Pawnee County, Oklahoma, Obitof George W. Nellis

From “The Maramec News” January 8, 1914

Submitted by Juanita Head Berly  Jberly@swbell.net
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Geo. W. Nellis Killed

George W. Nellis, superintendent and special agent of the Pawnee Indians, was 
accidentally killed about 8:30 o’clock last Saturday morning by an accidental discharge of 
a shot gun that he was hunting rabbits with.  The accident happened near his residence at 
the Indian agency, and the body was found soon afterward by T.L. Birchard, a 
brother-in-law.

When found the body was lying by the side of a wire fence, face down, one trouser leg 
torn and still caught on the wire, and the gun under the head which was completely 
shattered, causing death instantly.  Mr. Nellis had been superintendent and special 
disbursing agent at the Pawnee agency for nearly ten years, was loved and highly 
respected by all who knew him, and has done more toward making the Pawnee Indians 
self supporting in that time than any of his predecessors.