CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - WISEMAN MONUMENT UNVEILED SUNDAY
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CEDAR COUNTY NEWS JUNE 10, 1926

WISEMAN MONUMENT UNVEILED SUNDAY
NEARLY 1,500 PEOPLE ATTENDED CEREMONIES AT HISTORICAL SPOT

In spite of an extremely windy Sunday approximately 1,500 people 
attended the dedication and unveiling of the Wiseman memorial on the 
spot four miles northeast of Wynot where the Wiseman children were 
massacred by the Santee Sioux and Yankton Indians in the summer of 
1863. Mrs. Laura Lawson, the only living child of Henson Wiseman 
unveiled the statue which the women of the Wynot Country club have 
built on the memorable place.

At two o'clock the program was opened by invocation asked by Rev. M.E. 
Coltrane of Wynot. Mrs. J.G. Campbell, president of the Country club 
gave the opening address and Addison E. Sheldon secretary of the 
Nebraska Historical Society delivered the address of the day.  Others 
who spoke are George Beste, P.F. O'Gara, of Hartington, S.C. Oathaut 
and Rev. D.M. McIntosh. Special music had been provided for the 
afternoon and two bands furnished music throughout the day.

The names of the Wiseman family are inscribed on the face of the 
monument and those members of the Country club on the back of the 
stone.

The monument rests on the spot where the Wiseman children were killed 
in the humble cabin built by their father, on the homestead taken by 
Henson Wiseman.  It is situated on a knoll facing the Missouri River 
and overlooking the surrounding country. The natural beauty of the spot 
gives many Cedar county residents the hope that it may be made into a 
state park, and preserved as one of the historical places in Nebraska.