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Bob, George, and all
Here is another site with the picture of the General, Lost Bird
and other information
http://lostbirdsociety.zintka.webjump.com/
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Colby <pilot(a)outdrs.net>
To: COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com <COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, December 28, 2000 7:31 AM
Subject: [COLBY] Re: Gen. L Colby
Hello George and all.
Here is some information that I have found while researching General Colby.
Ms. Flood wrote an interesting account of the General and his family.
General Colby is not portrayed in a good light. However, I believe that he
was a man of his time. Many military officers have difficult family lives
because of the nature of their job. General Colby was also a very ambitious
man not only in the military but in civilian life. He put his ambitions
ahead of family it appears. But, that can be said about many persons not
only men but in modern times that is becoming so with some women.
I'll post a little more when I can but I got to go to work now. This
retirement job is harder than my regular job!
Have a Happy New Year!
Bob
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LOST BIRD OF WOUNDED KNEE: SPIRIT OF THE LAKOTA by Renee Sansom
Flood. Charles Scribner's Sons, 866 Third Ave., N.Y., NY 10022,
(800) 223-2336, (800) 445-6991 FAX. Illustrated, index, bibliogra-
phy, notes. 384 pp., $25.00 cloth. 0-684-19512-7
Flood, a former South Dakota social worker, tells the story of
Zintkala Nuni (Lost Bird), who was found next to her dead mother on
the Wounded Knee battlefield and adopted by U.S. brigadier general
Leonard Wright Colby and his wife, suffragist leader Clara B.
Colby. Flood's moving account describes a woman caught between two
cultures (rejected by her tribe, she performed in Wild West Shows
and was a prostitute), and focuses on the repatriation of
Zintkala's remains back to the Wounded Knee Memorial, where she was
finally buried with her ancestors. The writing is awkward in
places (Flood is at times overwhelmed by her material), but few
will be untouched by the narrative. Grade: B+.
http://www.abc.nl/abc/ground/native/lostbird.html
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Web sites explaining the "Wounded Knee" incident and mention of General
Colby.
This web site has a photo of Gen. Colby with his adopted daughter. The
book, however has a nice photo of him in his uniform and his daughter.
http://www.globalserve.net/~artnet/wamoac4b.html
Here are a few more web sites that should keep everyone busy.
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/books/ya/ya336.htmlhttp://www.sdpb.org/TV/lostbird/timeline.htmhttp://www.sdpb.org/TV/lostbird/leonard.htmhttp://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/back90.htmhttp://www.dickshovel.com/sittingbull.htmlhttp://www.powells.com/biblio/70200-70400/0684195127.htmlhttp://www.wmburgweb.com/DigitalScrapbooks/Travel98/PineRidge/pineridge.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/3479/LeopardLindenTree2.htmlhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec29.htmlhttp://www.infoanalytic.com/gage/people.html
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George W Colby" <gwcolby(a)juno.com>
To: <pilot(a)outdrs.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 4:27 PM
Subject: Gen. L Colby
> Hello Robert,
>
> I was interested in all the information coming across about Gen. L.Colby
> and Lost Bird I ordered the book from amazon. Could you give me the
> address of the web site that you can see the picture of the General.
> would
> like to check it all out.. Thanks George
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Hello George and all.
Here is some information that I have found while researching General Colby.
Ms. Flood wrote an interesting account of the General and his family.
General Colby is not portrayed in a good light. However, I believe that he
was a man of his time. Many military officers have difficult family lives
because of the nature of their job. General Colby was also a very ambitious
man not only in the military but in civilian life. He put his ambitions
ahead of family it appears. But, that can be said about many persons not
only men but in modern times that is becoming so with some women.
I'll post a little more when I can but I got to go to work now. This
retirement job is harder than my regular job!
Have a Happy New Year!
Bob
- -------------------------------------------------------
LOST BIRD OF WOUNDED KNEE: SPIRIT OF THE LAKOTA by Renee Sansom
Flood. Charles Scribner's Sons, 866 Third Ave., N.Y., NY 10022,
(800) 223-2336, (800) 445-6991 FAX. Illustrated, index, bibliogra-
phy, notes. 384 pp., $25.00 cloth. 0-684-19512-7
Flood, a former South Dakota social worker, tells the story of
Zintkala Nuni (Lost Bird), who was found next to her dead mother on
the Wounded Knee battlefield and adopted by U.S. brigadier general
Leonard Wright Colby and his wife, suffragist leader Clara B.
Colby. Flood's moving account describes a woman caught between two
cultures (rejected by her tribe, she performed in Wild West Shows
and was a prostitute), and focuses on the repatriation of
Zintkala's remains back to the Wounded Knee Memorial, where she was
finally buried with her ancestors. The writing is awkward in
places (Flood is at times overwhelmed by her material), but few
will be untouched by the narrative. Grade: B+.
http://www.abc.nl/abc/ground/native/lostbird.html
- -------------------------------------------------------
Web sites explaining the "Wounded Knee" incident and mention of General
Colby.
This web site has a photo of Gen. Colby with his adopted daughter. The
book, however has a nice photo of him in his uniform and his daughter.
http://www.globalserve.net/~artnet/wamoac4b.html
Here are a few more web sites that should keep everyone busy.
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/books/ya/ya336.htmlhttp://www.sdpb.org/TV/lostbird/timeline.htmhttp://www.sdpb.org/TV/lostbird/leonard.htmhttp://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/back90.htmhttp://www.dickshovel.com/sittingbull.htmlhttp://www.powells.com/biblio/70200-70400/0684195127.htmlhttp://www.wmburgweb.com/DigitalScrapbooks/Travel98/PineRidge/pineridge.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/3479/LeopardLindenTree2.htmlhttp://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec29.htmlhttp://www.infoanalytic.com/gage/people.html
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George W Colby" <gwcolby(a)juno.com>
To: <pilot(a)outdrs.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 4:27 PM
Subject: Gen. L Colby
> Hello Robert,
>
> I was interested in all the information coming across about Gen. L.Colby
> and Lost Bird I ordered the book from amazon. Could you give me the
> address of the web site that you can see the picture of the General.
> would
> like to check it all out.. Thanks George
Hi Alice & all
The Eunice Stinson married to Anthony Colby is
Eunice Stinson b. 12 NOV 1814 Deer Isle, Maine d/o Thomas Stinson & Mary
Robins
This Anthony Colby b. 7 Apr. 1809 is the s/o Thomas Colby and 2nd wife
Elizabeth Thurlow
Thomas was married twice (1st) Patience Norton, (2nd) Elizabeth Thurlow
Hope this helps
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Alice Volkert <alicevolkert(a)wans.net>
To: Ronald Colby <rmcolby(a)micro-net.com>; COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com
<COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: [COLBY] Eunice Colby b. 22 Jun 1761
Eunice Colby and Thomas Stinson's daughter Eunice married Anthony Colby, son
of Thomas Colby and Patience Norton. He was born 7 Apr. 1808.
The Eunice Colby who married Nathaniel Batchelder was the daughter of
Jonathan Colby and his wife Mary. She was born 24 Oct 1767 in Sandown, NH.
Alice Colby Volkert
www.genealogycharts.homestead.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Colby [mailto:rmcolby@micro-net.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 10:44 AM
To: COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [COLBY] Eunice Colby b. 22 Jun 1761
I have found this Eunice married to two different men.
She is the daughter of Joseph Colby and Sarah Thurlow
Eunice Colby b. 22 Jun 1761 Kingston, NH
Joseph Colby and Sarah Thurlow went to Deer Isle abt 1766
so this kind of dispells the marriage to Nathaniel Batchelder
The question is which Eunice Colby married Nathaniel???
Here is the break down of both marriages.
>> Nathaniel Batchelder b. 7 Nov 1763 Hampton, NH
Eunice and Nathaniel had
Nathaniel Batchelder b. abt 1783 Barre, VT
Source IGI and a couple of web sites
>> Thomas Stinson b. abt 1757
Eunice and Thomas had the following children:
1 M Joseph Colby STINSON
Birth: 14 JAN 1782 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
Spouse: Mary DOW (m abt 1809)
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2 M Thomas STINSON
Birth: 20 OCT 1784 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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3 M Jesse STINSON
Birth: 11 JAN 1786 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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4 F Lydia STINSON
Birth: 4 APR 1788 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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5 F Hannah STINSON
Birth: 11 OCT 1790 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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6 F Sarah STINSON
Birth: 16 APR 1793 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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7 M William STINSON
Birth: 2 MAY 1797 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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8 F Eunice STINSON
Birth: 29 JUL 1801 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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9 F Betsey STINSON
Birth: 27 JUL 1803 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Eunice Colby and Thomas Stinson's daughter Eunice married Anthony Colby, son
of Thomas Colby and Patience Norton. He was born 7 Apr. 1808.
The Eunice Colby who married Nathaniel Batchelder was the daughter of
Jonathan Colby and his wife Mary. She was born 24 Oct 1767 in Sandown, NH.
Alice Colby Volkert
www.genealogycharts.homestead.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald Colby [mailto:rmcolby@micro-net.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 10:44 AM
To: COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [COLBY] Eunice Colby b. 22 Jun 1761
I have found this Eunice married to two different men.
She is the daughter of Joseph Colby and Sarah Thurlow
Eunice Colby b. 22 Jun 1761 Kingston, NH
Joseph Colby and Sarah Thurlow went to Deer Isle abt 1766
so this kind of dispells the marriage to Nathaniel Batchelder
The question is which Eunice Colby married Nathaniel???
Here is the break down of both marriages.
>> Nathaniel Batchelder b. 7 Nov 1763 Hampton, NH
Eunice and Nathaniel had
Nathaniel Batchelder b. abt 1783 Barre, VT
Source IGI and a couple of web sites
>> Thomas Stinson b. abt 1757
Eunice and Thomas had the following children:
1 M Joseph Colby STINSON
Birth: 14 JAN 1782 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
Spouse: Mary DOW (m abt 1809)
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2 M Thomas STINSON
Birth: 20 OCT 1784 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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3 M Jesse STINSON
Birth: 11 JAN 1786 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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4 F Lydia STINSON
Birth: 4 APR 1788 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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5 F Hannah STINSON
Birth: 11 OCT 1790 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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6 F Sarah STINSON
Birth: 16 APR 1793 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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7 M William STINSON
Birth: 2 MAY 1797 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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8 F Eunice STINSON
Birth: 29 JUL 1801 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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9 F Betsey STINSON
Birth: 27 JUL 1803 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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I have found this Eunice married to two different men.
She is the daughter of Joseph Colby and Sarah Thurlow
Eunice Colby b. 22 Jun 1761 Kingston, NH
Joseph Colby and Sarah Thurlow went to Deer Isle abt 1766
so this kind of dispells the marriage to Nathaniel Batchelder
The question is which Eunice Colby married Nathaniel???
Here is the break down of both marriages.
>> Nathaniel Batchelder b. 7 Nov 1763 Hampton, NH
Eunice and Nathaniel had
Nathaniel Batchelder b. abt 1783 Barre, VT
Source IGI and a couple of web sites
>> Thomas Stinson b. abt 1757
Eunice and Thomas had the following children:
1 M Joseph Colby STINSON
Birth: 14 JAN 1782 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
Spouse: Mary DOW (m abt 1809)
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2 M Thomas STINSON
Birth: 20 OCT 1784 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------
3 M Jesse STINSON
Birth: 11 JAN 1786 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------
4 F Lydia STINSON
Birth: 4 APR 1788 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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5 F Hannah STINSON
Birth: 11 OCT 1790 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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6 F Sarah STINSON
Birth: 16 APR 1793 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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7 M William STINSON
Birth: 2 MAY 1797 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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8 F Eunice STINSON
Birth: 29 JUL 1801 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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9 F Betsey STINSON
Birth: 27 JUL 1803 Deer Isle, Hancock County, Maine
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Thanks so much for the information, Ronald. I just ordered a copy of the book. Also, I clicked on the Lost Bird website and there was a picture of the general. That website was so interesting.
Thanks again and Merry Xmas
Carol
Lost Bird of Wounded Knee : Spirit of the Lakota
by Renee Sansom Flood
To order the book on line you can go to http://www.amazon.com/
Descendants of Rowell Colby
1 Rowell Colby 1809 - 1894 b: March 20, 1809 in Enfield, Grafton County,
New Hampshire d: September 22, 1894 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Silver
Creek Township, Illinois
.. +Abigail Livingston 1813 - 1905 b: December 25, 1813 in Grafton,
Grafton County, New Hampshire m: May 05, 1833 in Grafton, Grafton County,
New Hampshire d: February 12, 1905 in Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois
m: May 05, 1833 in Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire m: May 05,
1833 in Grafton, Grafton County, New Hampshire
............. 2 Edward Livingston Colby 1835 - 1904 b: May 18, 1835 d:
February 21, 1904
................. +Voadicia Hatch Father: Charles L. Hatch Mother:
Amelia Allen
............................ 3 Charles R. Colby - 1926 d: May 19, 1926
............................ 3 Annie Voadicia Colby - 1908 b: in Freeport,
Illinois d: May 1908
............. 2 Albert Hayward Colby 1842 - 1918 b: September 03, 1842 in
Freeport, Illinois d: June 14, 1918 Military service: Civil War
Soldier, Pvt. Co. F, 92nd Illinois Infantry
............................ 3 Frank K. Colby
............................ 3 Emory V. Colby
............................ 3 Hayward Colby - 1927 d: May 26, 1927
............. 2 Emory Franklin Colby Unknown - b: Unknown
............. 2 [1] Leonard Wright Colby 1846 - 1924 b: August 05, 1846 in
Cherry Valley, Ashtabula County, Ohio d: November 15, 1924 in Beatrice,
Gage County, Nebraska Burial: November 1924 Beatrice Cemetery Occupation:
1872 Lawyer, Appointed by Pres. Benjamin Harrison, Asst. U.S. Atty. Gen
Military service: Bet. June 12, 1864 - February 24, 1899 U.S. Army Infantry
, From rank of Private to General Burial: November 1924 Beatrice Cemetery
Occupation: 1872 Lawyer, Appointed by Pres. Benjamin Harrison, Asst. U.S.
Atty. Gen
................. +Clara Dorothy Bewick 1846 - 1916 b: August 05, 1846 in
Gloucester, England m: June 23, 1871 in Madison, Wisconsin by Rev. C. H.
Richards d: September 07, 1916 in Palo Alto, California m: June 23, 1871 in
Madison, Wisconsin by Rev. C. H. Richards Father: Thomas Bewick Mother:
Clara Willingham Burial: 1916 Windsor, Wisconsin Occupation: Suffragist,
Women's magazine publisher m: June 23, 1871 in Madison, Wisconsin by Rev.
C. H. Richards Burial: 1916 Windsor, Wisconsin Occupation: Suffragist,
Women's magazine publisher
............. *2nd Wife of [1] Leonard Wright Colby:
................. +Marie M. Miller 1875 - 1942 b: August 24, 1875 m: 1906
d: June 10, 1942 m: 1906 Father: John Moeller Mother: Henrietta m: 1906
............................ 3 Paul Livingston Colby 1893 - 1965 b: April
01, 1893 in Baltimore, Maryland d: 1965 in Oregon
............. 2 David Rowel Colby 1850 - 1904 b: April 14, 1850 d: March
19, 1904 Occupation: Veterinarian Occupation: Veterinarian
................. +Minerva 1859 - 1931 b: 1859 d: September 28, 1931
............................ 3 Vine Colby
................................ +Todd
............................ 3 Blanche Colby
................................ +Allgeier
............................ 3 Myrtle Colby
............................ 3 Leonard Colby
............................ 3 David Colby
............................ 3 Robert C. Colby
............. 2 Abigail Colby 1856 - b: June 23, 1856
................. +Foster
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----- Original Message -----
From: "carol welsh" <welsh(a)prodigy.net>
To: <COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 6:52 AM
Subject: [COLBY] Gen. Colby
> Sorry, but I missed the title of the book you were mentioning--- the
biography of Gen. Colby I would like to buy it. He sounds like a very
interesting character.
> thanks
> carp;
Sorry, but I missed the title of the book you were mentioning--- the biography of Gen. Colby I would like to buy it. He sounds like a very interesting character.
thanks
carp;
I have received this e-mail a number of times now. I have been aware that it is a virus and have not opened the attachment.
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Just a reminder not to open attachments unless you know who is sending it.
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For information go to:
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Or:
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You guys are a little late I posted stuff about this on the list last year.
I ordered the book from Amazon and it makes interesting reading.
I peaked my interest in the events at Wounded Knee and the career of
General Colby.
I wrote to the Gen. Society in his home town last year and sent them the
genealogy that I accumulated on him.
Bob
-----
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Troehler <tori63(a)earthlink.net>
> To: Ronald Colby <rmcolby(a)micro-net.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 10:29 PM
> Subject: More Dirt on the General
>
>
> I hope this isnt true.. gonna buy the book and read it just the same:
>
> On December 29, 1890, beneath a white flag of truce, a band of Lakota
> Indians
> was massacred by the United States 7th Calvary at Wounded Knee,
> South Dakota. Four days
> later, after a blizzard had swept over the area, a burial detail
> heard the cries of an infant.
> Beneath the slain body of a woman who had frozen to the ground in
> her own blood, they
> found a baby girl, frostbitten yet miraculously alive, tightly
> wrapped, and wearing a small
> buckskin cap, beaded on both sides with American flags. Disobeying
> military orders, Brigadier
> General Leonard W. Colby adopted the small living "curio" of the
> massacre. He later became
> assistant attorney general of the United States and used his
> adopted daughter to convince
> prominent Native American tribes to hire him as their lawyer. As an
> adolescent, Lost Bird was
> sexually abused by the general, and her adopted mother, Clara
> Colby, divorced him. A
> suffragist and newspaper editor, Clara Colby spoke up against the
> exploitation of Indian culture
> and defied her close associates Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady
> Stanton to raise the girl
> alone. After an unceasing but futile search for her roots and
> employment in the Buffalo Bill
> Wild West Show and in silent films, Lost Bird resorted to the
> streets of the Barbary Coast to
> survive. Her tragic life ended on Valentines Day, 1920, at the age
> of 29, and she was buried in
> a remote cemetery far from her native land. In 1991, more than 100
> years after the Wounded
> Knee tragedy, descendants of victims of the massacre searched for
> Lost Bird's grave,
> repatriated her remains, and reburied her at the Wounded Knee
> Memorial alongside the mass
> grave of her relatives. In this significant work, the author
> movingly narrates the story of Lost
> Bird, who has become a symbol for thousands of children adopted
> away from their tribes and,
> for all people who have lost their heritage through social
> injustice, ignorance and war.
>
>
Ann Landers,
22 Dec 2000; The Arizona Republic
A daring thief who stuffed a pair
of live lobsters in his pants
learned that crime doesn't pay
when the frisky creatures gave him
a vasectomy. Police say that the 24
year old shoplifter was leaving a Bristol
England supermarket when he removed
the lobsters from their tank and shoved
them in his trousers.The man sprinted past
stunned checkout girls,but came to
a screeching halt when he felt the lobsters
clutching on his manhood. The thorny
creatures were finally removed when emergency
medics pried them lose with pliers.Doctors
say the thief will fully recover from his
frightening tangle with the lobsters,but he
will never be a daddy."Basically.it was a do-it-
yourself vasectomy," said the doctor.
Will in Phoenix
Looks like our General Leonard Colby wasn't such a nice guy.
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Troehler <tori63(a)earthlink.net>
To: Ronald Colby <rmcolby(a)micro-net.com>
Date: Friday, December 15, 2000 5:26 PM
Subject: Leonard Colby
I finally received the book on Leonard Colby I have been waiting on.. It
has a lot of Info in it... The first thing I have found.. Yes he married
Clara D Berwick... They adopted a daughter Ada Mary who died before she
was a year old. (no dates but soon after they were married) Clara
watched her mother die in childbirth then had her adopted daughter die,
She was afraid to give birth and either die herself or have the infant
die. In 1883 an orphan train pulled into Beatrice Nebraska Clara and
Leonard were walking by after all of the children had been chosen but
one.. a small curly haired 3 year old boy. they took him home cleaned
him up and named him Clarence. It did not take them long to discover
Clarence was developmentally slow.(so Clarence would have been born in
NY in 1880.. I say NY since that was where the orphan train was from)
Clarence was 11 years old when Leornard informed Clara he had adopted
Zintkala Nuni or "Lost Bird" Leornard Colby named Lost Bird Marguerite
Elizabeth, But Clara would have none of that! She said that the child
had been given a soft musical sounding name by her people, Zintkala Nuni
That was her name!! Because of Clara's work with Susan B Anthony , she
intrusted little Zintkala into her sisters care. Dr Mary White (possibly
the first female Dr in Nebraska) hired a woman by the name of Marie
Miller to be governess to little Zintkala. "Maud" as she was called had
been Clara's kitchen maid since she was a child.. now at the ripe ol age
of 17 she was promoted to governess.On April 1 1893 Maud gave birth to
Leornard Colbys illegitimate son Paul Livingston Colby ( Livingston is
Leonards mothers maiden name) In June of 1894 Clara took Zintkala to her
mother in laws house and snuck back to beatrice in the middle of the
night, she crept thru the house and caught Leonard and maud together in
bed.( Im writing these things down as I come to them in the book) The
book makes reference to the fact that Leornard had other affairs and
fathered 4 other children.In 1896 Leornard began trying to win Clara
back, (He knew she could help him get the appointment of brigadier
General) They reconcilled yet again and he got his appointment.On Oct 8
1898 they split yet again
On New years Day 1899 General Colby and his Mistress Maud with the 1
million dollars raised for Cuban relief were in Matanzas Cuba Using an
alias(or rather marrying maud to a cuban Tomas H Martinez who afterward
mysteriously disappeared) Colby purchased 17,000 acres of sugar and
coffee plantations, deeded under Mauds new name Maria C Soler Martinez.
Sending Maud home ahead the general returned home to Beatrice in Feb
1899. One of Colbys first duties upon returning to his legal practice
was on behalf of his client Maria Martinez, She filed a multi million
dollar suit against the United States goverment for ruining her husbands
plantations during the cuban insurrection. Litagation was held up for
years but eventually the long wait proved to be worth it.
The years of 1904 and 1905 were marked by a series of misfortune for
Leonard.His brother Dr David Colby was drunk and his team of horses ran
away with him dragging him to his death. then a second brother Edward
died leaving his ailing mother Abigail to be looked after by an
unmarried sister Abby. This arrangement ended in tradgedy also after the
police received reports that Abby was sadistically abusing her mother>
The allegations were proven when police found Mrs Colby with bruises all
over her body. They took her to a hospital but she refused to press
charges against her daughter. She never recovered and died not long
afterwards. Her daughter Abby was never prosecuted for the crime.
On March 30 1906 Leornard finally got his divorce.
On june 4th 1906 Leonard married Marie Miller "Maud" Martinez
incidentally.. a few weeks before she had received a huge sum of money
A special dispatch from Havana announces... the claims of Maria C
Martinez for property injured and destroyed during the cuban
insurrection and the final judegement of 400,000 was awarded.
In Jan 1907 Clara sent Zintkala to live with Leornard and Maud... By
April 7 1908 Zintkala was pregnant with Leornard Colby's child. On April
22 1908 Zintkala gave girth to a stillborn baby boy, After having been
bound and gagged and made to sit in the attic( of a "maternity" home
leornard had hidden her in) on a day where the temp rose to
85.(apparently Clara never learned of this.. how she couldnt with
Zintkala locked in that school for a year is beyond me)
The more I read this book the more normal my family looks!!!!!!!!
On Sept 7 1916 at 10 pm Clara Berwick Colby died
At 3 am on Valentines Day 1920 Zitkala nuni died
This is another message with the book information
and sources.
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Troehler <tori63(a)earthlink.net>
To: Ronald Colby <rmcolby(a)micro-net.com>
Date: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:35 PM
Subject: Leornard Colby
Hi... it's me the dirt lady!! lol.. the name of the book is "Lost Bird Of
Wounded Knee, Spirit of the Lakota," written by Renee Sansom Flood.
Alot of the info in the book came straight from Clara's diary also from
letters from Maud to Clara. and letters from Clara to leornard and vise
versathe author also interviewed David Colby of Ashland Oregon, Delmar
Colby of Singleton California and Helen Colby of wesat linn Oregon
It is a well written book and worth the money I think.. altho I got mine
off Ebay for a mere 10.00. It has a copyright of 1995.
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Troehler <tori63(a)earthlink.net>
To: Ronald Colby <rmcolby(a)micro-net.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 10:29 PM
Subject: More Dirt on the General
I hope this isnt true.. gonna buy the book and read it just the same:
On December 29, 1890, beneath a white flag of truce, a band of Lakota
Indians
was massacred by the United States 7th Calvary at Wounded Knee,
South Dakota. Four days
later, after a blizzard had swept over the area, a burial detail
heard the cries of an infant.
Beneath the slain body of a woman who had frozen to the ground in
her own blood, they
found a baby girl, frostbitten yet miraculously alive, tightly
wrapped, and wearing a small
buckskin cap, beaded on both sides with American flags. Disobeying
military orders, Brigadier
General Leonard W. Colby adopted the small living "curio" of the
massacre. He later became
assistant attorney general of the United States and used his
adopted daughter to convince
prominent Native American tribes to hire him as their lawyer. As an
adolescent, Lost Bird was
sexually abused by the general, and her adopted mother, Clara
Colby, divorced him. A
suffragist and newspaper editor, Clara Colby spoke up against the
exploitation of Indian culture
and defied her close associates Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton to raise the girl
alone. After an unceasing but futile search for her roots and
employment in the Buffalo Bill
Wild West Show and in silent films, Lost Bird resorted to the
streets of the Barbary Coast to
survive. Her tragic life ended on Valentines Day, 1920, at the age
of 29, and she was buried in
a remote cemetery far from her native land. In 1991, more than 100
years after the Wounded
Knee tragedy, descendants of victims of the massacre searched for
Lost Bird's grave,
repatriated her remains, and reburied her at the Wounded Knee
Memorial alongside the mass
grave of her relatives. In this significant work, the author
movingly narrates the story of Lost
Bird, who has become a symbol for thousands of children adopted
away from their tribes and,
for all people who have lost their heritage through social
injustice, ignorance and war.
Hi Robin
Can't be of much help on your Palmer question
but have the following on Betsey ???? Blanchard's wife.
I have seen her name as follows
Betsey E. Colby
Elizabeth Colby
Her surname is : Floyds
She married Blanchard, 5 AUG 1854 Peru, Clinton County, New York
Also have the following on daughter Ida Mae Colby
and some info on Blanchards military service in the War of the Rebellion
Name: Ida Mae Colby
Birth Date: 16 July 1878
Birth Place: Wells, Hamilton, NY
Death Date: 24 April 1966
Death Place: Johnstown, Fulton, NY
Marriage Date: 29 May 1894
Marriage Place: NY
Spouse:
Father: Blanchard William Colby
Mother: Elizabeth Floyds
On Blanchard's military & pension stuff they have his name as
Blanchard A. Colby age 31
Enlisted: 2 Sep 1864 Plattsburg, NY
Enlisted in:
E Co. 2nd Cav. Reg. NY
Mustered out:
Alexandria, VA 5 Jun 1865
on Blanchard's pension paper widow is listed as
Betsey E. Colby
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: RobinCoon(a)aol.com <RobinCoon(a)aol.com>
To: COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com <COLBY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Monday, December 11, 2000 7:06 PM
Subject: [COLBY] Colbys in Jay NY
Hi everyone..
My great-great-grandfather, Daniel Palmer of Jay New York, was married to
Ella Colby also of Jay, New York. Based on dates, it appears that Ella is
the daughter of Blanchard Colby Jr. and Betsey ???. We have no other info
on
Daniel. An interesting and confusing thing is that Ella has been referred
to
by older family members as their *Indian grandmother*. By looking at the
Colby lineage, there doesn't appear to be any Indian marriages.. wondering
if
perhaps Betsey was Indian?
Any info appreciated!
Thanks!
Robin
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Hello:
As a new subscriber, I scanned the archives but picked up nothing in
the headers that seemed to apply.
Is anybody working on the Colby name in Uxbridge/Whitby, Ontario
County in the province of Ontario in the 1800s?
Ron Cox
Burlington, Ontario
Would like to know who this James Colby is??
James Colby & Mary
Children:
Daniel Colby b. 30 Mar 1850 Litchfield, Maine
Anna Jane Colby b. 28 May 1852 Litchfield, Maine
Clara Ellen Colby b. 28 Apr 1855 Litchfield, Maine
Franklin Colby b. 15 Jul 1857 Litchfield, Maine
Benjamin F. Colby b. 22 Jun 1859 Litchfield, Maine
Clara B. Colby b. 4 may 1861 Litchfield, Maine
John Marshall Colby b. 27 Feb 1864 Litchfield, Maine
Thomas Colby b. 5 Oct 1763, d. 29 Mar 1806 in Litchfield, Maine
Thomas had two sons:
David b. 19 May 1790
Stephen b. 30 Dec 1802
Which of the sons is the father to James??
I'm not able to make the connection.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ronald Colby
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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>From an old newspaper clipping.
The devil wanted a place on Earth, sort of a summer home.
A place to spend his vacation whenever he wanted to roam.
So, he picked out Arizona, a place both wretched and rough.
Where the climate was in his liking, and the cowboys hardened and
tough.
He dried up the streams in the canyons, and ordered no rain to fall.
He dried up the lakes in the valleys, then baked and scorched it all.
Then over his barren desert, he transplanted shrubs from hell;
The cactus, thistle and prickly pear -- The climate suited them well.
Now, the home was much to his liking, but animal life, he had none.
So, he created crawling creatures that all mankind would shun.
First he made the rattlesnake with its forked poisonous tongue.
Taught it to strike and rattle and how to swallow its young.
Then he made scorpions and lizards, and the ugly old horned toad. He
placed spiders of every description under rocks by the side of the
road.
Then he ordered the sun to shine hot, hotter and hotter still.
Until even the cactus wilted and the old horned toad looked ill.
Then he gazed upon his earthly kingdom as any creator would.
He chuckled a little up his sleave and admitted that it was good.
'Twas summer now and Satan lay by a prickly pear to rest.
The sweat rolled off his swarthy brow, so he took off his coat and
vest.
"By golly," he finally panted, "I did my job too well. I'm going back
where I came from; Arizona is hotter than hell."
Hi everyone..
My great-great-grandfather, Daniel Palmer of Jay New York, was married to
Ella Colby also of Jay, New York. Based on dates, it appears that Ella is
the daughter of Blanchard Colby Jr. and Betsey ???. We have no other info on
Daniel. An interesting and confusing thing is that Ella has been referred to
by older family members as their *Indian grandmother*. By looking at the
Colby lineage, there doesn't appear to be any Indian marriages.. wondering if
perhaps Betsey was Indian?
Any info appreciated!
Thanks!
Robin
I received this back in July, and thought it may be appreciated again
now.
That Ragged Old Flag
I walked through a county courthouse square.
On a park bench an old man was sitting there.
I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda run down."
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town."
I said, "Your old flagpole has leaned a little bit,
And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it."
He said "Have a seat." and I sat down.
Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"
I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag,
But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag."
You see, we got a little hole in that flag there
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key
Sat watching it writing 'Say Can You See.'
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin at it's seams."
And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on through.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorville
And She got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag.
On Flanders Field in World I
She got a big hole from a Bertha gun.
She turned blood red in World War II.
She hung limp and low by the time it was through.
She was in Korea and Vietnam.
She was sent where she was by her Uncle Sam.
She waved from our ships upon the briny foam,
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.
In her own good land, she's been abused --
She's been burned, dishonored, denied, and refused.
And the government for which she stands
is scandalized throughout the land.
She's getting threadbare and wearing thin,
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
'Cause she's been through the fire before.
And I think she can take a whole lot more.
So, we raise her up every morning,
Take her down every night.
We don't let her touch the ground
And we fold her up right.
On second thought, I do like to brag,
'Cause I'm mighty proud of that Ragged Old Flag.
John R. Cash.