the State Historical Society of Missouri
Greg Olson is an independent scholar who lives in Columbia.
![Jeffrey Deroine (second from right) with Ioways. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Robert Wright Photograph Collection, P0011]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/1-Jeffrey_Deroine.jpg?itok=lEdB8cKo "Jeffrey Deroine (second from right) with Ioways. [State Historical Society of Missouri, Robert Wright Photograph Collection, P0011]")
Jeffrey Deroine (pronounced Der-oh-NAY) defied many of the limitations placed on enslaved people in early…
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![Francis White Cloud. Portrait by George Catlin, circa 1844–1845. [Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-06/Francis-White-Cloud.jpg?itok=T49fjLnV "Francis White Cloud. Portrait by George Catlin, circa 1844–1845. [Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art]")
The Ioways did not live in what is now Missouri for much of the historical era.…
![Mathias Splitlog (Dyut-Ru-Tu-Re), Washington, DC, 1896. [Smithsonian Institution, NAA.PhotoLot.176, Item BAE GN 00976A, photo by William Dinwiddie]](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2026-04/1.%20Mathias%20Splitlog.jpg?itok=TvZZ3-W6 "Mathias Splitlog (Dyut-Ru-Tu-Re), Washington, DC, 1896. [Smithsonian Institution, NAA.PhotoLot.176, Item BAE GN 00976A, photo by William Dinwiddie]")
The life of Mathias Splitlog is a classic story of a man who went from rags to riches. The son of a French…