CARRUTH: FOREIGN SETTLEMENTS IN KANSAS. 7 5 



Norwegians occupy portions of Sibley and Lincoln townships 

 with two churches in their own tongue. They number about 

 three hundred. Irish occupy portions of Solomon and Lyon, 

 the south part of Meredith and the southeast corner of Grant 

 townships. 



Coffey. — Germans in Liberty and on border of Leroy and Avon 

 township. Have church service in German. 



Comanche. — Germans. A few scattered families. 



Cowley. — A few Swedes and Germans, widely scattered. 



Crawford. — Irish and French in Grant township; Swedes in west part 

 of Sherman township, have all given up their language. Ital- 

 ians, Austrians and other nationalities in south part of Wash- 

 ington, southeast part of Sheridan and all over Baker town- 

 ship, especially in Pittsburg, employed in mining and smelt- 

 ing. 



Decatur. — Swedes in Oberlin township; Mennonites in Prairie Dog 

 township; Germans in and around Dresden, with Catholic 

 church; Bohemians in Jennings and Garfield townships. 



Dickinson. — Germans, 500 in number settled in i860 in Liberty, 

 Union and Lyon townships. Have three churches and two 

 schools in German. Also in Wheatland, Jefferson, Bonner and 

 Ridge townships, one church and a school. Swedes, 100 

 settled in i860 in Center and Hayes township, with two 

 churches and one school in Swedish. Irish, several hundred 

 in south part of Banner township. 



Doniphan. — Germans in Wayne, Marion and southern part of Center. 

 Burr Oak and Washington townships, with church service in 

 native tongue. Norwegians in eastern part of Wolf River 

 township. 



Douglas. — There are German settlements in Eudora township (300), 

 Marion township (600), and Big Springs township (100), 

 with churches in all and school in the first.' There are about 

 five hundred Germans in Lawrence, with three German 

 churches. There are smaller settlements of Germans and 

 Scandinavians at several points in the county. 



Edwards. — Germans and Swedes in Kinsley, Jackson and Trenton 

 townships, have church service in their mother tongue. 



Elk. — Swedes in Painter and Hood townships; Irish in Falls township; 

 Germans on the border of I^lk and Wild Cat townships. 

 None of these have ehurch or scliool in the native tongue, 

 but all use it at home. 



Ellis. — Germans from Russia, settled about 1876 in Catherine, Hart- 



