Arkansas Diary of Lina Hermann

Washington County Historical Society version (1965)¹

Nov. 13—The Pin Indians² are stealing everywhere.

The Arkansas Historical Quarterly version (1947)³

Nov. 13, 1862

To-day I am at Nani’s. Fred (Karl) and Dannenberg were here part of the day. Dannenberg told us much about how Indians have robbed and stolen. Julius and John, everybody in fact, seem to be worried.

1. Lemke, W. J. The Hermanns of Old Hermannsburg: Washington County, Arkansas. Fayetteville, AR: Washington County Historical Society, 1965.
2. The Pin Indians were given their name because of their custom of wearing a pin as a symbol of their membership in a political group. They did not make up a separate tribe as such.
3. Memoirs, Letters, and Diary Entries of German Settlers in Northwest Arkansas, 1853-1863.  Selected and Translated By Clarence Evans, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. Vol. VI Fall, 1947 No. 3