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| | Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Military History. |
 | | His brother, Henry Fontenelle, made him a coffin, but as it was some time before this could be accomplished, and as the weather was warm, his body was so swollen that the coffin proved too small. |
 | | About July 1, 1859, messengers arrived in Omaha, from Fontenelle and vicinity, announcing that the settlements along the Elkhorn had been broken up by the Pawnee Indians, who were driving off stock, burning fences and houses and threatening the lives of the inhabitants. |
 | | The committee reported the Indians, encamped near Fontenelle, had been engaged in pilfering until finally, enboldened by the non-interference of the whites, they made more effective assaults, in one of which the settlers had killed four of the Indians. |
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