Junior Detective Series - 6b

It was dusk when the boy left the Kansa Reservation near Council Grove on foot. Someone needed to carry word to Topeka of the Cheyennes' attack that day in 1869. Nine-year-old Charles Curtis was chosen. He completed the journey by early afternoon the next day.

To Charles Curtis helping his community was a way of life. As an adult he continued to serve  the public, first as a lawyer,  later as a U.S. congressman and  senator, and finally as a vice president of the United States.  During his years of public service he worked for the rights of Indians, women, and children.