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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | Poole, Munsey |
| Title: | Collection 425. Munsey Poole Collection of Papers, 1964 |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | Munsey Poole Collection of Papers consists of a typed copy of Caty Sage, a Virginia Colonial era American Indian. |
| Extent: | 0.0001 linear feet, 1 archival folder |
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[Identification of item], Collection 425. Munsey Poole Collection of Papers, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
The W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection in May 2008. Its original title was "The Story of Caty Sage." Its accession number is 08-32. It was opened to the public in July, 2008.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, July, 2008
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, July, 2008
Katy Sage was born to James and Lovis Ott Sage of Elk Creek of Grayson County, Virginia in 1787. It is believed that Sage was a native of Maryland or England. In 1792, Katy disappeared from the neighborhood. In 1848, her brother Charles met a Caucasian woman living with the Wyandotte Indians at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. She resembled the Sage family and had a birthmark which Katy had. She went by the name Sally but stated her birth name was Katy. She reportedly had been stolen by a Caucasian man who then sold her to Cherokees, who in turn gave her to the Wyandotte Indians. She lived the remainder of her life with her Wyandotte family and died in 1853.
Munsey M. Poole was the news editor of the Galax Gazette during the 1950s and 1960s. Poole also wrote The Miracle Mountain Minister (1967).
"The Story of Caty Sage" is a compilation of a series of Munsey Poole's 1964 newspaper articles for the Galax Gazette about Katy Sage. The first page spells her name as Caty while the story's text spells it as Katy. It gives various versions of the Katy Sage story and quotes Sage family letters.
| Grayson County (Va.) |
| Indian captivities |
| Sage, Catherine, 1787-1853 |
| Collection 425. Munsey Poole Collection of Papers. (1964) | |||||||||
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| 1 | Caty Sage. | ||||||||
Ball, Bonnie Sage. Red Trails and White: the Mysterious Life of Caty Sage., Coeburn, VA: Crescent Printery, 1976.
