Will Welton

Kinfolk Matters Will Welton

W. F. Matters did not know his name was What For Matters until he went to school. The reason being was his father and mother had the first three children die before they were a year old. They had been told by a old granny women which had been the mid wife for the births that they were bad names and if the male of the family named them such that the children would not live. To keep from arguing whatever his father said first when seeing the nine children. The mother would asked, the answer is what they were named. The first boy to leave the nest, so to speak, was WF and he went to the Black Hills of Dakota Territory with his Uncle Frank What For Matters none to most as WF . Also WF's best friend Runs Too Fast O'Brien who was half Mackinaw Sioux Indian was with him all the way. They panned for gold and found a large amount and also they trapped for furs in the winter time. WF met Linda Stealing and she worked the gold claim with him and they got married. After two trips to the Black Hills of Dakota Territory he bought a plantation to raise his family at.