashed it up into that idea. They certainly were thankful but it wasn't called a thanksgiving per se. Confused now? Great.

Nov 22 1804-

In the evening Br. Kluge delivered an address on I John 3:1

Nov 22 1805-

We sang a Passion liturgy

There you go, completely low key.

No entries today on the account that I forgot the diary.

I am working on finding out more about Kikthawenund though. What little bit I have found so far sounds like it will be quite interesting if the decendants choose to fill me in.

Anderson Public Library has a book called KIK THA WE NUND The Delaware Chief WILLIAM ANDERSON and His Descendants. Also I've Never been to Anderson Indiana. Their is a boyscout leader in Anderson Indiana, who also is interested in Chief Anderson, who might check out the book also.

Sign up here at forum.americanindiantribe.com. They would be interested in your views also. I'll get back to you tomorrow (got to go to work).

Thank you for the helpful suggestions! I did not know of that book but I have now checked it out. I finished Kikthawenunds part as my daughter was falling asleep. It seems like it will be a good read and has already greatly helped me in putting together more concretely who is who and how they are related. The book does well at conveying the rich heritage of your tribe. It stands above the others.

Now, as for that boyscout leader....If you found that at the forum then he definately got the book as well and is in fact me. I was not sure how much you wanted to help me in my learning about your family and while kicking around the internet I found that forum. I posted my question on there and was helped. My wife, who has is also finding an interest in this as well, picked it up for me.  More on that in a second. I figured that I couldn't miss on that forum since another desendent of the chief replied to a thread there a few years back. I must say that I did not understand how prominant your family was within the nation. I look very forward to the rich story which I know will unfold.

Now then, more on the wife's growing interest. I showed her the picture of John, George, and Sam along with little Andrew. She was taken with the photo and found it very interesting. We talked about it and I did a quick search to see what else I could find out. I came across a bit of information and passed it on. She went back to school this fall and has to take an English class that requires a lot of journal assignments. She chose to use the photo and information on the Anderson children, such that I had been able to find, for it.

As a boy scout and one who had a lot of interaction with Indians in my youth through historical re-enactments, I came to a deep appreciation of the Indian ancestory. It is a culture I don't fit into and peek into as an outsider and a family I have no relation to but a family yet from a man who's life and dedication to his people deserves to be studied.

I would be happy to some shutterbugging for you if you like. While the river where Kikthawenund's village stood is definately changed through paving over, there are a great many places that are still in tact, much as your people left them when they left the area. As I noted in my post on the forum, I often walk the path along white river that has been packed so hard from the feet of your people and likely countless others. I often consider what the area was once like. Some other evidence exists of places, some no more than markers at the corner of a property that marks the village location but I am happy to indulge you in anything you would like to see.

Thank you again for the assistance, it is very much appreciated.

PatriotDan ,

Are you aware of any Native American history that would have occured on the property that is now the nature preserve on the west side of Rangeline north of White River ? My family and I were hiking there and we met another hiker who told us that he thought there was a Moravian Mission on this property at one time .

Sort of. The mission was west of the park but you can certainly go through the park to get there. The easiest way to get there is to use Chesterfield drive to go to the first stop sign and turn left. It ends in a cul-de-sac. That cul-de-sac is the mission station. Park and get out of your car and you can walk down a little path that starts there. It was the path the Indians would have used to come and go from the mission. Take the path east and you end up in the reserve. The path that you would be on, it is VERY hard packed, is one that was used by the Delaware to travel from village to village in the area. It was likely there long before that even since it runs along Mounds Park as well. More than that I don't know. There is another place where that was mentioned and a sad story that is sort of between the reserve and the mission.