County. Delaware Creek in the City of Clarksville, Kickapoo Creek south of Annona, and Shawnee Prairie in the southeast portion of the county were named for these Indians. In this connection, let us note one great Indian character, "Old Cuthand". This Indian, I think, was a Delaware. At any rate, we do know he came to this county with Frank Hopkins in about 1821, and that he fought in the Battle of Tippecanoe with Frank Hopkins, in which battle an English sabre severed his hand, hence the name Cuthand. Later, I wish to relate a more complete description of the part Old Cuthand took in the early history of this section of the State.

James Clark, from whom the town of Clarksville was named, and heretofore mentioned as the man who built the first house in Clarksville, was the son of Benjamin Clark. Benjamin Clark was a very old man when he came to Red River County. He settled with his son at Jonesboro. He came to America in the latter part of the eighteenth century and was known to have fought in the Battle of Utah Springs in the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Clark was a Methodist in belief. While not an ordained minister, he frequently preached, and in the late 1820's he preached at Jonesboro. He died at Clarksville soon after his son James Clark settled there, and his remains were buried in what is known as the Baptist Cemetery in Clarksville.

John Clark, brother of James Clark, was a major in the United States Army and