The Charles Wilcox Papers belong to the Keene, New Hampshire resident who was a Union soldier during the Civil War and was captured and imprisoned in Confederate internment camps as well as prisons from 1864-1865. These papers include Wilcox’s diary, correspondence, and official documents. The papers are part of the archival holdings of the Historical Society of Cheshire County in Keene, New Hampshire, and were included as part of the NH Citizens Archivists' Initiative.
On reverse: For sequential entry, see file 411. 2.2.92. Making dart poison 9am. BC = Beib Cnagoh. Sol pboob hi-suic. [Thru] strainer of bamboo [shavings] one cleans [the poison] into an internode
On reverse: 2.2.92 Dart poison 9:02am File 411. Other internodes which held/hold dook, Antiaris toxicaria, sap propped up against hillside, far left. Fire next to them for warming dook.
On reverse: 2.2.92 Poison 9:06 BC and Rusli - tubes of dook behind them. The vine = cook mrikan (mikania micrantha) an almost meradicle weed in open places. The quiver holds darts to test the poison's consistency with
