Ten Little Indians

here were 11 kids in my mother's family, but one died at age 4 long before my mother was born, so we always just talk about there being 10 kids.  My mother is #8.  At some point, as the siblings began to die off, my aunt Barb started a poem for which she would add a verse whenever someone died.  It occurs to me that sooner or later, I will be writing the last verse.  I want to remember where I put this, so this is "The Tribe"
 

"Big Chief"
Stuart C. Scott
Born: Waterloo, Iowa, 1877
Died: Inverness, California,  1958

Little "No. 1" Squaw
Lucy Grace Kirkpatrick
Born: Santa Rosa, California, 1879
Died: San Rafael, California, 1960

Ten Little Indians All Doing Fine "Sam" lost her head And then there were nine	Melva Marion Scott Born: Crockett, CA, 1900 Died: Placerville, CA, 1969 Brain Tumor
Nine Little Indians Out on a date Jim couldn't breathe And then there were eight	James Stuart Scott Born: Stockton, CA, 1905 Died: Reno, Nevada, 1976 Emphysema
Eight Little Indians searching for Heaven Marge found it first And then there were seven	Marjorie Olivia Scott Born: Stockton, CA, 1917 Died: Carmichael, CA, 1980 Lung Cancer
Seven Little Indians one in a fix Betsy couldn't eat And then there were six	Elizabeth Grace Scott Born: Stockton, CA, 1915 Died: Santa Rosa, CA, 1981 Esophageal Cancer
Six Little Indians well and alive Jean drifted off And then there were five	Jeanette Clara Scott Born: Brentwood, CA, 1901 Died: Oroville, CA, 1984 Cancer
Five Little Indians Adding up the score Paul got subtracted And then there were four	Paul Allen Scott Born: Valley Springs, CA 1921 Died: Richmond, CA, 1985 Liver Cancer
Four Little Indians Up in a tree Scotty flew away And then there were three	Roger Lovell Scott Born: Stockton, CA, 1914 Died:  Portland, OR, 1993 Lung Cancer
Three Little Indians wondering what to do color Marie gone And then there were two	Marie Lorraine Scott Born:  Stockton, CA 1910 Died:  Oroville, CA 1999 Pneumonia
Two Little Indians tanning in the sun Barb said, "I'm burned" And then there was one	Barbara Beverly Scott Born: Valley Springs, CA, 1923 Died: Sacramento, CA, 2008 Alzheimers
One Little Indian not having any fun Wait for me, cried _____ And then there were none

Written by Barbara O'Donnell
1999

the last two Indians, before Barb was moved
to an Alzheimers facility

I will someday have to fill in that blank, but not yet.

I'm glad my cousin was able to find this for me.  I would hate to lose it.

The only photo ever taken of the WHOLE family