Image: Ibesnip

Description: The bones of Deerfoot, the famous Indian runner, lie no longer in an unmarked grave on the Cattaraugus Reservation, but have been brought to Buffalo and sleep beside those of Red Jacket, Gen. Barker, and other Iroquois chiefs. The transfer was made between March 27th and 29th, the burial in the grave taking place on the latter date. Joseph Keppler of Puck, a member of the Wolf clan of Senecas, was the one through whom the change was made, and Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Converse had charge of the ceremony of the burial. Deerfoot, or Lewis Bennett, has been dead for 5 years. He won prise after prise by his fleetness. He appeared first on the racetrack in 1865. England as well as America admired this Indian runner and yielded him championships. He was born in 1830. "Deerfoot's Grave." Illustrated Buffalo Express 7 Apr. 1901, Sunday ed. pg 1. Print.
Title: Ibesnip
Credit: Illustrated Buffalo Express
Author: J.N. Matthews, publisher
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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