CARRUTH: foreign settlements in KANSAS. 79 



Nemaha. — Germans (Swiss) occupy Nemaha and Washington, and 

 a portion of Richmond townships, with German churches 

 and schools. Irish are in Clear Creek and north east corner 

 of Neuchatel townships. Most of Neuchatel township is 

 occuppied by French (Swiss). 



Neosho. — Germans have a considerable settlement in the south east 

 corner of Tioga township, with church service (Lutheran) in 

 German; another in the east part of Lincoln township, where 

 the language is spoken, but without church or school. 

 Swedes have settlements in the north west part of Tioga and 

 the east part of Big Creek townships; church in the first 

 only, though in both Swedish is spoken almost exclusively. 



Ness. — No report. 



Norton. — Germans to the number of loo settled about 1880 in Grant 

 township. They have church service in German. 



Osage. — Swedes, (700 in number,) settled in Grant township in 1871, 

 where they have four churches conducted in Swedish. Welsh 

 settled in 1869 in Arvonia township, and others in the north 

 part of Superior township, 700 in number. They have six 

 churches with services in Welsh. Germans are in the north 

 part of Scranton and Ridgway townships, 200 in number; 

 French in the central part of Superior township, 200 strong; 

 Danes, 200, in north part of Melvern and Olivet townships; 

 a considerable number of Scotch and Irish in and near Scran- 

 ton. Most of these latter are engaged in coal mining. None 

 of the foreigners have schools — except Sunday schools — in 

 their native tongue. 



Osborne — Germans settled in Bloom township, where they have both 

 church and school in their mother tongue. 



Ottawa. — Bohemians are located about the border of Sheridan and 

 Fountain townships; Danes in the south part of Buckeye 

 township; Irish, arrived about 1885, in the south part of 

 Chapman township. None of these have church or school 

 in a foreign tongue. 



Pawnee. — Swedes settled about 1877 in the west part of Garfield and 

 the north part of Walnut townships, about 500 in all. They 

 speak their native languge at home almost exclusively, and 

 have preaching in it. 



Phillips. — Germans occupy Mound and south part of Dayton town- 

 shijjs, with preaching and ])arochial school in German. 

 Dutch occupy east part of Prairie View with adjacent portions 

 of Long Island, Dayton, and Beaver townships, with preach- 



