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Excerpt from Story of an Old Town: With Reminiscences of Early Nebraska and Biographies of Pioneers; A Narrative Truth Describing the Birth of Nebraska, and Its Progress, of Its Oldest Towns, and Its First Settlers
Their next stop, which was in the summer of the same year, was at the tomb of Blackbird, a huge mound Of dirt, on a high bluff, overlooking the river, ten miles north from the townsite Of Decatur, at the mouth of the creek which bears his name. Lewis and Clark state in their diary, they planted a small American ?ag on top Of Blackbird's grave. This chief was the leader at that time of the powerful Me-ha tribe, better known now as the O'mahas. Blackbird died in a smallpox epidemic in 1800, not far from where he was buried. Tradition tells, it was by his own request the remains were interred on the hill. The chief on his death-bed instructed his people to this effect: The white man is my friend; therefore let my spirit rest in peace on the highest hill Of the Missouri river, so that as thev pass, up and down, I may see them, and greet them with pleasant smiles, and welcome them to my chil dren, and my land Of beautiful forests and prairies; Of peace and plenty.
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