Bio: Marden Family Indian Heritage
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stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Marden, Wastlick, Roberts, Williams, Rizor
----Source: Jo Wastlick, Gresham, Oregon Scrapbook, The Album of Judy (Marden)
Hansen
(THE INFORMATION ENCLOSED IS FROM JOE WASTLICK OF GRESHAM, OREGON. HER
GRANDMOTHER, CAROLINE, WILLIAMS ROBERTS WAS ALSO A DAUGHTER OF GEORGE AND DARCUS
WILLIAMS)
It was George Williams who was 1/2 Delaware Indian, not his mother. She was
taken when 15 years old in 1808 in Western Pennsylvania as she went to the
spring for water.
Family Pages From Darcus Williams' Bible
THIS IS THE STORY
In this Indian Tribe of the Delaware, the young chief must prove himself by some
act of daring or bravery. In spite of her struggles he carried her on his pony
all thru the night. In the morning they came to the Indian Village. He took her
to his parent's lodge. His Indian name was "THE EAGLE." The other Indians
understood she belonged to him as much as his horse or dog.
Sarah was given the Indian name of "WHITE FAWN," treated as a good omen, they
were kind and she wasn't required to work as the other squaws. She dressed in
buckskin – nearly white. White Fawn learned to use the herbs and roots from the
medicine man. Three summers went by. In corn planting time all the young Indians
paired off and married in one large ceremony. An Indian brave would have a lodge
ready and proposed to the girl of his choice by tying his best pony in front of
her teepee. If she was will, she took the pony back to his lodge; and so it was,
White Fawn, who had long given up hope of ever returning to her parents,
accepted the Eagle as her husband. He kept an older squaw to do the hard work.
The next spring a boy was born to White Fawn and the Eagle. Sarah (his mother)
always called him Goerge, in memory of her brother. His Indian name was "Running
Deer." When George was nine years old, his father (The Eagle) was killed in a
hunting accident. The tribe then didn't want Running Deer to become chief. They
didn't want White Fawn or Running Deer. They didn't want Running Deer because of
the white skin of his mother and black eyes of his father.
The Indians took Sarah and George back to where she was stolen, nearly 13 years
earlier. Two young braves put them on ponies and went with them, as it was a
long day's ride, afterwards approximated to be 60 miles. When nearly there, the
Indians sent Sarah and George on alone. They were lucky, as Sarah's parents were
still there. They had given Sarah up for dead years ago. She never married
again. George grew to be 6 feet, 2 inches tall and about 250 pounds, a very
large man for that time.
George later went to Ohio and married Darcus Rizor. Soon after the Civil War the
Civil War they came to Wisconsin. They had 5 children, 4 girls and 1 boy. Who
showed more Indian blood than their father. The old Williams home is Section 23,
township of Willow, Richland Co., Wisconsin. In Smith Hollow, George and Darcus
are buried in Lloyd Cemetery, 6 – 8 miles northwest of Ithaca, Wisconsin.
Charlotte William, daughter of above, was married to our grandfather, William
Henry Marden.
George and Darcus (Rizor) Williams
Back Row, left to right: Orin William, Nancy Ellen (Williams) Frey, Ida (Williams) Frey, Darius, Darcus (Williams) Fry
Middle Row: Arthur Williams, Bennie Williams
Front Row: John Williams, Nancy Williams, Jackson Williams, Mary (Williams) Osborn, George Williams [1] [2] [3] |
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