Chief SARASEN
Posted by: 
harrisonha
N 34° 13.867 W 092° 01.156
15S E 590323 N 3788217
“Friend of the Missionaries. Rescuer of captive children.”
Waymark Code: WMB7ZF
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2011
Views: 7
White monument dating from 1800s just inside the gates of St. Joseph Catholic Cemetary, at the intersection of University and W Pullen in Pine Bluff, AR.
Description:
"[Saracen] was a Quapaw leader who became a legend among Arkansas settlers for rescuing white children captured by Indians raiding in the territory. Many versions of this story in Arkansas folklore indicate the high regard in which Sarasin was held by his white neighbors. Not remembered as well were Sarasin’s struggles to help his people, the Quapaw, who lived in three villages along the Arkansas River below Pine Bluff (Jefferson County). During the era of Indian removal in the early nineteenth century, Sarasin and other Quapaw leaders attempted to prevent removal." [http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1756]
Date of birth: 01/01/1735
Date of death: 01/01/1832
Area of notoriety: Historical Figure
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: No restrictions.
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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